Liberty Bowl Throwback Uniforms
On New Years Eve, Mississippi State will play in the Liberty Bowl against Rice. This is our 4th bowl game in 4 years (longest streak in school history), it is also the 50th anniversary of State's Liberty Bowl game, played in 1963, against North Carolina State.
With all of the commemorative uniforms we do, how about a throwback uniform worn during that game?
Above is of the few pictures I could find of the actual uniforms worn during the '63 season. So what I've done below may not be perfect, but you get the idea.
And here is my rendition of the uniform and helmet.
I know the bulldog is different than what was displayed on the helmets from that time. (couldn't find a single usable image for the file). But I incorporated State's older Bulldog logo. I am personally a big fan of this one, so it's fitting.
The uniform consisted of a maroon helmet and jersey with white pants. The helmet had a white face mask with a small bulldog image on either side and the players numbers on the front half just above the face mask. The jersey was adorned with the players numbers on front and back
as well. I couldn't find a picture of what was actually on the back other than the number, but I like the look of the Miss. State for this application. The jersey also had white trim on the sleeves. The pants were white with thin double maroon stripes running down each side. Maroon legs ran from the top of the white socks to the bottom of the pants.
I want to thank DawgSmack for getting me interested in this. If you haven't read it already, you need to check out his article on Maroon and White. He makes a great case for this and is also a whole hell of a better writer than I am.
With all of the commemorative uniforms we do, how about a throwback uniform worn during that game?
Above is of the few pictures I could find of the actual uniforms worn during the '63 season. So what I've done below may not be perfect, but you get the idea.
And here is my rendition of the uniform and helmet.
I know the bulldog is different than what was displayed on the helmets from that time. (couldn't find a single usable image for the file). But I incorporated State's older Bulldog logo. I am personally a big fan of this one, so it's fitting.
The uniform consisted of a maroon helmet and jersey with white pants. The helmet had a white face mask with a small bulldog image on either side and the players numbers on the front half just above the face mask. The jersey was adorned with the players numbers on front and back
I want to thank DawgSmack for getting me interested in this. If you haven't read it already, you need to check out his article on Maroon and White. He makes a great case for this and is also a whole hell of a better writer than I am.
I like the idea, but those are basically Maroon versions of Alabama's uniforms (no stripes on jersey, two stripes on the pants). I would like to see the Maroon helmet with the bulldog worn vs. Ok St. and Kentucky with the regular jerseys.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback. The changes you suggest could look nice, however I wanted to keep the uniforms as close to the ones state wore in the 1963 liberty bowl. If we didn't do that I think it would lose the reason for the whole 'throwback' idea.
ReplyDeleteI really do like the concept. I love the numbers on the front of the helmets. Looks like you pulled the head off Walking Bully, and that is a good idea. I do not like the new Bulldogs ... Great job!
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