New Jersey Athletic Conference
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CHRISTOPHER
NEWPORT |
KEAN |
MONTCLAIR STATE |
| "Captains" |
"Cougars" |
"Red Hawks" |
| Newport News, VA |
Union, NJ |
Upper Montclair, NJ |
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| ROWAN |
SALISBURY |
TCNJ |
| "Profs" |
"Sea Gulls" |
"Lions" |
| Glassboro, NJ |
Salisbury, MD |
Trenton, NJ |
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VERMONT STATE
CASTLETON |
WILLIAM PATERSON |
| "Spartans" |
"Pioneers" |
| Castleton, VT |
Wayne, NJ |
Vermont State Castleton is a new member of this conference in 2025.
Historical Helmets
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY
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| 2001 - 2009? |
2010 - 2013 |
2014 |
| *see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
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| 2015 - 2016 |
2015 - 2018 |
2019 |
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| 2020* - 2021 |
2022 - 2023 |
2024 - |
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2001 was the first year for the CNU football team.
*1 For the period 2001 through 2010 on both of these helmets a different logo was worn on the right sides (as shonw below). Beginning in 2011 the "CNU" logo was worn on both sides of the helmet.
*2 This design has large uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side has a "CNU" logo (as shown below).
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "CNU" logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).
*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).
*5 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).
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KEAN UNIVERSITY
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| 2000 - 2002 |
2003 |
2004 - 2005 |
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2010 |
2006 - 2009; 2011 - 2012 |
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2014 |
2015 - 2018 |
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The Kean football team first played in 1970. The school name was Newark State College until 1973, and the team nickname was "Squires" prior to 1985 - hence the "N" and "S" logos on some of the earlier helmets.
*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side has a "KEAN"/claw logo (as represented below).
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MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
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| 1978 - 1988 |
1996 - 2004 |
2005 - 2019 |
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*1 The word above the circle on this helmet logo is "INDIANS", which was the team nickname at the time.
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ROWAN UNIVERSITY
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| 1972 - 1983 |
1984 - 1986 |
1987 |
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1990 |
1991 - 1992 |
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| c.1990s |
? - 2003; 2005 |
2006 - 2009 |
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| 2010 - 2012 |
October 27, 2012 |
2013 |
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*see note 2 below |
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| 2014 |
2015 - 2016 |
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Rowan University was previously named Rowan College of New Jersey (from 1992 to 1997) and Glassboro State College (prior to September 1, 1992).
*1 Worn during at least one game in 2012 (October 27 vs Morrisville State).
*2 In 2013 uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side was worn the same "RU" + "owl head" logo which was used the previous year.
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SALISBURY UNIVERSITY
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| 1999 - 2003 |
2004 - 2005 |
2006 - 2010 |
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TCNJ The College of New Jersey
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| 1999 only(?) |
? - 1998?; 2000 - 2010 |
2011 |
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2019 - |
2021 - |
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*1 The logo on this helmet commemorates the team's 75th anniversary and was presumably used only during the 1999 season.
*2 The 'TCNJ' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; several different logos have been worn on the right side (as depicted below). During TCNJ's first game in 2021 the right side was "blank".
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| September 11, 2021 |
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*3 The logo on this design is worn on the left side of the helmet only; the right side is "blank".
VERMONT STATE UNIVERSITY CASTLETON
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2013 - 2016 |
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This team played its first season of football in 2009. The school name was changed from Castleton State College to Castleton University in July 2015; in 2023, Castleton University merged with two other schools to form Vermont State University.
*1 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side is "blank".
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WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
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1984 |
1982; 1985 |
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1987 - 1988 |
1989 |
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| 1997 - 1999 |
1990 - 1996; 2003 - 2004 |
2000 |
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| 2001 - 2002; 2005 - 2008 |
2009 - 2012 |
2013 - 2015 |
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| 2016 - 2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
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| 2020* |
2021 - 2022 |
2023 |
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*1 This design has the "WP" logo on its left side only; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
*2 The "WP" logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side is "blank".
*3 During William Paterson's first game in 2023 the helmets were "blank" on both sides. Beginning with the second game the same "WP" logo worn on both sides of the 2021-2022 design was added to the right side and was used through the end of the 2023 season.
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