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Sooners Reveal New Throwback Alternate Football Uniform
NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma football team has unveiled a new alternate uniform for the 2024 season.
Drawing inspiration from the uniforms of the dominant Bud Wilkinson era, OU’s 2024 alternate ensemble features crimson jerseys with white numerals, white tri-stripes on the shoulder sleeves and SEC and Jordan Brand patches. The uniform, which was revealed to Sooner players during a Thursday morning team meeting, also includes crimson striping on the sides of the white pants and on the top of the logo-free white helmet. The helmet stripe will be painted.
The alternate uniform is representative of the one worn by OU teams from 1946-56 and closely resembles the “Sooner Legacy” uniform OU donned Aug. 30, 2003, in a 37-3 season-opening home win over North Texas.
OU will sport the new throwback uniform during its Sept. 7 home game against Houston, which will kick off at 6:45 p.m. CT and air on the SEC Network. As part of the 100th-year celebration of Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, each 2024 home game will feature a different theme, with the Houston game spotlighting the Wilkinson era.
Replica versions of the Sooners’ alternate jerseys will be available at retail in both adult and youth sizes starting Thursday, Aug. 8. Fans can purchase jerseys in-store at The Sooner Shop, located at 1185 Asp Ave. in Norman (on the west side of Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium), and online at shop.soonersports.com.
Wilkinson coached the Sooners from 1947-63 and compiled a 145-29-4 (.826) record. The 1969 College Football Hall of Fame inductee led Oklahoma to 47 consecutive wins from the 1953 to 1957 seasons, still the longest streak in FBS history. Wilkinson, who compiled a 40-11 combined record against rivals Nebraska (14-3), Oklahoma State (17-0) and Texas (9-8), directed OU to its first three AP national championships in 1950, 1955 and 1956. The 1956 squad is often regarded as Wilkinson’s finest, and possibly the best in program history.
Wilkinson is the only individual in NCAA annals to win three national championships as both a player (1934-1936 with Minnesota) and a head coach.
Oklahoma also announced it is retiring its “Rough Riders” alternate uniforms, which debuted in 2014 and featured a wood-grain design on the helmets and pants/jersey trim. The Sooners wore those uniforms at least once every season, and on multiple occasions most years.
OU’s anthracite-colored “Unity” alternate uniform is still in the program’s repertoire and is expected to be worn for a game in 2024, just like it was each of the past two seasons.
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