The Jacksonville Jaguars announced yesterday that this Sunday’s game against Cincinnati will be their last using teal as their primary home jersey colour. Black will become the home uniform, the teal will be demoted to an alternate and worn, at most, twice a season.
Teal had been the primary home jersey colour for the Jaguars since their inaugural season in 1995, black was introduced as an alternate jersey colour beginning in 2004 and was worn once or twice a season until 2009.
Farewell to teal… these uniforms have been bumped to “alternate”
“After this Sunday’s game, we will wear black as our primary jersey and teal will be reserved for special occasions as our alternate jersey. Teal will continue to be a part of our uniform and our logo, but on the field our identity will grow in black jerseys.” – Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan
According to their Twitter account the Jaguars will be wearing black pants with the black jerseys, pair that up with the black helmet and you’ve got a head-to-toe black uniform. Fan reaction has been mostly positive so far but there has been some legitimate concern about a Florida-based home team switching to all-black for their home uniforms.
The new all-black home uniform will debut on October 9th in Jacksonville’s game against the Chicago Bears.
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Kevin Joseph
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:22Where's the "NO NO NO" button?
Matthew Edwards
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:25Booooooooo
Matthew Edwards
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:25Booooooooo
Troy Riley
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:25We have too many teams using unique colors (like teal). We don't have enough teams with black jerseys in sports. That's sarcasm, of course. At least it's not as bad as 10 years ago, when almost every team in sports added black to their color scheme and had black jerseys.
Flint Tropics
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:33Glad to see the 1990s finally dying. Death to teal!
Lindsay Resnick
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:33Boo. First they took away the gold now the teal?
Tom O'Grady
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:35The Jags have had an identity crisis since NFL Creative Services ripped off the Jaguar automotive logo as their expansion mark and they had to give Jaguar all types of compensation to make up for the miscue. I'd suggest hitting the reboot button on Jacksonville and start over.
Matthew Scott
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:45That stinks, because each Florida NFL team shared something in common color wise. The Bucs "took" Miami's orange and the Jaguars "took" their teal (or at least was fairly close). Even though J'ville has been out of sorts, I really liked their design and they should have stuck with it (how do you build tradition if you keep changing it?).
Matthew Scott
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:45That stinks, because each Florida NFL team shared something in common color wise. The Bucs "took" Miami's orange and the Jaguars "took" their teal (or at least was fairly close). Even though J'ville has been out of sorts, I really liked their design and they should have stuck with it (how do you build tradition if you keep changing it?).
David Pham
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:50At least they aren't taking the NBA trend and going grey..
David Pham
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:50At least they aren't taking the NBA trend and going grey..
Max Sholl
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:53WHACK!
Max Sholl
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:53WHACK!
Ruy Pinto Schaffroth
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:58Why the Floridian teams are dropping out the teal? First the Marlins, now the Jags... Teal is a cool color, it doesn't seemed as a "trendy" color for 5 or 10 years, it may endure for years and years.
Ruy Pinto Schaffroth
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:58Why the Floridian teams are dropping out the teal? First the Marlins, now the Jags... Teal is a cool color, it doesn't seemed as a "trendy" color for 5 or 10 years, it may endure for years and years.
Steven Bari
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:09Some sort of meta-homage to the "home blackout" that is often already experienced in Jacksonville each week?
chris
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 14:11uhhh...the jaguars haven't had a black out in over three years. get your facts straight.
Steven Bari
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:09Some sort of meta-homage to the "home blackout" that is often already experienced in Jacksonville each week?
Puckguy14
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:09And then theres was only one... The San Jose Sharks.
Matthew Schilling
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:18It's better than if they were to continue wearing white at home. That's the most annoying trend in sports, NFL teams wearing white at home. It is in fact white, not black, that is the most overused color in sports.
Matthew Schilling
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:18It's better than if they were to continue wearing white at home. That's the most annoying trend in sports, NFL teams wearing white at home. It is in fact white, not black, that is the most overused color in sports.
Daniel Pérez de Alba
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:19What a horrible decision...
Matthew Schilling
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:21@Ruy, The trend of dropping teal started before the Marlins. It may not have been a Florida team, but the Anaheim Ducks did that back in 2006 or so.
Matthew Schilling
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:21@Ruy, The trend of dropping teal started before the Marlins. It may not have been a Florida team, but the Anaheim Ducks did that back in 2006 or so.
