The 1972 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen for All-Pacific-8 Conference teams for the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The team was selected by the conference's eight head coaches.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Offensive selections

Quarterback

Dan Fouts, Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1)

Running backs

Kermit Johnson, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1)
James McAlister, UCLA (AP-1)
Anthony Davis, USC (UPI-1)
Ken Grandberry, Washington State (UPI-2)

Tight end

Charle Young, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
John Brady, Washington (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

Steve Sweeney, Cal (AP-1; UPI-1)
Greg Specht, Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1)
Eric Cross, Stanford (UPI-2)

Tackles

Pete Adams, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
Bruce Walton, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1)
Bill Moos, Washington State (AP-1)
Tim Stokes, Oregon (UPI-2)

Guards

Steve Ostermann, Washington State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Rob Jurgenson, Oregon State (AP-1)
Younger Klippert, Stanford (UPI-1)

Center

Dave Brown, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)

Defensive selections

Linemen

John Grant, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
Gordy Guinn, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jimmy Sims, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
Bob Kampa, Cal (AP-1)
Roger Stillwell, Stanford (UPI-1)
Cody Jones, San Jose State (UPI-2)
Jeff Winans, USC (UPI-2)

Linebackers

Steve Brown, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jim Merlo, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1)
Richard Wood, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
Steve Lebherz, Pacific (UPI-2)
Gary Larsen, Washington State (UPI-2)
Charles Anthony, USC (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

Allan Ellis, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1)
Calvin Jones, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1)
Randy Poltl, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1)
Bill Bartley, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2)
Artimus Parker, USC (UPI-1)
Tony Bonwell, Washington (UPI-2)
Charles McCloud, Stanford (UPI-2)
Jim Lilly, Oregon State (UPI-2)

Extra teams

Placekicker

Rod Garcia, Stanford (AP-1)

Punter

Bruce Barnes, UCLA (AP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press, selected by the conference head coaches

UPI = United Press International, selected by UPI from all teams on the Pacific Coast, not limited to the Pac-8 Conference^[5]

References

^ "Three Cards All-Pac-8". The Times. San Mateo, California. November 27, 1972. p. 17. Retrieved March 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trojans top Pac-8 team". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. November 25, 1972. p. 13.
^ "Two Cougars tabbed Pac-8 all-stars". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. November 25, 1972. p. 12.
^ "Fouts, Specht gain berths". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. November 25, 1972. p. 1B.
^ "USC dominates All-Coast grid team". The Bulletin. November 22, 1972. p. 6.

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