1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1980 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Quarterbacks

 * Phil Bradley, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * J. C. Watts, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Jeff Quinn, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Running backs

 * Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Kerwin Bell, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Andra Franklin, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * David Overstreet, Oklahoma (AP-2)
 * James Wilder Sr., Missouri (AP-2)

Tight ends

 * Forrest Valora, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

 * David Verser, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Mel Campbell, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Ron Fellows, Missouri (UPI-2)

Centers

 * Brad Edelman, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Dave Rimington, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Offensive guards

 * Randy Schleusener, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Stan Lechner, Missouri (AP-2)
 * Joe Adams, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

 * Howard Richards, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Louis Oubre, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Bob Ed Culver Jr., Oklahoma (AP-2)
 * Karl Nelson, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Defensive ends

 * Derrie Nelson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * James Walker, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Wendell Ray, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

 * Richard Turner, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * David Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Dean Prater, Oklahoma State (UPI-1)
 * Keith Gary, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Jeff Fox, Kansas (AP-2)

Nose guards

 * Stan Gardner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Curt Hineline, Nebraska (AP-2)
 * Johnnie Lewis, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Linebackers

 * Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Lester Dickey, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Steve Doolittle, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive backs

 * Eric Wright, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Russell Gary, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Larry Crawford, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Bill Whitaker, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Joe Tumpich, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Johnnie Poe, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Jay Jimerson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
 * Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Jim Bob Morris, Kansas State (UPI-2)

Place-kicker

 * Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Alex Giffords, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)

Punter

 * Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Art Woods, Colorado (AP-2)
 * Don Birdsey, Kansas State (UPI-2)

Key
AP = Associated Press

UPI = United Press International