Washington State is keeping the wardrobe fresh again this week at Utah State, and the Cougars will roll out a combination they’ve never worn before: a white helmet with a facemask, white jersey and anthracite pants.
It’s the fourth straight week WSU has taken the field in a brand-new uniform look, and this one pushes the program’s count to 56 different combinations since 2017.
There is a familiar twist here, though. The Cougars were originally set to wear this exact setup at Virginia, but switched to the crimson helmet they had used the week before at Ole Miss.
The white-white-anthracite base has shown up before, just not in this exact form. WSU first wore it at Utah in 2020, but that version featured an anthracite WSU logo on the helmet instead of the crimson one.
The Cougars brought it back at San Diego State in 2024 with an anthracite facemask. They also used the same overall look with a crimson facemask at USC in 2018, at Arizona State in 2019 and at UCLA in 2023.
All three of those games ended in losses.
For 2026, this will be the third time the Cougars have worn a white helmet, and both previous appearances came with a crimson facemask. It’s also the first time this season WSU will put on its anthracite pants. Last year, the Cougars wore those pants twice.
Since 2017, Washington State has worn a white helmet 27 times and gone 15-12 in those games. With a white facemask, the Cougars are 7-4. When that helmet carries the standard crimson WSU logo, they are 6-3.
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