BYU Football Will Wear ‘Midnight Virgil’ Uniforms For Senior Day
Oct 31, 2021, 3:05 PM | Updated: 3:08 pm
BYU football has a navy blue helmet in their uniform identity. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
(Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
PROVO, Utah – It might be hard to believe, but the BYU football home schedule has already reached Senior Day.
This week, BYU will host the Idaho State Bengals from the FCS in the final game at LaVell Edwards Stadium for the 2021 season.
Goin’ MIDNIGHT VIRGIL for SENIOR NIGHT!! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/l1rl8k232D
— Billy Nixon (@byuequipment) October 31, 2021
When the 17th ranked Cougars take the field for Senior Day on Saturday, they’ll be wearing another new uniform combination.
BYU’s Director of Player Experience and Equipment Operations, Billy Nixon, announced that the Cougars would wear “Midnight Virgil” uniforms against Idaho State.
The Midnight Virgil combo features the traditional navy blue uniform with white pants.
Where the “Virgil” comes into play is on the helmet. BYU will wear their new navy blue helmet and it will feature a gray/nickel facemask.
During the 1960s, when former All-American Virgil Carter was playing at QB, BYU football wore helmets that featured a gray facemask.
BYU wore “The Virgil” in the 66-49 win over Virginia. That combination was on the royal blue helmet.
BYU has donned the new navy blue lid twice this season. Both appearances resulted in losses against Boise State and Baylor in consecutive weeks.
No. 17 BYU vs. Idaho State
Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. (MT)
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2021 BYU Football Uniform Combinations by week
vs. Arizona (Las Vegas) – Royal Rush (Win, 24-16)
UTAH – Royal blue uniform, white pants, white helmet with royal decal plus 9/11 tribute (Win, 26-17)
ARIZONA STATE – All-white uniform with royal blue accents (Win, 27-17)
USF – Navy blue uniform with a white helmet, white pants (Win, 35-27)
at Utah State – White helmet with royal blue decals and “Giff” facemask, white jersey, royal blue pants (Win, 34-20)
BOISE STATE – All-Navy Blue (Loss, 17-26)
at Baylor – Navy helmet, white jersey, navy pants; Sailor Coug logo on the back of the helmet (Loss, 24-38)
at Washington State – All-white uniform with navy blue numbers, stripes, and decals (Win, 21-19)
IDAHO STATE – “Midnight Virgil” with navy blue helmet featuring gray facemask; white pants, navy blue jersey
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
