SOUTHERN METHODIST

? - 1966	1967	1968 - 1972
*see note 1 below

1973 - 1975	1989 - 1990	1991

1976 - 1986; 1992 - 1996	1997 - 1999	2003

2004 - 2007	2000 - 2002; 2008 - 2011	November 16, 2013

'B'	'D'	'E'
2014 -	2015 -	2015 -

'F'	'G'	'H'
2015 -	2015 -	2016 -

'I'	'J'	'K'
2016 -	2016 -	2016 -

'L'	'M'	'N'
2016 -	2017 -	2017 -

'O'	'P'	'Q'
2017 -	2017 -	2017 -
*see note 2 below	*see note 3 below	*see note 5 below

'R'	'A' (and 'A1')	'S'
2019 -	2012 -	2021 -
	*see note 4 below

'T'	'U'
2022 -	2022 -

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

1960 - 1965	1966	1967 - 1969

1970 - 1971	1972 - 1979	1994 - 1995

1996 - 1997	1998 - 1999	2000 - 2003

		'A'
1989 - 1993; 2004 - 2006	1980 - 1988; 2007 - 2010	2011 -

'F'	'B'	'C'
2013 - 2014	2013	2013 -

'D'	'E'	'G'
2013 - 2014	2013	2013
	*see note 1 below

'H'	'I'	'J'
2013	2013	2013 - 2014

'K'	'L'	'M'
2014	2015 - 2017	2015 - 2016

'N'	'O'	'P'
2015 - 2016	2015 - 2016	2016

'Q'	'R'	'S'
2017 -	2017	2017

'T'	'U'	'V'
2017 -	2018 -	2018 -

'W'	'X'	'Y'
2018 -	2018 -	2018 -

'Z'	'AA'	'AB'
2018 -	2018 -	2019 -

'AC'	'AD'	'AE'
2019 -	2019 -	2019 -

'AF'	'AG'	'AH'
2019 -	2020 -	2020 -
*see note 2 below	*see note 2 below	*see note 2 below

'AI'
2021-
*see note 2 below

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.

'AF'	'AG'	'AH'

'AI'

TULANE

? - 1962	1963	1964

1964	1964	1965

1965	1966 - 1969	1970

1971	1972 - 1975	1976 - 1980

1981 - 1982	1983 - 1984	1985 - 1988

1992 - 1994	1989 - 1991; 1995 - 1996	1997

2005 (first four games)	1998 - 2009	September 22, 2012
*see note 1 below		*see note 2 below

2010 - 2013	December 21, 2013	November 15, 2014
		*see note 4 below

		'A'
2014; September 3, 2015	September 12, 2015- November 27, 2015	2016 -
*see note 3 below

'B'	'C'	'D'
2016 -	2016 -	2016 -

'E'	'F'	'G'
2016 -	2016 -	2016 -

'H'	'I'	'J'
2017 -	2017 -	2017 -

'K'	'L'	'M'
2018 -	2018 -	2018 -

'N'	'O'	'P'
2018 -	2018 -	2019 -

'Q'	'R'	'S'
2019 -	2019 -	2020 -

'T'	'U'	'V'
2020 -	2021 -	2021 -

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

c.1960	c.1962 - c.1964	1965

1966 - 1967	1968	1969

1970 - 1972	1973	1974 - 1976

1977 - c.1980	c.1981 - 1984	1985 - 1990

2000 - 2002	September 20, 2008	1991 - 1999; 2003 - September 6, 2008
	*see note 1 below

September 26, 2009; October 3, 2009	November 27, 2009	September 27, 2008 - October 30, 2010
*see note 2 below	*see note 3 below

November 13, 2010; November 20, 2010; December 25, 2010	November 6, 2010; November 26, 2010	September 10, 2011
*see note 4 below	*see note 5 below	*see note 6 below

October 15, 2011	October 22, 2011; November 19, 2011	November 12, 2011
*see note 7 below	*see note 8 below	*see note 9 below

December 30, 2011	September 29, 2012	2011 - 2012
*see note 10 below	*see note 11 below

	'C'	'B'
December 31, 2012	2014	2013 - 2015

'A'	'D'	'E'
2013 - 2014	2015 -	2015

'F'	'G'	'H'
2015	2015	2016 -

'I'	'J'	'K'
2016 -	2016 -	2016 -

'L'	'M'	'N'
2017 -	2018 -	2018 -

'O'	'P'	'Q'
2018 -	2019 -	2019 -

'R'	'S'	'T'
2020 -	2021 -	2021 -

'U'	'V'	'W'
2021 -	2021 -	2022 -

'X'	'Y'
2022 -	2022 -

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

1979 - 1980	1981 - 1982	1983 - 1984

1985 - 1994	1995	1996 - 2002

2003 - 2006	November 29, 2013	August 30, 2014

	'A'	'B'
2007 - 2015	2016	2016

'C'	'D'	'E'
2016 -	2016	2016
		*see note 1 below

'F'	'G'	'H'
2016	2016	2016
	*see note 2 below

'I'	'J'	'K'
2016	2017 -	2017
		*see note 3 below

'L'	'M'	'N'
2017	2017	2017
		*see note 3 below

'O'	'P'	'Q'
2017 -	2018 -	2018 -
*see note 3 below		*see note 3 below

'R'	'S'	'T'
2018 -	2018 -	2018 -
	*see note 3 below

'U'	'V'	'W'
2018 -	2019 -	2019 -
*see note 4 below

'X'	'Y'	'Z'
2019 -	2019 -	2019 -
	*see note 5 below

'AA'	'AB'	'AC'
2020 -	2019 -	2020 -
		*see note 3 below

'AD'	'AE'	'AF'
2020 -	2020 -	2021 -

'AG' (and 'AG1')	'AH'	'AI'
2021 -	2021 -	2021 -
*see note 6 below

'AJ'	'AK'
2021 -	2021 -

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).

Air Force	Army	Coast Guard

Marine Corps	Navy

*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).

'AG'	'AG1'