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Here’s the real reason behind the Dallas Cowboys’ mismatched uniform colors
Cameron DaSilva @camdasilva
Jun 13, 2017 at 10:12a ET
In the past six years, we’ve seen eight NFL teams make changes to their uniforms. Teams like the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers overhauled their looks with fresh outfittings from Nike – albeit, the Bucs’ came with much criticism. Others, like the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions, made subtle and welcomed changes that fans were pleased about.
One team you haven’t seen change its look is the Dallas Cowboys, and you may never see it happen. The Cowboys have one of the most iconic uniforms in all of football: The white jerseys with royal blue stripes and numbers, and turquoise-gray pants. Strangely enough, they wear that combination at home. Dallas is the only team in the league to wear white on its home turf, which raises a lot of questions.
What made Dallas want to wear plain, white uniforms in front of the home crowd? Cowboys equipment director Mike McCord, who’s been with the team since 1989, shed light on that very notion by phone on Monday to explain the quirks of Dallas’ unique look.
“Originally, the white at home started with the heat, especially at Texas Stadium,” McCord told FOX Sports. “As hot as it could be for our late-August, early-September games, I think the heat was a big factor, and one of those things was making the other teams wear darker jerseys on the road, as well as standing in the sun on the sidelines in the old stadium was a huge factor in that. So any time you’re wearing darker colors, it tends to retain the heat. So that was a big part of why the Cowboys wore white jerseys at home.”
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...me-away-throwback-thanksgiving-changes-061317
Cameron DaSilva @camdasilva
Jun 13, 2017 at 10:12a ET
In the past six years, we’ve seen eight NFL teams make changes to their uniforms. Teams like the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers overhauled their looks with fresh outfittings from Nike – albeit, the Bucs’ came with much criticism. Others, like the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions, made subtle and welcomed changes that fans were pleased about.
One team you haven’t seen change its look is the Dallas Cowboys, and you may never see it happen. The Cowboys have one of the most iconic uniforms in all of football: The white jerseys with royal blue stripes and numbers, and turquoise-gray pants. Strangely enough, they wear that combination at home. Dallas is the only team in the league to wear white on its home turf, which raises a lot of questions.
What made Dallas want to wear plain, white uniforms in front of the home crowd? Cowboys equipment director Mike McCord, who’s been with the team since 1989, shed light on that very notion by phone on Monday to explain the quirks of Dallas’ unique look.
“Originally, the white at home started with the heat, especially at Texas Stadium,” McCord told FOX Sports. “As hot as it could be for our late-August, early-September games, I think the heat was a big factor, and one of those things was making the other teams wear darker jerseys on the road, as well as standing in the sun on the sidelines in the old stadium was a huge factor in that. So any time you’re wearing darker colors, it tends to retain the heat. So that was a big part of why the Cowboys wore white jerseys at home.”
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...me-away-throwback-thanksgiving-changes-061317
