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:

• 2023: A (entire season)
• 2022: A-A-A; A-A-A; B-B-B; A-A
• 2021: A-B-A; B-B-A; A-A-A; A

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:

• 2023: F-F-G; G-F-F; G-G-F; G-F
• 2022: A-A-A; A-A-E; A-A-A; A-A
• 2021: A-E-A; E-A-A; A-A?-A; A-A
• 2020*: E (entire season)
• 2019: A (entire season)
• 2018: A-A-A; A-D-A; D-A-A; A-A
• 2017: B-C-A; C-A-A; A-A-A; A-A
• 2016: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-B-B; A-C

*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:

• 2023: H-E-H; E-H-H; H-H-H; H-H
• 2022: H-E-E; E-?-H; ?-E-E; ?-E (no information for October 8 at Mississippi Valley State, October 22 vs Texas Southern, and November 12 vs Bethune-Cookman)
• 2021: E-H-H; H-H-E; H-H-E; E-H
• 2019: E-E-E; E-E-E; E-E-H; E-H-E; H (the last two games being vs Southern in the SWAC Championship game at Lorman, MS, and vs North Carolina A&T in the Celebration Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
• 2018: G-F-E; F-F-G; E-F-F; E-F-F; F (the last two games being vs Southern in the SWAC Championship game at Lorman, MS, and vs North Carolina A&T in the Celebration Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
• 2017: E-D-E; E-F-E; E-E-F; F-E-D (the last game being vs Grambling State in the SWAC Championship game at Houston TX)
• 2016: C-D-C; C-C-C; C-D-C?; D-D (the last game being vs Grambling State in the SWAC Championship game at Houston TX)
• 2015: A-A-B; B?-B-A; B-B-B; B-A-B; A (the last two games being vs Grambling State in the SWAC Championship game at Houston, TX, and vs North Carolina A&T in the Celebration Bowl at Atlanta, GA)

*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:

• 2023: AB-AB-AB; AB-AH-AI; AI1-AI1-AI1; AI1-U1
• 2022: AE-O2-O2; O2-O2-O2; O2-Y-AF; AG-AF
• 2021: Z-AA-AB; AC-AC-Y; AA-Y-AA1; O1-AD
• 2020: [no schedule played]
• 2019: V1-U-W; V1-U-U; W-X-X; W-Y
• 2018: R-S-O1; S-R-T; U-S-M1; S-O1-V
• 2017: L-H-M; L-N-O; O-L-N; P-Q
• 2016: H-H-K; L-H-I; K-G-I; L
• 2015: G-H-I; J-H-K; J-I-K; J-L
• 2014: B-A-A; C-D-E; B-D-C; C-A-F
• 2013: D-C-D; C-A-D; C-C-A; D-D-E; E (the last game being a FCS playoff game at Coastal Carolina)
• 2012: B-C-A; C-?-C; C-B-B; A-D-D (no information for game #5 at Hampton)
• 2011: A-A-A; A-?-A; A-?-B; B-C (no information for games #5 and #8 (at North Carolina A&T and at North Carolina Central))

*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:

• 2023: C-C-A; B-A-B; A-A-A; A-C-C; C (the last two games being vs Prairie View A&M in the SWAC championship game at Tallahassee, FL, and vs Howard in the Celebration Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
• 2022: A-A-B; A-B-A; C-A-C; B-B
• 2021: A-B-A; A-B-A; B-A-B; A-B-A

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:

• 2020* - 2021: E (entire season)
• 2019: E-E-E; E-E-F; F-G-G; G-F
• 2018: A (entire season)
• 2017: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-D-A; A-A-A; A
• 2016: A-A-A; A-B-A?; A-A-A; A-A-A A
• 2015: A-A-A; A-A-B; A-A-A; A-B-A
• 2014: A-A-A; B-A-B; C-B-B; B-B-B

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:

• 2023: W-X-V; V-Y-V; Z-Z-Z; AA-AA
• 2022: F1-S-R; R-O-R; P-T-U; P1-S-O; V (the last two games being vs Southern in the SWAC championship game at Jackson, MS, and vs North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
• 2021: O-P-Q; P-R-O; S-P-R; Q-S-F1; O (the last two games being vs Prairie View A&M in the SWAC championship game at Jackson, MS, and vs South Carolina State in the Celebration Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
• 2020*: L-M-N; M-N-N; # ("#" refers to a forfeit victory against Alcorn State; the game was not played)
• 2019: I-F-F; F-I-F; J-J-I; F-F-K
• 2018: C-C-H; F-F-F; F-F-F; F
• 2017: C-C-F; F-F-G; G-G-F; ?-F
• 2016: F (entire season)
• 2015: D-D-D; D-E-E; E-D-D?; D-D
• 2014: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-B-C; C-C-C

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:

• 2023: O-O-O; O-P-P; P-P-Q; Q-Q-Q
• 2022: M-M-K?; N-K-K; M-M-K; M-M
• 2021: H-I-H; K-K-L; K-K-L; I-I-K
• 2020: H-I-I
• 2019: I-I-H; I-J-H; G-J-?; I-I (no information for November 9 vs UAPB)
• 2018: D-D-G; G-G-H; H-G-G; H-G
• 2017: E-F-F; F-E-F; E-E-F; E-F
• 2016: B-C-B; A-B-B; D-B-A; B-B
• 2015: A-A-?; A?-?-A; A-A-A; A

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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:

• 2023: H-H-G; H-G-G; G-H-H; H-G
• 2022: F-F-G; F-F-F; G-F-G; F-G-G (the last game being vs Jackson State in the SWAC championship game at Jackson, MS)
• 2021: E-F-F; F-F-F; F-F-F; F-F
• 2019 - 2020: F (all games)
• 2018: D (all games)
• 2017: A (all games)
• 2016: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A-C
• 2015: A-A-?; A-A-C; C-C-C; C-C
• 2014: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-B-?; B-B-B: B (the last game being vs Alcorn State in the SWAC championship game at Houston, TX)

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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:

• 2023: B-C-C; B-B-C; B-C-B; C-C
• 2022: B-B-A; B-A-A; B-B-A; B-A
• 2021: A-A-A; B-B-B; B-B-B; A ('B' was also worn during the October 2 exhibition game against North American University)