Sun Belt Conference

East Division

APPALACHIAN STATE COASTAL CAROLINA GEORGIA SOUTHERN
"Mountaineers" "Chanticleers" "Eagles"
Boone, NC Conway, SC Statesboro, GA
GEORGIA STATE JAMES MADISON MARSHALL
"Panthers" "Dukes" "Thundering Herd"
Atlanta, GA Harrisonburg, VA Huntington, WV
OLD DOMINION
"Monarchs"
Norfolk, VA

West Division

ARKANSAS STATE LOUISIANA SOUTH ALABAMA
"Red Wolves" "Ragin' Cajuns" "Jaguars"
Jonesboro, AR Lafayette, LA Mobile, AL
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TEXAS STATE TROY
"Golden Eagles" "Bobcats" "Trojans"
Hattiesburg, MS San Marcos, TX Troy, AL
ULM
"Warhawks"
Monroe, LA

Historical Helmets

APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

1960 - 1961 1965 1966
1962 - 1964; ? - 1969 1970 1971 - 1976
1977 - 1979 1980 - 1981 1982
1983 - 1988 1989 - 1994;
September 6, 2008 		September 29, 2012
'A' 'B'
1995 - 2012 2013 - 2015 2013
'C' 'D' 'E'
2014; 2016 2016 - 2016
'F' 'G' 'H'
2016 - 2016 2017
'I' 'J' 'K'
2017 2017 2018 -
'L' 'M' 'N'
2017 - 2019 - 2019 -
*see note 1 below
'O' 'P' 'Q'
2019 - 2020 - 2020 -
'R' 'S' 'T'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'U' 'W' 'X'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 2 below
'Y' 'Z'
2023 - 2023 -

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

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "mountaineer" log adorns the right side (as depicted below).

*2 The "A" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are present on the right side (as depicted below).

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ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 1965 1966 c.1969? - 1979
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below
1980 - ? ? - 1995 1996
*see note 3 below
1997 - 1998 1999 - 2005 2006
'A' 'B'
2007 - 2013 2014 - 2014 -
'C' 'D' 'E'
2014 2014 2014
'F' 'G' 'H'
2015 2015 2015
'I' 'J' 'K'
2015 - 2017 2016; 2018 - 2016
'L' 'M' 'N'
2016 - 2017 2016 2016; 2018 -
'O' 'P' 'Q'
2016 - 2017 2016 - 2017 2017
'R' 'S' 'T'
2017 2017 2017
'U' 'V' 'W'
2017 2018 - 2018 -
'X' 'Y' 'Z'
2018 - 2018 - 2018 -
'AA' 'AB' 'AC'
2018 - 2019 - 2019 -
'AD' 'AE' 'AF'
2020 - 2020 - 2020 -
'AG' 'AH' 'AI'
2021 - 2022 - 2022 -
'AJ' 'AK' 'AL'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'AM' 'AN' 'AO'
2022 - 2023 - 2023 -
'AP' 'AQ'
2023 - 2023 -

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

The ASU team nickname was "Indians" prior to the 2008 football season.

*1 This design was in use from 1959 through 1965, and perhaps earlier.

*2 This design was used at least through the period 1974 to 1979 (possibly with other facemask colors having been used at various times), and the same logo was worn on the left sides of the helmets in 1969, with a version of the "100" decal that many teams used that season worn on the right sides.

*3 Two different versions of the helmet logo shown on this design were in use during the early 1980s; one with a white, curved line beneath the big "A", and one without the line. At least sometimes these were used simultaneously. It has been reported to me that the curved white line was a remnant of a large "U" that was part of the logo on one set of decals; most of the "U" was cut away when a decision was made to not include it. The white facemasks were in use through at least 1987.

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COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

October 8, 2011 2009 - 2012 2003 - 2009; 2013
*see note 1 below
'A' 'B'
November 17, 2018 2014 - 2019 -
'C' 'D' 'E'
2019 2021 - 2021 -
'F' 'G'
2021 - 2023 -

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

2003 was the first year of play for the CCU football team.

*1 Helmet stripes were not used during CCU's first game of the 2009 season (September 3rd at Kent State) but they were in place during the second game (September 12 vs Monmouth (NJ)).

