STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State football team will dive deep into its history for throwback uniforms honoring the Oklahoma A&M College Tigers as the program commemorates its 125th season.
The Cowboys will face Arizona State at 6 p.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium as the centerpiece of homecoming weekend.
The throwback uniforms are primarily black but include the earliest known logos and stripes of historical uniforms.
The black helmet has an orange stripe down the middle with an “OA” logo that was the official emblem of the O.A. Association, organized in October 1909 by the athletes of Oklahoma A&M College.
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The logo can be seen in photos of varsity OAMC athletes across various sports from 1909-1913, after which the organization dropped the “A” to become the “O” Association and subsequently began awarding the traditional “O” letter.
This weekend is believed to be the first time the “OA” emblem has been used at the institution since the beginning of World War I.
The front of the helmet includes an “OAMC” emblem, with a “Tigers” decal on the back. It also includes a “125” decal on the back of the helmet to commemorate the team’s 125th season in 2024.
The uniform also includes widely spaced horizontal orange stripes on black sleeves and socks that will be worn with the present-day black uniform. Various versions of horizontal stripes appear in OAMC football photos available from 1901 through 1921, before the team switched to a look with vertical stripes in 1922.
The stripes are a nod to OAMC’s first team name of Tigers, which was the name of the school’s athletic teams until the early 1920s. It was then replaced with Aggies, and later, Cowboys.
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