1974 – 1975
Michigan State Football
Jersey & Helmet Style
Facemasks were changed to green on the helmets.
Helmet
- Kelly green helmet
- White one-inch center stripe
- White Oversized Spartan Head Logo with a black border on both sides – drawn by team member (and art major) Michael Hurd
- Kelly green facemask – one of the first football programs (professional or college) to use colored facemasks matching the team’s colors.
- White two-and-one-half-inch “charger” style player numerals placed on each side of the center stripe on back
Jersey
- Green Jersey
- White “MICHIGAN STATE” appears above the player numerals – font reminiscent of the 1965 & 1966 national championship teams
- White solid color player numerals on front
- White solid color TV numbers on the side of shoulders
- No player last names on the back above the player numerals
- White solid color player numerals on back
Pants
- White pants
- Single thick green stripe down the leg
- Same pants used for home and away games
Away Uniform
Jersey
- White jersey
- Green “MICHIGAN STATE” appears above the player numerals – font reminiscent of the 1965 – 1966 national championship teams
- Green solid color player numerals on front
- Green Solid color TV numbers on the side of shoulders
- Green solid color player numerals on back
- No player last names on the back above the player numerals
- Thick green stripe around shoulders
Information Credits: Helmet Hut and The Tradition Continues – Spartan Football. Spartan Jerseys claims no ownership to this information.
Photography Credits: Masthead image is courtesy of Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections. Spartan Jerseys claims no ownership to this image.