*1 MTSU used plain white helmets during at least games #3 and #7 of the 1972 season, but the design labelled "1971 - 1973" above was used during game #10.

*2 Six different sets of stripes were worn on design 'Y' representing the six branches of the United States Armed Forces; below are representations of these variations. Each of the stripes has left/right symmetry except for the Coast Guard design, which is blue-white-red (from left to right) with approximate width ratios of 1:1:5 for the three colors.

Air Force	Army	Coast Guard

Marine Corps	Navy	Space Force

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'
2020 -	2021 -

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

• 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.

RICE

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'
2022 -
*see note 6 below

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

• 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 site (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).

UAB

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 -

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

• 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.

UTEP

1960 - 1961	1962	1963 - 1964

1965	1966	1967 - 1970

1971	1972	1973

1974 - 1976	1977	1978 - 1979

1980 - 1981	1982 (early season)	1982 - 1985
	*see note 1 below

1986 - 1987	1988 - 1990	1991

	'E'	'A'
1992 - 1998	1999; 2018 -	2000 - 2017

'B'	'C'	'D'
2014 - 2017	2016 - 2017; 2019 -	2017 -

'F'	'G'	'H'
2018	2018	2018

'I'	'J'	'K'
2018 -	2021 -	2021 -

'L'	'M'	'N'
2022 -	2022 -	2022 -

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

• 2021: E-E-E; J-K-I; C-I-E; C-J-E; E (the last game being vs Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, NM)
• 2020: I-I-I; E-E-E; E-I
• 2019: E-D-C; E-E-E; D-C-E; C-E-D
• 2018: E-E-F; G-D-H; H-D-D; G-D-G
• 2017: C-D-C; D-C-B; D-A-D; A-C-C
• 2016: C-A-A; C-A-A; A-B-C; B-B-C
• 2015: A-A-A; B-B-A; A-A-A; A-A-A
• 2014: A-A-A; A-A-B; B-B-B; B-B-B; B (the last game being vs Utah State in the New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, NM)

*1 UTEP did not use a helmet logo during at least its first five games in 1982; a new 'UTEP' logo was used by at least game #7 (October 16 at Arizona State). No information has yet been located for game #6 (October 9 at UNLV).

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UTSA

		'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:

• 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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WESTERN KENTUCKY

c.1970s	c.1980s	c.1997

? - 2002	September 10, 2005	2003 - 2006
	*see note 1 below

2007 - 2010	September 10, 2011	2011 - 2012

'A'	'B'	'C'
2013 -	2016 -	2016 -

'D'	'E'	'F'
2018 -	2018 -	2018 -

'G'	'H'	'I'
2020 -	2020 -	2020 -

'J'	'K'	'L'
2021 -	2021 -	2022 -

'M'	'N'
2022 -	2022-

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

• 2021: J-G-G; G-G-G; G-K-G; G-G-G; G-G (the last two games being vs UTSA in the Conference USA championship game at San Antonio, TX, and vs Appalachian State in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)
• 2020: G-G-H; I-G-H; G-G-G; G-G-G (the last game being vs Georgia State in the LendingTree Bowl at Mobile, AL)
• 2019: A-A-A; F-A-D; A-A-A; A-A-A; A (the last game being vs Western Michigan in the First Responder Bowl at Dalls, TX)
• 2018: A-A-A; A-A-A; D-E-A; A-A-F
• 2017: A-A-A; B-B-A; A-A-A; B-A-A; A (the last game being vs Georgia State in the Cure Bowl at Orlando, FL)
• 2016: A-B-A; A-A-A; B-A-A; C-A-A; A-A (the last two games being vs Louisiana Tech in the Conference USA championship game at Bowling Green, KY, and vs Memphis in the Boca Raton Bowl at Boca Raton, FL)

*1 This design was used during the 2005 home game against Eastern Kentucky and reportedly several other games that year (which ones?).