This page contains a record of the uniforms that Mississippi State's baseball team has worn in the postseason. Included are graphics for every regional appearance since 2000, every super regional appearance since the format was introduced in 1999, and every College World Series trip that the Bulldogs have ever taken.
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College World Series History
Mississippi State has made 9 College World Series appearances in its history, the most successful being the most recent trip in 2013 that resulted in a second place finish. The first trip happened in 1971, with Head Coach Paul Gregory and the original white "State" pins. The next 5 appearances came with Head Coach Ron Polk, whose teams wore the Maroon 85, White 85, White MS, Gray Script, and Maroon State uniforms. The 98 appereance came under Pat McMahon with the Maroon "Bulldogs" and White MS Pinstripes uniforms. Polk got another trip with some awful Russell Athletic uniforms in 2007. In the 2013 Title Series run under John Cohen, Maroon MS, Maroon 85, and White MS Pinstripe uniforms were worn. Mississippi State Uniform Color Records in the CWS: Maroon: 7-8 Gray: 1-2 White Pins: 1-4, National Championship Berth White: 1-4 |
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2017
In Andy Cannizaro's only full season as head coach, the Bulldogs posted a 17-13 SEC record, 40 wins on the season, and a super regional appearance after winning the 2017 Hattiesburg Regional, all despite losing 10 players to the 2016 MLB draft as well as numerous pitchers to injury. 2017 Postseason Uniform Records Inverted White 85s: 3-1 Record, Regional Championship Maroon MS over White: 1-2 Record |
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2016
In 2016, the Bulldogs won the SEC Regular Season Championship for the first time since 1989, were a national seed for the first time ever, and hosted a super regional for the second time ever. After winning their home regional, however, the Bulldogs were swept by a red-hot Arizona team in the super regional. 2016 Postseason Uniform Records White 85: 1-0 Record, Regional Championship Maroon MS: 1-1 Record Gray Pinstripes: 1-1 Record |
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2014
In 2014, the Bulldogs posted an impressive 18-12 SEC Record, the best at that point under John Cohen, but a lackluster non conference record forced them to travel in regionals as a #2 seed. In the Lafayette Regional, the Bulldogs won their first two games, but their lack of offense caught up to them in two consecutive losses to Louisiana to end their season in regionals. 2014 Postseason Uniform Records Maroon MS/Gray: 1-0 Record Maroon MS/Pinstripes: 1-1 Record Maroon 85/White: 0-1 Record |
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2013
2013 was a historic season for Mississippi State Baseball. After a stellar non-conference season and a 16-14 record in SEC play, the Bulldogs qualified as a regional host, for the first time under John Cohen. They won their regional, and traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to play in a super regional. After sweeping the Cavaliers, the Bulldogs advanced to Omaha for the first time since 2007. In Omaha, the Bulldogs defeated Oregon State, Indiana, and Oregon State again to advance to the National Championship Series for the first time in program history. Ultimately, the Bulldogs fell twice to UCLA in the Championship Series, finishing the historic season as second in the nation. 2013 Postseason Uniform Records Maroon MS/White: 3-0 Record, Super Regional Championship Maroon 85/Pinstripes: 1-0 Record Maroon MS/Gray: 1-0 Record White MS Pinstripes: 2-1 Record, Regional Championship, National Championship Berth Maroon 85/Gray: 1-1 Record Maroon 85/White: 0-1 Record |
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2012
After a fun SEC Tournament run that led to the 7th seeded Bulldogs' first SEC Tournament title since 2005, the 2012 Bulldogs team ran out of gas in the Tallahassee Regional, getting beat twice by Samford and picking up a win over UAB in between. 2012 Postseason Uniform Records Maroon MS/Gray: 1-0 Record Maroon 85/White: 0-2 Record |
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2011
The 2011 squad was the first of John Cohen's to make the NCAA Tournament. They traveled to Georgia Tech for regionals as a 3 seed, and proceeded to defeat all 3 of the other teams participating in the regional in order to advance to a super regional in Gainesville. After a lopsided loss in game 1, the Bulldogs won game 2 on a legendary walk-off home run by Nick Vickerson. The Bulldogs led late in game 3, but eventually their season ended just short of Omaha. 2011 Postseason Uniform Records Maroon MS/White: 2-0 Record, Regional Championship Maroon 85/White: 1-1 Record Maroon MS/Gray: 1-1 Record |
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2007
The only team to go to Omaha between 1998 and 2013, the 2007 team had Bulldog legends like Jeffrey Rea, Mitch Moreland, Ed Easley, and more. Thanks to Russell Athletic, they also had the worst uniforms in Mississippi State baseball history (along with the 2014 SEC Tournament uniforms). Despite having some actually good gray script uniforms, they wore the worst white and maroon jerseys in school history throughout the postseason. Great team, but embarassingly bad uniforms. Makes me very appreciative for what we have now. 2007 Postseason Uniform Records White Block "State": 3-1, Regional Championship Maroon Cursive "State" over Gray: 2-1, Super Regional Championship |
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2006
