1977 All-Big Ten Conference football team
1977 All-Big Ten team |
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1977 Big Ten Conference football season |
Selectors |
Associated Press (media) United Press International (coaches) |
1975 1976 ← → 1978 1979 |
The 1977 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. Conference co-champions Ohio State and Michigan led with eight and six first-team selections, respectively. Ohio State's first-team selections included running back Ron Springs and linebacker Tom Cousineau. Michigan's first-team selections included quarterback Rick Leach and offensive guard Mark Donahue.[1]
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks
- Rick Leach, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Rod Gerald, Ohio State (UPI-1)
- Mark Herrmann, Purdue (AP-2)
Running backs
- Ron Springs, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ric Enis, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jeff Logan, Ohio State (UPI-1)
- Russell Davis, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
- John Skibinski, Purdue (AP-2)
- Harlan Huckleby, Michigan (UPI-2)
Flankers
- Keith Calvin, Indiana (AP-1)
- David Charles, Wisconsin (AP-2)
Wide receivers
- Reggie Arnold, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jim Harrell, Ohio State (AP-2)
- Kirk Gibson, Michigan State (UPI-2)
Tight ends
- Jimmy Moore, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Gene Johnson, Michigan (AP-2)
- Mark Brammer, Michigan State (UPI-2)
Centers
- Walt Downing, Michigan (AP-1)
- Al Pitts, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Mark Slater, Minnesota (UPI-2)
Guards
- Mark Donahue, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Kevin Pancratz, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Frank Malec, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Gary Jurczyk, Illinois (AP-2)
- Mark Lang, Ohio State (UPI-2)
Tackles
- Chris Ward, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mike Kenn, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Charles Peal, Indiana (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Joe Robinson, Ohio State (AP-2)
- Tony Ardizzone, Northwestern (UPI-2)
Defensive selections
Front five
- Larry Bethea, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1 [def. tackle])
- Aaron Brown, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1 [middle guard])
- Kelton Dansler, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1 [def. end])
- Steve Midboe, Minnesota (AP-1; UPI-1 [def. tackle])
- Dennis Stejskal, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1 [def. end])
- John Anderson, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1 [def. end])
- Paul Ross, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2 [def. end])
- John Harty, Iowa (AP-2)
- Tom Schremp, Wisconsin (AP-2)
- Mark Merrill, Minnesota (AP-2)
- Eddie Beamon, Ohio State (UPI-2 [def. tackle])
- Byron Cato, Ohio State (UPI-2 [def. tackle])
- Steve Graves, Michigan (UPI-2 [middle guard])
Linebackers
- Tom Cousineau, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Tom Rusk, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Sullivan, Illinois (AP-1)
- Ron Simpkins, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Dom Tedesco, Michigan (AP-2)
- Paul Maly, Northwestern (AP-2)
- Paul Rudzinski, Michigan State (UPI-2)
Defensive backs
- Ray Griffin, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mike Guess, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dwight Hicks, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jim Pickens, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Derek Howard, Michigan (UPI-2)
- Lawrence Johnson, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
- Mark Anderson, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Bobby Weber, Minnesota (AP-2)
- Dave Abrams, Indiana (UPI-2)
Special teams
Placekicker
- Paul Rogind, Minnesota (AP-1)
- Hans Nielsen, Michigan State (UPI-1)
- Vlade Janakievski, Ohio State (AP-2)
- Keith Calvin, Indiana (UPI-2)
Punter
- Ray Stachowicz, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Anderson, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press, selected by a panel of 12 sports writers and broadcasters[1] [2]
UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten coaches[3]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI
See also
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