Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference


BAYLOR	BYU	CINCINNATI
"Bears"	"Cougars"	"Bearcats"
Waco, TX	Provo, UT	Cincinnati, OH


HOUSTON	IOWA STATE	KANSAS
"Cougars"	"Cyclones"	"Jayhawks"
Houston, TX	Ames, IA	Lawrence, KS


KANSAS STATE	OKLAHOMA	OKLAHOMA STATE
"Wildcats"	"Sooners"	"Cowboys"
Manhattan, KS	Norman, OK	Stillwater, OK


TEXAS	TCU	TEXAS TECH
"Longhorns"	"Horned Frogs"	"Red Raiders"
Austin, TX	Fort Worth, TX	Lubbock, TX


UCF	WEST VIRGINIA
"Knights"	"Mountaineers"
Orlando, FL	Morgantown, WV

BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF are new members of this conference in 2023.

Historical Helmets

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY


c.early 1960s; 1967 - 1968	c.early 1960s	c.early-mid 1960s
	*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below


1969 - 1971	1972 - 1978	1979 - 1988
*see note 2 below


1989 - 1992	1992	1993 - 1996
	*see note 3 below


1997 - 2002	October 23, 2004	2005 - 2007
		*see note 4 below


	'B'
2003 - 2007	September 5, 2009; additional games 2009-	September 11, 2010
*see note 4 below	*see note 5 below


'C'	'A'	'D'
2011 - 2012	2008 - 2013	2013 -


'E'	'F'	'G'
2013 -	2013 -	2013 -


'H'	'I'	'J'
2013	2015 -	2016 -


'K'	'L'	'M'
2016 -	2017 -	2018 -


'N'	'O'	'P'
2018 -	2019 -	2019 -


'Q'	'R'	'S'
2019 -	2019 -	2021 -


'T'
2023 -

During recent years Baylor has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: R-O-O; O-P-R; P-Q-T; O-R-R

2022: O-O-O; O-R-O; Q-O-P; O-O-O; S (the last game being vs Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)

2021: O-S-O; R-O-O; Q-O-O; O-O-O; P-O (the last two games being vs Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, LA)

2020: O-P-O; O-O-O; R-P-R

2019: O-O-P; O-O-Q; O-O-P; O-R-R; O-O (the last two games being vs Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Georgia in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, LA)

2018: D-E-D; D-D-D; D-K-M; L-N-E; K (the last game being vs Vanderbilt in the Texas Bowl at Houston, TX)

2017: D-G-A; G-K-D; A-I-L; F-D-E

2016: A-J-E; F-D-I; I-G-A; D-K-D; D (the last game being vs Boise State in the Cactus Bowl at Phoenix, AZ)

2015: E-D-A; I-D-I; E-A-G; E-I-F; G (the last game being vs North Carolina in the Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2014: G-D-E; E-A-F; A-D-D; G-E-F; F (the last game being vs Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl at Arlington, TX)

2013: D-E-D; F-A-D; E-G-F; G-E-H; F (the last game being vs UCF in the Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, AZ)

2012: A-C-A; B-B-A; C-A-B; A-A-A; C (the last game being vs UCLA in the Holiday Bowl at San Diego, CA)

2011: A-B-B; B-A-A; A-A-B; A-B-A; C (the last of these being vs Washington in the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX)

*1 Apparently uniform numerals were used inconsistently on Baylor's helmets during the early 1960s, with some players wearing them and others not doing so. The green numerals were used by some players during at least some games in both 1965 and 1966, and white numerals were used for at least part of the 1960 season, and perhaps 1961 also.

*2 In 1969 a version of the "100" decal recognizing the 100th anniversary of the first college football game was worn at the back of the helmet. Baylor's version featured a dark-colored football shape with the numerals "100" in some light color.

*3 According to the Southwest Conference Helmets web site, the "plain" helmet was used for just the first few games of the 1992 season, after which the logo and stripes of the previous helmet design were restored.

*4 Green helmets were used for eight games during the 2005 season: September 10 vs Samford, Sept. 17 at Army, October 1 at Texas A&M, Oct. 8 at Iowa State, Oct. 15 vs Nebraska, November 5 vs Texas, Nov. 12 at Missouri, and Nov. 19 vs Oklahoma State. The gold helmets were used during the first game, September 3 at SMU, and the seventh and eighth games, Oct. 22 at Oklahoma, and Oct. 29 vs Texas Tech.

In 2006 and 2007, the green helmets were used during road games, and the gold helmets during home games, with one exception: on November 17, 2007, Baylor used green helmets during the home game against Oklahoma State.

*5 This design was first used during a game at Wake Forest in 2009; subsequently used during the 2009 season on September 19 (vs Connecticut), October 31 (vs Nebraska), November 7 (at Missouri), and November 21 (at Texas A&M); used during the 2010 season on September 10 (at TCU); October 9 (vs Texas Tech in Dallas, TX) and November 13 (vs Texas A&M); used during the 2011 season on September 17 (vs Stephen F. Austin), September 24 (vs Rice), October 8 (vs Iowa State), and November 12 (at Kansas).

