# 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1983 college football season. The 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team won the conference championship and had seven players selected as first-team players by the Associated Press or United Press International. Iowa followed with six first-team selections, including quarterback Chuck Long and linebacker Larry Station. Michigan had five first-team players, including center Tom Dixon and guard Stefan Humphries.

## Offensive selections
### Quarterbacks

* Chuck Long, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Jack Trudeau, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Running backs

* Dwight Beverly, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Keith Byars, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Thomas Rooks, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Ricky Edwards, Northwestern (AP-2)
* Rick Rogers, Michigan (UPI-2)
* Vaughn Broadnax, Ohio State (UPI-2)

### Wide receivers

* Dave Moritz, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Duane Gunn, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Al Toon, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-1)
* David Williams, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Tight ends

* John Frank, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Tim Brewster, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Centers

* Tom Dixon, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Joel Hilgenberg, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Guards

* Stefan Humphries, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Jim Juriga, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Kirk Lowdermilk, Ohio State (AP-2)
* Jerry Diorio, Michigan (AP-2)
* Joe Levelis, Iowa (UPI-2)
* Scott Zalenski, Ohio State (UPI-2)

### Tackles

* Chris Babyar, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
* John Alt, Iowa (AP-1)
* William Roberts, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Jeff Dellenbach, Wisconsin (AP-2)
* Mark Krerowicz, Ohio State (UPI-2)

## Defensive selections
### Defensive linemen

* Mark Butkus, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Paul Hufford, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Don Thorp, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Al Sincich, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Kevin Brooks, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
* Keith Cruise, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Spencer Nelms, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Tony Wancket, Iowa (AP-2)
* Chris Scott, Purdue (UPI-2)

### Linebackers

* Carl Banks, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* James Melka, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Larry Station, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Rowland Tatum, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Mike Mallory, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Carlton Rose, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Peter Najarian, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Mike Weingrad, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

### Defensive backs

* Craig Swoope, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Evan Cooper, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Garcia Lane, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Phil Parker, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-1)
* Mike Stoops, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-1)
* Mike Heaven, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)

## Special teams
### Placekicker

* Bob Bergeron, Michigan (AP-1)
* Chris White, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-1)

### Punter

* John Kidd, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Ralf Mojsiejenko, Michigan State (AP-2)
* Karl Edwards, Ohio State (UPI-2)

## Key

Bold = Selected as a first-team player by both the media (AP) and coaches (UPI)
AP = Associated Press, "selected by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the conference football scene"
UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches