1975 All-Southwest Conference football team

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The 1975 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1975 season included the Associated Press (AP).

All Southwest selections

Offense

Split ends

Mike Renfro, TCU (AP-1)
Ed Lofton, Rice (AP-2)

Tackles

Bob Simmons, Texas (AP-1)
Henry Sheppard, SMU (AP-1)
Gerald Skinner, Arkansas (AP-2)
Glenn Bujnoch, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Guards

R. C. Thielemann, Arkansas (AP-1)
Will Wilcox, Texas (AP-1)
Guy Thomas, SMU (AP-2)
Bruce Welch, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Centers

Richard LaFargue, Arkansas (AP-1)
Billy Gordon, Texas (AP-2)

Tight ends

Pat Felux, Texas Tech (AP-1)
Richard Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

Marty Akins, Texas (AP-1)
Scott Bull, Arkansas (AP-2)

Running backs

Earl Campbell, Texas (AP-1)
Bubba Bean, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Ike Forte, Arkansas (AP-1)
Wayne Morris, SMU (AP-2)
Cleveland Franklin, Baylor (AP-2)
Jerry Eckwood, Arkansas (AP-2)

Defense

Defensive ends

Blake Schwarz, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Johnnie Meadors, Arkansas (AP-1)
Tank Marshall, Texas A&M (AP-2)
Tim Campbell, Texas (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

Edgar Fields, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Brad Shearer, Texas (AP-1)
Jimmy Dean, Texas A&M (AP-2)
Wharton Foster, Baylor (AP-2)

Nose guards

Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech (AP-1)

Linebackers

Ed Simonini, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Garth TenNapel, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Bill Hamilton, Texas (AP-1)
Rodney Norton, Rice (AP-2)
Robert Jackson, Texas A&M (AP-2)
Rick Fenlaw, Texas (AP-2)

Defensive backs

Pat Thomas, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Raymond Clayborn, Texas (AP-1)
Lester Hayes, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Jackie Williams, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Ronald Burns, Baylor (AP-2)
Curtis Jordan, Texas Tech (AP-2)
Bo Busby, Arkansas (AP-2)
Tim Pulliam, TCU (AP-2)

Special teams

Punters

Russell Erxleben, Texas (AP-1)

Placekickers

Steve Little, Arkansas (AP-1)

Conference champion

The Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas Longhorns, and Texas A&M Aggies each shared the title.

Arkansas represented the SWC in the 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic, defeating the Georgia Bulldogs, 31-10.

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

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References

↑ "Aggies, 'Horns dominate All-Southwest '75 squads". Corsicana Daily Sun. December 14, 1975. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "Aggies, 'Horns dominate All-Southwest '75 squads". Corsicana Daily Sun. December 14, 1975. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.

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