Inside the lore of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s magical gold uniforms

No one remembers the first time Mary Hardin-Baylor wore its gold jerseys in an NCAA Division III playoff game. However, everyone who attended the Crusaders’ 2016 national championship game against Wisconsin-Oshkosh knows when those gold jerseys became magical.

“It started because the jerseys tend to fit a little tighter when there’s no color in them, so our kids really hated the white uniform because they fit tighter,” Harmon said. “We’ve traveled a lot in the playoffs, and everyone wears dark jerseys. We wore the gold jerseys in our first national championship game, and the championship gold has since become a rallying cry for our team.”