Pioneer Football League
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| BUTLER |
DAVIDSON |
DAYTON |
| "Bulldogs" |
"Wildcats" |
"Flyers" |
| Indianapolis, IN |
Davidson, NC |
Dayton, OH |
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| DRAKE |
MARIST |
MOREHEAD STATE |
| "Bulldogs" |
"Red Foxes" |
"Eagles" |
| Des Moines, IA |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
Morehead, KY |
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| PRESBYTERIAN |
ST. THOMAS |
SAN DIEGO |
| "Blue Hose" |
"Tommies" |
"Toreros" |
| Clinton, SC |
St. Paul, MN |
San Diego, CA |
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| STETSON |
VALPARAISO |
| "Hatters" |
"Beacons" |
| DeLand, FL |
Valparaiso, IN |
Historical Helmets
BUTLER
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1963 - 1964 |
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1990 - 2005 |
2006 - 2007 |
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| 2007 (second half of season) |
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2009 - 2012 |
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'B' |
2013 -
October 25, 2014 |
November 1, 2014 -
end of 2014 |
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'D' |
'A' |
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2016 |
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'F' |
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During recent years Butler has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2019: B (all games)
- 2018: B-B-B; B-B-B; ?-?-?; B-B
- 2017: F-F-F; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-B
- 2016: B-D-B; B-E-B; B-B-B; B-B
- 2015: B-C-B; A-A-?; A-A-?; A-A
*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.
DAVIDSON
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1961 - 1963 |
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1990 - 1992 |
1993 - 1994 |
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| 1995 |
1996 - 2005 |
2006 - 2009 |
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| 2010 - 2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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*see note 1 below |
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| 2015 - 2017 |
2018 - 2020* |
April 24, 2021 |
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*1 This design has numerals on its left side only; on the right side is a "D" logo (as shown below).
*2 This design has the "D" logo on its left side only; on the right side are white uniform numerals (as shown below).
DAYTON
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| c.1960s - 1970s |
1975 - 1985 |
1986 - 1994 |
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'A' |
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2009 - 2013 |
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In 2021 Dayton used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-B-A; B-B-B; B-A-B; A.
From 1986 through 1994 Dayton used a design that was very similar to the "1975 - 1985" helmet shown above, but with the addition of a royal blue outline around the white letters.
For apparently a single year in the late 1960s Dayton used the design shown below - the letters "U" and "D" were apparently different colors (probably one blue and one red - a photograph has been received apparently confirming that the 'D' was red). I would greatly appreciate a clear color photograph of this design.
*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as shown below).
DRAKE
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| 1960 - 1966 |
1967 |
1968 - 1971 |
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1974 - 1976? |
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| 1984 - 1985 |
1986 - 1987 |
? - 1992? |
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| 1993 - 1999 |
2000 - 2002 |
2003 - 2004 |
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*see note 1 below |
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| 2005 - 2008 |
2009 - 2013 |
2014 - 2018 |
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2022 - |
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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 bulldog mascot "Spike" was somewhat less detailed on the earlier helmet. For at least portion 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.
*2 Uniform numbers are present on the left side only of this design; two different logos have been used on the right side (as depicted below).
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| 2022 (first 3 games) |
2022 (last 8 games) |
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MARIST
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? - 1981 - ? |
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Marist's team first played at the NCAA Division III level in 1978; prior to then, a club-level team called the "Vikings" competed from 1965 through 1977.
There are at least four other historical helmet designs for this team for which I have only partial or fragmentary information; below are photographs of these:
The 1981 and 1993 designs both have a big white "M" on red helmets with an unknown sequence of middle stripes; the 1994 helmet appears to have a black "M", and the 1985 design has the school name in script lettering. I would greatly appreciate any better photographs of these helmets and clarification of the proper range of dates for each. Additional historical designs may exist.
MOREHEAD STATE
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| 1988 |
1986; 1989 |
1990 - 1993 |
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1997 - 2004 |
2005 - 2010 |
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| 2011 - 2012 |
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2014 |
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*see note 1 below |
*see note 2 below |
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November 19, 2016;
November 18, 2017 |
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*1 In 2013 the "M" logo was used only on the left side of each helmet; the right side featured unusually large blue uniform numerals (as shown below).
*2 In 2014 uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side was worn an "M" logo similar to that of the 2013 left side (as shown below).
*3 At least during the game of November 19, 2016 the 'M'/USA flag logo was worn on the left side only of this design; the usual blue "M" was present on the right side.
PRESBYTERIAN
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1996? - 2003 |
2004 - 2006 |
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ST. THOMAS
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St. Thomas was a member of NCAA Division III and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference prior to 2021. I have not received any information about historical helmet designs used by the team prior to about the year 2000, though the team has existed during the entire period covered by this website (1960 to present).
SAN DIEGO
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| ? - 1971 |
1972; 1974 |
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1996 - 1999 |
2000 - 2004 |
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2012 - 2013 |
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STETSON
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VALPARAISO
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| 1960 - 1963 |
1964 |
1965 - 1968 |
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| 1969 |
1970 |
1971 - 1972 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 1984 - 1988 |
1989 - 1990 |
1991 - ? |
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*see note 2 below |
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| ? - 1996 |
1997 - 2005 |
2006 - 2008 |
| *see note 2 below |
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| 2009 |
2010 - 2013 |
2014 - 2020* |
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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.
