Location: Ames, Iowa ▪ Colors: Cardinal & Gold
Stadium: Jack Trice Stadium (cap. 55,000)
Record*: 115 Years, 484-595-45, .451 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 485-594-45 by NCAA.
Conferences: Big 12, Big 8, Big 7, Big 6, MVIAA and Ind
Conference Champion: 2 Times
Bowls: 12 Bowls, 3-9, .250 W-L% (Major Bowls)
Ranked in AP Poll: 1 Time (Preseason), 2 Times (Final), 40 Weeks (Total)
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Bret Meyer* | 820 | 1414 | 58.0 | 9499 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 50 | 41 | 120.3 | 509 | 923 | 1.8 | 12 |
| 2 | Austen Arnaud* | 616 | 1031 | 59.7 | 6777 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 42 | 34 | 121.8 | 376 | 1267 | 3.4 | 15 |
| 3 | Alex Espinoza | 455 | 891 | 51.1 | 5307 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 33 | 31 | 106.4 | 218 | -289 | -1.3 | 4 |
| 4 | Seneca Wallace* | 411 | 712 | 57.7 | 5289 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 26 | 27 | 124.6 | 237 | 912 | 3.8 | 15 |
| 5 | Todd Bandhauer | 404 | 826 | 48.9 | 5234 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 40 | 35 | 109.6 | 100 | -471 | -4.7 | 3 |
| 6 | Sage Rosenfels | 305 | 586 | 52.0 | 4166 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 18 | 26 | 113.0 | 163 | 651 | 4.0 | 14 |
| 7 | David Archer | 359 | 647 | 55.5 | 4104 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 23 | 25 | 112.8 | 200 | 66 | 0.3 | 5 |
| 8 | Bret Oberg | 251 | 424 | 59.2 | 3602 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 15 | 24 | 130.9 | 212 | 325 | 1.5 | 5 |
| 9 | Todd Doxzon | 244 | 443 | 55.1 | 3158 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 21 | 17 | 122.9 | 364 | 1045 | 2.9 | 14 |
| 10 | Steele Jantz* | 305 | 528 | 57.8 | 3122 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 23 | 23 | 113.1 | 176 | 432 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 11 | John Quinn | 226 | 459 | 49.2 | 2627 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 7 | 24 | 91.9 | 233 | 464 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 12 | Bob Utter | 165 | 283 | 58.3 | 2302 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 10 | 17 | 126.3 | 230 | 615 | 2.7 | 9 |
| 13 | Chris Pedersen | 168 | 312 | 53.8 | 2299 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 8 | 10 | 117.8 | 208 | 828 | 4.0 | 4 |
| 14 | Terry Rubley* | 165 | 297 | 55.6 | 1867 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 10 | 18 | 107.3 | 149 | 83 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 15 | Jared Barnett* | 162 | 328 | 49.4 | 1825 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 12 | 10 | 102.1 | 134 | 567 | 4.2 | 1 |
| 16 | Brett Sadek | 129 | 251 | 51.4 | 1622 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 10 | 6 | 114.0 | 95 | 26 | 0.3 | 3 |
| 17 | Austin Flynn* | 124 | 273 | 45.4 | 1560 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 8 | 12 | 94.3 | 157 | 441 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 18 | Walter Grant* | 89 | 231 | 38.5 | 1260 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6 | 7 | 86.9 | 174 | 427 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 19 | Jeff St. Clair | 79 | 163 | 48.5 | 957 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4 | 6 | 98.5 | 96 | 199 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 20 | Jerome Tiller* | 80 | 156 | 51.3 | 739 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2 | 4 | 90.2 | 86 | 282 | 3.3 | 2 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Derek DeGennaro | 57 | 117 | 48.7 | 682 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 3 | 9 | 90.8 | 54 | -78 | -1.4 | 0 |
| 22 | Cris Love* | 50 | 104 | 48.1 | 667 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5 | 5 | 108.2 | 15 | -27 | -1.8 | 0 |
| 23 | Alan Hood | 57 | 113 | 50.4 | 646 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 4 | 10 | 92.4 | 64 | 85 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 24 | Sam B. Richardson* | 46 | 79 | 58.2 | 541 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 8 | 1 | 146.6 | 41 | 233 | 5.7 | 1 |
| 25 | Kevin Caldwell | 32 | 57 | 56.1 | 416 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 112.7 | 156 | 428 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 26 | Waye Terry | 42 | 96 | 43.8 | 415 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2 | 4 | 78.6 | 40 | 74 | 1.9 | 1 |
| 27 | Marv Seiler | 34 | 62 | 54.8 | 414 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 2 | 2 | 115.1 | 96 | 263 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 28 | Donnie Smith | 14 | 38 | 36.8 | 224 | 5.9 | -3.1 | 1 | 8 | 52.9 | 36 | 89 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 29 | Phil Bates | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 137 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 113.0 | 31 | 150 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 30 | David Worsham | 8 | 22 | 36.4 | 130 | 5.9 | -0.2 | 0 | 3 | 58.7 | 14 | -49 | -3.5 | 1 |
