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Tennessee Football announces uniform combination for Florida game

IMG_3593by: Grant Ramey6 hours agoGrantRamey
Smokey pretends to run out onto the field with Florida's band before a football game between Tennessee and Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.
Smokey pretends to run out onto the field with Florida's band before a football game between Tennessee and Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

After two games in alternate uniforms, Tennessee Football will be in its all-white road uniform — white helmets, white jerseys, white pants — for Saturday night’s road game at Florida. The Vols announced their uniform combo on social media on Thursday.

No. 20 Tennessee (7-3, 3-3 SEC) and Florida (3-7, 2-5) on Saturday are scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff on ABC at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville.

The Vols wore their Smokey Grey ‘Volunteer Spirit’ alternate uniform in the 42-9 win over New Mexico State on Saturday and wore their all-back ‘Dark Mode’ alternate in the 33-27 loss to Oklahoma on November 1.

Tennessee wore its all-white uniform at Florida in 2023, after wearing orange pants in Gainesville in 2021. The Vols also wore all white at Florida in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2013. The orange pants were also worn in Gainesville in 2009 and 2007.

Tennessee has worn all white in road games this season

The Vols wore their all-white road uniforms in their last two road games, in the 37-20 loss at Alabama and the 56-34 win at Kentucky.

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.

Tennessee is down to one road game and one home game left on the regular-season schedule, with the Vols hosting Vanderbilt on November 29 on Senior Day at Neyland Stadium, in a 3:30 p.m. ET start on ABC.

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.