Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference
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ALBANY |
BRYANT |
CAMPBELL |
"Great Danes" |
"Bulldogs" |
"Camels" |
Albany, NY |
Smithfield, RI |
Buies Creek, NC |
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DELAWARE |
ELON |
HAMPTON |
"Blue Hens" |
"Phoenix" |
"Pirates" |
Newark, DE |
Elon, NC |
Hampton, VA |
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MAINE |
MONMOUTH |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
"Black Bears" |
"Hawks" |
"Wildcats" |
Orono, ME |
West Long Branch, NJ |
Durham, NH |
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NORTH CAROLINA A&T |
RHODE ISLAND |
RICHMOND |
"Aggies" |
"Rams" |
"Spiders" |
Greensboro, NC |
Kingston, RI |
Richmond, VA |
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STONY BROOK |
TOWSON |
VILLANOVA |
"Seawolves" |
"Tigers" |
"Wildcats" |
Stony Brook, NY |
Towson, MD |
Villanova, PA |
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WILLIAM & MARY |
"Tribe" |
Williamsburg, VA |
Bryant is a new member of this conference in 2024.
Historical Helmets
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
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1973 - 1977 |
? - 1985 |
1988 - 1992 |
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'A' |
1993 - 2003 |
2004 - 2007 |
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'B' |
'C' |
'D' |
September 12, 2015; November 14, 2015 |
2016 |
2016 - 2019 |
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'E' |
'F' |
'G' |
2016 - 2017 |
2017 |
2018 - 2019 |
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'H' |
'I' |
'J' |
2018 |
2019 |
2019 |
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'K' |
'L' |
'M' |
2019 |
2020* - |
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'N' |
'O' |
'P' |
2021 - |
2021 - |
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'Q' |
'R' |
'S' |
2022 - |
2022 - |
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'T' |
'U' |
'V' |
2022 - |
2022 - |
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'W' |
'X' |
'Y' |
2023 - |
2023 - |
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During recent years Albany has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: R-W-W; S-X-S; Q-S-S; Y-Q-S; R-Q-R (the last three games being NCAA Division I-FCS playoff games vs Richmond, at Idaho, and at South Dakota State)
- 2022: Q-R-S; T-U-S; U-V-R; U-U
- 2021: M-N-O; O-M-L; P-M-M; L-L
- 2020*: L-L-M; M
- 2019: D-D-A; I-J-J; A-G-A; G-D-K; K-D (the last two games being NCAA Division I-FCS playoff games vs Central Connecticut State and at Montana State)
- 2018: G-A-G; A-G-H; G-D-E; A-G
- 2017: B-B-D; F-D-A; B-A-D; A-E
- 2016: C-A-C; A-D-A; D-C-E; C-C
- 2015: A-B-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; B-A
*1 This design was also used by Albany's club-level team from 1970 through 1972.
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BRYANT UNIVERSITY
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1999 - |
2021 - |
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*see note 1 below |
The Bryant football team first played in 1999 and apparently never used a helmet logo until 2021.
*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "bulldog" logo adorns the right side (as shown below).
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
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2008 - 2010 |
2011 - 2012 |
2013 |
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'A' |
'B' |
2014 - 2015 |
2016 - 2019 |
2019 - 2022 |
*see note 1 below |
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'C' |
'D' |
'E' |
2019 |
2021 - 2022 |
2023 - |
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*see note 2 below |
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During recent years Campbell has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: E-F-F; E-E-E; F-E-F; G-E
- 2022: D-B-B; B-D-D; D-D-B; D-B
- 2021: B-A-B; B-B-D; D-D-D; B-D
- 2020: B (entire season)
- 2019: B-B-B; B-C-A; A-B-A; A-A
2008 was the first year for the Campbell football team.
*1 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is the "C"/"camel head" logo (as shown below).
*1 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; a "camel" logo is worn on the right side (as shown below).
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UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
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c.1959 - 1969 |
1969 - 1976 |
1977 - 1983 |
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1984 - 2003 |
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Delaware began using the "winged" helmet design in 1951, and has used it continuously ever since, with only a few changes to the facemask color and perhaps some slight modifications to the shades of blue and gold having been made during the intervening years. The change from a darker blue to a nearly royal blue in 2004 is the most substantial change to the blue color of which I am aware.
Some players were using facemasks as early as 1954, but they were apparently not standard issue until about 1959. The dates of transition between facemask colors listed above are not precise, because at each change, some players continued to use the previously-used color for another year or two, or even longer. The years listed above are the approximate dates when each new color became predominant.
During at least some games in 1965 a small "D" logo was added to Delaware's helmets (photograph below); the color of the "D" is unknown to me.
