Oct. 2, 2003
Former Iowa football all-American Craig Clemons will be the Iowa football team’s honorary captain for Saturday’s Big Ten Conference battle with Michigan.
Game time is 2:38 p.m. in sold out Kinnick Stadium. ABC-TV will provide live television coverage to approximately 50 percent of the nation. That broadcast is also available via the ESPN GamePlan pay-per-view package.
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Clemons will be with the team on the sidelines and will participate in the pre-game coin flip with Iowa’s regular captains. He’ll also be with the team prior to and following the game.
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Clemons will be with the team on the sidelines and will participate in the pre-game coin flip with Iowa’s regular captains. He’ll also be with the team prior to and following the game.
Clemons, a defensive back from Piqua, Ohio, lettered three times (1969-71) for the Hawkeyes. He was named to Iowa’s first all-time team, as a defensive back, in a vote by Hawkeye fans in 1989. He still ranks 21st on Iowa’s all-time tackle charts with 261 career stops. He led the team in interceptions in both 1970 and 1971.
Clemons was named Iowa’s most valuable player in 1971, the same year he earned first-team all-America and first team all-Big Ten honors. He was also a team captain in 1971.
Clemons played in the 1971 Blue-Gray and Senior All-Star games and also the 1972 Tribune All-Star contest against the NFL champions. The Chicago Bears picked him in the first round of the 1972 NFL draft. He played with the Bears for six years (1972-77).