All-Time Football All-Americans
Prior to 2001
(All-Americans since 2001 are here)

Buena Vista	Central	Coe
Cornell	Dubuque	Loras
Luther	Simpson	Wartburg

Year Player School Honor 1953 Bill Tryon Buena Vista   1954 Virgil Pithan Buena Vista   1957 Jerry Ibach Buena Vista HM Coaches 1963 Norman Anderson Buena Vista HM AP/HM Williamson System 1972 Joe Kotval Buena Vista AFCA 1st – G /3rd AP 1973 Joe Kotval Buena Vista 1st AP/1st Coaches 1975 Darrell Schumacher Buena Vista HM Coaches 1976 Keith Kerkoff Buena Vista 1st AFCA 1976 Rollie Wiebers Buena Vista HM Coaches 1985 Kevin Stumpf Buena Vista HM Pizza Hut 1985 Mike Habben Buena Vista HM Pizza Hut 1986 Barry Jacobsen Buena Vista HM Pizza Hut 1986 Kevin Pfaffle Buena Vista HM Pizza Hut 1986 Mike Habben Buena Vista 2nd Pizza Hut 1987 Jim Higley Buena Vista 1st AFCA/1st AP/1st Kodak 1988 Pat Brown Buena Vista HM Pizza Hut 1988 Tracy Heddens Buena Vista HM Pizza Hut 1993 Chris Behrens Buena Vista 2nd Champion 1997 Matt Sauer Buena Vista 3rd HP 2000 Carlos Martinez Buena Vista 3rd HP – K/2nd d3football.com 1966 Dennis Descoteau Central NAIA 1967 Doug Van Boven Central AP 1969 Vern Den Herder Central NAIA/AP/Kodak 1970 Vern Den Herder Central NAIA/AP/Kodak 1974 Al Dorenkamp Central Kodak 1977 Don Taylor Central Kodak 1984 Rich Thomas Central FB News/Kodak/AP 1984 Sctt Froehle Central AFCA 1985 Rich Thomas Central FB News/Kodak/AP 1986 Jeff Blythe Central Football News/AP 1988 Mike Stumberg Central Kodak/AP/FB News/Pizza Hut 1989 Kris Reis Central Kodak/Pizza Hut/FB News 1990 Ron Saak Central Champion/DHFG 1992 Bill Mulder Central Kodak/AP/DHFG/Champion 1993 Jeff Helle Central Kodak/Champion/DHFG 1994 Jeff Helle Central AFCA/Div. III SID/AP/DHFG 1994 Mark Kacmarynski Central Div. III SID/DHFG 1994 Rick Sanger Central Div III SID/DHFG 1995 Matt Bandstra Central Div. III SID 1995 Rick Sanger Central AFCA/Div. III SID 1996 Mark Kacmarynski Central AFCA/DHFG/HP 1997 Matt Paulsen Central 2nd DHFG – DB 1998 Andrew Paulsen Central 1st AFCA – DB/1st HP – DB 1998 Steve Olsen Central 3rd HP – OL 1999 Jeff Sanger Central LB 1999 Steve Perkins Central DT 2000 Jeff Sanger Central 1st AFCA – LB/2nd HP – LB/ 3rd d3football.com – LB 2000 Justin Snyder Central 1st d3football.com/2nd HP – DE 2000 Reid Evans Central 3rd HP – OL 1931 Ed Hines Coe   1952 Doug Hamilton Coe   1955 George Cilek Coe   1959 Jim Pater Coe   1974 Dan Schmitt Coe AFCA 1976 Paul Wagner Coe   1985 Harold Phillips Coe   1985 Mike Matzen Coe AFCA 1986 Harold Phillips Coe   1986 Jim Dostal Coe   1987 Brad Wimmer Coe 2nd 1988 Brend Thurness Coe 2nd 1989 John Costello Coe 2nd 1989 Sean Healy Coe 2nd 1990 Gary Crock Coe 3rd Champion 1990 Richard Mathews Coe 1st AP/2nd Champion 1990 Ryan Kolpin Coe HM Champion 1990 Sean Lyness Coe HM Champion 1991 Richard Mathews Coe 1st DHFG/HM Champion 1992 Jason Martin Coe 2nd DHFG/HM Champion 1992 Mike Canney Coe 2nd Champion/3rd DHFG 1992 Richard Mathews Coe Special Mention DHFG/HM Champion 1992 Tim Smyth Coe Special Mention DHFG 1993 Aaron Styre Coe HM DHFG 1993 Carey Bender Coe AFCA/1st Champion/1st DHFG/ 1st Kodak/3rd AP Little A-A 1993 Craig Chmelicek Coe 1st Champion/1st DHFG 1993 Guy Simons Coe Special Mention DHFG 1993 Marcus Adkins Coe Special Mention DHFG 1993 Tim Smyth Coe 2nd Champion/2nd DHFG 1994 Carey Bender Coe 1st AFCA/1st DHFG/1st SID/ Melberger Award/Gagliardi Award 1994 Mike Robinson Coe 3rd SID 1995 J.C. Kreamer Coe HM