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Another rarity from 1984: Last year of those Philadelphia Eagles uniforms, and the first of those Patriots unis w/the UCLA-style stripes.

LSU's football team should wear their purple jerseys more often. Sure, the white ones are classic, but the purple ones look great, too.

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/sep-1997-eddie-george-of-the-tennessee-oilers-is-tackled-by-shawn-of-picture-id315557 - This gem is from 1997, this is the only time the (newly-rechristened) Tennessee Oilers met the refreshed Miami Dolphins.

I think that more MLB teams should wear white shoes; I believe that a few teams should have done so during the 1980s (Blue Jays, Mariners [not their current set, but during the 1980s, especially with the 1981-86 uniform set, and the 1987-92 set], Dodgers [yeah, they're a traditional team, but they could pull it off well], and the Mets I can most see wearing them).

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/safety-ray-ellis-of-the-philadelphia-eagle-prepares-to-stop-running-picture-id78330094 This one is from 1984: First year with the Buffalo Bills sporting red helmets, and the last season for the Philadelphia Eagles 'winged' jerseys. The two teams would meet again the following year, with the Eagles toning down their jersey design. So, this was the only time these two designs coincided.

These two looks coincided for one season (1988-89); the last year of the Canucks golden "shoulder-V" jerseys (before the went to white jerseys) and the first year of the Wayne Gretzky-era first-generation silver/black look for the Kings. I felt like that the colorful look these two teams had were robbed when the Kings changed their colors that season (both teams had yellow jerseys as their home ones). But then again, the silver/black look is the one most people like.

Not the best pic, but that is former Calgary Stampders coach (and now GM) John Hufnagel, who, before embarking on his CFL career, began it in the NFL as a Denver Bronco!

Let's talk about the CFL for a bit; this is a rare matchup in that league, in 1985, the 'new-generation' Saskatchewan Roughriders met the Montreal Concordes for only two games (the accompanying video is from one of those 1985 games); the next year, they met the 'one-year' Montreal Alouettes for two games as well (unable to find any pics/video of 1986, however). The only differences in the uniforms for Montreal was the logo on the sleeves, so that qualifies for this thread. Similarly, in 1985, those same Roughriders met the yellow-helmeted Hamilton Tiger-Cats for only two games that year, the Ti-Cats changed their helmet color the next year.

These uniform sets (the western-style Phoenix Suns [last season] and the updated 'sash' Portland Trail Blazers [first season]) met for only 10 games in the 1991-92 season (5 regular season, 5 playoff games).

The Bengals did jazz up the field design when it became Cinergy Field in the stadium's later years....

While I have no pictures for either matchup, for six games in the 1993-94 NHL season, the first-year Mighty Ducks of Anaheim met the Calgary Flames' classic getup for those six games only. That same Flames uniform also saw action for two games against another first-year team, the Florida Panthers late in that season. The Flames altered their uniform design the following season.

An oddity: This is Doug Flutie's younger brother, Darren, who before all his success in the CFL, had a 'cuppa coffee', as they say in baseball, playing one full season with the San Diego Chargers in 1988 (incidentally, Doug would play for the Chargers for several seasons in the early 2000s decade). Also, when you think Milt Stegall, you think of him with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Before he went there, he had a three-season stint with the Cincinnati Bengals. Unfortunately, I am unable to track down any pics of Milt as a Bengal.

The only time the current Jags getup (shown here in its first season in 2013) ever saw action at the now "Dome at America's Center".

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/linebacker-larry-keller-and-defensive-end-lawrence-pillers-of-the-new-picture-id80032343 Going way back on this one..... from 1978, last year of the Packers-esque Washington Redskins uniform, and the first year of the New York Jets' 'large double-stripe' uniforms and modernized logo with those HUGE TV numbers. This was the only time these two uniform sets coincided with each other.

Another Tom Seaver pic, this time it's "Right team, wrong uniform"; he played one season in the 'racing-stripe' Mets uniforms.

This only happened in 1986; last year of the White Sox 'beach blanket' set and the first year of the Indians 'Major League' (the uniforms worn by the Indians were the very ones worn in that film) set.

A Daily Double: The first legit star for the New York Mets, Tom "Terrific" Seaver playing out the string in the mid-1980s with both Sox teams, Chicago and Boston; he didn't appear for the Red Sox in the 1986 World Series due to a knee injury, but he was introduced at Shea Stadium for Game 1 and received a standing ovation.

He may be the face of the St. Louis Blues, but this is Bernie Federko wearing the Detroit Red Wings uniform in 1989-90. Fun Fact #1: He played exactly 1,000 regular season games in his career. Fun Fact #2: He was also a part of the last (as of 2016) Detroit Red Wings team to miss the playoffs.

^ Yep. His rookie season (2006) was the only season he wore the 1990s-style Chargers jersey pictured. It was also the only year he wore #25, as he switched to #31 the following year (coinciding with the logo/color/uniform change).

@MCM0313: Bob Sanders, better known for his years with the Colts. I thought it was Antonio Cromartie (until a quick Google search determined it wasn't Cromartie), but an argument over whether has a "right" uniform can exist in his case, as well.

1991 also featured the Padres meeting the racing-stripe Montreal Expos as well, the only season those two uniform sets coincided.

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/sep-1996-vinny-testeverde-of-the-baltimore-ravens-is-sacked-by-kevin-picture-id232394 This one is rare because 1) this occurred in 1996, the first year of the Baltimore Ravens, and 2) the last year that the Steelers had block numbers and names on their uniform set before the switch to Futura. These uniform sets only played each other twice.

Once a King, always a King, but this just looks wrong to my eyes: The face of the Los Angeles Kings in the pre-Gretzky years, Marcel Dionne, as a New York Ranger in 1987, after he got traded.

An Andre Dawson two-fer, first with the Boston Red Sox: And with the Florida Marlins: And, as an added bonus, Fred Biletnikoff, Raider great, as a Montreal Alouette(!)- he wouldn't be the first NFL legend to defect to that team, as an aside:

Thanks for posting that. Feels weird, seeing like it's a clash of the decades.