Following the lead of fellow adidas schools Miami and Washington last season, the Texas A&M football program will wear new “Honor and Support” camouflage alternate uniforms against Arkansas on Oct. 3.
Both the helmet and jerseys feature a desert camouflage pattern inspired by the khaki uniforms worn by Corps of Cadets, a student military organization established at the university in 1876, as well as the dried grasslands and rolling hills around College Station.
The Aggies’ secondary state outline logo is on both sides of the helmet, which features a maroon facemask to match the “Texas A&M” wordmark and numbers on the jerseys, as well as the maroon pants that display the state outline logo on the left hip.
Texas state flag appears on the left sleeve of the jerseys, while a patch that incorporates elements from the Aggie Ring – including a saber, star and a laurel wreath – and phrases like “Gig ‘Em Aggies” and “BTHO” (“Beat the hell outta…”) is on the right side.
The patch’s circular shape also pays homage to the wheels of the Spirit of ’02 field gun, a World War I-era cannon that was found near Easterwood Airport in 1974 and has been fired after every Texas A&M touchdown at Kyle Field since 1984.
The Aggies’ matchup with the Razorbacks will also serve as a celebration of the university’s 150th anniversary. Texas A&M was notably founded as an all-male military school and the Corps of Cadets was structurally similar to the U.S. Army until it admitted women and minorities in the 1960s.
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