1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1980 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; UPI-2)
Jeff Quinn, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Running backs

Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Kerwin Bell, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Andra Franklin, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
David Overstreet, Oklahoma (AP-2)
James Wilder Sr., Missouri (AP-2)

Tight ends

Forrest Valora, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

David Verser, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
Mel Campbell, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Ron Fellows, Missouri (UPI-2)

Centers

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

Offensive guards

Randy Schleusener, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
Stan Lechner, Missouri (AP-2)
Joe Adams, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

Howard Richards, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
Louis Oubre, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
Bob Ed Culver Jr., Oklahoma (AP-2)
Karl Nelson, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Derrie Nelson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
James Walker, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Wendell Ray, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

Richard Turner, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
David Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
Dean Prater, Oklahoma State (UPI-1)
Keith Gary, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
Jeff Fox, Kansas (AP-2)

Nose guards

Stan Gardner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
Curt Hineline, Nebraska (AP-2)
Johnnie Lewis, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Linebackers

Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Lester Dickey, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
Steve Doolittle, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive backs

Eric Wright, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
Russell Gary, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
Larry Crawford, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Bill Whitaker, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
Joe Tumpich, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
Johnnie Poe, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
Jay Jimerson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Jim Bob Morris, Kansas State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
Alex Giffords, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)

Punter

Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
Art Woods, Colorado (AP-2)
Don Birdsey, Kansas State (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

References

^ "All-Big Eight Conference". Herald and Review (Decatur, IL). November 20, 1980. p. C2.
^ "The 1980 United Press International All-Big Eight Conference football..." November 24, 1980.

[1] "All-Big Eight Conference". Herald and Review (Decatur, IL). November 20, 1980. p. C2.

[2] "The 1980 United Press International All-Big Eight Conference football..." November 24, 1980.

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