American Athletic Conference
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CINCINNATI |
EAST CAROLINA |
HOUSTON |
"Bearcats" |
"Pirates" |
"Cougars" |
Cincinnati, OH |
Greenville, NC |
Houston, TX |
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MEMPHIS |
NAVY |
SOUTH FLORIDA |
"Tigers" |
"Midshipmen" |
"Bulls" |
Memphis, TN |
Annapolis, MD |
Tampa, FL |
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SOUTHERN METHODIST |
TEMPLE |
TULANE |
"Mustangs" |
"Owls" |
"Green Wave" |
Dallas, TX |
Philadelphia, PA |
New Orleans, LA |
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TULSA |
UCF |
"Golden Hurricane" |
"Knights" |
Tulsa, OK |
Orlando, FL |
Historical Helmets
CINCINNATI
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1970 - 1972 |
1973 - 1978 |
1979 - 1981 |
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1985 - 1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
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1990 |
1991 - 1992 |
1993 - 2004 |
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January 1, 2010 |
December 27, 2012 |
August 31, 2013 |
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September 7, 2013 |
December 5, 2013 |
December 28, 2013 |
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'B' |
'C' |
'D' |
2014 |
2014 |
2014 |
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'E' |
'F' |
'A' |
2014 |
2014; 2018 - |
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'G' |
'H' |
'I' |
2015 |
2015 - 2017 |
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'J' |
'K' |
'L' |
2015 - 2016 |
2016 |
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'M' |
'N' |
'O' |
2016 |
2016 |
2017 |
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'P' |
'Q' |
'R' |
2017 |
2018 - |
2018 - |
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'S' |
'T' |
'U' |
2018 - |
2018 - |
2019 - |
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'V' |
'W' |
2019 - |
2019 - |
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During recent years Cincinnati has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: A-A-X; A-F-Q; P-F-P; M1-Q-F; M1 (the last game being vs Louisville in the Fenway Bowl at Boston, MA)
- 2021: A-Q-A; F-A-A; Q-A-A; F-F-A; F-A (the last two games being vs Houston in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Cincinnati, OH, and vs Alabama in the Cotton Bowl/FBS playoff game at Arlington, TX)
- 2020: Q-A-A; F-A-P; M1-M1-A; A (the last two games being vs Tulsa in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Cincinnati, OH, and vs Georgia in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
- 2019: A-Q-U; F-A-A; V-F-U; T-A-W; A-V (the last two games being vs Memphis in the AAC Championship game at Memphis, TN, and vs Boston College in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2018: Q-A-A; F-Q-F; A-Q-A; R-S-A; T (the last game being vs Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)
- 2017: H-H-H; O-A-A; A-A-F; A-P-P
- 2016: K-K-H; H-H-H; L-M-N; J-H-J
- 2015: G-G-H; H-H-H; I-I-H; H-J-H; G (the last game being vs San Diego State in the Hawai'i Bowl at Honolulu, HI)
- 2014: B-C-D; D-E-F; F-D-A; A-A-A; F (the last game being vs Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)
To the best of my knowledge the above are the complete set of historical helmet designs used by Cincinnati during the period covered by this web site (1960 to present).
*1 "Blank" helmets were used during the first game of the 1990 season (vs Bowling Green) because the new helmet decals were late in arriving.
*2 During Cincinnati's December 31, 2011 appearance in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN (vs Vanderbilt) this helmet design was altered by the addition of white uniform numerals to the right side of the helmet (as shown below). The traditional "C"/bearcat claw logo remained on the left sides of the helmets during this game.
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has a "C" logo (hence the appearance is similar to design 'P').
*4 Helmet design 'M' has uniform numbers on both the left and right sides; 'M1' has the numbers on the left side only - on the right side is the same logo worn on both sides of design 'A'.
