ARIZONA CHRISTIAN	CARROLL	EASTERN OREGON
"Firestorm"	"Saints"	"Mountaineers"
Phoenix, AZ	Helena, MT	La Grande, OR

COLLEGE OF IDAHO	MONTANA WESTERN	SIMPSON
"Yotes"	"Bulldogs"	"Red Hawks"
Caldwell, ID	Dillon, MT	Redding, CA

SOUTHERN OREGON
"Raiders"
Ashland, OR

Historical Helmets

ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

2014 - September 9, 2017	September 16, 2017 - November 4, 2017	2018
		*see note 1 below

2019 -	2025 -
	*see note 2 below

This team played its first season of football in 2014.

*1 Apparently during the entire 2018 season ACU used a helmet design which was "blank" on its left side, but had on its right side the same "bird head" logo worn on both sides of the helmet in 2017.

*2 The left side of this design is 'blank' but a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

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CARROLL COLLEGE

		'A' and 'A1'
? - 1999	2000 - 2018	2019 -
		*see note 1 below

'B'	'C'
2025 -	2025 -

In 2025 Carroll used the following sequence of helmet designs: A-A-A; B-A-A; A1-A-C; A-B-A (the last two games being NAIA playoff games vs St. Thomas (FL) and at Montana Tech.

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of designs 'A' and 'A1'; a different logo is present on the right side of these (as represented below).

'A'	'A1'

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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

1996 - 1999	2001 only?	2002 - 2006?

2007 - 2008	2009 - 2012	2013
		*see note 1 below

2014 -	2018	2024

'A'	'B'
2019 - 2023; 2025 -	2025 -

In 2025 DSU used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-B-A; B-B-B; A-A-A; A.

*1 The 2013 helmet design used numerals on the left side of the helmet only; on the right side was worn the same "TROJANS" logo which was used on both sides from 2009 through 2012.

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DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 2013	2014 -

I have not received any information about earlier helmet designs for Dickinson State. The first design shown above had apparently been in use since at least the year 2000.

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EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY

? - 1977	1978	1979 - 1983

1984 - 1986	1987	1988 - ?

? - 1999?	2000? - 2008	2009 - 2012

2013	2014	2019 - 2021
	*see note 1 below

2022 - 2023	2015 - 2018; 2024 -

Partial information is available for some earlier EOU helmets; photographs of these are below:

Both of these helmet designs are probably blue in color but no color photographs have yet been located for either of them. The "EOSC" on the earliest design is probably yellow or gold, but may be white instead. The logo on the second helmet appears to have more than one color.

*1 In 2014 uniform numerals were worn on the left side only; on the right side was the same "E" logo which was used on both sides in 2013.

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COLLEGE OF IDAHO

2014 - 2015	2016 - 2017	2018 - 2021

'A'	'B'	'C'
2022	2022	2022

'D'	'E'	'F'
2023 -	2023 -	2023 -

'G'	'H'	'I'
2023 -	2024 -	2024 -

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

• 2024: F-G-F; G-H-I; H-H-I; H-H
• 2023: D-D-E; F-F-F; F-F-F; G-F-F; F (the last three games being NAIA playoff games at Montana Western, at Grand View, and at Keiser)
• 2022: A-A-B; A-A-A; B-B-C; A

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MAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 2001	2002 - 2003	2004 - 2005

2006 - 2008	2009 - 2010	2011

2012 - 2015	2016	2017
	*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below

	'A'	'B'
2018	2019	2019 - 2021
	*see note 3 below	*see note 3 below

'C'	'D'	'E'
2020* - 2021	2022 -	2022 -
*see note 3 below

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

• 2024: E-E-D; D-D-E; D-E-E; D
• 2023: D-D-E; E-E-D; E-?-E; D-E
• 2022: D-D-D; ?-D-D; E-D-D; D?-D?
• 2021: C?-C-C; B-B-B; C-C-C?; C-?
• 2020*: C-C-C; B-C-C; C?-C-C?
• 2019: A-A-B; A-A?-A; ?-A?-A?; A-A

*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side feature a large "M" logo (as depicted below).

*2 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side feature a large "M" logo (as depicted below).

*3 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.

'A'	'B'	'C'

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MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-NORTHERN

1999 - 2000?	2001? - 2003	2004 - 2012

2013 - 2014	2018 - 2021	2015 - 2017; 2022 -

2026 -
*see note 1 below

The MSU-Northern football team played its first season in 1999. The school had a football team during a previous era ending in 1971; at this time the school's name was Northern Montana College.

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as shown below).

