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) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Tight ends

Centers

  • Tom Davis, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)

Offensive guards

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

Offensive tackles

Wide receivers

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

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

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

Defensive tackles

Nose guards

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

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • Zac Henderson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Odis McKinney, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Tom Fitch, Kansas (AP-1)
  • Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Kevin Hart, Iowa State (UPI-1)
  • Ted Harvey, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Terry Peters, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Special teams

Placekicker

Punter

  • Rick Blabolil, Iowa State (UPI-1)

Return specialist

Key

AP = Associated Press[1][2]

UPI = United Press International[3]

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.
  3. ^ "Five Cyclones on all-Big Eight football team headed by Miller". The Telegraph-Herald. November 22, 1977. p. 13.