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Originally Posted by FredFan7
Through 1978 all NFL officials wore white hats. Then, from 1979 to 1987 the referee wore a black hat and the rest of the officials wore white hats. This was done so the R could be more visible to the folks on TV.
During this entire time at the college level the referee wore a white hat and the rest of the crew wore black hats.
Then in 1988 the NFL switched and had the referee start wearing a white hat and the rest of the crew wore black hats. My guess is the NFL and NCAA wanted to be more uniform on hat color.
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ISTR in the 1960s or later in high school games (not all of which were Fed) the officials having the opposite color caps from NCAA, but they switched before NFL did.
Now I'm trying to remember the order of switching colors of penalty flags, between Fed, NCAA, and NFL, red vs. yellow. I remember a time NCAA had yellow and the other 2 red. NCAA switched first from corner flags to pylons, but now I don't remember whether Fed or NFL switched last.
CFL was last to completely get rid of penalty horns, after CAFA, and long after USA officials.
Robert