American Southwest Conference

American Southwest Conference


EAST TEXAS BAPTIST	HARDIN-SIMMONS	HOWARD PAYNE
"Tigers"	"Cowboys"	"Yellow Jackets"
Marshall, TX	Abilene, TX	Brownwood, TX


MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR	MCMURRY	SCHREINER
"Crusaders"	"War Hawks"	"Mountaineers"
Belton, TX	Abilene, TX	Kerrville, TX

There will be two new members of this conference in 2026: McMurry, which rejoins after spending two years in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, and Schreiner, which will be playing its first season of football.

Historical Helmets

EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY


2000? - 2004	2005 - 2006	2007 - 2010


		'A' (and 'A1')
2011 - 2013?	2014	2015 - 2017
	*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below


'B'	'C'	'D'
2016 - 2019	2017 -	2018 -


'E'	'F'	'G'
2021 - 2024	2021 - 2022	2023


'H'	'I'	'J'
2024 -	2024 -	2025 -

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

2025: I-H-C; D-C-C; D-D-J; D

2024: D-D-E; D-D-H; I-C-C (sequence does not include October 19 exhibition game against Westgate Christian University, during which helmet design 'C' was used)

2023: D-D-D; E-D-D; D-D?-E; G

2022: C-C-C; E-F-D; D-D-D; E

2021: D-D-C; C-C-D; C-E-D; F

2020*: D-D-D; C-C

2019: D-D-C; C-C-B; D-D-D; D

2018: D-D-C; D-B-D; D-D-D; D

2017: A1-A1-C; B-C-A1; A1-A1-A1; A1

2016: A-A-B; A-B-A; A-A-B; A

The ETBU football team was restored in 2000 following a forty-nine year hiatus.

*1 In 2014 uniform numbers were worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side was a large "tiger head" logo (as shown below).

*2 Designs 'A' and 'A1' both have uniform numbers on the left side only; logos are present on the right sides (as shown below).


'A'	'A1'

HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY



? - 1963	1990? - 2002	2003 - ?


'A'	'B'	'C'
? - present	2018 - 2024	2023 - 2024


'D'	'E'
2025 -	2025 -

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

2025: D-A-E; A-E-E; D-A-E; D-D (the last game being an NCAA Division III playoff game at Trinity (TX)

2024: A-C-A; A-C-B; A-A-C; A-A (the last game being an NCAA Division III playoff game vs Mary Hardin-Baylor

2023: A-A-A; B-C-A; B-C-A?; B-A (the last game being an NCAA Division III playoff game at Trinity (TX)

2022: A-A-A; B-A-A; B-A-A; B-A (the last game being an NCAA Division III playoff game at Trinity (TX)

2021: A-A-B; A-A-B; A-B-A; A

2020*: B-A-A; B-A

2019: A-B-A; B-B-A; B-A-A; A

2018: B-B-A; A-B-A; A-B-B; A-A

This team played its first season of football in 1990. The university also had a team during an earlier era ending in 1963; no color photographs have been located from this period but monochrome photos in the 1964 yearbook suggest that the 1963 team used yellow helmets with purple uniform numbers and with two purple stripes (assuming the school colors were the same at that time).

HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY


? - 1999?	2000 - ?	? - 2010


2011 - 2013	2014 - 2016	2017
		*see note 1 below


		'A'
2018 - October 26, 2019	November 2, 2019 - 2020*	2021 -


'B'	'C'	'D'
2021	2022 -	2025 -

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

2024: C-A-A; C-A-C; A-A-A ('A' was also used during the October 5 exhibition game against Westgate Christian University, not included in this sequence)

2023: C-A-A; A-A-C; A-C-C; C

2022: A-A-C; A-C-A; A-A-C; C-C

2021: A-A-A; A-B-B; A-B-B; A

*1 The "JACKETS" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; the right side features a large outline of the state of Texas with a "yellow jacket" (as depicted below).

UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR


1998 - 1999	2000 - 2012	2013 -

The UMHB football team first played in 1998 and the above are the only "known" helmet designs used by the team thus far.

McMURRY UNIVERSITY


? - 1961	1962	1963 - 1965


1966 - 1971	1972	1973


1974 - 1981	1984	1985


1986	1982 - 1983; 1987	1988 - 1990


1991 - 1993	1994 - 1995	1996 - 2004


2005 - 2006	2007 - 2008	2009 - 2012


2013	2014	2015


2016	2017 - 2018	2019 - 2023
*see note 1 below		*see note 2 below


2024 -

McMurry's team was called the "Indians" prior to the 2011 football season. The team's 1962 football helmets featured a strange symbol that I cannot identify from the clearest available photographs (below). What is it? (One person suggested that it's a "feather".) Does anyone have a clearer photograph?

In the mid-1980s McMurry used several different helmet designs which I am presently unable to add to the web site; below are photographs of several of these:

In 1982, 1983, and 1987 the team used an "arrowhead" logo containing a small version of the "McM" logo that was used on some of the other helmet designs. The color of both the arrowhead and the facemask are unknown to me at present, but both were probably white or gray;

The 1984 helmet featured the team name "INDIANS" in letters of some unknown color (probably white);

In 1985 a rather intricate "Indian head" logo was used which appears to have contained some unusual colors for McMurry (gray or blue, and perhaps black). The facemasks were also apparently black in 1985;

In 1986 another "Indian head" was used; this one with the team name in arched letters above the logo.

I would greatly appreciate better photographs of any of these helmets or additional information, particularly from former team members, equipment managers, etc.

The 1991-1993 helmet featured the same "McM" logo worn on the previous helmet. I am unsure about the colors on this helmet, but it would appear that the helmet shell was silver and that the logo was maroon.

In 2007 and 2008 McMurry used the helmet design shown in the photograph below. The helmets were maroon with a new logo, a large "M" with the school name across it. I would appreciate a copy of the helmet logo for this one, which would enable me to add this historical helmet to the web site.

*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side is 'blank'.

*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is an oversized "hawk head" logo (as represented below).