1982 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1982 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1982 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Turner Gill , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Darrell Dickey, Kansas State (AP-2)

Running backs

• Mike Rozier , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Ernest Anderson , Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Marcus Dupree, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Stanley Wilson, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Fred Sims, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Tommy Davis, Iowa State (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Jamie Williams, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)

Wide receivers

• Mike Wallace, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• James Caver, Missouri (UPI-1)
• Irving Fryar, Nebraska (AP-2)

Centers

• Dave Rimington , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Chuck Thomas, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Offensive guards

• Paul Parker, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Mike Mandelko, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Steve Williams, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Kevin Igo, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

• Randy Theiss, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Karl Nelson , Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Russell Graham, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
• Conrad Goode, Missouri (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Kevin Murphy , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Reggie Singletary, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Tony Felici, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1)
• L. E. Madison, Kansas State (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

• Rick Bryan , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Shamus McDonough, Iowa State (AP-1)
• Toby Williams, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Randy Jostes, Missouri (AP-2)

Nose guards

• Gary Lewis , Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jeff Merrell, Nebraska (AP-2)

Linebackers

• Jackie Shipp , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Green , Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Steve Damkroger, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Dan Ruzich, Kansas State (AP-2)
• Jay Wilson, Missouri (AP-2)
• Chris Washington, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive backs

• Victor Scott , Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Ronnie Osborne, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Demetrious Johnson , Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Greg Best, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Keith Stanberry, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Kevin Potter, Missouri (AP-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

• Larry Roach, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Alex Giffords, Iowa State (AP-2)

Punter

• Bucky Scribner , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

UPI = United Press International ^[2]

See also

• 1982 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "1982 AP All-Big Eight team". The Des Moines Register. November 24, 1982. p. 2S.
2. "Mizzou's Caver, Gibler All Big Eight". Bulletin Journal. November 23, 1982. p. 10.