Official list of the best college football players of 1975
The1975 All-America college football team is composed ofcollege football players who were selected asAll-Americans by various organizations and writers that choseCollege Football All-America Teams in 1975. TheNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1975 season. They are:[ 1] American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[ 2] Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[ 3] Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;[ 4] United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers.[ 5] Football News (FN),[ 6] Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[ 7] The Sporting News [ 8] Time [ 9] Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).
Three players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. They were running backArchie Griffin of Ohio State, defensive linemenSteve Niehaus of Notre Dame andLee Roy Selmon of Oklahoma.
The1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team had seven players who received first-team honors. The Oklahoma honorees were Lee Roy Selmon, receiverTinker Owens , offensive tackleMike Vaughan , offensive guard Terry Webb, defensive endJimbo Elrod , middle guardDewey Selmon , and return specialistJoe Washington .Ohio State followed with five first-team honorees: offensive guardTed Smith , quarterbackCornelius Greene , running back andHeisman Trophy winnerArchie Griffin , defensive backTim Fox , and punterTom Skladany .
Consensus All-Americans [ edit ] The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1975 and displays which first-team designations they received.
Name Position School Number[ 10] Official Other Archie Griffin Running back Ohio State 4/5/9 AFCA, FWAA, AP, UPI FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC Steve Niehaus Defensive tackle Notre Dame 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC Lee Roy Selmon Defensive tackle Oklahoma 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC Greg Buttle Linebacker Penn State 3/5/8 AP, FWAA, UPI FN, NEA, Time, TSN, WC Chuck Muncie Running back California 3/5/8 AP, FWAA, UPI FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC Ed Simonini Linebacker Texas A&M 4/3/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, TSN, WC Tim Fox Defensive back Ohio State 3/4/7 AFCA, FWAA, UPI NEA, TSN, Time, WC Ricky Bell Running back USC 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, WC Leroy Cook Defensive end Alabama 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, WC Rik Bonness Center Nebraska 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, WC Chet Moeller Defensive back Navy 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, WC Bob Simmons Offensive tackle Texas 3/3/6 AFCA, AP, UPI FN, NEA, WC Pat Thomas Defensive back Texas A&M 3/3/6 AFCA, AP, UPI FN, NEA, WC Dennis Lick Offensive tackle Wisconsin 2/4/6 AFCA, UPI NEA, TSN, Time, WC Steve Rivera Wide receiver California 3/2/5 AFCA, AP, UPI FN, WC John Sciarra Quarterback UCLA 3/2/5 AFCA, AP, UPI NEA, WC Dewey Selmon Middle guard Oklahoma 3/2/5 AFCA, AP, UPI FN, WC Randy Johnson Offensive guard Georgia 3/1/4 AFCA, AP, UPI WC Ted Smith Offensive guard Ohio State 2/2/4 AP, FWAA FN, NEA Jimbo Elrod Defensive end Oklahoma 2/1/3 AP, UPI WC Sammy Green Linebacker Florida 2/1/3 AP, FWAA NEA Larry Seivers Wide receiver Tennessee 1/1/2 AP FN
Steve Rivera (AFCA, AP-3, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC) Larry Seivers (AP-1, FN) Henry Marshall , Missouri(AFCA, NEA-1) Theo Bell , Arizona(UPI-2, NEA-1) Don Buckey , N.C. State(FWAA) Larry Dorsey , Tennessee State(TSN, Time) Dave Logan , Colorado(TSN) Tinker Owens , Oklahoma(Time) Steve Largent , Tulsa(AP-2) Tony Hill , Stanford(NEA-2) Bennie Cunningham , Clemson (TSN, Time, WC) Mike Barber , Louisiana Tech(AP-1, NEA-1) Ken MacAfee , Notre Dame(AP-3, UPI-1, NEA-2) Barry Burton, Vanderbilt(AP-2) Don Hasselbeck , Colorado(UPI-2) Bob Simmons (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, WC) Dennis Lick (AFCA [g], UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC) Rod Walters , Iowa(AP-3, NEA-1 [g], TSN, Time) Mark Koncar , Colorado(AP-1) Marvin Powell , USC(AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2) Mike Vaughan , Oklahoma(UPI-2, FN) Brad Oates , BYU(AP-2) Lamar Parrish, Georgia(NEA-2) Dan Jiggetts , Harvard(AP-3) Randy Johnson (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, WC) Ted Smith (AP-1, FWAA, FN, NEA-1) Ken Jones , Arkansas