Helmets

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Year(s) Used Description Image
1962; 1963; 1964 In 1962, plain gold helmets were used only during the first two games (vs The Citadel and Kentucky). This design was used through 1964 where it was used for some games(see 19
1962 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.
1964 While this design was 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.
1965 Florida State Seminoles 1965 football helmet.
1966 - 1968 Florida State Seminoles 1966 - 1968 football helmet.
1968 This design was used only during the inaugural Peach Bowl game in Atlanta, GA on December 30, 1968, which was a 31-27 loss to LSU.
1969 Florida State Seminoles 1969 football helmet used for the last 8 games of the 1969 season.
1970 Florida State Seminoles 1970 football helmet.
1971 - 1974 Florida State Seminoles 1971 - 1974 football helmet.
1975 This design was only used during the first two games against Texas Tech and Utah State at the beginning of the 1975 season.
1975 Used during one game only - a 10-6 loss to Iowa State on September 27, 1975.
1975 Florida State Seminoles 1975 football helmet for the last 8 games of the season.
1976 - Present This Florida State Seminoles helmet has been worn since 1976 and has remained unchanged.
2009 Black helmets were worn during the November 21, 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".