Big 12 Conference
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| BAYLOR |
IOWA STATE |
KANSAS |
| "Bears" |
"Cyclones" |
"Jayhawks" |
| Waco, TX |
Ames, IA |
Lawrence, KS |
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| KANSAS STATE |
OKLAHOMA |
OKLAHOMA STATE |
| "Wildcats" |
"Sooners" |
"Cowboys" |
| Manhattan, KS |
Norman, OK |
Stillwater, OK |
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| TEXAS |
TEXAS CHRISTIAN |
TEXAS TECH |
| "Longhorns" |
"Horned Frogs" |
"Red Raiders" |
| Austin, TX |
Fort Worth, TX |
Lubbock, TX |
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| WEST VIRGINIA |
| "Mountaineers" |
| Morgantown, WV |
Historical Helmets
BAYLOR
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c.early 1960s;
1967 - 1968 |
c.early 1960s |
c.early-mid 1960s |
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| 1969 - 1971 |
1972 - 1978 |
1979 - 1988 |
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1992 |
1993 - 1996 |
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| 1997 - 2002 |
October 23, 2004 |
2005 - 2007 |
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'B' |
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September 5, 2009;
additional games 2009- |
September 11, 2010 |
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*see note 5 below |
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'A' |
'D' |
| 2011 - 2012 |
2008 - 2013 |
2013 - |
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'F' |
'G' |
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| 'H' |
'I' |
'J' |
| 2013 |
2015 - |
2016 - |
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| 'K' |
'L' |
'M' |
| 2016 - |
2017 - |
2018 - |
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| 'N' |
'O' |
'P' |
| 2018 - |
2019 - |
2019 - |
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| 'Q' |
'R' |
'S' |
| 2019 - |
2019 - |
2021 - |
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During recent years Baylor has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 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).
IOWA STATE
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1969 - 1970 |
1968 - 1974 |
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1976 - 1978 |
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| 1980 |
1981 - 1982 |
1983 - 1986 |
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1987 - 1994 |
1995 - 2002 |
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| September 16, 2007 |
2003 - 2007 |
September 14, 2013 |
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'B' |
'C' |
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2016 - |
2016 - |
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'E' |
'F' |
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2017 - |
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| 'G' |
'H' |
'I' |
| 2017 - |
2017 - |
2018 - |
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| 'J' |
'K' |
'L' |
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2018 - |
2019 - |
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During recent years Iowa State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 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).
KANSAS
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1967 - 1969 |
1970 - 1976 |
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1979 - 1982 |
1983 - 1986 |
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1994 - 1996 |
1997 - 2001 |
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| 2002 - 2004 |
2005 - 2006 |
November 28, 2009 |
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| 2007 - 2009 |
November 27, 2010 |
October 1, 2011 |
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'A' |
'B' |
| 2010 - 2012 |
November 17, 2012;
2013 - |
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| 'C' |
'D' |
'E' |
| 2013 |
2014 |
2014 |
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| 'F' |
'G' |
'H' |
| 2014 |
2014 |
2014 |
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| 'I' |
'J' |
'K' |
| 2015 |
2015 |
2015 - 2018 |
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| 'L' (and 'L1') |
'M' |
'N' |
| 2015 - 2018 |
2015 - 2016 |
2015 |
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*see note 6 below |
*see note 7 below |
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| 'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
| 2016 |
2016 - 2017 |
2016 |
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*see note 9 below |
*see note 10 below |
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| 'R' |
'S' |
'T' |
| 2017 |
2018 |
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| 'U' |
'V' |
'W' |
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| 'X' |
'Y' |
'Z' |
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'AB' |
'AC' |
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'AE' |
'AF' |
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'AH' |
'AI' |
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2022 - |
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During recent years Kansas has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 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.
KANSAS STATE
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1964 - 1965 |
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1969 - 1971 |
1972 - 1973 |
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1982 - 1985 |
1986 - 1987 |
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| 1988 |
November 2, 2013 |
November 5, 2016;
November 11, 2017 |
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November 16, 2019 |
December 31, 2019 |
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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).