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GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

2006 October 13, 2012 November 9, 2013
*see note 1 below
'A' (and 'A1') 'B' (and 'B1')
October 11, 2014 1982 - 2005; 2007 - 2015
*see note 2 below *see note 9 below *see note 3 below
'C' 'D' (and 'D1') 'E'
September 3, 2016 October 14, 2017;
October 25, 2018		 November 18, 2017
*see note 4 below *see note 5 below
'F' 'G' 'H'
2019 - 2019 - 2019 -
*see note 6 below
'I' 'J' 'K'
2020 - 2020 - 2022 -
*see note 7 below *see note 8 below *see note 10 below
'L'
2023 -
*see note 11 below

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

Georgia Southern's team first played in 1982.

*1 Worn during the 2013 home game vs Western Carolina. The word "TEACHERS" is present at the front of the helmet; this was the team nickname of the Georgia Teachers' College (predecessor of GSU) football team through 1941.

*2 Worn during the 2014 home game vs Idaho. Uniform numerals are present on the left side of this design; the right side has GSU's circular "eagle" logo (as depicted below).

*3 Design 'B1' is identical to 'B' except that the right side of the helmet has a "GS" logo instead of numerals (as depicted below).

*4 This design has numerals on its left side only; the right side has GSU's circular 'eagle' logo (as shown below).

*5 'D' has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side has a script 'Eagles' logo; 'D1' also has uniform numerals on its left side only; on the right side is an "eagle head" logo; below are representations of these two right-side designs. .

'D' 'D1'

*6 This design has numerals on its left side only; the right side has a "GS" logo (as shown below).

*7 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; the right side has an "eagle head" logo (as shown below).

*8 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; a logo is worn on the right side (as shown below).

*9 Helmet design 'A' has uniform numbers on both sides; 'A1' has the numbers on the left side only and a logo on the right side (as shown below).

*10 The "GS" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as shown below).

*11 The "Eagles" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as shown below).

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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

'A' 'B' 'C'
2010 - 2012 2013 - 2013 -
'D' 'E' 'F'
2013 - 2014 2013 - 2014 2013
*see note 1 below
'G' 'H' 'I'
2013 2014 2015 - 2016
'J' 'K' 'L'
2016 2016 2017
'M' 'N' 'O'
2017 - 2017 2018
'P' 'Q' 'R'
2019 2020 - 2022 -
*see note 2 below

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

2010 was the first year of varsity football for the GSU team. The team played at the NCAA Division I-Football Championship Subdivision for three years before moving to Football Bowl Subdivision in 2013.

*1 The "GSU" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a "panther head" logo (as depicted below).

*1 The team name is worn on the left side only this design; on the right side is a "panther head" logo (as depicted below).

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JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY

1972 - 1976 1977 - 1981 1982 - 1985
'B' 'C'
1986 - 2013 September 27, 2014 2014 - 2015
'A' 'D' 'E'
2014 - 2015 - 2015 -
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below
'F' 'G' 'H'
2016 - 2016 - 2016 -
'I' 'J' 'K'
2017 - 2017 - 2017 -
'L' 'M' (and 'M1','M2', & 'M3') 'N'
2017 - 2017 - 2018 -
*see note 4 below
'O' 'P' 'Q'
2018 - 2018 - 2018 -
*see note 3 below
'R' 'S' (and 'S1')
2020* - 2020* -
*see note 5 below

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

The above are to the best of my knowledge all of the historical helmet designs used by JMU; the team first played in 1972. The school's name was Madison College prior to 1976 (hence the "MC" logo on the earliest design).

*1 The facemask color on this design may have varied between purple and black - it is often impossible to distinguish between these facemask colors by examining photographs. I think it was probably purple in 2014, probably black from 2016 onwards, and that both colors may have been used during different games in 2015, but all of this is speculation/guessing.

*2 Numerals are present on the left side only of this design; the right side featured a purple "M" (as represented below).

*3 The state outline logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).

*4 Design 'M' has JMU logo on both sides; 'M1', 'M2', and 'M3' have it on the left side only, with other logos on the right side, as represented below.

'M1' 'M2' 'M3'

*5 Design 'S' has the 'JMU' logo shown above on both sides; 'S1' has a different 'JMU' logo on its right side (as represented below).

