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
editEnds
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
editDefensive 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
editAP = Associated Press[1]
See also
editReferences
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.