Football seniors Damien Rhodes (1), Kellen Pruitt (41), Joe Kowalewski (85) and Anthony Smith (20) listen as head coach Greg Robinson explains the new look the Orange will sport in 2005.
The Football Orange Unveil New Uniforms for 2005
6/1/2005 1:38:15 PM | Football
The 2005 SU football squad will sport a new look from head to toe when it hosts West Virginia in the Carrier Dome on September 4. SU Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross and Orange football coach Greg Robinson unveiled the new-look uniforms with four seniors modeling the various color combinations on Wednesday at the Carrier Dome.
“We want to kick off the Greg Robinson era of SU football on the right foot and the new-look uniforms are part of it,” Gross said. “We designed the uniforms to respect the past and represent the future. For example, the stripes on the shoulders are representative of the uniforms that Jim Brown and Ernie Davis wore with stripes on their sleeves and also reflect the style of today’s uniforms that do not have the longer sleeves.”
Four color combinations will be available for the Orange in 2005, including orange pants with a white jersey, orange pants with a blue jersey, white pants with a white jersey, and white pants with a blue jersey. The uniform will be complemented with a helmet featuring numbers on the side and a blue stripe down the middle and black shoes. The football players requested the change to the black shoes.
“These uniforms respect the past and represent the future,” said SU head coach Greg Robinson. “Respecting the tradition of this University in how we appear is important. At the same time we must represent the future in our own way. These uniforms are not identical to 1959, but they have similar characteristics. They have a new millennium look to them. The helmet is what it is all about, having the number on the side and the stripe down the middle. That is the Syracuse tradition.”
“The helmet is part of our theme. The numbers on the side of the helmet glorify the past,” Gross said. “When the players requested the black shoes, I explained that black cleats represent the foundation of our program and the legacy of some of the greatest players in the history of football, including Jim Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd Little. I told them when you put on the black cleats you will be reminded of the greatness, the toughness, the intensity and the best of Syracuse University’s football history. I told them to leave their mark on the field with the shoes and carry the legacy forward.”
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