Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Northern Division
BEMIDJI STATE | CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL | MARY |
"Beavers" | "Golden Bears" | "Marauders" |
Bemidji, MN | St. Paul, MN | Bismarck, ND |
MINNESOTA-DULUTH | MINNESOTA STATE- MOORHEAD |
MINOT STATE |
"Bulldogs" | "Dragons" | "Beavers" |
Duluth, MN | Moorhead, MN | Minot, ND |
NORTHERN STATE |
"Wolves" |
Aberdeen, SD |
Southern Division
AUGUSTANA | MINNESOTA STATE | SIOUX FALLS |
"Vikings" | "Mavericks" | "Cougars" |
Sioux Falls, SD | Mankato, MN | Sioux Falls, SD |
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE |
WAYNE STATE | WINONA STATE |
"Mustangs" | "Wildcats" | "Warriors" |
Marshall, MN | Wayne, NE | Winona, MN |
Historical Helmets
AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY
? - 2003 | 2004 - 2011 | 2012 - |
BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY
1998? - 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
'A' | ||
2002 - 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
'B' (and 'B1') | 'C' | 'D' (and 'D1') |
2017 - | 2018 - | 2021 - |
*see note 1 below | *see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
'E' | 'F' | 'G' |
2018 - | 2022 - | 2023 - |
*see note 3 below | *see note 4 below | *see note 5 below |
During recent years Bemidji State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
Prior to the 1998 season BSU used a logo consisting of the team name "Beavers" in a script font, colored green; this was worn on gray helmet shells.
*1 Designs 'B' and 'B1' both have uniform numerals on their left sides only; on the right sides are two different logos which feature a "beaver head" inside an outline of the state of Minnesota (as depicted below).
'B' | 'B1' |
*2 Designs 'D' and 'D1' both have uniform numerals on their left sides only; two different logos are present on the right sides (as depicted below).
'D' | 'D1' |
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*5 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY-ST. PAUL
c.late 1980s - 1995 | 1996 - 1999 | 2000 - 2003 |
2004 - 2011 | 2012 - 2015 | 2016 - 2017 |
*see note 1 below | *see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
2018 - 2019 | 2021 - |
*see note 3 below | *see note 3 below |
Concordia's team nickname was changed from "Comets" to "Golden Bears" prior to the 1999 season.
*1 From 2005 through 2014 a "CU" logo was worn on the right side of Concordia's helmets (as shown below).
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has a "CSP" logo (as depicted below).
*3 The right sides of both these designs have a "CSP" logo (as depicted below).
UNIVERSITY OF MARY
1988 - ? | ? - 2011 | 2012 - 2017 |
2018 | 2019 - |
*see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
This team played its first season of football in 1988 and, according to information found at the team's web site, has used only the helmet designs shown above. The year of transition from the first design to the second is unknown.
*1 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a "Marauder" logo (as represented below).
*2 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a "Marauder" logo (as represented below).
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH
c.late 1990s | c.2000 - 2013 | September 16, 2017 |
*see note 1 below |
miscellaneous games 2014 - 2018 |
September 21, 2019; September 11, 2021 |
September 17, 2022 |
*see note 2 below |
2014 - | ||
*1 The number 54 was apparently worn on the left side of each UM-Duluth helmet during this game (for some unknown reason). A logo was worn on the right side (as depicted below); the logo is that of Operation One Voice, a "a tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for the financial needs of the children and families of wounded and fallen Special Operations Forces".
*2 This design was worn October 4, 2014 (vs Minnesota State-Moorhead), September 12, 2015 (vs Wayne State (NE)) , September 10, 2016 (vs Winona State), and September 8, 2018 (vs Minnesota State-Moorhead).
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO
1999 - 2000 | 2001 | 2002 - 2003 |
2004 (first six games) | 2004 (last five games) | 2005 - 2012 |
'B' | 'C' | 'D' (and 'D1') |
? - 2018 | 2018 - 2019 | 2018 - 2019; 2021 - |
*see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
'E' | 'A' | 'F' |
2021 - | 2013 - | 2022 - |
*see note 3 below |
'G' | ||
2022 - | ||
*see note 3 below |
During recent years Minnesota State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
From 1995 through 1998 MSU used an "MSU" logo, as shown in the photograph below; the letters were gold, and the helmet shell and facemasks were purple. A similar design was used from 1988 through 1994, but the facemasks were gold during those years.
*1 The logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as represented below).
*2 Helmet design 'D' has the logo on its left side only; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (like those on the right side of design 'C'). Design 'D1' has the logo on both sides.