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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY


1955 - 1960	c.1962	1964 - 1965


1966 - 1968	1969	1969 - 1977
	*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below



1978 regular season	October 28, 1989	December 22, 1978 - 1997; 2009; 2013; 2014
	*see note 2 below	*see note 3 below


1998	1999 - 2004	December 30, 2011


October 13, 2012; November 15, 2014	September 11, 2014	November 26, 2016


'A'	'B'	'C'
2005 -	October 3, 2014; 2019 -	2019 -


'D'	'E'	'F'
2020 -	2020 -	2020 -


'G'	'H'	'I'
2021 -	2021 -	2021 -


'J'	'K'	'L'
2021 -	2022 -	2022 -
		*see note 4 below


'M'	'N'	'O'
2022 -	2022 -	2022 -


'P'	'Q'	'R'
2023 -	2023 -	2023 -


'S'
2023 -

During recent years BYU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: N-P-N; Q-G-B; B-R-B; S-M-G

2022: A-I-G; A-G-K; L-B-E; M-E-N; O (the last game being vs Southern Methodist in the New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, NM)

2021: G-E-B; A-E-H; H-A-I; J-G-I; J (the last game being vs UAB in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)

2020: B-B-B; A-B-A; A-B-D; E-F-B (the last game being vs UCF in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)

2019: B-A-A; C-A-A; B-B-A; B-A-B; B (the last game being vs Hawai'i in the Hawai'i Bowl at Honolulu, HI)

*1 In 1969 the "100" logo was worn on the left sides of BYU's helmets and the "Y" logo was worn on the right sides.

*2 During the 1989 game at Hawai'i BYU wore a red circle on the left sides of their helmets (see photo below); the usual "Y" logo was in place on the right sides. The purpose of this "logo" was lost for a number of years but the mystery has apparently now been solved, see: https://uni-watch.com/2018/09/26/solved-the-mystery-of-byus-red-dot/ . (It was associated with an anti-drug abuse program.)

*3 This helmet design was first used during BYU's appearance in the inaugural Holiday Bowl game against Navy at the end of the 1978 season. From 1979 to 1983 both blue and white facemasks were worn without regards to a uniform appearance for the team, although blue was always the predominant color. This design was used once again during the home game against Utah on November 28, 2009 and again during the Las Vegas Bowl game against Oregon State at the end of the 2009 season (December 22). Additional appearances were September 21, 2013 (vs Utah) and October 3, 2014 (vs Utah State).

*4 The cougar is present on the left side only of this design; the traditional "Y" logo is worn on the right side above a mountain scene (as depicted below).

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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI


1960	1961	1962 - 1966


1967	1968	1969


1970 - 1972	1973 - 1978	1979 - 1981


1982	1983	1984


1985 - 1988	1989	1990
		*see note 1 below


1990	1991 - 1992	1993 - 2004


January 1, 2010	December 27, 2012	August 31, 2013


September 7, 2013	December 5, 2013	December 28, 2013


'B'	'C'	'D'
2014	2014	2014


'E'	'F'	'A'
2014	2014; 2018 -	2005 - 2014; 2018 -
		*see note 2 below


'G'	'H'	'I'
2015	2015 - 2017	2015


'J'	'K'	'L'
2015 - 2016	2016	2016


'M'	'N'	'O'
2016	2016	2017
*see note 4 below


'P'	'Q'	'R'
2017	2018 -	2018 -


'S'	'T'	'U'
2018 -	2018 -	2019 -


'V'	'W'	'X'
2019 -	2019 -	2022 -
*see note 3 below


'Y'
2023 -
*see note 5 below

During recent years Cincinnati has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: X-A-A; A-X-A; X-T-Y; P-X-A

2022: A-A-X; A-F-Q; P-F-P; M1-Q-F; M1 (the last game being vs Louisville in the Fenway Bowl at Boston, MA)

2021: A-Q-A; F-A-A; Q-A-A; F-F-A; F-A (the last two games being vs Houston in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Cincinnati, OH, and vs Alabama in the Cotton Bowl/FBS playoff game at Arlington, TX)

2020: Q-A-A; F-A-P; M1-M1-A; A (the last two games being vs Tulsa in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Cincinnati, OH, and vs Georgia in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)

2019: A-Q-U; F-A-A; V-F-U; T-A-W; A-V (the last two games being vs Memphis in the AAC Championship game at Memphis, TN, and vs Boston College in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)

2018: Q-A-A; F-Q-F; A-Q-A; R-S-A; T (the last game being vs Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)

2017: H-H-H; O-A-A; A-A-F; A-P-P

2016: K-K-H; H-H-H; L-M-N; J-H-J

2015: G-G-H; H-H-H; I-I-H; H-J-H; G (the last game being vs San Diego State in the Hawai'i Bowl at Honolulu, HI)

2014: B-C-D; D-E-F; F-D-A; A-A-A; F (the last game being vs Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)

To the best of my knowledge the above are the complete set of historical helmet designs used by Cincinnati during the period covered by this web site (1960 to present).

*1 "Blank" helmets were used during the first game of the 1990 season (vs Bowling Green) because the new helmet decals were late in arriving.

*2 During Cincinnati's December 31, 2011 appearance in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN (vs Vanderbilt) this helmet design was altered by the addition of white uniform numerals to the right side of the helmet (as shown below). The traditional "C"/bearcat claw logo remained on the left sides of the helmets during this game.

