American Athletic Conference

CHARLOTTE EAST CAROLINA FLORIDA ATLANTIC
"49ers" "Pirates" "Owls"
Charlotte, NC Greenville, NC Boca Raton, FL
MEMPHIS NAVY NORTH TEXAS
"Tigers" "Midshipmen" "Mean Green"
Memphis, TN Annapolis, MD Denton, TX
RICE SOUTH FLORIDA SOUTHERN
METHODIST
"Owls" "Bulls" "Mustangs"
Houston, TX Tampa, FL Dallas, TX
TEMPLE TULANE TULSA
"Owls" "Green Wave" "Golden Hurricane"
Philadelphia, PA New Orleans, LA Tulsa, OK
UAB UTSA
"Blazers" "Roadrunners"
Birmingham, AL San Antonio, TX

Historical Helmets

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE

'B' 'C' 'A'
2014 - 2017 2014 - 2015 2013 - 2017
'D' 'E' 'F'
2015 - 2017 2016 2016 - 2017
'G' 'H' 'I'
2017 2018 2018 -
'J' 'K' 'L'
2018 2018 - 2018
*see note 1 below
'M' 'N' 'O'
2019 - 2019 - 2019 -
'P' 'Q' 'R'
2020 - 2020 - 2021 -
'S'
2021 -

The Charlotte football team played its first season in 2013 and has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 This design has an asymmetrical stripe sequence - the white center stripe is flanked by a blue stripe on the left side, and by a red stripe on the right side. Along the stripe are small versions of the insignia of the five branches of the United States Armed Forces.

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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

? - 1961 1962 1963 - 1968
1969 1970 1971
1972 - 1973 1974 - 1976 1977? - 1988
*see note 1 below
1989 - 1998 1999 - 2004 2005
'A' 'B'
2006 - 2010 2013 November 5, 2009;
2011 - 2013
'C' 'D' 'E'
2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015
'F' 'G' 'H'
2015 2014 - 2015 2016 -
'I' 'J' 'K'
2016 - 2016 - 2016 -
'L' 'M' 'N'
2018 - 2019 - 2019 -
'O' 'P' 'Q'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -

During recent years East Carolina has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*1 Some photographs from this period show that at least some helmets were "blank" on at least one side.

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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

2001 - 2004 2005 - 2011 2012
'A'
2013 November 23, 2013 2014
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below
'B' 'C' 'D'
2014 2014 2015
'E' 'F' 'G' (and 'G1')
2015 - 2016 2015 2015 - 2019
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below
'H' 'I' 'J'
2016 2016 2017
*see note 3 below *see note 4 below *see note 3 below
'K' 'L' 'M'
2018 - 2020 2020 - 2021 2022 -
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below *see note 3 below
'N' 'O' 'P'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below *see note 3 below
'Q' (and 'Q1') 'R' 'S'
2021 - 2023- 2023
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below *see note 3 below

During recent years Florida Atlantic has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

2001 was the first football season for FAU.

*1 Uniform numbers are present on the left side only of this design, with an "owl" logo on the right side (as shown below).

*2 Uniform numbers are present on the left side of this design only, with an "owl" logo on the right side (as shown below).

*3 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.

'E' 'G' 'G1'
'H' 'J' 'K'
'L' 'M' 'N'
'N1' 'O' 'P'
'Q' 'Q1' 'R'
'S'

*4 The state outline logo is worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has an "owl" logo and hence resembles design 'F' above.

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UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

? - 1966 1969 1967 - 1968; 1970 - 1971
1972 1973 - 1980 1981 - 1985
1983?; c.1985 - c.1987 c.1986 - c.1987 1988 - 1989
*see note 1 below
c.1991 c.1991 - c.1992 1993? - 1994
'B' 'C' (and 'C1')
1995 - 1998 2013 - 2014 2013 - 2014
*see note 2 below
'D' 'E' 'A'
2013; 2016 2013 - 2014 1999 - 2014
'F' 'G' 'H'
2015 - 2016 2015 2015
*see note 3 below
'I' 'J' 'K'
2015 2015 2016
'L' 'M' (and 'M1') 'N'
2016 2016 - 2017 2016
*see note 3 below *see note 4 below
'O' 'P' 'Q'
2016 - 2017 2016 2015; 2019
'R' 'S' 'T'
2016 - 2017 2016 2017 - 2018
'U' 'V' 'W'
2017 2017 - 2018 2017 - 2018
'X' 'Y' 'Z'
2017 2017; 2019 2017
*see note 3 below
'AA' 'AB' 'AC' (and 'AC1')
2017 2017 2018; 2022 -
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below
'AD' 'AE' 'AF'
2018 2018 2018 - 2019
*see note 3 below
'AG' 'AH' 'AI'
2018 2018 2018 - 2019
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below
'AJ' 'AK' 'AL'
2018 2018 2018 - 2019
'AM' 'AN' 'AO'
2018 2019 2019
'AP' 'AQ' 'AR'
2019 2019 2019 -
*see note 3 below
'AS' 'AT' 'AU'
2019 2019 2019
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below *see note 3 below
'AV' 'AW' 'AX'
2020 - 2020 - 2020 -
'AY' 'AZ' 'BA'
2020 - 2020 - 2020 -
*see note 3 below
'BB' 'BC' 'BD'
2020 - 2020 - 2020 -
*see note 3 below
'BE' 'BF' 'BG'
2020 - 2021 - 2021 -
*see note 3 below *see note 3 below
'BH' 'BI' 'BJ'
2022 - 2022 - 2023 -
*see note 3 below

