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Purdue Football: Launching New Helmets

It appears that Purdue is going to “Launch” a new Helmet.

Based on their tweets and the audio within the Tweets, it seems like it will be a helmet based around Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon - as this year is the 50th year anniversary.

Purdue often used white helmets during the Darrell Hazell era. While it wasn’t a terrible looking helmet, there were a lot of games lost while wearing those helmets - so, rightfully so, Purdue Fans wanted them gone.

This was the design for the helmets - which was announced during the Spring Game in 2015:

Our new alternate white helmet was just unveiled to everyone at the Spring Game!