Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
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| AUGUSTANA |
BEMIDJI STATE |
CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL |
| "Vikings" |
"Beavers" |
"Golden Bears" |
| Sioux Falls, SD |
Bemidji, MN |
St. Paul, MN |
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| JAMESTOWN |
UNIVERSITY OF MARY |
MINNESOTA-DULUTH |
| "Jimmies" |
"Marauders" |
"Bulldogs" |
| Jamestown, ND |
Bismarck, ND |
Duluth, MN |
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| MINNESOTA STATE |
MINNESOTA STATE-
MOORHEAD |
MINOT STATE |
| "Mavericks" |
"Dragons" |
"Beavers" |
| Mankato, MN |
Moorhead, MN |
Minot, ND |
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| NORTHERN STATE |
SIOUX FALLS |
SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA STATE |
| "Wolves" |
"Cougars" |
"Mustangs" |
| Aberdeen, SD |
Sioux Falls, SD |
Marshall, MN |
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| WAYNE STATE |
WINONA STATE |
| "Wildcats" |
"Warriors" |
| Wayne, NE |
Winona, MN |
Historical Helmets
AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY
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2004 - 2011 |
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BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY
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'C' |
'D' (and 'D1') |
| 2017 - 2019 |
2018 - 2019 |
2021 - |
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*see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
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| 'E' |
'F' |
'G' |
| 2021 - 2022 |
2022 |
2023 - |
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*see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
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'I' |
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2025 - |
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During recent years Bemidji State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2024: D1-H-H; D1-D1-H; H-D1-D1; H-D1-H; H-H (the last three games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Angelo State, at Western Colorado, and at Minnesota State-Mankato)
- 2023: D1-G-D1; G?-D1-D1; G-G-D1; D1-G-D1 (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games at UTPB and vs Central Washington)
- 2022: F-F-F; F?-F-F; E-F-E; F-F-F; F (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Winona State and at Angelot State)
- 2021: D-E-D; D-D-E; D-E-D; D-D-D; D (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Augustana and vs Colorado Mines)
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2019: B-C-C; B-C-B; C-C-B1; C-C
- 2018: B-C-C; B-C-C; B-C-B; C-B1
- 2017: B-A-A; A-B-B; B-B-A; B-B
*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as depicted below.
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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY-ST. PAUL
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| c.late 1980s - 1995 |
1996 - 1999 |
2000 - 2003 |
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| 2004 - 2011 |
2012 - 2015 |
2016 - 2017 |
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*see note 1 below |
*see note 2 below |
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| 2018 - 2019 |
2021 - |
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*see note 3 below |
Concordia's team nickname was changed from "Comets" to "Golden Bears" prior to the 1999 season.
*1 From 2005 through 2014 a "CU" logo was worn on the right side of Concordia's helmets (as shown below).
*2 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of this design; the right side has a "CSP" logo (as depicted below).
*3 The right sides of both these designs have a "CSP" logo (as depicted below).
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UNIVERSITY OF JAMESTOWN
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Jamestown has apparently used plain orange helmets since at least 1999. A "J" logo was in use much earlier.
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UNIVERSITY OF MARY
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| 1988 - ? |
? - 2011 |
2012 - 2017 |
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2019 - |
2025 - |
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This team played its first season of football in 1988 and, according to information found at the team's web site, has used only the helmet designs shown above. The year of transition from the first design to the second is unknown.
*1 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a "Marauder" logo (as represented below).
*2 Uniform numerals are worn on the left side only of this design; on the right side is a "Marauder" logo (as represented below).
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH
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| c.late 1990s |
c.2000 - 2013 |
September 16, 2017 |
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miscellaneous games
2014 - 2018 |
September 21, 2019;
September 11, 2021 |
September 17, 2022 |
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*1 The number 54 was apparently worn on the left side of each UM-Duluth helmet during this game (for some unknown reason). A logo was worn on the right side (as depicted below); the logo is that of Operation One Voice, a "a tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for the financial needs of the children and families of wounded and fallen Special Operations Forces".
