It was known that the Florida Gators would wear throwback uniforms when they played Missouri in 2020 but the Gators still had a trick up their sleeves.
Monday the university unveiled a brand new helmet. Last season Florida wore a white helmet. That helmet was an homage to the jerseys worn in the 1960s and this week is no different other than the helmet.
The helmet this year is a flat matte blue, with an orange and white stripe down the middle, sports a grey facemask, and the old Florida block “F” in a white and orange circle.
Florida’s now traditional orange helmet was adopted by Ray Graves in 1968 and hasn’t changed much outside of a few one-off games since then.
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Here are the head-to-toe details of this alternate uniform.
Helmet
This piece combines a multitude of years and traditions all within one helmet.
This weekend, the Gators will feature a blue helmet, gray facemask and multi stripe with orange in the center and white on both sides. Saturday’s look will resemble the way the Gators dressed in the 1950s and 1960s, as the blue helmet was an option for UF before adopting the orange helmet in 1969.
Meanwhile, the block “F” with a circle decal that was used throughout the early 1960s.
Jersey
The blue jersey is from the 1960s, when the Head Ball Coach Steve Spurrier played quarterback for the Gators and won the Heisman Trophy in 1966. The jersey has an over the shoulder orange & white insert stripe.
The Gators featured the same jersey last season when the hosted the Auburn Tigers at the Swamp during homecoming week, making it the first time to wear the top in a game since Sept. 30, 2006.
Pants
Also from the 1960s, the Gators white pants for Saturday has an Orange & Blue insert stripe down each side of the pants.
Socks
Florida will wear white crew socks, that include a blue stripe around the top, which was a very common look back in the 1950s and 1960s.
Cleats
This weekend, the Gators will also wear black cleats with white shoelaces. Unlike current times, cleats did not have all the exotic colors and styles in the 1950s and 60s.