Great American Conference

Great American Conference


ARKANSAS- MONTICELLO	ARKANSAS TECH	EAST CENTRAL
"Boll Weevils"	"Wonder Boys"	"Tigers"
Monticello, AR	Russellville, AR	Ada, OK


HARDING	HENDERSON STATE	NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE
"Bisons "	"Reddies"	"Rangers"
Searcy, AR	Arkadelphia, AR	Alva, OK


OKLAHOMA BAPTIST	OUACHITA BAPTIST	SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE
"Bison"	"Tigers"	"Savage Storm"
Shawnee, OK	Arkadelphia, AR	Durant, OK


SOUTHERN ARKANSAS	SOUTHERN NAZARENE	SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE
"Muleriders"	"Crimson Storm"	"Bulldogs"
Magnolia, AR	Bethany, OK	Weatherford, OK

Historical Helmets

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT MONTICELLO


1997? - 2001	2002 - 2004	2005 - 2006


2007 - 2009	2010	2011 - 2012


2013	2014	2015 - 2018
*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below	*see note 3 below


2023 (1st 3 games)	2019 -
*see note 4 below	*see note 3 below

Assuming that the school colors have not changed, Arkansas-Monticello apparently switched between white and green helmets more than once in the 1960s and 1970s. The white helmets had uniforn numbers on the sides during some years.

Two interesting old helmet logos worn on what were apparently white helmets (or perhaps gray on the second one) are visible in the photographs below. The first, from about 1975, shows an oval-shape (green?) containing the team name "BOLL WEEVILS"; the second shows a "UAM" logo with "BOLL WEEVILS" across the middle in much smaller letters. I would very much appreciate clearer photos of these two, especially color photos so as to verify the expected green color.

Another logo, an "A" perhaps with "BOLL WEEVILS" across its middle bar, is visible in the photograph below from about 1995:

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

*2 Uniform numbers are present on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

*3 Both of these designs have uniform numbers on the left side only; two different logos have been used on the right side (as depicted below).


2015 - 2022	2023 -

*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

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ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY


c.1973	? - 2006	2007 - 2009


		'A' (and 'A1','A2', & 'A3')
2010 - 2014	2015 - 2018	2019 -
		*see note 1 below


'B'	'C'	'D'
2019	2021 -	2021 -
*see note 2 below		*see note 2 below


'E'	'F'	'G'
2022 -	2022 -	2022 -
*see note 3 below		*see note 4 below


'H'
2023 -

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

2022: E-E-E; E?-E-F; F-F-G; G-G

2021: A3-A3-A3; A3-?-C; C-C-C?; C-D (no information for October 2 at Southern Nazarene)

2019: A-A-A; A-A1-?; A1-A1-B; ?-A2 (no information for October 12 at Southern Nazarene and November 9 at East Central)

During at least the 1993 and 1995 seasons Arkansas Tech used white helmets with a logo consisting of the letters "ATU" in a color described as "light green". The "T" was larger than the other letters.

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of designs 'A', 'A1', 'A2', and 'A3'. Various logos are worn on the right sides of these designs, as depicted below. On the right side of design 'A2' is the oval-shaped logo worn on both sides of the helmet from 2010 through 2018.


'A'	'A1'	'A3'

*2 The number '206' is worn on the left side only of designs 'B' and 'D'; the 206 commemorates the Arkansas Army National Guard 206th Field Artillery Regiment. A logo is worn on the right side of each of these designs (as shown below).


'B'	'D'

*3 The 'ATU' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as shown below).

*4 The 'ATU' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; the number 206 (see also note 2 above) is worn on the right side (as shown below).

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EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY


? - 2003	2004 - 2005	2006


2007 - 2008	2009 - 2014	2015


2016	2017	2018 -

ECU used a new design in 2015 (photo below); I would appreciate the artwork for this new design (including the "ECU" part of the logo).

