1971 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1971 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1971 college football season. The selectors for the 1971 season included the Associated Press (AP).

Offensive selections

Tight ends

• John Schroll, Kansas (AP)

Wide receivers

• Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (AP)

Offensive linemen

• Dick Rupert, Nebraska (AP)
• Ken Jones, Oklahoma (AP)
• Carl Johnson, Nebraska (AP)
• Marion Latimore, Kansas State (AP)

Centers

• Tom Brahaney, Oklahoma (AP)

Backs

• Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma (AP)
• Jack Mildren, Oklahoma (AP)
• Jerry Tagge, Nebraska (AP)
• Jeff Kinney, Nebraska

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Willie Harper, Nebraska (AP)
• Ray Hamilton, Oklahoma (AP)

Interior linemen

• Rich Glover, Nebraska (AP)
• Larry Jacobson, Nebraska (AP)
• Herb Orvis, Colorado (AP)
• Derland Moore, Oklahoma (AP

Linebackers

• Steve Aycock, Oklahoma (AP)
• Keith Schroeder, Iowa State (AP)
• Kenney Page, Kansas (AP)

Defensive backs

• Bill Kosch, Nebraska (AP)
• John Shelley, Oklahoma (AP)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

See also

• 1971 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Big Eight Selections". Hays (KS) Daily News. November 23, 1971. p. 6.