Nebraska's All-Time Captains

Year -- Captains
1890 -- Ebenezer E. Mockett*
1891 -- James H. Johnston, E**
1892 -- James H. Johnston, E
1893 -- Ike E. Pace, QB
1894 -- George H. Dern, G
1895 -- Wilmer W. Wilson, G
1896 -- Orley B. Thorpe, QB
1897 -- George C. Shedd, FB
1898 -- William C. Melford, C
1899 -- Charles E. Williams, HB
1900 -- Fred Brew, G
1901 -- John Westover, T
1902 -- John Westover, T
1903 -- Johnny R. Bender, HB
1904 -- Maurice Benedict, QB
1905 -- Charles T. Borg, C
1906 -- John G. Mason, T
1907 -- John H. Weller, HB
1908 -- J.B. Harvey, E
1909 -- O.A. Beltzer, HB
1910 -- LeRoy Temple, T
1911 -- Sylvester V. Shonka, T
1912 -- Ernest Frank, HB
1913 -- Leonard Purdy, HB
1914 -- Vic Halligan, T
1915 -- Dick B. Rutherford, HB
1916 -- Tim H. Corey, T
1917 -- Ed Shaw, T
1918 -- Ernest Hubka, FB
1919 -- Paul Dobson, HB
1920 -- Bill L. Day
1921 -- Clarence E. Swanson, E
1922 -- Chick S. Hartley, QB
1923 -- Verne Lewellen, QB
1924 -- Ed Weir, T
1925 -- Ed Weir, T
1926 -- Alonzo "Lonnie" Stiner, T
1927 -- John --Jug-- Brown, QB
1928 -- Edward Howell, HB; Elmer Holm, G
1929 -- George Farley, HB
1930-49 -- Appointed Each Game
1950 -- Charley Toogood, T; Bill Mueller, HB; Robert Mullen, C/T; Don Bloom, HB
1951 -- Frank Simon, E; Robert Mullen, T
1952 -- Bobby Reynolds, HB; Ed Husmann, T; Carl Brasee, G
1953 -- Bill Schabacker, E; Jerry Minnick, T
1954-57 -- Appointed Each Game
1958 -- Mike Lee, E; Dick McCashland, FB
1959 -- Appointed Each Game
1960 -- Roland "Ron" McDole, T; Pat Fischer, QB; Don Fricke, C
1961 -- Don Purcell, E; Mick Tinglehoff, C; Pat Clare, HB
1962 -- Bill Thornton, FB; Dwain Carlson, G
1963 -- Dennis Claridge, QB; John Kirby, G
1964 -- Lyle Sittler, C; Bobby Hohn, HB
1965 -- Frank Solich, FB; Mike Kennedy, LB
1966 -- Bob Churchich, QB; Larry Wachholtz, S
1967 -- Ben Gregory, HB; Marv Mueller, S
1968 -- Tom Penney, SE; Jim Hawkins, CB
1969 -- Mike Green, FB; Dana Stephenson, CB
1970 -- Dan Schneiss, FB; Jerry Murtaugh, LB
1971 -- Jerry Tagge, QB; Jim Anderson, CB
1972 -- Doug Dumler, C; Bill Janssen, OT
1973 -- Daryl White, OT; John Dutton, DT
1974 -- David Humm, QB; Tom Ruud, LB
1975 -- Terry Luck, QB; Bob Martin, DE
1976 -- Vince Ferragamo, QB; Clete Pillen, LB
1977 -- Greg Jorgensen, OG; Jeff Carpenter, LB
1978 -- Tom Sorley, QB; George Andrews, DE
1979 -- Tim Smith, SE; Lawrence Cole, DE
1980 -- Randy Schleusener, OG; Derrie Nelson, DE
1981 -- Mark Mauer, QB; Jimmy Williams, DE
1982 -- Dave Rimington, C; Steve Damkroger, LB
1983 -- Turner Gill, QB; Mike Keeler, DT; Dean Steinkuhler, OG; Mike Tramner, MG
1984 -- Bret Clark, S; Jeff Smith, IB; Mark Traynowicz, C
1985 -- Mike Knox, LB; Bill Lewis, C; Jim Skow, DT
1986 -- Marc Munford, LB; Stan Parker, OG; Chris Spachman, DT; plus one game captain
1987 -- John McCormick, OG; Neil Smith, MG; Doug Welniak, LB
1988 -- Mark Blazek, SS; Andy Keeler, OG; Steve Taylor, QB; Broderick Thomas, OLB
1989 -- Doug Glaser, OT; Gerry Gdowski, QB; Randall Jobman, LB; Jeff Mills, OLB
1990 -- Reggie Cooper, SS; David Edeal, C; Pat Tyrance, LB; Jim Wanek, OG
1991 -- Pat Engelbert, MG; Mickey Joseph, QB; Tyrone Legette, CB; Erik Wiegert, OT
1992 -- Travis Hill, OLB; John Parrella, DT; Jim Scott, C; William Washington, TE
1993 -- Trev Alberts, OLB; Gerald Armstrong, TE; Lance Lundberg, OT; John Reece, CB
1994 -- Terry Connealy, DT; Ed Stewart, LB; Zach Wiegert, OT; Rob Zatechka, OT
1995 -- Phil Ellis, LB; Aaron Graham, C; Mark Gilman, TE; Christian Peter, DT; Tony Veland, FS
1996 -- Damon Benning, IB; Chris Dishman, OG; Mike Minter, ROV; Jared Tomich, RE
1997 -- Vershan Jackson, TE; Jason Peter, DT; Aaron Taylor, OG; Grant Wistrom, RE
1998 -- Jay Foreman, LB; Josh Heskew, C; Sheldon Jackson, TE; Chad Kelsay, RE; Joel Makovicka, FB
1999 -- Mike Brown, ROV; Ralph Brown, CB; T.J. DeBates, TE; Adam Julch, OT
2000 -- Dan Alexander, IB; Russ Hochstein, OG; Loran Kaiser, DT; Carlos Polk, MLB; Jason Schwab, OT; Kyle Vanden Bosch, RE
2001 -- Keyuo Craver, CB; Eric Crouch, QB; Jeremy Slechta, DT; Dave Volk, OT; Tracey Wistrom, TE
2002 -- DeJuan Groce, CB; John Garrison, C; Chris Kelsay, RE
2003 -- Judd Davies, FB; Trevor Johnson, RE; Jammal Lord, QB; Demorrio Williams, WLB
2004 -- Barrett Ruud, MLB; Josh Bullocks, FS; Ross Pilkington, WR; Joe Dailey, QB
2005 -- Cory Ross, IB; Daniel Bullocks, SS
2006 -- Zac Taylor, QB, Adam Carriker, DE, Brandon Rigoni, DB
2007 -- Brett Byford, C, Zackary Bowman, CB, Bo Ruud, LB
2008# -- Joe Ganz, QB, Nate Swift, WR, Zach Potter, DE, Ty Steinkuhler, DT
2009# -- Jacob Hickman, C, Ndamukong Suh, DT, Alex Henery, PK/P
2010# -- Pierre Allen, DE, Prince Amukamara, CB, Roy Helu Jr., IB, Alex Henery, PK/P

*Albert Troyer elected but was then injured and became manager
**Replaced Mockett after first game
#Coaches appointed game captains each week, then announced season captains at the end of the year