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{{Short description|Official list of the best college football players of 1975}}
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The '''1975 College Football All-America team''' is composed of [[college football]] players who were selected as [[All-America]]ns by various organizations and writers that chose [[College Football All-America Team]]s in 1975. The [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1975 season. They are:<ref name=CAA/> (1) the [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA);<ref name=AFCA/> (2) the [[Associated Press]] (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;<ref name=AP/> (3) the [[Football Writers Association of America]] (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;<ref name=FW/> and (4) the [[United Press International]] (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers.<ref name=UPI/> Other selectors included ''Football News'' (FN),<ref name=FN/> the [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]] (NEA),<ref name=NEA/> ''[[Sporting News|The Sporting News]]'' (TSN),<ref name=TSN/> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine,<ref name=Time/> and the [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]] (WC).

Three players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. They were running back [[Archie Griffin]] of Ohio State, defensive linemen [[Steve Niehaus]] of Notre Dame and [[Lee Roy Selmon]] of Oklahoma.

The [[1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team]] had seven 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]], middle guard [[Dewey Selmon]], and return specialist [[Joe Washington]]. [[1975 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] followed with five first-team honorees: offensive guard [[Ted Smith (American football)|Ted Smith]], quarterback [[Cornelius Greene]], running back and [[Heisman Trophy]] winner [[Archie Griffin]], defensive back [[Tim Fox (American football)|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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Name
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Position
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | School
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Number<ref>This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.</ref>
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Official
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Other
|-align="left"
|[[Archie Griffin]]||Running back||[[1975 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]||4/5/9||AFCA, FWAA, AP, UPI||FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Steve Niehaus]]||Defensive tackle||[[1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]||4/5/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Lee Roy Selmon]]||Defensive tackle||[[1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]||4/5/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Greg Buttle]]||Linebacker||[[1975 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]]||3/5/8||AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, NEA, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Chuck Muncie]]||Running back||[[1975 California Golden Bears football team|California]]||3/5/8||AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, NEA, TSN, Time, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Ed Simonini]]||Linebacker||[[1975 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]||4/3/7||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Tim Fox (American football)|Tim Fox]]||Defensive back||Ohio State||3/4/7||AFCA, FWAA, UPI||NEA, TSN, Time, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Ricky Bell (running back)|Ricky Bell]]||Running back||[[1975 USC Trojans football team|USC]]||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Leroy Cook]]||Defensive end||[[1975 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Rik Bonness]]||Center||[[1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Chet Moeller]]||Defensive back||[[1975 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]]||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Bob Simmons (offensive lineman)|Bob Simmons]]||Offensive tackle||[[1975 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]||3/3/6||AFCA, AP, UPI||FN, NEA, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Pat Thomas (defensive back)|Pat Thomas]]||Defensive back||Texas A&M||3/3/6||AFCA, AP, UPI||FN, NEA, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Dennis Lick]]||Offensive tackle||[[1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]||2/4/6||AFCA, UPI||NEA, TSN, Time, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Steve Rivera]]||Wide receiver||[[1975 California Golden Bears football team|California]]||3/2/5||AFCA, AP, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[John Sciarra]]||Quarterback||[[1975 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]]||3/2/5||AFCA, AP, UPI||NEA, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Dewey Selmon]]||Middle guard||Oklahoma||3/2/5||AFCA, AP, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Randy Johnson (offensive lineman)|Randy Johnson]]||Offensive guard||[[1975 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]||3/1/4||AFCA, AP, UPI||WC
|-align="left"
|[[Ted Smith (American football)|Ted Smith]]||Offensive guard||Ohio State||2/2/4||AP, FWAA||FN, NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Jimbo Elrod]]||Defensive end||Oklahoma||2/1/3||AP, UPI||WC
|-align="left"
|[[Sammy Green]]||Linebacker||[[1975 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]||2/1/3||AP, FWAA||NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Larry Seivers]]||Wide receiver||[[1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]||1/1/2||AP||FN
|-align="left"
|}

