Frontier Conference
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| CARROLL | EASTERN OREGON | COLLEGE OF IDAHO |
| "Saints" | "Mountaineers" | "Yotes" |
| Helena, MT | La Grande, OR | Caldwell, ID |
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| MONTANA STATE- NORTHERN |
MONTANA TECH | MONTANA WESTERN |
| "Lights" | "Orediggers" | "Bulldogs" |
| Havre, MT | Butte, MT | Dillon, MT |
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| ROCKY MOUNTAIN | SOUTHERN OREGON |
| "Bears" | "Raiders" |
| Billings, MT | Ashland, OR |
Historical Helmets
CARROLL
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| ? - 1999 | 2000 - 2018 | 2019 - |
| *see note 1 below |
*1 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; a "C" logo adorns the right side (as represented below).
EASTERN OREGON
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| ? - 1977 | 1978 | 1979 - 1983 |
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| 1984 - 1986 | 1987 | 1988 - ? |
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| ? - 1999? | 2000? - 2008 | 2009 - 2012 |
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| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 - 2018 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 2019 - 2021 | 2022 - | |
Partial information is available for some earlier EOU helmets; photographs of these are below:
Both of these helmet designs are probably blue in color but no color photographs have yet been located for either of them. The "EOSC" on the earliest design is probably yellow or gold, but may be white instead. The logo on the second helmet appears to have more than one color.
*1 In 2014 uniform numerals were worn on the left side only; on the right side was the same "E" logo which was used on both sides in 2013.
COLLEGE OF IDAHO
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| 2014 - 2015 | 2016 - 2017 | 2018 - 2021 |
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| 'A' | 'B' | 'C' |
| 2022 - | 2022 - | 2022 - |
In 2022 this team used three of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-A-B; A-A-A; B-B-C; A.
The College of Idaho restored its football team in 2014 after a 36-year absence; I would appreciate any information about helmet designs used by the team in 1977 and earlier seasons.
MONTANA STATE-NORTHERN
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| 1999 - 2000? | 2001? - 2003 | 2004 - 2012 |
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| 2013 - 2014 | 2018 - 2021 | 2015 - 2017; 2022 - |
The MSU-Northern football team played its first season in 1999. The school had a football team during a previous era ending in 1971; at this time the school's name was Northern Montana College.
MONTANA TECH
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| c.1980s | ? - 2011 | 2012 - 2016 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 - |
| *see note 2 below |
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| 2021 (last 7 games) | 2021 (1st 3 games); 2022 - |
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| *see note 3 below |
*1 This design was apparently in use throughout at least the period 2000 - 2011.
*2 The "pickaxe and hammer" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).
*3 The "pickaxe and hammer" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).
MONTANA WESTERN
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| c.1970s | c.late 1970s | c.1980s |
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| ? - 1999? | 2000 only? | 2001 |
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| 2002 - 2009? | October 18, 2014; October 25, 2014; October 24, 2015 |
November 8, 2014 |
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| 2014 - 2015 | November 14, 2015 | 2016 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 2017 - 2021 | 2022 - | |
| *see note 2 below |
In 2001 Montana Western used red helmets with a logo consisting of a white cartoon bulldog, which was very similar to the one used by Samford University at one time (the Samford helmet is shown on the Southern Conference page at this site). I would appreciate a CLEAR photograph of Montana-Western's 2001 helmet.
*1 The large "W" is present on the left side only of this design; gray uniform numerals adorn the right side (as shown below).
*2 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; a "bulldog head" logo is present on the right side (as shown below).
ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
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| c.1970s | c.1990 | 1995 - 1998 |
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| 1999 - 2000 | 2001 - 2003 | 2004 - 2009 |
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| 'A' | 'B' (and 'B1') | |
| 2010 - 2011 | 2012 - 2018 | 2017 - 2018 |
| *see note 1 below | *see notes 1 & 2 below |
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| 'C' | 'D' | 'E' |
| 2019 - 2021 | 2020* - 2021 | 2022 - |
| *see note 3 below | *see note 4 below | *see note 5 below |
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| 'F' | ||
During recent years RMC has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
*1 On both these designs in 2017 and 2018 the 'RMC' logo was worn on the left side only, with the right side left "blank". Prior to 2017 design 'A' had the 'RMC' logo on both sides.
*2 Design 'B1' differs from 'B' in that uniform numbers are worn on the right side of 'B1' (as depicted below).
*3 The "claw marks" are present on the left side only of this design; a "bear head" logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).
*4 The "ROCKY" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are present on the right side (as depicted below).
*5 The "bear" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a "claw mark" logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).
SOUTHERN OREGON
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| ? - 1966 | 1967 - 1968 | 1969 - 1970 |
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| c.1990s | ? - 2000? | 2001? - 2005 |
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| 2006 - 2010 | 2011 - |
