1977 All-Big Eight Conference football team explained

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

• Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jeff Knapple, Colorado (AP-2)

Running backs

• Terry Miller, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2)
• Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Elvis Peacock, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Ken Spaeth, Nebraska (AP-2)

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

• Karl Baldischwiler, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• James Taylor, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Lindsey Mason, Kansas (AP-2)

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

• Tom Randall, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Jim Matthews, Missouri (AP-2)

Nose guards

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

Linebackers

• Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Gary Spani, Kansas State (AP-1)
• George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2)
• Brian Cabral, Colorado (AP-2)
• Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2)

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

• Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (UPI-1)

Punter

• Rick Blabolil, Iowa State (UPI-1)

Return specialist

• Fred Nixon, Oklahoma (UPI-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press^{[1] [2]}

UPI = United Press International^[3]

See also

• 1977 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Honor Teams. Daily Republic (Mitchell, SD). November 30, 1977. 18.
2. News: OSU's Miller top choice for All-Big Eight. Daily Union. November 28, 1977. 13.
3. News: Five Cyclones on all-Big Eight football team headed by Miller. The Telegraph-Herald. November 22, 1977. 13.