Tennessee Football is bringing back its Summitt Blue accessories for Saturday night’s Homecoming game against Mississippi State at Neyland Stadium. The Vols announced their uniform combination on social media on Thursday, showing off orange jerseys and white pants.
Tennessee has worn the Summitt Blue accessories on Homecoming each of the last two seasons, in a 65-24 win over UT Martin in 2022 and the 59-3 win over UConn last season. The Vols orange jerseys and orange pants against UT Martin and orange jerseys and white pants last season, paired with the Summitt Blue wrist bands, arm bands and leggings.
Summitt won eight national championships as the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, winning 1,098 games during her legendary UT career that began in 1974.
Summitt was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheier’s disease in August 2011. She retired in 2012 and died in June 2016. The Vols last season sold a commemorative cup at the Homecoming game, with proceeds going to the Pat Summitt Alzheimer’s Clinic at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
No. 7 Tennessee vs. Mississippi State: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, 7 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ESPN
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
The Line: Tennessee -24.5
Tennessee was in its all-black ‘Dark Mode’ alternate uniform Saturday night, in the 28-18 win over Kentucky at Neyland Stadium. The Vols had worn their traditional home look, with orange jerseys and white pants, the previous two weeks, in the 23-17 overtime win over Florida and the 24-17 win over Alabama.
Tennessee opened the season in its Smokey Grey alternate uniform in the 69-3 win over Chattanooga on August 31 and wore orange jerseys and orange pants against Kent State in the 71-0 win on September 14.
The Smokey Grey alternate, part of the Smokey Grey Series, paid tribute to the Volunteer State, with the jersey featuring the Tri-Star logo on the sleeve, Tennessee across the chest and an an altered helmet stripe and pants stripe mimicked the state flag.
Alternate uniforms have been a constant during the Josh Heupel era. The Vols introduced their Dark Mode alternate uniform in 2021, with black pants and black jerseys, with orange numbers and orange pants stripes. An all-black helmet, with an orange Power T and orange helmet stripe, was added in 2022.
Tennessee also debuted an alternate orange helmet for the first time in program history at South Carolina in 2022. The Smokey Grey alternate returned in 2022.
