Great Plains Athletic Conference

BRIAR CLIFF CONCORDIA DAKOTA WESLEYAN
"Chargers" "Bulldogs" "Tigers"
Sioux City, IA Seward, NE Mitchell, SD
DOANE DORDT HASTINGS
"Tigers" "Defenders" "Broncos"
Crete, NE Sioux Center, IA Hastings, NE
JAMESTOWN MIDLAND MORNINGSIDE
"Jimmies" "Warriors" "Mustangs"
Jamestown, ND Fremont, NE Sioux City, IA
MOUNT MARTY NORTHWESTERN
"Lancers" "Red Raiders"
Yankton, SD Orange City, IA

Historical Helmets

BRIAR CLIFF

2002 - 2006 2007 2008 - 2013
'A' 'B'
2014 - 2017 2018 2018
'C' 'D' 'E'
2018 2019 - 2021 -

In 2018 Briar Cliff used three of the above helmet designs in the following order: A-A-A; A-B-B; C-C-C; C-C. 'D' was used during all games in 2019.

2002 was the first year for the BCU football team.

CONCORDIA

2001 - 2002? (some games) 2001? - 2004 (most games) 2005 - 2011
2012 - 2015 2016 -

Concordia used the helmet design with the white "CU" logo apparently more often than not during the early 2000s, but I have seen photographs from some games during at least the 2001 and 2002 seasons in which the helmets were "blank". I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can clarify specifically when the decals were used and not used.

The helmet design used during at least 1974 and 1975 has been described as featuring white shells with a "C that was formed with broken squares in blue". The team apparently used plain white helmets for a while in 1976 until American flag decals were added to the sides.

DAKOTA WESLEYAN

c.late 1960s? - early 1970s ? - 2003 2004
2005 - 2009 2010 - 2013 2014
*see note 1 below
'A' 'B' 'C'
2015 - 2016 2015 - 2016 2017 -
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'D' 'E' 'F'
2017 - 2019 2019 2020 -
*see note 4 below

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

*1 In 2014 the large tiger logo was worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side, blue uniform numerals were used (as shown below).

*2 This design has numerals on its left side only; the right side features a large "tiger" logo (as shown below).

*3 This design has numerals on its left side only; the right side features a large "tiger" logo (as shown below).

*4 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side features a "DWU" logo (as shown below).

DOANE

? - 2001 2002 - 2006 2007 - 2013
'A' 'B'
2014 - 2020 -

In 2020 Doane used two of the above helmet designs in the following sequence: A-A-B; B-B-A; A.

DORDT

2013 2008 - 2012; 2014 - 2016 2017 - 2018
2019 -

2008 was this team's first year.

HASTINGS

1965 - ? 1964; 1968 - ? 1981 - c.1985
c.1987 ? - 1989 c.late 1990s
'A'
? - 2004 2012? - 2014 2005 - 2011?; 2015 -
*see note 1 below
'B' 'C' 'D'
2015 - 2018 2016 2016
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'E' 'F' 'G'
2017 - 2020* 2021 - 2021 -
*see note 4 below

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

  • 2021: F-G-G; G-G-G; G-G-G; G
  • 2020-21: E (entire season)
  • 2019: E (entire season)
  • 2018: B-E-E; E-B-E; E-B-B; B-E
  • 2017: E-E-B; B-B-E; ?-?-E; E-B
  • 2016: B-C-C; B-C-B; C-D-B; B-D
  • 2015: A-A-B; A-B-A; B-A-B; A

*1 During the 2012 and 2013 seasons the uniform numerals were worn only on the left side of each helmet; on the right side was the 'horseshoe' logo (as on the previous design). During at least one game in 2013 (October 5 vs Briar Cliff) the horseshoe decals were absent.

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

*3 The horseshoe logo and uniform numerals are present on the left side of this design only; the right side has the same "bronco head" logo as is present on the right side of design 'C'.

*4 During Hastings' last five games in 2019 the right side of the team's helmet design was altered by the addition of a small black circle containing the number 75 (as shown below); this was done in memory of former team member Blaine Morrow, who died October 7, 2019.

JAMESTOWN

c.1960s? ? - present

Jamestown has apparently used plain orange helmets since at least 1999. A "J" logo was in use much earlier.

MIDLAND

2000 2001 - 2004 2007
*see note 1 below
2008 - 2010 2011 2012 - 2013
2014 2015 - 2017 2018
2019 -

The name of this school was Midland Lutheran University prior to the 2010 football season. Midland Lutheran adopted a new helmet logo in 2005; I would need a copy of the logo artwork in order to add this helmet to the website. Below is a rather poor photo from 2005 (a close look will show that this is not the same as the logo on the helmet labelled "2001-2004" above; the word "WARRIORS" is absent from this version):

*1 MLC used these plain white helmets for at least one or two games during 2000. The team also apparently used a version of the '2001-2004' helmet logo with the colors reversed (orange "WARRIORS" with a black outline) at some point around 2000 or 2001.

MORNINGSIDE

1967 - 1969 1970 1971 - 1973
1974 - 1975 1976 1977 - ?
c.1985 - c.1988 c.1989 - 1994? 1995 - 1997
1998 - 2000; 2002 -

Morningside College was an original member of the North Central Conference, which was an NCAA Division II conference when Morningside played its last season as a member in 2000. Due to an insufficient number of players the school fielded a club-level team in 2001, before joining the NAIA in 2002. 'Maroon Chiefs' was the team nickname prior to 1998.

NORTHWESTERN

? - 2004 2005 - 2008 2009 - 2014
'A' 'B'
2015 2016 - 2016 -
*see note 1 below
'C' 'D' 'E'
2016 - 2018 2019 - 2019 -
*see note 1 below
'F'
2020-

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

  • 2019: D-A-A; E-E-D; D-D-E; E-D
  • 2018: B-B-C; A-C-B; C-A-B; A-B
  • 2017: B-A-C; B-B-A; A-C-C; A-C-C
  • 2016: A-B-A; A-A-C; A-A-A; C

*1 This design has numerals on its left side only; the right side features the "NW" logo (as shown below).