The 1983 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All- Big Eight Conference teams for the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1983 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Turner Gill, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• David Archer, Iowa State (AP-2)

Running backs

• Mike Rozier, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Shawn Jones, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
• Jason Jacobs, Iowa State (UPI-1)
• Spencer Tillman, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Earl Johnson, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Tight ends

• Dave Hestera, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Chesley, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Wide receivers

• Irving Fryar, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Tracy Henderson, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bobby Johnson, Kansas (AP-2)
• Mike Wallace, Kansas State (AP-2)

Centers

• Chuck Thomas, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Mark Traynowicz, Nebraska (UPI-1)
• Chuck Meyers, Iowa State (AP-2)

Down linemen

• Scott Raridon, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Conrad Goode, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Kevin Igo, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
• Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska (UPI-1)
• Paul Parker, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Bruce Reimers, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Harry Grimminger, Nebraska (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Kevin Murphy, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bobby Bell, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Taft Sales, Missouri (AP-2)
• L. E. Madison, Kansas State (AP-2)

Down linemen

• Rick Bryan, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Leslie O'Neal, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Reggie Singletary, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Rodney Harding, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
• Robert Curry, Missouri (AP-2)
• Rob Stuckey, Nebraska (AP-2)

Linebackers

• Mike Knox, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jay Wilson, Missouri (AP-1)
• Jackie Shipp, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Willie Pless, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
• James Spencer, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
• Chris Washington, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive backs

• Scott Case, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Victor Scott, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bret Clark, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Terry Matichak, Missouri (UPI-1)
• Chris Rockins, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Adam Hinds, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
• Keith Stanberry, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

• Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Larry Roach, Oklahoma State (AP-2)

Punter

• John Conway, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Scott Fulhage, Kansas State (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

UPI = United Press International ^[2]

See also

• 1983 College Football All-America Team

References