Gold Helmet Award Southwestern Football Most Tackles in a Season 1982 Joe Burns 41 1983 Danny Beuttel 40 1984 Chad Hopkins 35 1985 Steve Barnett 53 1986 Steve Barnett 51 1987 Vance Pena 80 1988 Ed Danzer 64 1989 Dirk Abernathy 50 1990 Shawn Davis 63 1991     1992     1993     1994 Dennis Tucker 71 1995 Blake Ely 53 1996 Chris Brands 48 1997 Neal Owens 64 1998 Neal Owens 71 1999 Sam Powers 77 2000 Sam Byndom 73 2001 Josh Reno 59 2002 Josh Reno 85 2003 Bryce Baker 76 2004 Adam Stanton 136 2005 Gage Smith 87 2006 Brandon Avery 112 2007 Michael Fisher & Justin Miller 70 2008 Steven Jones 115 2009 Steven Jones 103