otero1 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Anyone know if Seattle will wear their white jerseys just for Dallas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why? When was the last time Seattle wore their white jerseys for a home game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlefan68 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why? When was the last time Seattle wore their white jerseys for a home game?Never as far as I know. They haven't exactly done poorly in their blues at home either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobytim Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why? When was the last time Seattle wore their white jerseys for a home game?The why may be---- the Cowboys tradtionally don't have a good winning percentage wearing blue. However I don't believe it to be as much of a factor in recent years as it was in the 70's and 80's.Also wouldn't Dallas have to wear the tradional blue uniforms since they wore the throwbacks twice already or doesn't that apply to the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why? When was the last time Seattle wore their white jerseys for a home game?Never as far as I know. They haven't exactly done poorly in their blues at home either.yah the raiders and the seahawks are the only teams that have never worn whit at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eww7633 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why? When was the last time Seattle wore their white jerseys for a home game?Never as far as I know. They haven't exactly done poorly in their blues at home either.yah the raiders and the seahawks are the only teams that have never worn whit at homeSteelers?EDIT: and don't say Superbowl XL, doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiodrama Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why? When was the last time Seattle wore their white jerseys for a home game?Never as far as I know. They haven't exactly done poorly in their blues at home either.yah the raiders and the seahawks are the only teams that have never worn whit at homeSteelers?EDIT: and don't say Superbowl XL, doesn't count.I remember there being a discussion about that prior to SuperBowl XL...I think we concluded that the Steelers did wear white at home, but it was only once...I can't recall exactly when, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Falcon Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why? When was the last time Seattle wore their white jerseys for a home game?Never as far as I know. They haven't exactly done poorly in their blues at home either.yah the raiders and the seahawks are the only teams that have never worn whit at homeSteelers?EDIT: and don't say Superbowl XL, doesn't count.I remember there being a discussion about that prior to SuperBowl XL...I think we concluded that the Steelers did wear white at home, but it was only once...I can't recall exactly when, though.The Stillers wore white at home in the late 60s, and definitely for the first game of 1964 against the Rams. Since they moved to the AFC in 1970, they haven't done so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedawg22 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Offhand, here are some other teams that I don't think have worn white at home. I'm not sure about any of these, so if anyone knows of instances where they did, please inform me:Giants49ersLionsBearsPackersTexansFalconsBillsChiefsBroncosPatriots (silver doesn't count)RavensColts oh ,my god ,i strong recommend you to have a visit on the website ,or if i'm the president ,i would have an barceque with the anthor of the articel . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Offhand, here are some other teams that I don't think have worn white at home. I'm not sure about any of these, so if anyone knows of instances where they did, please inform me:Giants49ersLionsBearsPackersTexansFalconsBillsChiefsBroncosPatriots (silver doesn't count)RavensColtsThe Packers wore white at home twice in (I think) the 1989 season, against Tampa Bay and New Orleans. It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheo25 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Offhand, here are some other teams that I don't think have worn white at home. I'm not sure about any of these, so if anyone knows of instances where they did, please inform me:Giants49ersLionsBearsPackersTexansFalconsBillsChiefsBroncosPatriots (silver doesn't count)RavensColtsThe Packers wore white at home twice in (I think) the 1989 season, against Tampa Bay and New Orleans.Your named teams have alll worn white at home at some point:Giants -- numerous times in the 1980s, especially vs. Cowboys49ers -- late 70sLions -- preseason game a few years ago (vs. either Browns or Steelers)Bears -- white in the home opener each of the last two seasonsPackers -- mentioned in the first responseTexans -- white first half of the season each year they've been in the leagueFalcons -- off and on in the 80s, a few times when Reeves coached themBills -- off and on in the early 80sChiefs -- off and on in early 80s, home opener this year vs. BengalsBroncos -- vs. Cowboys in 1980, few times when Reeves coached themPatriots -- mid-1980sRavens -- a few times for home openerColts -- off and on in early 80s in Baltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikmurphy Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Why doesn't Dallas were blue at home and white away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 it started as a promotional gimmick, you see, Tex Schramm reasoned that if the Cowboys wore white at home, teh fans would always see a white vs. different color matchup, as opposed to blue vs white all the time right around the time they began doing this (I wanna say 1963 or 64) they started winning consistently, so it stuck. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthSidePride Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 I also believe that the Staubach era cowboys had a bad record wearing blue in the superbowls so a stigma that the blue was unlucky arose. HereCometheHawks.