1979 College Football All-America Team

The 1979 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 1979. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season. They are:[1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) based on the input of more than 2,000 voting members;[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), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[6] The Sporting News (TSN),[7] and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

1979 College Football All-America Team
College Football All-America Team
1979 NCAA Division I-A football season
1977 1978 ← → 1980 1981

Offense

Receivers
  • Ken Margerum, Stanford (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC)
  • Art Monk, Syracuse (FWAA)
  • Johnny "Lam" Jones, Texas (TSN)
  • Rick Beasley, Appalachian State (AP-2)
  • Jackie Flowers, Florida State (UPI-2)
  • Wayne Baumgardner, Wake Forest (NEA-2)
  • Steve Coury, Oregon State (AP-3)

Tight ends
  • Junior Miller, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC)
  • Mark Brammer, Michigan State (UPI-2)
  • Dave Young, Purdue (AP-2)
  • Mark Geisler, Ohio (NEA-2)
  • Benjie Pryor, Pittsburgh (AP-3)

Tackles
  • Greg Kolenda, Arkansas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC)
  • Jim Bunch, Alabama (AP-1, AFCA [G], FWAA, UPI-2)
  • Tim Foley, Notre Dame (AP-2, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN)
  • Melvin Jones, Houston (AFCA, AP-3, WC)
  • Stan Brock, Colorado (NEA-2, TSN)
  • Steve McKenzie, Purdue (AP-2)
  • Irv Pankey, Penn State (NEA-2)
  • Ray Snell, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
  • Herman Parker, Long Beach State (AP-3)

Guards
  • Brad Budde, USC (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC)
  • Ken Fritz, Ohio State (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC)
  • Ray Snell, Wisconsin (TSN)
  • Mike Brock, Alabama (AP-2)
  • Pete Inge, San Diego State (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • George Stewart, Arkansas (UPI-2)
  • Mark Jones, Missouri (NEA-2)
  • Mark Goodspeed, Nebraska (NEA-2)
  • Wayne Inman, East Carolina (AP-3)
  • Craig Wolfley, Syracuse (AP-3)

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends
  • Hugh Green, Pittsburgh (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC)
  • Curtis Greer, Michigan (AFCA, FWAA, UPI-2 [DT], NEA-1)
  • Jacob Green, Texas A&M (AP-1, UPI-2, WC)
  • Rick Antle, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
  • E. J. Junior, Alabama (AP-2)
  • John Adams, LSU (UPI-2)
  • Rush Brown, Ball State (NEA-2 [DL])
  • Gerry Gluscic, Indiana State (AP-3)
  • Bob Kohrs, Arizona State (AP-3)

Defensive tackles
  • Steve McMichael, Texas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-2, WC)
  • Bruce Clark, Penn State (AFCA, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1 [NG], TSN, WC)
  • Jim Stuckey, Clemson (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1 [DE], NEA-1, TSN [DE])
  • Hosea Taylor, Houston (NEA-1)
  • Rulon Jones, Utah State (AP-2, NEA-2, TSN)
  • Doug Martin, Washington (AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2)
  • Cleveland Crosby, Arizona (AP-3)
  • Dino Mangiero, Rutgers (AP-3)

Middle guards
  • Ron Simmons, Florida State (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-2, WC)
  • Ken Loushin, Purdue (AP-2)
  • Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (UPI-2)
  • George Mays, Army (AP-3)

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers
  • Dale Castro, Maryland (FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC)
  • Ish Ordonez, Arkansas (UPI-2, NEA-2)

Punters
  • Jim Miller, Ole Miss (FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC)
  • Mike Smith, Wyoming (UPI-2)
  • Ken Naber, Stanford (NEA-2)

Key

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

Official selectors

Other selectors

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See also

References
  1. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 12. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. "Football Coaches All America". The Republic (Columbus, Ind.). November 21, 1979. p. B3.
  3. "Southern Cal star White repeats as All-America". The Pantagraph. December 5, 1979. p. B4.
  4. Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  5. "UPI All-America: Trojans Grab 3 Berths". The Daily News (Huntingdon). December 4, 1979. p. 5.
  6. "NEA's 1979 All-America football team". The Daily News (Huntingdon, PA). November 27, 1979. p. 4.
  7. "Sporting News". The Arizona Republic. December 4, 1979. p. D2.
  8. "Football Writers All America". The Republic (Columbus, Ind.). November 21, 1979. p. B3.
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