Northeastern Huskies (1994-96)

Until the last decade, when college football uniforms morphed into a bizarre weekly fashion show for teens who are sucked into shiny objects, one telltale sign of a poor program was an inconsistent uniform design. Northeastern, with a mere six winning seasons over the last 30 years of the program, fell into this rut. Some years, the Huskies wore black jerseys, others red, which was the case in the mid-90s. The traditional "NORTHEASTERN" word mark was ditched for a big "HUSKIES" at home (and occasionally on the road; I suspect the "HUSKIES" roads may have been worn in '95 as well, but I have no visual proof yet).

A mid-90s Northeastern home shirt, taken from an online ad.

The Huskies' 97 sked shows off the 1996 uniform.

As the examples above show, not all the Yankee Conference patches (God, I love those) were in the same spot, and some -- but not all -- shirts had the college football 125th anniversary patch.

In '97, the Huskies returned to a black home jersey that closely mirrored the first 1995-96 road shirt.

As this image from the '97 Cauldron yearbook shows, the road shirts
also doubled as practice jerseys. Another sign your program's not doing well.

This Bangor Daily News photo shows Northeastern playing Maine in Portland
in 1996 -- a game I attended, for what it's worth.

Some more doggie treats from Northeastern: 2008-09, 1989-90, 1982-86, 1976-77, 1973-75, 1963-68.