Southwestern Athletic Conference


Eastern Division

ALABAMA A&M ALABAMA STATE BETHUNE-COOKMAN
"Bulldogs" "Hornets" "Wildcats"
Normal, AL Montgomery, AL Daytona Beach, FL
FLORIDA A&M JACKSON STATE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
STATE
"Rattlers" "Tigers" "Delta Devils"
Tallahassee, FL Jackson, MS Itta Bena, MS

Western Division

ALCORN STATE GRAMBLING STATE PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
"Braves" "Tigers" "Panthers"
Lorman, MS Grambling, LA Prairie View, TX
SOUTHERN TEXAS SOUTHERN UAPB
"Jaguars" "Tigers" "Golden Lions"
Baton Rouge, LA Houston, TX Pine Bluff, AR

Historical Helmets

ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY

'A' 'B'
? - present 2021 - 2022

The first helmet design shown above was apparently the only one used from at least 1999 through 2020*. During recent years Alabama A&M has used the following sequences of helmet designs:


ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

c.1980s c.1990s ? - 1999
'A' 'B' 'C'
2000 - 2019; 2021 - 2022 2016 - 2017 2016 - 2017
*see note 1 below
'D' 'E' 'F'
2018 2020* - 2022 2023 -
*see note 2 below
'G'
2023 -

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

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has a large "hornet" logo (as depicted below)

*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has a large "hornet" logo (as depicted below)

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ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 2000? 2001? - 2002 2003 (first few games)
2003 - 2004 2005 - 2007 2011
*see note 1 below
c.mid 1990s; 2008 - 2010;
2012
2013 2014
*see note 2 below
'A' 'B' 'C'
2015 2015 2016
*see note 3 below
'D' 'E' 'F'
2016 - 2017 2017 - 2017 - 2018
'G' 'H'
2018 2019 -

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

*1 Alcorn State began using a helmet decal after an unknown number of games in 2003, but by at least the October 25th game at Southern University.

*2 The 2014 helmet design used the "A" logo only on the left side; uniform numerals were worn on the right side (as depicted below).

*3 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; an "A" logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

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BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY

1994 - 1995 1996 - ? ? - 2008
'B'
2009 (early season) 2009 2011 - 2012; 2014
*see note 1 below
'C' 'D' 'E'
2011 - 2014 2012 - 2014 2013 - 2014
'A' 'F' 'G'
2010 - 2014 2014 2015 - 2016
'H' 'I' 'J'
2015 - 2017 2015 - 2016 2015
'K' 'L' 'M' (and 'M1')
2015 - 2016 2015 - 2017 2016 -
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'N' 'O' (and 'O1' & 'O2') 'P'
2017 2017 - 2017
*see note 4 below
'Q' 'R' 'S'
2017 2018 - 2018 -
*see note 5 below *see note 6 below
'T' 'U' (and 'U1') 'V' (and 'V1')
2018 - 2018 - 2018 -
*see note 12 below *see note 7 below
'W' 'X' 'Y'
2019 - 2019 - 2019 -
'Z' 'AA' (and 'AA1') 'AB'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
*see note 8 below
'AC' 'AD' 'AE'
2021 - 2021 - 2022 -
*see note 9 below *see note 10 below
'AF' 'AG' 'AH'
2022 - 2022 - 2023 -
*see note 11 below
'AI' (and 'AI1') 'AJ' (and 'AJ1') 'AK'
2023 - 2024 - 2024 -
*see note 13 below *see note 14 below

During recent years Bethune-Cookman has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 BCC began the 2009 season with "blank" helmets, but had added helmet decals by at least late September (I would appreciate a report as to exactly when the new decals were first used).

*2 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; the right side has an oversized "wildcat head" logo (as represented below).

*3 Helmet design 'M' has uniform numerals on both sides; 'M1' has the numerals on the left side only - on the right side is the team name 'Wildcats' in maroon (as on both sides of design 'P').

*4 Helmet design 'O' has uniform numerals on both sides; 'O1' and 'O2' each have the numerals on the left side only, with the team name "Wildcats" worn on the right side (as represented below).

'O1' 'O2'

*5 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; the right side has the team name "Wildcats" (as represented below). .

*6 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; the right side has the team name "Wildcats" (as represented below). .

*7 Design 'V' has uniform numbers on its left side only; the right side has the team name "Wildcats" (as represented below). Design 'V1' has the uniform numbers on both sides.

*8 Design 'AA' is "blank" on both the left and right sides; 'AA1' is blank on the left side only and has a "Wildcats" logo on the right side (as represented below).

*9 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the team name "Wildcats" is present on the right side (as depicted below).

*10 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the team name "Wildcats" is present on the right side (as depicted below).

*11 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the team name "Wildcats" is present on the right side (as depicted below).

*12 Uniform numbers are worn on both sides of design 'U'; they are worn on the left side only of 'U1', while a logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).

*13 The 'BETHUNE' logo is worn on the left side only of both designs 'AI' and 'AI1'. The right side of 'AI' is 'blank'; uniform numbers are worn on the right side of 'AI1' (as depicted below).