During recent years Memphis has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

*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).

'C' 'C1'

*3 Each of these designs are substantially different on their right sides; following are representations of the right sides of these.

'G' 'L' 'Y', 'AU', and 'AC1'
'AA' 'AC' 'AD'
'AG' 'AI' and 'AY' 'AP'
'AQ' and 'BG' 'AS' 'AT'
'BB' and 'BJ'

*4 Designs 'M' and 'M1' both have uniform numerals on the left side only; on the right side are two differently-colored oversized "M"/ tiger logos (as represented below).

'M' 'M1'

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late 1960? - 1961 1962 vs Army 1963 vs Army
*see note 1 below
January 1, 1964 1964 1969
1969 vs Army 1969 vs Army 1971 - 1972 (some games)
*see note 2 below *see note 2 below *see note 3 below
1960?- 1963?; 1965? - 1968?;
1970 - 1985		 December 4, 1993 December 8, 2011
December 8, 2012;
December 14, 2013		 August 30, 2014 November 1, 2014
December 13, 2014;
December 23, 2014		 December 12, 2015 December 10, 2016
December 9, 2017 December 8, 2018 December 14, 2019;
December 31, 2019
*see note 4 below
December 12, 2020 September 11, 2021 December 11, 2021
*see note 5 below
December 10, 2022 1986 -
*see note 6 below

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).

*5 The right side of this design differs from the left as depicted below.

*5 The right side of this design differs from the left as depicted below.

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

? - c.1963 1964 - 1966
1967 c.1968 - 1971 1972
1973 - 1978 1979 - 1982 1983 - 1993
*see note 1 below
1994 1996 - 1997 1995; 1998 - 2000
*see note 2 below *see note 2 below
2001 - 2003 2003 - 2004 2005 - 2006
*see note 3 below
'A' 'B'
2007 - 2010 2011 - 2013 August 31, 2013
'C' 'D' 'E'
2013 2013 2014 - 2016
*see note 4 below
'F' 'G' 'H'
2014 - 2016 2015 - 2016 2016
*see note 4 below
'I' 'J' 'K'
2017 - 2017 - 2017 -
*see note 4 below
'L' 'M' 'N'
2017 - 2018 - 2019 -
'O' 'P' 'Q'
2020 - 2021 - 2022 -
'R'
2022 -
*see note 5 below

During recent years North Texas has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

  • 2022: I-Q-I; Q-Q-R; R-R-I; P-I-R; I-R (the last two games being vs UTSA in the Conference USA championship game at San Antonio, TX, and vs Boise State in the Frisco Bowl at Frisco, TX)
  • 2021: P-E-M; E-M-J; M-J-I; I-I-I; I (the last game being vs Miami (OH) in the Frisco Football Classic at Frisco, TX)
  • 2020: I-O-M; J-E-J; M-M-E; M (the last game being vs Appalachian State in the Myrtle Beach Bowl at Conway, SC)
  • 2019: I-E-E; M-E-E; N-N-M; J-J-J
  • 2018: E-J-I; E-M-H; J-J-G; J-H-J; K
  • 2017: E-J-I; J-I-J; E-J-H; K-L-H; J-K (the last two games being vs Florida Atlantic in the Conference USA championship game at Boca Raton, FL, and vs Troy in the New Orleans Bowl at New Orleans, LA)
  • 2016: G-G-G; F-G-G; E-G-G; F-H-H; H (the final game being vs Army in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at Dallas, TX)
  • 2015: G-F-E; G-G-F; E-E-E; E-G-F
  • 2014: E-E-F; E-F-E; E-E-E; F-F-E
  • 2013: B-A-A; A-A-A; A-A-C; C-A-A; D (the last game being vs UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at Dallas, TX)

I do not yet have any information for North Texas for the years 1960 and 1961. In 1962, the team used white helmets with uniform numerals of some unknown color (probably green) on the sides; no stripes are visible in the photographs that I have from 1962. The team used plain white helmets during at least one game in 1963 (vs Cincinnati).

