1977 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1977 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen, at each position, as the best players in the Southwest Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1977 season included the United Press International (UPI).

All Southwest selections

Offense

Quarterbacks

• Ron Calcagni, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• Randy McEachern, Texas (UPI-2)

Running backs

• Earl Campbell, Texas (UPI-1)
• Ben Cowins, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• George Woodard, Texas A&M (UPI-2)
• Alois Blackwell, Houston (UPI-2)

Tight ends

• Don Bass, Houston (UPI-1)
• Ronnie Lee, Baylor (UPI-2)

Wide Receivers

• Mike Renfro, TCU (UPI-1)
• Emanuel Tolbert, SMU (UPI-1)
• Alfred Jackson, Texas (UPI-2)
• David Houser, Rice (UPI-2)

Offensive tackles

• Dan Irons, Texas Tech (UPI-1)
• Frank Myers, Texas A&M (UPI-1)
• Kevin Rollwage, Houston (UPI-2)
• Cody Risien, Texas A&M (UPI-2)

Offensive guards

• Rick Ingraham, Texas (UPI-1)
• Leotis Harris, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• Jon Kramer, Baylor (UPI-2)
• Jim Yarbrough, Texas (UPI-2)

Centers

• Mark Dennard, Texas A&M (UPI-1)
• Wes Hubert, Texas (UPI-2)

Placekickers

• Steve Little, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• Russell Erxleben, Texas (UPI-2)

Punters

• Russell Erxleben, Texas (UPI-1)
• Steve Little, Arkansas (UPI-2)

Defense

Defensive ends

• Richard Arledge, Texas Tech (UPI-1)
• Tim Campbell, Texas (UPI-1)
• Reid Hansen, Houston (UPI-2)
• Jerry Saxton, Arkansas (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

• Brad Shearer, Texas (UPI-1)
• Jimmy Walker, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• Dan Hampton, Arkansas (UPI-2)
• Steve McMichael, Texas (UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Larry Jackson, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• Mike Mock, Texas Tech (UPI-1)
• Putt Choate, SMU (UPI-1)
• Joe Bevill, Rice (UPI-2)
• Lance Taylor, Texas (UPI-2)
• Kevin Monk, Texas A&M (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

• Johnnie Johnson, Texas (UPI-1)
• Carl Grulich, Texas A&M (UPI-1)
• Patrick Martin, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• Vaughn Lusby, Arkansas (UPI-1)
• Ricky Churchman, Texas (UPI-2)
• Harold Perry, SMU (UPI-2)
• Eric Felton, Texas Tech (UPI-2)
• Anthony Francis, Houston (UPI-2)

Key

UPI = United Press International

See also

• 1977 College Football All-America Team