The Houston Texans were born as the NFL's 32nd team in 2002, but the city of Houston and the Texans moniker both have previous history in the League. Houston's first pro football team was the Oilers, an original AFL team before the AFL-NFL merger in...
The Tennessee Titans are one of the original eight AFL teams, along with the Raiders, Chargers, Broncos, Chiefs, Patriots, Jets (who were the Titans), and Bills, but they were neither in Tennessee nor named the Titans at the time. Back in 1960, they started their...
The Chicago Bears were born in 1920 as the Decatur Staleys. One year later, they would move to Chicago and one more year after that adopt the Bears name. With the Bears name, the team transitioned to its longstanding color palette of midnight navy and...
The New Orleans Saints took the field as an expansion team in 1967 with a logo very similar to their current icon, a black fleur-de-lis against a gold helmet. Over the years the icon has been refined, most notably in 2000, when the Saints made...
The Pittsburgh Steelers were born in 1933 as the Pittsburgh Pirates. They would become the Steelers in 1940, eight seasons before their MLB counterparts would don black-and-gold. During the Second World War, the Steelers would combine their team with another squad and form joint teams...
The AFL was born in 1960, with New York as one of its flagship franchises. The Big Apple's AFL team would not be called the Jets until 1963, however, as they were originally named the Titans of New York. The team would become the Jets...
The Atlanta Falcons began play in 1966 as the NFL expanded to new markets in an effort to stay ahead of the rival AFL. The original incarnation of the Falcons donned red helmets, black jerseys, and white pants, a color scheme to show ties to...
The San Francisco 49ers have brought football to the Bay Area since 1946. Over their first 20 years, they experimented with different combinations of pants and helmets centered around scarlet and white jerseys. Some early versions of the Niners' uniforms featured silver helmets and pants,...
In 1960, the Los Angeles Chargers began play as one of the original American Football League teams along with the Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Texans (Kansas City Chiefs), Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, New York Titans (Jets), and Oakland Raiders. The Chargers would move to...
The Detroit Lions franchise was born in 1929 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Originally the Portsmouth Spartans, the Lions moved to Motown in 1934, started playing on Thanksgiving, and never looked back. They would go on to win four titles (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) before the Super...
