During recent years Missouri Southern State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: E-E-E; E-F-E; E-E-F; E-E
- 2021: B (entire season)
- 2020*: D (entire season (one game))
- 2019: C (entire season)
- 2018: B-B-B; A-A-A; A-A-A; A-A
*1 For the 2011 season the MSSU helmet logo was modified to memorialize the victims of the Joplin tornado of May 22, 2011, which claimed an estimated 162 lives. The intersecting acronyms "JOMO" (for Joplin, Missouri) and "MOSO" (for Missouri Southern) were added to the interior of the logo, as well as "5/22" and "5:41", the date and time of the tornado's arrival at Joplin.
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo adorns the right side (as represented below).
MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
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1996 - 1998 |
1999 - 2012 |
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2013 - 2017 |
2017 - 2018 |
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'D' |
'E' |
'F' (and 'F1') |
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2019; 2021 |
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'G' |
'H' (and 'H1') |
'I' |
2019 |
2019; 2021 |
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'J' |
'K' |
'L' |
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'M' |
'N' |
'O' |
2020 |
2020 |
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'P' |
'Q' |
'R' |
2022 - |
2022 - |
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*see note 1 below |
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During recent years Missouri Western State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: O-O-O; O-P-Q; Q-R-R; R-R
- 2021: E-F1-E; F1-F1-E; H1-H1-E; H1-H1
- 2020: M-N
- 2019: F-F-G; G-G-H; I-J-K; A-A-L
- 2018: E-C-C; C-E-E; C-E-E; C-C-C
- 2017: C-C-C; C-C-C; D-D-C; B-C
- 2016: B-A-A; B-?-A; B-B-A; A-A (no information for October 1 vs Northeastern State)
- 2015: A-B-B; A-A-A; B-B-A; A-A
*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left as depicted below.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY
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1969 - 1971 |
1972 - ? |
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1990 |
1991 - 1999 |
2000 - 2010? |
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2011? - 2013 |
September 11, 2014 |
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During recent years Nebraska-Kearney has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: A (entire season)
- 2021: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-C-C; C-C-C; C (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Western Colorado and at Angelo State)
- 2020: B (both games)
- 2019: A-A-A; A-B-B; B-B-B; B-A-A (the last game being vs Winona State in the Mineral Water Bowl at Excelsior Springs, MO)
NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
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c.1960s |
c.1969 |
c.mid 1990s(?) |
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1997? - 2001 |
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2003 - 2006 |
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2010 - 2013 |
2014 - 2016 |
2017 - 2018 |
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2019 (1st five games) |
2019 |
2020* |
*see note 3 below |
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*1 From 2014 through 2016 uniform numbers were worn on the left side only of NSU's helmets; on the right side in 2014 was an oversized "riverhawk" logo and in 2016 a "normal"-sized version of the same logo was used (as depicted below). In 2015 the right side was apparently "blank".
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*2 Uniform numbers are worn the left side only of this design; a "riverhawk" logo adorns the right side (as shown below).
*3 Both of these designs have a white "riverhawk" logo on their right side (as shown below).
NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
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1963 - 1966 |
1967 - 1969 |
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1974 - 1978 |
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1988 - 1992 |
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September 10, 2005 |
1996 - 2011 |
September 24, 2011 - 2012 |
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'B' |
'C' |
'D' |
2013 |
2013 - 2016 |
2013 - 2015 |
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'E' |
'F' |
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'H' |
'I' |
'J' |
2016 - 2017 |
2017 - 2019; 2021 - |
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'A' |
'K' |
'L' |
2013 - 2017 |
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'M' |
'N' |
'O' |
2018 |
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'P' |
'Q' |
'R' |
2019; 2021 |
2019; 2021 |
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'S' |
'T' |
'U' |
2021 - |
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During recent years Northwest Missouri State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: I-I-U; E-E-I; V-I-T; S-S-W; W (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Ouachita Baptist and at Grand Valley State)
- 2021: Q-Q?-P; E-F-I; I-I-I; S-T-T; T (the last three games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Central Washington, at Harding, and at Ferris State)
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2019: I-I-I; P-E-Q; Q-Q-R; I-E-E; E-E (the last three games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Harding, vs Lindenwood, and at Ferris State)
- 2018: E-E-M; E-N-I; I-I-E; E-E-O; O (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Grand Valley State and at Ferris State)
- 2017: H-I-H; J-I-K; H-A-A; L-A-A (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Ashland)
- 2016: A-E-C; E-A-E; F-A-A; E-G-A; A-A-H (the last four games being NCAA Division II playoff games including the championship game against North Alabama)
- 2015: A-E-E; C-E-D; E-A-A; A-E-A; A-A-E (the last four games being NCAA Division II playoff games including the championship game against Shepherd)
- 2014: E-E-C; E-D-A; E-E-E; A-A-E
- 2013: A-B-B; C-A-D; B-B-B; A-B-B; A-A-B (the last four games being NCAA Division II playoff games including the championship game against Lenoir-Rhyne)
In January 2009 I received a large number of photographs of old NWMSU helmets (thanks David), which allowed me to partially document the team's helmet history back to 1961. Unfortunately, few of the photographs are in color, so uncertainties remain about what color the various helmet features were. While the team has apparently used green helmets since 1972, I do not know if the helmets have always been dark green (like the current design) - they presumably could have been a lighter shade during earlier years. The team colors were originally red and white, but I have been informed that the switch to the current colors (green and white) was made many years before 1960. Some helmet designs have also feature gold or yellow elements.
