I'm changing how I manage this site. If you are a free subscriber, please read this message. It is a common belief that the Los Angeles Rams were the first team to adorn their helmets with logos in 1948, but previous stories have shown the Rams followed
Don’t forget Frank Leahy’s 1940 Notre Dame team that had what looked like stenciled numbers on the back of their “gold” leather helmets.
The UNC-Maryland was broadcast in color (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1951-10-20/ed-1/seq-6/).
Also, this site claims that not only was the UNC-Maryland the last CBS telecast using its color system, it was also the first college football game broadcast in color. https://eyesofageneration.com/the-story-behind-the-cbs-rcanbc-color-feud-these-screen-shots-are-from-a-co/
And here's how some alums saw the game in New York. https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073229/1951-11-23/ed-1/seq-4/
*The 1951 UNC-Maryland game...