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MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

c.1980s	? - 2011	2012 - 2016
	*see note 1 below

2017	2018	2019 -
		*see note 2 below

2021 (last 7 games)	2021 (1st 3 games); 2022 -
	*see note 3 below

*1 This design was apparently in use throughout at least the period 2000 - 2011.

*2 The "pickaxe and hammer" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

*3 The "pickaxe and hammer" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

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UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WESTERN

c.1970s	c.late 1970s	c.1980s

? - 1999?	2000 only?	2001

2002 - 2009?	October 18, 2014; October 25, 2014; October 24, 2015	November 8, 2014

2014 - 2015	November 14, 2015	2016
		*see note 1 below

2022	2017 - 2021; 2023 -
	*see note 2 below

In 2001 Montana Western used red helmets with a logo consisting of a white cartoon bulldog, which was very similar to the one used by Samford University at one time (the Samford helmet is shown on the Southern Conference page at this site). I would appreciate a CLEAR photograph of Montana-Western's 2001 helmet.

*1 The large "W" is present on the left side only of this design; gray uniform numerals adorn the right side (as shown below).

*2 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; a "bulldog head" logo is present on the right side (as shown below).

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE

c.1970s	c.1990	1995 - 1998

1999 - 2000	2001 - 2003	2004 - 2009

	'A'	'B' (and 'B1')
2010 - 2011	2012 - 2018	2017 - 2018
	*see note 1 below	*see notes 1 & 2 below

'C'	'D'	'E'
2019 - 2021	2020* - 2021	2022 -
*see note 3 below	*see note 4 below	*see note 5 below

'F'	'G'	'H'
2022 -	2023 -	2023 -
*see note 6 below	*see note 6 below	*see note 5 below

'I'	'J'
2024 -	2024 -
*see note 7 below

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

• 2024: I-F-I; J-F-F; I-I-I?; I?
• 2023: G-H-H; H-H-H; H-G-G?; G
• 2022: E-E-F; E-E-E; E-F-E; F
• 2021: D-D-C; D?-D-D; D-C-?; D
• 2020*: D-C-C; C
• 2019: B1-B1-C; C-B1-B1; C-B1-C; C-C
• 2018: A-B-B; A-B-B; A-B-A; A-B-A (the last game being an NAIA playoff game at Morningside)
• 2017: A-B-B; B-A-B; A-B-A; A-A

*1 On both these designs in 2017 and 2018 the 'RMC' logo was worn on the left side only, with the right side left "blank". Prior to 2017 design 'A' had the 'RMC' logo on both sides.

*2 Design 'B1' differs from 'B' in that uniform numbers are worn on the right side of 'B1' (as depicted below).

*3 The "claw marks" are present on the left side only of this design; a "bear head" logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).

*4 The "ROCKY" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are present on the right side (as depicted below).

*5 The "bear head" logo is worn on the left side only of both designs 'E' and 'H'; a "claw mark" logo is present on the right side of both (as depicted below).

*6 The 'ROCKY' logo is worn on the left side only of designs 'F' and 'G'; uniform numbers are worn on the right side of both of these (as depicted below).

*7 The 'claw slash' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).

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SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY

? - 1966	1967 - 1968	1969 - 1970

c.1990s	? - 2000?	2001? - 2005

		'A'
2006 - 2010	2011 - 2023	2024 -

'B'	'C'	'D'
2026 -	2026 -	2026 -

In 2025 SOU used four of the above helmet designs in the followin sequence: A-A-B; B-A-B; C-A-B; D.

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VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITY

	'A'	'B'
? - 2008	2009 -	2016
		*see note 1 below

'C'	'D'	'E'
2016	2016	2017 -

'F'	'G'
2017 -	2017 -
*see note 2 below	*see note 1 below

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

• 2019 - 2024: A (all games(?) - photographs were not found from all games, but no other design was observed)
• 2018: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-G-G; G
• 2017: A-A-A; #-E-E; F-F-G; G ('#' refers to a game scheduled for September 23 vs Finlandia which was not played. The game was originally listed by VCSU as a forfeit victory over Finlandia, but as of March 2023 is designated as a tie at VCSU's website. The game is not listed on Finlandia's schedule for 2017).
• 2016: B-B-B; C-C-A; A-A-A; D
• 2015: A (entire season)

The first helmet design shown above had apparently been in use since at least the late 1990s. I have not received any information about earlier VCSU helmets.

*1 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of both designs 'B' and 'G'; the right side of each features a large "viking head" logo (as depicted below).

*2 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has a "viking head" logo and hence looks like design 'E' above.

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