*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has a "C" logo (hence the appearance is similar to design 'P').

*4 Helmet design 'M' has uniform numbers on both the left and right sides; 'M1' has the numbers on the left side only - on the right side is the same logo worn on both sides of design 'A'.

*5 The logo worn on the left side of this design is that of the USS Cincinnati (CS-20), a littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. This logo is worn on the left side only; on the right side is the "C"/"claw" logo worn on both sides of design 'P' and others.

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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON


1959 - 1961	1962 - 1965	1966 - 1978


1979 - 1986	1987 - 1994	1995 - 1998?


1999 only?	September 16, 2006	October 22, 2011
	*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below


		'B'
2000 - 2011	November 10, 2012	2013 - 2015
	*see note 1 below


'C'	'D'	'E'
2013	2014	2014


'F'	'G'	'H'
2014	2015 - 2016	2015 -


'I'	'J'	'K'
2016 -	2016 -	2016 -


'L'	'M'	'N'
2016 -	2017 -	2017 -


'O'	'P'	'Q'
2017 -	2018 -	2018 -


'A'	'R'	'S'
2012 - 2017	2018 -	2018 -


'T'	'U'	'V'
2019	2021 -	2021 -


'W'	'X'	'Y'
2022 -	2022 -	2022 -


'Z'	'AA'	'AB'
2017 -	2022 -	2023 -


'AC'	'AD'
2023 -	2023 -

During recent years Houston has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: AB-R-R; Z-R-X; R-AC-AD; R-R-R

2022: W-R-R; Z-X-R; V-Z-Y; R-AA-R; Z (the last game being vs Louisiana in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)

2021: R-R-U; R-R-R; Z-C-Z; Z-R-R; R-V (the last two games being vs Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Cincinnati, OH, and vs Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)

2020: R-R-R; C-B-Z; Z-R (the last game being vs Hawai'i in the New Mexico Bowl at Frisco, TX)

2019: R-R-T; R-B-R; R-T-R; Z-R-R

2018: P-S-R; Z-R-S; B-B-S; Q-C-L; Q (the last game being vs Army in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)

2017: M-H-N; H-H-B; O-K-K; Z-Z-K (the last game being vs Fresno State in the Hawai'i Bowl at Honolulu, HI)

2016: G-I-A; G-J-B; G-A-A; K-J-H; L (the last game being vs San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl at Las Vegas, NV)

2015: A-G-G; G-A-A; A-C-G; H-B-B; B-B (the last two games being vs Temple in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Houston, TX and vs Florida State in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)

2014: A-A-D; A-E-B; B-A-F; B-A-A; E (the last game being vs Pittsburgh in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)

2013: A-B-A; B-A-A; B-C-B; B-A-C; A (the last game being vs Vanderbilt in the BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, AL)

The above are all of the "known" helmet designs used by Houston during the period covered by this web site (1960 to present).

*1 During the 2012 homecoming game (vs Tulsa) Houston wore the number "2" on the left side of each helmet in honor of team member D.J. Hayden, who had suffered a life-threatening injury during practice four days earlier (2 was Hayden's uniform number at Houston; he recovered from his injury and went on to play for several NFL teams). On the right side of each helmet during this game was worn an oval-shaped "cougar head" logo (as shown below).

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IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY


1960	1961	1962 - 1966


1967	1969 - 1970	1968 - 1974
	*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below


1975 - 1976	1976 - 1978	1979


1980	1981 - 1982	1983 - 1986
		*see note 3 below


1986	1987 - 1994	1995 - 2002


September 16, 2007	2003 - 2007	September 14, 2013


'A'	'B'	'C'
2008 -	2016 -	2016 -


'D'	'E'	'F'
2016 -	2017 -	2017 -


'G'	'H'	'I'
2017 -	2017 -	2018 -


'J'	'K'	'L'
2018 -	2018 -	2019 -


'M'
2023 -

During recent years Iowa State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: D-D-D; I-D-M; D-J-I; D-K-D; D (the last game being vs Memphis in the Liberty Bowl at Memphs, TN)

2022: J-J-J; J-G-I; D-D-D; D-I-D

2021: G-L-D; D-D-D; D-D-I; G-D-I; J (the last game being vs Clemson in the Cheez-It Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2020: D-D-I; J-G-D; I-I-D; I-I-I (the last two games being vs Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, AZ)

2019: D-D-G; G-L-D; D-K-G; I-D-H; K (the last game being vs Notre Dame in the Camping World Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2018: D-D-D; H-G-I; J-J-K; G-I-D; G (the last game being vs Washington State in the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX)

2017: D-A-F; E-G-D; D-D-D; D-G-G; H (the last game being vs Memphis in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)

2016: A-B-A; A-A-C; D-A-D; D-B-D

*1 This design was used during Iowa State's road games in 1969 and 1970.

*2 This was ISU's full-time helmet design in 1968 and from 1971 through 1974. During 1969 and 1970, it was used during home games only.

*3 During at least 1983 and 1984, and possibly in 1985 and 1986 also, at least some players wore an "inverted" version of this helmet (red shell, yellow logo, one yellow stripe, with red facemask). This design was apparently "awarded" to certain players for good performances and only a few players on the team wore red helmets. As a helmet design used by less than half of the team, this design does not meet the current criteria for graphic representation at this web site (my concern being that there may be hundreds of such single-player or a few-players designs, particularly from the 1960s).

