Although any photo with a white football is immediately intriguing, Graham's jersey looked different than the normal Browns jerseys of that era. I did some hardcore PFRA research (quick Google search) and landed on a webpage that explained the Browns used an orange jersey (the one in the Otto Graham photo) for some preseason games, which was confirmed by "The Gridiron Uniform Database".
An interesting sidebar on the webpage mentioned that when the NFL adopted the white football for night games, the league banned white jerseys and white helmets for night games. So in 1950-51 the Browns used dark jerseys/orange helmets for night games (like the 1950 opener against Philly), and their usual white jerseys/white helmets for day games. This makes sense, but I never knew about the white jersey/helmet ban so I never had put two-and-two together.
The questionable part of the webpage is that it says the Browns also used silver pants for night games in 1950-51. Silver pants are not included for the Browns on "The Gridiron Uniform Database", and I cannot tell from black-and-white photos if the Browns' pants are indeed silver. Has anyone heard of this before? Can anyone confirm/debunk the Browns Silver Pants Theory?
