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[edit]
Quarterbacks[edit]
- Phil Bradley, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- J. C. Watts, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Jeff Quinn, Nebraska (UPI-2)
Running backs[edit]
- 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)
- J. C. Watts, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
Tight ends[edit]
- Forrest Valora, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
Wide receivers[edit]
- David Verser, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mel Campbell, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Ron Fellows, Missouri (UPI-2)
Centers[edit]
- Brad Edelman, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dave Rimington, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
Offensive guards[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Defensive ends[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Stan Gardner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Curt Hineline, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Johnnie Lewis, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
Linebackers[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Place-kicker[edit]
- Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Alex Giffords, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)
Punter[edit]
- Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Art Woods, Colorado (AP-2)
- Don Birdsey, Kansas State (UPI-2)
Key[edit]
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "All-Big Eight Conference". Herald and Review (Decatur, IL). November 20, 1980. p. C2.
- ^ "The 1980 United Press International All-Big Eight Conference football..." November 24, 1980.