With the matchup for Super Bowl LX set between the AFC champion-New England Patriots and the NFC-champion Seattle Seahawks, the next order of business before playing the big game is determining which uniforms will be worn.
How are team uniforms chosen for the Super Bowl?
Despite the game being played at a neutral location, the Super Bowl still features a home team and an away team, which alternates every year. For example, in Super Bowl LVII, the Chiefs, in a rematch against the San Francisco 49ers, elected to wear their home red jerseys, leaving the 49ers to wear white. This past year in Super Bowl LIX, the Eagles, the home team, chose to wear their home green jerseys, leaving Kansas City to wear white.
For Super Bowl LX, the Patriots, despite being the home team, will wear all-white uniforms while the road Seahawks will don all-college navy jerseys. It's the first time a team wearing all-white will face a team wering one color.
How often does the team wearing white jerseys win the Super Bowl?
How often do the teams wearing white jerseys win the Super Bowl? If you're looking for a no-stone-unturned gambling edge, are a stressful fan who wants some reassurance or are just plain curious, look no further than this portion of the article.
Surprisingly, the team that elects to wear a white uniform in the Super Bowl has historically had an advantage through 59 Super Bowls played, as the table below shows.
| Jersey Color | Wins | Losses | Win PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 37 | 22 | .627 |
| Color | 22 | 37 | .372 |
The trend of teams wearing the white jerseys emerging victorious is one that has become more pronounced in recent years, as 18 of the last 26 Lombardi Trophy winners have donned the white uniforms.
Interestingly enough, the last two Super Bowl winners, the Eagles and Chiefs, were among the teams to go against that trend.
What color uniforms have Patriots, Seahawks worn in past Super Bowls?
The Patriots will be making the franchise's 12th appearance in a Super Bowl. In the previous 11 Super Bowls, New England holds a 6-5 record. The Patriots, after wearing blue jerseys in its Super Bowl XLVI loss to the Giants, has worn white in every Super Bowl since. The team is 4-2 in the Super Bowl when wearing white jerseys.
Meanwhile, the Seahawks will be making the franchise's fourth appearance in the Super Bowl. Seattle has a 1-2 record in the Big Game, with its two losses coming when it wore color jerseys and its lone victory coming in Super Bowl XLVIII when it donned white uniforms.
The Patriots are looking to win what would be an NFL-record seventh Lombardi Trophy, while the Seahawks are looking to return to the mountaintop for the first time since 2014. The game kicks off on Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET at Levi's Stadium.
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