EAST CAROLINA
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1972 - 1973 |
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1977? - 1988 |
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1989 - 1998 |
1999 - 2004 |
2005 |
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'A' |
'B' |
2006 - 2010 |
2013 |
November 5, 2009; 2011 - 2013 |
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'C' |
'D' |
'E' |
2014 - 2015 |
2014 - 2015 |
2014 - 2015 |
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'F' |
'G' |
'H' |
2015 |
2014 - 2015 |
2016 - |
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'I' |
'J' |
'K' |
2016 - |
2016 - |
2016 - |
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'L' |
'M' |
'N' |
2018 - |
2019 - |
2019 - |
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'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
2022 - |
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During recent years East Carolina has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: H-I-I; J-I-O; P-M-Q; Q-H-I; P (the last game being vs Coastal Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2021: I-H-O; H-I-I; H-M-I; O-O-M
- 2020: I-I-I; I-I-I; I-H-H
- 2019: I-I-I; H-I-M; I-I-H; H-H-N
- 2018: H-H-L; L-H-I; H-I-I; I-I-H
- 2017: I-J-H; J-I-I; I-I-I; K-I-I
- 2016: H-I-I; J-H-H; I-H-J; K-I-I
- 2015: D-D-C; F-D-D; C-C-E; G-D-D
- 2014: C-C-C; C-D-C; C-C-E; D-C-C; E (last game being vs Florida in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2013: B-A-B; A-A-B; B-A-A; A-A-A; A (last game being vs Ohio in the Beef O'Braedy's Bowl in St Petersburg, FL)
*1 Some photographs from this period show that at least some helmets were "blank" on at least one side.
HOUSTON
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1959 - 1961 |
1962 - 1965 |
1966 - 1978 |
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1979 - 1986 |
1987 - 1994 |
1995 - 1998? |
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1999 only? |
September 16, 2006 |
October 22, 2011 |
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'B' |
2000 - 2011 |
November 10, 2012 |
2013 - 2015 |
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'C' |
'D' |
'E' |
2013 |
2014 |
2014 |
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'F' |
'G' |
'H' |
2014 |
2015 - 2016 |
2015 - |
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'I' |
'J' |
'K' |
2016 - |
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'L' |
'M' |
'N' |
2016 - |
2017 - |
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'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
2017 - |
2018 - |
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'A' |
'R' |
'S' |
2012 - 2017 |
2018 - |
2018 - |
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'T' |
'U' |
'V' |
2019 |
2021 - |
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'W' |
'X' |
'Y' |
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During recent years Houston has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: W-R-R; Z-X-R; V-Z-Y; R-V-R; Z (the last game being vs Louisiana in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)
- 2021: R-R-U; R-R-R; Z-C-Z; Z-R-R; R-V (the last two games being vs Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Cincinnati, OH, and vs Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2020: R-R-R; C-B-Z; Z-R (the last game being vs Hawai'i in the New Mexico Bowl at Frisco, TX)
- 2019: R-R-T; R-B-R; R-T-R; Z-R-R
- 2018: P-S-R; Z-R-S; B-B-S; Q-C-L; Q (the last game being vs Army in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)
- 2017: M-H-N; H-H-B; O-K-K; Z-Z-K (the last game being vs Fresno State in the Hawai'i Bowl at Honolulu, HI)
- 2016: G-I-A; G-J-B; G-A-A; K-J-H; L (the last game being vs San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl at Las Vegas, NV)
- 2015: A-G-G; G-A-A; A-C-G; H-B-B; B-B (the last two games being vs Temple in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Houston, TX and vs Florida State in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
- 2014: A-A-D; A-E-B; B-A-F; B-A-A; E (the last game being vs Pittsburgh in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)
- 2013: A-B-A; B-A-A; B-C-B; B-A-C; A (the last game being vs Vanderbilt in the BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
The above are all of the "known" helmet designs used by Houston during the period covered by this web site (1960 to present).
*1 During the 2012 homecoming game (vs Tulsa) Houston wore the number "2" on the left side of each helmet in honor of team member D.J. Hayden, who had suffered a life-threatening injury during practice four days earlier (2 was Hayden's uniform number at Houston; he recovered from his injury and went on to play for several NFL teams). On the right side of each helmet during this game was worn an oval-shaped "cougar head" logo (as shown below).
