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A burly steelworker with a Bill Cowher-like jutting chin, wearing a hard hat; based on the Steelers' pre-Steelmark logo in the 1950s-early 1960s. Tennessee Titans: T-Rac: A raccoon, the state animal of Tennessee: Houston Oilers: The Roughneck National Football Conference: Team Mascot(s) Photo Description Arizona Cardinals: Big Red: A red ...
Finnish player of American football wearing eye black. Eye black is a grease or strip applied under the eyes to reduce glare, although studies have not conclusively proven its effectiveness. It is often used by American football, baseball, softball, and lacrosse players to mitigate the effects of bright sunlight or stadium floodlights.
The Bears also wore the combination for the 2017 season opener against the Atlanta Falcons, also a loss. [24] The all-blue set would return on January 8, 2023 in a losing effort against the Minnesota Vikings, but most players wore the combo with white socks while some went with blue socks. As of 2022, the Bears are winless in the all-blue ...
Eliah Drinkwitz's team will not only wear all-black uniforms, but also will don a gold Block M against the seventh-ranked Buckeyes (11-1, 8-1 in Big Ten play). No. 9 Missouri (10-2, 6-2 SEC) will ...
The team did not wear the all-white combination during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In 2009, the Chiefs wore the all-white Dallas Texans throwback uniform in an AFL Legacy game against the Oakland Raiders November 15. They wore the modern all-white uniform against the Cincinnati Bengals December 27.
NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk blog said the 2012 throwback uniform "ranks among the worst ever fashioned for any NFL team." [20] The throwbacks were officially retired after the 2016 season. For the 2018 season, the Steelers will wear throwback black uniforms based on the design worn by the Steel Curtain teams of the 1970s. It is similar to ...
The striping along the side of the pants remained black-cardinal red-black, though a thin gold trimming was added, along with further oval "SF" logos placed on both sides of the hip. The 1996 helmet and jersey design with the 1998 gold pants would be worn as the team's regular uniforms until the end of the 2008 season.
A recent addition to the football helmet is a visor or eye shield, traditionally used to protect players from eye injuries or glare. Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon was the first to wear a visor/shield. The visors started out as clear or smoked, but now come in colors ranging from blue, gold, black, rainbow, silver, or amber.