Patriot League

BUCKNELL	COLGATE	FORDHAM
"Bison"	"Raiders"	"Rams"
Lewisburg, PA	Hamilton, NY	Bronx, NY

GEORGETOWN	HOLY CROSS	LAFAYETTE
"Hoyas"	"Crusaders"	"Leopards"
Washington, DC	Worcester, MA	Easton, PA

LEHIGH
"Mountain Hawks"
Bethlehem, PA

Comments

No new helmet designs have yet been reported for any of these teams in 2007. Information about historical helmets (back to 1960) for these teams would be appreciated at the present time.

Historical Helmets

BUCKNELL

? - 2001	2002 - 2003	2004 -

I have not received much information about earlier helmet designs used by Bucknell, but I have received a few small and rather low-quality photographs:

The first photograph is supposedly from the 1972 season; the helmets were apparently blue with orange "horns". I would appreciate some clearer photographs of this design, preferably side-view photos to better establish the shape of the horns, and/or color photographs to determine the shade of blue used on the helmet.

The middle photographs shows a helmet that supposedly dates from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The helmets were orange with blue "horns", but having no color photographs of this one, I do not know if it was a navy blue color or some lighter shade. The facemask color is unknown.

The third photograph shows a helmet design that was last used in either 1985 (according to one site visitor) or in 1988 (according to another); the helmets were orange with (probably) a blue bison logo. There appears to be some lettering beneath the logo, probably either "BUCKNELL" or "BISON". Again the facemask color is unknown. Clearer photographs would be appreciated.

Bucknell was apparently using plain white helmets for at least one season during the late 1980s. A single stripe is visible in the one photograph that I have received of this design, but its color, and that of the facemask, cannot be determined.

A helmet design from the 1960s featured a blue shell with white/blue/white stripes and white uniform numerals. Photographs of one such helmet at the "Helmet Hut" web site also show a "bison" logo at the front of the helmet, which I think could be an "award decal" rather than an inherent part of the helmet design. This will remain unanswerable until photographs of other helmets from this period become available.

COLGATE

c.late 1960s	1970 - 1972	1993 - 1995

1977 - 1992; 1996 - 1999; 2004	September 3, 2005	2000 - 2003; 2005 -

During at least 1960 and 1961 Colgate was using white helmets with numerals and an "arrow" of unknown color; below are some photographs from these years. Note the two different styles of numerals.

I have one photograph from 1965 showing the team using plain white helmets; the photograph is a side view of the helmet and it is unclear whether any stripes are present. Otherwise I have little information for Colgate for the 1960s.

The 1969 helmet featured a version of the "100" logo, and the 1973 and 1974 helmets have been described as being maroon with white uniform numerals on the sides. Photographs of any of these would be appreciated.

The logo worn on Colgate's helmets from 1993 through 1995 has been described as "a block 'C' with ghost flames trailing it"; I would appreciate a copy of this logo and some photographs of the helmet.

FORDHAM

? - 1999?	2000? - 2004?	2006? -

Fordham has probably used many other helmet designs through the years, but I have received little information about them. It has been reported that the team used "ram horn" decals (like those of the NFL's Rams) during the 1980s. I have received two different descriptions of the colors on this helmet: red shell, yellow horns and facemask (according to one site visitor); maroon helmet, gold horns, white facemasks (according to another visitor). The 1991 helmet has been described thusly: white shell, red facemask, no logos, red/white/red stripes. Photographs of these or other historical helmets would be appreciated.

GEORGETOWN

1964 - 1968	1969 - 1992	1993 - 1999

2000 -

HOLY CROSS

c.1970s	c.late 1970s - 1994	1995 - 1998

1999 only?	2000 - 2001	2002 - 2005

2003 - 2004; 2006 -

Holy Cross has used purple helmets for many consecutive years, but the team previously (c.1970s) used white helmets with a purple "HC" logo.

the 1995 - 1998 helmet design has been described as being similar to its predecessor, but with a different logo - a white "HC". Photographs of this design would be appreciated.

During (I think) both of the 2000 and 2001 seasons, Holy Cross used helmets that were basically identical to the 2003-2004 helmet design, but with numerals of a slightly different style; I would appreciate some clear photographs from these years.

There are probably other interesting helmet designs for this team from the 1960s and 1970s waiting to be "rediscovered".

LAFAYETTE

c.1982	c.1990	? - 1998

1999	2000 - 2001	2002 - 2003

2004 -

I suspect that there are a large number of other historical helmet designs for this team, though no information has been received for any helmets used during the 1960s and 1970s.

LEHIGH

? - 1997	1998 -

Very little information has been received for this team. White helmets were used previously; for at least one season, these featured the school name in what were probably brown letters (c.late 1980s).

Partial information has been received for a few earlier Lehigh helmets:

• c.1970s(?): white helmets were used with a logo consisting of the school's name in dark (probably brown) letters and an unknown stripe sequence;
• c.1980s(?): white helmets with a different "LEHIGH" logo and apparently no stripes;
• c.late 1980s - c.late 1990s: helmets were gold in color and very similar in appearance to the design worn by the NFL's San Francisco 49ers (brown oval-shape containing white "LU" logo, presumably brown-white-brown stripe sequence);