1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team explained

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

• Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Phil Bradley, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)

Running backs

• Billy Sims, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-2)
• James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
• I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Kenny King, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Kenny Brown, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Tight ends

• Junior Miller, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)

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

• Matt Miller, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dick Cuvelier, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Sam Claphan, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

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

• Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Rod Horn, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Ruben Vaughan, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Chris Boskey, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Nose guards

• Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Laval Short, Colorado (UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Corker, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Chris Garlich, Missouri (AP-2)
• Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2)

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

• Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Billy Todd, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Punters

• Mike Hubach, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Tim Smith, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

See also

• 1978 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: ISU's Green, Stensrud tabbed for first team all-Big Eight. Des Moines Register. November 22, 1978. 2S.
2. News: Oklahoma, Nebraska dominate honor team, 3 Cyclones picked. The Telegraph-Herald. November 14, 1978. 17.