HP 1995 Mike Robinson Coe 3rd DHFG/HM HP 1995 Ray Neosh Coe 3rd DHFG/HM HP 1996 Ray Neosh Coe 3rd HP 1997 Ray Neosh Coe 2nd HP/HM DHFG 1992 John Ward Cornell AFCA 1979 Dwight Peerson Dubuque 1st CoSIDA – LB 1979 Gene Rowell Dubuque 1st CoSIDA – DT 1988 Roger Little Dubuque 1st Pizza Hut – WR/3rd DHFG – WR/ HM AP Little A-A – WR 1988 Roger Waialae Dubuque HM AP Little A-A – QB 1989 Danny Rovira Dubuque 2nd Pizza Hut – NG 1996 Matt Plummer Dubuque 1st HP – WR/1st Am. FB Quarterly/ 2nd DHFG – WR/3rd AP Small College 1947 Bob Hanlon Loras HM AP Little A-A 1947 Jimmie Arneberg Loras HM AP Little A-A 1956 Dan Ahearn Loras HM Little All-American 1956 Jim Oppold Loras HM Little All-American 1980 Dick Cody Loras NAIA 1981 Mike McDermott Loras NAIA 1982 Dan Edmeier Loras 2nd NAIA 1983 Mark Eisbach Loras 2nd NAIA-II 1984 Jim Drew Loras 1st NAIA-II/1st Kodak 1984 Kevin Rouse Loras HM NAIA 1985 Dan Shey Loras HM NAIA 1985 Dave Dietz Loras HM NAIA 1985 John Coyle Loras HM NAIA 1986 Mike Galiardo Loras Pizza Hut Division III 1989 Brian Kult Loras HM Pizza Hut Div. III 1989 Chris Gardner Loras HM Pizza Hut Div. III 1991 Tim Keane Loras HM Champion 1993 Kendall Griffin Loras HM DHFG 1993 Perry Speros Loras Special Mention DHFG 1993 Travis Michels Loras 3rd DHFG 1996 Julius Robinson Loras 2nd HP/3rd DHFG 1997 Shane Davis Loras 1st Am. FB Quarterly/1st DHFG – RB/ 1st HP – RB 1938 Anton Stolfa Luther AP Little A-A 1953 David Reque Luther AP Little A-A 1954 Bob Pederson Luther AP Little A-A 1954 Bruce Hartman Luther Williams/AP Little A-A 1954 Robert H. Lee Luther AP Little A-A 1956 Don Nesheim Luther AP Little A-A 1958 Lew Hoy Luther AP Little A-A 1961 Gerald Anderson Luther Williams 1963 Earl Jensen Luther AP Little A-A 1963 Gerald Wonders Luther AP Little A-A/ Williams 1964 Gerald Wonders Luther AP Little A-A 1972 Bernie Peeters Luther Associated Press 1983 Bryan Jones Simpson 2nd Pizza Hut Div. III 1989 Ricky Gales Simpson 1st Kodak 1992 Marty James Simpson Honorable Mention 1992 Trent Nauholz Simpson 3rd 1993 Chad Earwood Simpson Honorable Mention 1996 Brent Parrott Simpson 1st AFCA Division III/3rd HP Division III 1996 Chris Whiney Simpson 1st HP Division III 1996 Jarod Young Simpson HM DHFG/3rd HP Division III 1997 Clint Head Simpson 2nd DHFG – OL 1997 Cory Christensen Simpson HM HP 1997 Guy Leman Simpson HM HP 1997 Jeremy Whalen Simpson 1st AFCA/2nd HP 1997 Kenny Fry Simpson HM HP 1998 Clint Head Simpson 1st DHFG – OL/1st AFCA – OL 1998 Guy Leman Simpson 1st DHFG – RB 1955 Ron Krueger Wartburg   1955 Wendell Liemohn Wartburg   1960 Marv Ott Wartburg   1963 Dale Fridley Wartburg   1964 Ron Mennen Wartburg   1968 Bob Olson Wartburg   1968 Gary Nelson Wartburg   1969 Connie Hellerich Wartburg   1982 Brad Smoldt Wartburg   1983 Jeff Glaw Wartburg   1984 Brad Bowman Wartburg   1986 Brad Ott Wartburg   1986 Randy Schneider Wartburg   1989 Kyle Kreinbring Wartburg   1990 Kyle Kreinbring Wartburg   1991 Kevin Skartvedt Wartburg   1993 Jamey Parker Wartburg   1994 Bobby Beatty Wartburg   1994 Vince Penningroth Wartburg   1995 Grant Bearbower Wartburg   1995 Vince Penningroth Wartburg 1st AFCA – DL 1998 Mark Hargrafen Wartburg 2nd DHFG – OL 1998 Ryan Rausch Wartburg 3rd DHFG – Ret. 1999 Anthony Souhrada Wartburg 3rd DHFG – DE 1999 Dave Devine Wartburg 3rd DHFG – DB/3rd HP – DB 1999 Joel Rochford Wartburg 3rd DHFG – C/2nd HP – C 2000 Dave Devine Wartburg 2nd d3football.com–DB/HM HP – DB