NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Independents
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| CONNECTICUT |
MASSACHUSETTS |
NOTRE DAME |
| "Huskies" |
"Minutemen" |
"Fighting Irish" |
| Storrs, CT |
Amherst, MA |
South Bend, IN |
Historical Helmets
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
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1971 - 1972 |
1973 - 1975 |
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1978 - 1982 |
1983 - 1989 |
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1994 |
1995 - 1998 |
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'G' |
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'B' |
'C' |
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2013 - 2014 |
2014 |
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'E' |
'F' |
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2015 - |
2015 - |
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| 'H' |
'I' |
'J' |
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2018 - |
2018 - |
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| 'K' |
'L' |
'M' |
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2019 - |
2019 - |
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| 'N' |
'O' |
'P' |
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| 'Q' |
'R' |
'S' |
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*see note 2 below |
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'U' |
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2024 - |
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During recent years Connecticut has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: N-E-N; Q-N-R; S-N-N; N-T-T
- 2022: N-N-I; I-N-O; O-O-N; P-Q-N; N (the last game being vs Marshall in the Myrtle Beach Bowl at Conway, SC)
- 2021: L-M-G; K-G-K; M-M-L; L-M-L
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2019: G-K-K; L-G-M; K-K-G; L-G-K
- 2018: G-H-I; G-G-I; G-I-I; J-I-G
- 2017: E (entire season)
- 2016: D-E-E; F-D-D; D-D-E; F-E-E
- 2015: D-D-D; E-E-D; D-D-F; E-F-E; D (the last game being the St Petersburg Bowl vs Marshall, at St Petersburg, FL)
- 2014: B-A-B; A-B-A; C-C-C; C-C-C
- 2013: A-B-A; B-B-A; A-B-B; A-A-A
In 1969 Connecticut used a logo consisting of the number "100" inside a football shape to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first college football game; I would appreciate any clear color photographs of UConn's version of this helmet.
*1 The 1965 Connecticut helmet design was a peculiar one - the left half of the shell was white and the right side blue, with the same logo on each side, but with the colors inverted (hence the right side looked like the '1964' design shown above).
*2 Both designs 'O' and 'S' recognize victims of different types of cancer; a number of different colors are used for the main portion of the helmet logo, each representing a different type of cancer. A graphic released by the university in 2022 (for design 'O') identified twelve different colors that could have been chosen by the players for use on their helmets, and noted that some helmets may have a mismatched pair of colors on either side. No such list was found for the 2023 design ('S') but a similar set of colors appears to have been used. Pink (representing breast cancer) appears to have been most abundant on 'S'.
*3 Design 'U' has on the sides of each helmet one of six insignia representing the branches of the United States military; below are representations of these designs. Many helmets had a mixed pair (different ones on the left and right sides).
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Army |
Coast Guard |
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| Marine Corps |
Navy |
Space Force |
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
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| 1963 - 1968 |
1970 - 1972 |
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1985 |
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1988 |
1989 - 1992 |
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| 1993 - 2002 |
2003 - 2004 |
2005 -
September 1, 2011 |
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'B' |
| 2011 |
October 20, 2012 |
2013;
September 27, 2014 |
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| 'C' |
'D' |
'A' |
| 2013 |
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2012 - 2013 |
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| 'E' |
'F' |
'G' |
| 2014 - 2016 |
2015 - 2017 |
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| 'H' |
'I' |
'J' |
| 2018 |
2018- |
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| 'K' |
'L' |
'M' |
| 2019 |
2019 - |
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'O' |
'P' |
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During recent years Massachusetts has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: L-L-M; M-L-L; J-N-L; L-N-K
- 2022: N-N-O; O-N-N; N-J-L; L-J-L
- 2021: L-J-L; N-L-J; L-N-J; N-N-L
- 2020: L (entire season (four games))
- 2019: J-K-L; K-L-L; K-M-L; K-L-K
- 2018: H-H-B; H-H-B; I-H-B; H-H-H
- 2017: F-F-F; F-B-G; F-F-F; F-B-B
- 2016: F-B-F; B-F-F; F-F-B; F-F-F
- 2015: E-B-E; E-E-B; B-F-B; F-F-F
- 2014: E-E-E; E-B-E; B-E-E; E-E-E
- 2013: A-B-A; A-A-C; C-B-D; B-A-B
The above are to the best of my knowledge all of the different helmet designs used by Massachusetts during the period covered by this website (1960 to present).
*1 This design is identical to the one used in 1988 but for the addition of the word "AMHERST" in small letters below the "UM" logo (the letters are obviously not legible in the image size used here).
*2 First worn during the second game of the 2011 season (September 17 vs Rhode Island). This design has an asymmetrical stripe sequence - the white middle stripe is bordered by a blue stripe on the left, and by a red stripe on the right.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
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1959 - 1962;
September 10, 2011 |
1963 |
November 12, 2011 |
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| October 6, 2012 |
October 5, 2013 |
September 13, 2014 |
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| November 21, 2015 |
November 12, 2016 |
November 18, 2017 |
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The shamrock helmet logo was introduced in 1959 by Notre Dame's head coach Joe Kuharich; it was used through the 1962 season and replaced with white uniform numbers the following year. New head coach Ara Parseghian brought back plain gold helmets in 1964 and the team used those during every game for 47 seasons, until the shamrock was brought back for use during the 2011 game at Michigan.
*1 Worn during the 2011 game vs Maryland played at Landover, MD. The helmet image here may imply that the design involved "camouflage" but this is not the case - the shell was covered with circular, gold "reflectors" (for lack of a better word) that tended to more or less color the helmet in two shades of gold (dark and light).
*2 Worn during the 2012 game vs Miami (FL) played at Chicago, IL. Only the left side was blue; the right side was gold with a texture similar to that of the November 12, 2011 helmet (as represented below). The gold pattern spilled over onto the left hemisphere of the helmet by perhaps 1.5" or thereabouts.
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