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 yeah...0-1 in blue Super Bowl V was the Vaqueros' first SB appearance, the first one after the merger, and more significantly to this thread, the lone SB out of the 8 Dallas has appeared in that they wore their blue jerseys. All three against the Steelers, both Bills SBs, and the games against the Dolphins and Broncos were played in white jerseys. heh, IIRC Craig Morton was the guy under center that game, and they only wore blue because the SB rule at the time said home team had to wear their dark jersey, regardless of whether they regularly did so or not. Not a problem for most teams, but then we're dealing with the Cowpokes here. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthers Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Well this is easy:Giants - First strated wearing white at home during 1980 season. Parcells ear - started in '83 vs. Cowboys49ers - wore white in the late 70's ('77 season)Lions - none to my knowledge, even at Tiger StadiumBears - last time was this year versus LionsPackers - none to my knowledgeTexans - They always wear white for the first four home games of the season (if not more)Falcons - Wore white at home during the 80s, the last I believe was '86 seasonBills - Various games and wore white at home in early 80's under Chuck Knox, Hank Bullough, etc. Marv Levy put an end to itChiefs - Other than opening day this year, 1980 seasonBroncos - Many times though not with current uniform set. Early season in early 80's wore white at homePatriots - (silver doesn't count)Ravens - Opening day this yearColts - Never in Indy, early 80's (80 season) wore white at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 i don't think the titans have ever worn white at home.... since becoming the titans.i don't recall any...but the oilers did quite often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheo25 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Well this is easy:Giants - First strated wearing white at home during 1980 season. Parcells ear - started in '83 vs. Cowboys49ers - wore white in the late 70's ('77 season)Lions - none to my knowledge, even at Tiger StadiumBears - last time was this year versus LionsPackers - none to my knowledgeTexans - They always wear white for the first four home games of the season (if not more)Falcons - Wore white at home during the 80s, the last I believe was '86 seasonBills - Various games and wore white at home in early 80's under Chuck Knox, Hank Bullough, etc. Marv Levy put an end to itChiefs - Other than opening day this year, 1980 seasonBroncos - Many times though not with current uniform set. Early season in early 80's wore white at homePatriots - (silver doesn't count)Ravens - Opening day this yearColts - Never in Indy, early 80's (80 season) wore white at homeAs mentioned earlier in the thread...Lions did in a preseason game against Browns in 2002. See first item under "The Game Notes" in this link -- http://www.detroitlions.com/document_displ...cument_id=39805Packers wore white at home in '89 vs. TB and NO. Patriots wore white at home in the mid-80s. Falcons wore white at home on a regular basis in '89 and many times before than that. Broncos did wear white at home with the current set once -- in a uniform flap with the Chargers in 2003. (see the third paragraph in this link -- http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/DEN/6673811 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackerBadger Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Super Bowl V was the Vaqueros' first SB appearance, the first one after the merger, and more significantly to this thread, the lone SB out of the 8 Dallas has appeared in that they wore their blue jerseys. All three against the Steelers, both Bills SBs, and the games against the Dolphins and Broncos were played in white jerseys. heh, IIRC Craig Morton was the guy under center that game, and they only wore blue because the SB rule at the time said home team had to wear their dark jersey, regardless of whether they regularly did so or not. Not a problem for most teams, but then we're dealing with the Cowpokes here.I think the specific rule was that the NFC team had to wear their dark jerseys. Dallas' home jersey, of course, has been white, and Dallas was the home team in Super V, and yet, there are those (actually pretty nice-looking though doomed) blue jerseys. So, irony of ironies, both teams in Super Bowl V wore their road jerseys.The NFL had some strange rules like that through the 1970s. For instance, in the 1960s the NFL championship game was rotated between conference champions, which was how Dallas hosted the 1966 NFL Championship despite having a worse record than Green Bay, and, one year later, the Packers hosted the NFL Championship despite having a worse record than the Cowboys. (The Ice Bowl would have not occurred under today's rules for hosting playoff games.) Even more strange, the year the Dolphins went 14-0, they ended up playing the AFC Championship at Pittsburgh, despite obviously having the AFC's best record. (That sort of oddity -- teams with the worse record hosting conference championship games -- happened other times before the rules were changed.)For what it's worth, Mike Holmgren chose the dark uniforms when the Packers hosted Dallas in 1997. So I'd think he wouldn't be inclined to go white for this meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I think the specific rule was that the NFC team had to wear their dark jerseys. Dallas' home jersey, of course, has been white, and Dallas was the home team in Super V, and yet, there are those (actually pretty nice-looking though doomed) blue jerseys. So, irony of ironies, both teams in Super Bowl V wore their road jerseys.you're on the right track, just slightly off...even-numbered Super Bowls have the NFC team as home, while AFC's home in even-numbered SBs. even back then, it alternated (the Packers wore their whites in SB II, remember?), and it happened to be an odd-numbered SB. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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