State(AP-3, FWAA, TSN, Time) Joe Devlin , Iowa(TSN, Time) Terry Webb, Oklahoma(UPI-1, WC) Tom Rafferty , Penn State(AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, FN) Randy Cross , UCLA(AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2) Mickey Marvin , Tennessee(UPI-2) Ken Long , Purdue(NEA-2) Carl Dean, New Mexico State(AP-3) Rik Bonness (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) John Sciarra (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, NEA-1, WC) Craig Penrose , San Diego State(TSN, Time) Marty Akins , Texas(AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2) Gene Swick , Toledo(AP-3, UPI-1) Cornelius Greene , Ohio State(FN) Jeff Grantz, South Carolina(AP-2) Archie Griffin (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC) Ricky Bell (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC) Chuck Muncie (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC) Tony Dorsett , Pittsburgh(AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA-2, WC) Earl Campbell , Texas(AFCA, AP-3) Jimmy DuBose , Florida(AP-2, UPI-2) Joe Washington , Oklahoma(AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2) Gordon Bell , Michigan(AP-3) Louie Giammona , Utah State(AP-3) Leroy Cook (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC) Jimbo Elrod (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) Leroy Selmon (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, TSN [DE], Time [DE], WC) Steve Niehaus (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN [DE], NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC) Ken Novak , Purdue(FWAA, TSN, Time) James White , Oklahoma State (TSN [DE]) Mike Dawson , Arizona(AP-2) Edgar Fields , Texas A&M(AP-2) Gary Jeter , USC(UPI-2) Nick Buonamici, Ohio State(UPI-2) Bob Baumhower , Alabama(AP-3) Dewey Selmon (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, WC) Cliff Frazier , UCLA(NEA-1) Tim Davis, Michigan(AP-2, UPI-2) Tom Higgins , NC State(AP-3, NEA-2) Ed Simonini (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, TSN, WC) Greg Buttle (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, Time, TSN, WC) Sammy Green (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1) Kevin McLain , Colorado State(UPI-2, NEA-1, TSN, Time) Woody Lowe , Alabama(UPI-1) Larry Gordon , Arizona State(NEA-2, Time) Ray Preston , Syracuse(AFCA, AP-3, UPI-2) Reggie Williams , Dartmouth(AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2) Garth TenNapel , Texas A&M(AP-2, NEA-1) Brian Ruff, The Citadel(AP-2) Phil Heck, California(UPI-2) Calvin O'Neal , Michigan(NEA-2) Gary Spani , Kansas State(AP-3) Donnie Thomas , Indiana(AP-3) Tim Fox (AFCA, AP-3, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC) Pat Thomas (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, WC) Chet Moeller (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC) Mike Haynes , Arizona State(AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, FN, NEA-1, TSN, Time) Don Dufek , Michigan(AFCA, FWAA, UPI-2, FN, WC) James Hunter , Grambling(NEA-1, TSN, Time) Kurt Knoff , Kansas(AP-3, NEA-2, TSN, Time) Wonder Monds , Nebraska(FWAA) Jim Bolding, East Carolina(AP-2) Lester Hayes , Texas A&M(AP-2) Shafer Suggs , Ball State(AP-2) Danny Reece , USC(UPI-2) Bill Armstrong , Wake Forest(AP-3, NEA-2) Tommy Marvaso , Cincinnati(NEA-2) Chris Bahr , Penn State(UPI-1, TSN, Time, WC) Bob Berg, New Mexico(FWAA) Dave Lawson, Air Force(UPI-2, FN) Bold – Consensus All-American[ 1] -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection ^a b "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 10. RetrievedOctober 21, 2017 .^a b "UT, Aggies Each Have Two On Coaches' A-A" .Valley Morning Star . November 26, 1975. p. 8.^a b "OSU places two on All-America list" .The Xenia Daily Gazette . December 2, 1975. p. 7.^a b "Leroy Named For Outland" .Panama City News-Herald . Associated Press. December 4, 1975. p. 20. RetrievedMay 19, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com .^a b "Griffin earns All America honors third straight year" .The Pocono Record . December 4, 1975. p. 15.^a b "Buckeyes, Sooners Head Football News Team" .Kingsport (TN) Times . November 27, 1975. p. 7C.^a b Murray Olderman (December 5, 1975)."Sciarra Heads NEA Team" .Kingsport (TN) News . p. 4C. ^a b "Griffin Heads Magazine All-Stars" .The Logan (OH) Daily News . December 10, 1975. p. 9.^a b "Time All-America" .St. Louis Post-Dispatch . December 11, 1975. p. 2B.^ This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
