CHICAGO BEARS	DETROIT LIONS	GREEN BAY PACKERS

MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Historical Helmets

CHICAGO BEARS

c.1940s - 1961	1962 - 1972	1973 - 1982

1994 special	November 25, 2004	1983 - present

DETROIT LIONS

c.1952 - 1960	1961 - 1967	1968 - October 11, 1970

October 18, 1970 - 1982	1994 special; November 22, 2001; November 28, 2002	1983 - 2002

November 27, 2003 November 25, 2004	2003 -

GREEN BAY PACKERS

1959 - 1960	1961 - 1979; Novermber 27, 2003	1994 special
	*see note 1 below

November 22, 2001	1980 - present
*see note 2 below

I have seen at least one photograph showing the Packers wearing yellow facemasks in the 1961 NFL championship game, but the apparent consensus among most visitors to this web site is that this photograph had been artificially colored. I now suspect that this is the case, because no other photographs have surfaced from either this game or any other during the 1961-1962 season showing yellow facemasks, and because facemasks of any color other than gray or white were very rare during this era.

The size of the helmet decal has apparently decreased somewhat through the years, and their have also been some minor changes to the shape of the "G" and the oval within which it is contained.

*1 This helmet design was resurrected for the Packers' Thanksgiving Day 2003 game at Detroit.

*2 This design was used for the Packers' Thanksgiving Day 2001 game at Detroit.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS

1961 - 1979; September 30, 2007	1980 - 1984	1985 - 2005

2006 -

The "Viking horn" decal was apparently slightly larger prior to about 1980 than it has been since then; I suspect that there have been some very minor changes to its shape through the years, also.