OKLAHOMA
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1966 |
1967 - 1976 |
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August 30, 2003;
November 21, 2009 |
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'E' |
'A' |
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During recent years Oklahoma has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 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.
OKLAHOMA STATE
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1961 - 1966 |
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1969 - 1972 |
1973 - 1975 |
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| 1976 |
1977 - 1979 |
1980 - 1983 |
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'D' |
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1984 - 1992; 1995 - 2000 |
November 21, 2009;
additional games 2010-2011 |
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'C' |
'H' |
| 2011 |
2011 - 2015 |
2012 |
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'F' |
'G' |
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2012 - 2015; 2020 - |
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'J' |
'K' |
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2013 - 2015 |
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'A' |
'M' |
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2001 - 2014 |
2015 |
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'O' |
'P' |
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2015 - 2017 |
2016 |
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'R' |
'S' |
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2016 - 2017 |
2016 |
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'U' |
'V' |
| 2016 - 2018 |
2016 - 2018 |
2017 - 2019 |
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'X' |
'Y' |
| 2017; 2019 |
2017 |
2017 - 2018 |
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'AA' |
'AB' |
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'AD' |
'AE' |
| 2018 |
2018; 2020 |
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'AG' |
'AH' |
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2019 |
2019 |
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| 'AI' |
'AJ' |
'AK' |
| 2019 |
2019 |
2019 |
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'AM' |
'AN' |
| 2019 |
2019 |
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'AP' |
'AQ' |
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2021 |
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'AS' |
'AT' |
| 2021 |
2021 |
2021 |
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'AV' |
'AW' |
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During recent years Oklahoma State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 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).
TEXAS
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1969;
November 7, 2015 |
1967 - 1968;
1970 - 1976 |
January 1, 1982 |
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September 3, 2005;
November 26, 2009;
2013 |
October 19, 2019 |
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*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.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN
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1974 - 1976 |
1977 - November 1, 1980 |
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1982 (last 4(?) games) |
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1993 - 1994 |
1995 - 1997 |
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'B' |
'D' |
| 2009 - 2010 |
September 4, 2010;
October 16, 2010 |
January 1, 2011 |
| November 14, 2009; 2010 |
*see note 1 below |
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'E' |
'G' |
| 1998 - 2010; 2012 - 2013 |
2011 |
December 3, 2011 |
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'H' |
'I' |
| 2011 - 2014 |
September 8, 2012 |
2013 |
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'K' |
'L' |
| October 5, 2013 |
2014 - 2017 |
2014 - 2018 |
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'N' |
'O' |
| 2014 |
2015 - 2018 |
2015 |
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'Q' |
'R' |
| 2015; 2017 - 2018 |
2016 - |
2019 - |
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'T' |
'U' |
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2019 - 2020 |
2019 - |
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'W' |
'X' |
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During recent years TCU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2922: 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 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.
TEXAS TECH
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1974 |
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1993 - 1999 |
September 11, 2010;
additional games in 2010 |
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September 17, 2011;
November 19, 2011 |
November 12, 2011 |
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| November 3, 2012 |
2000 - 2012 |
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'D' |
'E' |
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'G' |
'H' |
| 2013 |
2013 |
2014 |
| *see note 4 below |
*see note 5 below |
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'J' |
'K' |
| 2014 |
2014 |
2014 |
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| 'L' |
'M' |
'N' |
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'P' |
'Q' |
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During recent years Texas Tech has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 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.
WEST VIRGINIA
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1966 - 1969 |
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1973 - 1978 |
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'C' |
November 26, 2010;
December 28, 2010 |
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'E' |
'A' |
| 2013 |
2013 |
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'G' |
'H' |
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2015 |
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'J' |
'K' |
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2017 |
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'M' |
'N' |
| 2019 - 2020 |
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During recent years West Virginia has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 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.