*14 The 'BETHUNE' logo is worn on the left side only of both designs 'AJ' and 'AJ1'. The right side of 'AJ' is 'blank'; uniform numbers are worn on the right side of 'AJ1' (as depicted below).

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FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY

c.1964 ? - 1999 2000
2000? - 2002 November 5, 2005;
October 14, 2006
2003 - 2007
'A'
2008 -
October 12, 2013
October 19, 2013 - 2017 2018 -
'B' 'C'
2021 - 2022 -

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

The photograph below shows a design used by FAMU in 1971; the logo appears to be a "snake head" inside a circle. I would greatly appreciate any clearer photographs of this design. This photograph was found in Santa Clara's 1972 yearbook.

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GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY

'C'
c.1960s? - early 1970s? ? - mid 1990s October 11, 2014
'A' 'B' 'D'
c.mid-1990s? - 2014 - 2016 2017 -
'E' 'F' 'G'
2019 - 2019 2019

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

Grambling State has apparently always used black helmets shells during the period covered by this web site (1960 to present). The oval "G" logo was apparently first used in approximately 1974, and is the only helmet logo ever used by the team (though the shape of the G has changed slightly through the years). The team probably used plain black helmets without stripes during at least some years in the 1960s, and some photographs suggest that some helmets had a single white or yellow stripe at the same time when others had a single red stripe or no stripes.

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JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 1999 2000 - 2001 2002
2003 2003 2004 - 2005
'A' 'B' 'C'
2014 2014 2014; 2017 - 2018
*see note 1 below
'D' 'E' 'F' (and 'F1')
2015 2015 2006 - 2013; 2016 - 2019;
2021 -
*see note 1 below
'G' 'H' 'I'
2017 2018 2019 -
'J' 'K' 'L'
2019 - 2019 - 2020* -
*see note 1 below
'M' 'N' 'O'
2020* - 2020* - 2021 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'P' 'Q' 'R'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'S' 'T' 'U'
2021 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'V' 'W' 'X'
2022 - 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'Y' 'Z' 'AA'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 1 below

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

Jackson State used plain white helmets during their first few games of the 2003 season, with the exception of game #3 against Tennessee State on September 13. During this game at least some of the JSU players were wearing an unusually small decal that I cannot identify from the one photograph I have received showing it (shown below), but which is probably a "tiger head" of some sort. I would appreciate any larger and clearer photographs than this one.

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

'A' 'F1' 'L'
'M' 'N' 'O'
'P' 'P1' 'Q'
'R' 'S' 'T'
'U' 'V' 'W'
'X' 'AA'

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MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

c.1970s c.late 1970s 1980 - 1983?
1984? - ? ? - 1998? 2000?
2002 - 2005? 2006? - 2007 2008 - 2013
2014 2015 - 2016 2017 -
*see note 1 below
August 30, 2018 2018 2019 - 2022
'A' 'B'
October 22, 2022; 2023 - 2023 -

In 2023 MVSU used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-A-A; A-B-B; B-A-B; A-A.

In 2001 MVSU used white helmets with an oval-shaped logo that I believe was used only during that year; shown below is the best photograph I have received of that helmet design. I would appreciate a copy of the logo used on this design.

*1 Uniform numbers are present on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as shown below).

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PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

1991 - 1994 1998 - 2001 2002
1995 - 1996; 2003 2004 2007 - 2009
'A'
2005 - 2006; 2010 - 2013 2014 2015 - 2016
'B' 'C' 'D'
2016 2016 2016; 2018 -
'E' 'F' 'G'
2017 2017 2018 -
'H' 'I' 'J'
2018 - 2019 - 2019 -
'K' 'L' 'M'
2021 - 2021 - 2022 -
'N' 'O' 'P'
2022 - 2023 - 2023 -
'Q'
2022 -

During recent years Prairie View A&M has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

? - 2000 2001 2002 - 2011
'A' 'B' 'C'
2012 - 2017 2014 2015 - 2016
'D' 'E' 'F'
2018 2021 2019 -
'G' 'H'
2022 - 2023 -

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

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TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

? - 2001 2002 - 2003 2004-2007
2008 - 2010 2010 - 2011 2012
*see note 1 below
2013 - 2017 2018 2019
'A' 'B' 'C'
2020* - 2022 2021 - 2023 -
*see note 2 below

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

*1 This design was adopted beginning at an unknown point during the 2010 season; it was in use during at least the team's last three games, played on November 11 (vs Grambling State), November 20 (vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff), and December 11 (vs Alabama State in the SWAC championship game at Birmingham, AL).

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

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UAPB University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

c.mid-late 1990s 2005 - 2006 2007 (early season)
2007 (late season) ? - 2004; 2008 - 2011 2012 - 2014?
*see note 1 below
2018 2015? - 2017; 2019 2020 -

*1 This design was in use by at least game #5 (at New Mexico State) of the 2007 season; plain gold helmets were used earlier in 2007.

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