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS


1960 - 1962	1963	1964
*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below


1965 - 1966	1967 - 1969	1970 - 1976


1977 - 1978	1979 - 1982	1983 - 1986


1987	1988	1989


1990 - 1993	1994 - 1996	1997 - 2001


2002 - 2004	2005 - 2006	November 28, 2009


2007 - 2009	November 27, 2010	October 1, 2011


	'A'	'B'
2010 - 2012	November 17, 2012; 2013 -	2013 -


'C'	'D'	'E'
2013	2014	2014


'F'	'G'	'H'
2014	2014	2014
*see note 3 below


'I'	'J'	'K'
2015	2015	2015 - 2018
		*see note 4 below


'L' (and 'L1')	'M'	'N'
2015 - 2018	2015 - 2016	2015
*see note 5 below	*see note 6 below	*see note 7 below


'O'	'P'	'Q'
2016	2016 - 2017	2016
*see note 8 below	*see note 9 below	*see note 10 below


'R'	'S'	'T'
2017	2018	2019 -


'U'	'V'	'W'
2019 -	2019	2019


'X'	'Y'	'Z'
2021 -	2021 -	2021 -


'AA'	'AB'	'AC'
2021 -	2021 -	2021 -


'AD'	'AE'	'AF'
2021 -	2021 -	2021 -


'AG'	'AH'	'AI'
2021 -	2022 -	2022 -


'AJ'	'AK'
2022 -	2023 -

During recent years Kansas has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: AB-AK-Z; AA-AB-AJ; AA-Z-Z; AB-AK-Y; X (the last game being vs UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Phoenix, AZ)

2022: X-AA-Z; AA-Y-AA; AH-AI-AJ; AE-AB-AA; Y (the last game being vs Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)

2021: X-Y-Z; AA-AB-AC; AD-AE-AA; AF-Y-AG

2020: U-T-U; T-U-U; U-T-T

2019: T-U-T; T-U-U; T-U-V; U-T-W

2018: K-K-K; L1-K-K; L1-K-S; K-K-K

2017: K-L1-L1; P-L1-K; L1-K-R; K-P-K

2016: K-L1-O; M-P-P; Q-O-M; K-K-L1

2015: I-J-J; K-L-K; K-L1-M; L1-M-N

2014: D-D-E; F-E-G; H-H-G; G-H-H

2013: A-A-B; C-C-B; B-A-A; C-B-C

*1 White uniform numbers were used at least as early as 1960; the previous helmet design was apparently similar to this one but without the numbers. A red stripe MAY have been used on this design during some of the years when this design was in use.

*2 The jayhawk on the 1963 helmet faced towards the left on both sides of the helmet (in other words, the jayhawk on the right side of the helmet faced towards the back of the helmet). I believe that with all other appearances of this logo the jayhawk always faced towards the front of the helmet.

*3 The large jayhawk head logo was worn only on the left side of this design; blue uniform numerals were worn the right side (as depicted below).

*4 This design has the jayhawk logo on its left side only; the right side features a "KU" logo (as depicted below). Note that this design has a "gradient" facemask (blue towards the top changing to 'chrome' towards the bottom).

*5 Design 'L' has the old jayhawk logo on both sides; 'L1' differs from 'L' by having a "KU" logo on its right side (as depicted below).

*6 This design has the jayhawk logo on its left side only; the right side features a "KU" logo (as depicted below). Note that this design has a "gradient" facemask (red towards the top changing to silver or 'chrome' towards the bottom).

*7 The "KU" logo is present on the left side only of this design; a large "jayhawk" adorns the right side (as represented below).

*8 This design has the jayhawk logo on its left side only; the right side features a "KU" logo (as depicted below). This design also has a "gradient" facemask (blue towards the top changing to silver or 'chrome' towards the bottom).

*9 The "KU" logo is present on the left side only of this design; a large "jayhawk" adorns the right side (as represented below). This design also has a "gradient" facemask (red towards the top changing to silver or 'chrome' towards the bottom).

*10 The jayhawk logo is present on the left side of this design only; the right side has uniform numerals with a 'limestone' texture (as represented below). Some of the photographs from the game during which this design was used seemed to suggest that the facemask color was a pale beige or cream color rather than white.

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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY


c.1950s - 1963	1964 - 1965	1966


1967 - 1968	1969 - 1971	1972 - 1973


1974	1975 - 1977	1978


1979 - 1981	1982 - 1985	1986 - 1987


1988	November 2, 2013	November 5, 2016; November 11, 2017


October 5, 2019	November 16, 2019	December 31, 2019


September 17, 2022	1989 -
*see note 1 below

To the best of my knowledge these are all of the different helmet designs used by KSU during the period covered by this web site (1960 to present).

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as represented below).