The second year with Russell Athletic saw three uniforms worn in the postseason- the white "State" uniform, the maroon "Bulldogs" jersey with white pants, and the maroon script "State" jersey with gray pants. None of them were good, but the white jerseys were far, far better than what was worn the next year during the Omaha run. 2006 Postseason Uniform Records White Slanted "State": 1-0 Maroon "Bulldogs" over White: 1-1 Maroon Cursive "State" over Gray: 0-1 |
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2005
The switch to Russell Athletic ushered in a dark age of Mississippi State baseball uniforms. Believe it or not, this initial 2005 set, which at the time was easily the worst in program history, was arguably the best State would have until John Cohen took over. 2005 Postseason Uniform Records Maroon "State" over White: 2-0 Maroon "Bulldogs" over White: 0-2 |
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2004
2004 saw the gray pinstripe vests return to postseason play for the first time since 2000; Maroon "State" over gray and White MS returned from the previous postseason. 2004 Postseason Uniform Records Maroon "State" over Gray: 1-0 White MS: 0-1 Gray Pinstripe Vests: 0-1 |
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2003
In the first postseason appearance of the second Ron Polk era, State hosted for the first time since 2000 and split time between the White MS uniforms and the Maroon "State" over gray look. 2003 Postseason Uniform Records White MS: 1-1 Maroon "State" over Gray: 1-1 |
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2001
In 2001, Pat McMahon's last year as head coach, the Bulldogs wore two uni combos in their five postseason games: White MS pinstripes and Maroon "State" over Gray Pins. Thanks to former Bulldog Matthew Maniscalco (@MManiscalco7 on Twitter) for confirming pants colors for the Delaware game and the first Fullerton game. 2001 Postseason Uniform Records White MS Pinstripes: 2-1, Regional Championship Maroon "State" over Gray Pinstripes: 1-1 |
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2000
Pinstripes were king in 2000. In the Bulldogs' first ever Super Regional game, they wore Gray Pinstripe vests; gray pinstripes would later be worn in game 2 of the 2016 home Super Regional vs Arizona. The four combinations worn in the 2000 postseason would not be matched until 6 were worn in the 2013 run to the national championship series. Thanks to former Bulldog Matthew Maniscalco (@MManiscalco7 on Twitter) for confirming pants colors for the first two Notre Dame games. 2000 Postseason Uniform Records Maroon "Bulldogs" over Gray Pinstripes: 1-0 White MS Pinstripes: 2-1, Regional Championship Gray Pinstripes: 0-1 Maroon "State" over White Pinstripes: 0-1 |
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Reminder: Below this point (beyond 2000), I've only included graphics for College World Series runs. State went to regionals most years 1999 and back, but pictures from those games are very hard to come by.
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1998
In Pat McMahon's first season as head coach, the Bulldogs made back-to-back College World Series appearances for the first (and thus-far only) time in program history. State wore the maroon script "Bulldogs" jerseys in the first two games and White MS Pinstripes in the third, marking the first time the Bulldogs had worn pinstripes in Omaha since their first trip in 1971. 1998 CWS Uniform Records Maroon "Bulldogs" over Gray: 1-1 White MS Pinstripes: 0-1 |
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1997
In the final season of Ron Polk's first stint as head coach, the Bulldogs made it to Omaha and wore the gray script and maroon "State" uniforms while they were there. 1997 CWS Uniform Records Maroon "State" over White: 1-0 Maroon "State" over Gray: 0-1 Gray Script: 0-1 |
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1990
In the 1990 trip to Omaha, State wore the clean gray script and white MS uniforms. Along with the first time in 1971, this is one of two CWS appearances in which State never wore maroon jerseys. 1990 CWS Uniform Records Gray Script: 1-1 White MS: 0-1 |
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1985
The "Thunder and Lightning" year, subject of an SEC Storied, was the year that many say we should've won it all, and the reason that we call the maroon and white pullovers with "Mississippi State" in a western font on the front the Maroon and White "85s." In the 4 games at the World Series, the Bulldogs wore the White 85s in three games and the Maroon 85s with gray pants in the other. 1985 CWS Uniform Records Maroon 85 over Gray: 1-0 White 85: 1-2 |
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Note: In 1979 and 1981, it is virtually impossible to tell if gray or white pants were worn in a given game. I just assumed gray pants for "away" games and white pants for "home games"- so it very well could be slightly inaccurate.
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1981
In 1981, the Bulldogs returned to Omaha, still wearing the "Maroon 85" pullovers. 1981 CWS Uniform Records Maroon 85: 1-2 |
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1979
In 1979, the Bulldogs made their second trip to Omaha in school history and their first under Ron Polk. The 1979 trip was the first of three for the "Maroon 85" pullovers 1979 CWS Uniform Records Maroon 85: 1-2 |
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1971
The Bulldogs made their first ever trip to Omaha in 1971 under Head Coach Paul Gregory. The white "State" pinstripes were the Bulldogs' uniforms at that time and had been since 1966. The M over S logo had been worn on the hats since 1968; the same maroon hat design with the M over S logo has been worn in all 28 of the Bulldogs' College World Series games. 1971 CWS Uniform Records White "State" Pinstripes: 0-2 |
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