*2 This design was worn October 4, 2014 (vs Minnesota State-Moorhead), September 12, 2015 (vs Wayne State (NE)) , September 10, 2016 (vs Winona State), and September 8, 2018 (vs Minnesota State-Moorhead).
*3 The 'Operation One Voice' logo (see note 1) is worn on the left side only; on the right side is the 'bulldog' logo worn on both sides of the "2014 - " helmet design.
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MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO
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| 1999 - 2000 |
2001 |
2002 - 2003 |
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| 2004 (first six games) |
2004 (last five games) |
2005 - 2012 |
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'C' |
'D' (and 'D1') |
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2018 - 2019 |
2018 - 2019; 2021 - |
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*see note 2 below |
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'A' |
'F' |
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2013 - |
2022 - |
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'H' (and 'H1') |
'I' |
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2023 - |
2024 - |
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During recent years Minnesota State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2024: D1-F1-F1; D1-D1-I; F-G-D1; F-F-F; D1-D1-F (the last four games being NCAA Division II playoff games at Augustana (SD), at CSU-Pueblo, vs Bemidji State, and at Valdosta State)
- 2023: F-D1-F; F-F-G; D1-D1-H; H-H1-H (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Augustana (SD)
- 2022: F-D1-D1; G-G-G; D1-G-G; F-F-F; F (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Wayne State (NE) and at Colorado School of Mines)
- 2021: A-A-A; A-A-A; A-D1-E; E-E
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2019: A-A-A; A-C-D; D-?-A; A-A-A?; A-D1-D1
- 2018: A-A-A; A-C-D; A?-A-A; B-B-A; A-A
- 2017: ?-A-A?; A-A-A; A-A-A; ?-B-A; A-A
From 1995 through 1998 MSU used an "MSU" logo, as shown in the photograph below; the letters were gold, and the helmet shell and facemasks were purple. A similar design was used from 1988 through 1994, but the facemasks were gold during those years.
*1 The logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (as represented below).
*2 Helmet design 'D' has the logo on its left side only; uniform numbers are worn on the right side (like those on the right side of design 'C'). Design 'D1' has the logo on both sides.
*3 The logo is present on the left side only of designs 'F' and 'G'; uniform numbers are worn on the right side of both (as represented below).
*4 Uniform numbers are worn on the left side only of designs 'H' and 'H1'; the right side of these designs differs from the left as depicted below.
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MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MOORHEAD
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2008 - 2012 |
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'A' |
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During recent years MSU-Moorhead has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2021 - 2023: A (all games)
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2019: A-A-A; A-C-C; C-C-C; C-C
- 2016 - 2018: A (all games)
- 2015: A-A-A; A-A-A; B-B-B; B-B
- 2014: A-A-A; ?-B-B; B-B-A; A-A
- 2013: A?-A-A; B-B-B; B-A-A; A-?
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MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY
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2002 - 2006 |
2007 - 2011 |
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2015 - 2016 |
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'B' |
'C' |
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'E' |
'F' |
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During recent years Minot State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023 - 2024: B (all games)
- 2022: B-F-F; B-F-F; G-F-G; F-E
- 2021: A-D-A; A-B-A; B-B-E; E-E
- 2020: [no games played]
- 2019: A-A-B; A-C-A; A-C-A; A-B
*1 The 'M' logo is worn on the left side only of this design; a different logo is worn on the right side (as represented below).
*2 The beaver logo is worn on the left side only of this design; an 'M' logo is present on the right side (as represented below).
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NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY
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| ? - 2004 |
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'B' |
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2014 - 2019 |
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'D' |
'E' |
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'G' |
'H' |
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'J' |
'K' (& 'K1' and 'K2') |
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During recent years Northern State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2023: L-L-L; K-K-K; K-K1-K1; K3-K3
- 2022: I-I-I; J-J-K; K-K1-K1; K2-K2
- 2021: F-F-F; F-G-F; H-H-H; F-F
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2019: B-A-A; A-A-C; C-D-E; C1-C1
*1 Design 'C' has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is a "wolf head" logo (as depicted below). Design 'C1' also has uniform numbers on its left side only; on the right side is the same 'N' logo worn on both sides of design 'A'.
