These aren’t really throwback uniforms, but the Kansas football team will have a never-before-seen look based on history when it takes the field Saturday against Baylor.
On Tuesday, KU showed off its “Jay-Hawkers” alternate uniforms for Saturday’s game, which the university said is part of its annual Salute to Service. It’s a homage to the Civil War era.
“With inspiration from Kansas’ history as a ‘free-state,’ the special-edition look was inspired by Colonel Charles Jennison and his 7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry,” KU athletics said in a news release. “This cavalry regiment, which was also known as Jennison’s Jay-Hawkers, was established in October 1861 and served the Union Army during the American Civil War.