Aaron
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:11Don't forget the Diamondbacks in I think 2005 or 2006. Not a great move by the Jags, but at least there's some teal in their black uniforms. Although black teal would be cool.
Jack
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 15:40The Memphis Grizzlies got rid of teal in '04
Bryan Smalley
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:11I think it's a great move to drop the teal! Has anyone ever seen a real life jaguar with a teal tongue?
Michael
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 15:36Has anyone seen a purple raven or a blue bill with a streak of red?
Steve Cramsie
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:19DAMMIT!!! Black is just... wrong. Unless you're a Raider, and then you're just plain wrong anyway.
Steve Cramsie
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:21Ahhh yes. The famed "ghetto pajamas" look that the Ravens love so much. I HATE when teams succumb to this garbage to make an extra buck.
ibsouper
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:26Bad move. The Jags go from unique to nondescript.
Dan
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 13:47Didn't the players on the team already make them non-descript?
Clay Lauramore
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:52As a Jag fan it took me a while to warm up to the teal when I was young I preferred the black but now I like the teal it's teams identity and sets them apart from the rest but I can understand the move from a on the field stand point.
Ryan Petrynka
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 13:01Can someone explain what was so wrong with these: http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Jacksonville+Jaguars+v+Tampa+Bay+Buccaneers+TfoJ5u0OgNUl.jpg http://cdn0.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/20759/staging_sbnu_84362190_standard_1348512759_730.jpeg Teal and gold. Unique in the NFL, fits a Florida team, and didn't look tacky.
Joshua Bradford
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 13:14Bad move!
ColinSTL
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 13:35Another example of what Paul Lukas calls Black for Black's Sake. To me, just doesn't show a lot of imagination at all. That said--willing to give it time and see how it goes.
Brent Stewart
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 14:03arent they in florida how r they gonna wear all black 4 pre n reg season n the summer
Curtis J Spangler
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 14:03A damn shame.
Benoit
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 14:15This wont make them winner
Andrew
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 14:38Terrible idea. Stick with teal.
Nicholas Melim
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 14:41Black was a GREAT alt jersey. Damn shame they are getting rid of the teal, which was very original. C'mon, like there needs to be 4 teams w/ black as a primary home.
Rob
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 14:53I guess my last post was deleted
Rob
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 20:04My post will not show up!
Rob
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 01:43I wish they would get rid of the stupid flywear collar and lame piping that makes the Jags look like a trendy arena team.Real horrible look!
Michael
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 15:39At least make the teal the alternate!
Scheherazade
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 08:27They are. As it says, the teal will become an alternate uniform.
Brian Castner
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 15:51Other than the all white on the road they need to go back to the initial look they had. Very underrated look. But as far as the color they're wearing if it were 50 years ago with the different materials it'd be a bigger deal. But with the materials they're using today I don't think the difference between the black, teal, or white will be that big. I just wish they'd keep it from all black and leave the black pants for the road games. I hope they don't go all white on the road now.
ingmar66
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 16:04Raiders East Coast? Head to toe black looks so cheap and semi-tough, better change the name to Jacksonville Undertakers or Leathermen.
Jed
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 16:18They'll probably change all that if and when they move to LA down the road.
Aaron
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 16:50If they're going to do black jerseys as their main home jersey, perhaps make the pants teal or white with a heavy teal accent. I think it should be teal main, black alternate personally. Mainly because black is too hot to wear in really any warm climate markets. Although the Saints have black as their main colour anyways and play indoors.
Bill Shannon
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 18:01BFBS, shameful
Austin Harbeson
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 18:01Teal was always a great sports color if used right.
Marcus Jackson
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 00:20I don't think it's BFBS. They've always worn black helmets and black has always been an official color for them.
avspens
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 09:23ouch that outa be hot in jacksonville
ryan
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 16:58I really wish they would get rid of the black Helmet...Sometimes you cant even see a logo on it.
jeff
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 08:48Another loser franchise selling outwhat little history & tradition they had..all for some street cred and the mighty $$$$ what a joke
Mike
Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 13:22Oh good, another team wearing black. How original. I'm a Jaguars fan but this decision is one in a long line of bad ones coming from the franchise over the past few years.
Jeff
Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 22:56While I won't necessarily lament the loss of the teal unis, I wish they had done a bigger overhaul and chosen another colour instead of just going with black.