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HARDING UNIVERSITY


		'A'
1967 - 1981	? - 2008	2009 -


'B'	'C'
2017 -	2021 -
	*see note 1 below

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

2023: A-A-B; C-C-B; A-B-A; C-A-A; A-A-C (the last four games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Central Missouri, vs Grand Valley State, vs Lenoir-Rhyne, and vs Colorado School of Mines in the national championship game at McKinney, TX)

2022: A-A-B; C-B-C; A-A-A; B-A

2021: B-A-A; A-B-A; A-A-B; B-C-A; A (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Washburn and vs Northwest Missouri State)

2019: B-A-A; B-A-B; B-B-A; A-A-A (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Northwest Missouri State)

2018: A-A-B; B-A-B; B-B-A; A-A-B (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Ferris State)

2017: B-A-B; B-A-B; A-B-A; A-A-B; B-B-B (the last four games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Indianapolis, at Ashland, at Ferris State, and at Texas A&M-Commerce)

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

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HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY


1997 - 2001	2002 - 2004	2005


'A'	'B'
2006 -	2016 - 2017

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

2021 & 2022: A (all games)

2019: B-A-A; A-A-B; A-B-A; A-A-A (the last game being vs Missouri Western State in the Live United Bowl at Texarkana, AR)

2018: A (entire season)

2017: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-B-A; A-A

2016: A-B-A; B-B-A; A-B-B; B-A

From 1994 through 1996, Henderson State reportedly used red helmets with gray facemasks and with the team name "Reddies" in black letters on the sides, and from 1989 through 1993 the helmets were plain red with gray facemasks. I would appreciate photographs of these and other historical helmets for this team.

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NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY


1996 - 2006	2007 - 2011	2012 - 2014


'A'	'B'	'C'
2015	2015	2015
*see note 1 below


'D'	'E'	'F'
2015	2016	2016
		*see note 1 below


'G'	'H'	'I'
2016 - 2021	2017; 2021	2017


'J'	'K'	'L'
2017	2017	2017
	*see note 1 below


'M'	'N' (and 'N1')	'O' (and 'O1' & 'O2')
2018	2018	2018 - 2021
*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below


'P'	'Q'	'R'
2018; 2022 -	2018	2019


'S'	'T'	'U'
2019	2019	2019
		*see note 1 below


'V'	'W'	'X'
2019	2021	2021


'Y'	'Z'	'AA'
2021	2021	2022 -
	*see note 1 below


'AB'	'AC'	'AD'
2022 -	2022 -	2023 -
	*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below


'AE'
2023 -
*see note 1 below

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

2023: AD-AD-AE; AE-AD?-AD; ?-AE?-AE?; ?-? (no information for October 14 vs East Central, November 4 vs Southern Arkansas, and November 11 vs Southwestern Oklahoma State)

2022: AA-AA-AB?; AC-?-AC; AC-AB-P?; P-P (no information for game #5, October 1 vs Ouachita Baptist)

2021: W-W-W?; X-O2-G?; Z-H?-H; H-Y

2019: R-S-S?; R-T-U; U?-G-V; V-O1

2018: M-?-N; N-O-G; P-N1-P; P-Q (no information for game #2, September 8 at Arkansas Monticello)

2017: H-I-H; J-G-K; L-K-K; K-G

2016: E-F?-F; E-G-F; F-E-F; E-G

2015: A-B-C; D-D-B; B-D-B; D-B

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


'A'	'F'	'K'


'M'	'N' and 'AE'	'N1'


'O'	'O1'	'O2'


'U'	'Z'	'AC'


'AD'

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OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY


2013	2014 - 2016	2017


2018 -
*see note 1 below

This team played its first season in 2013.

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is the same logo worn on both sides of the previous design.

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OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY


1999	2000 - 2001	2002


2003 - 2004	2005 - 2006	2007 - 2011


August 29, 2012	2012 - 2013	2014 - 2016
		*see note 1 below


2017 - 2022	2023 -
*see note 2 below

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

*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).

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SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY


? - 2001	2002 - 2006	2007


'A'	'B'	'C'
2008 - 2018	2014 - 2018?	2019 -


'D'
2023 -

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

2019 & 2021: C (all games(?))

2018: A-A-A; A-A-?; A-A-A; A-A (no information for game #6, October 6 at Southwestern Oklahoma State)

2017: A-A-A; B-A-A; B-A-A; A-A

2016: A-A-B; A-A-B; A-A-A; B-?

2015: A-B-A; A-A-B; B-A-B; A-B

2014: A-B-A; A?-A-B; B?-A-B; A-B-A

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SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY


c.early 1970s	? - 2005	2006 -

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SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY


2000? - 2005	2006 - 2013	2014 - 2015


2016 - September 8, 2018	September 15, 2018 - November 10, 2018	2019 -

This team played its first season of football in 2000.

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SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY


c.late 1970s	? - 2003	2004


2005 - 2013	2014 - 2019	2021 -
		*see note 1 below

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

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