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).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

  • Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Jeff Knapple, Colorado (AP-2)

Running backs

  • Terry Miller, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
  • Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1)
  • I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2)
  • Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Elvis Peacock, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Tight ends

  • Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Ken Spaeth, Nebraska (AP-2)

Centers

  • Tom Davis, Nebraska (AP-1)

Offensive guards

  • Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Greg Jorgensen, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • Jaime Melendez, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

  • Karl Baldischwiler, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • James Taylor, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Lindsey Mason, Kansas (AP-2)

Wide receivers

  • Joe Stewart, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Charley Green, Kansas State (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

  • Randy Westendorf, Colorado (AP-1)
  • Daria Butler, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
  • Steve Hamilton, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Tom Dinkel, Kansas (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

  • Tom Randall, Iowa State (AP-1)
  • Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1)
  • Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Jim Matthews, Missouri (AP-2)

Nose guards

  • Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Ron McFarland, Iowa State (AP-2)

Linebackers

  • Gary Spani, Kansas State (AP-1)
  • George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Darryl Hunt, 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)
  • Odis McKinney, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Tom Fitch, Kansas (AP-1)
  • Ted Harvey, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Terry Peters, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Honor Teams". Daily Republic (Mitchell, SD). November 30, 1977. p. 18.
  2. ^ "OSU's Miller top choice for All-Big Eight". Daily Union. November 28, 1977. p. 13.