1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1978 season included the Associated Press and United Press International.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Thomas Lott, Oklahoma

Phil Bradley, Missouri

Running backs

Billy Sims, Oklahoma Rick Berns, Nebraska

Dexter Green, Iowa State
James Mayberry, Colorado
I. M. Hipp, Nebraska
Kenny King, Oklahoma
Kenny Brown, Nebraska

Tight ends

Junior Miller, Nebraska
Kellen Winslow, Missouri

Centers

Peter Allard, Missouri

Jody Farthing, Oklahoma

Offensive guards

Greg Roberts, Oklahoma Steve Lindquist, Nebraska

Paul Tabor, Oklahoma
Jim Clark, Oklahoma State
Barney Cotton, Nebraska
Craig Simmons, Oklahoma State

Offensive tackles

Matt Miller, Colorado Kelvin Clark, Nebraska

Dick Cuvelier, Iowa State
Sam Claphan, Oklahoma

Wide receivers

Charlie Green, Kansas State

Eugene Goodlow, Kansas State

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

George Andrews, Nebraska

Rick White, Iowa State
Reggie Mathis, Oklahoma
Stuart Walker, Colorado
Jim Zidd, Kansas

Defensive tackles

Mike Stensrud, Iowa State

Rod Horn, Nebraska
Phil Tabor, Oklahoma
Ruben Vaughan, Colorado
Chris Boskey, Iowa State

Nose guards

Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma

Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska
Laval Short, Colorado

Linebackers

Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma John Corker, Oklahoma State

George Cumby, Oklahoma
Lee Kunz, Nebraska
Chris Garlich, Missouri
Tom Boskey, Iowa State

Defensive backs

Darrol Ray, Oklahoma Mark Haynes, Colorado Mike Schwartz, Iowa State

Jim Pillen, Nebraska
Russ Calabrese, Missouri
LeRoy Irvin, Kansas
Mike Babb, Oklahoma
Sam Owen, Kansas State
Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State

Special teams

Place-kicker

Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma

Billy Todd, Nebraska

Punters

Mike Hubach, Kansas

Tim Smith, Nebraska

Key

AP = Associated Press
UPI = United Press International