MEMPHIS
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? - 1966 |
1969 |
1967 - 1968; 1970 - 1971 |
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1972 |
1973 - 1980 |
1981 - 1985 |
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1983?; c.1985 - c.1987 |
c.1986 - c.1987 |
1988 - 1989 |
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c.1991 |
c.1991 - c.1992 |
1993? - 1994 |
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'B' |
'C' (and 'C1') |
1995 - 1998 |
2013 - 2014 |
2013 - 2014 |
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'D' |
'E' |
'A' |
2013; 2016 |
2013 - 2014 |
1999 - 2014 |
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'F' |
'G' |
'H' |
2015 - 2016 |
2015 |
2015 |
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'I' |
'J' |
'K' |
2015 |
2015 |
2016 |
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'L' |
'M' (and 'M1') |
'N' |
2016 |
2016 - 2017 |
2016 |
*see note 3 below |
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'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
2016 - 2017 |
2016 |
2015; 2019 |
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'R' |
'S' |
'T' |
2016 - 2017 |
2016 |
2017 - 2018 |
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'U' |
'V' |
'W' |
2017 |
2017 - 2018 |
2017 - 2018 |
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'X' |
'Y' |
'Z' |
2017 |
2017; 2019 |
2017 |
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'AA' |
'AB' |
'AC' (and 'AC1') |
2017 |
2017 |
2018; 2022 - |
*see note 3 below |
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*see note 3 below |
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'AD' |
'AE' |
'AF' |
2018 |
2018 |
2018 - 2019 |
*see note 3 below |
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'AG' |
'AH' |
'AI' |
2018 |
2018 |
2018 - 2019 |
*see note 3 below |
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*see note 3 below |
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'AJ' |
'AK' |
'AL' |
2018 |
2018 |
2018 - 2019 |
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'AM' |
'AN' |
'AO' |
2018 |
2019 |
2019 |
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'AP' |
'AQ' |
'AR' |
2019 |
2019 |
2019 - |
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'AS' |
'AT' |
'AU' |
2019 |
2019 |
2019 |
*see note 3 below |
*see note 3 below |
*see note 3 below |
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'AV' |
'AW' |
'AX' |
2020 - |
2020 - |
2020 - |
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'AY' |
'AZ' |
'BA' |
2020 - |
2020 - |
2020 - |
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'BB' |
'BC' |
'BD' |
2020 - |
2020 - |
2020 - |
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'BE' |
'BF' |
'BG' |
2020 - |
2021 - |
2021 - |
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*see note 3 below |
During recent years Memphis has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: BC-BF-AC1; M-A1-BG; BH-BI-AR; AN-BC-BJ; AZ (the last game being vs Utah State in the First Responder Bowl at Dallas, TX)
- 2021: AY-BF-BG; BE-AR-AO; AU-BC-AZ; AV-M-AT
- 2020: AV-AW-AX; AY-AZ-AR; BA-BB-BC; BD-BE (the last game being vs Florida Atlantic in the Montgomery Bowl at Montgomery, AL)
- 2019: Q-AL-AI; AN-AF-AO; AI-AP-AQ; AR-AS-AT; AU-Y (the last two games being vs Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference Championship game at Memphis, TN, and vs Penn State in the Cotton Bowl at Arlington, TX)
- 2018: AC-W-AD; AE-AF-AG; T-AH-AI; V-AJ-AK; AL-AM (the last two games being vs UCF in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Orlando, FL, and vs Wake Forest in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2017: M-T-U; O-R-V; W-X-Y; Z-AA-AB; V (the last game being vs Iowa State in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)
- 2016: D-K-L; D-M-N; O-P-Q; F-R-S; M1 (the last game being vs Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)
- 2015: F-G-G; H-B-B; I-B-F; F-B-G; J (the last game being vs Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2014: A-A-B; C-C-C1; C-B-C; C-E-B; B (the last game being vs Brigham Young in the Miami Beach Bowl at Miami, FL)
- 2013: B-A-B; C-C-B; D-A-A; A-E-A
*1 This design was used during at least games #4 and #9 of the 1988 season (vs Tulane and Southwestern Louisiana), while the navy blue helmet with the white "MSU" logo was used for games #3 and #7 in 1988 (vs. Louisville and Tennessee). It was also used for an unknown number of games during 1989.
*2 Designs 'C' and 'C1' are identical on their left sides, but have different logos on their right sides (as represented below).
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'C' |
'C1' |
*3 Each of these designs are substantially different on their right sides; following are representations of the right sides of these.
