In this article, the author discusses the United States commemorative stamps and what the stamp-buying public knows about higher education. United States commemorative stamps have illustrated individuals such as Marilyn Monroe (1995); characters such as Bugs Bunny (1997); American motorcycles (2006); and Valentine candy hearts (2004). Higher education research, teaching, and service, however, have received short shrift from the U.S. Postal Service, except, of course, when it comes to football. Athletics, especially football, is the aspect of U.S. higher education most often commemorated in stamps. The following are also featured: other aspects of colleges and universities in the life of America; American or global prizes awarded to outstanding authors, scientists, and people who have increased mutual understanding between the the United States and other countries; outstanding educators; and few colleges or universities celebrating a 200th anniversary in the 1940s and early 1950s. All together, about 25 stamps--1 percent of the commemorative stamps released over the past 70 years--apply directly to higher education, prestigious academic prizes, collegiate sports, or individual colleges, and many of those commemoratives feature football.