Yes, the numbers are different too!
It may be obvious to some, but a detail that is easily overlooked by those who aren’t as keen to uniform designs may be the different block numbering font used on the alternate uniform. The numbers have a small bit of more flair and accents to mimic the numbering used from the mid-1950s until 1966 before going to a more hard blocky numbering currently seen on the uniform today.
This is one design element that could easily be kept on a more permanent basis, although the numbering currently used is simpler and more basic, which is Penn State’s whole uniform approach.
It’s gotta be the (white) shoes (and blue socks)
Finally, a closer look at the feet of Penn State players will show the Nittany Lions are trading in their standard black cleats for a pair of white cleats with a blue Nike swoosh. This is a tribute to the 1979 Sugar Bowl, which seems a bit odd considering Penn State lost as the No. 1 team to Alabama in a battle for the national championship. But when it comes to the shoes, Penn State doesn’t have many alternatives to choose from over the course of the program’s history.
Penn State also swaps out the regular socks for a pair of blue socks with white stripes, a look that was customary in the early 1970s.
Penn State first introduced the Generations of Greatness uniforms for a 2017 game against Indiana. The Nittany Lions skipped wearing the uniform in 2018 but have worn them each of the previous two seasons.
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