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UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE

? - 1960 1961 - 1963 1964 - 1965
1966 - 1967 1968 - 1973 1974
1975 - 1979 1980 - 1985; 1990 - 1993 1996
'I'
1986 - 1989; 1994 - 1995;
1997 - 1998		 1999 - 2001 2011 - 2012
'J' 'H' 'A'
2011 - 2012 2002 - 2012 2013 - 2014
'B' 'C' 'D'
2012 - 2014 2013 - 2014 2013
'E' 'F' 'G'
2013 2014; 2016 November 17, 2012
*see note 1 below
'K' 'L' 'M'
2015 2015 - 2017 2015 - 2016
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'N' 'O' 'P'
2015 - 2017 2015 - 2016 2016; 2018
*see note 4 below
'Q' 'R' 'S'
2017; 2022 - 2017 2017
'T' 'U' 'V'
2018 - 2019 2019 - 2021 2020 - 2021
'W' 'X' 'Y'
2021 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 5 below
'Z' 'AA' 'AB'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -

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

This school was named University of Southwestern Louisiana until September 1999; the team nickname was "Bulldogs" prior to 1974.

The university's yearbooks have been digitized and published on the internet, providing partial information for the early "missing" helmets. The 1960 design appears to be a plain white helmet shell with two dark stripes (almost certainly red in color) seperated by a white stripe. From 1961 to 1963 USL used plain unadorned helmets that were apparently either silver or gold in color (these two colors tend to look the same in monochrome photographs, yet different from all other colors). Any color photographs from these years would be greatly appreciated.

*1 The large fleur-de-lis is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).

*2 The large fleur-de-lis is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).

*3 The large fleur-de-lis is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).

*4 The large fleur-de-lis is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).

*5 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is the same logo worn on both sides of design 'V'. .

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MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

1959 - 1961 1963 - 1964 1965
1965 1965 1966 - 1967
1968 1969 1970
*see note 1 below
1971 1972 - 1975? 1975
1976 1977 - 1982? c.1983
1984 - 1985 1986 - 1988 1989
1990 - 1992 1993 - 2008 October 28, 2008;
November 29, 2008;
2009
'B' (and 'B1') 'C' 'D'
2013 - 2015; 2018 - 2019 2013 2015 -
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'E' 'F' 'G'
2016 - 2017 2020 - 2022 -
'H' 'I' 'A'
2022 2023 - 2010 -

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

  • 2023: A-A-A; G-G-G; A-A-A; I-A-A; G (the last game being vs UTSA in the Frisco Bowl at Frisco, TX)
  • 2022: A-A-A; A-A-G; A-A-G; H-G-A; G (the last game being vs Connecticut in the Myrtle Beach Bowl at Myrtle Beach, SC)
  • 2021: A-F-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; E-A-A; A (the last game being vs Louisiana in the New Orleans Bowl at New Orleans, LA)
  • 2020: A-A-A; A-A-F; B-A-A; A (the last two games being vs UAB in the Conference USA championship game at Huntington, WV, and vs Buffalo in the Camellia Bowl at Montgomery, AL)
  • 2019: A-A-A; A-A-D; A-A-A; B1-A-A; A (the last game being vs Central Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl at Tampa, FL)
  • 2018: A-A-A; A-D-A; A-A-B1; A-A-A; A (the last game being vs South Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl at Tampa, FL)
  • 2017: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-D-A; E-A-A; A (the last game being vs Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, NM)
  • 2016: A-A-A; A-A-A; D-A-A; E-A-A
  • 2015: A-A-A; A-D-A; A-A-A; A-B-A; A (the last game being vs Connecticut in the St. Petersburg Bowl at St. Petersburg, FL)
  • 2014: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A;; B-A-A; A-A (the last two games being vs Louisiana Tech in the Conference USA championship game at Huntington, WV, and vs Northern Illinois in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)
  • 2013: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; B-B-B; B-C (the last two games being vs Rice in the Conference USA championship game at Houston, TX, and vs Maryland in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)

In 1965 Marshall appears to have used at least three different helmet designs. At the beginning of the season and possibly again at the end, the team apparently used plain green helmets with a single white stripe and with no decals or numerals on the sides. Two different logos were used during the middle of the football season; below are photographs of these two designs:

The first picture shows a decal that I could not identify, but a couple of people have written to say that the logo is a "bison head" whose overall appearance is similar to that of the "Elmer's glue cow". I would appreciate a clearer photograph than this one, which is probably the best I have yet received showing this logo. It was used for at least three or four games in 1965.

Apparently later in the year, Marshall switched to the "buffalo" decal shown in the second photograph. This photo appears to suggest that there was a yellow "shadow" on the underparts of the buffalo, but I consider this feature to be uncertain. Clearer photographs of this one would also be appreciated.