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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA


1962 - 1965	1966	1967 - 1976


	'B'	'C'
August 30, 2003; November 21, 2009	2014 -	2014 - 2017; 2019


'D'	'E'	'A'
2020 - 2021	2022 -	1977 -

During recent years Oklahoma has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; E-A-A; A (the last game being vs Arizona in the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX)

2022: A-A-A; A-A-A; E-A-A; B-A-A; A (the last game being vs Florida State in the Cheez-it Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2021: A-A-A; D-A-A; A-B-A; A-A-A; A (the last game being vs Oregon in the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX)

2020: A-D-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; B-A (the last two games being vs Iowa State in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Florida in the Cotton Bowl at Arlington, TX)

2019: A-A-A; A-A-A; B-B-A; C-A-A; A-A (the last two games being vs Baylor in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs LSU in the College Football Playoff semi-final game/Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)

2018: A-A-A; A-B-A; A-A-A; A-A-B; B-A (the last two games being vs Texas in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Alabama in the College Football Playoff semi-final game/Orange Bowl at Miami Gardens, FL)

2017: A-A-A; C-B-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A (the last two games being vs TCU in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Georgia in the College Football Playoff semi-final game/Rose Bowl at Pasadena, CA)

2016: A-A-A; A-A-B; A-A-A; A-C-A; A (the last game being vs Auburn in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, LA)

2015: A-A-A; B-A-A; A-C-A; A-A-A; A (the last game being vs Clemson in the Orange Bowl/Football Playoff Semifinal at Miami Gardens, FL)

2014: A-A-A; B-A-A; A-A-C; A-A-A; A (the last game being vs Clemson in the Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, FL)

Oklahoma switched from white helmets to crimson ones for the 1966 season, which also marked the debut of the traditional interlocking "OU" logo, which was "rounder" in shape for the first season than the "block" version which appeared the following year and has been used ever since. There have been some minor changes to the logo during the subsequent years.

A change to the shade of "crimson" used on the helmets was apparently made sometime around 1977, the earlier color having been basically "red", and I believe the facemasks were also changed from gray to white at about the same time. Apparently white facemasks were not added to all helmets at the same time; there may have been some seasons in which both white and gray facemasks were used simultaneously by different players.

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OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY


? - 1960	1961 - 1966	1967
		*see note 1 below


1967 - 1968	1969 - 1972	1973 - 1975
*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below


1976	1977 - 1979	1980 - 1983


		'D'
1993 - 1994	1984 - 1992; 1995 - 2000	November 21, 2009; additional games 2010-2011
		*see note 3 below


'B'	'C'	'H'
2011	2011 - 2015	2012


'E'	'F'	'G'
2012 - 2013	2012 - 2015; 2020 -	2012 - 2013


'I'	'J'	'K'
2013 - 2015	2013 - 2015	2014 -


'L'	'A'	'M'
2014	2001 - 2014	2015


'N'	'O'	'P'
2015 - 2017	2015 - 2017	2016


'Q'	'R'	'S'
2016	2016 - 2017	2016


'T'	'U'	'V'
2016 - 2018	2016 - 2018	2017 - 2019


'W'	'X'	'Y'
2017; 2019	2017	2017 - 2018


'Z'	'AA'	'AB'
2017; 2020; 2022 -	2018	2018


'AC'	'AD'	'AE'
2018	2018; 2020	2018 -


'AF'	'AG'	'AH'
2018	2019	2019


'AI'	'AJ'	'AK'
2019	2019	2019


'AL'	'AM'	'AN'
2019	2019	2020 -


'AO'	'AP'	'AQ'
2020 - 2021	2020 -	2021


'AR'	'AS'	'AT'
2021	2021	2021


'AU'	'AV'	'AW'
2021 -	2021	2020; 2022 -


'AX'	'AY'	'AZ'
2022 -	2022 -	2023 -


'BA'	'BB'	'BC'
2023 -	2023 -	2023 -
		*see note 4 below


'BD'
2023 -

During recent years Oklahoma State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: AZ-BA-AE; Z-AU-BB; AX-BC-AU; BD-AN-AE; AU-AN (the last two games being vs Texas in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl at Houston, TX)

2022: Z-AN-F; AW-AU-AX; AY-AP-AW; AE-AP-AE; AX (the last game being vs Wisconsin in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Phoenix, AZ)

2021: AQ-AR-AE; AS-AE-AE; F-AT-AP; F-AN-AU; AO-AV (the last two games being vs Baylor in the Big 12 Championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, AZ)

2020: Z-AD-AE; F-AE-AN; AE-AO-AW; AP-AE (the last game being vs Miami (FL) in the Cheez-It Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2019: AG-AE-V; AH-AE-W; AI-AJ-AK; AE-AL-AE; AM (the last game being vs Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl at Houston, TX)

2018: V-U-AA; AB-AC-T; K-AD-U; AE-Y-AF; AE (the last game being vs Missouri in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)

2017: V-R-U; W-O-X; K-N-AE; T-Y-V; Z (the last game being vs Virginia Tech in the Camping World Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2016: P-O-Q; N-R-K; K-S-K; T-Q-U; T (the last game being vs Colorado in the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX)

2015: C-F-J; K-I-H; M-N-O; H-K-C; C (the last game being vs Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, LA)

2014: C-A-C; K-J-I; C-L-F; K-F-C; K (the last game being vs Washington in the Cactus Bowl at Tempe, AZ)

2013: C-G-A; I-F-G; J-E-C; C-J-C; J (the last game being vs Missouri in the Cotton Bowl at Arlington, TX)

2012: A-A-C; C-H-E; F-G-C; G-A-H; C (the last game being vs Purdue in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at Dallas, TX)

2011: A-A-D; B-C-C; A-B-B; A-C-C; C (the last game being vs Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl at Tempe, AZ)

*1 The helmet with the white numerals was used during OSU's first five games in 1967, while the helmet with the cowboy and horse logo was used for the last four games. Unknown to me at the present time is which of these (if either) was used for OSU's sixth game that year, a home game against Missouri.

