1977 All-America college football team

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The 1977 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1977. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1977 season. They are: [1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); [2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; [3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; [4] and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers. [5] Other selectors included Football News (FN), [6] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), [7] The Sporting News (TSN), [8] and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

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Eight players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all four unofficial selectors. They were Ken MacAfee of Notre Dame, offensive tackle Chris Ward of Ohio State, offensive guard Mark Donahue of Michigan, running backs Earl Campbell of Texas and Terry Miller of Oklahoma State, defensive ends Art Still of Kentucky and Ross Browner of Notre Dame, defensive tackle Brad Shearer of Texas.

Consensus All-Americans

The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1977 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Offense

NamePositionSchoolNumber [9] OfficialOther
Earl Campbell Running back Texas 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Mark Donahue Offensive guard Michigan 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Ken MacAfee Tight end Notre Dame 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Terry Miller Running back Oklahoma State 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Chris Ward Offensive tackle Ohio State 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Ozzie Newsome Receiver Alabama 3/4/7AFCA, AP, FWAAFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Leotis Harris Offensive guard Arkansas 3/4/8AFCA, AP, UPINEA, WC
Charles Alexander Running back LSU 3/1/4AFCA, FWAA, UPIWC
Guy Benjamin Quarterback Stanford 2/2/4FWAA, UPIFN, NEA
Dan Irons Offensive tackle Texas Tech 2/2/4AFCA, UPIFN, WC
John Jefferson Receiver Arizona State 3/0/3AFCA, AP, FWAA--
Tom Brzoza Center Pittsburgh 2/1/3AP, UPIWC

Defense

NamePositionSchoolNumber [9] OfficialOther
Ross Browner Defensive end Notre Dame 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Brad Shearer Defensive tackle Texas 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Art Still Defensive end Kentucky 4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Zac Henderson Defensive back Oklahoma 4/3/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, WC
Jerry Robinson Linebacker UCLA 4/3/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, WC
Randy Holloway Defensive tackle Pittsburgh 3/4/7AFCA, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Dennis Thurman Defensive back USC 4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Luther Bradley Defensive backNotre Dame2/3/5AFCA, UPIFN, TSN, WC
Bob Jury Defensive back Pittsburgh 2/2/4AP, FWAATSN, WC
Tom Cousineau Linebacker Ohio State 2/1/3FWAA, UPIWC
Gary Spani Linebacker Kansas State 2/1/3AFCA, UPIFN
Dee Hardison Defensive tackle North Carolina 2/1/3AP, FWAAFN

Offense

Receivers

Tight ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

Key

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 11–12. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "All-American squad named". Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News. November 24, 1977. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 "Grambling Senior QB Named to AP Team". Beckley (WV) Post-Herald. November 30, 1977. p. 20.
  4. 1 2 Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "UPI All-America". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 2, 1977. p. 2C.
  6. 1 2 "College football". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 20, 1977. p. 9F.
  7. 1 2 "Campbell, Browner top All Americans". The Waxahachie Daily Light. December 8, 1977. p. 3.
  8. 1 2 "All America teams: Sporting News". The Courier-Journal (Louisville). December 7, 1977. p. D3.
  9. 1 2 This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
  10. "Irish, Pittsburgh, Buckeyes dominate Camp All-America". Alamogordo Daily News. December 13, 1977. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.