1985 All-Big Eight Conference football team explained

The 1985 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1985 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Jamelle Holieway, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Norseth, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)

Running backs

• Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Doug DuBose, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Tom Rathman, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Darrell Wallace, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Lydell Carr, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Keith Jackson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jeff Wodka, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

• Richard Estell, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Herbert Johnson, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Gerald Alphin, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Bobby Riley, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Centers

• Bill Lewis, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Eric Coyle, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)

Guards

• Brian Blankenship, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mark Hutson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Junior Ili, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Anthony Phillips, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)

Tackles

• Paul Blair, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Clay, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jim Davis, Kansas (UPI-2)
• Jim Webb, Colorado (UPI-2)
• Eric Pope, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Tim Roth, Nebraska (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Kevin Murphy, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Darrell Reed, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jim Luebbers, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Kevin Humphrey, Kansas State (AP-2)
• Dan McMillen, Colorado (UPI-2)

Defensive Tackles

• Leslie O'Neal, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Tony Casillas, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jim Skow, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Danny Noonan, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
• John Washington, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Dick Chapura, Missouri (AP-2)
• Chris Spachman, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Willie Pless, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Marc Munford, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Barry Remington, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Jeff Brasswell, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive backs

• Barton Hundley, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mark Moore, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Hudson, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mickey Pruitt, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Erik McMillan, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Brian Washington, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Sonny Brown, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
• Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Anthony Mayze, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

• Dale Klein, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jeff Johnson, Kansas (AP-2)
• Tom Whelihan, Missouri (UPI-2)

Punter

• Barry Helton, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Winchester, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1] UPI = United Press International^[2]

See also

• 1985 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: All-Big Eight. The Salina (KS) Journal. November 27, 1985. 15.
2. Web site: The 1985 United Press International All-Big Eight Conference football team. UPI Archives. November 25, 1985. December 15, 2018.