Michigan State’s All-American Javon Ringer (wearing 2008's away jersey) rushed for 2 touchdowns, 219 all-purpose yards and holds the record for the third-most rushing yards by a Spartan against U of M
Michigan State’s All-American Javon Ringer (wearing 2008's away jersey) rushed for 2 touchdowns, 219 all-purpose yards and holds the record for the third-most rushing yards by a Spartan against U of M
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Michigan State Football Jerseys

It should be no surprise to Spartan fans that the Michigan State football jerseys and Michigan State football helmets have changed with every head coaching change. This section of Spartan Jerseys has cataloged every uniform change from when the football players wore black jerseys and leather helmets with wings, to the present where each is outfitted with a Nike Michigan State football jersey. The Michigan State football history below is categorized by season and coach.

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Mark Dantonio
Mark Dantonio
Mark Dantiono introduced traditional style uniforms modeled after the championship teams in Spartan history
John L Smith
John L Smith
John L Smith removed the stripe from the helmet (major break with tradition that went back as far as 1932) and reintroduced green away pants
Bobby Williams
Bobby Williams
Bobby Williams kept the style Saban passed down to him before tweaking the helmet in 2001 and in 2002, Williams introduced a widely unpopular design
Nick Saban
Nick Saban
Nick Saban put the Spartan head back on the metallic green helmets and introduced a new Michigan State font that was used until 2006
George Perles
George Perles
George Perles outfitted the Spartans to look like the previous team he was the assistant head coach for, the Pittsburgh Steelers
Frank 'Muddy' Waters
Frank "Muddy" Waters
Frank "Muddy" Waters retained the look that Darryl Rogers team wore and introduced green away pants his final season
Darryl Rogers
Darryl Rogers
Rogers made three helmet design changes in the four years he was head coach, with the final helmet protecting the Spartan with a white facemask
Denny Stoltz
Denny Stoltz
Denny Stoltz’s teams wore an oversized Spartan head on the helmet drawn by team member Mike Hurd
Duffy Daugherty
Duffy Daugherty
Duffy Daugherty was the first coach to put the Spartan head on the helmets and the words "Michigan State" on the jerseys
Biggie Munn
Biggie Munn
Biggie Munn opened his career with a white leather helmet then scrapped them for a green plastic suspension helmet with a white one-inch center stripe
charlie Bachman
Charlie Bachman
Charlie Bachman dressed the team with gold pants and black jerseys, while the leather helmets were gold with a black wing design, years before Michigan

Photography Credits: Masthead image, Mark Dantonio, Nick Saban, George Perles, Darryl Rogers and Biggie Munn are courtesy of Michigan State Athletic Communications; image of Charlie Bachman is courtesy of College Football Hall of Fame. Spartan Jerseys claims no ownership to these images.