Throwback jerseys were all the rage in the NFL at the start of the century, thanks to teams bringing back uniforms that went ...

Nike Smokey Grey football uniforms are inspired by the "Volunteer Spirit" of American military service. Here's what they look ...

The first plastic helmet—the precursor to every modern football helmet—was made by John T. Riddell in 1939; the company he founded still dominates the industry today.

It wasn’t always this way: From American football’s bareheaded 19 th-century beginnings in the Ivy League to the leather-helmet era that spanned the first half of the 20 th century, decoration ...

Seattle-based startup VICIS worked with Artefact to try to design a new football helmet that combined form, function, and safety. Here are the results.

At the start of the 1970 college football season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers debuted their new helmet: a classic white helmet with a red stripe down the middle and an N centered on both sides. For ...

Adjusting for opponent, the American has three teams in the S&P+ top 50 as of Oct. 29. Tulsa sits at No. 57, ranked ahead of Arkansas and Mississippi State. Seven American teams rank ahead of Georgia.

A new high-tech football helmet may help prevent concussions and reduce the brain injuries that give athletes chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Evidence is mounting that head impacts in American football can lead to devastating neurological illness. Scientists searching for ways to protect players have developed a helmet containing liquid ...

At Stanford, David Camarillo chases the dream of a helmet that can prevent brain disease related to playing football. It’s filled with water. Really. Brain experts say he’s wasting his time.

A first-of-its-kind football helmet will allow coaches at Gallaudet University, the school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington, D.C., to transmit plays to their quarterback via an ...

The first football helmet wasn’t used in a game until 1896, and wasn’t mandatory until 1939. The game was played for 51 years before players ever started using helmets.