NAIA Independents


AVE MARIA DAKOTA STATE EDWARD WATERS
"Gyrenes" "Trojans" "Tigers"
Ave Maria, FL Madison, SD Jacksonville, FL
HASKELL INDIAN
NATIONS
MENLO POINT UNIVERSITY
"Indians" "Oaks" "Skyhawks"
Lawrence, KS Atherton, CA West Point, GA
ROBERT MORRIS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA WEBBER INTERNATIONAL
"Eagles" "Knights" "Warriors"
Chicago, IL Buena Vista, VA Babson Park, FL

Comments

Point University will have a varsity football team for the first time in 2012. A club-level team apparently used plain navy blue helmets in 2011 but I have no information yet as to what helmet design will be used by the varsity team, though photographs have appeared at the team's web site as of April 2012 showing blue helmets with a "wing" design.

Ave Maria and Robert Morris both played their first seasons of football in 2011.

Edward Waters, Haskell Indian Nations, Southern Oregon, Menlo, and Webber International were all using new helmet designs in 2011 (shown above).


Historical Helmets

AVE MARIA

2011 -

DAKOTA STATE

1996 - 1999 2001 only? 2002 - 2006?
2007 - 2008 2009 -

In 2000, Dakota State used a different "trojan head" logo, of which I have received a copy. I would appreciate some photographs of the 2000 helmet so that I may add this one to the web site.

The pre-1996 helmet logo has been described to me as the block letters "DSU" in yellow with white outlines, "descending down the helmet". Again photos would be appreciated.


EDWARD WATERS

2001? - 2006 2007 (first game) 2007 - 2010
2011 -

The football team at Edward Waters returned in 2001 following a 34-year absence.


HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS

2001 - 2005 2006 - 2008 ? - 2000; 2009 - 2010
2011 -

MENLO

1996 - 2008 2009 - 2010 2011 -

Descriptions of some earlier Menlo helmet designs have been received:

Photographs of any of these earlier helmets would be appreciated.


SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

2003 2004 2005 (mid-late season)
2005 (early season); 2006 - 2009 2010 -

2003 was the first season of football for Southern Virginia.


WEBBER INTERNATIONAL

? - 2005 2006 - 2009 2010
2011 -