*1 A taller "M" logo is visible on some helmets in photographs from some games during the 1968 season; I do not yet have enough different pictures to say whether these two "M"s were used simultaneously, or if a switch from one to the other was made at some point in 1968.

*2 The number "75" is worn on the left side of this design in memory of the 75 victims of the November 14, 1970 airplane crash which claimed the lives of 36 Marshall football players, nine coaching staff members, and thirty other passengers and crewmembers. Design 'B' has the traditional green "M" logo on its right side; design 'B1' has on its right side the same logo worn on both sides of design 'E'.

*3 The "75" is worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is an "M" logo with an American flag pattern (as is worn on both sides of design 'D'.

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OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

'A' 'B' 'C'
2009 - 2012 2011 2012
*see note 1 below
'D' 'E' 'F' (and 'F1')
2012 2013 2013 -
*see note 2 below
'G' 'H' 'I'
2013 2014 - 2015 2015
'J' 'K' 'L'
2016 - 2016 - 2016 -
'M' 'N' 'O'
2017 - 2021 - 2021 -
'P' 'Q'
2022 - 2023 -

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

  • 2023: N-E-E; Q-N-E; N-P-N; E-E-N; E (the last game being vs Western Kentucky in the Famous Toastery Bowl at Charlotte, NC)
  • 2022: N-E-E; E-P-E; P-N-P; N-P-N
  • 2021: N-E-E; E-E-N; E-O-N; N-E-N; E (the last game being vs Tulsa in the Myrtle Beach Bowl at Myrtle Beach, SC)
  • 2020: (no games played)
  • 2019: K-K-K; K-M-K; M-K-K; M-K-M
  • 2018: M-K-K; K-K-J; J-J-M; J-K-K
  • 2017: L-L-L; M-F1-J; J-L-L; K-K-J
  • 2016: D-J-F1; F1-D-D; D-D-J; D-J-J; K (the last game being vs Eastern Michigan in the Bahamas Bowl at Nassau, Bahamas)
  • 2015: H-H-I; I-I-F1; F1-H-H; H-H-H
  • 2014: F-H-H; H-F-F; F-H-H; H-F-H
    • 2013: E-F-E; E-F-E; F-G-F; F-F-G
  • 2012: C-C-A; A-A-C; A-A-C; A-A-C; D (the last two games being home playoff games vs Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern)
  • 2011: A-B-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B (the last two games being playoff games vs Norfolk State and at Georgia Southern)

2009 was the first year for the ODU football team, which competed at the Division I-FCS level for four years before moving to FBS in 2013.

*1 Stripes were added to ODU's helmets for the team's second game of the 2011 season (at Georgia State); the stripes were not present during the team's previous game a week earlier (vs Campbell).

*2 The Virginia state outline is present on the left side only of designs "F" and "F1"; the right sides of these two designs feature silver or "mirror"-like uniform numerals of two different styles (as represented below).

'F' 'F1'

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

2010 - 2012 November 16, 2013;
November 7, 2015		 December 20, 2014
*see note 1 below
'A' 'B' 'C'
2013 - 2017 2016 - 2017 2016
'D' 'E' 'F'
2016 2016 2016
'G' 'H' 'I'
2016 2017 2017
'J' 'K' 'L'
2017 2017 2020 -
'M' 'N' 'O'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
*see note 2 below
'P' 'Q' 'R'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'S' 'T' 'U'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'V' 'W' (and 'W1') 'X'
2021 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 3 below
'Y' 'Z' 'AA'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 1 below
'AB' 'AC' 'AD'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'AE' 'AF' 'AG'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 1 below
'AH' 'AI' 'AJ'
2022 - 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'AK' (and 'AK1') 'AL' 'AM'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'AN' 'AO' 'AP'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'AQ' 'AR' 'AS'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below

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

  • 2023: AI-AJ-AK; AL-AM-AN; AO-W1-AP; AQ-AR-AS; AK1 (the last game being vs Eastern Michigan in the 68 Ventures Bowl at Mobile, AL)
  • 2022: W-X-Y; Z-AA-AB; AC-AD-W1; AE-AF-AG; AH (the last game being vs Western Kentucky in the New Orleans Bowl at New Orleans, LA)
  • 2021: M-N-O; P-Q-R; S-T-U; H-H-V
  • 2020: L (entire season)
  • 2018 & 2019: H (entire season)
  • 2017: A-B-B; B-A-H; H-H-H; I-J-K
  • 2016: A-B-C; C-D-B; B-A-A; A-E-F; G (the last game being vs Air Force in the Arizona Bowl at Tuscon, AZ)

This team played its first season of varsity football in 2010.

