Here’s the real reason behind the Dallas Cowboys’ mismatched uniform colors

[Old'Boyfan]

I wouldn't change one single thing about the uniforms. No, not even the pants.

 

[DFWJC]

If Dallas always wore white at home and no other teams wore white for their home games, then we'd never see Dallas in those great looking dark blue jerseys.
But we do, and many times a year.


So the article isn't entirely accurate.

 

[CooterBrown]

Back in the day, Tex decided the Cowboys would wear white jerseys at home so the fans could see the colors of the visiting team each week.

This is the correct answer. They started it the very first season. TV was black and white and they thought seeing the color of the visiting team would help attract fans to the stadium. The Cowboys were not the first NFL team in Dallas. To be successful required marketing strategy. I guess it worked.

(The franchise now known as the Indianapolis Colts started out as the Dallas Texans. Yes, NFL Dallas Texans, not the AFL version that became the Kansas City Chiefs.)

 

[CooterBrown]

And just a tiny follow-up to my last post. Isn't it funny that Dallas has had two pro football teams named the "Texans" and then Houston couldn't be more original than to re-use old Dallas names?

 

[Sage3030]

The official color of those pants is metallic silver-green.

So yeah, it's green, get it out of there.

 

[DFWJC]

Just among the teams that Dallas played last year, I think Cleveland and Washington wore white at home.

 

[StarGazer1]

I always thought the silver-gray pants of the 70s looked better than the blue-greenish pants.

 

[dogunwo]

They did during the Joe Gibbs era. It appears now they wear dark jerseys at home more now.

It used to be Dallas would be wearing the blues when they went to Washington. It has not been that way for a while now.

I believe the first edition Browns did it too.

 

[KLJ]

I always thought the silver-gray pants of the 70s looked better than the blue-greenish pants.

i agree 100%

 

[Cowboys_22]

The white jerseys have less dye than the blue ones which make them lighter thus enables our team to be a little faster.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Go Cowboys!

 

[DFWJC]

I always thought the silver-gray pants of the 70s looked better than the blue-greenish pants.

They only wear the greenish pants with the white jerseys, I think.

 

[TexasBacon]

The current blue jerseys and silver pants are the best looking uniform in the NFL. The thanksgiving game this past year where Washington wore white tops and burgundy pants versus the Cowboys in the blue jerseys and silver pants was pure aesthetic bliss. Beautiful game. I wish we would wear the color rush jerseys with the blue jersey silver pants and socks. Or at least wear the navy socks with the color rush uni, the all white socks look weird.

And yes, fix the damn green pants.

 

[TexasBacon]

I do LOVE that every Cowboys jersey is different and not just a boring color flip of the same jersey. Makes each uniform set special. (And makes collecting Cowboys jerseys fun)

 

[CowboyGil]

I always thought the silver-gray pants of the 70s looked better than the blue-greenish pants.

I always liked those old royal blue jerseys even though it's just a boring color flip of the white. My Dad hated them, said they were bad luck. and I seriously doubt anything about the white jersey and green pants will ever be changed. And IMO, it shouldn't.

 

[remdak]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...oys-will-wear-navy-jerseys-at-home-more-often

Looks like we could see some "blues" at home

 

[Hardline]

Let me put it this way. If I got cryogenically frozen and was thawed out a thousand years from now, I want to see the exact same uniform. Don't touch it. It's sacrilegious and a terrible curse will come upon us all.
Well. Except if the Cowboys go back to their 1960 uniforms with the white helmets and the solid blue star that would be cool.

 

[Hardline]

I wouldn't change one single thing about the uniforms. No, not even the pants.

This is the only response that is acceptable.

 

[erod]

Three points on this.

1. They need to change the pants to the right color if the TV reason no longer exists. Also, the Broncos orange jerseys look like a pastel orange live, but much darker on television, even in HD.

2. That is not the reason they wear white at home. Schramm did this so season tickets holders wouldn't be stuck with blue-versus-white every home game. He wanted a change of look to each game, and he's right about that. Plus, other sports wear white at home, so why doesn't football do the same?

3. If they ever incorporate a third uniform again, forget that stupid white helmet crap. Go to the old blue from the 70s, which is an awesome uniform.

Oh, and for the love that all that is holy, kill the color rush idiocy. Thanks.

 

[Ranching]

Pants are green. I won't budge on this.

There is a tint of green in our pants, it comes from the envy the rest of the NFL has for the great Dallas Cowboys, those that played before Drew Pearson, those that played with him and those that have played after him!

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I would junk the shark pants. Make them grey. On the away uniforms, I would go back to having grey numbers. I thought those in the 90s looked better.