This past Saturday, Mississippi State hosted Alabama in what was an unsurprisingly miserable game for Bulldog fans. As they should have, Alabama came out pissed off after falling to LSU last weekend, jumping out to a 14-0 lead within 5 minutes over the Bulldogs. The Crimson Tide ended up winning 38-7, but it was a miserable game for Tide fans as well, with Tua’s season-ending injury occurring just before half.
In the fifth home game of the season, Mississippi State wore its fourth different maroon jersey uniform combination: Maroon-Maroon-Maroon. Previously, the Bulldogs had worn White-Maroon-White against USM and Kentucky, White-Maroon-Maroon against LSU, and Maroon-Maroon-Gray against Kansas State.
Given that State is slated to wear alternates for both the Abeline Christian (blackout) and Ole Miss (gold accents for the Egg Bowl) games, this was the final regular season game in which State’s “regular” uniforms will be worn. This means that 2019 will be the first regular season in which the classic Maroon-Maroon-White combination will not be worn since 2008, which was also the last season without the classic shiny maroon helmets. It feels like there have been a lot of “first time since 2008” things that have happened this season, and that is not a positive.
This was the first time that the matte maroon helmets have been worn at home without the silver center-stripe. I’m not really sure why it was there for the Kansas State game; it was one of the more criticized uniform elements in 2018, and there were some signs the week beforehand that it might have been removed. However, that didn’t happen until the Auburn game a couple weeks later; it has not been added back since.
As I thought it would, the matte maroon helmet worked much better with the maroon jerseys without the silver stripe, which really disrupted consistency. Compared to last year’s Texas A&M game, the all-maroon look was much more consistent overall. Now, the next steps for the matte maroon helmets is to replace the dull silver elements with white, restrict them to road/alternate use, and bring back the shiny maroon helmets for home games.
The loss extended the Bulldogs’ losing streak in maroon helmets to 5 games, dating back to last year’s Outback Bowl. State’s last win in maroon helmets came on November 3, 2018, over Louisiana Tech. Ever since, the Bulldogs have been 5-3 in white helmets and 1-0 in the silver “Statesman” helmets, in addition to the aforementioned 0-5 in maroon helmets. The current matte maroon helmets are now 4-7 (.364) overall, including 0-3 (.000) without the silver stripe. Mississippi State’s all-time record in matte maroon helmets is now 14-17 (.452).
This was State’s 36th game in maroon jerseys and maroon pants since 1954; the Bulldogs are 21-15 in such games. This was the second such game of 2019, with the first being the LSU game in White-Maroon-Maroon. The last time the Bulldogs did monochrome-maroon more than once was 2016 (twice); they did it once in both 2018 and 2017. If they do it again in the Egg Bowl, which they are expected to, it would be the first time mono-maroon has been three times in a season since 2013, which is also the last time gold-accents Egg Bowl uniforms were worn at home.
Surprisingly, this was the first time State has ever gone maroon head-to-toe against Alabama, at least dating back to 1954. They wore Silver-Maroon-Maroon against Alabama they last time they hosted the Tide in 2017, and wore White-Maroon-Maroon in the last victory over them in 2007. Otherwise, State has always worn white or gray pants in home games against the Tide.
In the fifth home game of the season, Mississippi State wore its fourth different maroon jersey uniform combination: Maroon-Maroon-Maroon. Previously, the Bulldogs had worn White-Maroon-White against USM and Kentucky, White-Maroon-Maroon against LSU, and Maroon-Maroon-Gray against Kansas State.
Given that State is slated to wear alternates for both the Abeline Christian (blackout) and Ole Miss (gold accents for the Egg Bowl) games, this was the final regular season game in which State’s “regular” uniforms will be worn. This means that 2019 will be the first regular season in which the classic Maroon-Maroon-White combination will not be worn since 2008, which was also the last season without the classic shiny maroon helmets. It feels like there have been a lot of “first time since 2008” things that have happened this season, and that is not a positive.
This was the first time that the matte maroon helmets have been worn at home without the silver center-stripe. I’m not really sure why it was there for the Kansas State game; it was one of the more criticized uniform elements in 2018, and there were some signs the week beforehand that it might have been removed. However, that didn’t happen until the Auburn game a couple weeks later; it has not been added back since.
As I thought it would, the matte maroon helmet worked much better with the maroon jerseys without the silver stripe, which really disrupted consistency. Compared to last year’s Texas A&M game, the all-maroon look was much more consistent overall. Now, the next steps for the matte maroon helmets is to replace the dull silver elements with white, restrict them to road/alternate use, and bring back the shiny maroon helmets for home games.
The loss extended the Bulldogs’ losing streak in maroon helmets to 5 games, dating back to last year’s Outback Bowl. State’s last win in maroon helmets came on November 3, 2018, over Louisiana Tech. Ever since, the Bulldogs have been 5-3 in white helmets and 1-0 in the silver “Statesman” helmets, in addition to the aforementioned 0-5 in maroon helmets. The current matte maroon helmets are now 4-7 (.364) overall, including 0-3 (.000) without the silver stripe. Mississippi State’s all-time record in matte maroon helmets is now 14-17 (.452).
This was State’s 36th game in maroon jerseys and maroon pants since 1954; the Bulldogs are 21-15 in such games. This was the second such game of 2019, with the first being the LSU game in White-Maroon-Maroon. The last time the Bulldogs did monochrome-maroon more than once was 2016 (twice); they did it once in both 2018 and 2017. If they do it again in the Egg Bowl, which they are expected to, it would be the first time mono-maroon has been three times in a season since 2013, which is also the last time gold-accents Egg Bowl uniforms were worn at home.
Surprisingly, this was the first time State has ever gone maroon head-to-toe against Alabama, at least dating back to 1954. They wore Silver-Maroon-Maroon against Alabama they last time they hosted the Tide in 2017, and wore White-Maroon-Maroon in the last victory over them in 2007. Otherwise, State has always worn white or gray pants in home games against the Tide.
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Next week, the Bulldogs host Abeliene Christian for their homecoming and “blackout” game. After being originally scheduled for the Kentucky game, the blackout was moved due to a 2:30 kickoff time and high forecasted temperatures. With a 6:30 kick against ACU, this year’s blackout will be the first one to be played at night since 2015 against Kentucky.
The Bulldog’s 2019 black uniforms are by far the best black uniform design in program history, recognizing the TK Martin center (read more about them here). Excited to see them in action under the lights!
The Bulldog’s 2019 black uniforms are by far the best black uniform design in program history, recognizing the TK Martin center (read more about them here). Excited to see them in action under the lights!
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