Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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| ALBANY STATE | BENEDICT | CLARK ATLANTA |
| "Golden Rams" | "Tigers" | "Panthers" |
| Albany, GA | Columbia, SC | Atlanta, GA |
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| FORT VALLEY STATE | KENTUCKY STATE | LANE |
| "Wildcats" | "Thorobreds" | "Dragons" |
| Fort Valley, GA | Frankfort, KY | Jackson, TN |
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| MILES | MOREHOUSE | STILLMAN |
| "Golden Bears" | "Maroon Tigers" | "Tigers" |
| Fairfield, AL | Atlanta, GA | Tuscaloosa, AL |
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| TUSKEGEE | ||
| "Golden Tigers" | ||
| Tuskegee, AL | ||
Comments
Of all NCAA and NAIA conferences, this is the one for which I need the most assistance - I almost never receive any information from any of these colleges. There are several teams in this conference for which I will need additional information before I can add their current helmets to the web site; for all of these, what I need is a copy of the helmet logo.
Fort Valley State was using a new helmet logo in 2007 (though not for all of its games); the new logo was a "wildcat head" that appears to be somewhat similar to the one presently used by Bethune-Cookman. Below is a photograph from the game vs Edward Waters. FVSU used plain blue helmets during the 2007 game against Tuskegee.
Lane switched to white helmets in 2005 with burgundy facemasks, burgundy-blue-burgundy stripes, and an arched "LANE" logo which is dark blue with a burgundy shadow. I need a copy of the new helmet logo in order to add this helmet to the web site.
Miles switched to purple helmets for the 2004 season. I need a copy of the helmet logo (a yellow "MC" with white outline) in order to add this one to the web site. Below is a photo of this one, which was apparently also still in use in 2005, though without the two stripes:
Tuskegee was using a new helmet logo in 2004, shown in the photograph below. The logo is the team name "GOLDEN TIGERS" in yellow letters with white and red outlines. I could now add this helmet to the web site if I could get a scanned copy of the helmet decal itself, or of the artwork for it. I believe that this design was still in use during the 2005 season; no information was received in 2006 or 2007.
Stillman was a new member of this conference for the 2005 season. In 2004, the team used plain gold helmets for at least one game early in the season, but later added a logo that had also been used by the team for (I think) most of the team's games from 2001 through 2003, and again in 2005. No information was received for this team in 2006 or 2007. I would appreciate a copy of this logo so that I may add this helmet to the web site. Below is a photo:
I received very little information for these teams in 2006 and 2007, and other new designs may have been adopted. Morehouse and apparently Benedict, also, were using new designs for the 2007 season (Benedict used at least two designs in 2007).
Historical Helmets
ALBANY STATE
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| August 27, 2005 | ? - present |
BENEDICT
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| ? - 2000? | 2001? - 2003 | 2004 - 2006 |
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| 2007 (early season) | 2007 - |
| *see note 1 below |
*1 This design was used for an unknown number of games (more than one) in 2007 before stripes were added to the helmet.
CLARK ATLANTA
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| ? - 2004 | 2005 - |
During at least several games in 2003, Clark Atlanta was using a different helmet logo on the right sides of their football helmets - a white circle containing the number 64, as shown in the photograph here. This was done in recognition of former Clark Atlanta football player and coach Curtis Crockett, who had died in February 2003; Crockett had worn number 64 during his playing days at Clark Atlanta.
FORT VALLEY STATE
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| ? - 2002; some games in 2007 |
2003 | 2003 - |
Fort Valley State used at least two different helmet designs in 2003, one with the "Wildcats" logo on the sides, and one without it. The logo was absent during the team's first game of the season against Morehouse, but was present at least during later games against Tuskegee and Albany State.
KENTUCKY STATE
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| ? - 1999? | 2000? - 2002? | 2001; 2003 |
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| 2004 - ? | ? - present |
The dates listed here are the roughest of approximations. The first helmet shown above was in use during at least part of the 1999 season, and possibly in 2000 also. The second was in use during at least part of the 2000 season. The third helmet was in use during at least parts of the 2001 and 2003 seasons. I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who can identify the precise dates of use for each of these helmets.
LANE
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| ? - 2004 |
MILES
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| ? - 2000 |
Miles College had switched from white helmets to yellow ones in 2001 with a new "MC" logo (shown in photograph below); I need a copy of this "MC" logo in order to add this helmet to the site. I believe that this helmet design was used through the 2003 season.
MOREHOUSE
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| c.late 1990s | 2003 only? | ? - 2002?; 2004 - 2006? |
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Morehouse seems to use "plain" helmets fairly often; photographs from an early-season game against Fort Valley State in 2005 show the team wearing helmets without decals. I suspect that, in most years, the decals are eventually added to the helmets even when they are absent during early-season games.
STILLMAN
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| 2004 (at least one game) |
TUSKEGEE
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| ? - 1999? | 2000? - 2003 |
