As the forces of impacts increased, players began arming themselves. The 1890's saw the invention of the nose mask (1891), sew-on leather pads (mid-1890's), and the football helmet (1895).

Each player's area code is now present on his helmet. Long snapper Jordan Ober, left, sports "702" for Las Vegas, and offensive lineman Tanner Farmer has "618" for Highland, Illinois. LINCOLN ...

Illinois debuts incredible vintage football helmets for Illinois-Michigan game The throwback, brown helmets were hand-painted to "match the look of the Red Grange era leather helmets," in a ...

(The definitive proof of Nebraska's black helmet to be worn against Wisconsin on Oct. 1. Maybe. Photo originally located here.) Welcome to another edition of the Husker Hotwire, the sometimes ...

Nebraska Football 2012: ... Nebraska, where minor accent colors (or new colors entirely) are turned into the feature color of the uniform, and the helmets look like art projects.