Cards sticking with red helmets at Clemson

For Saturday night's showdown at Clemson, the Louisville football team with stick with the chrome red helmets it has worn the past two games.

U of L's equipment staff tweeted Thursday afternoon that the Cards will wear the red helmets, white jerseys and red pants for the game against the Tigers. (ABC, kickoff 8:22 p.m.).

It'll be the first time for U of L to wear that exact combination. The Cards wore red helmets, white jerseys and white pants last week at Marshall. They wore red helmets, red jerseys and white pants at home against Florida State two weeks ago.

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