The uniform matchup for Oklahoma State’s trip to Iowa State has a Halloween edge to it.
The Cyclones are going with all-black - helmet, jersey and pants - and the helmet will feature the “Cynado” logo. Oklahoma State answered Wednesday with an all-orange look, and the Cowboys made the announcement a day earlier than they normally do.
OSU, which is 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Big 12 play, will wear its orange home jersey with white letters and numbers outlined in black. The pants will be the orange road pair, complete with the OSU logo in white lettering on the right thigh. The helmet will also be orange, with the OSU logo on the side, the same one the Cowboys used against Houston two weeks ago.
Game time Saturday in Ames, Iowa, is set for 6 p.m.
The orange-on-orange-on-orange setup adds another entry to a season full of different looks for the Cowboys. Oklahoma State has already worn white helmets with the face of Pistol Pete on both sides and an orange facemask, paired with orange home jerseys and white pants with the OSU logo in orange and black outline on the right thigh.
At Houston, the Cowboys went with white helmets carrying the OSU logo in orange with black outline on both sides. They matched that with white jerseys featuring “Oklahoma State” in orange type with black outline and orange numbers outlined in black, plus orange pants with the OSU logo in white on the right thigh.
They also broke out black jerseys with Oklahoma State and the numbers in white lettering with orange trim on the front and white numbers with orange trim on the back. That look included a large white stripe on the sleeves, flanked by narrow orange stripes, and orange pants with the OSU logo in white lettering with black trim. The helmet for that game was orange with “Pokes” in script on the side.
Another black-heavy combo featured black helmets with the modern OSU logo in orange, along with black pants and black shoes. The pants carried the orange OSU logo on the right thigh.
The Cowboys have also worn white jerseys with “Oklahoma State” and the numbers in black lettering and an orange outline, with sleeves that had a thick black stripe and narrow orange stripes on the top and bottom.
For the home game against Oregon, Oklahoma State went retro with its helmet, using the old-school “OSU” logo in white to honor its 1976 Tangerine Bowl team on its 50th anniversary. That orange helmet was paired with the same uniform combo the Cowboys wore against Oregon: orange home jerseys with white letters and numbers and “Oklahoma State” on the front, plus white helmets featuring the “Pistol Pete” logo and white pants with the modern OSU orange logo.
The season opener brought a different tone entirely. Oklahoma State waited until just before kickoff to unveil an all-white look, featuring a white helmet with the modern OSU logo and a white jersey with orange lettering and numbering and “Oklahoma State” on the front.
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