Great Lakes Valley Conference
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| INDIANAPOLIS |
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY |
McKENDREE |
| "Greyhounds" |
"Blue Tigers" |
"Bearcats" |
| Indianapolis, IN |
Jefferson City, MO |
Lebanon, IL |
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| MISSOURI S&T |
QUINCY |
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST |
| "Miners" |
"Hawks" |
"Bearcats" |
| Rolla, MO |
Quincy, IL |
Bolivar, MO |
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| TRUMAN STATE |
UPPER IOWA |
WILLIAM JEWELL |
| "Bulldogs" |
"Peacocks" |
"Cardinals" |
| Kirksville, MO |
Fayette, IA |
Liberty, MO |
Lincoln University is a new member of this conference in 2024.
Historical Helmets
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
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1994 - 2001 |
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2007 - 2012 |
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*1 The school's name was Indiana Central University until 1986 (hence the "IC" logo on this helmet design).
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
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2003 - 2007? |
2009 - 2010 |
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| 2008; 2011 |
2012 - 2015 |
2016 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 2018 (last six games) |
2017 - 2019 |
2020* - 2021 |
| *see note 2 below |
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*see note 3 below |
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'A' |
'B' |
| September 1, 2022 |
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In 2023 Lincoln used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: B-B-B; B-B-A; A-A-A; A-A.
*1 In 2011 Lincoln used helmets which were "blank" on the left side but had white uniform numbers on the right side.
*2 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is a "tiger head" logo (as depicted below).
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).
McKENDREE UNIVERSITY
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2013 - 2014 |
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McKendree did not have a football team from 1951 through 1995. The team was restored in 1996 and used plain gold helmets with purple facemasks each year through 2012.
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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| 1960 - 1964 |
1965 |
1966 - 1968 |
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1971 - 1972 |
1974 - 1979 |
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| 1980 - 1989 |
1990 - 1994 |
1995 - 1998 |
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2004 - 2007 |
2008 - 2012 |
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Prior to January 1, 2008 the name of this school was University of Missouri-Rolla. UMR had some interesting helmet designs in the early 1970s for which I have only partial information. In 1970, the team used gold (or perhaps silver) helmets with a logo which I have been unable to identify (see photographs from the university's 1971 yearbook below); the logo appears to consist of two white circles within which are some unrecognizable design.
In 1971 and 1972 UMR used gold or silver helmets with a cartoon miner logo (apparently similar to or identical to the one still used by Missouri S&T today); strangely, on most helmets a "sword" logo was present beneath the miner (see photos below). From 1973 through 1976 UMR apparently used plain gold or silver helmets without any logos or stripes.
QUINCY UNIVERSITY
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| 2004, 2005 (some games) |
1997 - 2003;
2005 (some games) |
2006 - 2010 |
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| 2011 - 2013 |
2014 - 2015 |
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'B' |
'C' |
| 2017 |
2017 |
2017 |
| *see note 2 below |
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| 'D' |
'E' |
'F' |
| 2018 |
2018 |
2018 |
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'H' |
'I' |
| 2019 |
2020* |
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'K' |
'L' |
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2023 - |
2024 - |
| *see note 3 below |
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During recent years Quincy has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: I-I-I; I-K-K; K-J-J; J-J
- 2022: I-I-?; I-I-I; ?-J-J; J-?
- 2021: I (entire season(?))
- 2020: H (entire season)
- 2019: G (entire season(?))
- 2018: D-D-D; ?-?-E; E-E-E; F-F (no information for September 22 vs Davenport and September 29 vs MdKendree)
- 2017: A-A-B; B-B-C; C-C-?; ?-C (no information for October 28 vs Truman State and November 4 at McKendree)
The first Quincy football team played in 1986; the above helmet designs are all of the ones used by the team, to the best of my knowledge.
*1 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; a logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*2 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; a logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*3 The team name "Hawks" is worn on the left side only of this design; "Quincy" is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as represented below).
