Closer inspection of the 1957 Michigan-Georgia game has yielded a few interesting plots and subplots, and here’s another. On this trip to Michigan Stadium 64 years ago the Bulldogs wore dark, or in modern terms, “home” jerseys:
Why? I couldn’t find a specific timeline of the NCAA rules around uniform mandates, and there was no callout in any game report. Clearly, this wasn’t viewed as a major deal back then as it would today (see the UCLA vs. USC fanfare). For the record, we know that U-M first donned a road (white) jersey in 1949 for the Northwestern game.