1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1981 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Quarterbacks

 * Turner Gill, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * John Quinn, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)

Running backs

 * Mike Rozier, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Stanley Wilson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Roger Craig, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Bob Meyer, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Shawn Jones, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
 * Phil Bales, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Tight ends

 * Jamie Williams, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

 * Wayne Capers, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * James Caver, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Centers

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

Offensive guards

 * Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * David Lawrence, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Mike Mandelko, Nebraska (AP-2)
 * Vince Rafferty, Colorado (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

 * Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Lyndle Byford, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Karl Nelson, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Randy Theiss, Nebraska (AP-2)
 * Conrad Goode, Missouri (UPI-2)

Defensive ends

 * Reggie Singletary, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Pete Perry, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Bryan Horn, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Tony Felici, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

 * Jeff Gaylord, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Rick Bryan, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
 * Shamus McDonough, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Henry Waechter, Nebraska (AP-2)

Nose guards

 * Gary Lewis, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Greg Smith, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)

Linebackers

 * Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Kyle McNorton, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Steve Damkroger, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive backs

 * Kevin Potter, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Pete DiClementi, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Joe Brown, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Joe Krejci, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Gary Morrill, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Victor Scott, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
 * Demetrious Johnson, Missouri (AP-2)
 * Ric Lindquist, Nebraska (UPI-2)
 * Ronnie Osborne, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Place-kicker

 * Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1)
 * Larry Roach, Oklahoma State (UPI-1)
 * Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-2)

Punter

 * Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Grant Campbell, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Key
AP = Associated Press

UPI = United Press International