AUGUSTANA	CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL	MINNESOTA STATE- MANKATO
"Vikings"	"Golden Bears"	"Mavericks"
Sioux Falls, SD	St. Paul, MN	Mankato, MN

SIOUX FALLS	SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE	UPPER IOWA
"Cougars"	"Mustangs"	"Peacocks"
Sioux Falls, SD	Marshall, MN	Fayette, IA

WAYNE STATE	WINONA STATE
"Wildcats"	"Warriors"
Wayne, NE	Winona, MN

Comments

Augustana, Mary, Minnesota-Crookston, and Minot State are all using new helmet designs in 2012 (shown above).

Minot State and Sioux Falls are new members of this conference for the 2012 season.

Historical Helmets

AUGUSTANA

? - 2003	2004 - 2011	2012 -

BEMIDJI STATE

1998? - 1999	2000	2001

2002 -

Prior to the 1998 season, BSU used a logo consisting of the team name "Beavers" in a script font, colored green; this was worn on gray helmet shells.

CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL

c.late 1980s - 1995	1996 - 1999	2000 - 2003

2004	2005 -

Concordia's team nickname was changed from "Comets" to "Golden Bears" for the 1999 season.

MARY

1988 - ?	? - 2011	2012 -

This team played its first season of football in 1988 and, according to information found at the team's web site, has used only the three helmet designs shown above. The year of transition from the first design to the second is unknown.

MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON

? - 2007	2008 - 2011	2012 -
		*see note 1 below

*1 During the 2012 season the logo is being worn on the left side of the helmet only, with the right side being "blank".

MINNESOTA-DULUTH

c.late 1990s	c.2000 -

MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO

1999 - 2000	2001	2002 - 2003

2004 (first six games)	2004 (last five games)	2005 -
	*see note 1 below

From 1995 through 1998, MSU used an "MSU" logo, as shown in the photograph below; the letters were gold, and the helmet shell and facemasks were purple. A similar design was used from 1988 through 1994, but the facemasks were gold during those years.

*1 A new helmet logo was introduced and first used during the October 9, 2004 Homecoming game against South Dakota.

MINNESOTA STATE-MOORHEAD

? - 2007	2008 -

I have not received any information about earlier helmet designs used by this team.

MINOT STATE

? - 2001	2002 - 2006	2007 - 2011

2012 -

NORTHERN STATE

? - 2004	2005	2006 - 2008

2009 -

SAINT CLOUD STATE

? - 2005	2006	2007 -

SIOUX FALLS

2001	2002	? - 2000; 2003

2004 - 2009	2010 -

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE

c.mid 1980s - 1994	1995 - 2003	2004

2005 -

UPPER IOWA

c.1990s - 2000?	2001? - 2002	2003 - 2005

2006 -

WAYNE STATE

c.1960s - 1970s; c.early 1980s	1990 - 1998	2002 - 2004

1999 - 2001; 2005 -

During 1979 and 1980, Wayne State used light-colored helmets with a decal which spelled the word "WILDCATS", and from 1986 to 1989 a wildcat head decal was used. Another design, used during at least the 1984 season, featured a very unusual abstract wildcat head logo, visible in the photograph below:

Thanks to James K. for this picture.

WINONA STATE

c.1996	1997 - 2001	2002 - 2006
	*see note 1 below

2007 -

During the 1980s and perhaps early 1990s, Winona State supposedly used the helmet design shown in the photograph below; the logo appears to be similar to but slightly different from the one used by Michigan State. I would appreciate a larger or clearer photograph of one of these helmets.

*1 Winona State apparently used plain helmets (without logos on the sides) during at least some of its games during the 2000 season, or perhaps the logos were worn on only one side of the helmet.