Sitemap - 2024 - Football Archaeology
Today's Tidbit... And The Band Played On
Today’s Tidbit… The Birth of TV Timeouts
Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast IX
Today's Tidbit... Weight Training and the 1963 San Diego Chargers
Wild Animal Mascots and Bevo-Uga on ESPN
Film Breakdown: 1904 Chicago @ Michigan
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... How Early Fields Went On Line
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: Denver
Today's Tidbit... Football's Most Lopsided Score: Dickinson 227 Haverford 0, Right?
The 1904 Little Big Game: We Shall Not See Its Like Again
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... 1918 Rose Bowl Coaches
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: San Francisco
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The First Black Football Coach at a Non-HBCU
Today's Tidbit... Glenn McCarthy And Houston's Giant Stadium
Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast VIII
Today's Tidbit... The School Of Hard Knox
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: Gonzaga
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Sudden Death and Tie Games
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: Boston U
Today's Tidbit: Follow The Damn Rules
Today's Tidbit... Going Deep In The End Zone
Today's Tidbit... Managing the White Space
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Stealing Football Signs and Signals
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: NYU
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: Xavier
Today's Tidbit... Football Can Be So Upsetting
Today's Tidbit... Radio Headsets of 1956
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: Marquette
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... A History of the Football
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: California State University, Fullerton
Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: Catholic U.
Book Report: George H. Brooke's The Story of a Football Season (1907)
Today's Tidbit... "Wild Animal" Mascots
Today's Tidbit... When Dad is the Father of Football
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Tanning with the Horweens
Today's Tidbit... More Grandstanding In Early Football
Today's Tidbit... Grandstanding in Early Football
Today's Tidbit... Novel Rule Suggestions of 1904
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Left- and Right-Handed Footballs
Today's Tidbit... Connecting with the 1895 and 1896 Maine Wesleyan Football Teams
Today's Tidbit... Football, Gambling, and Punch Boards
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Football's Oldest Field
Who Scored Football's First Touchdown?
Predicting the 1924 National Champs
The 125-Year-Old Safety Penalty
Today's Tidbit... How Conditioning Took Shape in 1923
Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast VII
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Virginia Tech's Helmet Toss Trickeration
Today's Tidbit... Beaver Cleaver's Football Gear
Today's Tidbit... Football on Ice
1896 Football Rules and Widow Jones Suits for Boys
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Building Harvard Stadium
Today's Tidbit... The Bumpy Road to Today's Shoulder Pads
Today's Tidbit... Football and Graflex Cameras
Book Report: James R. Church's University Foot-Ball of 1893
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Yale-Georgia Series of the 1920s and 1930s
Walter Camp and Football's Road Not Taken
Today's Tidbit... Percy Wendell, Nose Guards, and Serbian Restaurant Riots
Rerun: When The Olympics Included Gridiron Football
The 1951 Los Angeles Rams-11th Naval District Tripleheader
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Ready-To-Play Signal
George Taliaferro: Army Draftee, and NFL's First Black Draftee and Starting QB
Today's Tidbit... Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun
Today's Tidbit... IGA's Football-Themed Incentive Program of 1942
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Eligible Receiver Out Of Bounds
Today's Tidbit... David vs. Goliath - The All-American Bowl
Today's Tidbit... Pop Warner Looks Forward and Back
Today's Tidbit... Let's Cover Football's Rule Books
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Origins of Flip-Style Down Markers
Today's Tidbit... The Fundamentals of Kicking in 1923
Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast VI
Today's Tidbit... Helmet-Tossing Trickeration
Today's Tidbit... Offensive and Defensive Formations in 1938
Today's Tidbit... Atlantic Gas Stations and Dunkel's Football Ratings
A History of the Football, Ch. 6
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Football's Use of Dixie Cups
A History of the Football: Ch. 5
Today's Tidbit... The 1965 NFL Player Benefit Plan
A History of the Football, Ch. 4 Pt. 3
A History of the Football: Ch. 4 Pt. 2
A History of the Football: Ch. 4 Pt. 1
Today's Tidbit... Building and Opening Harvard Stadium
A History of the Football: Ch. 3 Pt. 2
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Box Drills and Ropes
A History of the Football: Ch. 3 Pt. 1
Today's Tidbit... The First Football Game in the Midwest, and Fudge
A History of the Football, Ch. 2 Pt. 2
A History of the Football, Ch. 2 Pt. 1
Today's Tidbit... Procrastination and the 1904 Cal-Stanford Game
A History of the Football: Ch. 1 Pt. 5
A History of the Football: Ch. 1 Pt. 4
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Commuter Coach, Walter Steffen
A History of the Football: Ch. 1 Pt. 3
A History of the Football: Ch. 1 Pt. 2
A History of the Football: Ch. 1 Pt. 1
A History of the Football: Introduction
A History of the Football: Preview
Image Breakdown: The 1893 Penn-Cornell Game
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Slowing the Pass Rush with the Shovel Pass
Today's Tidbit... NCAA Film Services and the March of Technology
Today's Tidbit... The Meaning Behind the Ready-to-Play Signal and Others
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Stagg's Last Game at Chicago
Today's Tidbit... The Huddled Masses #2
Today's Tidbit... Rae Crowther's 1963 Defensive Reaction Machine
Today's Tidbit... Col. Roy C. Baker And The Flip-Style Down Marker
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Who First Drew Up the Draw Play?
