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| DAYTON |
DRAKE |
JACKSONVILLE |
| "Flyers" |
"Bulldogs" |
"Dolphins" |
| Dayton, OH |
Des Moines, IA |
Jacksonville, FL |
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| MARIST |
MOREHEAD STATE |
SAN DIEGO |
| "Red Foxes" |
"Eagles" |
"Toreros" |
| Poughkeepsie, NY |
Morehead, KY |
San Diego, CA |
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| VALPARAISO |
| "Crusaders" |
| Valparaiso, IN |
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Comments
Jacksonville and San Diego are using new helmet designs in 2012 (shown above).
Historical Helmets
BUTLER
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1963 - 1964 |
1965 |
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| c.early 1970s - 1989 |
1990 - 2005 |
2006 - 2007 |
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| 2007 (second half of season) |
2008 |
2009 - |
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*1 Beginning with the October 13, 2007 game at Valparaiso, Butler removed the decals from its football helmets and proceeded to use "blank" helmets for the remainder of the season. It has been reported to me that this decision was due to a defective condition with the decals.
CAMPBELL
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2008 was the first year for the Campbell football team.
DAVIDSON
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1961 - 1963 |
1964 |
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| 1985 only? |
1994? - 1995 |
1996 - 2005 |
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| 2006 - 2009 |
2010 - |
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DAYTON
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1975 - 1985 |
1986 - 1994 |
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From 1986 through 1994, Dayton used a design that was very similar to the "1975 - 1985" helmet shown above, but a royal blue outline was present around the white letters.
DRAKE
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1967 |
1968 - 1971 |
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1974 - ? |
? - 1977 |
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| 1984 - 1985 |
1986 - 1987 |
? - 1992? |
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*see note 1 below |
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| 1993 - 1999 |
2000 - 2002 |
2003 - 2004 |
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*see note 1 below |
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*1 It was reported to me that a helmet design essentially identical to this one was used from 1988 until this one was adopted; the only difference being that the mascot "Spike" was somewhat less detailed on the earlier helmet. For at least part of this period, only a few players had the decal on BOTH sides of the helmet; the right side appears to have been the default side for those who did not get two decals. Throughout these years (1988 - 1992), the helmets were of a matted silver finish rather than the metallic silver that was used from the mid-1990s onward.
JACKSONVILLE
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1998 was the first season for the Jacksonville football team.
MARIST
During at least the 1985 and 1986 seasons, Marist used red helmets with white facemasks and a logo consisting of the school name in a script style; the letters were white and underlined by a "tail" emanating from the "t". I would appreciate a copy of the logo from this helmet (I have received a photo of it).
The Marist football team played its first season in 1978, so a complete helmet history for the team could probably be determined quite easily by someone at the college.
MOREHEAD STATE
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1997 - 2004 |
2005 - 2010 |
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I have received descriptions of a few other Morehead State helmets from recent years; photographs of any of these would be appreciated:
- 1989 - 1993: helmets were yellow with "bright blue" facemasks, blue-white-blue center stripes, and a "wrap-around" logo said to be similar to that used by the NFL's Seattle Seahawks;
- 1994: Same as previous helmet but now with an "M" logo similar to the one on the 1997-2004 helmet; the two outlines around the "M" were white and blue in color;
- 1995 - 1996: Same as previous helmet but the white outline around the "M" was changed to transparent (so it became yellow);
Thanks to John M. for this information. I suspect that the team has had a large number of other interesting helmet designs through the years, so additional information would also be appreciated.
SAN DIEGO
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| 1991 - 1995 |
1996 - 1999 |
2000 - 2004 |
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There are probably a number of other historical helmet designs for San Diego, as the school has had a football team since 1971, and also in 1960 and 1961 (and earlier), but I have not yet received any information about earlier designs.
VALPARAISO
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| 1960 - 1963 |
1964 |
1965 - 1968 |
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1971 - 1972 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 1984 - 1988 |
1989 - 1990 |
1991 - ? |
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| ? - 1996 |
1997 - 2005 |
2006 - 2008 |
| *see note 2 below |
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*1 In 1969 a version of the "100" college football centennial logo was worn on the right sides of Valparaiso's helmets; the Valpo version had a blue football-shape with white numerals which were outlined in red. However, a different football-shaped logo was worn on the left sides (as shown above) - a brown football-shape with a white outline and white letters "VU-50", recognizing the 50th season of football at Valpo.
*2 Brown facemasks were used in 1991 but a gradual transition to black facemasks began in 1992. Both colors were in use for a few years but "nobody knows exactly when" the transition was complete, according to a report that I received. Some brown facemasks were apparently still in use at least as late as 1994.
