Black jerseys ⬛️
Black pants ⬛️𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝟯. #TBvsNO | #ForNOLA pic.twitter.com/gRf6POYUJw
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) January 15, 2021
Dress for a funeral on Sunday. The New Orleans Saints announced that they will be pairing their black home jerseys with matching black trousers in their Divisional Round playoff game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It’s fitting, given the single-loss elimination nature of the tournament. One team is going to advance further in the playoffs. The other will see their season end, burying their Super Bowl aspirations. Hopefully, it’ll be Tampa Bay going home defeated.
Here’s the win-loss records achieved in each of the different combinations used since Sean Payton was hired to coach the team back in 2006 (including the playoffs), ranking by win percentage:
- White jerseys, white pants: 6-2 (.750)
- “Color Rush” alternates: 8-3 (.727)
- “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
- Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
- White jerseys, black pants: 41-25 (.621)
- Black jerseys, black pants: 46-29 (.613)
- White jerseys, gold pants: 32-24 (.571)
