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Tennessee Football announces road uniform combination at Kentucky

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Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK | Tennessee offensive lineman Javontez Spraggins (76) plants the Tennessee flag after a football game between Kentucky and Tennessee at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Tennessee defeated Kentucky.
Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK | Tennessee offensive lineman Javontez Spraggins (76) plants the Tennessee flag after a football game between Kentucky and Tennessee at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Tennessee defeated Kentucky.

Tennessee Football will wear white helmets, white jerseys and white pants when the Vols go on the road Saturday night at Kentucky. The uniform combination was announced on social media on Thursday.

No. 17 Tennessee (5-2, 2-2 SEC) and Kentucky (2-4, 0-4) on Saturday are scheduled for a 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time start on SEC Network at Kroger Field in Lexington. The Vols wore white helmets, white jerseys and white pants on the road at Alabama last week.

Tennessee was in orange jerseys through the first six games of the season thanks to a neutral-site game against Syracuse in Atlanta, where the Vols were designated as the home team, and Mississippi State’s white out on September 27 in Starkville.

The Vols wore their traditional home uniform in the first three games this season — Syracuse, ETSU and Georgia — then all orange against UAB and at Mississippi State, where the Bulldogs were honoring their 2000 team by wearing white helmets, white jerseys and white pants.

After Saturday’s game at Kentucky, Tennessee in November has home dates against Oklahoma (Nov. 1), New Mexico State (Nov. 15) and Vanderbilt (Nov. 29), along with the road game at Florida (Nov. 22).

Other uniform options for Tennessee home games are orange jerseys and orange pants paired with Summitt Blue accents, the all-black Dark Mode alternate and the new edition of the Smokey Grey uniform for the 2025 season.

Tennessee in final season of Nike apparel contract

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.

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.