1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1983 college football season. The 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team won the conference championship and had seven players selected as first-team players by the Associated Press or United Press International. Iowa followed with six first-team selections, including quarterback Chuck Long and linebacker Larry Station. Michigan had five first-team players, including center Tom Dixon and guard Stefan Humphries.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Chuck Long, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jack Trudeau, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

Running backs

Dwight Beverly, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
Keith Byars, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Thomas Rooks, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)
Ricky Edwards, Northwestern (AP-2)
Rick Rogers, Michigan (UPI-2)
Vaughn Broadnax, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

Dave Moritz, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
Duane Gunn, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-2)
Al Toon, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-1)
David Williams, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

Tight ends

John Frank, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Tim Brewster, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

Centers

Tom Dixon, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
Joel Hilgenberg, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2)

Guards

Stefan Humphries, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jim Juriga, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
Kirk Lowdermilk, Ohio State (AP-2)
Jerry Diorio, Michigan (AP-2)
Joe Levelis, Iowa (UPI-2)
Scott Zalenski, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Tackles

Chris Babyar, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
John Alt, Iowa (AP-1)
William Roberts, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Jeff Dellenbach, Wisconsin (AP-2)
Mark Krerowicz, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

Mark Butkus, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
Paul Hufford, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
Don Thorp, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
Al Sincich, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
Kevin Brooks, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
Keith Cruise, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2)
Spencer Nelms, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Tony Wancket, Iowa (AP-2)
Chris Scott, Purdue (UPI-2)

Linebackers

Carl Banks, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
James Melka, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1)
Larry Station, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
Rowland Tatum, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Mike Mallory, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
Carlton Rose, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
Peter Najarian, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-2)
Mike Weingrad, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive backs

Craig Swoope, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
Evan Cooper, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
Garcia Lane, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-2)
Phil Parker, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-1)
Mike Stoops, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-1)
Mike Heaven, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

Special teams

Placekicker

Bob Bergeron, Michigan (AP-1)
Chris White, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-1)

Punter

John Kidd, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1)
Ralf Mojsiejenko, Michigan State (AP-2)
Karl Edwards, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Key

Bold = Selected as a first-team player by both the media (AP) and coaches (UPI)

AP = Associated Press, "selected by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the conference football scene"^[1]

UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches^[2]

References

^ "Hawkeyes represented well on AP all-Big 10 football teams". The Daily Reporter. December 1, 1983. p. 6.
^ Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.

[AP-1] "Hawkeyes represented well on AP all-Big 10 football teams". The Daily Reporter. December 1, 1983. p. 6.

[2] Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.

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