1984 All-Big Eight Conference football team

American all-star college football team

The 1984 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1984 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

## Offensive selections

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### Quarterbacks

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* Danny Bradley, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Rusty Hilger, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Running backs

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* Jeff Smith, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Doug DuBose, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Shawn Jones, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
* Steve Sewell, Oklahoma (AP-2)
* Lee Rouson, Colorado (UPI-2)
* Lynn Williams, Kansas (UPI-2)

### Tight ends

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* Jon Embree, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Tony Davis, Missouri (AP-2)
* Dave Smoldt, Iowa State (UPI-2)

### Wide receivers

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* Tracy Henderson, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* George Shorthose, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Ron Brown, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
* Skip Peete, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Centers

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* Mark Traynowicz, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Chuck Thomas, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Down linemen

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* Harry Grimminger, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Mark Behning, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* John Clay, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Paul Blair, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Damian Johnson, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Ralph Partida, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-1)
* Junior Ili, Colorado (AP-2)
* Brent Burks, Oklahoma (AP-2)
* Eric Pope, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
* Doug Certain, Kansas (UPI-2)

## Defensive selections

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### Defensive ends

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* Scott Strasburger, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Bill Weber, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Darrell Reed, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)
* Lester Williams, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Nose guard

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* Tony Casillas, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
* John Washington, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Defensive tackles

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* Leslie O'Neal, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Rodney Harding, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Rob Stuckey, Nebraska (AP-2)
* Steve Little, Iowa State (AP-2)
* George Smith, Colorado (UPI-2)
* Phil Forte, Kansas (UPI-2)

### Linebackers

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* Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Willie Pless, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Matt Manger, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Jeff Brasswell, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Marc Munford, Nebraska (AP-2)
* Mark Daum, Nebraska (AP-2)

### Defensive backs

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* Barton Hundley, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Bret Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Rod Brown, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Mark Moore, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-1)
* Adam Hinds, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Anthony Mayze, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
* David Burke, Nebraska (UPI-2)
* Brad Lambert, Kansas State (UPI-2)

## Special teams

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### Place-kicker

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* Larry Roach, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Dodge Schwartzburg, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Punter

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* Scott Livingston, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Mike Winchester, Oklahoma (AP-2)
* Marlon Adler, Missouri (UPI-2)

## Key

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AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

## See also

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* 1984 College Football All-America Team

## References

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1. ^ "All-Big Eight". The Salina Journal. November 21, 1984. p. 13.
2. ^ "The 1984 United Press International All-Big Eight Conference football..." November 19, 1984.

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