Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Northern Division

BOWIE STATE CHOWAN ELIZABETH CITY STATE
"Bulldogs" "Hawks" "Vikings"
Bowie, MD Murfreesboro, NC Elizabeth City, NC
LINCOLN VIRGINIA STATE VIRGINIA UNION
"Lions" "Trojans" "Panthers"
Lincoln University, PA Petersburg, VA Richmond, VA

Southern Division

FAYETTEVILLE STATE JOHNSON C. SMITH LIVINGSTONE
"Broncos" "Golden Bulls" "Blue Bears"
Fayetteville, NC Charlotte, NC Salisbury, NC
ST. AUGUSTINE'S SHAW WINSTON-SALEM STATE
"Falcons" "Bears" "Rams"
Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC Winston-Salem, NC

Comments

Johnson C. Smith has a new helmet design for 2011 (shown above).

Elizabeth City State has a new helmet design for 2011. The helmet logo has been modified, the wording "ECSU VIKINGS" has been added beneath the logo, and the stripe sequence has been altered (photo below). I would appreciate a copy of this new helmet logo (with the wording).

Lincoln University used a slightly different helmet logo in 2009 than was used in 2008; below is a photo of the 2009 design. I would appreciate a copy of the logo used on this helmet. I do not yet know if this design was still in use in 2010.

Saint Paul's has discontinued its entire intercollegiate athletic program since the end of the 2010 football season; helmet images for this team have been moved to the page for "Defunct College Teams".

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. Any information about historical designs would be appreciated.

Historical Helmets

BOWIE STATE

? - 1998? 1999? - 2000 2001 - 2002
2003 2004 - 2006 2007
2008 -

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 may have been used even since the year 2001. Photographs of other designs used by the team would be appreciated. I believe that the team may have used plain black helmets for a short time between the "BULLDOGS" helmet and the first helmet with numerals.

CHOWAN

? - 2003 2004 - 2005 2006 - 2007
2008 -

In 2006 and 2007, this team used blue helmets with a logo consisting of 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.

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?
2007? -

JOHNSON C. SMITH

1998? 1999? 2000?
2000? - 2001 2002 - 2003 2004
2005 - 2008 2009 - 2010 2010
2011 -

The dates of use listed for the earlier helmets are very uncertain. I believe that 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.

LINCOLN

2008 (first few games) 2008 2009? -

This team played its first season of football in 2008. The team used plain orange helmets during at least its first game, but helmet decals were added by early October 2008 (see photo below). I would appreciate a copy of the helmet logo for this design.

LIVINGSTONE

2004 - 2007 2008 - 2009 ? - 2001?; 2003; 2010 -

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:

SHAW

2002 only? 2004 - 2006 2003; 2007 (early season); 2008 -
*see note 1 below
2007 (most of season); 2009 -

This team 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.

*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 - 2007
2008 2009 -

WINSTON-SALEM STATE

c.1990 ? - 2002? 2003? -

Below is a photograph of an interesting WSSU helmet dating from perhaps the mid-1990s. I had received a copy of the logo for this helmet at one time, but I lost it during a hard drive crash, so I would appreciate it if the person who sent it could please send it again. I will also need a photograph showing the stripe sequence (if any) used on this helmet.