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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins wearing his team's Color Rush uniform in 2019. The NFL Color Rush was a promotion done in conjunction with the National Football League (NFL) and Nike that promotes so-called "color vs. color" matchups with teams in matchup-specific uniforms that are primarily one solid color with alternating colored accents, primarily airing on Thursday Night Football.
In the National Football League (NFL), most teams often wear their "official team colour" at home, with the road team being assigned to wear white in most cases. [2] White road uniforms gained prominence with the rise of television in the 1950s. A "white vs. colour" game was easier to follow in the black-and-white television era. [2]
The Steelers (then known as the Pittsburgh Pirates) first logo was the city coat of arms. Current logo of the Steelers. The Steelers have had several logos in the early part of their history, among them including the crest of Pittsburgh, a football with Pittsburgh's then-smoggy skyline, as well as a construction worker hanging onto a chain holding a pennant.
The National Football League (NFL)'s New York Jets began play in 1960 as the Titans of New York, a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). When the Titans became the Jets in 1963 the team colors changed from navy blue and gold to green and white, which they have remained ever since, although the franchise has used different shades ...
In select games for the 2009 season, the Chiefs—as well as the other founding teams of the American Football League—wore "throwback" uniforms to celebrate the AFL's 50th anniversary and the 1962 Dallas Texans team that won the AFL Championship. [4] A slight change was made to the uniforms when Nike became the supplier of all NFL jerseys.
The regular brown uniforms also brought back the pre-1968 stripes scheme on the sleeves. The facemask color reverted to grey. [26] 2008 – The Browns wore brown pants for the first time in team history on August 18, 2008, during a preseason game against the New York Giants. The pants contained no stripes or markings.
Barkley ran for 167 yards and crossed the 2,000 yard mark, becoming only the ninth running back in NFL history to do so, and recording the second-most yards of any running back in NFL history in a single season. [208] With their Week 18 win over the New York Giants, the Eagles finished 14–3 for the second time in three seasons.
This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL). The history of franchises that began as independent teams, or as members of the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, and other ...