Tennessee Football announces uniform combination for Kent State game
Tennessee Football will be in its all-orange home uniform for Saturday night’s game against Kent State at Neyland Stadium. The Vols announced on social media on Thursday that they’ll be wearing white helmets, orange jerseys and orange pants against the Golden Flashes.
No. 7 Tennessee (2-0) and Kent State (0-2) are scheduled for a 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff with the game televised by SEC Network.
Kent State is coming off a 23-17 home loss to St. Francis (PA), an FCS program from the Northeast Conference, and is ranked dead last at No. 134 overall in this week’s ESPN College Football Power Index. Kent State lost 55-24 at Pitt to open the season.
The Vols, who opened as a 47.5-point favorite on Sunday with the line moving to 49 points by Tuesday, are coming off a 51-10 win over North Carolina State Saturday night in the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Tennessee started with a 69-3 win over Chattanooga on August 31.
Tennessee will be back in its road uniform for the two games following Kent State. The Vols go to No. 16 Oklahoma to start SEC play next week, a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on ABC, and then go to Arkansas on October 5, after an open date on September 28.
No. 7 Tennessee vs. Kent State: How To Watch
Kickoff Time: Saturday, 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: SEC Network
Streaming: ESPN App
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
Location: Neyland Stadium (101,915)
Tennessee Football’s uniforms this season
Tennessee was in its traditional road uniform against NC State last week, wearing white helmets, white jerseys and white pants in the neutral-site win over the Wolfpack. The Vols started the season in an alternate uniform, wearing their Smokey Grey set in the 69-3 win over Chattanooga.
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.
