1975 College Football All-America Team

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).

Two players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. They were defensive linemen Steve Niehaus of Notre Dame and Lee Roy Selmon of Oklahoma.

The 1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team had eight 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, defensive tackle James White, 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.

Name Position School Number[10] Official Other
Steve NiehausDefensive tackleNotre Dame4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
Lee Roy SelmonDefensive tackleOklahoma4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
Greg ButtleLinebackerPenn State3/5/8AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, Time, TSN, WC
Archie GriffinRunning backOhio State3/5/8AFCA, AP, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
Chuck MuncieRunning backCalifornia3/5/8AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
Ed SimoniniLinebackerTexas A&M4/3/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, TSN, WC
Tim FoxDefensive backOhio State3/4/7AFCA, FWAA, UPINEA, TSN, Time, WC
Ricky BellRunning backUSC4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Leroy CookDefensive endAlabama4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Rik BonnessCenterNebraska4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Chet MoellerDefensive backNavy4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Steve RiveraWide receiverCalifornia4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Bob SimmonsOffensive tackleTexas3/3/6AFCA, AP, UPIFN, NEA, WC
Pat ThomasDefensive backTexas A&M3/3/6AFCA, AP, UPIFN, NEA, WC
Dennis LickOffensive tackleWisconsin2/4/6AFCA, UPINEA, TSN, Time, WC
John SciarraQuarterbackUCLA3/2/5AFCA, AP, UPINEA, WC
Dewey SelmonMiddle guardOklahoma3/2/5AFCA, AP, UPIFN, WC
Randy JohnsonOffensive guardGeorgia3/1/4AFCA, AP, UPIWC
Ted SmithOffensive guardOhio State2/2/4AP, FWAAFN, NEA
Jimbo ElrodDefensive endOklahoma2/1/3AP, UPIWC
Sammy GreenLinebackerFlorida2/1/3AP, FWAANEA
Larry SeiversWide receiverTennessee1/1/2APFN

Offense

Receivers

Tight ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers

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 2 "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "UT, Aggies Each Have Two On Coaches' A-A". Valley Morning Star. November 26, 1975. p. 8.
  3. 1 2 "OSU places two on All-America list". The Xenia Daily Gazette. December 2, 1975. p. 7.
  4. 1 2 Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Griffin earns All America honors third straight year". The Pocono Record. December 4, 1975. p. 15.
  6. 1 2 "Buckeyes, Sooners Head Football News Team". Kingsport (TN) Times. November 27, 1975. p. 7C.
  7. 1 2 Murray Olderman (December 5, 1975). "Sciarra Heads NEA Team". Kingsport (TN) News. p. 4C.
  8. 1 2 "Griffin Heads Magazine All-Stars". The Logan (OH) Daily News. December 10, 1975. p. 9.
  9. 1 2 "Time All-America". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 11, 1975. p. 2B.
  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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