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
2019 -
*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 numerals 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; a logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).


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:

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).


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).


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:

*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).


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:

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.


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 2 below
'G' 'H' 'I'
2016 - 2021 2017; 2021 2017
'J' 'K' 'L'
2017 2017 2017
*see note 3 below
'M' 'N' (and 'N1') 'O' (and 'O1' & 'O2')
2018 2018 2018 - 2021
*see note 4 below *see note 5 below *see note 6 below
'P' 'Q' 'R'
2018; 2022 - 2018 2019
'S' 'T' 'U'
2019 2019 2019
*see note 7 below
'V' 'W' 'X'
2019 2021 2021
'Y' 'Z' 'AA'
2021 2021 2022 -
*see note 8 below
'AB' 'AC'
2022 - 2022 -
*see note 9 below

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

*1 This design has the horse/rider logo on its left side only; the right side features an "N-STATE" logo (as represented below).

*2 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; on the right side is a large horse and rider logo (as represented below).

*3 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is a large horse and rider logo (as represented below).

*4 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is a large horse and rider logo (as represented below).

*5 Both designs 'N' and 'N1' have uniform numbers on their left sides only; the right sides differ as shown below.

'N' 'N1'

*6 Designs 'O','O1', and 'O2' have uniform numbers on their left sides only; the right sides differ as shown below.

'O' 'O1' 'O2'

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

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

*9 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is a large horse and rider logo (as represented below).


OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

2013 2014 - 2016 2017
2018 -

This team played its first season in 2013.


OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

1999 2000 - 2001 2002
2003 - 2004 2005 - 2006 2007 - 2011
August 29, 2012 2012 - 2013 2014 -
*see note 1 below *see note 2 below

*1 Worn during OBU's first game of the 2012 season (vs Northwestern Oklahoma State).

*2 In 2014 and 2015 the uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of each OBU helmet; the right side featured the same oval-shaped tiger logo used in 2012 and 2013.


SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 2001 2002 - 2006 2007
'A' 'B' 'C'
2008 - 2018 2014 - 2018? 2019 -

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


SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY

c.early 1970s ? - 2005 2006 -

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.


SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

c.late 1970s ? - 2003 2004
2005 - 2013 2014 -