*1 During part of the period when this logo was in use, a completely white version of it, without the yellow parts, may have been used; this has been reported to me but not confirmed with photographic evidence.

*2 The difference between these two helmets is probably not readily apparent: the 1996 - 1997 helmet included two navy blue stripes flanking the central white stripe.

*3 Black facemasks were first used during the October 30 game against Troy State.

*4 Clarification of differences: 'D' (used only once - January 1, 2014 vs UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl) is a shiny black helmet with a pattern of fine parallel lines and a highly-reflective green eagle logo; 'F' is a 'normal' shiny black helmet without the line texture of 'D' but with a very broad 'stripe' composed apparently of many tiny silver 'eagles' in rows and with a 'normal' green eagle logo; 'J' is a black helmet with no stripe and with a 'normal' green eagle. Below are photographs of these designs.

*5 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).

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RICE UNIVERSITY

c.mid 1950s - 1964 1965 - 1966 1967 - 1970
1971 - 1975 1976 1977
1978 1979 - 1981 1982
1983 1984 1984
*see note 1 below
1985 1986 - 1989 1990 - 1993
1994 - 1996 1997 - 2005 2006
    'B'
October 16, 2010;
October 23, 2010;
October 22, 2011		 September 10, 2011 2012
'C' 'D' (and 'D1') 'A'
2012 - 2017 2012 - 2007 - 2012
*see note 2 below
'E' 'F' 'G'
2012 December 31, 2013 2015 -
'H' 'I' 'J'
2016 - 2017 2018 - 2018 -
'K' 'L' 'M'
2018 - 2019 - 2019 -
'N' 'O' (and 'O1') 'P'
2020 - 2020 - 2021 -
*see note 3 below *see note 4 below
'Q' 'R' 'S'
2021 - 2021 - 2021 -
*see note 5 below
'T' 'U' 'V'
2022 - 2022 - 2022 -
*see note 6 below
'W' 'X' 'Y'
2022 - 2022 - 2023 -
*see note 7 below
'Z'
2023 -

During recent years Rice has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

  • 2022: O1-T-U; O1-V-W; W-O1-O1; W-O1-W; X (the last game being vs Southern Mississippi in the Lending Tree Bowl at Mobile, AL)
  • 2021: D-P-Q; Q-O1-O1; O1-R-R; S-O1-O1
  • 2020: L-N-O; O-O1
  • 2019: G-D-J; L-L-L; G-L-M; G-G-G
  • 2018: D-D-G; D-D-I; D-D-D; D-D-J; K
  • 2017: D-D-D1; D-D-H; G-C-D; D-D-D
  • 2016: G-H-D; D-D-D; C-C-D; D-D-D
  • 2015: D-G-D; D-D-D; E-C-D; D-D-G
  • 2014: D-D-D; D-C-C; D-D-D; D-D-D; D (the last game being vs Fresno State in the Hawai'i Bowl at Honolulu, HI)
  • 2013: D-D-D; D-D-D; D-C-C; D-D-D; D-F (the last two games being vs Marshall in the Conference USA championship game at Houston, TX, and vs Mississippi State in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, TN)
  • 2012: A-A-A; A-A-A; B-B-C; D-D-D; E (the last game being vs Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, TX)

To the best of my knowledge the above are all of the different helmet designs used by Rice during the period covered by this website (1960 to present).

*1 The decal on this helmet was used for only the first two games of the 1984 season (vs Minnesota and Lamar); the logo was modified for the third game, and that version was used for the remainder of the 1984 season.

*2 Design 'D' has the 'R' logo on both sides; 'D1' has the 'R' on the left side only while the right side bears a logo commemorating those impacted by Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Houston area in late August 2017 (as depicted below).

*3 The left side of this design is "blank" but a logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).

*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of both designs 'O' and 'O1'. On the right side of 'O' is the logo worn on design 'D'; on the right side of 'O1' is the logo worn on design 'L'.

*5 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

*6 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the school name is present on the right side (as depicted below).

*7 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

1997 - 2002 2003 - 2004 2005 - 2009
*see note 1 below
'B'
October 9, 2010 December 20, 2008;
subsequent games 2009-2010		 2011 - 2013
*see note 2 below
'C' 'D' 'E'
2011 - 2013; 2022 - November 19, 2011 2013 - 2014
'F' 'G' 'H'
2014 - 2014 - 2016 2014 - 2015; 2017
'A' 'I' 'J'
2011 - 2014; 2022 - 2015 - 2016 2015 - 2016
'K' 'L' 'M'
2015; 2021 - 2016 2016
'N' 'O' 'P'
2016 2018 - 2019; 2022 - 2018
'Q' 'R' 'S'
2019 2019 2019 - 2021
'T' 'U' 'V'
2020 - 2021 2021 2021
'W'
2022 -

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.

