Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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| DAVENPORT | FERRIS STATE | GRAND VALLEY STATE |
| "Panthers" | "Bulldogs" | "Lakers" |
| Grand Rapids, MI | Big Rapids, MI | Allendale, MI |
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| MICHIGAN TECH | NORTHERN MICHIGAN | ROOSEVELT |
| "Huskies" | "Wildcats" | "Lakers" |
| Houghton, MI | Marquette, MI | Chicago, IL |
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| SAGINAW VALLEY STATE |
WAYNE STATE |
| "Cardinals" | "Warriors" |
| University Center, MI | Detroit, MI |
Historical Helmets
DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY
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| 2016 - |
Some photographs taken during the 2022 football season appear to suggest that this team's helmets are not quite black, but a very slightly "dark reddish-black" color. The slight difference is most noticeable in photographs taken during games in which the opposing team is also wearing black helmets (Grand Valley State and Michigan Tech).
This team played its first season of football in 2016.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
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| c.1970s? | 2003 - 2005 | 2006? - 2008 |
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| ? - 2002; 2009 - 2011 | 2012 - |
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
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| 1997 - 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 2001 | 2002 - 2007 | October 22, 2011 |
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| 'B' | 'C' | |
| 2008 - 2011 | 2013 - 2014 | 2014 |
| *see note 2 below |
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| 'D' | 'A' | 'E' |
| 2014 | 2012 - | 2015 |
| *see note 3 below | *see note 7 below |
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| 'F' | 'G' | 'H' |
| 2015 | 2016 - | 2016 - |
| *see note 4 below |
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| 'I' | 'J' | 'K' |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 - |
| *see note 5 below |
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| 'L' | 'M' | 'N' |
| 2019 - | 2021 - | 2021 - |
| *see note 6 below |
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| 'O' | 'P' | 'Q' |
| 2021 - | 2021 - | 2021 - |
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| 'R' | ||
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| *see note 8 below |
During recent years GVSU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
*1 This design is 'blank' on its left side but has a 'laker' logo on its right side (as represented below).
*2 Uniform numerals are present on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a "GV" logo (as shown below).
*3 The left side of this design is "blank" while the right side features a vintage "Laker" logo (as shown below).
*4 The "GV" logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side features black uniform numerals (as shown below).
*5 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "GVSU" logo is present on the right side (as shown below).
*6 The "GV" logo is worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is "1971", representing the first year of the GVSU varsity football team (as depicted below).
*7 The logo is present on the left side only of this design; the right side is "blank".
*6 The logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are present on the right side (as depicted below).
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
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| 1986 - 1987 | ? - 2000 | 2001 - 2007 |
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| 'A' | 'B' | |
| 2008 - 2015 | 2016 - | 2023 - |
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| 'C' | 'D' | |
| 2024 - | 2025 - | |
During recent years Michigan Tech has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
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| ? - 2001 | 2002 - 2005 | 2006 - 2008 |
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| 2009 - 2011 | 2012 - 2013 | 2014 |
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| 2015 - 2016 | 2015 - |
| *see note 1 below |
*1 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side features a "wildcat head" logo (as represented below).
ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY
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| 'A' | 'B' | 'C' |
| 2011 - 2014; 2018 - 2019 | 2012 - 2019 | 2013; 2017 - 2019 |
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| 'D' | 'E' | 'F' |
| 2014 - 2017 | 2015 - 2016 | 2017 |
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| 'G' | 'H' | 'I' |
| 2018 - 2019 | 2020* - | 2020* - |
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| 'J' | 'K' | 'L' |
| 2020* - 2023 | 2022 - | 2025 - |
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| 'M' | ||
| 2025 - | ||
During recent years Roosevelt has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
The first seven designs above are those known to have been used by the Robert Morris University Illinois (Chicago, IL) team during the nine years of its existence (2011 through 2019). In 2020 RMU Illinois was merged with Roosevelt University; the football team was relocated to the Roosevelt campus and the team nickname and colors were changed (RMU had been the "Eagles"). Information for RMU was always scarce but at least partial information was located for the sequence of helmet designs used by the team each year:
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
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| c.late 1990s? | c.1999? - 2010 | 2011 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 2012 - 2019 | 2021 - |
*1 For at least the last several years (and perhaps the entire period) when this logo was used it was worn only on the right sides of the helmets, with the left sides remaining "blank".
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
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| ? - 2001? | 2002 - 2009 | 2010 - 2022 |
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| 'B' | 'C' | |
| 2014 - 2022 | 2023 - | |
During recent years Wayne State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
Wayne State used the nickname "Tartars" prior to July 29, 1999. I have found very little information regarding helmet designs used by the team during the "Tartars" era but there was at least one spectacular design, visible in the photograph below along with a logo that appears to be the correct one; this photograph dates from approximately the mid-1970s. I would greatly appreciate any larger and clearer photographs of this design, especially color photographs.