*2 In 1969, a version of the college football centennial "100" logo was worn on the back side of each helmet.

*3 Worn November 21, 2009 (vs Colorado), September 30, 2010 (vs Texas A&M), November 20, 2010 (at Kansas), and September 17, 2011 (at Tulsa).

*4 This design has an asymmetrical stripe sequence: the white middle stripe is bordered by a black stripe on the left side, and by an orange stripe on the right side.

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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN


1957 - 1960	1961 - 1962	1963 - 1966


1969; November 7, 2015	1967 - 1968; 1970 - 1976	January 1, 1982
		*see note 1 below


2012 (last 4 games)	September 3, 2005; November 26, 2009; 2013	October 19, 2019
*see note 2 below	*see note 3 below


1977 - 2012; 2014 -

*1 For its appearance in the 1982 Cotton Bowl game against Alabama, Texas used a special version of the longhorn logo which included between the "horns" the words "COTTON BOWL CLASSIC" and a picture of a cotton boll.

*2 Beginning with the November 10, 2012 game (vs Iowa State) the traditional longhorn logo was altered by the addition of the letters "DKR" in white; this was done in memory of former Texas head coach Darrell K. Royal, who died on November 7, 2012. The "DKR" decals were worn for the team's remaining games in 2012, including the Valero Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX (vs Oregon State).

*3 This design was used during the 2005 home game against Louisiana-Lafayette, the 2009 game at Texas A&M, and the entire 2013 season.

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TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY


1960 - 1964	1965	1966


1967	1968	1969 - 1970


1971 - 1973	1974 - 1976	1977 - November 1, 1980


November 8, 1980	1982 (last 4(?) games)	November 15, 1980 - 1991


1992	1993 - 1994	1995 - 1997


'C'	'B'	'D'
2009 - 2010	September 4, 2010; October 16, 2010	January 1, 2011
November 14, 2009; 2010	*see note 1 below


'A'	'E'	'G'
1998 - 2010; 2012 - 2013	2011	December 3, 2011
	*see note 3 below	*see note 2 below


'F'	'H'	'I'
2011 - 2014	September 8, 2012	2013
*see note 3 below


'J'	'K'	'L'
October 5, 2013	2014 - 2017	2014 - 2018


'M'	'N'	'O'
2014	2015 - 2018	2015


'P'	'Q'	'R'
2015; 2017 - 2018	2016 -	2019 -


'S'	'T'	'U'
2019 -	2019 - 2020	2019 -


'V'	'W'	'X'
2022 -	2022	2022


'Y'	'Z'	'AA'
2023 -	2023 -	2023 -


'AB'	'AC'
2023 -	2023 -

During recent years TCU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: K-A-Y; Z-V-V; A-K-K; AA-AB-AC

2022: A-K-A; V-V-W; X-A-A; V-K-V; V-K-V (the last three games being vs Kansas State in the Big 12 championship game at Arlington, TX, vs Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl/College Football Playoff semi-final at Glendale, AZ, and vs Georgia in the national championship game at Inglewood, CA)

2021: Q-M-S; Q-R-Q; R-R-U; R-Q-R

2020: R-Q-U; S-R-R; S-Q-T; Q

2019: R-R-S; R-T-R; U-R-S; S-S-Q

2018: L-P-L; Q-N-L; N-N-P; N-P-P; P (the last game being vs California in the Cheez-It Bowl at Phoenix, AZ)

2017: P-N-L; P-N-P; P-P-Q; K-P-P; Q-P (the last two games being vs Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game at Arlington, TX, and vs Stanford in the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX)

2016: N-L-K; N-Q-N; K-N-N; L-Q-L; N (last game being vs Georgia in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)

2015: N-O-P; N-L-P; L-L-K; L-N-L(?); P (last game being vs Oregon in the Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, TX)

2014: K-L-F; L-F-K; L-M-L; M-L-K; K (last game being vs Mississippi in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)

2013: I-F-A; F-J-F; A-I-F; A-A-A;

2012: H-F-F; F-F-A; A-F-F; A-A-F; A (last game being vs Michigan State in Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Tempe, AZ)

2011: E-E-E; E-E-E; F-F-F; F-F-G; F (last game being vs Louisiana Tech in the Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego, CA)

2010: B-A-A; A-A-A; B-C-A; A-A-A; D (last game being vs Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, CA)

The one known "missing" historical design from the set above is the 1965 design, which consists of a purple helmet shell with a white stripe and a "horned frog" logo on both sides. For many years I thought that this logo was probably a simple outline or silhouette without any internal detail aside from the lettering "T.C.U.", but the photograph below from the university's 1966 yearbook appears to suggest that there is some detail or texture within the logo.

*1 First worn September 4, 2010 (vs Oregon State in a game played at Arlington, TX); later worn during a home game against BYU. The gray part of the helmet featured a "frogskin" pattern that would be impossible to represent with the image size used at this website, but below is a photo showing the "frogskin".