*2 Designs 'K', 'K1', 'K2', and 'K3' each have uniform numbers on their left sides only; different logos adorn the right side of each (as depicted below).
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UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS
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2010 - 2011 |
2012 - 2013 |
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'A' |
'D' |
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2013 |
2014 - 2015(?) |
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'F' |
'G' |
| 2014 |
2014; 2016 |
2015 - 2019; 2021 - 2022 |
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'I' |
'J' |
| 2015 - 2019; 2021 - 2022 |
2015 |
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'L' |
'M' |
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'O' |
'P' |
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During recent years USF has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2024: L-N-N; L-Q-Q; L-L-R; Q-N?
- 2023: K-L-M; N-L-N; O-P-M; M-M
- 2022: G-H-H; H-G-H; J-G-H; H-H
- 2021: G-J-H; H-H-G?; G-J-G; G-J
- 2020: [no schedule played]
- 2019: G-J-G; H-G-J; H-G-J; H-H-G (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Colorado School of Mines)
- 2018: G-G-H; G-J-H; J-G-G; G-H
- 2017: G-H-J; H-G-H; H-G-J; J-G-G
- 2016: J-G(?)-J; H-G-J; G-H-F; H-G-J; H (the last two games being NCAA Division II playoff games vs Azusa Pacific and vs Harding)
- 2015: G-H-H; I-D(?)-I; G-I-H; G-I-G (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Henderson State)
- 2014: D-E-F; F-D-E; F-D-F; F-E-D
- 2013: A-A-B; C-B-A; B-C-A; B-C
- 2012: B-B-B; C-?-C; C-B-B; C-C
*1 The large "cougar head" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
*2 The large "cougar head" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
*3 The large "cougar head" logo is present on the left side only of this design; uniform numerals are worn on the right side (as depicted below).
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SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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| c.mid 1980s - 1994 |
1995 - 2003 |
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*1 This design has uniform numerals on its left side only; on the right side is the same "mustang" logo worn on both sides of the next ("2018 -") design.
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WAYNE STATE COLLEGE
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c.1960s - 1970s;
c.early 1980s |
1990 - 1998 |
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'A' |
'B' (and 'B1') |
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2021 - |
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*see note 1 below |
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| 'C' (and 'C1' & 'C2') |
'D' |
'E' (and 'E1') |
| 2021 - |
2021 - |
2022 - |
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*see note 1 below |
*see note 1 below |
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During recent years Wayne State has used the following sequences of helmet designs:
- 2024: B-B-B; C2-B1-E1; E1-F-F; E1-B1
- 2023: B1-B1-B1; C-C-B1; C-E-A; A-A
- 2022: A-A-C1; B1-C1-B1; B1-E-F; E-C-B1 (the last game being an NCAA Division II playoff game at Minnesota State)
- 2021: A-A-B?; B-B1-B1; B1-C-C; C-D
During 1979 and 1980 Wayne State used light-colored helmets with a decal which spelled the word "WILDCATS", and from 1986 to 1989 a wildcat head decal was used. Another design, used during at least the 1984 season, featured a very unusual abstract wildcat head logo, visible in the photograph below:
A clearer photograph of this design would be greatly appreciated.
*1 The right side of each of these designs differs from the left side as represented below.
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WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY
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c.early 1970s |
c.1990 |
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1997 - 2001 |
2002 - 2006 |
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2014 - 2016 |
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*1 Winona State apparently used plain helmets (without logos on the sides) during at least some of its games during the 2000 season, or perhaps the logos were worn on only one side of the helmet.
*2 Helmet stripes were apparently first used during Winona's third game of the 2014 season (at Minnesota-Crookston, September 20).
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