1968 All-Big Eight Conference football team

American all-star college football team August 2023 25em 1968 All-Big Eight Conference football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid 1968 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1966 1967 ← → 1969 1970 The 1968 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1968 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). Offensive selections Ends Dave Jones, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1) Steve Zabel, Oklahoma (AP-1) John Mosier, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1) Terry Brown, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Tackles Mike Montler, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1) Keith Christensen, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Byron Bigby, Oklahoma (AP-2) John Ward, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Guards Joe Armstrong, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Jim Anderson, Missouri (AP-1) Ken Mendenhall, Oklahoma (UPI-1) Ken Wertzberger, Kansas (AP-2) Ed Lancaster, Oklahoma (AP-2) Centers Jon Kolb, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) Dale Evans, Kansas (AP-2) Backs Bobby Douglass, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Steve Owens, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Eddie Hinton, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) John Riggins, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Bob Anderson, Colorado (AP-1) Bob Warmack, Oklahoma (AP-2) Donnie Shanklin, Kansas (AP-2) Mack Herron, Kansas State (AP-2) Joe Orduna, Nebraska (AP-2) Defensive selections Defensive ends John Zook, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Bill Schmitt, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Mike Schnitker, Colorado (AP-2) Elmer Benhardt, Missouri (AP-2) Defensive tackles Jay "Rocky" Wallace, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) George Dimitri, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) John Tisworth, Oklahoma (AP-2) Mark Kuhlman, Missouri (AP-2) Middle guards John Little, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) John Stucky, Kansas State (AP-2) Linebackers Emery Hicks, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Ken Geddes, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Rocky Martin, Colorado (AP-1) Carl Garber, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1) Larry Gosney, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Don Pfrimmer, Oklahoma (AP-2) Defensive backs Roger Wehrli, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Steve Barrett, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Dana Stephenson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Butch Davis, Missouri (AP-2) Gary Goodwin, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Bob Best, Nebraska (AP-2) Key AP = Associated PressFive Jays Make AP's All-Big Eight First Team Daily Tribune (Great Bend, KS) November 21, 1968 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7210860/five_jays_make_aps_allbig_eight_first/ UPI = United Press InternationalOwens Named Big Eight Back Of The Year By UPI Frederick Daily Leader December 8, 1968 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=UHpDAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Big+Eight+Conference+football+team+upi&pg=PA4&article_id=3596,5048565 See also 1968 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Seven Conference football team Category:All-Big Eight Conference football teams