1968 All-Big Eight Conference football team
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American all-star college football team
The 1968 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1968 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).
Offensive selections
[edit ]Ends
[edit ]- Dave Jones , Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Steve Zabel, Oklahoma (AP-1)
- John Mosier, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Terry Brown, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
Tackles
[edit ]- Mike Montler , Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Keith Christensen , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Byron Bigby, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- John Ward, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
Guards
[edit ]- Joe Armstrong, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jim Anderson, Missouri (AP-1)
- Ken Mendenhall, Oklahoma (UPI-1)
- Ken Wertzberger, Kansas (AP-2)
- Ed Lancaster, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Centers
[edit ]- Jon Kolb , Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dale Evans, Kansas (AP-2)
Backs
[edit ]- Bobby Douglass , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Steve Owens , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Eddie Hinton , Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Riggins , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Bob Anderson, Colorado (AP-1)
- Bob Warmack, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Donnie Shanklin, Kansas (AP-2)
- Mack Herron, Kansas State (AP-2)
- Joe Orduna, Nebraska (AP-2)
Defensive selections
[edit ]Defensive ends
[edit ]- John Zook , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Bill Schmitt, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mike Schnitker, Colorado (AP-2)
- Elmer Benhardt, Missouri (AP-2)
Defensive tackles
[edit ]- Jay "Rocky" Wallace, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- George Dimitri, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Tisworth, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Mark Kuhlman, Missouri (AP-2)
Middle guards
[edit ]- John Little , Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Stucky, Kansas State (AP-2)
Linebackers
[edit ]- Emery Hicks , Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ken Geddes , Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Rocky Martin, Colorado (AP-1)
- Carl Garber, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Larry Gosney, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
- Don Pfrimmer, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Defensive backs
[edit ]- Roger Wehrli , Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Steve Barrett, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dana Stephenson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Butch Davis, Missouri (AP-2)
- Gary Goodwin, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
- Bob Best, Nebraska (AP-2)
Key
[edit ]AP = Associated Press [1]
UPI = United Press International [2]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Five Jays Make AP's All-Big Eight First Team". Daily Tribune (Great Bend, KS). November 21, 1968. p. 6.
- ^ "Owens Named Big Eight Back Of The Year By UPI". Frederick Daily Leader. December 8, 1968. p. 6.