Unlike several NFL franchises, the Chiefs' uniform design has essentially remained the same throughout the club's history.
[1] It consists of a red helmet, and either red or white jerseys with the opposite color numbers and names.
[1] White pants were used with both jerseys from 1960–1967 and 1989–1999.
[1] After a brief disappearance, the Chiefs re-introduced the all-white uniform combinations for the 2006 season.
Although many NFL teams in recent years have worn their dark jerseys with their dark pants, the Chiefs have to yet to unveil an all-red combination. When the Chiefs wear their red uniforms, they always wear white pants. The Chiefs have never worn an alternate jersey in a game, although gold jerseys with red numbers trimmed in white, and black jerseys with red numbers trimmed in gold, are sold for retail.
The white jersey–red pants combination was not used between
1989 and
1999, primarily during the period when
Marty Schottenheimer was the team's head coach. In 2006, under new head coach
Herman Edwards, the Chiefs wore white uniforms with white pants at home against the
Cincinnati Bengals.
Following
Lamar Hunt's death on December 13, 2006, the Chiefs wore the all-white combination for road games against the
San Diego Chargers on December 17 and
Oakland Raiders on December 23. It is said the all-white combination was a tribute to Hunt, who reportedly favored the all-white uniforms. The team wore the all-white combination in their playoff game versus the
Indianapolis Colts. The team did not wear the all-white combination during the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
And please don't refer to my opinion as asinine, white is not considered a true color rather the absence of color. black is a combination of colors yellow red and blue. although to be perfectly accurate black also is considered a hue and not a true color. asinine or not!