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'G' |
'L' |
'Y', 'AU', and 'AC1' |
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'M' |
'M1' |
NAVY
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late 1960? - 1961 |
1962 vs Army |
1963 vs Army |
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January 1, 1964 |
1964 |
1969 |
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1969 vs Army |
1969 vs Army |
1971 - 1972 (some games) |
*see note 2 below |
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1960?- 1963?; 1965? - 1968?; 1970 - 1985 |
December 4, 1993 |
December 8, 2011 |
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December 8, 2012; December 14, 2013 |
August 30, 2014 |
November 1, 2014 |
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December 13, 2014; December 23, 2014 |
December 12, 2015 |
December 10, 2016 |
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December 9, 2017 |
December 8, 2018 |
December 14, 2019; December 31, 2019 |
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December 12, 2020 |
September 11, 2021 |
December 11, 2021 |
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December 10, 2022 |
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Navy apparently used plain gold helmets without any logos or stripes for all but one game from about 1974 through 2010. However, the team's helmet history prior to 1974 is rather complicated and unclear to me at the present time. The team used several single-game designs during the 1960s, particularly during the tenure of head coach Wayne Hardin (1959 - 1964); most of these were used during the annual game against Army. Two of these designs are well-documented (the 1962 and 1963 Army game designs) but I suspect that there may have been others. Lots of photographs are available for the years when quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach was at Navy (1962 - 1964) but I have received relatively few photos from the 1965 through 1968 seasons.
*1 This anchor-shaped logo was apparently used for at least portions of the 1960 and 1961 seasons. A slightly different anchor logo may also have been used at some point around this time.
*2 During the game vs Army in 1969 Navy wore white helmets. Two differently-colored versions of a "100" logo were worn, apparently in roughly equal numbers, on Navy's helmets during this game. Earlier during the 1969 season, the number "100" in blue was worn on gold-shelled helmets. The "100" on each of these designs recognized the college football centennial year.
*3 White stripes were worn on Navy's helmets during a few games in 1971 and 1972. The "Helmet Hut" web site reports that the white stripes were used during four games: in 1971 vs Army and in 1972 during games against Penn State, Boston College, and Notre Dame.
*4 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; on the right side is Navy's 'Bill the Goat' logo (as shown below).
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*5 The right side of this design differs from the left as depicted below.
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SOUTH FLORIDA
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1997 - 2002 |
2003 - 2004 |
2005 - 2009 |
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'B' |
October 9, 2010 |
December 20, 2008; subsequent games 2009-2010 |
2011 - 2013 |
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'C' |
'D' |
'E' |
2011 - 2013; 2022 - |
November 19, 2011 |
2013 - 2014 |
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'F' |
'G' |
'H' |
2014 - |
2014 - 2016 |
2014 - 2015; 2017 |
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'A' |
'I' |
'J' |
2011 - 2014; 2022 - |
2015 - 2016 |
2015 - 2016 |
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'K' |
'L' |
'M' |
2015; 2021 - |
2016 |
2016 |
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'N' |
'O' |
'P' |
2016 |
2018 - 2019; 2022 - |
2018 |
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'Q' |
'R' |
'S' |
2019 |
2019 |
2019 - 2021 |
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'T' |
'U' |
'V' |
2020 - 2021 |
2021 |
2021 |
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During recent years USF has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: C-O-A; A-A-C; A-A-A; K-C-W
- 2021: S-F-T; S-I-F; F-I-U; K-I-V
- 2020: F-S-S; F-S-T; S-F-T
- 2019: Q-Q-Q; Q-R-Q; S-R-O; K-I-R
- 2018: F-F-F; F-F-F; O-F-P; F-F-F; F (the last game being vs Marshall in the Gasparilla Bowl at Tampa, FL)
- 2017: F-F-F; F-F-F; F-F-F; H-F-F (the last game being vs Texas Tech in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2016: L-F-F; I-G-M; J-I-N; G-I-G; I (the last game being vs South Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl at Birmingham, AL)
- 2015: F-G-G; H-I-I; J-F-I; K-G-I; I (the last game being vs Western Kentucky in the Miami Beach Bowl at Miami, FL)
- 2014: F-F-G; G-G-F; G-A-E; G-F-H
- 2013: A-A-C; B-A-A; A-C-E; C-A-C
- 2012: C-A-C; B-B-C; A-B-A; B-A-B
- 2011: B-A-A; C-A-B; C-C-A; D-C-B
The USF football program began at the NCAA Division I-AA level (predecessor of Football Championship Subdivision) in 1997 and moved to Division I-A (Football Bowl Subdivision) in 2001.
