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2 minutes ago, Mittens said:

Princeton and Delaware have played twice, w/ the Blue Hens winning both games.

Who did the "winged helmet" first? Michigan or Princeton?

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Just now, DFW Horn said:

Who did the "winged helmet" first? Michigan or Princeton?

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I was curious too and it was a stock helmet but first popularized by Princeton, the coach then took it to Michigan, and a Michgan player took it to Delaware. Princeton vs. Delaware at least would be different colors. Michigan and Delaware are almost identical, looks like the blue is just a faintly different shade of blue. Princeton also stopped using it after 1938 and reinstated in it 1998.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_football_helmet

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Just now, 'stache said:

Princeton also stopped using it after 1938 and reinstated in it 1998.

Then the answer is not Michigan vs Delaware as they played in the 1980's, and it looks like no two teams w/ the winged helmet have played one another at the D1 level.  Or D2, for that matter.  I'm not going to comb the D3 teams.

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Funny how influential Princton has been. Oklahoma State's colors are orange and black because some of its founders were from Princeton and its first mascot was the tiger. 

Early caricature of an OAMC tiger jumping through a hoop symbolizing the “O” in Oklahoma.

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3 minutes ago, Mittens said:

Then the answer is not Michigan vs Delaware as they played in the 1980's, and it looks like no two teams w/ the winged helmet have played one another at the D1 level.  Or D2, for that matter.  I'm not going to comb the D3 teams.

Looks like they played in Lacrosse. The difference in blue is more visible when on the same field. Would still be cool to see in football.

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20 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Looks like they played in Lacrosse. The difference in blue is more visible when on the same field. Would still be cool to see in football.

Winged helmets collide: Michigan holds off Delaware in Top 20 tilt | The  Review

Navy/midnight blue vs Royal

Maize is a slightly darker shade to Delaware's yellow, too.

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On 7/14/2025 at 10:09 AM, Iceman said:

There are agreed-upon directions, but Tech pretty much wears a different variant/ combo each week.  So in other words, the exact opposite of the schools like Texas/PSU/ Bama with the great classics. 
I hate the gray unis for us. I also hate any red helmet. Some people like em, I do not. IMHO, we should wear Black-red-black for every home game with the all black for a night game or 2.   Road games, I like the black helmet with any other combo. 

I know the players allegedly like the variants. I don't get a vote.  The thing I hate is turning on the game and having to figure out which team is Tech. We have a great mascot and outstanding colors. A lot of of the new designs detract from both of those.  

 

The early 90s throwbacks with the non-beveled Double T will always be my personal favorite for home games, followed by the black/red/black. On the road, I like the black/white/black combo the most.

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