South Atlantic Conference


BARTON CARSON-NEWMAN CATAWBA
"Bulldogs" "Eagles" "Indians"
Wilson, NC Jefferson City, TN Salisbury, NC
EMORY & HENRY ERSKINE LENOIR-RHYNE
"Wasps" "Flying Fleet" "Bears"
Emory, VA Due West, SC Hickory, NC
LIMESTONE MARS HILL NEWBERRY
"Saints" "Lions" "Wolves"
Gaffney, SC Mars Hill, NC Newberry, SC
TUSCULUM VIRGINIA-WISE WINGATE
"Pioneers" "Highland Cavaliers" "Bulldogs"
Greeneville, TN Wise, VA Wingate, NC

Historical Helmets

BARTON COLLEGE

2021 (1st 2 games) 2020* -

This team played its first games in February and March 2021.


CARSON-NEWMAN UNIVERSITY

1996 - 2016 ? - 1995; 2017 -

CATAWBA COLLEGE

1970? - ? ? - 1978 c.1982
1988 - 1990 1990? - ? 19895 - 2021
2022 -
*see note 1 below

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


EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE

c.early 1980s - 1994 1995 - 2004 2005
2006 - 2012 2013 - 2019 2020* -

LENOIR-RHYNE UNIVERSITY

c.1990 ? - 2001 2002 - 2007
2008 - 2012 2019 2013 - 2018; 2020* -

LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY

2014 2014 - 2018 2019 -
2022 -

2014 was this team's first year.


MARS HILL UNIVERSITY

1963 1960 - 1962; 1964 - 1965 1966 - 1967
*see note 1 below
1971 - 1974 1975 - 1976 1977 - 1978
1979 - 1980 1981 - 1982 1984
1985 1986 1993 - 2002
2003 2004 - 2010 2011 - 2012
2013 -

*1 During the 1960 season the team captains wore a slightly different design - the stripe and facemasks were white. In 1965, large white players' uniform numerals were worn at the back of the helmet, on either side of the middle stripe.


NEWBERRY COLLEGE

c.1988? - 2001 2002 2003 - 2007
2008 - 2010 2011 October 26, 2013
November 2, 2013;
November 9, 2013
November 23, 2013 2012 - 2013
October 18, 2014;
October 25, 2014
November 8, 2014;
November 15, 2014
2014
2015 2016 2017 -
2019 -

Newberry's team nickname was "Indians" in 2007 and earlier years.


TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY

? - c.1999 c.2000 - 2015 2016 -
*see note 1 below
2023 -
*see note 2 below

*1 This design has uniform numbers on its left side only; the right side has a large 'pioneer head' logo (as shown below).

*2 The 'TU' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are present on the right side (as shown below).


THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE

? - 2010 2011 - 2014 2015 - 2016
2017 2018 - 2019 2020*
2021 -

Prior to 1999 this school was named Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia. Clinch Valley had a football team from 1991 through 1998; this team apparently used the first design shown above during at least the period 1996 - 1998 (no information for the earlier years).


WINGATE UNIVERSITY

2001? - 2003 2004 - 2011 September 14, 2013
2012 - 2014 2015 -

The "?-2000?" helmet design used by Wingate has been described to me as being white with a blue "W", similar to that used on the first helmet shown above; I would appreciate some photographs of this design.