*1 The helmet decal worn in 2004 may have been somewhat smaller than the one used in 2003.
*2 This design was used by USF on the following occasions: during the St. Petersburg Bowl game against Memphis at the end of the 2008 season; during a home game against Cincinnati on October 15, 2009; versus Northern Illinois during the International Bowl game in Toronto on January 2, 2010; and during all games of the 2010 season except October 9 vs Syracuse, when gold helmets were used.
SOUTHERN METHODIST
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? - 1966 |
1967 |
1968 - 1972 |
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1973 - 1975 |
1989 - 1990 |
1991 |
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1976 - 1986; 1992 - 1996 |
1997 - 1999 |
2003 |
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2004 - 2007 |
2000 - 2002; 2008 - 2011 |
November 16, 2013 |
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'B' |
'D' |
'E' |
2014 - |
2015 - |
2015 - |
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'F' |
'G' |
'H' |
2015 - |
2015 - |
2016 - |
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'I' |
'J' |
'K' |
2016 - |
2016 - |
2016 - |
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'L' |
'M' |
'N' |
2016 - |
2017 - |
2017 - |
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'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
2017 - |
2017 - |
2017 - |
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*see note 3 below |
*see note 5 below |
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'R' |
'A' (and 'A1') |
'S' |
2019 - |
2012 - |
2021 - |
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During recent years SMU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: R-R-A; R-S-A; A-A-T; A-U-T; A (the last game being vs Brigham Young in the New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, NM)
- 2021: A-R-A; R-A-A; A-S-A; A-A-R
- 2020: R-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-A; A
- 2019: A-R-A; R-A-A; A-R-A; A-A-A; A (the last game being vs Florida Atlantic in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)
- 2018: A (entire season)
- 2017: M-A-I; N-O-P; A1-Q-H1; A1-A1-Q; A1 (the last game being vs Louisiana Tech in the Frisco Bowl at Frisco, TX)
- 2016: A-A-A; H-A-I; J-F-A; D-K-L
- 2015: A-D-A; A-A-A; E-B-F; D-A-G
- 2014: A-A-A; B-A-A; A-A-A; B-B-A
The football program at SMU was shut down by the NCAA for rules violations during the 1987 and 1988 football seasons; hence the two-year gap in the dates listed above.
*1 This design was in use by at least 1963, but I do not have much information yet for SMU from the years 1960-1962, other than that the team may have used white helmets with numerals of some unknown darker color during part of this period.
*2 The mustang logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).
*3 The mustang logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).
*4 Design 'A' has the mustang logo on both sides; 'A1' has it on the left side only, with uniform numerals on the right side (as represented below).
*5 The mustang logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals adorn the right side (as depicted below).
TEMPLE
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2020 - |
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I have been unable to locate the artwork for one of the two new helmet logos used by Temple in 2018 - the one having the name of the university in slightly arched block letters. This logo was worn on both black and cherry helmets in 2018 (photographs below). The logo is different from the one used by the team in 2013.
