1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team

none August 2023 25em 1983 All-Big Ten team border-top:#aaa 1px solid 1983 Big Ten Conference football season Selectors Associated Press (media)United Press International (coaches) border-top:1px #aaa solid 1981 1982 ← → 1984 1985 The 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1983 college football season. The 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team won the conference championship and had seven players selected as first-team players by the Associated Press or United Press International. Iowa followed with six first-team selections, including quarterback Chuck Long and linebacker Larry Station. Michigan had five first-team players, including center Tom Dixon and guard Stefan Humphries. Offensive selections Quarterbacks Chuck Long, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) Jack Trudeau, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) Running backs Dwight Beverly, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) Keith Byars, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) Thomas Rooks, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) Ricky Edwards, Northwestern (AP-2) Rick Rogers, Michigan (UPI-2) Vaughn Broadnax, Ohio State (UPI-2) Wide receivers Dave Moritz, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) Duane Gunn, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-2) Al Toon, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-1) David Williams, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) Tight ends John Frank, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) Tim Brewster, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) Centers Tom Dixon, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) Joel Hilgenberg, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2) Guards Stefan Humphries, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) Jim Juriga, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) Kirk Lowdermilk, Ohio State (AP-2) Jerry Diorio, Michigan (AP-2) Joe Levelis, Iowa (UPI-2) Scott Zalenski, Ohio State (UPI-2) Tackles Chris Babyar, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) John Alt, Iowa (AP-1) William Roberts, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2) Jeff Dellenbach, Wisconsin (AP-2) Mark Krerowicz, Ohio State (UPI-2) Defensive selections Defensive linemen Mark Butkus, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) Paul Hufford, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) Don Thorp, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) Al Sincich, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2) Kevin Brooks, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1) Keith Cruise, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2) Spencer Nelms, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2) Tony Wancket, Iowa (AP-2) Chris Scott, Purdue (UPI-2) Linebackers Carl Banks, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1) James Melka, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1) Larry Station, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) Rowland Tatum, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) Mike Mallory, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2) Carlton Rose, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2) Peter Najarian, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-2) Mike Weingrad, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) Defensive backs Craig Swoope, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) Evan Cooper, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2) Garcia Lane, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-2) Phil Parker, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-1) Mike Stoops, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-1) Mike Heaven, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) Special teams Placekicker Bob Bergeron, Michigan (AP-1) Chris White, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-1) Punter John Kidd, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1) Ralf Mojsiejenko, Michigan State (AP-2) Karl Edwards, Ohio State (UPI-2) Key Bold = Selected as a first-team player by both the media (AP) and coaches (UPI) AP = Associated Press, "selected by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the conference football scene"Hawkeyes represented well on AP all-Big 10 football teams The Daily Reporter December 1, 1983 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=l3dhAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Big+Ten+Conference+football+team&pg=PA4&article_id=4839,4310816 UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten Conference coachesAll-Big Ten The Bryan Times (UPI story) Barry Minkoff November 22, 1983 12 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19631122&id=baZhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ocDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3162,5187647&hl=en See also 1983 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Ten Conference Category:All-Big Ten Conference football teams