1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team

American all-star college football team August 2023 25em 1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid 1978 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1976 1977 ← → 1979 1980 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 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1978 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). Offensive selections Quarterbacks Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Phil Bradley, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1) Running backs Billy Sims, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-2) James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2) I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) Kenny King, Oklahoma (AP-2) Kenny Brown, Nebraska (UPI-2) Tight ends Junior Miller, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2) Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1) Centers Peter Allard, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Jody Farthing, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2) Offensive guards Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Paul Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2) Jim Clark, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Barney Cotton, Nebraska (UPI-2) Craig Simmons, Oklahoma State (UPI-2) Offensive tackles Matt Miller, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1) Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Dick Cuvelier, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2) Sam Claphan, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2) Wide receivers Charlie Green, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1) Eugene Goodlow, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2) Defensive selections Defensive ends George Andrews, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Rick White, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1) Reggie Mathis, Oklahoma (AP-1) Stuart Walker, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2) Jim Zidd, Kansas (UPI-2) Defensive tackles Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) Rod Horn, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1) Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-1) Ruben Vaughan, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2) Chris Boskey, Iowa State (UPI-2) Nose guards Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (AP-2) Laval Short, Colorado (UPI-2) Linebackers Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) John Corker, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2) Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) Chris Garlich, Missouri (AP-2) Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2) Defensive backs Darrol Ray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Mark Haynes, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1) Mike Schwartz, Iowa State (UPI-1; UPI-1) Jim Pillen, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2) Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1) LeRoy Irvin, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2) Mike Babb, Oklahoma (AP-2) Sam Owen, Kansas State (UPI-2) Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (UPI-2) Special teams Place-kicker Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Billy Todd, Nebraska (UPI-2) Punters Mike Hubach, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Tim Smith, Nebraska (UPI-2) Key AP = Associated PressISU's Green, Stensrud tabbed for first team all-Big Eight Des Moines Register November 22, 1978 2S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7232043/isus_green_stensrud_tabbed_for_first/ UPI = United Press InternationalOklahoma, Nebraska dominate honor team, 3 Cyclones picked The Telegraph-Herald November 14, 1978 17 https://books.google.com/books?id=cNhBAAAAIBAJ&dq=1978+All-Big+Eight+Conference+football+team+upi&pg=PA9&article_id=2866,2315353 See also 1978 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Seven Conference football team Category:All-Big Eight Conference football teams