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ELON UNIVERSITY
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1960 - 1963 |
1964 - 1966 |
1967 - 1969 |
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1970 |
1971 - 1976 |
1981 - 1986 |
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1977 - 1980; 1987 - 1991 |
1992 - 1999 |
2003 - 2010 |
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'E' |
November 15, 2014 |
2000 - 2002; 2011 - 2015 |
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'A' |
'B' |
'C' |
2017 - |
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During recent years Elon has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: B-A-A; A-B-A; A-A-D; A-A
- 2022: B-D-A; A-A-A; D-A-B; A-D-A
- 2021: B-A-B; A-A-B; B-B-C; D-C
- 2020*: A-A-A; B-B-A
The "missing" design for Elon is the 1970 design, for which I have not obtained any color photographs. It presumably has a gold shell and the logo is the school name within a dark (probably maroon) oval-shape (photograph below). I would appreciate any color photographs of this design or any good straight-on side-view photographs.
Previously I had listed here a plain maroon helmet for the years 1971 through 1974, but this report turned out to be inaccurate, and it appears that Elon used plain gold helmets throughout this period.
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HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
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2002 - 2004; some games in 2007 |
2006 - 2022 |
2023 - |
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*1 This design was apparently used during the 2007 game against Howard, but the next helmet design shown above was used during the 2007 games against Princeton, Grambling State, and South Carolina State.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
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1969 |
c.1950s - c.1975 |
c.1976 - 1984 |
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1985 - 1991 |
1992 - 1999 |
2000 - October 10, 2015 |
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October 17, 2015 - November 21, 2015 |
2016 - 2017 |
September 14, 2019 |
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2018 - 2022 |
2023 - |
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*1 Maine is reported to have used the "wing" helmet design throughout the 1960s and early 1970s; I do not yet know when the switch to the next design was made, but 1976 is a good possibility, as there was a new head coach that year. Some photographs from the last few years when this design was in use show that some players did not have the uniform numerals on their helmets, but I do not think there was ever a time when all Maine helmets lacked the numerals. In 1969, the player's numerals were replaced with a version of the "100" decal that many teams wore that year; Maine's version apparently featured light-colored numerals on a dark-colored football shape with a light-colored outline.
*2 In 2018 and 2019 the "MAINE"/"bear head" logo was worn on both sides of this design; beginning with the "spring 2021" football season the logo on the right side was replaced with uniform numbers (as represented below).
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MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY
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1993 - 2003 |
2004 - 2013 |
October 5, 2013; October 19, 2013 |
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'B' |
'A' |
2019; 2021 - |
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During recent years Monmouth has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: B-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A
- 2022: A (entire season)
- 2021: A-A-A; B-A-A; A-A-A; B-A
- 2020: A (entire season)
- 2019: A-A-A; B-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A (the last two games being FCS playoff games vs Holy Cross and at James Madison)
Monmouth's football team first played in 1993 and the above are apparently the only helmet designs ever used by the team.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
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? - c.1966 |
c.1967 - ? |
? - 1999 |
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'A' |
2000 |
2001 - 2002 |
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'B' |
'C' |
'D' |
2017 - 2018 |
2019 |
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'E' |
'F' |
'G' |
2022 - |
2023 - |
2022 |
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During recent years UNH has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: A-A-A; A-D-E; A-A-F; F-F
- 2022: D-D-A; D-A-E; A-D-D; A-A-D; G (the last two games being NCAA Division I-FCS playoff games vs Fordham and at Holy Cross)
- 2021: A (entire season)
- 2020: A (entire season (one game played))
- 2019: A-A-C; C-C-C; C-A-A; C-C
- 2018: A-A-A; B-A-B; A-A-A; A-A
- 2017: A-B-A; A-B-A; A-A-B; A-B-A; A (the last three games being NCAA Division I-FCS playoff games vs Central Connecticut State, at Central Arkansas, and at South Dakota State)
*1 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; on the right side is an interlocking "NH" logo (as represented below).
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NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL STATE UNIVERSITY
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'A' |
? - 2000 |
2001 - October 11, 2003 |
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'B' |
'C' |
'D' |
2018 - 2019 |
2022 |
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*see note 2 below |
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During recent years North Carolina A&T has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: A-A-A; D-D-D; A-A-D; D-A
- 2022: A-A-A; A-A-A; C-C-A; C-C
- 2021: A (entire season)
- 2019: A-B-A; A-A-B; B-A-A; B-A-A
- 2018: A-B-B; A-B-A; A-B-B; A-A-A
*1 This design was used through the October 11, 2003 game against Morgan State, but was replaced by a new logo for the October 18, 2003 game against Florida A&M.
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).
*3 The team name is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right (as depicted below).
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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
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1960 - 1961 |
1962 - 1965 |
1966 |
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1967 - 1975 |
1976 - 1978 |
1979 - 1989? |
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1990? - 1992? |
1993 |
1994 - 1996 |
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1997 - 1999 |
2000 - 2007 |
2008 - 2010 |
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
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1960? |
1961? - 1965? |
1966? - 1969? |
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1980 - 1988 |
1989 - 1990 |
1991 |
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1992 - 1994 |
September 5, 1998 |
1995 - 2002 |
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2003 |
2004 - November 14, 2015 |
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For a brief time during the late 1990s (reported by one person to be for only for a single game, September 5, 1998 vs Rutgers), Richmond used a decal bearing the word "RICHMOND" (different from the 2003 decal) in white letters; I would appreciate a photograph from this game.
