1989 All-SEC football team explained

The 1989 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Offensive selections

Receivers

• Tony Moss, LSU (AP-1, UPI)
• Thomas Woods, Tennessee (AP-2)
• Willie Green, Ole Miss (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Lamonde Russell, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Jesse Anderson, Mississippi State (AP-2)

Tackles

• Mike Pfeifer, Kentucky (AP-1, UPI)
• Terril Chatman, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Curt Mull, Georgia (AP-2)
• John Darden, Florida (AP-2)
• Charles McRae, Tennessee (AP-2)

Guards

• Ed King, Auburn (AP-1, UPI)
• Eric Still, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI)
• Joel Mazzella, Kentucky (AP-2)
• Ricky Byrd, Mississippi State (AP-2)

Centers

• Roger Shultz, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• John Hudson, Auburn (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

• Gary Hollingsworth, Alabama (AP-1)
• Tommy Hodson, LSU (AP-2, UPI)

Running backs

• Siran Stacy, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Emmitt Smith, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UPI)
• Chuck Webb, Tennessee (AP-1)
• Rodney Hampton, Georgia (AP-2, UPI)
• Alfred Rawls, Kentucky (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Ends

• Marion Hobby, Tennessee (AP-1 [as OLB], UPI)
• Tony Bennett, Ole Miss (AP-2, UPI)

Tackles

• Oliver Barnett, Kentucky (AP-1, UPI)
• David Rocker, Auburn (AP-1, UPI)
• Bill Goldberg, Georgia (AP-1)
• Karl Dunbar, LSU (AP-2)
• Fernando Horn, Auburn (AP-2)

Middle guards

• Willie Wyatt, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Kelvin Pritchett, Ole Miss (AP-2)

Linebackers

• Keith McCants, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Craig Ogletree, Auburn (AP-1)
• Quentin Riggins, Auburn (AP-1)
• Huey Richardson, Florida (AP-2, UPI)
• DeMond Winston, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UPI)
• Mo Lewis, Georgia (AP-2)
• James Williams, Mississippi State (AP-2)

Backs

• Ben Smith, Georgia (AP-1, UPI)
• John Mangum, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Efram Thomas, Alabama (AP-1)
• Richard Fain, Florida (AP-1)
• John Wiley, Auburn (AP-2, UPI)
• Preston Warren, Tennessee (AP-2)
• Bo Russell, Mississippi State (AP-2)
• Chauncey Godwin, Ole Miss (AP-2)

Special teams

Kicker

• Philip Doyle, Alabama (AP-1)
• David Browndyke, LSU (AP-2, UPI)

Punter

• Mike Riley, Mississippi State (AP-1)
• Kent Elmore, Tennessee (UPI)
• Rene Bourgeois, LSU (AP-2)

Key

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

UPI = United Press International^[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI

See also

• 1989 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: 'Reserves' top All-SEC. Times Daily. December 6, 1989.
2. News: Tide Dominates All-SEC Team. The Albany Herald. December 5, 1989.
3. Web site: Alabama dominates UPI's All-SEC team. David Moffit.