1973 All-Big Eight Conference football team
The 1973 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1973 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).
Offensive selections
Ends
- Emmett Edwards, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Frosty Anderson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
- J. V. Cain, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Keith Krepfle, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Offensive tackles
- Daryl White, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jim Schnietz, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Eddie Foster, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Tom Wolf, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Offensive guards
- Bill Brittain, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-2)
- John Roush, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Doug Payton, Colorado (AP-1)
- Greg Horton, Colorado (UPI-1)
- Dan Anderson, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Terry Webb, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
Centers
- Scott Anderson, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- William McDonald, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
Quarterbacks
- David Jaynes, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Steve Davis, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
Backs
- Joe Washington, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Isaac Jackson, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mike Strachan, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Waymon Clark, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
- George Palmer, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
- David Logan, Colorado (AP-2)
- Charlie Davis, Colorado (UPI-2)
- Brent Blackman, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)
Placekickers
- Greg Hill, Missouri (UPI-1)
- Tom Goedjen, Iowa State (UPI-2)
Defensive selections
Defensive ends
- Steve Manstedt, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dean Zook, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Gary Baccus, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Mike Struck, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Glenn Robinson, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)
Defensive tackles
- John Dutton, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Barry Price, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mitch Sutton, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Dewey Selmon, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
Middle guards
- Lucious Selmon, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Bell, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Mike Lemon, Kansas (UPI-2)
Linebackers
- Cleveland Vann, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Rod Shoate, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Lawrence Hunt, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Steve Towle, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Ted Jornov, Iowa State (AP-2)
- Matt Blair, Iowa State (AP-2)
- Scott Pickens, Missouri (UPI-2)
- David Smith, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
Defensive backs
- Randy Hughes, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Moseley, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Alvin Brown, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Kurt Knoff, Kansas (AP-1)
- Randy Borg, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Kenith Pope, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Matt Blair, Iowa State (UPI-2)
- Clyde Powers, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International[2]
See also
References
- ^ "All-Big 8 Football Selections". Salina (KS) Journal. November 29, 1973. p. 20.
- ^ "All-Conference Players Listed on Big 8 Roster". Frederick Daily Leader. November 27, 1973. p. 3.