The 1977 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1977 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Jeff Knapple, Colorado (AP-2)

Running backs Terry Miller, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2) Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-2) Elvis Peacock, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Tight ends Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Ken Spaeth, Nebraska (AP-2)

Centers Tom Davis, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)

Offensive guards Greg Jorgensen, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1) Jaime Melendez, Oklahoma (AP-2) Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-2)

Offensive tackles Karl Baldischwiler, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) James Taylor, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-2) Lindsey Mason, Kansas (AP-2)

Wide receivers Joe Stewart, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Charley Green, Kansas State (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends Randy Westendorf, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1) Daria Butler, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) Steve Hamilton, Missouri (AP-2) Tom Dinkel, Kansas (AP-2)

Defensive tackles Tom Randall, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2) Jim Matthews, Missouri (AP-2)

Nose guards Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Ron McFarland, Iowa State (AP-2)

Linebackers Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Gary Spani, Kansas State (AP-1) George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1) Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2) Brian Cabral, Colorado (AP-2) Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2)

Defensive backs Zac Henderson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Odis McKinney, Oklahoma (AP-1) Tom Fitch, Kansas (AP-1) Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1) Kevin Hart, Iowa State (UPI-1) Ted Harvey, Nebraska (AP-2) Terry Peters, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Special teams

Placekicker Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (UPI-1)

Punter Rick Blabolil, Iowa State (UPI-1)

Return specialist Fred Nixon, Oklahoma (UPI-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press

UPI = United Press International

See also 1977 College Football All-America Team

References