New England Small College Athletic Conference


AMHERST BATES BOWDOIN
"Mammoths" "Bobcats" "Polar Bears"
Amherst, MA Lewiston, ME Brunswick, ME
COLBY HAMILTON MIDDLEBURY
"White Mules" "Continentals" "Panthers"
Waterville, ME Clinton, NY Middlebury, VT
TRINITY TUFTS WESLEYAN
"Bantams" "Jumbos" "Cardinals"
Hartford, CT Medford, MA Middletown, CT
WILLIAMS
"Ephs"
Williamstown, MA

Historical Helmets

AMHERST COLLEGE

? - 1992 1993 - 1997 1998 - 2001
2002 - 2003? 2004? - 2005 2006 - ?
? - 2017 2018 - 2019; 2021 2022 -
*see note 1 below

Amherst's team nickname was changed from "Lord Jeffs" to "Mammonths" in 2016.

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design. In 2022 the same "A" logo worn on both sides of the previous design was worn on the right side. In 2023 a 'mammoth' logo is worn on the right side (as depicted below).


BATES COLLEGE

c.1970s c.1980 c.1980s
1998 - 1999? 2008? - 2012 2000? - 2007?;
2013 - 2017
2018 2019 2021 -

Some earlier Bates helmet designs have been described as follows: during the 1980s the team used white helmets with red facemasks and with an underlined, script "Bates" logo (color unspecified) ; in 1992 the facemask color changed to black and a new logo was adopted - a black "B"; this design was reportedly used until 1998.


BOWDOIN COLLEGE

1963 - 1967 1968 - 1972 ? - 1962; 1973 - 1983
1984 - 1989 1990 - 1993 1994 - 1998
1999 - 2000 2001 - 2002; 2004 2003; 2005 - 2010
2011 - 2014 2015 - 2018 2019 -

COLBY COLLEGE

2001 - 2002 2003 ? - 2000; 2004 - 2017
2018 - 2019 2021 -
*see note 1 below

*1 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "C" logo adorns the right side (as depicted below).


HAMILTON COLLEGE

? - 2001 2002 2003 - 2014
2015 - 2018 2019 -

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

? - 2001 2002 - 2015 2016 -

TRINITY COLLEGE

? - 1999 2000 - 2002 2003 - 2005
2006 - 2016 -

TUFTS UNIVERSITY

? - 1984 1985 1986 - ?
? - 2002 2003 2004 - 2005
2006 - 2010 2011 - 2014 2015 - 2017
*see note 1 below
2018 - 2019; 2021 2022 -
*see note 2 below

*1 The elephant logo is present only on the left side of this design; the right side features blue uniform numerals (as depicted below).

*2 The script 'Jumbos' logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).


WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

? - 2010 2011 - 2019 2021 -

The first helmet design above had apparently been in use for many years - at least since the late 1990s - until the black helmet appeared in 2011.


WILLIAMS COLLEGE

? - 2016 2017 - 2019; 2021 2022 -
2023 -

The first design shown above was apparently in use at least as early as the 2000 football season.