1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team

American all-star college football team August 2023 25em 1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid 1981 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1979 1980 ← → 1982 1983 The 1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1981 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). Offensive selections Quarterbacks Turner Gill, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2) John Quinn, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1) Running backs Mike Rozier, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Stanley Wilson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) Roger Craig, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) Bob Meyer, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2) Shawn Jones, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Phil Bales, Nebraska (UPI-2) Tight ends Jamie Williams, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2) Wide receivers Wayne Capers, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) James Caver, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2) Centers Dave Rimington, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Brad Edelman, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2) Offensive guards Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) David Lawrence, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2) Mike Mandelko, Nebraska (AP-2) Vince Rafferty, Colorado (UPI-2) Offensive tackles Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Lyndle Byford, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2) Karl Nelson, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1) Randy Theiss, Nebraska (AP-2) Conrad Goode, Missouri (UPI-2) Defensive selections Defensive ends Reggie Singletary, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1) Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Pete Perry, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1) Bryan Horn, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2) Tony Felici, Nebraska (UPI-2) Defensive tackles Jeff Gaylord, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Rick Bryan, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2) Shamus McDonough, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2) Henry Waechter, Nebraska (AP-2) Nose guards Gary Lewis, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) Greg Smith, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2) Linebackers Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) Kyle McNorton, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2) Steve Damkroger, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) Defensive backs Kevin Potter, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Pete DiClementi, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) Joe Brown, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) Joe Krejci, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Gary Morrill, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2) Victor Scott, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2) Demetrious Johnson, Missouri (AP-2) Ric Lindquist, Nebraska (UPI-2) Ronnie Osborne, Iowa State (UPI-2) Special teams Place-kicker Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1) Larry Roach, Oklahoma State (UPI-1) Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2) Punter Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Grant Campbell, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) Key AP = Associated PressAssociated Press All-Big Eight St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 25, 1981 68 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7236707/associated_press_allbig_eight/ UPI = United Press InternationalUP - All-Big 8 Sarasota Herald-Tribune November 24, 1981 13B https://books.google.com/books?id=1MYyAAAAIBAJ&dq=1981+All-Big+Eight+Conference+football+team+upi&pg=PA15&article_id=2172,4708522 See also 1981 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Seven Conference football team Category:All-Big Eight Conference football teams