INCARNATE WORD
"Cardinals"
San Antonio, TX

Comments

Incarnate Word will be a new member of this conference in 2010. I do not yet know in which division this team will be placed.

East Central, Northeastern State, and Texas A&M-Commerce were using new helmet designs in 2009 (shown above).

While I have received substantial information about historical helmets for Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Commerce, and West Texas A&M, little information has been received for the other teams - any information would be appreciated.

Historical Helmets

ABILENE CHRISTIAN

c.1985	c.1993	? - 2000?

2001? -

ANGELO STATE

? - 2001	2002 -

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

? - 2002	2003 - 2007	2008 -

EAST CENTRAL

? - 2003	2004 - 2005	2006

2007 - 2008	2009 -

EASTERN NEW MEXICO

? - 2005?	2006? - 2007	2008 -

INCARNATE WORD

2009 -

This team played its first season of football in 2009.

MIDWESTERN STATE

1988 - 1994	1995	1996 - 1997

1998	1999 - 2001	2002 - 2005

2006 -

These are all of the helmet designs used by Midwestern State since the team was formed in 1988; an earlier team played its last season in 1956.

NORTHEASTERN STATE

c.mid 1990s - 1998	1999 - 2001	2002
*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below

2003 - 2006	2007	2008

2009 -

I have received some partial information about earlier helmet designs used by NSU: during the 1960s, the team used plain silver helmets with a single green stripe; during the 1970s, a switch to green helmets was made, and a new logo, a white arrowhead containing the letters "NE", was used. In 1979, the "NE" was replaced by an "NSU" logo similar to the one presently used by the college, still inside a white arrowhead. I would appreciate photographs of any of these earlier designs.

*1 It has been reported to me that the facemask color on both of these helmets was gray rather than white - sufficiently clear photographs would be appreciated.

SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE

? - 2001	2002 - 2006	2007

2008 -

SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE

? - 2003	2004	2005 -

TARLETON STATE

? - 1999?	2000? -

TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE

1987 - 1994	1995	1997 - 1998

1999	2000 - 2003	2004 - 2005

2006	2007 - 2008	2009 -

This university was known as East Texas State University prior to September 1, 1996, hence the "ET" logos on the earlier helmets. The 1996 helmet featured a logo of a leaping lion; I would appreciate a clear photograph of this design (I do have a copy of the logo now).

WEST TEXAS A&M

c.1965	c.1971	c.1974

1996 - 2001	2002 - 2003	2004

2005 - 2006	2007 -

This university was known as West Texas State University prior to June 1, 1993. The team participated in the Division I Missouri Valley Conference through 1985 before moving to Division II and joining the Lone Star Conference the following year. The school did not field a team in 1991.

I have received partial information for a number of other historical helmets, which are summarized below. One visitor to the web site had sent me some photographs of some of these, but I lost them in a hard drive crash - if that person could please re-send them, I would greatly appreciate it.

• c.1977: plain silver helmets with white facemasks;
• 1979 - 1982: gold helmet shells were used with several different logos. During 1979 and at least one other year (1982 or later) the logo was a "medieval" "WT"; I have received a copy of this logo, and could add this helmet to the web site if I could get a photograph of the left side of one of the helmets;
• 1983 - 1984 (or 1983 - 1987, according to a different report): a "buffalo horn" logo was worn on the helmets;
• 1985 - 1990: a maroon and white "WT" logo was worn on silver helmet shells with white facemasks and maroon/white/maroon stripes;
• 1992 - 1993: a logo similar to the one used by the Buffalo Bills of the NFL but containing the letters "WTSU" was used.
• 1994 - 1995: similar to the previous design, but with the letters "WTAMU" rather than "WTSU".