Coming off of the bye week, Mississippi State traveled to Tuscaloosa and failed to score for the second consecutive time as the road team against the Tide.
Mississippi State went with its second repeat combination of the year against Alabama, replicating its look from the game at Kentucky three weeks prior: traditional, gloss-finished maroon helmets, white jerseys, and white pants. At the halfway point of this year's SEC-only regular season, State has worn three different combinations in five games. After not seeing the field once in 2019, the traditional maroon helmet design has been worn in all five games thus far in 2020; four of those games have been in either the traditional maroon/maroon/white or maroon/white/white combinations, neither of which were worn in 2019.
In my preseason predictions, I correctly had maroon/white/white as the color combination for the Alabama game, albeit with matte helmets. However, after the combination was worn at Kentucky, I reneged and expected maroon/white/maroon to be worn. I do love the maroon/white/white look though, so no complaints from me whatsoever, especially since we're making up for the fact that it wasn't worn once in either of the last two regular seasons.
Mississippi State has worn a variety of looks in Tuscaloosa over the years. Of course the Tide have almost always worn their traditional crimson/crimson/white combination; they did mix it up with an ever-so-slightly altered Pro Combat look against the Bulldogs in 2010, and if you go all the way back to 1983, Alabama wore white helmets as they hosted Mississippi State. The breakdown of State's looks in Tuscaloosa this century are:
Clearly, maroon/white/maroon is the most common choice for the Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa, which makes sense, considering contrast, given that the Tide are always in white pants. This year's game was the first time since 2014 (in which matte maroon helmets were worn with white jerseys and pants) that the maroon/white/white color combination had been worn in Tuscaloosa; 1999 was the last time that the combination had been worn with gloss-finished maroon helmets against the Tide. Mississippi State has never beaten Alabama in maroon/white/white, although the 1993 game was later forfeited over to the Bulldogs.
This year's matchup against Alabama was a rare Halloween Night game! Since 1980, Mississippi State has participated in 5 Halloween games. Interestingly, all five have been on the road. The Bulldogs have worn maroon/white/white in four of them (at Alabama in 1981 and 2020, vs Kentucky in 1992 and 2009) and maroon/white/silver in one of them (vs Alabama in Birmingham in 1987). The Bulldogs are 2-3 in Halloween games over the last 40 years, with both wins over Kentucky and all three losses to Alabama.
Mississippi State went with its second repeat combination of the year against Alabama, replicating its look from the game at Kentucky three weeks prior: traditional, gloss-finished maroon helmets, white jerseys, and white pants. At the halfway point of this year's SEC-only regular season, State has worn three different combinations in five games. After not seeing the field once in 2019, the traditional maroon helmet design has been worn in all five games thus far in 2020; four of those games have been in either the traditional maroon/maroon/white or maroon/white/white combinations, neither of which were worn in 2019.
In my preseason predictions, I correctly had maroon/white/white as the color combination for the Alabama game, albeit with matte helmets. However, after the combination was worn at Kentucky, I reneged and expected maroon/white/maroon to be worn. I do love the maroon/white/white look though, so no complaints from me whatsoever, especially since we're making up for the fact that it wasn't worn once in either of the last two regular seasons.
Mississippi State has worn a variety of looks in Tuscaloosa over the years. Of course the Tide have almost always worn their traditional crimson/crimson/white combination; they did mix it up with an ever-so-slightly altered Pro Combat look against the Bulldogs in 2010, and if you go all the way back to 1983, Alabama wore white helmets as they hosted Mississippi State. The breakdown of State's looks in Tuscaloosa this century are:
- Maroon/White/Maroon (5): 01, 02, 10, 12, 16
- White/White/Maroon (2): 06 (W), 08
- White/White/White (2): 04, 18
- Maroon/White/White (2): 14, 20
Clearly, maroon/white/maroon is the most common choice for the Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa, which makes sense, considering contrast, given that the Tide are always in white pants. This year's game was the first time since 2014 (in which matte maroon helmets were worn with white jerseys and pants) that the maroon/white/white color combination had been worn in Tuscaloosa; 1999 was the last time that the combination had been worn with gloss-finished maroon helmets against the Tide. Mississippi State has never beaten Alabama in maroon/white/white, although the 1993 game was later forfeited over to the Bulldogs.
This year's matchup against Alabama was a rare Halloween Night game! Since 1980, Mississippi State has participated in 5 Halloween games. Interestingly, all five have been on the road. The Bulldogs have worn maroon/white/white in four of them (at Alabama in 1981 and 2020, vs Kentucky in 1992 and 2009) and maroon/white/silver in one of them (vs Alabama in Birmingham in 1987). The Bulldogs are 2-3 in Halloween games over the last 40 years, with both wins over Kentucky and all three losses to Alabama.
For once, I don't have to speculate about what combination Bulldogs will be wearing next week (or the week after for that matter), because "Flying M" throwbacks have already been announced for the homecoming game against Vanderbilt! Featuring white helmets, maroon jerseys, and white pants based on the design worn by the Bulldogs from 1969 to 1971, the Flying M throwbacks have had a very positive response following their unveiling, and fans can't wait to see them on the field!
The first true throwbacks in program history, the Flying M uniforms appear to have all the details right, thanks in large part to Mississippi State's director of football equipment, Preston "Stick" Rogers. Since Rogers took over in 2017, Mississippi State's football uniforms have finally seen the consistency and attention to detail that really seemed to be lacking in that 2014-2016 era of constant change. Both the primary and alternate uniforms have been cleaner and more consistent in recent years, and that is a very, very good thing for Mississippi State football!
The first true throwbacks in program history, the Flying M uniforms appear to have all the details right, thanks in large part to Mississippi State's director of football equipment, Preston "Stick" Rogers. Since Rogers took over in 2017, Mississippi State's football uniforms have finally seen the consistency and attention to detail that really seemed to be lacking in that 2014-2016 era of constant change. Both the primary and alternate uniforms have been cleaner and more consistent in recent years, and that is a very, very good thing for Mississippi State football!
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