Throwback Uniform Gallery # 6: 1990's Jacksonville Jaguars

In August 2013, before they had even taken to the field for a regular season game, ESPN ranked Nike's latest Jacksonville Jaguars uniforms as the worst in the NFL. They were also ranked at the bottom of the list of all 122 NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB uniforms.

Paul Lukas, of www.uni-watch.com, said:

“Worthy of the bottom spot simply by virtue of having what's bound to go down as the worst helmet in NFL history. Like, did they run out of spray paint or what? As for the rest of the design, it's risky to come up with a superhero outfit for a bad team, because superheroes don't look very superheroic when they're on the wrong end of a 37-10 score every week. Or, to put it another way, the Jags are about to learn the same hard lesson that Maryland has learned: If you dress like a clown and win, you look like a winner. But if you dress like a clown and lose, you just look like a clown.”

I don't necessarily agree that it is the worst ever (and hey, the new logo looks great), but if there has ever been a case of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it', this was it. The Jaguars' uniform change in 2009 was another unnecessary one, because the Jags should still be wearing the jersey, pants and helmet combination they wore in their inaugural season in 1995.

They were onto a modern classic, but as of 2001 started tweaking and watered down one of the most visually pleasing uniforms in the league at the time (I'll even go as far as saying one of the best ever). So, as usual, I will be cramming the rest of this article with glorious photos from around the web of this once-stunning uniform. Here's hoping they return to it one day.