The New Orleans Saints will be wearing black jerseys with matching black pants during their Week 12 game with the Carolina Panthers, the team revealed in a post from their official Twitter account. The Saints announced this week’s uniform combination with a video clip from Madden NFL 20 featuring wide receiver Michael Thomas, quarterback Drew Brees, and defensive end Cameron Jordan.
This black-on-black look has steadily increased in popularity for the Saints in recent years, so much so that it’s become their most-popular look since the 2017 season and earned a 14-5 record (going back to 2006, New Orleans’ record in this combination is 36-26).
For the curious and superstitious, here’s the win/loss record for each of the different uniform combinations the Saints have worn since Sean Payton was hired to coach the team in 2006. In the interest of full accountability, it’s worth noting that the Saints also wore hideous alternate gold jerseys during a 2002 game with the Minnesota Vikings, which they lost 32-31. Those jerseys haven’t been seen since, and were presumably burned.
- White jerseys, white pants: 3-0 (1.000)
- Color Rush alternates: 5-2 (.714)
- Black and Gold throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
- Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
- White jerseys, black pants: 38-25 (.603)
- Black jerseys, black pants: 39-26 (.600)
- White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)
