Iowa Captains
| Year | Name, Postion |
| 1889 | Martin Sampson, HB |
| 1890 | Arthur Smith, QB |
| 1891 | Frank Pierce, QB |
| 1892 | Allen Sanford, HB |
| 1893 | Lloyd Elliott, FB |
| 1894 | Prince Sawyer, QB |
| 1895 | Kalita Leighton, G |
| 1896 | Iver Iverson, C |
| 1897 | J. Walker, G |
| 1898 | Samuel Hobbs, FB |
| 1899 | Moray Eby, T |
| 1900 | John Griffith, FB |
| 1901 | Clyde Williams, QB |
| 1902 | H.S. Hollenbeck, G |
| 1903 | C.H. Coulthard, E |
| 1904 | Nyle Jones, HB |
| 1905 | A.E. McGowan, FB |
| 1906 | George Allen, HB |
| 1907 | R.A. White, E |
| 1908 | Charles Kirk, FB |
| 1909 | H.R. Gross, T |
| 1910 | M.W. Hyland, E |
| 1911 | J.R. Murphy, FB HB |
| 1912 | Henry Hanson, G |
| 1913 | Ralph McGinnis, FB |
| 1914 | A.H. Gunderson, E |
| 1915 | Irving Barron, T |
| 1916 | Charles Laun, FB |
| 1917 | J.E. Davis, HB |
| 1918 | Ronald Reed, E |
| 1919 | Fred Lohman, FB |
| 1920 | William Kelly, QB |
| 1921 | Aubrey Devine, HB |
| 1922 | Gordon Locke, FB |
| 1923 | Glenn Miller, HB |
| 1924 | Leland Parking, QB |
| 1925 | Harold Griffen, C |
| 1926 | Paul Smith, E |
| 1927 | Emerson Nelson, T |
| 1928 | Richard Brown, C |
| 1929 | Willis Glassgow, HB |
| 1930 | Grover Higdon, G |
| 1931 | Oliver Sansen, FB |
| 1932 | Marcus Magnussen, C |
| 1933 | Tom Moore, C |
| 1934 | Russell Fisher, HB |
| 1935 | Richard Crayne, FB |
| 1936 | John Hild, HB |
| Ted Osmaloski, C | |
| 1937 | Homer Harris, E |
| 1938 | Jack Eicherly, HB |
| 1939 | Erwin Prasse, E |
| 1940 | Mike Enich, T |
| 1941 | William Diehl, C |
| 1943 | Robert Liddy, G |
| William Barbour, E | |
| 1952 | Bill Fenton, E |
| 1953 | Andrew Houg, T |
| 1954 | George Broeder, FB |
| 1955 | Calvin Jones, G |
| 1956 | Richard Deasy, T |
| Donald Suchy, C | |
| 1957 | Jim Gibbons, E |
| 1958 | John Nocera, FB |
| 1959 | Don Norton, E |
| Ray Jauch, HB | |
| 1960 | Jerry Mauren, HB |
| 1961 | Bill Van Buren, C |
| Wilburn Hollis, QB | |
| 1962 | Larry Ferguson, HB |
| 1963 | Paul Krause, HB |
| Wally Hilgenberg, G | |
| 1964 | Tony Giacobazzi, E |
| 1965 | Karl Noonan, FL |
| 1966 | Dick Gibbs, DB |
| Dan Hilsabeck, LB | |
| 1967 | Tony Williams, DB |
| Silas McKinnie, TB | |
| 1968 | Ed Podolak, TB |
| Steve Wilson, DB | |
| 1969 | Jon Meskimen, OL |
| Larry Ely, LB | |
| 1970 | Ray Manning, TE |
| Dan McDonald, LB | |
| 1971 | Geoff Mickelson, OB |
| Craig Clemons, DB | |
| 1972 | Craig Darling, OL |
| Dave Harris, TB | |
| Dave Simms, LB | |
| 1973 | Dan Dickel, DE |
| Brian Rollins, SE | |
| Roger Jerrick, C | |
| 1974 | Dan McCarney, OG |
| Earl Douthitt, DB | |
| 1975 | Andre Jackson, LB |
| Brandt Yocom, TE | |
| 1976 | Tom Grine, TE |
| Jim Caldwell, DB | |
| 1977 | Jim Hilgenberg, C |
| Dean Moore, LB | |
| 1978 | Jon Lazar, FB |
| Tom Rusk, LB | |
| Tim Gutshall, LB | |
| Dave Becker, DB | |
| 1979 | Jim Molini, DE |
| Mario Pace, DB | |
| Sam Palladino, OT | |
