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Tennessee Football announces uniform combination for UAB game

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Tennessee Football will wear be in all orange uniform — white helmets, orange jerseys and orange pants — against UAB on Saturday at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff between the Vols and (2-1) and Blazers (2-1) is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time on SEC Network.

The Vols announced their uniform combination on social media on Thursday.

Tennessee has worn its traditional home uniform in the first three games this season, starting with the 45-26 win over Syracuse in the Aflac Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on August 30, then in the 72-17 win over East Tennessee State and the 44-41 overtime loss to Georgia on Saturday. Saturday marks the first time in 2025 the Vols are going all orange.

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.

After Saturday, Tennessee has four home games and four road games left on schedule: at Mississippi State (September 27); Arkansas (October 11); at Alabama (October 11); at Kentucky (October 18); Oklahoma (November 1); New Mexico State (November 15); at Florida (November 22); Vanderbilt (November 29).

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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.