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
Quarterbacks
- Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jeff Knapple, Colorado (AP-2)
Running backs
- 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
- Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ken Spaeth, Nebraska (AP-2)
Centers
- Tom Davis, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Offensive guards
- Greg Jorgensen, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1)
- Jaime Melendez, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-2)
Offensive tackles
- 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
- Joe Stewart, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Charley Green, Kansas State (AP-2)
Defensive selections
Defensive ends
- 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
- 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
- Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ron McFarland, Iowa State (AP-2)
Linebackers
- 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
- 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
Placekicker
- Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (UPI-1)
Punter
- Rick Blabolil, Iowa State (UPI-1)
Return specialist
- Fred Nixon, Oklahoma (UPI-1)
Key
AP = Associated Press[1][2]
UPI = United Press International[3]
See also
References
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