HELMET HISTORY. Home Helmet History Team Summary Helmets > Helmet Stories About Contact Michigan Wolverines. 2019-Current 1st Photo. 2019-Current 2nd Photo. 2019-Current 3rd Photo. 2019-Current 4th Photo. 2019 vs 2018 Picture shows changes in helmet 2019 vs 2018 . 2016-18 1st Photo ... Blue flakes added to blue part of helmet per mvictors.com ...

May 13, 2022 · Going back to the late 1930’s Michigan has had the winged helmet, and fans find it one of the sharpest-looking helmets in all of football. It depends on who you talk to, but different...

These helmets made their debut at the Wolverines' 1938 season opener against Michigan State and have been worn ever since. It has become an icon of Michigan's football program, which held it exclusively for more than seventy years.

Jul 20, 2009 · One of the most recognizable symbols in college football, Michigan's famed winged football helmet dates back to 1938, when Fritz Crisler arrived from Princeton University with his penchant for detail and style. "Michigan had a plain black helmet and we wanted to dress it up a little," Crisler recalled.

The Wolverines defeated the Spartans 14-0 behind two touchdown runs by sophomore Paul Kromer to gain their first win over Michigan State in four years. Whether the helmet helped the passing game is hard to say, Michigan completed four of …

Sep 21, 2014 · Scroll down for a timeline of Michigan football team uniform changes. Notes are restricted to helmet, jersey, and pants changes but include variations in colors, designs, patches, decals, logos, etc. For the Michigan Helmet Stickers Catalog, click here. For historical uniform changes follow the links by era:

Jan 27, 2015 · October 1, 1938 | Ann Arbor, MI | vs. Michigan State. HELMET: In Fritz Crisler’s debut as head coach, he introduces the Michigan football “winged” helmet design. Crisler had introduced a similarly designed winged helmet, with 3 stripes running through the middle, at Princeton in 1935.

Michigan's football helmet is surely one of the most instantly recognizable icons in college sports. The famous "winged" design dates from 1938 when Coach Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler arrived from Princeton to begin a new era in Michigan football.

The Michigan hockey team has gone through almost as many helmet designs as head coaches. The team went hatless in the 1920s, then strapped on leather bowls for the next two decades before switching to plastic boxes, synthetic domes, CCMs, Coopers, and finally Nikes.

Michigan's famed winged football helmet dates back to 1938, when Fritz Crisler arrived from Princeton University with his penchant for detail and style. "Michigan had a plain black helmet and we wanted to dress it up a little," Crisler recalled.