National Football League
National Football Conference - North Division
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CHICAGO BEARS | DETROIT LIONS | GREEN BAY PACKERS |
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MINNESOTA VIKINGS |
Historical Helmets
CHICAGO BEARS
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c.1940s - 1961; September 27, 2010; November 14, 2010 |
1962 - 1972 | 1973 - 1981 |
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1994 special | November 25, 2004 | September 29, 2019 |
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1982 - | 2022 - |
DETROIT LIONS
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c.1952 - 1960 | 1961 - 1967 | 1968 - October 11, 1970 |
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October 18, 1970 - 1983 |
1994 special; November 22, 2001; November 28, 2002 |
1984 - 2002 |
*see note 1 below |
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November 27, 2003; additional games 2004 - |
2003 - 2008 | 2009 - 2016 |
*see note 2 below |
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October 30, 2023 | 2017 - |
*1 This helmet design was used during home games against Green Bay and New England in 2001 and 2002 respectively, in addition to an unknown number of games in 1994.
*2 This design was used November 27, 2003 (vs Green Bay), November 25, 2004 (vs Indianapolis), November 9, 2008 (vs Jacksonville), November 27, 2008 (vs Tennessee), and possibly during other games when its use was not reported to this web site. It has been reported to me that this design was NOT in use during the Lions Thanksgiving Day games from 2005 through 2007, as I had speculated here earlier.
GREEN BAY PACKERS
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1959 - 1960 | 1961 - 1979; November 27, 2003 |
1994 special; September 22, 2019 |
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November 22, 2001; October 24, 2021 |
December 5, 2010; October 16, 2011 |
1980 - |
The size of the "G" helmet decal has apparently decreased somewhat through the years, and their have also been some minor changes to the shape of the "G" and the oval within which it is contained.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
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1961 - 1979; September 30, 2007; additional games 2008 - |
1980 - 1984 | 1985 - 2005 |
*see note 1 below |
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2006 - 2012 | 2013 - |
The "Viking horn" decal was apparently slightly larger prior to about 1980 than it has been since then; I suspect that there have been some very minor changes to its shape through the years, also. The most substantial change was the slight modernization made for the 2006 season.
*1 This design was used as a "throwback" helmet for games played September 30, 2007 (vs Green Bay), November 30, 2008 (vs Chicago), October 5, 2009 (vs Green Bay), November 29, 2009 (vs Chicago), September 19, 2010 (vs Miami), December 20, 2010 (vs Chicago), September 25, 2011 (vs Detroit), and October 23, 2011 (vs Green Bay) - all home games for the Vikings.