| 31 | Jon English | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 120 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 1 | 2 | 92.3 | 8 | -22 | -2.8 | 0 |
| 32 | Derrick Walker | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 106 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 0 | 2 | 77.2 | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 33 | Dexter Green* | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 63 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 1 | 1 | 115.9 | 522 | 2379 | 4.6 | 25 |
| 34 | Gerrin Scott | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 61 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 | 190.4 | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 0 |
| 35 | Josh Lenz* | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 55 | 27.5 | 47.5 | 2 | 0 | 661.0 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 36 | Mike Brandtner* | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 50 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 310.0 | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 |
| 37 | Darren Davis | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 48 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8 | 823 | 3763 | 4.6 | 26 |
| 38 | Robby Duncan | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 42 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 94.1 | 17 | 41 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 39 | Michael Wagner* | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 427.6 | 387 | 1501 | 3.9 | 16 |
| 40 | Kirby Van Der Kamp* | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 310.0 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 41 | Todd Blythe* | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 276.4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 42 | Terrance Highsmith* | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 259.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Matt Straight | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.6 | ||||
| 44 | Marquis Hamilton* | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 242.8 | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 0 |
| 45 | Darius Darks* | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 209.2 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 46 | Ennis Haywood | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 192.4 | 573 | 2862 | 5.0 | 27 |
| 47 | Alexander Robinson* | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 257.0 | 705 | 3309 | 4.7 | 27 |
| 48 | Rodney Guggenheim | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 175.6 | 155 | 675 | 4.4 | 10 |
| 49 | Jon Schnoor | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8 | 2 | -20 | -10.0 | 0 |
| 50 | Judge Johnston | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.2 | ||||
| 51 | Tony Yelk* | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.2 | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 |
| 52 | Greg Lempke* | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 66.8 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 53 | Ronnie Osborne | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 62.6 | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 54 | Lane Danielsen* | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 0.3 | -14.7 | 0 | 1 | -30.5 | 31 | 210 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 55 | Rocky Gillis* | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 124 | 762 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 56 | Troy Davis | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 782 | 4382 | 5.6 | 36 |
| 57 | Eddie Brown | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 58 | Jarvis West* | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 59 | Lamont Hill | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0 | 1 | -200.0 | 36 | 124 | 3.4 | 1 |
| 60 | Mike Tryon | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -11.3 | 0 | 1 | -50.0 | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 61 | John Glotfelty | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | -7 | -0.6 | 0 |
| 62 | Alan Stephenson | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 63 | Stan Hixon* | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -22.5 | 0 | 1 | -100.0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 64 | Dwayne Crutchfield | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 591 | 2501 | 4.2 | 28 |
| 65 | Derec Schmidgall* | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 66 | Darius Reynolds* | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 |
| 67 | Dennis Ross | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 68 | Jamaul Montgomery* | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 69 | Vinny Cerrato* | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -15.0 | 0 | 1 | -66.7 | 36 | 235 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 70 | Ed Williams | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0 | 1 | -200.0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 |