1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team

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

References

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