1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team

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The 1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1979 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Phil Bradley , Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
J. C. Watts, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Running backs

Billy Sims , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jarvis Redwine , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Worley Taylor, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
Gerry Ellis, Missouri (AP-2)
James Wilder Sr., Missouri (AP-2)
L. J. Brown, Kansas State (AP-2)
Kenny Brown, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Tight ends

Junior Miller , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Eddy Whitley, Kansas State (AP-2)

Centers

Paul Tabor , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Kelly Saalfeld, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

John Havekost, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Reggie Richardson, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Dick Cuvelier, Iowa State (AP-2)
Randy Schleusener, Nebraska (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

Stan Brock , Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
Louis Oubre , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Howard Richards, Missouri (AP-2)
Dave Guender, Missouri (AP-2)
Mark Goodspeed, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

David Verser , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
Tim Smith, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Derrie Nelson , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
James Walker, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-1)
Rick Antle, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
Wendell Ray, Missouri (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

Rod Horn , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
John Goodman , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Bill Barnett, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
Curtis Boone, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Middle guards

Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Norman Goodman, Missouri (AP-2)

Linebackers

George Cumby , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Bill Roe, Colorado (AP-2)
Mike Leaders, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive backs

Mark Haynes , Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
Darrol Ray , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Eric Wright , Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
Mike Schwartz, Iowa State (UPI-1)
LeRoy Irvin, Kansas (AP-2)
Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
Basil Banks, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

Dean Sukup, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Colin Ankerson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Punter

Mike Hubach , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

UPI = United Press International ^[2]

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References

↑ "Best of the Big 8". The Garden City (KS) Telegram. November 29, 1979. p. 8.
↑ "Sims, Redwine Heal All-Big 8". Frederick Daily Leader. November 20, 1979. p. 4.

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[1] "Best of the Big 8". The Garden City (KS) Telegram. November 29, 1979. p. 8.

[2] "Sims, Redwine Heal All-Big 8". Frederick Daily Leader. November 20, 1979. p. 4.

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