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The
History of the
Wildcat Uniform
Page Six
2022 - Present
Black Jerseys, 2022-2024
Purple and White Jerseys, 2024 only
Purple and White Jerseys, 2022-2023
In 2022, NU switched to uniforms that tied back to more traditional styles that the team wore in the 1990s and earlier.
JERSEY: Purple, white, and black jerseys are standard.
- By
far, the biggest change in 2022 was the removal of the 2012 - 2021 chest stripe
and the addition of traditional Northwestern Stripes on the sleeves.
The chest stripe was a bold stroke and set Northwestern apart, but it
served its purpose, and the school chose to reclaim its famous
sleeve striping. The new jerseys are more traditional. All three
jerseys keep the shoulder, or "TV," numbers and the Northwestern
wordmark (still in Morgan Poster Avec font) and Big Ten logo on the chest.
- The purple
and white jerseys are identical in style to each other (HTP shows both
of them on this page because we show all jerseys in the Under Armour
era,
even if the road jersey is stylistically the same as the home jersey).
They are both very similar to the classic 1976 - 1977 uniform set, with
single-color Northwestern Stripes and TV numbers.
- The
purple and white jersey numbers are slightly different from the earlier
Under Armour numbers and have dropped the color outline.
- The black jersey
is nearly identical to the short-lived late-season 1994 uniform: white
numbers with purple outlines, TV numbers, and a white-purple-white
sleeve stripe, in keeping with the Barnett-era jerseys.
- For
2024, NU returned to using a small N logo on the jersey collar, which
it had dropped after 2011, when the team moved from Adidas to Under
Armour. This change applied ONLY to the purple and white jerseys. The black jerseys did not get the N logo.
HELMET: NU's classic
1981 helmet design remains the standard, with a few minor
modifications. NU uses purple, white, and black helmets as
standard, with the traditional Northwestern N. In recent seasons, the N
logo was both the fuller, slightly rounded version typical of the 1990s
and 2000s, as well as the thinner version from the 1980s.
The purple helmet's color now matches the jersey and pants even closer,
giving the set a true uniform appearance. The black helmet is matte.
All helmets still carry the WIN wordmark on the front bumper plate.
PANTS:The
pants appear identical to the 2019 - 2021 versions. The team continues
to use purple, white, and black pants interchangeably, at home
and on the road. The pants are plain, except for the standard
Northwestern N on the left hip and the Under Armour logo on the right.
While HTP's tracker doesn't usually include shoes, it should be noted
that the 'Cats have purple, white, and black UA shoes to mix and
match with their unis.
As with the previous Under Armour years, HTP tracks the various uniform combinations used during the season. Note: if an entry in the list is in purple, that indicates the debut for that particular part of the Under Armour uni.
See the bottom
of the page for the description of any alternate uniform components.
2022 Game
|
Helmet
| Jersey
|
Pants
|
Nebraska - @ Dublin
|
Alt. Purple, Irish N
| Purple
|
Purple
|
Duke - Home
|
Alt. White, Flag N
| Black |
White |
So. Illinois - Home
|
Standard Purple, White N
| Purple |
White |
Miami, O - Home
|
Standard Black, Purple N
| Black |
Black
|
Penn State - Away
|
Standard Purple, White N
| White |
Purple
|
Wisconsin - Home
|
Alt. Gothic Black
| Alt. 2019 Gothic Black |
Alt. 2019 Gothic Black |
Maryland - Away
|
Standard White, Purple N | White |
Purple |
Iowa - Away
|
Standard White, Purple N
| White |
White |
Ohio State - Home
|
Standard Black, Purple N
| Black |
Purple
|
Minnesota - Away
|
Standard Purple, White N
| White |
White |
Purdue - Away
|
Standard Black, Purple N | White |
Black |
Illinois - Home
|
Standard White, Purple N
| Purple |
Purple |
2023 Game
|
Helmet
| Jersey
|
Pants
|
Rutgers - Away
|
Standard White, Purple N
| White
|
White
|
UTEP - Home
|
Standard Purple, White N
| Purple |
White |
Duke - Away
|
Standard White, Purple N
| White |
Purple |
Minnesota - Home
|
Standard White, Purple N
