The Auburn Uniform Database is dedicated to documenting all Auburn athletic uniforms. This entry is part eight of a series detailing the history of Auburn’s football uniforms. Be sure to check the previous entries, starting from the beginning or checking last week’s article.

2000

(image via Andy Lyons, Getty Images)

Things were quiet as Auburn rang in the new century, keeping the new uniforms from the previous season.

2001

The NCAA pennant that donned the back of the helmets is removed. The American flag decals return for the first time since 1994.

2002

After a year hiatus, the NCAA pennant returns to back of helmets.

2003

The Tigers kept things steady, making no changes this season.

2004

Cadillac Williams was wearing Under Armour accessories two seasons before the Tigers signed with the new apparel company. (image via John David Mercer, AP)

Auburn began wearing new jerseys with a single-colored Russell Athletic logo on the chest, rather than the red, white, and blue style of previous years. The white jerseys also removed the AU-logo “button” that had donned Auburn’s jerseys since 1995. Instead, the school name was embroidered on the chest just below the collar.

Auburn’s magical 2004 season resulted in the Tigers’ first BCS bowl bid. The original BCS logo was worn on the back of the helmet, marking the first time a bowl game logo appeared on the helmets. Player numbers were also removed from the helmets altogether, as they had sat inside the orange stripes since 1995.

2005

In what would be Auburn’s final season wearing Russell Athletic uniforms, the Tigers updated the blue jerseys to match the white tops: AU-logo button is removed from the collar, replaced with embroidered school name on the chest.

Auburn adds the SEC pennant to the jerseys, where they hadn’t been worn since 1998, and to the back of the helmets, replacing the NCAA pennant decal. Auburn made a few more changes to the helmets, as player numbers return after missing for a season, now sitting just to the left of the stripes. That placement hasn’t changed to this day.

The Tigers also added “War Eagle” decals to the rear bumpers of the helmets full time. They could be spotted in previous seasons, but they weren’t very consistent throughout the team.

2006

The 2006 season marked a big change for Auburn as the Tigers moved away from Russell Athletic to the new apparel provider Under Armour. Auburn made a slew of minor changes with the move, including changes the font of the chest embroidery to Copperplate, matching the new wordmarks that the athletic department had moved to.

Auburn also tweaked the nameplate font, moving to a block serif font. With the Under Armour logo landing on the left chest, the SEC patch moved to the right side. The AU logo was added to the right hip on the pants, a first for the program.

When Auburn earned the bid to face Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl, the Tigers made an interesting move replacing the SEC patch with the bowl patch.

2007

As the SEC celebrated its 75th anniversary, all teams across all sports wore a special commemorative patch.

This season marked another anniversary, the 50th year since Auburn’s 1957 national championship team. To honor the team, Auburn wore their one and only throwback uniform in program history. The Tigers wore their white uniforms at home against Vanderbilt, paired with helmets that lacked the AU-logo, and grey facemasks.

2008

With the end of the 75th SEC anniversary, the pennant patches returned to the jerseys.

Virgil Starks, Auburn’s Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Support Services, passed away in November. To honor him, Auburn teams wore a special VS logo. The football team wore it on the back of their helmets for the final two games of the season.

2009

A new SEC pennant logo is worn on the jerseys and helmets. This would be the third different SEC patch worn this decade, the fourth style overall.

The first decade of the 21st century featured a slew of tweaks to Auburn’s football uniforms. The move to Under Armour was big for many reasons, but did wonders to Auburn’s brand standards and on-field aesthetics.

Auburn would continue to make minor changes to the football uniforms through the 2010s, which we dive into next week.

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