Today's Tidbit... Adding A Twelfth Man On Offense

The twelfth man on football teams has a long history and multiple variations. Canadian football has had a twelfth man since the Ontario Rugby Football Union adopted the Burnside Rules in 1902. A supportive home crowd is sometimes called a twelfth man, particularly at Texas A&M. In addition, there have been at least two proposals to add a twelfth man to the offense in American football.

The first came in the 1930s, which I covered two years ago in this article. That proposal came when coaching fro...