1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team explained

The 1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1980 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; UPI-2)
• Jeff Quinn, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Running backs

• Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Kerwin Bell, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Andra Franklin, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
• David Overstreet, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• James Wilder Sr., Missouri (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Forrest Valora, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

• David Verser, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mel Campbell, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Ron Fellows, Missouri (UPI-2)

Centers

• Brad Edelman, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dave Rimington, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

• Randy Schleusener, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Stan Lechner, Missouri (AP-2)
• Joe Adams, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

• Howard Richards, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Louis Oubre, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Bob Ed Culver Jr., Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Karl Nelson, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

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

Defensive tackles

• Richard Turner, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• David Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Dean Prater, Oklahoma State (UPI-1)
• Keith Gary, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Jeff Fox, Kansas (AP-2)

Nose guards

• Stan Gardner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Curt Hineline, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Johnnie Lewis, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Lester Dickey, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Steve Doolittle, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive backs

• Eric Wright, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Russell Gary, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Larry Crawford, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bill Whitaker, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Joe Tumpich, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Johnnie Poe, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Jay Jimerson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
• Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Jim Bob Morris, Kansas State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

• Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Alex Giffords, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)

Punter

• Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Art Woods, Colorado (AP-2)
• Don Birdsey, Kansas State (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

See also

• 1980 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: All-Big Eight Conference. Herald and Review (Decatur, IL). November 20, 1980. C2.
2. News: The 1980 United Press International All-Big Eight Conference football.... November 24, 1980.