Nebraska 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, C Nebraska's 2010 team captains (from left): Roy Helu Jr., Prince Amukamara, Pierre Allen, Coach Bo Pelini and Alex Henery. 1921-- Clarence E. Swanson, E 1922-- Chick S. Hartley, QB John Dutton, DT Jim Scott, C 1923-- Verne Lewellen, QB 1974-- David Humm, QB William Washington, TE 2004-- Josh Bullocks, FS 1924-- Ed Weir, T Tom Ruud, LB 1993-- Trev Alberts, OLB Joe Dailey, QB 1925-- Ed Weir, T 1975-- Terry Luck, QB Gerald Armstrong, TE Ross Pilkington, WR 1926-- Lonnie Stiner, T Bob Martin, DE Lance Lundberg, OT Barrett Ruud, MLB 1927-- John "Jug" Brown, QB 1976-- Vince Ferragamo, QB Kevin Ramaekers, DT 2005-- Daniel Bullocks, SS 1928-- Edward Howell, HB Clete Pillen, LB John Reece, CB Cory Ross, IB Elmer Holm, G 1977-- Greg Jorgensen, OG 1994-- Terry Connealy, DT 2006-- Zac Taylor, QB 1929-- George Farley, HB Jeff Carpenter, LB Ed Stewart, LB Adam Carriker, DE 1930-49-- Appointed Each Game 1978-- Tom Sorley, QB Zach Wiegert, OT Brandon Rigoni, DB 1950-- Charley Toogood, T George Andrews, DE Rob Zatechka, OT 2007-- Zack Bowman, CB Bill Mueller, HB 1979-- Tim Smith, SE 1995-- Phil Ellis, LB Brett Byford, C Robert Mullen, C/T Lawrence Cole, DE Aaron Graham, C Bo Ruud, LB Don Bloom, HB 1980-- Randy Schleusener, OG Mark Gilman, TE 2008#-- Joe Ganz, QB 1951-- Frank Simon, E Derrie Nelson, DE Christian Peter, DT Zach Potter, DE Robert Mullen, T 1981-- Mark Mauer, QB Tony Veland, FS Ty Steinkuhler, DT 1952-- Bobby Reynolds, HB Jimmy Williams, DE 1996-- Damon Benning, IB Nate Swift, WR Ed Hussmann, T 1982-- Dave Rimington, C Chris Dishman, OG 2009#-- Jacob Hickman, C Carl Brasee, G Steve Damkroger, LB Mike Minter, ROV Ndamukong Suh, DT 1953-- Bill Schabacker, E 1983-- Turner Gill, QB Jared Tomich, RE Alex Henery, PK/P Jerry Minnick, T Mike Keeler, DT 1997-- Vershan Jackson, TE 2010#-- Pierre Allen, DE 1954-57-- Appointed Each Game Dean Steinkuhler, OG Jason Peter, DT Prince Amukamara, CB 1958-- Mike Lee, E Mike Tranmer, MG Aaron Taylor, OG Roy Helu Jr., RB Dick McCashland, FB 1984-- Bret Clark, S Grant Wistrom, RE Alex Henery, PK/P Appointed Each Game 1959-- Jeff Smith, IB 1998-- Jay Foreman, LB 1960-- Roland McDole, T Mark Traynowicz, C Josh Heskew, C *Albert Troyer elected but was then injured Pat Fischer, QB 1985-- Mike Knox, LB Sheldon Jackson, TE Don Fricke, C Bill Lewis, C Chad Kelsay, RE and became manager 1961-- Don Purcell, E Jim Skow, DT Joel Makovicka, FB **Replaced Mockett after first game Mick Tinglehoff, C 1986-- Marc Munford, LB 1999-- Mike Brown, ROV #Coaches appointed game captains each Pat Clare, HB Stan Parker, OG Ralph Brown, CB week then announced season captains at the 1962-- Bill Thornton, FB Chris Spachman, DT T.J. DeBates, TE end of the year Dwain Carlson, G plus one game captain Adam Julch, OT 1963-- Dennis Claridge, QB 1987-- John McCormick, OG 2000-- Dan Alexander, IB John Kirby, G Neil Smith, MG Russ Hochstein, OG 1964-- Lyle Sittler, C Doug Welniak, LB Loran Kaiser, DT Bobby Hohn, HB 1988-- Mark Blazek, SS Carlos Polk, MLB 1965-- Frank Solich, FB Andy Keeler, OG Jason Schwab, OT Mike Kennedy, LB Steve Taylor, QB Kyle Vanden Bosch, RE 1966-- Bob Churchich, QB Broderick Thomas, OLB 2001-- Keyuo Craver, CB Larry Wachholtz, S 1989-- Doug Glaser, OT Eric Crouch, QB 1967-- Ben Gregory, HB Gerry Gdowski, QB Jeremy Slechta, DT Marv Mueller, S Randall Jobman, LB Dave Volk, OT 1968-- Tom Penney, SE Jeff Mills, OLB Tracey Wistrom, TE Jim Hawkins, CB 1990-- Reggie Cooper, SS 2002-- John Garrison, C 1969-- Mike Green, FB David Edeal, C DeJuan Groce, CB Dana Stephenson, CB Pat Tyrance, LB Chris Kelsay, RE 1970-- Dan Schneiss, FB Jim Wanek, OG 2003-- Jammal Lord, QB Jerry Murtaugh, LB 1991-- Pat Engelbert, MG Judd Davies, FB 1971-- Jerry Tagge, QB Mickey Joseph, QB Trevor Johnson, DE Jim Anderson, CB Tyrone Legette, CB Demorrio Williams, WLB 1972-- Doug Dumler, C Erik Wiegert, OT plus one special teams captain Bill Janssen, OT 1992-- Travis Hill, OLB each game 1973-- Daryl White, OT John Parrella, DT 92