According to team television host Drew Dougherty, the Houston Texans will unveil new uniforms the week of the 2024 NFL Draft, which is able to happen in Detroit on April 25-27.
“If the Texans don’t play again at NRG Stadium in the playoffs, Sunday was the last time you’ll see them wear the home uniforms they’ve worn since 2002,” Dougherty said in his weekly mailbag.
We’ve identified for greater than a yr that Houston deliberate to unveil new uniforms as early as subsequent season, as the franchise began soliciting input from fans regarding potential changes in December 2023.
The in-depth survey requested followers to share their opinions on the workforce’s helmets, jerseys and shade scheme, in addition to their ideas on conventional or fashionable designs. It didn’t point out their emblem, which Dougherty mentioned is not going to change.
Moreover, Dougherty mentioned the Texans could have 4 new uniforms subsequent season, a few of which is able to incorporate H-City blue (or Columbia blue) as an accent shade.
This, after all, is an unstated nod to the Houston Oilers, who spent 37 years in Houston earlier than shifting to Tennessee in 1997 and becaming the Titans in 1999.
The Titans nonetheless personal the Oilers’ nickname and colours, which is why they wore throwback uniforms this season, including in a 19-16 loss to the Texans on Dec. 17.
Nonetheless, it’s a serious level of rivalry for these in Houston, who believe the nickname and colors belong to the city and never the franchise that deserted them almost 30 years in the past.
As for the Texans, who entered the league as an enlargement franchise, their uniforms have largely remained the identical since their inaugural season, with a customized quantity font and a crescent-shaped shoulder design.
They added a crimson alternate jersey to their dwelling blue and street white jerseys in 2003, then launched their Colour Rush set – which options crimson numbers and flips the stripes on their blue pants – in 2017.
A smaller change occurred in 2019, when the Texans positioned their emblem above the nameplate on the again of their jerseys. They then added a crimson alternate helmet to the rotation in 2022 after the NFL relaxed its one-helmet rule.
