1977 All-Big Eight Conference football team

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The 1977 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1977 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Thomas Lott , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jeff Knapple, Colorado (AP-2)

Running backs

Terry Miller , Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
I. M. Hipp , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2)
Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-2)
Elvis Peacock, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Tight ends

Kellen Winslow , Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
Ken Spaeth, Nebraska (AP-2)

Centers

Tom Davis, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)

Offensive guards

Greg Jorgensen, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1)
Jaime Melendez, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

Karl Baldischwiler , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
James Taylor, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-2)
Lindsey Mason, Kansas (AP-2)

Wide receivers

Joe Stewart, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
Charley Green, Kansas State (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Randy Westendorf, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
Daria Butler, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Steve Hamilton, Missouri (AP-2)
Tom Dinkel, Kansas (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

Tom Randall , Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Mike Stensrud , Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Jim Matthews, Missouri (AP-2)

Nose guards

Reggie Kinlaw , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Ron McFarland, Iowa State (AP-2)

Linebackers

Darryl Hunt , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Gary Spani, Kansas State (AP-1)
George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1)
Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2)
Brian Cabral, Colorado (AP-2)
Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2)

Defensive backs

Zac Henderson , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Odis McKinney, Oklahoma (AP-1)
Tom Fitch, Kansas (AP-1)
Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)
Kevin Hart, Iowa State (UPI-1)
Ted Harvey, Nebraska (AP-2)
Terry Peters, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Special teams

Placekicker

Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (UPI-1)

Punter

Rick Blabolil, Iowa State (UPI-1)

Return specialist

Fred Nixon, Oklahoma (UPI-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]^[2]

UPI = United Press International ^[3]

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References

↑ "Honor Teams". Daily Republic (Mitchell, SD). November 30, 1977. p. 18.
↑ "OSU's Miller top choice for All-Big Eight". Daily Union. November 28, 1977. p. 13.
↑ "Five Cyclones on all-Big Eight football team headed by Miller". The Telegraph-Herald. November 22, 1977. p. 13.

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[1] "Honor Teams". Daily Republic (Mitchell, SD). November 30, 1977. p. 18.

[2] "OSU's Miller top choice for All-Big Eight". Daily Union. November 28, 1977. p. 13.

[3] "Five Cyclones on all-Big Eight football team headed by Miller". The Telegraph-Herald. November 22, 1977. p. 13.

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