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

December 20, 2014 'Z' 'AE'
'AH' 'AI' 'AJ'
'AK' 'AK1' and 'AR' 'AL'
'AM' 'AN' 'AO'
'AP' 'AQ' 'AS'

*2 The number 44 worn on this design memorializes Hall of Fame baseball player and Mobile native Hank Aaron (1934 - 2021); Aaron wore uniform number 44 during his professional baseball career. The "44"/"JAGS" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; the usual "JAGS" logo is present on the right side (hence the right side looks like design "L" above).

*3 Design 'W' has the 'JAGS' logo on both sides; 'W1' has it on the left side only, while the right side bears the same logo worn on both sides of design 'V'.

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

c.1960s c.1969 - 1971 c.1973 - 1974
1975 - ? 1977? - 1981? 1986
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below
1982 - 1987 1988 - 1989 1990 - 2002
'A' 'B' 'C'
2003 - 2010;
2011 (games 1 - 3)		 2011 (games 4 - 6) 2011 (games 7 - 9)
*see note 3 below
'D' 'E' 'F'
2011 (games 10 - 12) December 3, 2011 December 24, 2011
'G' 'H' 'I'
2012 2012 2013
'J' 'K' 'L' (and 'L1')
2015 - 2020 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018
*see note 4 below
'M' 'N' 'O'
2017 2017 2017 - 2018
'P' 'Q' 'R'
2017 2018 2018 - 2020
'S' 'T' 'U'
2019 2019 - 2020 2021 -
'V' 'W'
2022 - 2022 -

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

  • 2022: V-V-W; W-W-V; V-V-W; W-V-V; V (the last game being vs Rice in the LendingTree Bowl at Mobile, AL)
  • 2021: A-A-U; U-A-A; A-U-U; A-A-A
  • 2020: J-T-A; A-A-A; R-R-A; A
  • 2019: S-S-A; A-J-J; J-A-R; R-T-J; R (the last game being vs Tulane in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)
  • 2018: L1-L1-A; A-A-O; Q-R-R; J-J
  • 2017: L-L-M; N-K-O; J-P-L; J-J-A; A (the last game being vs Florida State in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)
  • 2016: J-J-J; J-J-J; J-J-J; J-K-J; J (the last game being vs Louisiana-Lafayette in the New Orleans Bowl at New Orleans, LA)
  • 2015: J (entire season)
  • 2014: A (entire season)
  • 2013: A-I-I; I-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-I
  • 2012: A-?-A; A-A-A; G-G-G; G-H-G
  • 2011: A1-A1-A1; B-B-B; C-C-C; D-D-D; E-F (the last two games being vs Houston in the Conference USA championship game at Houston, TX, and vs Nevada in the Hawai'i Bowl at Honolulu, HI)

I have received very little information for USM for the years prior to about 1980, and there are several other known helmet designs which I have been unable to add to the site due to insufficient information.

I have no information whatsoever for 1960 and 1961 (also 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1972, and 1976), but by at least 1962 the team wore dark-colored numerals (almost certainly black) on helmet shells that I think were almost certainly gold in color (assuming the school colors have not changed since then). Having no color photographs from these years, I cannot rule out the possibility that the helmets might have been yellow or silver, particularly since the team did use yellow helmets a few years later.

The 1975 helmet featured a "USM" logo similar or identical to the one shown on the "c.1969 - c.1971" helmet above, but I am unsure about the helmet shell color, which may have been gold rather than yellow. Below is a photo from 1975:

There certainly may have been some other designs used by the team through the years; any additional information would be appreciated.

*1 Possibly several designs were used during the period 1977 through 1981 - the facemask color may have been gray initially, the logo may have changed slightly in 1980 or 1981, and the color white may have appeared in the logo during some years.

*2 The numerals "25" were added to each player's helmet for the 1986 season in memory of Eric Sorey, a member of the team who died during a preseason practice; 25 was Sorey's uniform number. To be precise, the numerals were worn only on one side of the helmet, the right side rather than the left as shown here.

