1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1979 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

  • Phil Bradley, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • J. C. Watts, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Running backs

  • Billy Sims, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Worley Taylor, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
  • Gerry Ellis, Missouri (AP-2)
  • James Wilder Sr., Missouri (AP-2)
  • L. J. Brown, Kansas State (AP-2)
  • Kenny Brown, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Tight ends

  • Junior Miller, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Eddy Whitley, Kansas State (AP-2)

Centers

  • Paul Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Kelly Saalfeld, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

  • John Havekost, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Reggie Richardson, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Dick Cuvelier, Iowa State (AP-2)
  • Randy Schleusener, Nebraska (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

  • Stan Brock, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Louis Oubre, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Howard Richards, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Dave Guender, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Mark Goodspeed, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

  • David Verser, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Tim Smith, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

  • Derrie Nelson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • James Walker, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Rick Antle, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
  • Wendell Ray, Missouri (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

  • Rod Horn, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • John Goodman, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Bill Barnett, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Curtis Boone, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Middle guards

  • Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Norman Goodman, Missouri (AP-2)

Linebackers

  • George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Bill Roe, Colorado (AP-2)
  • Mike Leaders, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive backs

  • Mark Haynes, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Darrol Ray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Eric Wright, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mike Schwartz, Iowa State (UPI-1)
  • LeRoy Irvin, Kansas (AP-2)
  • Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
  • Basil Banks, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

  • Dean Sukup, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Colin Ankerson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Punter

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Best of the Big 8". The Garden City (KS) Telegram. November 29, 1979. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Sims, Redwine Heal All-Big 8". Frederick Daily Leader. November 20, 1979. p. 4.