Gulf South Conference
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| CHOWAN |
DELTA STATE |
ERSKINE |
| "Hawks" |
"Statesmen" |
"Flying Fleet" |
| Murfreesboro, NC |
Cleveland, MS |
Due West, SC |
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| NORTH GREENVILLE |
VALDOSTA STATE |
WEST ALABAMA |
| "Trailblazers" |
"Blazers" |
"Tigers" |
| Tigerville, SC |
Valdosta, GA |
Livingston, AL |
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| WEST FLORIDA |
| "Argonauts" |
| Pensacola, FL |
Mississippi College has terminated its football team; helmet images for this school have been moved to the page for 'defunct small college teams' near the bottom of the team index.
Historical Helmets
CHOWAN UNIVERSITY
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2006 - 2007 |
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2023 (first 2 games) |
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In 2006 and 2007 this team used blue helmets with a logo consisting of the letters "CU" in white (photograph below). I would appreciate any clearer photographs of this design.
Chowan College was a junior college prior to 1992; a football team had existed at least as early as 1960. 1993 was apparently the first year the football team played a schedule against 4-year college opponents. In 2006 the school became Chowan University and the team nickname was changed from "Braves" to "Hawks".
*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is the same "C"/"hawk head" logo which was worn in previous years (though possibly a somewhat larger version than was used previously).
*2 The 'Hawks' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).
*3 In 2022 the 'Hawks' logo was worn on both sides of this design; in 2023 a different logo was present on the right side (as depicted below).
DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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1971; 1977 |
1978 |
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1983 |
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1987 |
1988 - 1998 |
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2009 only? |
2010 - 2011 |
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'B' |
'C' |
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2014 - 2017 |
2015 |
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'A' |
'E' |
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2013 - 2018 |
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'G' |
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During recent years Delta State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: G-G-G; G-G-?; G-?-G; G-G-?; G (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Fayetteville State and vs West Florida; no information for Oct.8 at North Greenville, Oct.20 at Shorter, and Nov.19 vs Fayetteville State)
- 2019 & 2021: F (entire season)
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2018: A-A-A; A-E-E; E-A-A; A
- 2017: A-A-A; B-B-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A
- 2016: A-A-A; B-B-B; ?-A-D; A
- 2015: A-A-C; A-A-B; A-A-A; B-B
- 2014: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; B-A
*1 DSU used a special helmet logo during the team's 2015 home game vs Kentucky Wesleyan in memory of Dr Ethan Schmidt, a Professor at the university who was murdered in his campus office on September 14, 2015.
ERSKINE COLLEGE
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This team played its first season during the spring months of 2021 (the college also had a football team from 1896 to 1951).
NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY
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2001? - 2002 |
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2009 |
2010 - 2011 |
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VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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1992 - 1996;
2000 - 2003 |
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VSU's football team first played in 1982 and the above are, to the best of my knowledge, all of the helmet designs used thus far.
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA
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2001? - 2003 |
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2007 - 2011 |
2012 -
October 3, 2015 |
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This school was known as Livingston University prior to 1995, hence the "LU" logo on the earliest helmet shown above.
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA
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'B' |
'C' |
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'E' |
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UWF played its first season of football in 2016; the following sequences of helmet designs have been used:
- 2023: C-C-C; D-D-F; F-F-F; F-F-F (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Delta State)
- 2022: C-C-D; D-D-D; E-E-E; E-E-E; C-C (the last four games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Limestone, at Delta State, vs Wingate, and at Ferris State)
- 2021: A-A-C; C-C-C; C-C-C; C-C
- 2019: A-A-C; C-C-C; C-C-C; C-C-C; C-C-C (the last five games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Wingate, at Valdosta State, at Lenoir-Rhyne, at Ferris State, and vs Minnesota State-Mankato in the championship game at McKinney, TX)
- 2018: B-A-B; A-B-A; A-B-B; B-B
- 2017: B (entire season)
- 2016: A (entire season)
*1 The logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