During recent years Temple has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: AG-AG-AH; AI-AH-AG; AH-AH-AG; AI-AH-AI
- 2021: AG-AG-AH; AH-AH-AG; AG-AH-AG; AH-AH-AI
- 2020: AG-AH-AG; AG-AH-AG; AH
- 2019: AB-AB-AC; AB-AC-AB; AD-AB-AC; AE-AC-AC; AF (the last game being vs North Carolina in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)
- 2018: Q-U-V; W-X-Q; V-Y-V; U-T-Z; AA (the last game being vs Duke in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)
- 2017: L-Q-S; L-L-S; L-Q-S; Q-R-R; T (the last game being vs Florida International in the Gasparilla Bowl at St. Petersburg, FL)
- 2016: L-M-L; L-N-O; L-L-L; M-M-L; L-P (the last two games being vs Navy in the AAC Championship game at Annapolis, MD and vs Wake Forest in the Military Bowl at Annapolis, MD)
- 2015: L-L-M; N-L-O; M-L-L; O-M-L; L-M (the last two games being vs Houston in the AAC Championship game at Houston, TX and vs Toledo in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)
- 2014: A-K-A; F-J-D; J-C-K; F-A-C
- 2013: F-B-C; A-D-E; G-H-D; I-F-J
The color of Temple's football helmets was changed during the mid-1960s from a color close to "red" to a much darker color that I would call "maroon" by at least the mid-1970s (the university names the color "cherry"). I think it is possible that the team may have used some intermediate color between these two during approximately the period 1969-1970, but I do not have enough clear color photographs from this era to say so conclusively. In particular, I believe that the helmet design labelled "1967 - 1969" above may also have been used with helmet shells of a somewhat darker color of red, though not so dark as the design used beginning in 1972. I do have a rather clear photo of the 1967 - 1969 decal being used on helmets that are quite clearly "red" during the 1967 season.
*1 First worn October 11, 2013 (at Cincinnati). During this game the "liberty bell" logo was worn only on the left side of each helmet; the usual "T" logo was worn on the right sides.
*2 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left as depicted below.
TULANE
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December 21, 2013 |
November 15, 2014 |
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'O' |
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During recent years Tulane has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: V-R-V; R-P-P; K-N-N; S-R-P; K-P (the last two games being vs UCF in the American Athletic Conference championship game at New Orleans, LA, and vs Southern California in the Cotton Bowl at Arlington, TX)
- 2021: K-S-U; S-N-S; N-N-V; N-N-S
- 2020: N-N-R; S-R-T; R-N-K; P-P-N (the last game being vs Nevada in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise, ID)
- 2019: M-P-P; Q-Q-M; P-R-M; K-R-K; K (the last game being vs Southern Mississippi in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)
- 2018: K-H-H; K-L-K; L-M-M; M-M-N; O (the last game being vs Lousiana-Lafayette in the Cure Bowl at Orlando, FL)
- 2017: H-H-G; C-H-C; A-I-J; H-H-H
- 2016: A-A-B; C-D-E; F-A-B; B-C-G
There are several other early historical helmet designs for Tulane which I have not yet been able to add to the website due to having only partial information; following are descriptions of some of these.
The team apparently used plain white helmets without stripes, numerals, or logos in 1960 and 1961.
The photograph below shows a design used by Tulane during at least part of the 1962 season:
To be precise, this photograph is said to be from the team's spring game in 1962, and a slightly different design was apparently in use during the football season. The helmet features a large, breaking wave containing an outline of the state of Louisiana, which in turn contains the player's uniform number. Other photos appear to indicate that the state outline and uniform numerals were absent during the football season, but that the large wave did remain on the helmet. I have very few photos of this one, and none in color, so any good photographs would be appreciated. The helmet shell was apparently white and the main color of the "wave" was green - it is unclear whether there were any other colors (like blue) within the wave.
Tulane used light blue helmets in 1964, with at least three different helmet logos. Below are some photographs from 1964:
The first picture shows the helmet's shell color. A shows a "UT" logo which was apparently white in color; B shows a mysterious logo which apparently consisted of a white football-shape containing the words "GREEN MACHINE" and what may be a set of interlocking "gears"; C shows a logo worn by Tulane's defensive unit, which had adopted as its nickname "The Posse" - the logo apparently represented a hangman's noose.
In 1965 Tulane used silver helmets for the only known time in the team's history. At least two helmet logos were used: a "T", either light blue or white in color (I have received conflicting reports) inside a dark oval-shape (which was probably green), and another instance of the "noose" logo, possibly in some dark color. There were also several stripes on the helmet in a dark/white/dark/white/dark sequence. Below are photographs of these two:
I would greatly appreciate any large, clear photographs of these pre-1966 Tulane helmets, particularly ones which are clear enough to resolve some of the unknown colors on these designs.
*1 Tulane used "plain" green helmets for four games during the 2005 season: September 17 vs. Mississippi State, September 24 at Southern Methodist, October 1 vs. Southeastern Louisiana, and October 8 vs. Houston. The absence of helmet decals during these games was attributed to damage to the team's equipment in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina. Helmet decals reappeared for the October 14 game against UTEP.
