Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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| ALBANY STATE | BENEDICT | CLARK ATLANTA |
| "Golden Rams" | "Tigers" | "Panthers" |
| Albany, GA | Columbia, SC | Atlanta, GA |
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| FORT VALLEY STATE | KENTUCKY STATE | LANE |
| "Wildcats" | "Thorobreds" | "Dragons" |
| Fort Valley, GA | Frankfort, KY | Jackson, TN |
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| MILES | MOREHOUSE | STILLMAN |
| "Golden Bears" | "Maroon Tigers" | "Tigers" |
| Fairfield, AL | Atlanta, GA | Tuscaloosa, AL |
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| TUSKEGEE |
| "Golden Tigers" |
| Tuskegee, AL |
Comments
Of all NCAA and NAIA conferences, this seems to be - year after year - the one for which I receive the least information. Although I will occasionally get photographs of new helmet designs for these teams, I almost never receive copies of the helmet logos, which I also must have in order to add each helmet to the web site. Additionally, several of the teams seem to make frequent helmet design changes (adding or dropping stripes or helmet decals mid-season), which makes difficult any attempt to document all such changes.
Kentucky State appears to be using a new helmet logo in 2009, possibly the letters "KSU" with a horse. Below is the only photograph I have received of this new design - I would appreciate a better photograph:
Benedict used plain yellow helmets during their first game of the 2009 season but the helmet logos and stripes were once again used during the team's second game.
Lane switched to white helmets in 2005 with burgundy facemasks, burgundy-blue-burgundy stripes, and an arched "LANE" logo which is dark blue with a burgundy shadow. This design has apparently been in use each year since then (including 2008). I will need a copy of the helmet logo in order to add this helmet to the web site.
Miles switched to purple helmets for the 2004 season. I need a copy of the helmet logo (a yellow "MC" with white outline) in order to add this one to the web site. Below is a photo of this one, which was apparently also still in use in 2005 and subsequent years, though the stripe sequence has changed more than once (no stripes were used during at least some games in 2005, and the 2009 helmet also appears to lack stripes):
Tuskegee was using a new helmet logo in 2004, shown in the photograph below. The logo is the team name "GOLDEN TIGERS" in yellow letters with white and red outlines. I could now add this helmet to the web site if I could get a scanned copy of the helmet decal itself, or of the artwork for it. I believe that this design was still in use during the years 2005 through 2009, also.
Stillman is using a new helmet design in 2009.
Historical Helmets
ALBANY STATE
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| August 27, 2005 | ? - present |
BENEDICT
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| ? - 2000? | 2001? - 2003 | 2004 - 2006 |
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| 2007 (early season) | 2009 (first game) | 2007 - |
| *see note 1 below |
*1 This design was used for an unknown number of games (more than one) in 2007 before stripes were added to the helmet.
CLARK ATLANTA
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| ? - 2004 | 2005 - |
During at least several games in 2003, Clark Atlanta was using a different helmet logo on the right sides of their football helmets - a white circle containing the number 64, as shown in the photograph here. This was done in recognition of former Clark Atlanta football player and coach Curtis Crockett, who had died in February 2003; Crockett had worn number 64 during his playing days at Clark Atlanta.
FORT VALLEY STATE
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| ? - 2002; some games in 2007 & 2008 |
2003 | 2003 - ? |
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| 2007? - |
Fort Valley State used at least two different helmet designs in 2003, one with the "Wildcats" logo on the sides, and one without it. The logo was absent during the team's first game of the season against Morehouse, but was present at least during later games against Tuskegee and Albany State.
FVSU used plain blue helmets (without stripes or decals) during at least the 2007 game against Tuskegee and the 2008 game against Valdosta State. This is one team for which there have probably been several other undocumented helmet changes during recent years.
KENTUCKY STATE
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| ? - 1999? | 2000? - 2002? | 2001; 2003 |
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| 2004 - ? | ? - present |
The dates listed here are the roughest of approximations. The first helmet shown above was in use during at least part of the 1999 season, and possibly in 2000 also. The second was in use during at least part of the 2000 season. The third helmet was in use during at least parts of the 2001 and 2003 seasons. I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who can identify the precise dates of use for each of these helmets.
LANE
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| ? - 2004 |
MILES
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| ? - 2000 |
Miles College had switched from white helmets to yellow ones in 2001 with a new "MC" logo (shown in photograph below); I need a copy of this "MC" logo in order to add this helmet to the site. I believe that this helmet design was used through the 2003 season.
MOREHOUSE
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| c.late 1990s | 2003 only? | ? - 2002?; 2004 - 2006? |
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Morehouse seems to use "plain" helmets fairly often; photographs from an early-season game against Fort Valley State in 2005 show the team wearing helmets without decals. I suspect that, in most years, the decals are eventually added to the helmets even when they are absent during early-season games.
STILLMAN
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| 2004 (at least one game) | 2001 - 2008 (most games) | 2009 - |
for most of the team's games from 2001 through 2008 (I think), Stillman used the helmet design visible in the photograph below - I would appreciate a copy of the helmet logo for this design:
TUSKEGEE
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| ? - 1999? | 2000? - 2003 |
