Empire 8 Conference

ALFRED	HARTWICK	ITHACA
"Saxons"	"Hawks"	"Bombers"
Alfred, NY	Oneonta, NY	Ithaca, NY

NORWICH	SPRINGFIELD	ST. JOHN FISHER
"Cadets"	"Pride"	"Cardinals"
Northfield, VT	Springfield, MA	Rochester, NY

UTICA
"Pioneers"
Utica, NY

Comments

Utica will be using a new helmet design in 2008 (shown above).

Springfield was apparently using a new helmet logo in 2007, as seen in the photograph below. I will need a copy of the helmet logo in order to draw this one and add it to the web site.

Hartwick was using a new helmet logo in 2005 (or possibly earlier); the logo is the school name in blue letters, as shown in the photo below. Photographs show that this design was still in use as late as the 2007 playoffs. Again I would appreciate a copy of the helmet logo for this team.

Historical Helmets

ALFRED

? - 2000	2001 - 2003	2004 -

A visitor to this web site reported that from the late 1960s through 1999 Alfred used purple helmets with white facemasks and a logo consisting of the word "Alfred" in a script style, colored white.

HARTWICK

? - 2004?

No information about historical helmets has ever been received for this team.

ITHACA

? - present

Ithaca's current helmet design has apparently been used for many years, I believe probably at least since the 1980s.

NORWICH

? - 2000?	2001? - 2006	2007 -

SPRINGFIELD

? - 2006?	2007? -

Another helmet design used by this team in recent years featured the team name "Pride" in white, cursive letters.

ST. JOHN FISHER

? - present

The current helmet design has apparently been in use since at least the late 1990s. I have not received any information about historical helmets for St. John Fisher.

UTICA

2001 - 2006	2007	2008 -

The Utica football team first played in 2001 and I believe that the helmet designs shown above are the only ones that have been used by the team.