*2 During Tulane's September 22, 2012 home game vs Mississippi the team wore the numerals "18" on the left side of each helmet as a tribute to team member Devon Walker, who suffered a serious spinal injury during Tulane's September 15 game at Tulsa. 18 was Walker's uniform number.
*3 In 2014 uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side was worn the school's primary athletic logo (as shown below).
*4 Worn during the 2014 home game vs Memphis. Uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of each helmet during this game; on the right side was worn the school's primary athletic logo (as shown below).
TULSA
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November 27, 2009 |
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November 6, 2010; November 26, 2010 |
September 10, 2011 |
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October 15, 2011 |
October 22, 2011; November 19, 2011 |
November 12, 2011 |
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December 30, 2011 |
September 29, 2012 |
2011 - 2012 |
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December 31, 2012 |
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'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
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'R' |
'S' |
'T' |
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During recent years Tulsa has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: W-W-X; W-Y-Y; Y-U-W; Y-Y-W
- 2021: S-T-M; L-M-U; M-M-V; L-L-L; L (the last game being vs Old Dominion in the Myrtle Beach Bowl at Conway, SC)
- 2020: L-O-M; L-L-M; M-O-R (the last two games being vs Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Cincinnati, OH, and vs Mississippi State in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)
- 2019: L-O-L; L-L-P; O-L-P; O-L-Q
- 2018: M-L-L; M-L-N; O-L-L; L-O-L
- 2017: I-K-H; H-K-H; L-H-K; I-I-H
- 2016: K-H-K; H-I-I; H-I-H; K-H-J; H (the last game being vs Central Michigan in the Miami Beach Bowl at Miami, FL)
- 2015: D-D-D; B-E-D; B-E-E; D-D-F; G (the last game being vs Virginia Tech in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)
- 2014: A-B-B; B-A-B; B-A-C; A-B-B
- 2013: A-B-A; B-A-B; A-B-B; A-A-B
The set of historical helmets for Tulsa depicted at this web site is one of the more incomplete ones for any NCAA Division I - Football Bowl Championship Subdivision team (particularly for the 1960s and early 1970s); I would greatly appreciate any information which will help me to add more of these historical helmets to this web site.
The earliest photographs that I have received are from 1960; these show Tulsa using what are probably gold helmets with numerals on the sides in some unknown color. In 1965, Tulsa used helmets that were similar to the "c.1962 - c.1964" design shown above, but with the addition of dark-colored (probably blue or red) block numerals added to the sides. Color photographs of the 1960 and 1965 helmets would be appreciated.
Tulsa made almost yearly helmet design changes during the late 1960s and early 1970s; several of these may be seen in the photographs below:
During 1966 and 1967, the team wore white helmets with a very strange logo that included a "TU" logo, a hurricane warning flag, and a human face in profile. I would greatly appreciate a clear color photograph of one of these helmets. (This design may have been used during part of the 1968 season, also).
The 1969 helmet shows the "100" decal that many colleges wore that season; as is usually the case, the colors are unknown.
I do not have any color photographs of the 1970 helmet, but based on its appearance in black-and-white photographs, I believe it was probably yellow in color, rather than gold. The dark stripes and the letters spelling "TULSA" are probably blue, but red is also a possibility, as this is also one of the school colors. This helmet was used through 1972.
The 1973 helmet appears to have a gold shell. The "T" in the logo appears to be yellow or gold or red rather than white, and to say that the oval-shape was blue would be to make an assumption.
The best photograph I have ever received of the unusual logo on the 1966-1967 Tulsa helmets is the one below (sent to me sometime around the year 2002), showing the logo on a toy helmet.
*1 This design was used in the home game against New Mexico in 2008, during which Tulsa wore uniforms similar to those used by the 1950s Tulsa teams.
*2 This design was used for two games in 2009: versus Sam Houston State (Sep. 26) and at Rice (Oct. 3).
*3 Used during the home game against Memphis in 2009.
*4 Worn during games at Houston and home vs UTEP in 2010, and vs Hawai'i in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl game at the end of the 2010 season.
*5 Used during home games against Rice and Southern Mississippi in 2010.
