Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
ADRIAN | ALBION | ALMA |
"Bulldogs" | "Britons" | "Scots" |
Adrian, MI | Albion, MI | Alma, MI |
CALVIN | HOPE | KALAMAZOO |
"Knights" | "Flying Dutchmen" | "Hornets" |
Grand Rapids, MI | Holland, MI | Kalamazoo, MI |
OLIVET | TRINE |
"Comets" | "Thunder" |
Olivet, MI | Angola, IN |
Calvin University will play its first season of football in 2024.
Historical Helmets
ADRIAN COLLEGE
? - 1999 | 2000 - 2004 | 2005 - 2009 |
2010 | 2011 - 2023 | 2024 - |
ALBION COLLEGE
1989 - c.1992 | c.1993 - |
Three earlier historical helmets have been described as follows: c.1970s: purple helmet with yellow facemask and a white "A" decal; c.1980s: yellow shell with purple facemask, purple "A" with white outline, and white-purple-white central stripes, the middle one being wider than the others; ? - 1988: yellow helmet, white facemask, purple stripe, and a logo consisting of the team name "BRITONS" in purple letters.
ALMA COLLEGE
? - 2012 | 2013 - 2017 | 2020* |
*see note 1 below | *see note 2 below |
2018 - 2019; 2021 | 2022 - |
*see note 3 below | *see note 4 below |
*1 The left side of this design is "blank" but an "A" logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*2 The 'A' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; the right side is "blank".
*3 The 'A' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; the right side is "blank". However during Alma's last two games of the 2019 season (November 9 vs Olivet and November 16 vs Finlandia) a logo was added to the right side: the team name "Scots" in a script style with a USA flag color scheme (photograph below). I have been unable to locate the artwork for this logo.
*4 The 'A' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are present on the right side (as represented below).
HOPE COLLEGE
1956 - 1960; 1968; 1980 | 1986 - 2011 | 2012 |
*see note 1 below |
2013 - 2014 | 2015 - | 2016 - |
2021 - |
*1 From 1986 through 1994 the oval "H" logo was worn only on the left sides of the helmets; it has been used on both sides since 1995.
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE
? - 1990 | ? - 1999? | 2000? - 2012 |
2013 - 2014; 2018 | 2018 (last 4? games) | 2014 - 2017; 2021 |
*see note 2 below | *see note 1 below |
2019; 2022 | 2023 - | |
*see note 3 below |
*1 This design was in use by at least game #5 of the 2014 season (at Albion) while its predecessor was in use during Kalamazoo's first three games; no photographs were located from game #4 (vs Benedictine (IL)). This design was presumably used through the end of the 2014 season, but no confirming photographs were located for games #8 and #9 (vs Trine and vs Adrian).
*2 This design was used during at least three of Kalamazoo's last four games in 2018 (no photographs were located for the October 27 game at Olivet). Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is the same "K"/"hornet" logo which was worn on both sides of the helmets earlier in 2018.
*3 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a logo is present on the right side (as depicted below).
UNIVERSITY OF OLIVET
? - 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
2002 - 2004 | 2005 - 2006 | 2007 - 2010 |
2011 - 2012 | 2013 | September 5, 2015 |
2014 - 2017 | 2018 | 2019 - 2022 |
*see note 1 below |
2023 - | ||
*1 The left side of this design is "blank" but an "OC" logo adorns the right side (as represented below).
TRINE UNIVERSITY
1995 - 2000 | 2001 - 2003 | 2004 - 2005 |
2006 - 2007 | 2008 - 2013 | 2014 (1st three games) |
2014 | 2018 - 2022 | 2015 - 2017; 2023 - |
*see note 1 below |
The school name was changed from Tri-State University to Trine University on August 1, 2008.
*1 First used October 4, 2014 (vs Alma).