PHOTO

 

DESCRIPTION

 

YEARS USED

 

COMMENTS
  Dark leather football helmet (black or dark brown)  
1920s
   Dates are uncertain.
     
   
  Tan leather football helmet (matches khaki pants)  
1920s
   Worn during the late 1920s, photo is from 1929, but dates are uncertain.
     
   
PHOTO UNAVAILABLE   White leather football helmet with front "wing" section outlined in cardinal with three small cardinal stripes extending to back of helmet  
1930s-1940s
   Dates are uncertain.
     
   
  White leather helmet with front "wing" section outlined in cardinal with cardinal stripe extending from front to back, intersected by cardinal stripe extending from side to side.  
1936-1937
   Dates are uncertain.
     
   
  Cardinal leather helmet with front wing, side panels, and cross-over stripes in white.  
1936-1937
   Worn during the same time as above helmet, which may suggest a home and away helmet situation. Dates are uncertain.
           
  White shell with cardinal stripe  
1946-1951
   Dates are uncertain. Helmet shells are Riddell RK.
           
  Cardinal shell, later with gray or white plastic facemask (1956)  
1952-1957
   Helmet worn prior to arrival of Frank Broyles. Helmet shells are Riddell RK.
           
  Cardinal shell with white player numbers on sides, gray or white plastic facemask  
1958-1963
   Helmet shells are Riddell, MacGregor and Wilson.
             
  Cardinal shell with larger cartoonish white running hog on sides, gray or white plastic facemask  
1964-1966
   The razorback logo first appeared for the 1964 season, but unlike the current razorback, this version was slightly larger and more "cartoonish." Helmet shells are Riddell and MacGregor.

CLICK HERE to see a newspaper article detailing the first Razorback's hog decal. Thanks to Phil Key for the information.
           
  Cardinal shell with white running hog on sides, gray facemask  
1967-1977
   Smaller, more defined razorback logo. Helmet shells are Riddell, MacGregor and Bike.
           
  Cardinal shell with white running hog on sides, white facemask  
1978-2000
   Holtz's team changed to white facemasks at the end of his first year in the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma. The helmet has remained unchanged since then, except for a 15% enlargement of the Hog decal in 1995, with slight modifications to the razorback. Helmet shells are Riddell and Schutt (Bike).
           
  Cardinal metallic shell with white running hog on sides, white facemask.  
2001-Current
   Beginning in 2001, the Razorback decal underwent minor changes, including sharper tusks on the razorback, as well as the hind hooves being pointed towards the front of the helmet instead of down. This change was a reflection in a school-wide update of the traditional logo. Helmet shells are Riddell and Schutt.