« Reply #722 on: June 25, 2023, 08:25:37 AM »
For the 1964 season, rule changes allowed schools to return to two platoon football. When Coach Bob Devaney broke out his offensive and defensive squads, he wanted a way to tell them apart. As the legend goes, assistant coach Mike Corgan was sent out to a local sporting goods store to get some new practice jerseys. The store owner had some black jerseys that weren’t selling. He cut Corgan a deal and the new jerseys were issued to the first string defenders.
Mike Kennedy was one of the very first Blackshirts, starting the first game after the practice jerseys debuted. He went on to earn All-Big 8 honors as a linebacker the following year.
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