*3 During the first three games of the 2011 season the "SOUTHERN MISS" logo was replaced on the right side of the helmets with numerals (as represented below).

*4 Helmet design 'L' has the eagle head logo on both sides; design 'L1' has the eagle head on the left side only and yellow uniform numerals (like those on both sides of 'M') on its right side.

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TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 1960 1961 - 1963 1968 - 1970
1964 - 1968; 1971 1972 1973 - ?
? - 1977 ? - 1982 1984 - 1989
1991 1990; 1992 - 1996 1997 - 2002
2003 2004 - 2007 2008 - 2009?
2010? - 2011 2012 - 2013 2013 (last 2 games)
'A' 'B' 'C'
2014 2014; 2017 2015 - 2016
'D' 'E' 'F'
2015 - 2016 2015 - 2016 2016
'G' 'H' 'I'
2016 2016 - 2017 2017
*see note 1 below
'K' 'L' 'M'
2017 2017 2017
'N' 'O' 'P'
2017 - 2018 2017 2017 - 2018
'Q' 'R' 'S'
2018 2018 2018 -
*see note 1 below
'T' 'U' 'V'
2018 2018 2018
'W' 'X' 'Y'
2018 2018 2018
*see note 1 below
'Z' 'AA' 'AB'
2019 - 2019 - 2019 -
*see note 1 below
'AC' 'AD' 'AE'
2019 - 2019 - 2019 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'AF' 'AG' 'AH'
2019 - 2020 - 2020 -
'AI' 'AJ' 'AK'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'AL' 'AM' 'AN'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'AO' 'AP'
2022 - 2023 -

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

  • 2022: Z-AL-Z; AB-AD-AH; AJ-AM-AN; AB-AO-AK
  • 2021: AF-AI-AJ; Z-AB-AD; AK-AJ-AK; S-Z-AK
  • 2020: AD-AF-AB; AG-AD-AB; AD-AH-S; Z-AF-AF
  • 2019: Z-AA-AB; S-AA-AC; AD-AA-AD; AB-AD-AE
  • 2018: N-Q-R; P-S-T; U-V-S; W-X-Y
  • 2017: B-B-I; B-H-K; L-M-N; O-P-O
  • 2016: C-F-C; E-E-D; D-C-G; H-C-E
  • 2015: C-C-D; C-C-D; D-D-C; E-C-E
  • 2014: A-B-A; B-B-A; A-B-B; A-B-B

The name of this school was Southwest Texas State University prior to September 1, 2003. Southwest Texas had at least one other "interesting" helmet design in addition to the ones above, this being the design used from 1968 to 1970 when a "bobcat head" logo was worn on white helmets (photograph below:)

Obviously these are two different logos, and not enough photographs have been located to ascertain whether these logos were used simultaneously, or independently at different times. The one on the right, at least, appeared to be the expected reddish or maroon color in another photograph.

*1 The right sides of each of these designs differ from the left as depicted below:

'H' 'Q' 'X'
'AA' 'AC' 'AE'

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TROY UNIVERSITY

? - 1965 1966- ? c.1968-c.1970
c.1971 1972 only? 1973
1975 1976 - ? c.1978? - c.1983?
c.1984? - c.1988? c.1989? - 1991 1992
1993 - 1998 1999 - 2003 September 4, 2004
*see note 1 below
October 20, 2005 2013 September 9, 2004 -
2014
*see note 2 below
'A' 'B' 'C'
2015 - 2017 2015 2015 - 2018
'D' 'E' 'F'
2016 2016 - 2018 2016 - 2017
'G' 'H' 'I'
2016 2017 2018
'J' 'K' 'L'
2018 2019 - 2020 2019
'M' 'N' 'O'
2019 2019 - 2020 2019
'P' 'Q' 'R'
2020 2020 2020 -
'S' 'T' 'U'
2020 2020 2021 -
'V' 'W' 'X'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'Y' 'Z' 'AA'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
'AB' 'AC' 'AD'
2021 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 3 below
'AE' 'AF' 'AG'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'AH' 'AI' 'AJ'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'AK' 'AL' 'AM'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
'AN' 'AO' 'AP'
2022 - 2023 - 2023 -
'AQ' 'AR'
2023 - 2023 -