*2 The helmet shell of this design has the same "frogskin" pattern also used on helmet 'B' (see note 1).

*3 Each of these designs have a subtle "frogskin" pattern that would be impossible to depict with the image size used here.

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY


1960	1961 - 1962?	1963? - 1969


1970 - 1973	1974	1975 - 1983


1984 - 1992	1993 - 1999	September 11, 2010; additional games in 2010
		*see note 1 below


November 6, 2010	September 17, 2011; November 19, 2011	November 12, 2011


		'B'
November 3, 2012	2000 - 2012	2013 -
*see note 2 below


'C'	'D'	'E'
2013	2013 -	2013
	*see note 3 below


'F'	'G'	'H'
2013	2013	2014
*see note 4 below	*see note 5 below


'I'	'J'	'K'
2014	2014	2014
	*see note 6 below


'L'	'M'	'N'
2015 -	2016 -	2016 -


'O'	'P'	'Q'
2017 -	2017 -	2020 -
	*see note 7 below


'R'	'S'	'A'
2022	2023 -	2013 -

During recent years Texas Tech has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: A-M-S; N-A-L; A-A-A; B-A-A; A (the last game being vs California in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)

2022: A-B-N; A-B-R; A-R-R; N-B-A; A (the last game being vs Ole Miss in the Texas Bowl at Houston, TX)

2021: A-A-A; A-B-H; N-B-A; A-B-B; N (the last game being vs Mississippi State in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)

2020: A-Q-N; A-A-A; N-A-M; N

2019: M-A-A; O-A-N; O-A-M; A-A-A

2018: N-A-M, N-N-O; O-A-A; N-N-A

2017: B-B-N; O-A-N; A-L-A; D-N-P; N (the last game being vs South Florida in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)

2016: A-M-B; N-A-B; A-L-A; M-A-A

2015: A-B-H; L-L-A; B-A-A; C-A-H; A (the last game being vs LSU in the Texas Bowl at Houston, TX)

2014: A-A-H; I-B-B; A-D-J; K-A-A

2013: B-A-C; A-B-A; B-D-A; E-B-F; G (the last game being vs Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl at San Diego, CA)

*1 First worn during the 2010 game at New Mexico (September 11); subsequently worn October 2, 2010 (at Iowa State) and November 13, 2010 (at Oklahoma).

*2 The star is present on the left side only of this design; a different logo adorns the right side (as represented below).

*3 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; the right side has the traditional "TT" logo, and hence resembles helmet 'C' above.

*4 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; the right side has a logo including an outline of the state of Texas behind the "TT" logo (as shown below).

*5 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; the right side featured an enormous "masked rider" logo (as represented below).

*6 The right side of this design is completely different from the left side (as depicted below).

*7 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has the traditional "TT" logo and hence resembles design 'L' above.

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UCF University of Central Florida


1979 - 1980	1981 - 1982	1983 - 1984


1985 - 1994	1995	1996 - 2002


2003 - 2006	November 29, 2013	August 30, 2014


	'A'	'B'
2007 - 2015	2016	2016


'C'	'D'	'E'
2016 -	2016	2016
		*see note 1 below


'F'	'G'	'H'
2016	2016	2016
	*see note 2 below


'I'	'J'	'K'
2016	2017 -	2017
		*see note 3 below


'L'	'M'	'N'
2017	2017	2017
		*see note 3 below


'O'	'P'	'Q'
2017 -	2018 -	2018 -
*see note 3 below		*see note 3 below


'R'	'S'	'T'
2018 -	2018 -	2018 -
	*see note 3 below


'U'	'V'	'W'
2018 -	2019 -	2019 -
*see note 4 below


'X' (and 'X1')	'Y'	'Z'
2019 -	2019 -	2019 -
*see note 7 below	*see note 5 below


'AA'	'AB'	'AC'
2020 -	2019 -	2020 -
		*see note 3 below


'AD'	'AE'	'AF'
2020 -	2020 -	2021 -


'AG' (and 'AG1')	'AH'	'AI'
2021 -	2021 -	2021 -
*see note 6 below


'AJ'	'AK'	'AL'
2021 -	2021 -	2022 -


'AM'	'AN'	'AO'
2022 -	2022 -	2022 -


'AP'	'AQ'	'AR'
2022 -	2022 -	2023 -


'AS'	'AT'	'AU'
2023 -	2023 -	2023 -


'AV' (and 'AV1')	'AW'	'AX'
2023 -	2023 -	2023 -
*see note 8 below		*see note 9 below

During recent years UCF has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: AR-AE-AS; AT-P-AO; AE-AU-AV; AW-AV1-AX; W (the last game being vs Georgia Tech in the Gasparilla Bowl at Tampa, FL)

2022: AG-W-X1; AA-AL-AM; AN-AO-AQ; P-AP-AQ; P-AB (the last two games being vs Tulane in the American Athletic Conference championship game at New Orleans, LA, and vs Duke in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)

2021: X-X1-QF; AG-X-X; AH-X1-AI; AG1-AJ-AK; AB (the last game being vs Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl at Tampa, FL)

2020: AA-AA-AB; AA-AC-AA; AD-AE-AB; AE (the last game being vs Brigham Young in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)