Today's Tidbit... Eligible Receivers and the Sideline
Today's Tidbit... Dennis Mahan Michie
Today's Tidbit... Taking A Stance On Handedness
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Football's Early Pay-Per-View Days
Today's Tidbit... Feeling Detached About Tackling in 1902
Today's Tidbit... Football And Paper Cups
The 1874 Harvard-McGill Games and the American Ball
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Otto Graham's Comic Book Days
The First College Homecoming: 1909 Baylor
Today's Tidbits... Who's Playing in a 1909 Post Card?
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The 1905 Chicago-Michigan National Championship Game
Today's Tidbit: The University of Mexico Football and International Play
Today's Tidbit... More Absorblo Pads
Today's Tidbit... Glory Days and the 1955 Champion Catalog
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The History of Game Balls
Today's Tidbit... Penalty Signals of Yore
When Defenses Lose Their Point (One-Point Safeties)
Today's Tidbit... Will Tethered Footballs Make A Comeback?
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The History of Huddling
Today's Tidbit... Two Items in Spalding's 1905 Catalog
Today's Tidbit... 1895 Wellesley College Women's Football
Today's Tidbit... Game-Used Sweaters and All The Presidents' Sons
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Before Intentional Grounding
Today's Tidbit... Football Jerseys and the Wizard of Odd
Today's Tidbit... Stanford Propelled By Airplane Drill
Today's Tidbit... The Horween Brothers and the NFL
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Absorblo and Exterior Helmet Padding
Today's Tidbit... Penalizing Incomplete Passes
Today's Tidbit... On A Wing and a Player
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Rouge and Two-Point Conversion
American Express And The 1953 Rose Bowl
Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast V
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... TV Numbers On Helmets
The Bliss Brothers, the Reverse, and the Flying Wedge
The First Forward Pass Revisited
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Travis, Taylor, and Teddy Jr.
Today's Tidbit... More American Football in 1910 England
Today's Tidbit... Before Friday Night Lights
Today's Tidbit... Fan Clubs ($)
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Punting From Behind A Barbed Wire Fence
Today's Tidbit... The Huddled Masses of 1905
Today's Tidbit... John Heisman and the Seamless Valve
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Helmets Without Chin Straps
Today's Tidbit... Top Plays of 1933
The 1964 McGregor Catalog - Helmets and Sideline Gear ($)
The 1964 McGregor Catalog - Pants & Stockings ($)
We Missed Football's 850th Anniversary!
March 2024 Dig... Forward Passing from 1906 to 1911
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... When Tipped Incompletions Were Live Balls
The 1964 McGregor Fall & Winter Catalog - Jerseys
Otto Graham and the Championship Football Comic Book
Herb Maus and the 1920 and 1921 Pacific Fleet Teams
Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Podcast
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Fumbling Into and Out of the End Zone
Football and Early Pay-Per-View Television
Today's Tidbit... Right- and Left-Handed Footballs ($)
Charlie Finley and his Visually and Grip Enhanced Footballs ($)
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Football's First Three Retired Jerseys
The College All-Star Game, Ballot Stuffing, and the NFL
Today's Tidbit... The Match Game: Frank Birch and the 1906 Earlham Team Picture ($)
Today's Tidbit... White and Yellow Footballs for Night Games ($)
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Paying Players in the 1920s
Today's Tidbit... The Rise and Fall of Helmet Numbers
February 2024 Dig... 1906 Bucking Strap Brochure
Today's Tidbit... 1940 Lon Keller Program Covers ($)
Announcing Changes to Football Archaeology
Today's Tidbit... Travis, Taylor, and Teddy Roosevelt III ($)
Today's Tidbits... Logos and Pads at 1900s South Dakota ($)
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Ringers and Rival Towns in 1921
Today's Tidbit... Playing For Extra Time In Portland
Today's Tidbit... A 1940 Riddell Brochure ($)
Today's Factoids... Nebraska Fans Are Slappies ($)
Today's Tidbit... Punting From Behind A Barbed Wire Fence ($)
Today's Tidbit... Traditional Post-Game Fan Celebrations ($)
When Tipped Passes Were Live Balls ($)
Today's Tidbit... Touchbacks After Fumbling Into the End Zone
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... White's Big Run
Today's Tidbit... Uncle Jim's Helmet
When Out Of Bounds Balls Were Live ($)
Today's Tidbit... Navy's Featherweight Football Gear of 1927
Today's Tidbit... My Sports Illustrated 19th Hole Stories
Today's Tidbit... Judging Walter Steffen's Coaching Career
Today's Tidbit... America's Oldest Football Field
Today's Tidbit... Most Spectacular Play I Saw per Walter Eckersall ($)
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Pneumatics In Football Equipment
Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast IV
Today's Tidbit... John Wayne's Football Career At USC
Today's Tidbit... When Air Force Football Reached New Heights
Today's Tidbit... When USC Used Their Heads And Lost ($)
Today's Tidbit... Football Helmets Without Chin Straps ($)
Today's Tidbit... Guantanamo's 1915 Fleet Championship ($)
Today's Tidbit... The Honest Head Linesmen
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... St. Louis U's Early Road Trip
Today's Tidbit... Two-Teaming College Football ($)
Today's Tidbit... Early Forward Passing Techniques ($)
Today's Tidbit... Early All-Americans As Head Coaches ($)
Today's Tidbit... Archaic Football Terms
Today's Tidbit... Checking In On Late-1950s Substitution Rules
Today's Tidbit... Michigan's Goal Line Punt Return of 1905 ($)
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The First Two-Platoon All-American Team
Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast III
Today's Tidbit... Flying to Away Games in 1940
Today's Tidbit... 100 Years of Football: Modern NFL and Post-1906 All-Stars