Mid-States Football Association
Mideast League
CONCORDIA | DEFIANCE | INDIANA WESLEYAN |
"Cardinals" | "Yellow Jackets" | "Wildcats" |
Ann Arbor, MI | Defiance, OH | Marion, IN |
LAWRENCE TECH | MADONNA UNIVERSITY |
SIENA HEIGHTS |
"Blue Devils" | "Crusaders" | "Saints" |
Southfield, MI | Livonia, MI | Adrian, MI |
TAYLOR |
"Trojans" |
Upland, IN |
Midwest League
JUDSON | MARIAN | OLIVET NAZARENE |
"Eagles" | "Knights" | "Tigers" |
Elgin, IL | Indianapolis, IN | Bourbonnais, IL |
SAINT FRANCIS | SAINT FRANCIS | SAINT XAVIER |
"Saints" | "Cougars" | "Cougars" |
Joliet, IL | Fort Wayne, IN | Chicago, IL |
Defiance College is a new member of this conference and of the NAIA for the 2024 football season.
2024 will be the final year of the Concordia football team - the university has announced that all intercollegiate athletic programs will be terminated at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year.
Historical Helmets
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
2011 - 2012 | November 5, 2016; November 12, 2016 |
2017 (some games?) |
*see note 1 below |
2013 - 2024 | 2024 | |
*see note 2 below |
*1 An all-white helmet logo is visible in some photographs from some games in or near the year 2017. An insufficient number of photographs have been located to ascertain whether this version was ever in general use by the entire team.
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).
DEFIANCE COLLEGE
? - 2003 | 2004 - 2007 | 2008 - 2011 |
2012 - 2015 | 2016 - | 2017 |
*see note 1 below |
2018 | 2019 | 2020* |
*see note 2 below |
2021 | 2022 | 2023 - |
*see note 3 below |
*1 The "DC" logo is present on the left side of this design only; the right side has uniform numerals (as depicted below).
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is an oversized "yellow jacket" (as depicted below).
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is an oversized "yellow jacket" (as depicted below).
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
'A' | 'B' | 'C' |
2018 - 2021 | 2018 - 2019 | September 14, 2019 |
*see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
'D' | ||
2022 - | ||
2018 was the first year for the IWU football team. The team has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side has a large "wildcat" logo (as depicted below).
*2 The logo on this design - which is that of Riley Children's Foundation, a charitable organization based in Indianapolis - is worn on the left side only; on the right side is the same large "wildcat" worn on the right side of design 'B'.
JUDSON UNIVERSITY
2021 | 2022 - |
This team played its first season in 2021.
LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
2018 - 2020*? | 2021? - 2023 | 2024 - |
This team played its first season in 2018.
MADONNA UNIVERSITY
2020* | 2021 | 2022 - |
*see note 1 below | *see note 2 below | *see note 3 below |
"Spring 2021" was the first football season for this team.
*1 This design is "blank" on its left side but a logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side is "blank".
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).
MARIAN UNIVERSITY
2007 - 2008 | 2009 - 2010 | 2011 - 2012 |
2013 - 2015 | 2016 - | 2023 - |
OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
? - 1999 | 2002 - 2003 | 2000 - 2001; 2004 (some games) |
*see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
2004 - 2007? | 2008 | 2009 - 2010 |
*see note 3 below |
2011 | 2012 - 2016 | 2017 (1st game only) |
*see note 4 below |
2017 - |
*see note 5 below |
In 1996, ONU used purple helmets with purple faceguards and with a logo consisting of the letters "ON" in white, outlined in gold; this decal was worn on only the right sides of the helmets. Silver helmets were used in 1994 and 1995; the 1995 helmets were "plain", but an "ONU" logo inside a football shape was used in 1994.
*1 This design was used from at least 1997 through 1999, with the logo apparently worn only on the left sides of the helmets; the right sides were left "blank".
*2 In 2000, the ONU decal was worn on the left sides of the helmets only, and in 2001 it was used only on the right sides.
*3 The decal on this helmet was first worn during the homecoming game in 2004; in 2004 and 2005, it was worn only on the right sides of the helmets, with the left side left "blank". For the 2006 season, the logo was worn on both sides of the helmet. No information about what scheme was in place in 2007.
*4 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; an "O" logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).
*5 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; an "O" logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).
UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS (IL)
? - 2004 | 2005 - 2012 | 2013 - 2018 |
*see note 1 below |
2019 - |
*see note 2 below |
*1 The left side of this design is "blank" but a logo adorns the right side (as shown below).
*2 The left side of this design is "blank" but a logo adorns the right side (as shown below).
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS (IN)
1998 only? | ? - present |
SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY
c.2000s | ? - 2012 | 2013 - |
August 27, 2016 | September 3, 2016 | 2016 |
2017 - |
SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY
2012 - 2018 | 2019 - 2021 | 2022 - |
*see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
2012 was the first year for the SHU football team (a club-level team played in 2011).
*1 The logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side.
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the same "SH" logo worn on the left side of the previous design is worn on the right side.
TAYLOR UNIVERSITY
c.1990 - 1991 | c.1990s? | 1999 - 2001 |
2002? - 2005 | 2014 (first 3 games) | 2006 - 2014 |
2015 - 2017 | 2018 - 2019 | 2020 - 2021 |
2022 - | ||
*see note 1 below |
*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).