1975_College_Football_All-America_Team

1975 College Football All-America Team

1975 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1975

The 1975 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1975. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1975 season. They are:[1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;[4] and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers.[5] Other selectors included Football News (FN),[6] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[7] The Sporting News (TSN),[8] Time magazine,[9] and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

Three players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. They were running back Archie Griffin of Ohio State, defensive linemen Steve Niehaus of Notre Dame and Lee Roy Selmon of Oklahoma.

The 1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team had seven players who received first-team honors. The Oklahoma honorees were Lee Roy Selmon, receiver Tinker Owens, offensive tackle Mike Vaughan, offensive guard Terry Webb, defensive end Jimbo Elrod, middle guard Dewey Selmon, and return specialist Joe Washington. Ohio State followed with five first-team honorees: offensive guard Ted Smith, quarterback Cornelius Greene, running back and Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, defensive back Tim Fox, and punter Tom Skladany.

Consensus All-Americans

The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1975 and displays which first-team designations they received.

More information Name, Position ...

Offense

Receivers

Tight ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

  • Rik Bonness, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, WC)
  • Pete Brock, Colorado (UPI-2, NEA-1, Time, TSN)
  • James Files, McNeese State (AP-2)
  • Ray Pinney, Washington (NEA-2)
  • Leo Tierney, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends

  • Leroy Cook, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC)
  • Jimbo Elrod, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1, WC)
  • Troy Archer, Colorado (Time)
  • Bob Martin, Nebraska (AP-2, UPI-2, FN)
  • Jimmy Lisko, Arkansas State (AP-2)
  • Duncan McColl, Stanford (UPI-2)
  • Kim Bokamper, San Jose State (NEA-2)
  • Randy Cozens, Pittsburgh (AP-3)
  • Nate Toran, Rutgers (AP-3)

Defensive tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers

  • Chris Bahr, Penn State (UPI-1, TSN, Time, WC)
  • Bob Berg, New Mexico (FWAA)
  • Dave Lawson, Air Force (UPI-2, FN)

Punters

Returner

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "UT, Aggies Each Have Two On Coaches' A-A". Valley Morning Star. November 26, 1975. p. 8.
  3. [3]
    "OSU places two on All-America list". The Xenia Daily Gazette. December 2, 1975. p. 7.
  4. [4]
    "Leroy Named For Outland". Panama City News-Herald. Associated Press. December 4, 1975. p. 20. Retrieved May 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Griffin earns All America honors third straight year". The Pocono Record. December 4, 1975. p. 15.
  6. [6]
    "Buckeyes, Sooners Head Football News Team". Kingsport (TN) Times. November 27, 1975. p. 7C.
  7. [7]
    Murray Olderman (December 5, 1975). "Sciarra Heads NEA Team". Kingsport (TN) News. p. 4C.
  8. [8]
    "Griffin Heads Magazine All-Stars". The Logan (OH) Daily News. December 10, 1975. p. 9.
  9. [9]
    "Time All-America". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 11, 1975. p. 2B.
  10. [10]
    This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
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