*6 Worn at Tulane in 2011.
*7 During Tulsa's 2011 home game against UAB the two red outermost stripes on the helmet were replaced with pink ones; while I could locate no specific indication of why this change was made, it was almost certainly done in support of "Breast Cancer Awareness Month". I believe that the red outermost outline around the "Tulsa" logo was also replaced with a pink outline during this game.
*8 Worn at Rice and at UTEP in 2011. The "Tulsa" logo was worn only on the left sides of the helmets; large uniform numerals similar in color to the "Tulsa" logo were worn on the right sides.
*9 Worn during the 2011 home game vs Marshall. There is a red "T" with blue outline at the front of the helmet; this design was chosen to resemble helmets worn by Tulsa during the 1940s, though a photograph of the old helmet appeared to show a white helmet with black "T".
*10 Worn vs BYU during the 2011 Armed Forces Bowl game at Dallas, TX. For this game the normally-blue parts of the helmet (the middle stripe and "Tulsa" logo) were replaced with a camouflage pattern.
*11 Worn during the 2012 game at UAB. The "stripe" on this helmet was composed of small "hurricane warning flags".
UCF
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November 29, 2013 |
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'O' |
'P' |
'Q' |
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'R' |
'S' |
'T' |
2018 - |
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'U' |
'V' |
'W' |
2018 - |
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'Y' |
'Z' |
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'AA' |
'AB' |
'AC' |
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'AD' |
'AE' |
'AF' |
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'AH' |
'AI' |
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During recent years UCF has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2020: AA-AA-AB; AA-AC-AA; AD-AE-AB; AE (the last game being vs Brigham Young in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)
- 2019: X-V-W; X-Y-W; V-O-Z; AB-X-AB; AB (the last game being vs Marshall in the Gasparilla Bowl at Tampa, FL)
- 2018: P-J-P; J-Q-R; C-S-T; C-U-J; J (the last game being vs LSU in the Fiesta Bowl at Tempe, AZ)
- 2017: J-J-D; C-K-L; J-C-M; J-N-O; C (the last two games being vs Memphis in the American Athletic Conference championship game at Orlando, FL, and vs Auburn in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA)
- 2016: A-B-C; D-A-E; C-D-F; G-E-H; I (the last game being vs Arkansas State in the Cure Bowl at Orlando, FL)
Central Florida's football team began play in 1979 at the NCAA Division III level. The team advanced to Division II in 1982 and to Division I-AA (predecessor of Football Championship Subdivision) in 1990 before reaching Division I-A in 1996. The above are to the best of my knowledge the complete set of historical helmet designs for this team.
*1 The 'UCF' logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side has a silver or 'mirror'-like 'knight head' logo (as represented below).
*2 Worn November 12, 2016 vs Cincinnati in observance of 'Military Appreciation Day'. The 'UCF' logo was worn on the left side only of each design; on the right side of each helmet was one of five different insignia of the U.S. armed forces (as represented below).
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*3 Clarification of differences: Helmet design 'K' has within the 'UCF' logo on the sides of the helmet a photograph of a portion of the Moon's surface and a stripe which contains depictions of several constellations and a photograph showing a portion of the Andromeda Galaxy; 'N' has a 'UCF' logo customized for each helmet with a photograph of the player to whom that helmet belonged in action during a football game; 'O' has a highly reflective or 'mirror'-like logo and stripe; 'Q' has a 'camouflage' logo and stripe; 'S' has within the logo a photograph of the Earth as seen from space and a stripe with depictions of constellations and other astronomical objects; 'AC' has an apparently mirror-like 'UCF' logo and a 'stripe' composed of numerous lines in an irregular pattern derived from 'a blueprint of the Orion space capsule'. Below are photographs of these designs.
*4 During the game when design 'U' was used (November 23, 2018 at South Florida) the logo on each helmet was customized with an outline of the home state of the player to whom the helmet belonged. The team roster published in UCF's 2018 media guide identifies players from thirteen different states; more than half of the team were from Florida.
*5 The 'UCF' logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side has a 'knight head' logo (as represented below).
*6 The 'UCF' logo is present on the left side only of both designs 'AG' and 'AG1'; two other different logos are worn on the right sides (as depicted below).
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