American Southwest Conference
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| AUSTIN |
BELHAVEN |
EAST TEXAS BAPTIST |
| "Kangaroos" |
"Blazers" |
"Tigers" |
| Sherman, TX |
Jackson, MS |
Marshall, TX |
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| HARDIN-SIMMONS |
HOWARD PAYNE |
MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR |
| "Cowboys" |
"Yellow Jackets" |
"Crusaders" |
| Abilene, TX |
Brownwood, TX |
Belton, TX |
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| McMURRY |
SOUTHWESTERN |
SUL ROSS STATE |
| "War Hawks" |
"Pirates" |
"Lobos" |
| Abilene, TX |
Georgetown, TX |
Alpine, TX |
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| TEXAS LUTHERAN |
| "Bulldogs" |
| Seguin, TX |
Comments
Austin College has rejoined this conference for the 2021 season.
Historical Helmets
AUSTIN
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2005 - 2007 |
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c.1997 - 2004;
2018 (1st 2 games) |
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BELHAVEN
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'A' |
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'C' |
'D' |
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2014 |
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| 'E' |
'F' |
'G' |
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2014 |
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| 'H' |
'I' |
'J' |
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'L' |
'M' |
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'O' |
'P' |
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| 'Q' |
'R' |
'S' |
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'U' |
'V' |
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| 'W' |
'X' |
'Y' |
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During recent years Belhaven has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2018: Z (entire season)
- 2017: N-U-U; V-V-W; W-X-X; Y
- 2016: N-O-P; Q-R-R; R-S-?; T (no information for game #9, November 5 vs Mary-Hardin Baylor)
- 2015: H-I-J; J-K-K; L-M-M; ? (no information for game #10, November 7 vs Sul Ross State)
- 2014: A-B-C; D-E-F; G-G-G; G-G
1998 was the first year for the Belhaven football team.
*1 The left and right sides of this design were different colors; the right side appeared as below.
*2 The left and right sides of this design were different colors; the right side appeared as below.
*3 The left and right sides of this design were different colors; the right side was white and had a yellow stripe which was approximately twice as wide as the gray stripe on the left side of the helmet (see photograph below). I have been unable to located any photographs showing what (if any) additional features were present on the right side.
*4 Uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of this design; the right side featured a green "B" logo (as depicted below).
EAST TEXAS BAPTIST
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2014 |
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*see note 2 below |
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'C' |
'D' |
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During recent years ETBU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2019: D-D-C; C-C-B; D-D-D; D
- 2018: D-D-C; D-B-D; D-D-D; D
- 2017: A1-A1-C; B-C-A1; A1-A1-A1; A1
- 2016: A-A-B; A-B-A; A-A-B; A
The ETBU football team was restored in 2000 following a forty-nine year hiatus.
*1 In 2014 uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side was worn a large "tiger head" logo (as shown below).
*2 Designs 'A' and 'A1' both have uniform numerals on the left side only of each helmet; logos are present on the right sides (as shown below).
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HARDIN-SIMMONS
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1990? - 2002 |
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'B' |
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During recent years HSU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2019: A-B-A; B-B-A; B-A-A; A
- 2018: B-B-A; A-B-A; A-B-B; A-A
This team played its first season in 1990. The university also had a team during an earlier era ending in 1963; no color photographs have been located but monochrome photos in the 1964 yearbook suggest that the 1963 team used yellow helmets with purple uniform numbers and with two purple stripes (assuming the school colors were the same back then).
HOWARD PAYNE
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2014 - 2016 |
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*1 The "JACKETS" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; the right side features a large outline of the state of Texas with a "yellow jacket" (as depicted below).
MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR
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The UMHB football team first played in 1998 and the above are the only "known" helmet designs used by the team thus far.
McMURRY
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McMurry's team was called the "Indians" prior to the 2011 football season. The team's 1962 football helmets featured a strange symbol that I cannot identify from the clearest available photographs (below). What is it? (One person suggested that it's a "feather".) Does anyone have a clearer photograph?
In the mid-1980s McMurry used several different helmet designs which I am presently unable to add to the web site; below are photographs of several of these:
- In 1982, 1983, and 1987 the team used an "arrowhead" logo containing a small version of the "McM" logo that was used on some of the other helmet designs. The color of both the arrowhead and the facemask are unknown to me at present, but both were probably white or gray;
- The 1984 helmet featured the team name "INDIANS" in letters of some unknown color (probably white);
- In 1985 a rather intricate "Indian head" logo was used which appears to have contained some unusual colors for McMurry (gray or blue, and perhaps black). The facemasks were also apparently black in 1985;
- In 1986 another "Indian head" was used; this one with the team name in arched letters above the logo.
I would greatly appreciate better photographs of any of these helmets or additional information, particularly from former team members, equipment managers, etc.
The 1991-1993 helmet featured the same "McM" logo worn on the previous helmet. I am unsure about the colors on this helmet, but it would appear that the helmet shell was silver and that the logo was maroon.
In 2007 and 2008 McMurry used the helmet design shown in the photograph below. The helmets were maroon with a new logo, a large "M" with the school name across it. I would appreciate a copy of the helmet logo for this one, which would enable me to add this historical helmet to the web site.
*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side is 'blank'.
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is an oversized "hawk head" logo (as represented below).
SOUTHWESTERN
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This team played its first season of football in 2013; the university also had a team during an earlier period (c.1908 - 1950).
*1 The "SU" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as represented below).
SUL ROSS STATE
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The two "known" "missing" helmet designs for this team for the period covered by this website are the 1992 and 2000-2002 designs; below are photographs of these.
The 1992 helmet was red with a "wolf head" logo that I think was entirely white; I have been unable to locate the artwork for the logo or any photographs better than the one above.
From (I think) 2000 through 2002 another "wolf head" was used; this one was worn on silver helmets and contained at least two colors (red and white). It had been reported to me that this logo was identical to one previously used by the University of New Mexico, but it appears to me that it is substantially different. Clearer photographs would be appreciated.
TEXAS LUTHERAN
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This team's history dates back to the early 20th century but I have received/found almost no information about helmet designs used before the late 1990s. Prior to 1996 the school name was Texas Lutheran College. TLC won the NAIA Division II football championship in both 1975 and 1976; video from these games appear to show the team using plain black helmets. Photographs from the mid-1980s appear to show white helmets with a "TLC" logo on the sides (photograph below).
*1 Apparently in 2008 only a logo was worn on the right side only of this design (as represented below).
