
Gold Rush shirts
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Re: Gold Rush shirts
Nice! I am missing only two more. Looks like I have all of those except the bottom left! That means that is either 2008 or our inaugural gold rush shirt in 2006. Either way, nice find!
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Re: Gold Rush shirts
The lower left is the 2008 Gold Rush shirt as seen in a photo from what is now known as X. Dated August 2008. It incorrectly states 2008 was the first Gold Rush game. You can see shirts from the 2007 game in the crowd.




There is some text under the logo. My guess is ‘THE GOLD RUSH GAME’ ?
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Re: Gold Rush shirts
Thank you everyone for all the help! I believe there was a design error on the 2016 shirt. It WAS the tenth anniversary of Gold Rush, but they put the dates as 2006-2016 on the shirt. Ten years takes us back to 2007, which is the correct start of the tradition. With that being said, here is every Gold Rush shirt we have ever had, in order!


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Re: Gold Rush shirts
Really shows off how much of an upgrade the new cat head logo was over the old oneADOKmt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 10:38 pmThank you everyone for all the help! I believe there was a design error on the 2016 shirt. It WAS the tenth anniversary of Gold Rush, but they put the dates as 2006-2016 on the shirt. Ten years takes us back to 2007, which is the correct start of the tradition. With that being said, here is every Gold Rush shirt we have ever had, in order!
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Re: Gold Rush shirts
I really like the 2021 shirt design!damnyoutuesday wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:13 pmReally shows off how much of an upgrade the new cat head logo was over the old oneADOKmt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 10:38 pmThank you everyone for all the help! I believe there was a design error on the 2016 shirt. It WAS the tenth anniversary of Gold Rush, but they put the dates as 2006-2016 on the shirt. Ten years takes us back to 2007, which is the correct start of the tradition. With that being said, here is every Gold Rush shirt we have ever had, in order!
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Re: Gold Rush shirts
Great work ADOKmt ! The 2006 date is attributed to about 3,000 shirts printed for students in resident halls in 2006 for a game before the Gold Rush term was even coined in 2007 with accompanying tee shirts. The attached excerpt from an article discusses how it all evolved. I suspect the highlighted shirts in these photos from a 2008 game are some of those original 3,000 shirts printed in 2006.






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Re: Gold Rush shirts
Great eye. I was a freshman in 2006. Wasn't at MSU until the following year though. I guarantee some of my buddies received those though. Can't imagine any of them were responsible enough to keep them until todayRICO CAT wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:26 pmGreat work ADOKmt ! The 2006 date is attributed to about 3,000 shirts printed for students in resident halls in 2006 for a game before the Gold Rush term was even coined in 2007 with accompanying tee shirts. The attached excerpt from an article discusses how it all evolved. I suspect the highlighted shirts in these photos from a 2008 game are some of those original 3,000 shirts printed in 2006.
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