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re: No Foolin': Interesting college football facts
Posted on 4/1/22 at 1:50 pm to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 4/1/22 at 1:50 pm to SidewalkTiger
Good stuff here: Interesting
LSU had eliminated purple jerseys but in 1977 Kentucky decided to wear white at home but the game wasn't on TV. In the Jan 1 1983 orange Bowl, Nebraska was the home team and decided to wear white as the "home" team. It was the first time many people saw the purple jerseys which LSU had to special rush from Russell Athletic in Alex City Alabama as they had not produced a purple bowl jersey but a white one.
The Florida Gators actually wanted to bring out a live alligator for the Auburn game in 1978 but were forbidden by the state.
The true Texas "burnt orange" is really an orange mixed with saddle brown. Darrell Royal wanted a color that could not be duplicated and they worked to mix in more brown which gave it a hue that was not orange as he wasn't fond of the color. Today, Texas is strictly burnt orange like Auburn but look at jerseys in the 70's and you see a more brown, darker hue vs today.
One little known fact. Vince Dooley was a fan of brighter colors. He had the UGA red revamped to be bringter upon arriving. UGA didn't bring silver pants into the fold until 1980 replacing the white but Dooley offset that with red road pants for some games that began in 79 against AU. Ray Goff, who was more a fan of black decided to drop the stripes from the sleeve to make the black stronger. Goff also went to a darker silver pant vs the Dooley "light gray". Mark Richt brought back the lighter gray pants but the no stripes on the sleeves and went to black socks. The red pants and stripes on the sleeves returned in 2020 for one game.
Auburn wore orange jerseys for some games between 78 and 80. The Aubie players had saw Notre Dame wear green jerseys for the first time against USC in 1976 and brought it to Doug Barfield. Barfield dismissed it but surprised the players before the UGA game when the players came in after warmups to find orange jerseys hanging in the their locker. Pat Dye upon arriving asked the equipment manager if they still had orange jerseys. The manager said yes, they were scheduled for production for the 1981 season. Dye said to cancel it as he hated orange. The orange jerseys have never been seen again. Auburn also had orange facemasks from 80-83 but switched to blue in 1984. Orange facemasks would return in 2021 for the first time since 83 for the Iron Bowl.
LSU had eliminated purple jerseys but in 1977 Kentucky decided to wear white at home but the game wasn't on TV. In the Jan 1 1983 orange Bowl, Nebraska was the home team and decided to wear white as the "home" team. It was the first time many people saw the purple jerseys which LSU had to special rush from Russell Athletic in Alex City Alabama as they had not produced a purple bowl jersey but a white one.
The Florida Gators actually wanted to bring out a live alligator for the Auburn game in 1978 but were forbidden by the state.
The true Texas "burnt orange" is really an orange mixed with saddle brown. Darrell Royal wanted a color that could not be duplicated and they worked to mix in more brown which gave it a hue that was not orange as he wasn't fond of the color. Today, Texas is strictly burnt orange like Auburn but look at jerseys in the 70's and you see a more brown, darker hue vs today.
One little known fact. Vince Dooley was a fan of brighter colors. He had the UGA red revamped to be bringter upon arriving. UGA didn't bring silver pants into the fold until 1980 replacing the white but Dooley offset that with red road pants for some games that began in 79 against AU. Ray Goff, who was more a fan of black decided to drop the stripes from the sleeve to make the black stronger. Goff also went to a darker silver pant vs the Dooley "light gray". Mark Richt brought back the lighter gray pants but the no stripes on the sleeves and went to black socks. The red pants and stripes on the sleeves returned in 2020 for one game.
Auburn wore orange jerseys for some games between 78 and 80. The Aubie players had saw Notre Dame wear green jerseys for the first time against USC in 1976 and brought it to Doug Barfield. Barfield dismissed it but surprised the players before the UGA game when the players came in after warmups to find orange jerseys hanging in the their locker. Pat Dye upon arriving asked the equipment manager if they still had orange jerseys. The manager said yes, they were scheduled for production for the 1981 season. Dye said to cancel it as he hated orange. The orange jerseys have never been seen again. Auburn also had orange facemasks from 80-83 but switched to blue in 1984. Orange facemasks would return in 2021 for the first time since 83 for the Iron Bowl.
