Green helmets with a one-inch white center stripe. Three stripes on the jerseys and one down the pants.
Helmet
All-American Don Coleman wearing the 1947 – 1955 helmet
Before the second game of the 1947 season (Kentucky), Biggie Munn presented to each player a new, Riddell plastic suspension helmet with a kelly green shell and a white one-inch center stripe. Either superstition over the blowout loss at Michigan or just a morale booster, the new plastic helmets were a huge hit with players and fans. These helmets remain today as a virtual base design for all helmet styles.
Biggie Munn�s helmet design would don the rest of his career and continue through the 1955 season with the exception of two games in 1954 (Wisconsin and Indiana).
- Kelly green Riddell plastic suspension helmet
- White one-inch white center stripe
- No face mask
Jersey
Guard Don Mason wearing the 1947 – 1955 jersey
- Solid color player numerals on front
- Three stripes: one-inch white center stripe, one-inch between half-inch white striping
- No player last names on the back above the player numerals
- Solid color player numerals on back
Pants
John “Thunder” Lewis wearing the 1947 – 1955 pants
- White pants
- One stripe: one-inch green striping
- Same pants used for home and away games
1954 Mid-Season Changes
All-American Earl Morrall wearing the white helmet with a kelly green one-inch center stripe
- For the Michigan State vs. Wisconsin game on October 2, 1954 (6 � 0 Loss) and Michigan State vs. Purdue game on October 23, 1954 (27 � 13 Loss), Michigan State wore white helmets with a kelly green one-inch center stripe. For more information, visit the 1954 Jersey and Helmet Style page.
- For the Michigan State vs. Marquette game on November 20, 1954 (40 � 10 Win), Michigan State wore green pants with green jerseys for the last game of the season.
Guard Henry Bullough wearing green pants against Marquette