Through the 1960s the helmets apparently always had white shells. There was a single dark stripe on the helmets in 1961 and 1962, but from 1963 through 1966 the dark stripe was apparently flanked on either side by a lighter-colored stripe (probably gold). Also from 1963 through 1966, uniform numerals in some dark color were worn on the helmets. Two oval-shaped helmet logos were used from 1967 through 1971 - one containing an "M", and the other the letters "NW State". Below are photographs of the helmet designs known to have been used from 1961 through 1971.
The team apparently switched to dark-colored (probably green) helmets in 1972 (the 1977 NWMSU yearbook refers to the team as the "green and white"), possibly with one or more light-colored stripes during this first year. The helmets were apparently "plain" (without logos or stripes) from 1973 through 1978.
In 1979 an arched "BEARCATS" logo was adopted, and used through 1982. In 1983 the team switched to a script "Cats" logo, which was used through at least 1993, though possibly not for all games, and with a few different stripe combinations. Below are photos showing the two helmets logos used from 1979 through 1993.
During at least part of the 1995 season, another interesting helmet logo was used (see photo below) - this one featured the letters "NW" atop a "paw print".
*1 This design was used during the home game against Truman State in 2005 as part of an observance of the university's centennial.
*2 A red version of the traditional paw print logo was first worn during the 2011 home game against Fort Hays State; this was done as a tribute to former NWMSU head football coach Scott Boswick, who died on June 5, 2011. As an assistant coach at NWMSU Bostwick had habitually worn a red cap to enable his players to locate him easily on the sideline amongst all the green. This design remained in use through the 2011 season.
*3 The numerals '52' were worn on all NWMSU helmets during the November 4. 2017 game against Fort Hays State in honor of former team member Nicholas Turner, who had died suddenly in January 2016; 52 had been Turner's uniform number. The '52' was worn on the left side only of each helmet; a black version of the 'paw' logo was worn on the right side (as represented below).
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
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This college was known as Kansas State College of Pittsburg prior to April 21, 1977. During the 1961 season the team used the helmet design visible in the very small photographs below; it would appear that the helmets were probably silver or gold in color, and had at least two dark stripes.
At another point during the early 1960s, the team wore white numerals on red helmet shells with gray faceguards. I am not aware of PSU having ever used any helmet logo other than the current script "Pitt", but I have received very little information for this team from the 1960s and 1970s.
*1 Worn during the 2012 home game vs Central Oklahoma and during the 2012 game vs Northwest Missouri State played at Kansas City, MO.
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
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1971 - 1974 |
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1977 - 1979 |
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1991 - 1993 |
1994 - 1995 |
1996 - 2001 |
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2007 - 2008 |
2009 - 2012 |
2013 - 2015 |
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2016 |
2017 - 2019; 2021 - |
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During recent years Washburn has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2022: A-C-A; C-C-A; A-C-A; C-C
- 2021: A-A-C; C-C-A; C-A-C; C-A-C (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Harding)
- 2019: A-C-C; A-A-C; C-C-A; C-C
- 2018: B-B-A; A-C-C; C-A-A; C-C
*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is the same "Ichabod" logo worn on both sides of design 'B'.