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Ralph W. Drury and Football’s First Helmet

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Future Big Dogs and the 1905 Army-Navy Game

Today's Tidbit... The CFL's 104-Yard Field Goal Attempt

Allison Danzig and the Crescent Athletic Club

Canadian Football Players Who Gained Fame In Other Fields

Hank Crisp, As Tough As They Come

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Yardage and Field Numbers

Today’s Tidbit... Don’t Handicap Eugene “Gus” Neely

College Yearbook Football Images, Part II

College Yearbook Football Images, Part I

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Yale Football's Dual Olympian

Today’s Tidbit... Billy Laval and the Crazy Quilt Formation

What Might Have Been: Harvard’s Football Challenge of 1856

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Gene Roberts Scores Again

Iowa Field: A Railroad Runs Through It

Standing Tall Among AAFC Preseason Camps

Today’s Tidbit... The Nineteenth Street Trojans

Ralph Siewert: Pro Football and Basketball’s First 7-Footer

The Two Dumbest NFL Draft Picks Ever

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Origins of Pass Defense

Today's Tidbit... Of Rugby Balls and Leather Helmets

William Fellowes Morgan and Football's 1882 and 1884 Rule Books

Today's Tidbit... That Time The Brits Wanted Us To Give Up Football

Jim Thorpe and the Dropkicking Heisman Trophy Winners

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Decorated End Zones and Jim Thorpe

Today's Tidbit... Shoes of Any Color, As Long As They’re Black

Stanford Football and the Palo Alto School of Aviation

Bull Halsey, Palmer E. Pierce, and the 1905 Army-Navy Game

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Have A Doink On Me

Factoid Feast XX

The Demise and Return of College's Fair Catch Free Kick

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Origins of Midwestern Football?

Today’s Tidbit... The Towel Scandal of 1915

Today's Tidbit... The Double Quarterback Formation

Today’s Tidbit... What’s a Field Goal Worth?

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... When East Meets Midwest

Today’s Tidbit... School Names on Jerseys

Today's Tidbit... Street & Smith's College Football Yearbook Covers

Today's Tidbit... Gene Roberts' Rushing Triple Crown

The NFL’s Conversion From In The Grasp To Down By Contact

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The First TD Pass In The End Zone

Today's Tidbit... Eckie, A Pistol, and the 1923 National Championship

Georgia Tech Students Ride The Bus To The 1929 Rose Bowl

How Roughing the Passer Came, Went, Returned, and Expanded

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Switching Jersey Colors At Halftime

Today’s Tidbit... Football in Plane Sight

Terminology: Basketball on Grass

Which Came First: Zone or Man-To-Man Pass Defense?

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The First College Championship Game

Today’s Tidbit... Centre’s Lockstep Shift of 1922

Today’s Tidbits... Coaches As Game Officials

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... A History of Standing Upright

Today’s Tidbit... A. W. Briggs, H. R. Briggs, the Y.M.C.A., and Jim Thorpe

Who Played In The Midwest’s First College Football Game?

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Early AAPI Football Players

Today’s Tidbit... Restricting Ineligible Receivers

Factoid Feast XIX

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Honey, I Shrunk The Football Field

W. R. Crowley And His 1934 Rule Book

Today's Tidbit... J. C. Higgins and Sears Sporting Goods

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Most Accomplished Football Team Ever

1916 Intersectionality: Colgate @ Illinois

Today's Tidbit... The First Touchdown Pass Caught In The End Zone

What If We Dropkicked All Field Goals?

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Johnny Poe Story

Today’s Tidbit... The Evolution of Yardage Markers and Field Numbers

A History of Logos on Football Gear

Dropping Football: UC Santa Barbara

Today’s Tidbit... Football’s First Doinks and Posters

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Equipment Safety Standards

1882 Yale-Princeton, Football’s First Championship Game

Today's Tidbit... A History of Goal Posts

790 RISP Podcast: When Football Came To Pass

Today’s Tidbit... Of Neck Rolls and Cowboy Collars

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... An Important Inflationary Period For Football

Walter “Sneeze” Achiu, The NFL’s First AAPI Player

Pioneering Asian and Pacific Islander Football Players

Kansas City's Stadiums of the Future are Things of the Past

Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Lack of Uniformity

Today’s Tidbit... Best Practices in Mid-1950s Uniform Laundering

Eddie Eagan: College Football Player, and Summer and Winter Olympian

Inflating Footballs, the Adjacent Possible, and Progress