National Football League
2004 NFL Uniform Changes
NEW DUDS!
Bengals, Colts & Falcons To Sport New Uniforms In 2004
 They’ve
got a new wardrobe!
Three teams – the Bengals, Colts and Falcons – will
introduce uniform changes in 2004
CINCINNATI BENGALS: Their new home jersey is
black with orange sleeves and black tiger stripes on the
shoulders. A white strip runs up the sides of the jersey
nearly to the end of the sleeves. The Bengals’ away
jersey is white with orange shoulders with black tiger
stripes and black sleeves. The team has added a pair of
black pants to the traditional white, with both pants
sporting orange and black tiger stripes up the sides.
Cincinnati also added orange-topped socks to their
uniform as an option to the current black socks. The
Bengals will also show off a new logo this season, using
a block-letter “B” with white trim and black and white
tiger stripes as their primary mark. Cincinnati head
coach MARVIN LEWIS hopes the “movement, speed and
energy” in the design of the new uniform and logo will
serve as symbols of how he wants his team to play.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: There will be subtle
changes in their 2004 uniform. The re-design will
include a darker shade of blue in the jersey, a return
to the team’s traditional deep hue. In addition, the
Colts are changing the color of their face mask from
blue to gray. “I’m kind of an old-school guy and I was
very, very happy to go along with this,” says Colts head
coach TONY DUNGY. “I think it brings us back a little
bit closer to our roots.”
ATLANTA FALCONS: The team has chosen to make
its red jersey (formerly its third jersey) the home
jersey for 2004. Their black jersey, which served as
their home jersey in 2003, will now become the third
jersey.
Also in 2004, the JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS will
wear black pants on the road, instead of the white they
wore previously.
2004 THIRD JERSEYS
Some teams will wear a third jersey this season:
| TEAM
|
COLOR
|
DATE(S) |
| Atlanta |
Black |
11/28/2004 |
| Baltimore |
Black |
11/07/2004 |
| Carolina |
Panthers Blue |
10/24/2004, 11/28/2004 |
| Cincinnati |
Orange |
TBA |
| Cleveland |
Orange |
11/21/2004 |
| Denver |
Orange |
11/28/2004 |
| Houston |
Red |
10/31/2004, 11/28/2004 |
| Jacksonville |
Black |
12/05/2004 |
| New England |
Silver |
12/12/2004 |
| Philadelphia |
Black |
TBA |
| San Diego |
Powder Blue |
10/10/2004 |
| Tennessee |
Titans Blue |
10/17/2004, 12/13/2004 |
2004 TEAM PATCHES
Some teams will wear special uniform patches this year:
- Arizona Cardinals: Memorial patch for the late Pat
Tillman and No. 40 (Tillman’s number) helmet decal.
- Carolina Panthers: 10th anniversary.
- Jacksonville Jaguars: 10th anniversary.
- New York Giants: 80th anniversary.
- St. Louis Rams: 10th anniversary of move to St.
Louis.
2004 SPECIAL GAME BALLS
- All NFL Openers: Will use “NFL Kickoff 2004”
footballs
- Carolina Panthers: 10th anniversary football in
home opener.
- Jacksonville Jaguars: 10th anniversary football in
home opener.
NFL LEADS ESPN’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY “TOP TEAMS” LIST
It’s their 25th anniversary, and ESPN has chosen its
“Top Teams” of the past 25 years.
The sport with the most teams on the list? The NFL
with six, ranging from the ’79 Steelers to the ’94
49ers.
ESPN’s best NFL teams of the past quarter century,
and what they won:
| TEAM |
HONORS |
| 1985 Chicago Bears |
Won Super Bowl XX |
| 1989 San Francisco 49ers |
Won Super Bowl XXIV |
| 1984 San Francisco 49ers |
Won Super Bowl XIX |
| 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers |
Won Super Bowl XIV |
| 1994 San Francisco 49ers |
Won Super Bowl XXIX |
| 1992 Dallas Cowboys |
Won Super Bowl XXVII |
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