*3 The logo is present on the left side only of designs 'F' and 'G'; uniform numbers are worn on the right side of both (as represented below).
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MOORHEAD
'B' | ||
? - 2007 | 2008 - 2012 | 2013 - 2015 |
'C' | 'A' |
2019 | 2013 - |
During recent years MSU-Moorhead has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY
? - 2001 | 2002 - 2006 | 2007 - 2011 |
2012 - 2014 | 2015 - 2016 | 2017 |
'A' | 'B' | 'C' |
2018 - 2019; 2021 - | 2019; 2021 - | 2019 |
*see note 1 below |
'D' | 'E' | 'F' |
2021 | 2021 - | 2022 - |
'G' | ||
2022 - | ||
*see note 2 below |
During recent years Minot State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
*1 The 'M' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*2 The beaver logo is worn on the left side only of this design; an 'M' logo is present on the right side (as represented below).
NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY
? - 2004 | 2005 | 2006 - 2008 |
'A' | 'B' | |
2009 - 2013 | 2014 - 2019 | 2019 |
'C' (and 'C1') | 'D' | 'E' |
2019 | 2019 | 2019 |
*see note 1 below |
'F' | 'G' | 'H' |
2021 - | 2021 - | 2021 - |
'I' | 'J' | 'K' (& 'K1' and 'K2') |
2022 - | 2022 - | 2022 - |
*see note 2 below |
'L' | ||
2023 - | ||
During recent years Northern State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
*1 Design 'C' has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is a "wolf head" logo (as depicted below). Design 'C1' also has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is the same 'N' logo worn on both sides of design 'A'.
*2 Designs 'K', 'K1', and 'K2' each have uniform numbers on their left sides only; different logos adorn the right side of each (as depicted below).
'K' | 'K1' | 'K2' |
UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS
2001 | 2002 | ? - 2000; 2003 |
'B' | ||
2004 - 2009 | 2010 - 2011 | 2012 - 2013 |
'C' | 'A' | 'D' |
2012 - 2013 | 2013 | 2014 - |
*see note 1 below |
'E' | 'F' | 'G' |
2014 - | 2014 - | 2015 - |
*see note 2 below | *see note 3 below |
'H' | 'I' | 'J' |
2015 - | 2015 - | 2016 - |
'K' | ||
2023 - | ||
Helmet design 'K', first used during game #1 of the 2023 season, has on both sides the team name "Cougars" in an arched, script style (photograph below). I will need a copy of the artwork for this logo in order to add this one to the website.
During recent years USF has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
*1 The large "cougar head" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
*2 The large "cougar head" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
*3 The large "cougar head" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
c.mid 1980s - 1994 | 1995 - 2003 | 2004 |
2005 - 2012 | 2013 - 2017 | 2018 - |
*see note 1 below |
*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; on the right side is the same "mustang" logo worn on both sides of the next ("2018 -") design.
WAYNE STATE COLLEGE
c.1960s - 1970s; c.early 1980s |
1990 - 1998 | 2002 - 2004 |
'A' | 'B' (and 'B1') | |
1999 - 2001; 2005 - 2019 | 2021 - | 2021 - |
*see note 1 below | *see note 1 below |
'C' (and 'C1') | 'D' | 'E' |
2021 - | 2021 - | 2022 - |
*see note 1 below | *see note 1 below | *see note 1 below |
'F' | ||
2022 - | ||
*see note 1 below |
During recent years Wayne State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
During 1979 and 1980 Wayne State used light-colored helmets with a decal which spelled the word "WILDCATS", and from 1986 to 1989 a wildcat head decal was used. Another design, used during at least the 1984 season, featured a very unusual abstract wildcat head logo, visible in the photograph below:
A clearer photograph of this design would be greatly appreciated.
*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as represented below.
'A' | 'B' | 'B1' |
'C' | 'C1' | 'D' |
'E' | 'F' |
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY
c.1996 | 1997 - 2001 | 2002 - 2006 |
*see note 1 below |
2007 - 2014 | 2014 - 2016 | 2017 - |
*see note 2 below |
During the 1980s and perhaps early 1990s, Winona State supposedly used the helmet design shown in the photograph below; the logo appears to be similar to but slightly different from the one used by Michigan State. I would appreciate a larger or clearer photograph of one of these helmets.
*1 Winona State apparently used plain helmets (without logos on the sides) during at least some of its games during the 2000 season, or perhaps the logos were worn on only one side of the helmet.
*2 Helmet stripes were apparently first used during Winona's third game of the 2014 season (at Minnesota-Crookston, September 20).