Tennessee football will sport a monochrome look when they play on the road for the first time during the 2026 season.
The No. 18 Vols (1-0) will wear white helmets, white jerseys and white pants when they visit Georgia Tech (0-1) on Sept. 12 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, the team announced on Sept. 10.
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UT's new adidas uniforms will also feature a jersey patch sponsored by First Horizon Bank. The deal announced on Sept. 1, which also includes UT Olympic sports, is worth more than $12 million annually for UT athletics.
What was Tennessee's record in each uniform combination during the 2025 season?
UT got off to a 1-0 start while wearing the traditional home combination of white helmets, orange tops and white pants with a 56-9 win at home against
Furman in Week 1 of the 2026 season. The Vols went 3-2 in that same combination during the 2025 season.
They beat Syracuse 45-26 in the season opener in Atlanta, handed ETSU a 72-17 blowout in Week 2 and defeated Arkansas 34-31 on Oct. 11. But the Vols then fell to Georgia 44-41 in overtime on Sept. 13 and lost Vanderbilt 45-24 on Nov. 29, both games at Neyland Stadium.
UT beat UAB 56-24 on Sept. 20 and Mississippi State 41-34 in overtime on Sept. 27 while wearing "orange britches" along with orange tops.
The Vols won two of four games played while wearing all white uniforms, beating Kentucky 56-34 on Oct. 25 and Florida 31-11 on Nov. 22, while losing to Alabama 37-20 on Oct. 18 in the Third Saturday of October and to Illinois in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30.And while wearing their "dark mode" uniforms, the Vols dropped a home game against Oklahoma on Nov. 1 and routed New Mexico State 42-9 on Nov. 15.
What alternate uniforms will Tennessee wear this season?
UT announced a new edition of the "smokey grey" uniforms it has worn throughout the years on Aug. 20 and it honors the 100th anniversary of Gen. Robert Neyland's first season coaching the Vols. The team will wear the grey uniforms on Oct. 3 against Auburn.While not necessarily an alternate uniform, the Vols will add a special, throwback flare to the Third Saturday in October this year. UT will wear orange uniforms and Alabama will wear crimson in each of the next two games played between the two schools. The Oct. 17, 2026 matchup will be the first color-on-color clash between the two rivals since 1970.
Stephen Thompson covers Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball. Email him at stephen.thompson@knoxnews.com and follow him on X @stephenethom.
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