Tennessee Football announces uniform combination for ETSU game
Tennessee Football will wear its traditional home uniform — white helmets, orange jerseys and white pants — against East Tennessee State in the home opener Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, streaming on ESPN+ and SEC Network+.
The Vols announced their uniform combination on social media on Thursday. Tennessee also wore its traditional home uniform last week in Atlanta, during a 45-26 win over Syracuse in the Aflac Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
After hosting ETSU this week, Tennessee (1-0) will start SEC play at home against Georgia on September 13 in another 3:30 p.m. ET start on ABC.
Tennessee is in its final season in Nike uniforms under its current apparel contract. The Vols on July 1 will begin a 10-year deal with Adidas.
The Vols have two alternate uniforms, with the Smokey Grey and Dark Mode sets. The Dark Mode look was introduced in 2021, the first season under head coach Josh Heupel, and features all-black jerseys and pants, with orange numbers and pants stripes.
A white helmet trimmed in black was worn in 2021 — the orange helmet stripe and Power T was trimmed in black, to go with a black facemask — before an all-black helmet was added in 2022.
The Vols wore the Dark Mode uniform in wins over South Carolina in 2021 and 2023 and wins over Kentucky in 2022 and 2024.
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Tennessee’s uniforms last season
Last season Tennessee opened in its Smokey Grey alternate uniform against Chattanooga, orange on orange against Kent State and orange over white against Florida and Alabama.
The Vols wore their all-white road uniforms against North Carolina State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Vanderbilt and Ohio State. Tennessee wore white jerseys and orange pants at Arkansas.
The Kentucky game featured Tennessee’s all-black Dark Mode alternate uniform.
Vols wearing new Smokey Grey alternate vs. New Mexico State
Tennessee will wear its 2025 Smokey Grey alternate uniform for homecoming against New Mexico State on November 15. It will also be Salute to Service weekend, tying in with the uniform set which was designed in collaboration with the Tennessee Military Department, the 134th Air Refueling Wing in East Tennessee and the Tennessee National Guard.
The uniform incudes stencil numbers, military-inspired patches and a Davy Stripe on the helmet, shoulders and pants, serving as “a modern take on Crockett’s famous, fringed uniform.”
This season’s Smokey Grey uniform is the fourth in the Smokey Grey Series, which dates back to the 2022 season and has included a different version of the uniform each season.
