The 1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-

Big Eight Conference The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Associatio ...

teams for the

1978 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first season of Division I-A college football; Division I-A was created in 1978 when Division I was subdivided into Division I-A and Division I-AA for football only. With the exception of seven ...

. The selectors for the 1978 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Thomas Lott Thomas Willie Lott Jr. (born August 1, 1957) is an American former college and professional American football, football player who was a running back and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (U ...

, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Phil Bradley Philip Poole Bradley (born March 11, 1959), is an American former professional baseball outfielder / designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the American League (AL) Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, and Chicago White S ...

, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)

Running backs

* Billy Sims, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Rick Berns Richard Rickey Berns (born February 5, 1956) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1979 NFL Draft and later played for the Los Angel ...

, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) * Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-2) *

James Mayberry James Loyd Mayberry (born November 5, 1957) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Atlanta Falcons. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes. He also played in the USFL for ...

, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2) * I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) * Kenny King, Oklahoma (AP-2) * Kenny Brown, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Tight ends

* Junior Miller, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2) * Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)

Centers

* Peter Allard, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) * Jody Farthing, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

* Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) * Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) * Paul Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2) * Jim Clark, Oklahoma State (AP-2) * Barney Cotton, Nebraska (UPI-2) * Craig Simmons, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

* Matt Miller, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1) * Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) * Dick Cuvelier, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2) * Sam Claphan, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

* Charlie Green, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Eugene Goodlow Eugene Goodlow (born December 19, 1958) is a former American football wide receiver who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL). In 1981 and 1982 he played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ...

, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

* George Andrews, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) * Rick White, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1) * Reggie Mathis, Oklahoma (AP-1) * Stuart Walker, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2) * Jim Zidd, Kansas (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

* Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Rod Horn Rodney Lee Horn (born November 23, 1956) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 3rd round of the 1980 NFL Draft. Horn played college football College ...

, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1) * Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-1) * Ruben Vaughan, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2) * Chris Boskey, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Nose guards

Reggie Kinlaw Reggie Kinlaw (born January 9, 1957) is a former American football defensive tackle who played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and Professionally for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders and Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League ...

, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) * Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (AP-2) * Laval Short, Colorado (UPI-2)

Linebackers

* Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) * John Corker, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) * George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2) * Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) * Chris Garlich, Missouri (AP-2) * Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive backs

* Darrol Ray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) * Mark Haynes, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1) * Mike Schwartz, Iowa State (UPI-1; UPI-1) * Jim Pillen, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2) * Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1) * LeRoy Irvin, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2) * Mike Babb, Oklahoma (AP-2) * Sam Owen, Kansas State (UPI-2) *

Gregg Johnson Gregg Johnson (born June 18, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey forward. Playing career Johnson's amateur career began in the Eastern Junior Hockey League, where he skated with the New England Jr. Coyotes from 1997 to 2000, earn ...

, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

Uwe von Schamann Uwe Detlef Walter von Schamann (born April 23, 1956) is a former professional American football placekicker. He played for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, from 1979 to 1984. Early life Von Schamann was born in Berlin, W ...

, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) * Billy Todd, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Punters

* Mike Hubach, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) * Tim Smith, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press UPI = United Press International

References

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