In 2005, the Bills revived the standing bison helmet and uniform of the mid-1960s as a throwback uniform. The helmet logo adopted in 1974-a charging royal blue bison, with a red streak, white horn and eyeball-remained unchanged. A new logo, a stylized "B" consisting of two bullets and a more detailed buffalo head on top, was proposed and had been released (it can be seen on a few baseball caps that were released for sale), but fan backlash led to the team retaining the running bison logo. The helmet remained primarily red with one navy blue, two nickel, two royal blue, two white stripes, and white face mask. The white jerseys included a dark blue shoulder yoke and royal blue numbers. Both the blue and white jerseys featured red side panels.
A darker shade of blue was introduced as the main jersey color, and nickel gray was introduced as an accent color. In 2002, under the direction of general manager Tom Donahoe, the Bills' uniforms went through radical changes. Our new head coach Kay Stephenson just wanted to get more of a contrast on the field that may help spot a receiver down the field." (The Patriots now use a silver helmet, the Colts have since been realigned to the AFC South, and the New York Jets, who switched to green helmets after the 1977 season, have since switched back to white helmets.) Ferguson said "Everyone we played had white helmets at that time. In 1984, the helmet's background color was changed from white to red, primarily to help Bills quarterback Joe Ferguson distinguish them more readily from three of their division rivals at that time, the Baltimore Colts, the Miami Dolphins, and the New England Patriots, who all also wore white helmets at that point. The newer emblem, which is still the primary one used by the franchise, was designed by aerospace designer Stevens Wright in 1974. The standing bison logo was replaced by a blue charging one with a red slanting stripe streaming from its horn.
The face mask on the helmet was blue from 1974 through 1986 before changing to white. The Bills introduced blue pants worn with the white jerseys in 1973, the last year of the standing buffalo helmet. By 1965, red and blue center stripes were put on the helmets. The jerseys again saw a change in 1964 when the shoulder stripes were replaced by a distinctive stripe pattern on the sleeves consisting of four stripes, two thicker inner stripes and two thinner outer stripes all bordered by red piping. the helmets were white with a red center stripe. The team switched to blue jerseys with red and white "LSU" stripes on the shoulders. In 1962, the team's colors also changed to red, white, and blue. He agrees that Zeke needs to be the focus of the running game and what’s more is he thinks Zeke should be the focus of the entire offense as a whole.In 1962, the standing red bison was designated as the logo and took its place on a white helmet. Since we were speaking to him just hours after Jerry’s comments about Elliott, it felt only fitting to ask him what he thought. Smith joined us on behalf of Panini and is doing some very cool stuff with them that he discussed. The NFL’s all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith joined me on The SB Nation NFL Show in an interview that can also be heard on the Blogging The Boys podcast network ( Apple devices can subscribe here and Spotify users can subscribe here) and on the Blogging The Boys YouTube Channel ( subscribe here).
Late Saturday night we were fortunate to be able to speak to someone who knows a thing or two about the usage of running backs. In another comment from Saturday, Jerry noted that the Cowboys needed to “do anything” with Pollard that they plan on doing with new signee KeVontae Turpin, but given that Pollard is entering year four it feels safe to say the standard should be a bit higher. This comment was met with some blowback from Cowboys fans who want to see Tony Pollard’s workload increased in 2022. “There is room for (Tony) Pollard while Zeke is in there.”- Ian Rapoport July 30, 2022 “He has to be the focal point” based on his work in the run game and pass game. Interesting comments from #Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on saying that Zeke Elliott “has to be the focus” in the run game.