1985 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1985 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1985 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Tight ends
  • Keith Jackson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jeff Wodka, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers
  • Richard Estell, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Herbert Johnson, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Gerald Alphin, Kansas State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Bobby Riley, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Centers
  • Bill Lewis, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Eric Coyle, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)

Guards
  • Brian Blankenship, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mark Hutson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • Junior Ili, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Anthony Phillips, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-1)

Tackles
  • Paul Blair, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • John Clay, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jim Davis, Kansas (UPI-2)
  • Jim Webb, Colorado (UPI-2)
  • Eric Pope, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Tim Roth, Nebraska (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends
  • Kevin Murphy, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Darrell Reed, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jim Luebbers, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Kevin Humphrey, Kansas State (AP-2)
  • Dan McMillen, Colorado (UPI-2)

Defensive Tackles
  • Leslie O'Neal, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Tony Casillas, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jim Skow, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Danny Noonan, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • John Washington, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Dick Chapura, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Chris Spachman, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Linebackers

Defensive backs
  • Barton Hundley, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mark Moore, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mike Hudson, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mickey Pruitt, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Erik McMillan, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Brian Washington, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Sonny Brown, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
  • Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Anthony Mayze, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker
  • Dale Klein, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jeff Johnson, Kansas (AP-2)
  • Tom Whelihan, Missouri (UPI-2)

Punter
  • Barry Helton, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mike Winchester, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1] UPI = United Press International[2]

See also

References
  1. "All-Big Eight". The Salina (KS) Journal. November 27, 1985. p. 15.
  2. "The 1985 United Press International All-Big Eight Conference football team". UPI Archives. November 25, 1985. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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