1979 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1979 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1979 season included the Southwest conference coaches (the "Coaches" team).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

  • Kevin Scanlon, Arkansas (Coaches-1)

Running backs

Tight ends

Wide receivers

Guards

Tackles

Centers

  • Wes Hubert, Texas (Coaches-1)

Defensive selections

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

  • David Hodge, Houston (Coaches-1)
  • Doug Shankle, Texas (Coaches-1)
  • Mike Singletary, Baylor (Coaches-1)

Defensive backs

Special teams

Placekicker

  • Ish Ordonez, Arkansas (Coaches-1)

Punter

Miscellaneous

  • Offensive Player of the Year: Kevin Scanlon, Arkansas (Coaches)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Mike Singletary, Baylor (Coaches)
  • Coach of the Year: Lou Holtz, Arkansas (Coaches)
  • Offensive Newcomers of the Year: Gary Anderson, Arkansas and Johnny Hector, Texas A&M (Coaches)
  • Defensive Newcomer of the Year: Darrell Patterson, Texas (Coaches)

Key

Coaches = selected by Southwest Conference coaches[1]

See also

1979 College Football All-America Team

References

  1. ^ "AP All-SWC Team". Eugene Register Guard. 27 November 1979. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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