University of North Texas Athletics
Five-For-Five: Flying Worm Days
7/25/2016 12:00:00 AM | General
It was a quintessential piece of 70s design, a child of 1960s psychedelic design with thick, curvilinear shapes; a long, thick body with equally thick wings coming off its back.
It was a stylized rendition of an eagle. However, to North Texas students of the era, it looked like a flying worm. And the name stuck.
But the 1970s uniforms were much more than the Flying Worm. North Texas has long changed the shade of green worn by its student-athletes, but this was easily the most bold: a bright, eye-catching, practially neon lime green.
Introduced in 1973, the Flying Worm and lime-green uniforms were retired in 1982-83. But more than any uniform or logo before or since, the Flying Worm continues to enjoy popularity.
