GoDawgs08 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I just posed this picture from 1999 regarding the white pantsIm trying to put together a solid yearbook of Georgia football unis, but the problem is they make so many subtle changes ... and its difficult to get dates with photos.Here is my raw knowledge...but I'm sure I'm a little off, and some of it gets complicated...despite the simplicity of the uniform1970s- red helmet w/ thin white stripe....red jerseys with white block numbers, white jerseys with black block numbers...no sleeve stripes....silver pants1980- switch to triple stripe design on sleeves, add red pants....wore once in 1980 and in 1985 1990- switch back to plain sleeves, still solid white and solid black block numbering for respective jerseys, silver pants...somewhere in the early 90's they add a thin outline to the numbering1996? - modernized shadowed numerals replace block numbers, a double black striping design is added to collar and sleevealso wore white jerseys with black pants in bowl game. insert a black stripe on the helmet1998? 99? changed striping on sleeve and collar to the red/white/black/white/redalso wore black pants with red jerseys against Floridaditched black pants after that1999- wore solid white pants vs. LSU2002- changed numerals back to solid blocks with black/red outline for respective jerseys2005- switched to new material, changed collar and sleeve stripe to solid black/solid red for respective jerseys2007- added black jerseyalso, the Georgia logo moved around on the jerseys and pants randomly many times ... it appears so many times im starting to think the photos are playing tricks on me........i cant pinpoint to exactly when each logo replacement takes place, but you will notice its a ton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I think their old equipment trainer had died earlier that week/season, and wearing the white pants (the design of said equipment guy) was their football team's tribute to him.I think they wore the white pants in 2000 against Georgia Tech, too..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpawstu19 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 they also changed the striping on the helmets a few times going from the 3 stripe (white black white) to the single white stripe they use now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in KY Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I just posed this picture from 1999 regarding the white pantsIm trying to put together a solid yearbook of Georgia football unis, but the problem is they make so many subtle changes ... and its difficult to get dates with photos.Here is my raw knowledge...but I'm sure I'm a little off, and some of it gets complicated...despite the simplicity of the uniform1970s- red helmet w/ thin white stripe....red jerseys with white block numbers, white jerseys with black block numbers...no sleeve stripes....silver pantsThat I can remember the only year Georgia only wore grey (i.e. silver) pants in the '70s was 1979. When I started watching a lot of football (circa 1973 or so) they were wearing white pants. In fact, when I first saw them wearing the grey in 1979 thought they were copying the Atlanta Falcons who had switched to grey the year before (1978). It wasn't until much later that I learned that UGA had a long history of wearing silver pants up until the early 1960s. I had just always seen them wearing white.It might be an urban legend, but I have heard a story that Vince Dooley switched to white pants during his second year because he didn't like that the Georgia cheer of "Go you silver BRITCHES" could be mis-heard as "Go you silver BITCHES".EDIT: I forgot to mention the helmet stripe. It seems like for a few years (right after they removed the black stripe) they were using a really wide white stripe - almost as wide as Tennessee's helmet stripe. Now they are back to a more normal-sized helmet stripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianb Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 http://www.e-yearbook.com/University_Georg...andora_YearbookThis site may be useful to you. I think it cost money to see the yearbooks full size but it might be worth it. Helmet Archive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDawgs08 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 I noticed the stripe difference too. I believe they slimmed it back down last season. ...actually its difficult to tell...my eyes are telling me the stripe on Shocks helmet above is SLIGHTLY wider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacker12 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 No, you are correct. It does look wider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackerBadger Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 The first black pants' use was the 1998 Outback Bowl win over Wisconsin.Also, Georgia wore red road pants in Herschel Walker?s freshman season; I recall them specifically in the Bulldogs? win over Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDawgs08 Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 The first black pants' use was the 1998 Outback Bowl win over Wisconsin.Also, Georgia wore red road pants in Herschel Walker?s freshman season; I recall them specifically in the Bulldogs? win over Florida.Georgia wore silver pants (more gray at the time) against Florida in Walkers freshman season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheo25 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 The first black pants' use was the 1998 Outback Bowl win over Wisconsin.Also, Georgia wore red road pants in Herschel Walker?s freshman season; I recall them specifically in the Bulldogs? win over Florida.The Dawgs did wear red pants against Tennessee in Walker's freshman season. There's the famous clip of Walker in red pants running over Bill Bates of Tennessee (later Dallas Cowboys) dressed in orange jersey and pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc8b Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 The first black pants' use was the 1998 Outback Bowl win over Wisconsin.Also, Georgia wore red road pants in Herschel Walker?s freshman season; I recall them specifically in the Bulldogs? win over Florida.The Dawgs did wear red pants against Tennessee in Walker's freshman season. There's the famous clip of Walker in red pants running over Bill Bates of Tennessee (later Dallas Cowboys) dressed in orange jersey and pants.And how... That is ridiculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island_Style Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I noticed Tennessee had artificial turf in that clip. What is with the SEC and artificial turf around those times? I know Florida, Alabama, Vandy and Tennessee all had artificial turf. In the ACC I know Virginia did and GT may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I noticed the stripe difference too. I believe they slimmed it back down last season. ...actually its difficult to tell...my eyes are telling me the stripe on Shocks helmet above is SLIGHTLY wider.I think they're the same, Shockley is just closer to the camera and that's causing the stripe to look wider. Look at the stripe compared to the front bumper. If Shockley's is wider, it's not by more than a fraction of an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meetthemets Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 You should check out this book. Lots of old photos and information. Some great stuff here. There are books like this for about 20 different colleges. http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?P...ctID=0794822967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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