1974 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1974 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1974 season included the Associated Press (AP).

Offensive selections

Ends

• Tinker Owens, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Mark Miller, Missouri (AP-1)
• Emmett Edwards, Kansas (AP-2)
• Wayne Hoffman, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

• Jerry Arnold, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Marvin Crenshaw, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Doug Payton, Colorado (AP-2)
• David Hernandez, Kansas State (AP-2)

Offensive guards

• John Roush, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Tom Wolf, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
• Terry Webb, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Tom Alward, Nebraska (AP-2)

Centers

• Rik Bonness, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Kyle Davis, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

• David Humm, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Steve Davis, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Backs

• Joe Washington, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Laverne Smith, Kansas (AP-1)
• Tony Galbreath, Missouri (AP-1)
• Mike Strachan, Iowa State (AP-2)
• George Palmer, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
• Terry Kunz, Colorado (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Bob Martin, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Jimbo Elrod, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Bob McRoberts, Missouri (AP-2)
• Dean Zook, Kansas (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

• Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Phil Dokes, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
• Dave Johnston, Missouri (AP-2)
• Ron Pruitt, Nebraska (AP-2)

Middle guards

• Dewey Selmon, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Mike Lemon, Kansas (AP-2)

Linebackers

• Rod Shoate, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Tom Ruud, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Steve Towle, Kansas (AP-1)
• Scott Pickens, Missouri (AP-2)
• Brad Storm, Iowa State (AP-2)
• Bob Nelson, Nebraska (AP-2)

Defensive backs

• Barry Hill, Iowa State (AP-1)
• Randy Hughes, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Kurt Knoff, Kansas (AP-1)
• Wonder Monds, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Tony Peters, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Mike Terry, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

See also

• 1974 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Humm Leads Cornhusker Contingent on AP All-Big Eight". Lincoln (NE) Journal. November 29, 1974. p. 17.