| Purple |
White
|
Penn State - Home
|
Standard Purple, White N
| Black |
Purple
|
Howard - Home
|
Standard Black, Purple N
| Black |
Purple |
Nebraska - Away
|
Standard Purple, White N | White |
Purple |
Maryland - Home
|
Alt. Gothic Black
| Alt. 2019 Gothic Black |
Alt. 2019 Gothic Black |
Iowa - Home @ Wrigley
|
Alt. White, Purple Script
| Purple |
Purple
|
Wisconsin - Away
|
Standard Black, Purple N
| White |
Black |
Purdue - Home
|
Alt. Black, Flag N | Black |
Black |
Illinois - Away
|
Standard Purple, White N
| White |
White |
Utah - Las Vegas Bowl
|
Alt. Purple, White Script |
Purple |
Purple |
2024 Game
|
Helmet
| Jersey
|
Pants
|
Miami (O) - H @ Martin
|
Standard Purple, White N
| Purple
|
White
|
Duke - H @ Martin
|
Alt. White, Purple Script
| Black |
White |
Eastern Ill - H @ Martin
|
Standard Black, Purple N
| Black |
Black |
Washington - Away
|
Alt. White, Purple Script
| White |
White
|
Indiana - H @ Martin
|
Standard Purple, White N
| Black |
Purple
|
Maryland - Away
|
Standard Black, Purple N
| White |
Black |
Wisconsin - H @ Martin
|
Alt. White, Purple Script | Purple |
Purple |
Iowa - Away
|
Alt. Purple, White Script
| White |
Purple |
Purdue - Away
|
Alt. Purple, White Script
| White |
White
|
Ohio State - H @ Wrigley
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Michigan - Away
|
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Illinois - H @ Wrigley
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2022 - 2024 Alternate Uniform Components
Jerseys
JERSEY PATCHES:
- The 'Cats wore a bowl logo patch on their left shoulder during the 2023 Las Vegas Bowl (the jersey was standard purple).
Helmets
HELMET DECALS:
- For the
August 27, 2022 game in Dublin, NU applied a US/Irish flag decal to the
back of the helmet, along with player numbers (in a unique font):
- For the 2023 Penn State and Howard games, NU players again wore a helmet sticker
symbolizing Hilinski's Hope, an organization devoted to raising
awareness of student mental health, named for former Washington State
quarterback Tyler Hilinski (brother of NU quarterback Ryan Hilinski).
The 'Cats wore a similar decal for the 2021 Nebraska game (and possibly
other games).
- The 'Cats wore the Hilinski's Hope decal again in the 2024 game vs. Indiana.
- The 2023 Las
Vegas Bowl featured a new alternate helmet. In addition, the helmet had
a Las Vegas Bowl decal on the back, just above the player numbers.
ALTERNATE HELMETS:
- Alt. Purple, Irish N: One-off
helmet design for the Aug. 27, 2022 game in Dublin vs. Nebraska. The
standard Athletic N was redesigned with the colors of the Irish flag.
The helmet kept the typical WIN wordmark on the front bumper, but used
a lower-case Gaelic font for it. The Wildcats wordmark on the back of the helmet also used the Gaelic font.
- Alt. White, Flag N: Introduced in 2015. The 2022 version had a crome outline on the N logo and a white faceguard.
- Alt. White, Purple Script: Introduced
at NU's 2023 home game at Wrigley Field, the helmet features
"Northwestern" in purple script similar to a baseball script design.
- Alt. Black, Flag N: This
helmet made its debut at the Ryan Field Finale in 2023. This was the
first time that NU put its N-Flag logo onto its black helmet. As with
the recent N-Flag helmets, this logo has a thin chrome outline.
- Alt. Purple, White Script: This
helmet is a complimentary design to the Wrigley Field script
Northwestern helmet that made its debut earlier in the '23 season. This
variant, however, is a purple shell with white script. NU introduced it
for the Las Vegas Bowl.
2022 - 2024 Alternate Total Uniforms
Gothic Uniform (Alt. 2019 Gothic)
For
the 2022 homecoming game vs. Wisconsin and its 2023 home game vs. Maryland, NU wore its classic Gothic
uniform. The Gothics were essentially
same version worn since 2019.
HELMET: Virtually identical to the 2014-15 Gothic helmet.
JERSEY:
The 2019 gothic jersey, with the revised sleeve stripes and the gold front and back numbers..
PANTS: Also appear to be the 2019 Gothic version, with no pattern, featuring a gold
UnderArmour logo and a purple N with a gold outline on the left hip.
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