Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Eastern Division

BOWIE STATE ELIZABETH CITY STATE LINCOLN
"Bulldogs" "Vikings" "Lions"
Bowie, MD Elizabeth City, NC Lincoln University, PA
SAINT PAUL'S VIRGINIA STATE VIRGINIA UNION
"Tigers" "Trojans" "Panthers"
Lawrenceville, VA Petersburg, VA Richmond, VA

Western Division

CHOWAN FAYETTEVILLE STATE JOHNSON C. SMITH
"Hawks" "Broncos" "Golden Bulls"
Murfreesboro, NC Fayetteville, NC Charlotte, NC
LIVINGSTONE ST. AUGUSTINE'S SHAW
"Blue Bears" "Falcons" "Bears"
Salisbury, NC Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC

Comments

It now appears that the new team at Lincoln University will be participating as a full member of this conference in 2008 (an earlier announcement had indicated that LU would have only a club-level team in 2008). The team will apparently be using orange helmets but I have not received any information as to whether a final helmet design for the team has been chosen.

Chowan is a new member of this conference for the 2008 season. This team was using a new helmet logo in 2006, the letters "CU" in white, as may be seen in the photograph below. I would appreciate a copy of the helmet logo, which would enable me to add this one to the web site. It appears that this design was still being used in 2007.

Fayetteville State may have been using a new helmet logo in 2007 (or may have switched during an earlier year). The 2007 helmet logo is very similar to the one used on the previous helmet, but with some slight differences, and the facemasks were black rather than blue. I would appreciate a copy of the current helmet logo, as well as information about when the switch was made (clear photographs from 2006 might be helpful, also). Below is a photo from the 2007 season:

Shaw used plain white helmets during its first game of the 2007 season (vs Miles) but had added a logo by at least game #4 vs Elizabeth City State - I would appreciate a report as to precisely when the decals were added to the helmet design.

Saint Augustine's and Bowie State were also using new helmet designs in 2007 (shown above).

I have received almost no information about historical helmet designs for any of these teams - all of the helmets illustrated below have been in use since I created this web site in the year 1999.

Historical Helmets

BOWIE STATE

? - 1998? 1999? - 2000 2001 - 2002
2003 2004 - 2006 2007 -

This team appears to change helmet designs VERY frequently, and I believe it is possible that several more helmet designs besides the ones shown here have been used even since the year 2001. Photographs of other designs used by the team would be appreciated.

I believe that Bowie State may have also used plain black helmets for a short time between the "BULLDOGS" helmet and the first helmet with numerals.

CHOWAN

? - 2003 2004 - 2005 2006 -

Chowan became a four-year college in 1992, so there should be a relatively short helmet history for this team (the college had a junior-college level football team prior to 1992). The team nickname was changed from "Braves" to "Hawks" in 2006.

ELIZABETH CITY STATE

? - 1999 2000 only? 2002 - 2004
2005 -

In 2001, ECSU used a navy blue or black "Vikings" logo with a white outline on royal blue helmets shells; below is a picture. I would appreciate a copy of the helmet decal used on this design so that I may add this helmet to the site.

Earlier ECSU helmets that have been reported to me include a couple of different helmets featuring "E" decals, and another with a red "viking head" in front of a blue "V".

FAYETTEVILLE STATE

? - 1999 2001 2002 - 2006?

JOHNSON C. SMITH

1998? 1999? 2000?
2000? - 2001 2002 - 2003 2004
2005 -

The dates of use listed for the earlier helmets are very uncertain. I believe JCSU used blue helmets only during the 2000 season, with no logo earlier in the season, and with the yellow "JC Smith" logo being added later. Yellow helmets were used during 1999 and earlier, but I can only guess about the logo sequence. I believe the white bull logo is more recent than the one with the blue bull. There was also a version of the yellow helmet with the word "Bulls" in a script font, used some time in the last few years. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can clarify the precise dates of use for each of these helmets.

LIVINGSTONE

? - 2001?; 2003 2004 -

During the 2002 season, Livingstone used black helmets with a light blue "LC" logo on the sides; below is a photograph of one of these helmets. I would appreciate a copy of the 2002 helmet decal so that I may add this one to the web site.

SAINT AUGUSTINE'S

2003 - 2004 2005 - 2006 2007 -

In 2002, which was the team's first year, Saint Augustine's used royal blue helmets with a logo on the sides that I cannot identify from the clearest photograph of it that I have seen, which is shown below:

SAINT PAUL'S

2003 - 2004 2005 -
*see note 1 below

*1 This helmet was used by Saint Paul's club-level team in 2003 and 2004 (it was incorrectly reported to me that the varsity team which began play in 2005 would also be using this design). In the one decent photograph that I have seen of this helmet, the placement of the "tiger stripes" varied considerably from one helmet to the next; apparently no specific pattern was designated for their use.

SHAW

2002 only? 2004 - 2006 2003; 2007 (early season)
*see note 1 below
2007 -

*1 Shaw's team was still at the JV or club level when this helmet design was in use. 2003 was the first year for the varsity team (though the school had a varsity team previously which played its last season in 1978 - information about the earlier team's helmet designs would be appreciated).

VIRGINIA STATE

? - 2001 2002 (game #1) 2002 -

VIRGINIA UNION

? - 2000? 2001? - 2003 2004 -