2019: X-V-W; X-Y-W; V-O-Z; AB-X-AB; AB (the last game being vs Marshall in the Gasparilla Bowl at Tampa, FL)

2018: P-J-P; J-Q-R; C-S-T; C-U-J; J (the last game being vs LSU in the Fiesta Bowl at Tempe, AZ)

2017: J-J-D; C-K-L; J-C-M; J-N-O; C (the last two games being vs Memphis in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Orlando, FL, and vs Auburn in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)

2016: A-B-C; D-A-E; C-D-F; G-E-H; I (the last game being vs Arkansas State in the Cure Bowl at Orlando, FL)

Central Florida's football team began play in 1979 at the NCAA Division III level. The team moved to Division II in 1982 and to Division I-AA (predecessor of Football Championship Subdivision) in 1990 before reaching Division I-A in 1996. The above are to the best of my knowledge the complete set of historical helmet designs for this team.

*1 The 'UCF' logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side has a silver or 'mirror'-like 'knight head' logo (as represented below).

*2 Worn November 12, 2016 vs Cincinnati in observance of 'Military Appreciation Day'. The 'UCF' logo was worn on the left side only of each design; on the right side of each helmet was one of five different insignia of the U.S. armed forces (as represented below).


Air Force	Army	Coast Guard


Marine Corps	Navy

*3 Clarification of differences: Helmet design 'K' has within the 'UCF' logo on the sides of the helmet a photograph of a portion of the Moon's surface and a stripe which contains depictions of several constellations and a photograph showing a portion of the Andromeda Galaxy; 'N' has a 'UCF' logo customized for each helmet with a photograph of the player to whom that helmet belonged in action during a football game; 'O' has a highly reflective or 'mirror'-like logo and stripe; 'Q' has a 'camouflage' logo and stripe; 'S' has within the logo a photograph of the Earth as seen from space and a stripe with depictions of constellations and other astronomical objects; 'AC' has an apparently mirror-like 'UCF' logo and a 'stripe' composed of numerous lines in an irregular pattern derived from 'a blueprint of the Orion space capsule'. Below are photographs of these designs.

*4 During the game when design 'U' was used (November 23, 2018 at South Florida) the logo on each helmet was customized with an outline of the home state of the player to whom the helmet belonged. The team roster published in UCF's 2018 media guide identifies players from thirteen different states; more than half of the team were from Florida.

*5 The 'UCF' logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side has a 'knight head' logo (as represented below).

*6 The 'UCF' logo is present on the left side only of both designs 'AG' and 'AG1'; two other different logos are worn on the right sides (as depicted below).


'AG'	'AG1'

*7 The 'UCF' logo is present on both sides of design 'X'; it is present on the left side only of 'X1', while the right side has a different logo (as depicted below).

*8 Helmet design 'AV' has the script 'Knights' logo on both sides; 'AV1' has it on the left side only, with a different logo on the right side (as depicted below).

*9 The "UCF" logo is present on the left side only of this design; a different logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY


1960	1963	1961 - 1962; 1964
	*see note 1 below


1965	1966 - 1969	1970
	*see note 2 below


1971 - 1972	1973 - 1978	1979


	'B'	'C'
November 26, 2010; December 28, 2010	2013 -	2013 -


'D'	'E'	'A'
2013	2013	1980 -


'F'	'G'	'H'
2014	2014	2015


'I'	'J'	'K'
2016	2017	2017


'L'	'M'	'N'
2019 - 2020	2021 -	2022 -
	*see note 3 below


'O'	'P'
2023 -	2023 -

During recent years West Virginia has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2023: A-C-O; C-P-O; A-A-L; P-A-A; O (the last game being vs West Virginia in the Duke's Mayo Bowl at Charlotte, NC)

2022: N-C-A; N-A-A; N-A-A; L-C-A

2021: A-A-C; A-C-A; A-A-M; B-A-C; A (the last game being vs Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Phoenix, AZ)

2020: B-A-A; A-C-C; A-L-A; L (the last game being vs Army in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)

2019: A-A-C; C-A-A; B-A-L; A-C-B

2018: A-A-A; C-C-B; A-A-A; H-A-B (the last game being vs Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2017: B-A-B; A-C-A; B-A-B; J-K-K; C (the last game being vs Utah in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at Dallas, TX)

2016: I-A-A; C-C-A; A-B-A; A-B-A; A (the last game being vs Miami (FL) in the Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, FL)

2015: C-B-A; B-A-A; B-A-H; C-A-H; A (the last game being vs Arizona State in the Cactus Bowl at Phoenix, AZ)

2014: B-A-C; C-A-A; A-C-A; A-F-G; A (the last game being vs Texas A&M in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)

2013: A-B-C; A-C-A; A-C-B; D-E-A

The above are to the best of my knowledge the complete set of historical helmets for WVU for the period covered by this web site (1960 to present).

*1 The numerals "100" were worn on each player's helmet in 1963 in recognition of the state of West Virginia's centennial.

*2 In a few photographs from these years, small, dark-colored "star" decals are visible on the sides of some helmets. In the only two clear photographs that I have showing these, three stars are visible on one helmet, and two on another. The significance of these is unknown, but they were probably "award decals".

*3 The state outline logo is present on the left side only of this design; on the right side is the traditional "WV" logo in blue.

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