Mountain East Conference

CHARLESTON CONCORD FAIRMONT STATE
"Golden Eagles" "Mountain Lions" "Falcons"
Charleston, WV Athens, WV Fairmont, WV
FROSTBURG STATE GLENVILLE STATE WEST LIBERTY
"Bobcats" "Pioneers" "Hilltoppers"
Frostburg, MD Glenville, WV West Liberty, WV
WEST VIRGINIA STATE WEST VIRGINIA
WESLEYAN		 WHEELING
"Yellow Jackets" "Bobcats" "Cardinals"
Institute, WV Buckhannon, WV Wheeling, WV

Historical Helmets

UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON

2003 - 2004 2005 - 2011 2012 - 2013
2014 - 2017 2018 - 2019 2020* -
2023 - 2025 -
*see note 1 below

Charleston's intercollegiate football team was resumed in 2003 after a 47-year absence; the school was known as Morris Harvey College when the earlier team played its last season in 1956.

*1 In 2023 the "eagle head" logo was worn on both sides of this design; in 2024 the logo on the right side was replaced with uniform numbers (as depicted below).

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CONCORD UNIVERSITY

c.late 1970s c.1998 ? - 2001
2002 2003 - 2004 2005
2006 2007 - 2008 2009 - 2015
2016 - 2023 -

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FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY

? - 2001 2002 - 2006 2007
2008 - 2009 2010 2011 - 2012
2013 - 2017 2018 2019 -

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FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY

2005 (first game only?) ? - 2006 2007 - 2010
'A' (and 'A1')
2011 2012 - 2013? 2014? - 2019
*see note 1 below
'B' 'C' 'D'
2017 - 2018 2019 2020 -
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below
'E' 'F' 'G'
2021 - 2021 - 2022 -
*see note 4 below *see note 5 below
'H' 'I'
2024 - 2024 -

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

Photographs from Frostburg State's first game of the 2005 season vs. The Apprentice School show the team wearing plain black helmets, but it was reported to me that the team was soon thereafter using the "paw" decals once again.

*1 Design 'A' has uniform numbers on its left side only; the right side is "blank". 'A1' also has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is a red "paw print" logo (like that shown on the "2012-2013?" design above).

*2 'B' is a highly-reflective "red chrome" design; the left side of this design is "blank" but a "paw print" logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).

*3 This design is "blank" on its left side only; on the right side red uniform numbers (like those shown on the left side of 'A' above) are present.

*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a red "paw print" logo (like that shown on the "2012-2013?" design above).

*5 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; a "paw print" logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).

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GLENVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY

1990 - 1991 1992 - 2000 2001 - 2003
*see note 1 below
2010 2011 - 2014 2004 - 2009; 2015 -

The helmets used from 1987 through 1989 have been described as having navy blue shells and facemasks with a "blockstyle GSC on the side in white".

*1 I have received a report indicating that the "G" logo used on this design was worn on one side only of the helmet from 1992 through 2000, but I do have some photographs from the latter part of this period showing the "G" logo on the left sides of some helmets and on the right sides of others, suggesting that the logo was probably present on both sides.

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WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

c.mid 1970s 2002 - 2003 ? - 2001; 2004
2005 - 2007 2008 - 2013 2014 - 2015
2016 -

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WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY

2006 - 2008 ? - 2005; 2009 2010 - 2012
2013 2014 - 2016 2017 -
*see note 1 below

*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; the right side has a very large "yellow jacket" (as depicted below).

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WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE

? - 2000 2001 - 2009 2010 - 2011
2012 2013 - 2014 2015
*see note 1 below
2016? - 2018 October 26, 2019 2019
*see note 2 below
2020 - 2021 2022 -
*see note 2 below *see note 3 below

During the last few games of the 2004 season the decal worn on the right sides of the West Virginia Wesleyan helmets was modified by the addition of the number 32 in orange; below is the clearest photograph I have received showing this alteration. This was done in memory of team member Scott Stein, who died on October 10, 2004 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

*1 This design has the "W" logo on its left side only; the right side has white uniform numerals (as depicted below).

*2 In both 2019 and 2020* the logos were worn on the left side only; uniform numbers were worn on the right side of both these designs (as depicted below). In 2021 the right side was 'blank'.

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

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WHEELING UNIVERSITY

2019 -

This team first played at the varsity level in 2019 (an exhibition schedule was played in 2018).

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