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Posted on 4/1/22 at 1:58 pm to TouchdownTony
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UGA didn't bring silver pants into the fold until 1980 replacing the white
Georgia actually began wearing Silver pants beginning in 1939 under HC Wally Butts. UGA wore them, along with Silver helmets, until Dooley arrived.
Dooley then changed our helmets to the Power G Red and the Silver pants to White. In 1980, he brought back the Silver pants tradition.
This post was edited on 4/1/22 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 4/1/22 at 2:33 pm to TouchdownTony
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The true Texas "burnt orange" is really an orange mixed with saddle brown. Darrell Royal wanted a color that could not be duplicated and they worked to mix in more brown which gave it a hue that was not orange as he wasn't fond of the color. Today, Texas is strictly burnt orange like Auburn but look at jerseys in the 70's and you see a more brown, darker hue vs today.
One little known fact. Vince Dooley was a fan of brighter colors. He had the UGA red revamped to be bringter upon arriving. UGA didn't bring silver pants into the fold until 1980 replacing the white but Dooley offset that with red road pants for some games that began in 79 against AU. Ray Goff, who was more a fan of black decided to drop the stripes from the sleeve to make the black stronger. Goff also went to a darker silver pant vs the Dooley "light gray". Mark Richt brought back the lighter gray pants but the no stripes on the sleeves and went to black socks. The red pants and stripes on the sleeves returned in 2020 for one game.
Auburn wore orange jerseys for some games between 78 and 80. The Aubie players had saw Notre Dame wear green jerseys for the first time against USC in 1976 and brought it to Doug Barfield. Barfield dismissed it but surprised the players before the UGA game when the players came in after warmups to find orange jerseys hanging in the their locker. Pat Dye upon arriving asked the equipment manager if they still had orange jerseys. The manager said yes, they were scheduled for production for the 1981 season. Dye said to cancel it as he hated orange. The orange jerseys have never been seen again. Auburn also had orange facemasks from 80-83 but switched to blue in 1984. Orange facemasks would return in 2021 for the first time since 83 for the Iron Bowl.
That's interesting, I really had no idea that the head coach had so much say in what uniforms looked like. I've never even really thought about it I guess.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 6:59 pm to TouchdownTony
quote:Auburn wore green jerseys with orange numbers in 1938 and 1939.
Auburn wore orange jerseys for some games between 78 and 80. The Aubie players had saw Notre Dame wear green jerseys for the first time against USC in 1976
excerpt from "Auburn Jerseys":
"1938. This is when things get wild. Yes, Auburn wore green jerseys. It actually happened.
Head coach Jack Meagher played and coached at Notre Dame under legendary coach Knute Rockne. Notre Dame alums, especially at this time, were revered as the best of the best and were highly coveted as head coaches. The brotherhood of ND coaches kept in touch, in fact, to the point of facing off against each other often. Auburn played many cross-country games, traveling as far as California, to face such teams. In an attempt to show just how much Meagher loved his alma mater, he outfitted his Tigers in green uniforms. The War Eagle Reader has a fantastic telling of the story and a few newspaper clippings from the era.
The 1938 football uniforms featured much of the same items from previous season – blue leather helmet, blue pants, orange jersey with blue stripes and numbers. The green jerseys with orange numbers and stripes were added and worn for, as far as I’ve been able to find, seven of the ten games.
1939
The final season of the 1930s was also the final year of the green jerseys. Oddly enough, per the photographs I have been able to find, the orange stripes were removed from the green tops. Auburn dialed back the Notre Dame-inspired jerseys, wearing them only five times on the year. The players reportedly didn’t like the green. I believe that was a major factor in Auburn retiring the jerseys.
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