Thursday, 7 November 2013

Throwback Uniform Gallery #1 - Houston Oilers

Each week, in honour of 'Throwback Thursday', I'll be running through the best retro uniforms the NFL has ever seen.

First up: The Houston Oilers.

It is unfortunate that the committee behind the NFL's 32nd team - the Houston Texans - were unable to use the Houston Oilers identity. The Texans logo is great, but the unis are a bit...bland? vanilla? generic?
Shame, because the oil rig logo and sky blue/white/red colour combination of the old Oilers' kits made for one of the most visually pleasing uniforms ever:








They even looked good when the Tennessee Titans wore them in 2009:

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