The (Somewhat) Complete Holy Cross Uniform History, Part IV

OK, time to get off my lazy butt and finish this thing. The fourth and final (?) chapter of Holy Cross' uniform history covers the 2000s.

Part I Part II Part III

2000: Numbers return to the helmet sides (again), and purple pants are worn on the road. Otherwise, the uniform maintains the basic look it had in 1999.

2002: The helmets go blank.

2003: Plenty of ugly number fonts have been employed over the years (Oregon, West Virginia, I'm looking in your direction), but Holy Cross' 2003 football uniforms might be the worst. The home jerseys feature what appears to be Bodoni font on PEDs, with enough curves and serifs to render the numbers practically unreadable. Not shockingly, this style lasted only one year.

2004: Common sense, and traditional numbers, return.

2009: Shoulder stripes appear on the home shirts, and white pants return.

2013: Big, wide numbers, almost like what the Boston Red Sox wear on the jerseys, are used on the helmets.

2014: An old friend returns in midseason in the form of the interlocking "HC" logo, which has been worn on the helmets ever since. The road jerseys add a slightly arching "HOLY CROSS" wordmark.

2016: The home shirts are redesigned to match to road models, and a black alternate helmet is introduced, including one with a Yankee Stadium motif that was worn for a game there against Fordham. (Considering Worcester is in the heart of Red Sox territory, this could have resulted in treason charges in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but somehow did not.)

2017: A gray alternate is added with another stylized number font (Clarendon Condensed?) that's a little easier on the eyes than the 2003 jersey. Note the patch the smart kids got to wear:  a graduation cap bearing the words "ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 3.0+GPA." Let's just say that if I played for The Cross, I wouldn't have had one of these on my shirt.

2018: The gray alternate shirt is replaced by a black version, complete with matching pants.

2019: Plenty of mixing and matching going on here, with 10 uniform combos worn over 13 games. A classy white alternate helmet replaces the black version.

2021 (spring season): The home shirts use a new font for the wordmark and numbers. The  home shirts keep the older look right down to the college football 150th anniversary patch.

2021 (fall season): The home shirts now match the road versions.

2022: After three years in mothballs, the black jerseys return using the old design — complete with the college football 150th anniversary patch!

2023: The black jersey is retired again, but the black pants remain.