South Carolina will wear garnet helmets, white jerseys and garnet pants for Saturday nights' Southeastern Conference road contest against Mississippi State, TheBigSpur.com has learned.

This combination has not been worn since the 1990s prior to the arrival of Lou Holtz, who switched the Carolina helmet color to white for all but one of his six seasons (in 2004, USC wore black helmets). Former head coach Steve Spurrier exclusively used white helmets as the coach of the Gamecocks.

Last week, with Vanderbilt wearing all white at home, Carolina wore garnet helmets, black jerseys and white pants.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. in Starkville, Miss. The game will be televised live by ESPN2.