New England Patriots throwback uniforms

Ben Coates

The league was once blessed with those, the Oilers and the Bills all in the same conference. The three best uniforms.

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Steve Grogan approves.

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So does Tony Eason.

Craig James

I asked on uniwatch why the Pats dont wear blue jerseys with the Pat Patriot helmet. The British wore red, colonists in blue and the helmet logo shows them wearing blue


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There’s a story about this (feel free to google) but basically the Boston Patriots had last choice for uniform color, and the AFL (of 8 teams) already had four teams wearing blue: Bills, Oilers, Chargers and Titans. So the team basically had to go with something besides blue, and since they basically *had* to wear red/white/blue (being the Patriots and all), they went with a red jersey. link
Obviously, we all point out that the original colonists/patriots’ opponents, the British not only sported red, they were nicknamed the Redcoats…so having the Patriots in red has seemed to fly in the face of history; again, had the Patriots gotten to choose their team colors *sooner,* they undoubtedly would have gone with blue instead of red.

Irving Fryar

I thought the Pat Patriot helmets were ugly when they were the uniform. Way before throwbacks became a thing.


They are still ugly.

The Pats uni's are about the only ones that look better modernized versus the old school look.

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Steve Grogan approves.

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Not until they add that 1970s neckpad to them.

The Oilers’ unis with the silver helmets were dogs hit, though.