 WVU introduced a white "throwback" helmet during the 2013 season, utilizing the 1970s "state outline" logo.The West Virginia state motto, Montani Semper Liberi, (“Mountaineers are Always Free”), was stitched inside the back collar of all three jerseys.A canary image was stitched inside the front collar, representative of West Virginia's coal mining heritage for their use in testing toxicity levels in the mines.