video of 1964 Vikings all purple

[smith03]

My link

1964 Lions hi lites reel has some color footage of the game at Met Stadium in Oct 1964

[Bmac]

Both teams dressed in white:

Vikings change jerseys at halftime:

Meanwhile, I still love the Vikings purple pants with white jerseys look. I wish they wore that combo today.

And how about those old NFL goal posts?

[TopCat]

It's so bright and vivid! Plus, purple pants are supposed to be wore with the whites. Lame side paneling.

[BlueSky]

We had a thread on this some time ago. Supposedly that unintended monochrome game vs. Detroit was the death of the purple pants because Norm Van Brocklin couldn't stand the all purple. I thought the purple pants and Denver's orange pants were pretty sharp.

[jimbojohnny56]

The problem with the purple pants is the fact that nowadays people designing these uniforms have to make a white striped sock to pair with these pants. Then you would have a winner.

[DaveK]

The purple pants look great with the white jersey, awful with the purple jersey.

[TFoA]

The purple pants look great with the white jersey, awful with the purple jersey.

Agreed. Normally I'm a fan of monochrome from helmet-to-pants looks...but in this case, not so much. Especially considering that the purple-purple-white & purple-white-purple looks are superior.

But yeah, kinda fascinating to see them in all-purple, and somewhat by accident.

[Blue Falcon]

I'll never understand why NFL teams spend oodles of dollars, time, and effort when designing and testing new uniforms...and then don't wear the uniform the way it was designed. The Vikes have worn the new purple pants a total of THREE times since they introduced them in 2006. Same thing with the Seahawks and Bills, who went monochrome even though that's not what they initially started out to do.