1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1978 college football season. The selectors for the 1978 season included the Associated Press (AP).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP)

Running backs

Billy Sims, Oklahoma (AP)
Richard Berns, Nebraska (AP)
Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP)

Tight ends

Junior Miller, Nebraska (AP)

Centers

Peter Allard, Missouri (AP)

Offensive guards

Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP)
Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP)

Offensive tackles

Matt Miller, Colorado (AP)
Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP)

Wide receivers

Charlie Green, Kansas State (AP)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Reggie Mathis, Oklahoma (AP)
George Andrews, Nebraska (AP)

Defensive tackles

Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP)
Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP)

Nose guards

Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP)

Linebackers

Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP)
George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP)
John Corker, Oklahoma State (AP)

Defensive backs

Darrol Ray, Oklahoma (AP)
Mark Haynes, Colorado (AP)
Jim Pillen, Nebraska (AP)

Special teams

Place-kicker

Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (AP)

Punter

Mike Hubach, Kansas (AP)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

See also

1978 College Football All-America Team

References

↑ "ISU's Green, Stensrud tabbed for first team all-Big Eight". Des Moines Register. November 22, 1978. p. 2S.

All-Big Eight Conference football teams

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.