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

  • 2022: U-AC-AC; AD-AE-AF; AG-AH-AI; AJ-AK-AL; AM-AN (the last two games being vs Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt Conference championship game at Troy, AL, and vs UTSA in the Cure Bowl at Orlando, FL)
  • 2021: U-F-V; R-U-W; X-Y-Z; AA-AB-AB
  • 2020: K-P-N; K-N-Q; R-F-S; K-T
  • 2019: K-L-M; F-M-N; K-N-M; K-N-O
  • 2018: C-I-C; J-F-E; C-J-E; E-J-J; E (the last game being vs Buffalo in the Dollar General Bowl at Mobile, AL)
  • 2017: E-C-E; F-E-A; A-E-E; H-C-A; A (the last game being vs North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl at New Orleans, LA)
  • 2016: C-A-C; D-A-E; E-C-F; G-A-E; E (the last game being vs Ohio in the Dollar General Bowl at Mobile, AL)
  • 2015: A-B-A; C-A-C; B-C-A; B-B-A

Troy University was previously named Troy State University (prior to August 2005) and Troy State College (prior to 1967). The football team was a member of NCAA Division II through 1990 but began a transition to Division I-AA the following year. In 2001 Troy State moved to Division I-A.

*1 Plain black helmets were used during the team's first game of the 2004 season at Marshall, with a new design featuring shells of a dark red color being introduced for game #2, a home game against Missouri.

*2 Troy wore black helmets during the 2005 home game against Florida International in memory of former team member Al Lucas, who died on April 10, 2005 as a result of injuries sustained during an Arena Football League game between his team, the Los Angeles Avengers, and the New York Dragons.

*3 The "T" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as represented below).

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ULM • University of Louisiana at Monroe

1960 - 1963 c.late 1960s c.early 1970s
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below
1972 - 1974 1975 (last 10 games) 1975 (game #1); 1976 (game #1)
1978 c.1979? c.1980? - c.1995?
? - 1998 1998 1999 (first 3
games)
2000 - 2002 2003 2004 - 2005
November 1, 2014 November 15, 2014 2006 - 2014
*see note 3 below *see note 4 below
'A' 'B' 'C'
2015 2015 2015; 2017 -
*see note 5 below
'D' 'E' 'F'
2016 2016 2016
'G' 'H' 'I'
2016 2016 2016
*see note 6 below
'J' 'K' 'L'
2016 - 2016 - 2017 -
'M' 'N' 'O'
2017 - 2018 - 2018 -
'P' 'Q'
2021 - 2022 -

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

  • 2023: P-P-P; Q-Q-Q; Q-Q-Q; Q-Q-Q
  • 2022: Q-Q-Q; Q-Q-Q; Q-Q-P; P-P-P
  • 2021: O-O-O; O-O-O; O-O-O; P-O-O
  • 2020: N-N-N; O-O-O; N-N-N; N
  • 2019: N-N-O; O-N-O; N-N-O; O-O-N
  • 2018: N-N-O; O-N-N; N-O-N; O-N-O
  • 2017: J-K-J; L-H-J; J-M-J; C-C-C
  • 2016: E-E-F; F-G-C; H-H-I; J-J-K
  • 2015: A-A-B; A-A-A; B-A-A; C-C-C; D

The name of this school was Northeast Louisiana University from 1969 until August 27, 1999; previously it had been Northeast Louisiana State College. The team nickname was changed from "Indians" to "Warhawks" prior to the 2006 football season.

Below is a photograph showing a design apparently used by Northeast Louisiana State during at least part of the 1963 season; there is an interesting logo (probably an "Indian head") on the helmet. ULM has digitized its school yearbooks and published them online, but unfortunately the 1964 yearbook (which would contain photos from the 1963 season) is missing from the collection. Any clearer photographs of this design would be appreciated. This photograph is from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 1964 yearbook, and a similar design is visible in the 1964 yearbook of Howard College (predecessor of Samford University), whose football team also played Northeast Louisiana in 1963.

*1 This design appears in photographs from the 1966 season. The 1969 helmet was similar, but a version of the "100" decal was worn on at least the left sides of the helmets. I do not know the colors of the "100" decal.

*2 "Plain" helmets without stripes are visible in photographs from the 1971 season.

*3 Worn during the 2014 game at Texas A&M.

*4 Worn during the 2014 home game vs Louisiana-Lafayette. The numerals were worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side was worn a large "hawk head" logo (as represented below).

*5 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side has a large "hawk head" logo (as represented below).

*6 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side has a large "hawk head" logo (as represented below).

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