| Cedric Shaw, DB | |
| Jim Swift, TE | |
| 1980 | Kent Ellis, DB |
| John Harty, DT | |
| Dean McKillip, FB | |
| Matt Petrzelka, OT | |
| Bryan Skradis, DE | |
| Phil Suess, QB | |
| 1981 | Tracy Crocker, DB |
| Pete Gales, QB | |
| Bruce Kittle, OT | |
| Andre Tippett, DE | |
| Brad Webb, DE | |
| 1982 | Mark Bortz, DT |
| Norm Granger, FB | |
| Mike Hufford, TE | |
| Brett Miller, OT | |
| Bobby Stoops, DB | |
| 1983 | Norm Granger, FB |
| Jon Roehlk, OG | |
| Dave Strobel, DE | |
| 1984 | Owen Gill, RB |
| Jonathan Hayes, TE | |
| Paul Hufford, DT | |
| Keith Hunter, DB | |
| Kevin Spitzig, LB | |
| 1985 | Mike Haight, OT |
| Ronnie Harmon, RB | |
| Chuck Long, QB | |
| Hap Peterson, NG | |
| Larry Station, LB | |
| 1986 | Dave Croston, OT |
| George Davis, LB | |
| Jeff Drost, DT | |
| Ken Sims, DB | |
| Mark Vlasic, QB | |
| 1987 | Kerry Burt, DB |
| Quinn Early, WR | |
| Mike Flagg, TE | |
| Dave Haight, NG | |
| J.J. Puk, LB | |
| Herb Wester, OT | |
| 1988 | Marv Cook, TE |
| Dave Haight, NG | |
| Chuck Hartlieb, QB | |
| Bob Kratch, OT | |
| Jim Reilly, LB | |
| 1989 | Bill Anderson, OL |
| Richard Bass, FB | |
| Jeff Koeppel, DL | |
| Tom Poholsky, QB | |
| Brad Quast, LB | |
| Anthony Wright, DB | |
| 1990 | Greg Aegerter, OL |
| Merton Hanks, DB | |
| Jim Johnson, DL | |
| Tony Stewart, RB | |
| 1991 | Rob Baxley, OL |
| John Derby, LB | |
| Matt Rodgers, QB | |
| Leroy Smith, DE | |
| 1992 | Mike Devlin, C |
| Brett Bielema, DL | |
| 1993 | Larry Blue, DE |
| Paul Burmeister, QB | |
| Mike Wells, DT | |
| 1994 | John Hartlieb, LB |
| Harold Jasper, WR | |
| Ryan Terry, RB | |
| Parker Wildeman, DL | |
| 1995 | Lloyd Bickham, DL |
| Chris Jackson, DB | |
| Matt Purdy, OL | |
| Casey Wiegmann, OL | |
| 1996 | Bill Ennis-Inge, DE |
| Tom Knight, DB | |
| Sedrick Shaw, RB | |
| Ross Verba, OL | |
| 1997 | Kerry Cooks, DB |
| Tim Dwight, WR | |
| Jon LaFleur, DT | |
| Matt Sherman, QB | |
| 1998 | Michael Burger, FB |
| Jared DeVries, DT | |
| Matt Hughes, LB | |
| Derek Rose, OL | |
| 1999 | Bowen, DB |
| Scott Pospisil, DL | |
| Randy Reiners, QB | |
| Travis Senters, LB | |
| Rob Thein, FB | |
| 2000 | Jason Baker, P |
| A.J. Blazek, OL | |
| Anthony Herron, DL | |
| Kevin Kasper, WR | |
| LeVar Woods, LB | |
| 2001 | Ladell Betts, RB |
| Aaron Kampman, DL | |
| Kyle McCann, QB | |
| Derek Pagel, DB | |
| Matt Stockdale, DB | |
| 2002 | Brad Banks, QB |
| Fred Barr, LB | |
| Colin Cole, DT | |
| Nate Kaeding, PK | |
| Bruce Nelson, C | |
| 2003 | Robert Gallery, OT |
| Howard Hodges, DE | |
| Nate Kaeding, PK | |
| Fred Russell, RB | |
| Bob Sanders, DB | |
| 2004 | Jonathan Babineaux, DL |
| Matt Roth, DE | |
| Ed Hinkel, WR | |
| Sean Considine, DB | |
| Pete McMahon, OL | |
| David Bradley, P | |
| 2005 | Brian Ferentz, OL |
| Ed Hinkel, WR | |
| Marcus Schnoor, RB | |
| Chad Greenway, LB | |
| Abdul Hodge, LB |