• Source: 1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team

      • 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
      UPI = United Press International


      See also


      1979 College Football All-America Team


      References

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