Some random FSU Helmet History
One cool uni-related detail I noticed last week:
— FSU Uniform Tracker (@NolesUnis) September 9, 2023
FSU has added a sticker for the Seminole Tribe of Florida on the back of its helmets. They have done this for one-off games before but it wasn’t there last season.
Photos from https://t.co/muqWu4tNvO pic.twitter.com/ExqCBnqXK6
https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/for-the-historians-on-the-board.1296824/#post-24738213
Found an expired eBay listing for this helmet, the description says "AUTHENTIC 1969 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES "100" THROWBACK MINI HELMET | eBay" but the link doesn't go anywhere.
Most of the following information as to the dates of use of these various FSU helmets is summarized from information found at the "Helmet Hut" web site (www.helmethut.com).
The one "missing" helmet design is the one used by FSU during its first two games in 1969 (vs Wichita State and vs Miami (FL)); during these two games, FSU used gold helmets with a version of the "100" logo that many teams used that year to commemorate the college football centennial. I have seen no color photographs of this helmet, but the "Helmet Hut" web site reports that the football-shape was blue in color. I would appreciate any color photographs from the game.
*1 In 1962, plain gold helmets were used only during the first two games (vs The Citadel and Kentucky).
*2 Beginning with the team's third game in 1962, FSU introduced a triple helmet design scheme. On their helmets the offensive unit wore an arrow logo, the defensive unit a tomahawk, and the multi-purpose players an "indian head". This scheme was in place until the end of the 1962 season.
*3 While this design was apparently in use for most of the 1964 season, the team used plain gold helmets (like the first helmet shown above) during at least the game against Georgia in 1964.
*4 This design was used only during the inaugural Peach Bowl game in Atlanta, GA, which was a 31-27 loss to LSU.
*5 This design was used during games against Texas Tech and Utah State at the beginning of the 1975 season.
*6 Used during one game only - a 10-6 loss to Iowa State.
*7 I have only one photograph - showing only one FSU helmet - from the 1975 FSU game against Memphis State; in this photograph, the FSU helmet lacks any stripes. I would appreciate additional photographs from this game to confirm whether or not the entire team was using stripeless helmets during this game - if so, this would "count" as an additional historical helmet design for FSU.
*8 Black helmets were worn during the 2009 home game against Maryland in order to "[pay] tribute to Osceola, the legendary Native American warrior whose leadership of the Seminoles during the Second Seminole War has made him an enduring symbol of the unconquered spirit that Florida State athletes seek to embody".
In 1962, FSU had three helmets
I wish I could fit 50 helmets in a top 10. pic.twitter.com/D3dEcqDNfs
— Mike Farrell (@mfarrellsports) May 2, 2020
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