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
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| 2002 - 2004 |
2005 - 2006 |
2007 |
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| 2008 - 2009 |
2010 - 2011 |
2012 |
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'B' |
'C' |
| 2013 - 2016 |
2016 |
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*see note 1 below |
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| 'D' |
'E' |
'F' |
| 2017 |
2017 |
2018; 2020 - 2021 |
| *see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
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'H' |
'I' |
| 2019 |
2022 - |
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*see note 1 below |
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During recent years SBU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: I-I-I; I-I-?; I?-I-?; I-I
- 2022: H-?-H; H-H-H; H-H-?; H-H (no information for September 10 vs West Florida and October 29 at McKendree)
- 2021: F-F-F; F-F-F; F-F-?; F-F (no information for October 30 vs McKendree)
- 2020*: F-F-? (no information for April 17 at William Jewell)
- 2019: G-G-G; G-G-G?; G?-?-G?; G?-G
- 2018: F-F-C?; C-F-F; F-?-F?; F (no information for game #8 vs Indianapolis)
- 2017: C-D-C; C-C?-E; E-C-E; E
- 2016: B-A-A; B-B-B; B-A-A; B-B-B (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game vs Colorado Mines)
*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side; below are representations of the right sides.
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TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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| c.mid 1970s |
c.1980s |
1996 - 1998 |
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'A' |
| 1999 - 2003 |
2004 - 2014 |
2015 |
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*see note 1 below |
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| 'B' |
'C' |
'D' |
| 2015 |
2015 |
2016 |
| *see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
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| 'E' |
'F' |
'G' |
| 2016 |
2016 |
2016; 2018 - 2019 |
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*see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
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| 'H' |
'I' (and 'I1') |
'J' |
| 2016 |
2017 - 2019 |
2017 |
| *see note 1 below |
*see note 2 below |
*see note 1 below |
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'L' |
'M' |
| 2017 |
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2017 - 2018 |
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'O' (and 'O1') |
'P' |
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2017 - 2019 |
2018 |
| *see note 1 below |
*see note 3 below |
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'R' (and 'R1') |
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*see note 4 below |
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During recent years Truman State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: R-R-R; R-R-R?; R-R-R; R-R
- 2021: R-R-R; R-R-R; R-R1-?; R-R-R (the last game being vs Hillsdale in the America's Crossroads Bowl at Hobart, IN)
- 2020*: Q (entire season)
- 2019: O1-I1-I1; I1-I1-I1; G1-I-I; I1-I1-I1 (the last game being vs Ohio Dominican in the America's Crossroads Bowl at Hobart, IN)
- 2018: P-J-O1; I1-I1-I1; G-I1-M; O1-I1
- 2017: I-I?-J; K-L-M; N-N-?; ?-O (no information for October 28 at Quincy and November 4 vs Southwest Baptist)
- 2016: D-E-D?; D-D-F; F-G-H; D-D
- 2015: A-A-?; A-A?-B; A?-A-?; A-C (no information for September 19 vs Missouri S&T and October 31 at Quincy)
Helmet design 'L', used for a single game in 2017, has on both sides a logo of the word "Truman" in a script style (photographs below). I have been unable to locate the artwork for this logo, which I will need in order to add this one to the website.
Truman State University was known as Northeast Missouri State University prior to July 1, 1996; hence the "NE" logos on some of the earlier designs shown above. The earliest "NE" logo was used at least as early as 1980. In 1978 the team used white helmet shells with a purple-yellow-purple sequence of stripes; I do not know if any decals were worn on the sides of this design.
*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.
*2 Design 'I' has the bulldog logo on both the left and right sides; 'I1' has it on the left side only, with uniform numbers present on the right side (as depicted below).
*3 Design 'O' has the bulldog logo on both the left and right sides; 'O1' has it on the left side only, with uniform numbers present on the right side (as depicted below).
*4 Designs 'R' and 'R1' have uniform numbers on their left sides only; different logos adorn the right side (as depicted below).
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'R1' |
UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY
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2001? - 2002 |
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| 2006 - 2013 |
2014 - 2016 |
2017 |
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| 2018 |
2019 |
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| *see note 4 below |
*see notes 2 & 4 below |
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*1 In 2013 the "UI" logo was worn on the left side only; a peacock logo identical to the one worn on both sides of the 2014 helmet was worn on the right side in 2013.
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "peacock" logo is present on the right side (as depicted below). .
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "peacock" logo is present on the right side (as depicted below). .
*4 The helmet color is uncertain for each of these designs. In the best photographs yet found the color appears to be dark blue in 2018, and it appears to be black in 2017 and 2019. Clarification from anyone familar with the team would be appreciated.
WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE
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| c.1990 |
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2002 - 2004 |
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| 2005 - 2012 |
2013 - 2014 |
2015 - 2017 |
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*1 This design has the "J"/cardinal logo on its left side only; the right side has silver uniform numerals (as shown below).
*2 The logo is worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side are uniform numbers like those worn on the left side of the previous design.
*3 This design has the "J"/cardinal logo on its left side only; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
