Appalachian Athletic Conference

BLUEFIELD	KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN	PIKEVILLE
"Rams"	"Knights"	"Bears"
Bluefield, VA	Grayson, KY	Pikeville, KY

POINT	REINHARDT	UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE
"Skyhawks"	"Eagles"	"RedStorm"
West Point, GA	Waleska, GA	Rio Grande, OH

UNION COMMONWEALTH
"Bulldogs"
Barbourville, KY

University of Rio Grande is a new team playing its first season of football in 2025.

Former conference member Saint Andrews University has ceased operations; helmet designs for Saint Andrews have been moved to the page for 'defunct small college teams'.

Historical Helmets

BLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY

2012 - 2016	2019	2017 - 2018; 2020 - 2022
	*see note 1 below	*see note 2 below

2023 -

2012 was the first season for this team (Bluefield also had a team in 1941 and earlier years).

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

*2 The ram logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numebers are worn on the right side (as represented below).

*3 The ram logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numebers are worn on the right side (as represented below).

KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

2008 - 2010	2011 - 2012	2013 -

	'A'	'B'
2018 (first game)	2017 - 2019	2019 - 2021
	*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below

'C'	'D'	'E'
2022	2023	2024 -
*see note 1 below

During recent years KCU has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

• 2024: E (entire season(?))
• 2023: D (entire season)
• 2022: C (entire season(?))
• 2021: B-#-?; B-B-B; B-B-B; B-B ('#' refers to a victory by forfeit against Lawrence Tech; the game was not played).
• 2020*: ?-B-B; B-B-B; B-B
• 2019: A-A-A; A-B-B; A-A-A; ?-? (no information for November 9 at Union and November 23 at Bluefield)

2008 was the first year for the KCU football team.

*1 The right sides of each of these designs differ from the left sides as depicted below.

'A'	'B' and 'C'

PIKEVILLE UNIVERSITY

2004	2005	2001 - 2003; 2006 - 2008

2009 - 2010	2011	2012

		'A'
2013 - 2014	2015	2016 - 2019

'B'	'C'	'D'
2019 - 2020	2021 -	2021 -
*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below

'E'	'F'
2024 -	2024 -
*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below

2001 was the first year for the Pikeville football team. During recent years this team has used the following sequences of helmet designs:

• 2024: E-F-E; F-F-F; E?-E-E; E-F-F (the last two games being NAIA playoff games at Baker and at Keiser)
• 2023: C-C-D?; D-D-C?; C-C-D; D
• 2022: C-C-C; ?-D-D; D-D-C; C (no information for October 1 at Bluefield)
• 2021: #-C-D; D-C?-C; D-C-C?; D ('#' refers to a forfeit loss to St. Thomas (FL); the game was not played)
• 2020*: A-B-B; ?-B-B; A
• 2019: A-A-A; B-B-?; ?-A-A; ?

*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.

'B'	'C'	'D'

'E'	'F'

POINT UNIVERSITY

2012 (first game)	2012	2012
	*see note 1 below	*see note 1 below

2013 - 2014	2015 -	2019 -

*1 Point used at least three different helmet designs during the inaugural 2012 season. Plain blue helmets were used during game #1 (at Edward Waters) but a "P" logo was added for game #2 (at West Georgia). After an unknown number of games a pale blue stripe was also added - it was in place by at least game #6 (vs Webber International). I would appreciate a report as to when the stripe first appeared.

REINHARDT UNIVERSITY

2013 - 2018	2019 - 2022	2023 -
		*see note 1 below

2013 was the first season for the Reinhardt team.

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

UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

? - 2001	2002 - 2003	2004

2005 - 2011	2012 - 2019	2020* - 2021

2022	2023	2024 -
*see note 1 below

Union Commonwealth University was previously (prior to 2024) named Union College. The Union College football team was restored in 1984 following a 42-year absence.

*1 The logo is worn on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as depicted below).