Empire 8 Conference

ALFRED	HARTWICK	ITHACA
"Saxons"	"Hawks"	"Bombers"
Alfred, NY	Oneonta, NY	Ithaca, NY

NORWICH	SPRINGFIELD	ST. JOHN FISHER
"Cadets"	"Pride"	"Cardinals"
Northfield, VT	Springfield, MA	Rochester, NY

UTICA
"Pioneers"
Utica, NY

Comments

Utica will be using a new helmet design in 2008 (shown above).

Hartwick was using a new helmet logo in 2005 (or possibly earlier); the logo is the school name in blue letters, as shown in the photo below. Photographs show that this design was still in use as late as the 2007 playoffs. I would appreciate a copy of the helmet logo , which would enable me to add this one to the web site and complete the conference.

Historical Helmets

ALFRED

? - 2000	2001 - 2003	2004 -

HARTWICK

? - 2004?

ITHACA

? - present

Ithaca's current helmet design has apparently been used for many years, I believe probably at least since the 1980s.

NORWICH

? - 2000?	2001? - 2006	2007 -

SPRINGFIELD

? - present

Another helmet design used by this team in recent years featured the team name "Pride" in white, cursive letters.

ST. JOHN FISHER

? - present

The current helmet design has apparently been in use since at least the late 1990s.

UTICA

2001 - 2006	2007	2008 -

The Utica football team first played in 2001 and I believe that the helmet designs shown above are the only ones to have been used by the team.