1974 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Ohio State running back Archie Griffin

The 1974 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1974 college football season. The teams selected by the Big Ten coaches for the United Press International (UPI) were led by Ohio State with nine first-team selections. Michigan placed five players on the coaches' All-Big Ten first team. Running back Archie Griffin, who won his first Heisman Trophy in 1974, was the only player unanimously selected by the coaches as a first-team All-Big Ten player.^[1]

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Cornelius Greene, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Dennis Franklin, Michigan (UPI-2)

Running backs

• Archie Griffin, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Levi Jackson, Michigan State (UPI-1)
• Billy Marek, Wisconsin (UPI-1)
• Gordon Bell, Michigan (UPI-2)
• Gil Chapman, Michigan (UPI-2)
• Courtney Snyder, Indiana (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

Second-team running back Gordon Bell of Michigan

• Larry Burton, Purdue (UPI-1)
• Brian Baschnagel, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Tight ends

• Jack Novak, Wisconsin (UPI-1)
• Doug France, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Tackles

• Dennis Lick, Wisconsin (UPI-1)
• Kurt Schumacher, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Paul Hiemenz, Northwestern (UPI-2)

Guards

• Ralph Perretta, Purdue (UPI-1)
• Dick Mack, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Terry Stieve, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
• Joe Devlin, Iowa (UPI-2)

Centers

• Steve Myers, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Dennis Franks, Michigan (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Ends

Michigan's Don Dufek

• Van DeCree, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Dan Jilek, Michigan (UPI-1)
• Otto Smith, Michigan State (UPI-1)
• Jim Cope, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Tackles

• Pete Cusick, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• James Taubert, Michigan State (UPI-1)
• Greg Schaum, Michigan State (UPI-2)
• Keith Simons, Minnesota (UPI-2)

Middle guards

• Tim Davis, Michigan (UPI-1)
• Arnie Jones, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Terrence, McClowry, Michigan State (UPI-1)
• Steve Strinko, Michigan (UPI-1)
• Tom Hicks, Illinois (UPI-2)
• Ollie Bakken, Minnesota (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

Defensive back Dave Brown

• Dave Brown, Michigan (UPI-1)
• Neal Colzie, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Don Dufek, Michigan (UPI-1)
• Steve Luke, Ohio State (UPI-1)
• Fred Cooper, Purdue (UPI-2)
• Earl Douthitt, Iowa (UPI-2)
• Mike Gow, Illinois (UPI-2)

Key

UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches^[1][2]

See also

• 1974 College Football All-America Team
• 1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

References