Boston University Terriers (1965-67)

As I've probably mentioned before, Boston University is one of the tougher teams to research in this little uniform project. The school has no newspapers or yearbooks online (UPDATE: until I discovered e-yearbooks.com), so virtually everything has to be researched from opposing teams' books/papers/photos/ephemera, plus the occasional eBay listing. Verrrrry slowwwwwwly, the blanks are filled in.

So it took me awhile to figure out that one of my favorite helmets -- the almost-not-quite-Baylor-style "BU" logo -- debuted in 1965, when the Terriers also unveiled a tiny "BOSTON UNIVERSITY" word mark above the front jersey number. Previously, BU wore white helmets with plain red and white jerseys.

The 1965 Terriers take the field,
from the '66 Hub yearbook.

In action against Rhode Island at Nickerson Field, 1965.

I've always liked this look, even thought it would make a million times more sense to put just "BOSTON" across the front, in the manner of the school's hockey and basketball teams. A matching red jersey debuted in '67, when the unneeded stripes were removed from the helmet. BU switched to gray pants in '68.

The helmet logo changed, by my estimate, eight more times until the program was put down in 1997, but the red helmets remained a constant.

A BU program page from 1967. Sadly, this isn't mine;
it' s from an eBay listing.

The backside of BU's uniforms face the camera; the frontside faces
legendary UMass quarterback Greg Landry in 1966. I used this photo in a
UMass post last year. #shamelessplug

The team is gone, but the memories remain. More BU unis: 1997, 1990-92, 1988-89, 1984-87, 1968-70, 1963-64.

A BU cheerleader, 1965. I like the more
"casual" look college cheerleaders had at this point,
without the big hair and oodles of lipstick/makeup.
Of course, those made a comeback in the 80s.