== Offense ==
=== Receivers ===

* '''[[Steve Rivera]]''', California {{small|(AFCA, AP-3, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC)}}
* '''[[Larry Seivers]]''', Tennessee {{small|(AP-1, FN)}}
* [[Henry Marshall (American football)|Henry Marshall]], Missouri {{small|(AFCA, NEA-1)}}
* [[Theo Bell]], Arizona {{small|(UPI-2, NEA-1)}}
* [[Don Buckey]], N.C. State {{small|(FWAA)}}
* [[Larry Dorsey]], Tennessee State {{small|(TSN, Time)}}
* [[Dave Logan (American football)|Dave Logan]], Colorado {{small|(TSN)}}
* [[Tinker Owens]], Oklahoma {{small|(Time)}}
* [[Steve Largent]], Tulsa {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Tony Hill (wide receiver)|Tony Hill]], Stanford {{small|(NEA-2)}}

=== Tight ends ===

* [[Bennie Cunningham]], Clemson {{small| (TSN, Time, WC)}}
* [[Mike Barber (wide receiver)|Mike Barber]], Louisiana Tech {{small|(AP-1, NEA-1)}}
* [[Ken MacAfee]], Notre Dame {{small|(AP-3, UPI-1, NEA-2)}}
* Barry Burton, Vanderbilt {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Don Hasselbeck]], Colorado {{small|(UPI-2)}}

=== Tackles ===

* '''[[Bob Simmons (offensive lineman)|Bob Simmons]]''', Texas {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, WC)}}
* '''[[Dennis Lick]]''', Wisconsin {{small|(AFCA [g], UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC)}}
* [[Rod Walters]], Iowa {{small|(AP-3, NEA-1 [g], TSN, Time)}}
* [[Mark Koncar]], Colorado {{small|(AP-1)}}
* [[Marvin Powell]], USC {{small|(AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2)}}
* [[Mike Vaughan]], Oklahoma {{small|(UPI-2, FN)}}
* [[Brad Oates]], BYU {{small|(AP-2)}}
* Lamar Parrish, Georgia {{small|(NEA-2)}}
* [[Dan Jiggetts]], Harvard {{small|(AP-3)}}

=== Guards ===

* '''[[Randy Johnson (offensive lineman)|Randy Johnson]]''', Georgia {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, WC)}}
* '''[[Ted Smith (American football)|Ted Smith]]''', Ohio State {{small|(AP-1, FWAA, FN, NEA-1)}}
* [[Ken Jones (American football)|Ken Jones]], Arkansas State {{small|(AP-3, FWAA, TSN, Time)}}
* [[Joe Devlin (American football)|Joe Devlin]], Iowa {{small|(TSN, Time)}}
* Terry Webb, Oklahoma {{small|(UPI-1, WC)}}
* [[Tom Rafferty]], Penn State {{small|(AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, FN)}}
* [[Randy Cross]], UCLA {{small|(AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2)}}
* [[Mickey Marvin]], Tennessee {{small|(UPI-2)}}
* [[Ken Long]], Purdue {{small|(NEA-2)}}
* Carl Dean, New Mexico State {{small|(AP-3)}}

=== Centers ===

* '''[[Rik Bonness]]''', Nebraska {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, WC)}}
* [[Pete Brock (American football)|Pete Brock]], Colorado {{small|(UPI-2, NEA-1, Time, TSN)}}
* James Files, McNeese State {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Ray Pinney]], Washington {{small|(NEA-2)}}
* Leo Tierney, Georgia Tech {{small|(AP-3)}}

=== Quarterbacks ===

* '''[[John Sciarra]]''', UCLA {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, NEA-1, WC)}}
* [[Craig Penrose]], San Diego State {{small|(TSN, Time)}}
* [[Marty Akins]], Texas {{small|(AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2)}}
* [[Gene Swick]], Toledo {{small|(AP-3, UPI-1)}}
* [[Cornelius Greene]], Ohio State {{small|(FN)}}
* Jeff Grantz, South Carolina {{small|(AP-2)}}

