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Relationship between Uniforms and Championships (1 Viewer)

Gigantomachia

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For me, dating back to the early 80's Bengals who made the super bowl the year they changed their uniforms, followed by New England losing before changing their uniforms, not to mention the Denver change; is there a relationship between changing uniforms and going to/winning the super bowl?Just curious. :popcorn:

 
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Counterpoint:

Cowboys and 49ers - 5 rings each

:towelwave: - 4 rings (hopefully 5 by late Sunday night)

That's 14 out of 39 titles (35%) from teams who never change their uniform styles.

I'm more interested in the link between talent level and championships. :P

 
Aside from the obvious point that any correlation between uniform change and improved performance does not equal causation, and understanding there's a lot of whimsy here...

Most of the times teams change uniforms to signify a new era and put the past behind. Typically, that is a past with little or no success. The only team that might be considered an exception is Denver. They had made 4 SBs with the orange shirts, but of course they had lost each time. So even there, the ultimate success had not been achieved and the uniform change was made perhaps to help change the psychology of the team (and forget the loss to the Jaguars in the playoffs).

But in the case of NE and TB, these were franchises with basically no history of success. The high point of the red-shirted Pats was SB XX and a 46-10 defeat. Six seasons earlier, the Bucs had been shut out 9-0 in their only NFC Championship appearance.

Both teams successfully changed their performance for the better, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that changes in the team's fortunes had more to do with first better coaches and GMs, followed by better players. In other words, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick (and earlier Bill Parcells) have been more responsible for the Patriots SB wins than their uniforms.

Seattle making the Super Bowl follows the same pattern. Very little history of success, and yes the uniforms change, but don't you think Mike Holmgren has had more of an impact than the Seattle blue color scheme? Perhaps Matt Hasselbeck, Shaun Alexander and Walter Jones are also slightly more important than the color of the uniforms.

If it was all about changing uniforms, shouldn't Arizona have been better this year. Shouldn't Buffalo have made it back to the Super Bowl? Why hasn't Atlanta made it, too? First, when they went to the black helmets, and now again with the recent changes.

 
Counterpoint:

Cowboys and 49ers - 5 rings each

:towelwave: - 4 rings (hopefully 5 by late Sunday night)

That's 14 out of 39 titles (35%) from teams who never change their uniform styles.

I'm more interested in the link between talent level and championships.  :P
Don't forget the Raiders, Redskins and Dolphins - 8 more rings with virtually no changes.You can also add the Bears, Colts, Chiefs and Jets one each. That brings it to 26 out of 39 or 2/3.

I'm not sure what to do with the Giants and Rams. They made changes after their three combined wins. And the Ravens have only been around for ten years.

 
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For me, dating back to the early 80's Bengals who made the super bowl the year they changed their uniforms, followed by New England losing before changing their uniforms, not to mention the Denver change; is there a relationship between changing uniforms and going to/winning the super bowl?

Just curious.

:popcorn:
comparative analogy: When it rains, grass grows faster. Also, highway roads are slipperier.So, logically the more I cut my grass, the more accidents there are on the highway?

You have two effects, and you're trying to find causation in one. The cause is that the team is getting good when it's been #### for a long time (or some other force like that). So the team starts to get good, and they get new uni's. The team is good, so they make the super bowl.

!

 
Such seriousness.

These guys must be a blast at parties.

And for what it's worth, the Jets changed uni's then went back = wishy washy.

Go Seahawks!!!!!

:banned:

 
Conversely, the 49ers were the team of the 1980s with the uniform featuring the white stripe down the middle and one red stripe on each side. They won 4 super bowls with that look. Then they altered their pants to white with new stripes and had 3D numbers on the shirts, and only won 1 super bowl in the 1990s like that. Now the 49ers sport a large red stripe down the middle with two black stripes on either side, and they've turned into arguably the worst team in the league.

 
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The Steelers DID change the #s on their jerseys in the last few years. With the exception of Porter, I believe most of the Steelers also change their underwear daily (Joey turns them inside-out and changes them every other day).

Serious enough for ya Gigantomachia?

 
The Steelers DID change the #s on their jerseys in the last few years. With the exception of Porter, I believe most of the Steelers also change their underwear daily (Joey turns them inside-out and changes them every other day).

Serious enough for ya Gigantomachia?
I believe it was prior to the '97 season that the numbers and lettering style changed. They also added their logo to the upper left corner of their jersey. I'm sure this will have a major impact on the game.
 

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