College Football, as a whole, doesn't decide on when to do anything. The institutions themselves decide whether or not to place names on the back of jerseys, and to this day, some teams have names and some do not.
When the National Football League and the American Football League merged in 1970, all players began wearing their names on their uniform jerseys. Before the merger, only the AFL teams wore jerseys with names.
Player names were added to the back on Michigan jerseys in 1980.
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The Green Bay Packers, following the league's mandate, put player's names on their jerseys beginning with the 1970 season.
because they where honoring the graduates of the year 62 by wearing their old uniforms. i think it was 62? if not a year in the 60's but they where wearing their uniforms so they didn't have names cuz it wasn't their actual jerseys.
Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year was created in 1963.
Associated Press College Football Player of the Year was created in 1998.
Sporting News College Football Player of the Year was created in 1942.
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The only football team which was undefeated in college football in the year of 1998 was the University of Tennessee.
Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award was created in 1998.
College Football starts in August each year. The regular season for college football usually in ends in November or early December.