1975 All-Southwest Conference football team explained

The 1975 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1975 season included the Associated Press (AP).

All Southwest selections

Offense

Split ends

• Mike Renfro, TCU (AP-1)
• Ed Lofton, Rice (AP-2)

Tackles

• Bob Simmons, Texas (AP-1)
• Henry Sheppard, SMU (AP-1)
• Gerald Skinner, Arkansas (AP-2)
• Glenn Bujnoch, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Guards

• R. C. Thielemann, Arkansas (AP-1)
• Will Wilcox, Texas (AP-1)
• Guy Thomas, SMU (AP-2)
• Bruce Welch, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Centers

• Richard LaFargue, Arkansas (AP-1)
• Billy Gordon, Texas (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Pat Felux, Texas Tech (AP-1)
• Richard Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

• Marty Akins, Texas (AP-1)
• Scott Bull, Arkansas (AP-2)

Running backs

• Earl Campbell, Texas (AP-1)
• Bubba Bean, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Ike Forte, Arkansas (AP-1)
• Wayne Morris, SMU (AP-2)
• Cleveland Franklin, Baylor (AP-2)
• Jerry Eckwood, Arkansas (AP-2)

Defense

Defensive ends

• Blake Schwarz, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Johnnie Meadors, Arkansas (AP-1)
• Tank Marshall, Texas A&M (AP-2)
• Tim Campbell, Texas (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

• Edgar Fields, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Brad Shearer, Texas (AP-1)
• Jimmy Dean, Texas A&M (AP-2)
• Wharton Foster, Baylor (AP-2)

Nose guards

• Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech (AP-1)

Linebackers

• Ed Simonini, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Garth TenNapel, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Bill Hamilton, Texas (AP-1)
• Rodney Norton, Rice (AP-2)
• Robert Jackson, Texas A&M (AP-2)
• Rick Fenlaw, Texas (AP-2)

Defensive backs

• Pat Thomas, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Raymond Clayborn, Texas (AP-1)
• Lester Hayes, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Jackie Williams, Texas A&M (AP-1)
• Ronald Burns, Baylor (AP-2)
• Curtis Jordan, Texas Tech (AP-2)
• Bo Busby, Arkansas (AP-2)
• Tim Pulliam, TCU (AP-2)

Special teams

Punters

• Russell Erxleben, Texas (AP-1)

Placekickers

• Steve Little, Arkansas (AP-1)

Conference champion

The Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas Longhorns, and Texas A&M Aggies each shared the title.

• Arkansas represented the SWC in the 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic, defeating the Georgia Bulldogs, 31-10.

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

See also

• 1975 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Aggies, 'Horns dominate All-Southwest '75 squads. Corsicana Daily Sun. December 14, 1975. 12. Newspapers.com.