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 (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Quarterbacks

 * Thomas Lott, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Phil Bradley, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)

Running backs

 * Billy Sims, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Rick Berns, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Dexter Green, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * James Mayberry, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * I. M. Hipp, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Kenny King, Oklahoma (AP-2)
 * Kenny Brown, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Tight ends

 * Junior Miller, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Kellen Winslow, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)

Centers

 * Peter Allard, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Jody Farthing, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

 * Greg Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Steve Lindquist, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Paul Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-2)
 * Jim Clark, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
 * Barney Cotton, Nebraska (UPI-2)
 * Craig Simmons, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

 * Matt Miller, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Kelvin Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Dick Cuvelier, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Sam Claphan, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

 * Charlie Green, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Eugene Goodlow, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive ends

 * George Andrews, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Rick White, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Reggie Mathis, Oklahoma (AP-1)
 * Stuart Walker, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Jim Zidd, Kansas (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

 * Mike Stensrud, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Rod Horn, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Phil Tabor, Oklahoma (AP-1)
 * Ruben Vaughan, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Chris Boskey, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Nose guards

 * Reggie Kinlaw, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (AP-2)
 * Laval Short, Colorado (UPI-2)

Linebackers

 * Darryl Hunt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * John Corker, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * George Cumby, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Lee Kunz, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Chris Garlich, Missouri (AP-2)
 * Tom Boskey, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive backs

 * Darrol Ray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Mark Haynes, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Mike Schwartz, Iowa State (UPI-1; UPI-1)
 * Jim Pillen, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Russ Calabrese, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * LeRoy Irvin, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Mike Babb, Oklahoma (AP-2)
 * Sam Owen, Kansas State (UPI-2)
 * Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Place-kicker

 * Uwe von Schamann, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Billy Todd, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Punters

 * Mike Hubach, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Tim Smith, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Key
AP = Associated Press

UPI = United Press International