NAIA Independents

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:

c.1980 - 1988: helmets were gray with a logo consisting of a navy blue oval shape containing a white "M" and the team name "Oaks";

1989 - 1990 and 1992 - 1995: plain gray helmet with blue stripe and blue facemask;

1991: "Menlo written on the left side in block letters like the Old San Diego State Aztec helmet that arched with the shape of the helmet";

1996: switch made to white helmets; initially plans were made to use a large, navy blue block "M" logo, "but before the first game they decided to take it off".

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 -