Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
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| CENTRAL MISSOURI | EMPORIA STATE | FORT HAYS STATE |
| "Mules" | "Hornets" | "Tigers" |
| Warrensburg, MO | Emporia, KS | Hays, KS |
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| MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE |
MISSOURI WESTERN STATE |
NEBRASKA-OMAHA |
| "Lions" | "Griffons" | "Mavericks" |
| Joplin, MO | St. Joseph, MO | Omaha, NE |
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| NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE |
PITTSBURG STATE | TRUMAN STATE |
| "Bearcats" | "Gorillas" | "Bulldogs" |
| Maryville, MO | Pittsburg, KS | Kirksville, MO |
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| WASHBURN |
| "Ichabods" |
| Topeka, KS |
Comments
Nebraska-Omaha will be a new member of this conference in 2008, while Southwest Baptist has departed to compete as an independent team.
I would appreciate information about other historical helmet designs used by these teams besides those illustrated below. I have received substantial information for Central Missouri and Washburn, but relatively little for the other teams.
Historical Helmets
CENTRAL MISSOURI
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| 1961 - 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
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| 1965 | 1967 | 1966; 1968 |
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| 1969 | 1970 - 1975 | 1976 - 1977 |
| *see note 1 below |
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| 1978 - 1980? | 1981? - 1983 | 1984 - 1998 |
| *see note 2 below | *see note 2 below | *see note 3 below |
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| 1999 - 2000 | 2001 - 2004 | 2005 - |
| *see note 4 below |
This school's name was changed from Central Missouri State University to University of Central Missouri on September 20, 2006.
*1 A slightly different design was used for CMSU's appearance in the December 12, 1970 Pecan Bowl game against Arkansas State in Arlington, Texas - two white stripes were used alongside the middle red stripe.
*2 The first of these two helmet designs was used during at least the 1978 and 1979 seasons, while the second was in use during at least 1981 and 1982. The 1980 helmet design may have been one or the other of these two, but a visitor to this site has suggested that the 1980 design was probably a hybrid of the other two - a decal like that used on the 1981 helmet worn on shells of the color used in 1979.
*3 The stripe sequence may have varied during the years when this design was in use; specifically, there may have been some years during which the white and black stripes bordered directly against each other (rather than having the red "gap" as shown here).
*4 During the 2004 season, the word "MISSOURI" in black letters was added inside the "tail" extending beneath the word "Central".
EMPORIA STATE
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| 1995 - 1998 | 1999 - present |
I believe that Emporia State was using white helmets during the early 1990s; these featured an apparently black "ESU" logo for at least a while. I have received no other information about historical ESU helmets.
FORT HAYS STATE
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| ? - 2000 | 2003 - 2004 | 2001 - 2002; 2005 - 2006 |
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MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE
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| ? - 1998 | 1999? - 2000? | 2001? - 2002 |
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| 2004 - 2005 | 2006 | 2007 - |
During the late 1980s Missouri Southern State used a logo consisting of white, block-style letters "M" and "S" inside a green oval shape; this was worn on yellow helmet shells. I have not received much information about other earlier helmet designs for this team.
MISSOURI WESTERN STATE
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| ? - 1995 | 1996 - 1998 | 1999 - present |
I have not yet received any information about earlier helmet designs used by Missouri Western State.
NEBRASKA-OMAHA
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| c.1980s | 1996 - 2006 | 2007 - |
Three earlier helmets for which I have received partial information are visible in the photographs below:
Helmet A was used in the late 1960s when the college was known as the University of Omaha and the team nickname was Indians. I believe that I had a color photograph of this one at one time, but I apparently lost it in one of the several hard drive failures that I have experienced. The helmet is red and the logo is a cartoonish "Indian head".
B is supposedly from about 1977 or 1978 and the helmet is probably red with an "arrowhead" logo of some sort. Clearer photos of this one would be appreciated.
C shows a black helmet that UNO used from about 1989 through 1993 (or through 1995, according to another report). The logo is apparently similar to the one used on the "c.1980s" helmet shown above.
NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE
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One earlier helmet design for Northwest Missouri State is visible in the photograph shown here; this picture dates from either 1968 or 1969, and shows a helmet decal consisting of a green "M" inside a yellow and white oval shape. I believe that NMSU switched to green helmets soon thereafter, and the team may have used plain green helmets for many years during the 1970s and 1980s. Additional information would be appreciated.
PITTSBURG STATE
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| c.1970s | c.late 1970s - 1984? | 1985 - 1996 |
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| 1997 - 2005 | 2006 - |
In the early 1960s PSU 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.
TRUMAN STATE
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| c.mid 1970s | c.1980s | 1996 - 1998 |
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| 1999 - ? | ? - present |
Truman State University was known as Northeast Missouri State University prior to July 1, 1996; hence the "NE" logo on the "c.1980s" helmet shown above. This logo was used at least as early as 1980. In 1978, the team was using white helmet shells with a purple-yellow-purple sequence of stripes; I do not know if any decals were worn on the sides of this design.
WASHBURN
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| 1966 - 1967 | 1968 - 1970 | 1977 - 1979 |
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| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 - 1989 |
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| 1990 | 1991 - 1993 | 1994 - 1995 |
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| 1996 - 2001 | 2002 | 2003 - 2005 |
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