June 14, 2002

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OXFORD, Ohio - Miami University head football coach Terry Hoeppner unveiled three new uniform designs this afternoon in Oxford. The RedHawks will debut the white away uniform at North Carolina on August 31 before returning home the next week to host the University of Iowa in their new red uniforms. The third alternate uniform will be used in coordination with special home events. The uniforms are a break from the Miami uniforms of the last thirty years, going away from the traditional red jersey and white pants combinations that the team has sported the past several years.

The new home uniform will be all red with a white stripe going up the side of the pants and into the jersey where it spreads out over the shoulders. The away uniform will have the same design except the red and white colors will be reversed. The alternate home uniform will take the new red home jersey with the striping and use a solid white pant.

"As you look around college football you see a lot of teams making a switch from the traditional uniforms they have worn for years to something new," said Hoeppner. "It was time to buy new uniforms and we put the idea out to our kids and they were excited about a change. This year's marketing theme is 'Old Miami ... New Miami, Same Tradition ... New Look' and the uniforms embody just that. We were able to combine elements of the traditional Miami Red and White with a progressive design. They make us look fast, even standing still."

Modeling the uniforms in the attached photos are the RedHawks' three returning all-Mid-American Conference performers: junior linebacker Terrell Jones (left), a Lombardi Award and Nagurski Trophy candidate, freshman all-America quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (kneeling) and senior linebacker Matt Robillard, a Lombardi Award candidate.