Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference


BRIDGEWATER STATE FITCHBURG STATE FRAMINGHAM STATE
"Bears" "Falcons" "Rams"
Bridgewater, MA Fitchburg, MA Framingham, MA
MASSACHUSETTS
MARITIME ACADEMY
PLYMOUTH STATE UMASS-DARTMOUTH
"Buccaneers" "Panthers" "Corsairs"
Buzzards Bay, MA Plymouth, NH North Dartmouth, MA
WESTERN
CONNECTICUT
WESTFIELD STATE WORCESTER STATE
"Wolves" "Owls" "Lancers"
Danbury, CT Westfield, MA Worcester, MA

Historical Helmets

BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 1998? 1999? - 2003 2004 - 2010
2011 - 2014 2015 - 2016 2017 -
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below *see note 3 below

*1 Beginning apparently in 2014 the "bear claw" logo was worn only on the right side of each helmet; on the left sides were worn uniform numerals (as depicted below).

*2 This design has the "bear head" logo on the left side only; the right side has white uniform numerals (as shown below).

*3 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; two different logos have been worn on the right side (as shown below).

2017 2018 -

FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 2001 2002 - 2006 2007
2008 - 2009 2010 2011 - 2012
2013 - 2018 2019 2021 - 2022
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below
2023 -
*see note 1 below

*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.

2013 - 2018 2019 2023 -

FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY

1973 - 1977 1978 1972; 1979
1980 - 1983 1995 - 1997 2002 - 2003
2004 - 2005 2006 2009 - 2012?
2014 - 2019 1983 - 1994; 1998 - 2001;
2007 - 2008; 2013; 2021 -
*see note 1 below

*1 In 2013 only (?) the left side of each helmet was "blank", but a large "F" logo was worn on the right side (as depicted below).


MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY

? - 2004 2005 - 2009 2010 - 2013
2014 - 2018 2018 (late season) 2019 -
*see note 1 below

From 2010 through 2013 MMA used gold helmets with a logo consisting of a buccaneer with sword and raised fist above the team nickname (see photos below); I will need a copy of the helmet logo for the LEFT side of this design in order to add this one to the website.

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as depicted below). A different right-side logo was worn during the September 13, 2019 game against SUNY-Maritime (also depicted below).

2019 - September 13, 2019

PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY

c.late 1980s 1991 - 1992 1993 - ?
2000? - ? 2003? - 2004 2005 - 2013
2017 2014 - 2016; 2018 -
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below

It is unclear to me when the switch was made from the helmet with the green oval-shaped logo to the plain white helmet that was in use during at least the 2003 season. The green oval was in use during at least the 2000 and 2001 seasons, but I do not know which design (if either) was in use in 2002.

The next older design (?-1999) featured a dark-colored "paw print" with a white outline, and was worn on dark-colored helmet shells (presumably either green or black).

*1 This design has the "panther head" logo on the left side; green uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as shown below).

*2 This design has uniform numerals on the left side only; a "panther head" logo is present on the right side (as shown below).


UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH

? - 2001? 2002? - 2005 2006 - 2007
*see note 1 below
2007 - 2008 2009 - 2018 2019 - 2022
2023 -

*1 This design was used in 2006 and during at least a portion of the 2007 season - it was in use September 22, 2007 against Plymouth State, but a switch to the next design was made by at least the November 3 game against Curry.


WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

1969 - ? c.mid 1970s c.late 1970s
c.early 1980s c.1990 c.mid 1990s
? - 2001 2002 - 2006 2007 - 2011
2012 - 2017 2018 -

This team first played in 1969, at which time the school name was Western Connecticut State College. The name was changed to Western Connecticut State University in 1983.

The team nickname has also changed several times; previously it has been "Indians" (prior to 1975), "Canners" (from 1975 to 1978), and "Colonials" (from 1978 to April 2022).


WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 2003 2004 - 2006 2007 - 2012
2013 - 2022 2023 -

WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 1998; 2004 - 2005 2002 - 2003?; 2006 - 2008? 2009 - 2010
2011 - 2013 2014 - 2017 2018 -

From 1999 through 2001 Worcester State used a helmet decal similar to that presently used by Florida State, except that the "spear" was royal blue and white, and did not have "feathers" hanging down from it.