1977 All-Big Eight Conference football team
The 1977 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1977 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).
Offensive selections
[edit]Quarterbacks
[edit]- Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jeff Knapple, Colorado (AP-2)
Running backs
[edit]- Terry Miller, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2)
- Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Elvis Peacock, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Tight ends
[edit]- Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ken Spaeth, Nebraska (AP-2)
Centers
[edit]- Tom Davis, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Offensive guards
[edit]- Greg Jorgensen, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1)
- Jaime Melendez, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-2)
Offensive tackles
[edit]- Karl Baldischwiler, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- James Taylor, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Lindsey Mason, Kansas (AP-2)
Wide receivers
[edit]- Joe Stewart, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Charley Green, Kansas State (AP-2)
Defensive selections
[edit]Defensive ends
[edit]- Randy Westendorf, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Daria Butler, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Steve Hamilton, Missouri (AP-2)
- Tom Dinkel, Kansas (AP-2)
Defensive tackles
[edit]- Tom Randall, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Jim Matthews, Missouri (AP-2)
Nose guards
[edit]- Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ron McFarland, Iowa State (AP-2)
Linebackers
[edit]- Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Gary Spani, Kansas State (AP-1)
- George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1)
- Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2)
- Brian Cabral, Colorado (AP-2)
- Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2)
Defensive backs
[edit]- Zac Henderson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Odis McKinney, Oklahoma (AP-1)
- Tom Fitch, Kansas (AP-1)
- Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Kevin Hart, Iowa State (UPI-1)
- Ted Harvey, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Terry Peters, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Special teams
[edit]Placekicker
[edit]- Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (UPI-1)
Punter
[edit]- Rick Blabolil, Iowa State (UPI-1)
Return specialist
[edit]- Fred Nixon, Oklahoma (UPI-1)
Key
[edit]UPI = United Press International[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Honor Teams". Daily Republic (Mitchell, SD). November 30, 1977. p. 18.
- ^ "OSU's Miller top choice for All-Big Eight". Daily Union. November 28, 1977. p. 13.
- ^ "Five Cyclones on all-Big Eight football team headed by Miller". The Telegraph-Herald. November 22, 1977. p. 13.