=== Running backs ===

* '''[[Archie Griffin]]''', Ohio State {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC)}}
* '''[[Ricky Bell (running back)|Ricky Bell]]''', USC {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC)}}
* '''[[Chuck Muncie]]''', California {{small| (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC)}}
* [[Tony Dorsett]], Pittsburgh {{small|(AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA-2, WC)}}
* [[Earl Campbell]], Texas {{small|(AFCA, AP-3)}}
* [[Jimmy DuBose]], Florida {{small|(AP-2, UPI-2)}}
* [[Joe Washington]], Oklahoma {{small|(AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2)}}
* [[Gordon Bell (American football)|Gordon Bell]], Michigan {{small|(AP-3)}}
* [[Louie Giammona]], Utah State {{small|(AP-3)}}

== Defense ==

=== Defensive ends ===

* '''[[Leroy Cook]]''', Alabama {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC)}}
* '''[[Jimbo Elrod]]''', Oklahoma {{small|(AP-1, UPI-1, WC)}}
* [[Troy Archer]], Colorado {{small|(Time)}}
* [[Bob Martin (American football)|Bob Martin]], Nebraska {{small|(AP-2, UPI-2, FN)}}
* Jimmy Lisko, Arkansas State {{small|(AP-2)}}
* Duncan McColl, Stanford {{small|(UPI-2)}}
* [[Kim Bokamper]], San Jose State {{small|(NEA-2)}}
* Randy Cozens, Pittsburgh {{small|(AP-3)}}
* Nate Toran, Rutgers {{small|(AP-3)}}

=== Defensive tackles ===

* '''[[Lee Roy Selmon|Leroy Selmon]]''', Oklahoma {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, TSN [DE], Time [DE], WC)}}
* '''[[Steve Niehaus]]''', Notre Dame {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN [DE], NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC)}}
* [[Ken Novak]], Purdue {{small|(FWAA, TSN, Time)}}
* [[James White (defensive tackle)|James White]], Oklahoma State {{small| (TSN [DE])}}
* [[Mike Dawson (defensive end)|Mike Dawson]], Arizona {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Edgar Fields]], Texas A&M {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Gary Jeter]], USC {{small|(UPI-2)}}
* Nick Buonamici, Ohio State {{small|(UPI-2)}}
* [[Bob Baumhower]], Alabama {{small|(AP-3)}}

=== Middle guards ===

* '''[[Dewey Selmon]]''', Oklahoma {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)}}
* [[Cliff Frazier]], UCLA {{small|(NEA-1)}}
* Tim Davis, Michigan {{small|(AP-2, UPI-2)}}
* [[Tom Higgins (Canadian football)|Tom Higgins]], NC State {{small|(AP-3, NEA-2)}}

=== Linebackers ===

* '''[[Ed Simonini]]''', Texas A&M {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, TSN, WC)}}
* '''[[Greg Buttle]]''', Penn State {{small|(AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, Time, TSN, WC)}}
* '''[[Sammy Green]]''', Florida {{small|(AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1)}}
* [[Kevin McLain]], Colorado State {{small|(UPI-2, NEA-1, TSN, Time)}}
* [[Woody Lowe]], Alabama {{small|(UPI-1)}}
* [[Larry Gordon (American football)|Larry Gordon]], Arizona State {{small|(NEA-2, Time)}}
* [[Ray Preston (American football)|Ray Preston]], Syracuse {{small|(AFCA, AP-3, UPI-2)}}
* [[Reggie Williams (linebacker)|Reggie Williams]], Dartmouth {{small|(AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2)}}
* [[Garth TenNapel]], Texas A&M {{small|(AP-2, NEA-1)}}
* Brian Ruff, The Citadel {{small|(AP-2)}}
* Phil Heck, California {{small|(UPI-2)}}
* [[Calvin O'Neal]], Michigan {{small|(NEA-2)}}
* [[Gary Spani]], Kansas State {{small|(AP-3)}}
* [[Donnie Thomas (American football)|Donnie Thomas]], Indiana {{small|(AP-3)}}

