Boston College has had a tough season — the Eagles are riding an eight-game losing streak — but they still bring one of college football’s most meaningful alternate uniforms to Week 11: the Red Bandana set.
The annual Red Bandana uniform honors BC alumnus Welles Crowther, who is credited with saving lives during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks while wearing a red bandana. The tribute kit weaves bandana patterns into multiple places: the sleeves and center logo of the jersey, the front and back of the helmet, and other accents. Instead of player surnames, the back nameplate reads “FOR WELLES,” and an American flag emblem is stitched between the nameplate and the collar, reinforcing the tribute’s message.
UCF also debuts a themed alternate for Week 11: the 2025 “Space Game” uniforms, billed as Mission IX. The design nods to UCF’s long history of work with NASA and aerospace research; the school points to hundreds of faculty and student projects involved with NASA since 1963. The uniform features electric blue numbers and a matching helmet stripe, Mission IX nameplates, and “SPACE U” branding on the helmet faces and down the pant leg. A schematic-style emblem beneath the collar reference
