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Uniforms haven’t changed much over the last century and neither have USC’s expectations for greatness.
Southern California began wearing its current helmet, a cardinal shell with a gold Trojan decal and a gray facemask, in 1972. The gray facemask was replaced with cardinal in the 90s, but changed back in 2001.
In 2002, USC updated its look by adding wide gold stripes to sleeves of cardinal home jerseys and cardinal stripes to sleeves of the white roads. Known as “Chevron” stripes, the angled cut stripes on sleeves returned after a nearly 50-year hiatus.
Before 1895, USC’s official color was gold. Pant stripes were added in the 1960s. Like Penn State, Michigan and Alabama, USC’s uniforms have remained traditional over the last 50 years, but the Trojans have allowed Nike to spice up gameday gloves and cleats for Pro Combat campaigns.
Currently, USC has two jersey colors – cardinal and white — and gold pants. Gold numerals adorn the cardinal tops and cardinal numbers decorate the whites. Twin cardinal stripes appear from the side of the knee to waist on the Trojans’ game pants.
USC is one of the few teams that selects on-field captains as well with “C” stitched on the right shoulder of jerseys.
Since USC is a private school, the Trojans aren’t obligated to release their current Nike figures to the general public.