=== Defensive backs ===

* '''[[Tim Fox (American football)|Tim Fox]]''', Ohio State {{small| (AFCA, AP-3, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, Time, WC)}}
* '''[[Pat Thomas (defensive back)|Pat Thomas]]''', Texas A&M {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, NEA-1, WC)}}
* '''[[Chet Moeller]]''', Navy {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA-2, WC)}}
* [[Mike Haynes (cornerback)|Mike Haynes]], Arizona State {{small|(AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, FN, NEA-1, TSN, Time)}}
* [[Don Dufek]], Michigan {{small|(AFCA, FWAA, UPI-2, FN, WC)}}
* [[James Hunter (American football)|James Hunter]], Grambling {{small|(NEA-1, TSN, Time)}}
* [[Kurt Knoff]], Kansas {{small|(AP-3, NEA-2, TSN, Time)}}
* [[Wonder Monds]], Nebraska {{small|(FWAA)}}
* Jim Bolding, East Carolina {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Lester Hayes]], Texas A&M {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Shafer Suggs]], Ball State {{small|(AP-2)}}
* [[Danny Reece]], USC {{small|(UPI-2)}}
* [[Bill Armstrong (defensive back)|Bill Armstrong]], Wake Forest {{small|(AP-3, NEA-2)}}
* [[Tommy Marvaso]], Cincinnati {{small|(NEA-2)}}

== Special teams ==

=== Kickers ===

* [[Chris Bahr]], Penn State {{small|(UPI-1, TSN, Time, WC)}}
* Bob Berg, New Mexico {{small|(FWAA)}}
* Dave Lawson, Air Force {{small|(UPI-2, FN)}}

=== Punters ===

* [[Tom Skladany]], Ohio State {{small|(FWAA, FN)}}
* [[Rick Engles]], Tulsa {{small|(TSN, Time)}}

=== Returner ===

* [[Joe Washington]], Oklahoma {{small|(FWAA)}}

== Key ==
* '''Bold''' – Consensus All-American<ref name=CAA>{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017|page=10|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}</ref>
* -1 – First-team selection
* -2 – Second-team selection
* -3 – Third-team selection

===Official selectors===

* AFCA – [[American Football Coaches Association]]<ref name=AFCA>{{cite news|title=UT, Aggies Each Have Two On Coaches' A-A|newspaper=Valley Morning Star|date=November 26, 1975|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4497081/ut_aggies_each_have_two_on_coaches_aa/}}</ref>
* AP – [[Associated Press]]<ref name=AP>{{cite news|title=OSU places two on All-America list|newspaper=The Xenia Daily Gazette|date=December 2, 1975|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4496661/osu_places_two_on_allamerica_list/}}</ref>
* FWAA – [[Football Writers Association of America]]<ref name=FW>{{cite news|title=Leroy Named For Outland|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11096673/leroy_named_for_outland/|access-date=May 19, 2017|work=Panama City News-Herald|agency=Associated Press|date=December 4, 1975|page=20|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* UPI – [[United Press International]]<ref name=UPI>{{cite news|title=Griffin earns All America honors third straight year|newspaper=The Pocono Record|date=December 4, 1975|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4496950/griffin_earns_all_america_honors_third/}}</ref>

===Other selectors===

* FN – ''Football News''<ref name=FN>{{cite news|title=Buckeyes, Sooners Head Football News Team|newspaper=Kingsport (TN) Times|date=November 27, 1975|page=7C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4497459/buckeyes_sooners_head_football_news/}}</ref>
* NEA – [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]]<ref name=NEA>{{cite news|title=Sciarra Heads NEA Team|author=Murray Olderman|newspaper=Kingsport (TN) News|date=December 5, 1975|page=4C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4497233/sciarra_hads_nea_team/}}</ref>
* TSN – ''[[Sporting News|The Sporting News]]''<ref name=TSN>{{cite news|title=Griffin Heads Magazine All-Stars|newspaper=The Logan (OH) Daily News|date=December 10, 1975|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4497536/griffin_heads_magazine_all_stars/}}</ref>
* Time – ''Time'' magazine<ref name=Time>{{cite news|title=Time All-America|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=December 11, 1975|page=2B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4497416/time_allamerica/}}</ref>
* WC – [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]]{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

==See also==
* [[1975 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team]]
* [[1975 All-Big Eight Conference football team]]
* [[1975 All-Big Ten Conference football team]]
* [[1975 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team]]
* [[1975 All-SEC football team]]
* [[1975 All-Southwest Conference football team]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{1975 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{College Football All-America Teams}}

[[Category:1975 NCAA Division I football season|All-America Team]]
[[Category:College Football All-America Teams]]

1975 College Football All-America Team - Revision history

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