Northeast Conference

CENTRAL
CONNECTICUT STATE		 DUQUESNE LONG ISLAND
UNIVERSITY
"Blue Devils" "Dukes" "Sharks"
New Britain, CT Pittsburgh, PA Brookville, NY
MERRIMACK SACRED HEART SAINT FRANCIS
"Warriors" "Pioneers" "Red Flash"
North Andover, MA Fairfield, CT Loretto, PA
STONEHILL WAGNER
"Skyhawks" "Seahawks"
North Easton, MA Staten Island, NY

Comments

Stonehill will be a new member of this conference in 2022, replacing Bryant, which has moved to the Big South Conference.

Historical Helmets

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE

2001? - 2003 2004 - 2007 2008 - 2010
2011 - 2015 2016 2017 - 2019
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below
'A' 'B'
2021 - 2021 -
*see note 2 below *see note 2 below

In 2021 CCSU used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-A-A; A-B-B; B-B-A; A-A.

During the 2000 season CCSU used blue helmets with decals containing the words "Blue Devils" and a pitchfork; below is a rather poor picture of this helmet. I would appreciate a copy of the decal used on this design.

*1 Uniform numbers are present on the left side only of this design; the right side features the same "CC"/"pitchfork" logo which was used from 2011 through 2015.

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

2017 - 2019 'A' 'B'

DUQUESNE

? - 1998 1999 - 2002 2003 - 2007
'A' 'B'
2008 - 2013 2014 - 2018 2018
*see note 1 below *see notes 1 & 2 below
'C' 'D'
2018 2019 -
*see notes 1 & 2 below *see note 3 below

During recent years Duquesne has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

This team's modern history dates back to 1969 but I have never received any information regarding helmet designs used before the late 1990s. The first design shown above was in use by at least 1994.

*1 Each of these designs has an asymmetrical stripe sequence - the white middle stripe is flanked by a red stripe on the left side, and by a blue stripe on the right.

*2 Designs 'B' and 'C' both have a script "D" logo on their right sides (as represented below ).

*3 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; a new "D" logo adorns the right side (as represented below ).

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY

? - 2009 2010 - 2018 2019 -

The pre-2019 helmet designs shown above are those used by the NCAA Division II LIU Post "Pioneers" team (based at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, in Brookville, NY).

MERRIMACK

1996 - 2004 2005 2006 - 2013
2014 - 2015 2016 2017 - 2018
2019 -

The Merrimack football team played its first season in 1996; the college also had a football team from 1986 through 1989 which was apparently always a club-level team. The above are all of the "known" helmet designs used by this team thus far.

SACRED HEART

? - 1998? 1999? - 2003 2004 - 2007
'A' 'B'
2008 - 2012 2013 - 2015 2015 -
'C' 'D' 'E'
2016 2017 - 2019

During recent years Sacred Heart has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

SAINT FRANCIS

c.1994 1996 - 1997 1999 - 2000
2001 2002 - 2005 2006 - 2009
2010 - 2011 2012 - 2013 2014 -
2022 -

STONEHILL

1995 - 2000 2001 only? 2005 - 2007?
2008? - 2012 2013 only? 2014? -
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below *see note 3 below

The team nickname was changed from "Chieftains" to "Skyhawks" prior to the 2005 season.

*1 Apparently beginning with the 2008 season the "S" logo worn on the left side of the helmets was flipped horizontally, making the "S" on this side backwards.

*2 The left side of this design is "blank", but a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

*3 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is the same "S"/"wing" logo worn in 2012 and earlier seasons.

WAGNER

c.1974 ? - 1980 1981 - ?
2000 only(?) 2006 2001 - 2005; 2007 -
2008 - 2011 2019 2012 - 2018; 2020* -