1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team
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
Running backs
Tight ends
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
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
Nose guards
Linebackers
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
Punters
Key
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International[2]
See also
References
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