Midwest Conference


BELOIT CHICAGO CORNELL
"Buccaneers" "Maroons" "Rams"
Beloit, WI Chicago, IL Mt. Vernon, IA
GRINNELL ILLINOIS COLLEGE KNOX
"Pioneers" "Blue Boys" "Prairie Fire"
Grinnell, IA Jacksonville, IL Galesburg, IL
LAKE FOREST LAWRENCE MONMOUTH
"Foresters" "Vikings" "Fighting Scots"
Lake Forest, IL Appleton, WI Monmouth, IL
RIPON
"Red Hawks"
Ripon, WI

Historical Helmets

BELOIT COLLEGE

c.1960s c.1980 c.1990s
? - 2005? 2006 only? 2007 - 2010
2011 - 2013 2014 - 2016 2017 -
*see note 1 below

The 2006 Beloit helmet featured a logo similar to the one shown on the first helmet above, but colored differently - I would appreciate a very clear photo of the 2006 helmet design.

*1 The buccaneer logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).


UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

1969 - ? ? - 2021 2022 -

The design labeled "? - 2021" was apparently in use since at least the early 1990s. Chicago has had a football team from 1969 to present, and an earlier team existed through the 1939 season.


CORNELL COLLEGE

? - 2001 2002 - 2005 2010 - 2012
2012 (most games) 2013 - 2021 ? - 1989; 2006 - 2009; 2022 -
*see note 1 below

*1 This design was in use during at least the 1988 and 1989 seasons in addition to the more recent period. A switch to purple helmets was reportedly made in 1990.


GRINNELL COLLEGE

c.1960s - 1970s 1996 1997? - 2007
2008 - 2011 2012 - 2019 2021 -

During the period covered by this web site Grinnell apparently always used red helmets prior to 2012; the following statement appeared at the team's web site in reference to the new-for-2012 black helmets: "In the 123-year history of Grinnell Pioneer Football, no team has ever taken the field wearing a helmet that wasn't either leather or scarlet".


ILLINOIS COLLEGE

? - 1982 1983 - 1986 ? - 2003
*see note 1 below
2004 2005 - 2007 2008 - 2010
2011 2012 - 2016 2017
2018 2019 2021 -

In 2004, the team used a decal consisting of the word "Illinois" in a cursive style with a "tail". The letters were blue and were worn on white helmet shells. I would appreciate a copy of the 2004 helmet decal so that I may add this one to the web site. Below is a photo of the 2004 helmet:

*1 This design was in use by at least 1980.


KNOX COLLEGE

? - 2000 2009 2001 - 2008; 2010
2011 - 2013 2014 - 2015 2016
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below
2017 - 2021 2022 -
*see note 2 below

*1 Both these designs have the "K" logo on the left side only of each helmet; the right side features white uniform numerals (as shown below).

*2 The "K" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as shown below).


LAKE FOREST COLLEGE

2006? - 2008? ? - 2005?; 2009 - 2011 2015? -
*see note 1 below
2012 -

*1 This design has apparently been used during at least some games each year since 2015 (and perhaps earlier); it may have even been used for the entire season in 2015 and/or 2016; there is uncertainty due to scarcity of photographs.


LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

1993 - 1995 1996 1997 - 1998
1999 - 2004 2005 - 2007 2008
*see note 1 below
2009 2010 2011 - 2014
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
2015 - 2019? 2021 -
*see note 4 below *see note 5 below

*1 During at least parts of the 2006 season the numerals were worn on the right sides of the helmets only, with the left sides remaining "blank", and I suspect that this scheme was in place throughout the period 2005=2007.

*2 Rather small numerals were worn on the 2009 design at the back of the helmet - not visible from the vantage point used at this web site.

*3 In 2010 the numerals were worn on the left sides of the helmets only, with the right sides being "blank".

*4 The "LU" logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side features white uniform numerals (as represented below).

*5 The "LU" logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side is "blank".


MONMOUTH COLLEGE

c.1980s - 2000 2001 - 2003 2004 - 2008?
2009? - 2014 2015 - 2021 2022 -
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; an "M" logo is present on the right side (as shown below).

*2 The 'Scots' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; an "M" logo is present on the right side (as shown below).


RIPON COLLEGE

? - 1961 1962 - 1967 1968 - 1970
1973 1971 - 1972; 1974 1975 - 1976
1977 - c.1981 c.1982 - 1984 1985 - 1986
1987 - 1988 1989 - 1990 c.early 1990s
? - 1999 2000 - 2004 2005 - 2008
2014 - 2016 2009 - 2013; 2017 - 2022 2023 -