Aside from a brief change to maroon in 1948 instituted by then head coach Bo McMillin (influenced by his years as coach at Indiana), the Lions uniforms have basically remained the same since the team debuted in 1930.
Bortset fra et kort skift til rødbrun i 1948, indført af den daværende træner Bo McMillin (under indflydelse af sine år som træner på Indiana University), har Lions' uniformer grundlæggende været de samme siden holdet debuterede i 1930.