1973 All-Big Eight Conference football team explained

The 1973 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1973 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Ends

• Emmett Edwards, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Frosty Anderson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
• J. V. Cain, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Keith Krepfle, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

• Daryl White, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jim Schnietz, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Eddie Foster, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Tom Wolf, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

• Bill Brittain, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-2)
• John Roush, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Doug Payton, Colorado (AP-1)
• Greg Horton, Colorado (UPI-1)
• Dan Anderson, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Terry Webb, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Centers

• Scott Anderson, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• William McDonald, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)

Quarterbacks

• David Jaynes, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Steve Davis, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

Backs

• Joe Washington, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Isaac Jackson, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Strachan, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Waymon Clark, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
• George Palmer, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
• David Logan, Colorado (AP-2)
• Charlie Davis, Colorado (UPI-2)
• Brent Blackman, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Placekickers

• Greg Hill, Missouri (UPI-1)
• Tom Goedjen, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Steve Manstedt, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dean Zook, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Gary Baccus, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Mike Struck, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Glenn Robinson, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

• John Dutton, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Barry Price, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mitch Sutton, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Dewey Selmon, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

Middle guards

• Lucious Selmon, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Bell, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Mike Lemon, Kansas (UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Cleveland Vann, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Rod Shoate, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Lawrence Hunt, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Steve Towle, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Matt Blair, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Ted Jornov, Iowa State (AP-2)
• Scott Pickens, Missouri (UPI-2)
• David Smith, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

• Randy Hughes, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Moseley, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Alvin Brown, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Kurt Knoff, Kansas (AP-1)
• Randy Borg, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Kenith Pope, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Clyde Powers, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

See also

• 1973 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: All-Big 8 Football Selections. Salina (KS) Journal. November 29, 1973. 20.
2. News: All-Conference Players Listed on Big 8 Roster. Frederick Daily Leader. November 27, 1973. 3.