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STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
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'A' |
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2006 - 2013 |
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'B' |
'C' |
'D' |
1999 - 2004; 2014 - |
2005; 2014 |
2014 |
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'E' |
'F' |
'G' |
2016 |
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During recent years Stony Brook has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: F-B-F; B-F-B; B-F-B; G
- 2022: F-F-F; B-B-F; B-B-F; B-B
- 2021: F-F-F; B-F-B; F-B-B; B-B
- 2020*: B-B-F; F
- 2019: F-B-B; B-F-B; B-F-F; F-B-B
- 2018: B-F-F; B-B-F; F-B-B; B-F-B (the last game being an FCS playoff game at Southeast Missouri State)
- 2017: F-B-F; F-B-F; B-B-F; F-B-F; B (the last two games being playoff games vs Lehigh and at James Madison)
- 2016: A-B-A; B-B-B; B-B-A; E-B
- 2015: A-A-B; B-B-A; B-A-B; A. ('B' was also used during the team's September 4 game at Toledo, which was cancelled at halftime following a three-hour lightning delay)
- 2014: A-C-A; C-B-A; A-A-A; D-B-B
The team was known as the "Patriots" prior to 1994. I would appreciate any information about earlier helmet designs used by this team, which first played in 1984 at the NCAA Division III level. The earliest design for which I have any information is the 1986 design, which had a white shell with a script "Patriots" logo (see photograph below); a more recently-found color photograph shows that both the logo and the facemask color are red.
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TOWSON UNIVERSITY
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c.late 1990s |
1999 - 2000 |
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2002 - 2003 |
2004 - 2008 |
2009 |
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October 8, 2011 |
September 9, 2015 |
October 24, 2015; September 29, 2018 |
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September 10, 2016; November 17, 2018 |
October 8, 2016 |
November 5, 2016 |
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'A' |
'B' |
October 6, 2018 |
2010 - 2019; 2021 - |
2019 |
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'C' |
'D' |
'E' |
2019 |
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'F' |
'G' |
'H' |
2019 |
2019; 2021 - |
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'I' |
'J' |
'K' |
2021 - |
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'L' |
'M' |
'N' |
2021 - |
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'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
2022 - |
2023 - |
2023 - |
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'R' |
'S' |
'T' |
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During recent years Towson has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: I-I-C; A-C-P; A-Q-R; G-S
- 2022: A-A-M; I-M-I; F-G-N; A-O
- 2021: A-G-A; G-H-H; I-J-K; L-K
- 2020: [no games played]
- 2019: B-C-D; A-D-A; E-A-F; F-G-G
*1 This design has an asymmetrical stripe sequence - a white stripe on the left side of the helmet borders directly against a yellow stripe on the right side.
*2 Helmet design 'T' employs on each helmet one of at least seven different logos depicting Towson's tiger mascot 'Doc' playing various football positions; depicted here is presumably 'running back'. I have been unable to locate the artwork for the other positions, which I would need in order to add these to the website.
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VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
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1960 - 1965 |
1966 - ? |
1970 |
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1972 |
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c.1974 |
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c.1979 |
1986 - c.1997 |
c.1998 - 2002 |
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'A' |
'B' |
'C' |
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2019 - |
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'D' |
'E' (and 'E1') |
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During recent years Villanova has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: A-C-C; A-A-C; A-A-A; C-E-A; E1 (the last two games being NCAA Division I-FCS playoff games vs Youngstown State and at South Dakota State)
- 2022: C-C-A; A-A-C; D-D-C; A-C
- 2021: A-C-C; A-A-C; D-D-A; C-C-A; A (the last two games being NCAA Division I-FCS playoff games vs Holy Cross and vs South Dakota State)
- 2020: A (entire season)
- 2019: A-A-A; C-C-A; C-A-A; A-A-C; A (the last game being an NCAA Division I-FCS playoff game at Southeast Lousiana)
- 2018: A-A-B; B-A-B; A-B-A; A-B
- 2017: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-B; A-B
*1 The "75" on this helmet commemorated the 75th season of football at Villanova.
*2 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a "wildcat head" logo (as represented below).
*2 Helmet design 'E' has the "V" logo on both sides; 'E1' has it on the left side only, while uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as represented below).
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COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
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? - 1963 |
1964 - 1968 |
1969 |
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1970 - ? |
c.1976 - 1977 |
? - 1980 |
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1981? - 1985 |
1986 - 1994 |
1995 - 2000 |
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2001? - 2007 |
November 14, 2015 |
2008 - 2017 |
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'A' |
2018 - 2019 |
November 12, 2022 |
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In 2023 William & Mary used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: B-B-B; B-B-B; B-A-B; B-B.
*1 The facemask color on this design may have been changed to white during the latter part of its period of use.
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