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Helmet Changes & News

Helmet Changes for 2003
Helmet Changes for 2002
Helmet Changes for 2001
Helmet Changes for 2000
NCAA Football Realignment Changes

 

Division I-A Arkansas (tweaked hog decal) Buffalo (all new horn design) Clemson (navy 2 purple stripes) Georgia (white stripe only) Indiana (removed stripes) Kentucky (blue shell, no stripes) Maryland (wt. shell, red Terps) Michigan St. (S is back) Nevada (new decal) North Carolina ('94 logo, stripes) North Texas (new shell, decal ) Oklahoma State (new decal) Rutgers (new R decal) San Jose St.-1 (new decals, black triangles) San Jose St. -2 (back to the 2000 decals) South Carolina (wider stripes) Texas Tech (removing outer ol) USC (back to gray mask) Virginia (orange tapered stripes) Wake Forest (new decal)

Others Alcorn State Augsburg (add "A" decal rt. side only) Brown (new shell, decal) Carelton (new decal) Hamline (no decal, single stripe) New Hampshire (stripes) Norfolk State (new decal) North Carolina A&T (new shell) North Greenville (new decal) Northern Iowa (new decal) Idaho St. (all new "IS" design) Indiana St. (S. Miss like decal) Sewanee (new shell, decal) Southern (new Jag/ SU logo) Southern Illinois (new decal) Towson (all new design) Wabash (no stripes) Western Carolina (new decal)

Special note for 2001 helmets:

Every school in the NCAA I've seen a rear view photo of since the September 11th, 2001 tragedy has used the American Flag decal. If I'm not mistaken, I think everyone has used the very same decal. In addition to the flag, Akron included a small thin stripe down the center of their helmets that was not a normal part of their uniform. This gave the helmet a patriotic red, white, blue stripe pattern. See the main page for an example of Notre Dame using a flag decal.

 

Buffalo Eastern Michigan Hawaii Houston Kent Louisiana Monroe Mississippi St. (special) Nevada Oklahoma NC State San Diego State San Jose State

South Carolina (mid-season) SMU Temple Tulsa Texas Tech UCLA UTEP Washington State Wyoming

Drake Florida A &M Eastern Washington Holy Cross Idaho State Jackson State Lafayette Montana State New Hampshire Norfolk State Prairie View A&M Rhode Island Southwest Missouri St. Wabash (new font W)

2005
UConn from Div I - Independent to Big East

2004
Coast Guard, Kings Point and Worcester Tech (WPI) from Div III - Freedom to Div III - Upstate Collegiate
Gannon from Div II - Independent to Div II - Great Lakes

2003
South Alabama, Southeastern Louisiana, and Coastal Carolina might begin football as Div IAA

2002
Florida International begins inaugural football season in Div I-AA (conference unknown, probably Independent)
South Florida from Div I - Independent to Conference USA
Troy State from Div I-AA to Div I-A
St John's from Div-IAA Northeast to Div-1AA MAAC
 

2001
Division IA
Big West Conference will no longer sponsor football
Arkansas State, North Texas, New Mexico State and Idaho from Big West to Sun Belt Conference
Louisiana - Lafayette, Louisiana - Monroe, Middle Tennessee from Div I - Independents to Sun Belt Conference
Utah State from Big West to Div I - Independent
Boise State from Big West to to WAC
Louisiana Tech from Div I - Independents to WAC
TCU from WAC to Conference USA
South Florida from Div I-AA Independent to Div I - Independent
Troy State becomes a provisional IA independent

Division IAA
Georgetown from Div I-AA - Independent to Div I-AA Patriot League
Austin Peay, Davidson, Jacksonville (FL), Morehead State from Div I-AA Independent to Div I-AA -Pioneer League
Hofstra from Div I-AA - Independent to Div I-AA - Atlantic 10
Cal State - Northridge from Div I-AA - Big Sky to Div I-AA - Independent
Florida Atlantic begins inaugural football season as a Div I-AA - Independent
Western Kentucky from Div IAA - Ohio Valley to Div IAA -Gateway
Morris Brown from Div II Southern to a provisional Div IAA - Independent

Division II

UPDATE- (11/13/01) These changes may not be immediate, but I've made the changes on the site in advance.
Morningside (formerly of Div II - North Central) was voted into the NAIA GPAC,  removed from site's Defunct status
Eastern conference replaced by Northeast 10 Conference ( All 11 teams remain )
Columbia conference replaced by Great Northwest Conference
UC - Davis from Div - II Columbia to Div II - Independent

Simon Frasier from Div II - Columbia to Canada's CIAU out of NCAA Play
UC - Davis from Div II - Independent to Div II - Columbia
Midwestern State from the Southern Division to the Northern Division of the Div II - Lone Star Conference
Savannah State from Div II - Southern to Division II - Independent
Morningside of Div II - North Central has dropped intercollegiate football
North Greenville from NAIA to Div II - Independent
Tifin from NAIA to Div II - Independent

Division III
Christopher Newport begins inaugural football season as Div III - Dixie
Chowan, Ferrum, Greensboro, and Methodist to the new Div III -Dixie Conference
Newport News Apprentice to the new Div III - Atlantic Central
Utica is a new Div - III independent
William Penn has left Div III - Iowa and become an NAIA Independent
Swarthmore of Div III - Centennial has discontinued intercollegiate football
Massachusetts - Boston of Div III - New England has discontinued Intercollegiate football

2000
Nevada from Big West to WAC
UConn from Div I-AA - Atlantic 10 to Div I - Independent
Georgetown from Div I-AA - Metro Atlantic to Div I - Independent
Westminister (PA) from Div II Great Lakes to Div III - President's Conference
Div III - St. Louis Intercollegiate Conference (SLIAC) will no longer sponsor football
Greenville and MacMurray of Div III - SLIAC will remain solely in Div III - Illini - Badger without the dual membership
Blackburn and Westminister (MO) from Div III - SLIAC to Div III - Independent (North)
Avrett and Shenandoah begin inaugural football season as Div III - Dixie (Dixie is not yet a formal football sponsor)
Gaulladuet begins inaugural football season as Div III- Independent (South)
Rockford and Wisconsin Lutheran begin inaugural football season as Div III - Independent (North)
Cortland State from Div III - Independent to Div III - New Jersey
Defiance (OH) from Div III - Michigan to Div III - Heartland
Wilmington from Div III - Heartland to Div III - Ohio
Wabash from Div III - Heartland to Div III - North Coast
Hiram from Div III - Ohio to Div III - North Coast
Oberlin Div III - North Coast will not be participating
Nebraska Wesleyan from Div III - Independent to NAIA - NIAC