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SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

? - 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' 'V'
2022 - 2022 - 2023 -
'W'
2023 -

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).

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

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' 'AJ' 'AK'
2021- 2023 - 2023 -
*see note 2 below *see note 2 below *see note 2 below
'AL'
2023 -

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' 'AJ' 'AK'
'AL'

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TULANE UNIVERSITY

? - 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 2012 (last 9 games)
*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 -
'W'
2023 -

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 Beginning with Tulane's September 22, 2012 home game vs Mississippi the entire team wore the number "18" on the left side of each helmet in honor of team member Devon Walker, who suffered a serious spinal injury during Tulane's September 8 game at Tulsa; 18 was Walker's uniform number. The "18" remained in use for the remainder of the season. The "T"/"wave" logo remained on the right side, but was replaced by a version with a pink "T" (as depicted below) for three games: October 13 vs Southern Methodist, October 20 at UTEP, and October 27 vs UAB.

*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).

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UNIVERSITY OF 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".

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UAB University of Alabama at Birmingham

1991 1992 1993
1994 1995 1996 - 2002
2003 - 2007 2008 - 2011 November 17, 2012
'I' 'J' 'B'
2012 - 2013 2013 2014
'A' 'C' 'D'
2014 2017 - 2018 2017 - 2018
'E' 'F' 'G'
2017 - 2017 - 2017
'H' 'K' 'L'
2017 2018 - 2019 -
'M' 'N' 'O'
2023 - 2023 - 2023 -
'P' 'Q'
2023 - 2023 -

During recent years UAB has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

  • 2022: E-E-E; L-F-L; L-E-E; K-L-L; E (the last game being vs Miami (OH) in the Bahamas Bowl at Nassau, Bahamas)
  • 2021: E-K-E; L-E-E; L-F-K; L-E-E; E (the last game being vs Brigham Young in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA)
  • 2020: E-L-L; F-E-E; L-L-E (the last game being vs Marshall in the Conference USA championship game at Huntington, WV)
  • 2019: E-E-E; E-L-E; F-E-L; K-L-L; L-L (the last two games being vs Florida Atlantic in the Conference USA championship game at Boca Raton, FL, and vs Appalachian State in the New Orleans Bowl at New Orleans, LA)
  • 2018: E-H-E; C-D-C; F-E-E; K-E-D; E-E (the last two games being vs Middle Tennessee State in the Conference USA championship game at Murfreesboro, TN, and vs Northern Illinois in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)
  • 2017: C-D-C; E-F-E; G-G-E; E-H-H; F (the last game being vs Ohio in the Bahamas Bowl at Nassau, Bahamas)
  • 2016 and 2015: [no team these two years]
  • 2014: A-B-A; A-B-B; B-A-B; A-B-B
  • 2013: J-I-J; J-I-J; I-J-I; I-J-I

1991 was the first football season for the UAB football team.

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UTSA University of Texas at San Antonio

'A'
2011 - 2012 November 9, 2013 November 24 2012;
2013 -
'B' 'C' 'D'
2014 - 2012 2014 - 2015 2014
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'E' 'F' 'G'
2015 2015 2016 -
'H' 'I' 'J'
2016 2017 - 2017 -
'K' 'L' 'M'
2019 - 2019 - 2020 -
'N' 'O' 'P'
2020 - 2021 - 2021 -
*see note 1 below *see note 1 below
'Q'
2022 -
*see note 1 below

During recent years UTSA has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

  • 2022: Q-M-Q; M-M-K; N-M-Q; Q-N-M; Q-Q (the last two games being vs North Texas in the Conference USA championship game at San Antonio, TX, and vs Troy in the Cure Bowl at Orlando, FL)
  • 2021: M-K-M; K-K-K; K-M-K; K-O-P; K-P (the last two games being vs Western Kentucky in the Conference USA championship game at San Antonio, TX, and vs San Diego State in the Frisco Bowl at Frisco, TX)
  • 2020: M-M-K; K-M-K; K-K-M; M-M-N (the last game being vs Louisiana in the First Responders Bowl at Dallas, TX)
  • 2019: A-J-L; A-A-A; J-J-G; G-K-A
  • 2018: A-G-A; G-A-G; G-A-J; A-A-J
  • 2017: G-G-A; G-A-G; A-I-G; A-J
  • 2016: A-G-A; G-A-A; A-H-A; A-A-A; A (the last game being vs New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, NM)
  • 2015: B-A-A; A-B-A; A-C-A; C-E-F
  • 2014: B-A-A; B-B-A; A-B-C; D-B-A

UTSA played its first season of football in 2011.

*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.

'B' 'C' 'O'
'P' 'Q'

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