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Saints unveil uniform combination for Wild-Card Round matchup with the Bears

The New Orleans Saints announced that they will wear black jerseys and matching black pants in the Wild-Card Round against the Chicago bears

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The New Orleans Saints are playing the hits in their Wild-Card Round game with the Chicago Bears, announcing on Twitter that they’ll be wearing the familiar combo of black home jerseys and matching black pants. The formalwear has served them well in recent years, and it’s been the most-popular look in the Sean Payton era, dating back to his hire in 2006.

Here’s how each combination has fared in wins and losses during that time span, ranked by winning percentage:

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 6-2 (.750)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 8-3 (.727)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. White jerseys, black pants: 41-25 (.621)
  6. Black jerseys, black pants: 45-29 (.608)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 32-24 (.571)

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Saints wearing their winningest uniform combo for Week 14 vs. Eagles

The New Orleans Saints are pairing their white away jerseys with matching white pants for Week 14’s road game with the Philadelphia Eagles.

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The New Orleans Saints announced that they will be wearing white away jerseys with matching white trousers in Sunday’s game with the Philadelphia Eagles, continuing their streak of games played without the gold pants that were a staple for much of the Sean Payton era.

For his part, Payton is forwarding questions on that to the team captains who make uniform decisions. We haven’t seen the gold pants since Week 2 in 2019, when Drew Brees went down with a thumb injury against the Los Angeles Rams. Maybe the team’s leadership feel it’s bad luck.

Anyway: this week’s combination has the best win-loss record of any set used since Payton took the job back in 2006. That should superstitious fans (and maybe players) happy. The full rankings:

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 6-1 (.857)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 7-3 (.700)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. White jerseys, black pants: 41-25 (.621)
  6. Black jerseys, black pants: 45-28 (.616)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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Saints announce uniform combo for Week 13 at Falcons

The New Orleans Saints revealed their Week 13 uniform combination for a rematch with the Atlanta Falcons: white jerseys and black pants.

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The New Orleans Saints revealed their Week 13 uniform combination for a rematch with the Atlanta Falcons: white jerseys and black pants. They previously used this set in road games with the Detroit Lions (winning 35-29) and Chicago Bears (a 26-23 victory), but hopefully this time they can pull off another win without the slim margin for points scored.

Everyone has opinions about which jersey-pants combo the Saints should wear each week (mine is that they should promote their “Color Rush” alternates into a full-time role), so here’s some more fuel to add to the fire. I went back and tallied the win-loss totals for each of the Saints’ different uniforms back to 2006, when Sean Payton was first hired to coach the team:

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 6-1 (.857)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 7-3 (.700)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. Black jerseys, black pants: 45-28 (.621)
  6. White jerseys, black pants: 40-25 (.615)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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Saints to wear all-white uniforms for the first time in 2020

The New Orleans Saints are pairing their white away jerseys with matching white pants for their Week 12 game with the Denver Broncos.

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The New Orleans Saints announced Friday that they will be debuting a new look for the 2020 season in Week 12’s road game with the Denver Broncos, pairing their white away jerseys with matching white pants. This was a popular uniform combination for the Saints during the 2019 season, when they wore it six times (including the playoffs, notching an impressive 5-1 record).

It’ll be a tough test for the Saints equipment staff; the Broncos play on Kentucky Bluegrass at Empower Field at Mile High, notorious for the stains it can leave on white clothing. But they held their own last season against that same species and similar strains, so the Saints should have their gear cleaned and ready for whenever they use it next.

And here’s what you’ve been waiting for: the win-loss records for each combination used by the Saints since Payton was hired to coach the team back in 2006, including the playoffs and Super Bowl XLIV. As you can see, the white-on-white look boasts the highest winning percentage in recent memory:

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 5-1 (.833)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 7-3 (.700)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. Black jerseys, black pants: 45-28 (.621)
  6. White jerseys, black pants: 40-25 (.615)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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Sunday Best: Saints announce their uniform combo for Week 8 at Bears

The New Orleans Saints revealed which uniform combination they will be wearing for a Week 8 matchup at Soldier Field with the Chicago Bears.

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Sure, days of preparation have gone into planning for a chess match at Soldier Field against the dangerous Chicago Bears defense. But everyone knows the real indicator of how many points the New Orleans Saints will score comes from what they’re wearing.

And in Week 8’s game, the Saints will be going with a no-fusses staple: white jerseys paired with black pants. It’s the second time we’ve seen this look in 2020, having previously been rolled out against the Detroit Lions back in Week 4 (a game the Saints won 35-29).

For the curious, the Saints wore these same white jerseys but with white trousers in last year’s victory at Soldier Field. And for the superstitious, here’s the winning percentage for every uniform combo the Saints have used since Sean Payton was hired to coach the team back in 2006:

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 5-1 (.833)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 6-3 (.667)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. Black jerseys, black pants: 44-28 (.611)
  6. White jerseys, black pants: 39-25 (.609)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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Sunday Best: Saints reveal uniform combo for Week 7 vs. Panthers

The New Orleans Saints will be wearing black jerseys and black pants in their Week 7 game with the Carolina Panthers, the team announced.

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We’re only playing the hits this week, with the New Orleans Saints choosing to pair their black home jerseys with black pants in Sunday’s matchup with the Carolina Panthers.

This has been the most common look for the Saints in recent years, and it’s just the latest game they’ll have played without wearing gold trousers (which must have been discarded in Los Angeles last year after Drew Brees was injured; some clothes have bad vibes, I get it.), which were a staple for New Orleans over the decades. Oh well.

The Saints have a 2-1 record in their all-blacks this year, including their last-second overtime win over the Los Angeles Chargers before the bye week. Here’s how each uniform permutation has performed during the Sean Payton era, back to 2006 (and including the playoffs):

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 5-1 (.833)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 6-3 (.667)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. White jerseys, black pants: 39-25 (.609)
  6. Black jerseys, black pants: 43-28 (.605)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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Saints reveal Week 5 uniform combo for “Monday Night Football” vs. Chargers

The New Orleans Saints announced their Week 5 uniform combination for their “Monday Night Football” kickoff against the Los Angeles Chargers

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The New Orleans Saints will stick to their black-on-black combo when they match up with the Los Angeles Chargers on “Monday Night Football” next week, making it the third consecutive home game in which they’ll roll with the all-blacks.

It’s adding fire to my personal conspiracy theory that all of their gold pants were lost at LAX following last year’s defeat to the Los Angeles Rams. The Saints have only worn black or white pants since, not counting the “Color Rush” alternates.

Either that or dropping a loss to a conference rival and losing Drew Brees to a season-threatening injury prompted Sean Payton to blame it all on the gold pants, which may or may not have been incinerated. It’s hard to say.

The Saints are 1-1 in black-on-black so far in 2020, so this is an opportunity to increase their standings there and in the total win-loss columns (where they’re 2-2). Here are the winning percentages for each uniform back to 2006 (including the playoffs). Because we all know what you’re wearing determines who wins the day:

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 5-1 (.833)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 6-3 (.667)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. White jerseys, black pants: 39-25 (.609)
  6. Black jerseys, black pants: 42-28 (.600)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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