Michigan and Princeton both still sport the winged helmet look but it was actually Michigan State that first used it on their leather helmets in the late 1800s. Now however it is a defining symbol ...

The 1951 Heisman Trophy winner's game-worn Princeton helmet recently sold for over $65,000. Kazmaier's game-worn helmet recently sold for a record amount of over $65,000. Skip Navigation ...

If you made a list of the 10 worst helmets in college football, LSU would have a very strong case for number one. How they don’t use the Tiger eye from their fifty-yard line, an iconic look in ...

It was not the football we know today, but in many ways it was very similar. There were 11 players on each side. When football first began, 25 had been allowed. The concept of downs had been ...

Either way, the “invention” of shoulder pads in football is credited to one L.P. Smock, a Princeton student who is said to have designed the pads in 1877, eight years after his school faced ...

The origin of arguably the most famous helmet in college football began when coach Fritz Crisler arrived at Michigan in 1938, bringing the look with him from Princeton.