1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1981 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

  • Turner Gill, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • John Quinn, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)

Running backs

  • Mike Rozier, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Stanley Wilson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Roger Craig, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Bob Meyer, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Shawn Jones, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
  • Phil Bales, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Tight ends

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

Wide receivers

  • Wayne Capers, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • James Caver, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Centers

  • Dave Rimington, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Brad Edelman, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

  • Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • David Lawrence, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Mike Mandelko, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Vince Rafferty, Colorado (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

  • Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Lyndle Byford, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • Karl Nelson, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Randy Theiss, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Conrad Goode, Missouri (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

  • Reggie Singletary, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Pete Perry, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Bryan Horn, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Tony Felici, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

  • Jeff Gaylord, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Rick Bryan, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • Shamus McDonough, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Henry Waechter, Nebraska (AP-2)

Nose guards

  • Gary Lewis, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Greg Smith, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)

Linebackers

  • Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Kyle McNorton, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Steve Damkroger, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive backs

  • Kevin Potter, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Pete DiClementi, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Joe Brown, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Joe Krejci, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Gary Morrill, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Victor Scott, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Demetrious Johnson, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Ric Lindquist, Nebraska (UPI-2)
  • Ronnie Osborne, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

  • Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Larry Roach, Oklahoma State (UPI-1)
  • Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)

Punter

  • Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Grant Campbell, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Associated Press All-Big Eight". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 25, 1981. p. 68.
  2. ^ "UP - All-Big 8". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 24, 1981. p. 13B.