Gulf South Conference
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| DELTA STATE |
VALDOSTA STATE |
WEST ALABAMA |
| "Statesmen" |
"Blazers" |
"Tigers" |
| Cleveland, MS |
Valdosta, GA |
Livingston, AL |
Historical Helmets
DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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| 1972 - 1976 |
1971; 1977 |
1978 |
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1983 |
1984 - 1985 |
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| 1982; 1986 |
1987 |
1988 - 1998 |
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| 1999 - 2008? |
2009 only? |
2010 - 2011 |
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'B' |
'C' |
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2014 - 2017 |
2015 |
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*see note 1 below |
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'A' |
'E' |
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2013 - 2018 |
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'G' |
| 2019; 2021 |
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During recent years Delta State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023 - 2024: G (all games)
- 2022: G-G-G; G-G-?; G-?-G; G-G-?; G (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Fayetteville State and vs West Florida; no information for Oct.8 at North Greenville, Oct.20 at Shorter, and Nov.19 vs Fayetteville State)
- 2019 & 2021: F (entire season)
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2018: A-A-A; A-E-E; E-A-A; A
- 2017: A-A-A; B-B-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A
- 2016: A-A-A; B-B-B; ?-A-D; A
- 2015: A-A-C; A-A-B; A-A-A; B-B
- 2014: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; B-A
*1 DSU used a special helmet logo during the team's 2015 home game vs Kentucky Wesleyan in memory of Dr Ethan Schmidt, a Professor at the university who was murdered in his campus office on September 14, 2015.
VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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1992 - 1996;
2000 - 2003 |
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VSU's football team first played in 1982 and the above are, to the best of my knowledge, all of the helmet designs used thus far.
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA
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2001? - 2003 |
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2007 - 2011 |
2012 -
October 3, 2015 |
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This school was known as Livingston University prior to 1995, hence the "LU" logo on the earliest helmet shown above.
