Chiefs Chiefs to wear throwback uniforms - Page 13

Hammock Parties · 03-24-2009, 10:57 AM

Awesome!

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/chi...y/1102859.html

The Cowboys and Texans shared the Dallas market in competing football leagues in the early 1960s but never settled the matter of supremacy on the field.

They will get a chance this season. The Texans, who in 1963 moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs, will play the Cowboys at Arrowhead Stadium. The NFL on Monday granted the teams permission to wear their original uniforms and helmets from their inaugural seasons of 1960.

“Personally, that’s something I’m excited about,” Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said. “Even though the Cowboys weren’t part of the AFL, their history is linked with that of the AFL and the Chiefs.”

The Chiefs will wear the same throwback uniforms and helmets for two other games this season. Both will come against a rival from the AFC West. One will be at Arrowhead, the other on the road.

The game against the Cowboys might mean the most to Hunt. His late father, Lamar Hunt, founded the Texans and the AFL in 1960. The NFL launched the Cowboys that same season to battle him for the Dallas market.

The Cowboys chased the Texans out of town after three seasons. Because they played in separate leagues, the teams never played one another.

“I have no doubt my father challenged (Cowboys owner) Clint Murchison probably many times during those three years,” Hunt said. “I’m sure the NFL told Clint he couldn’t play a team from that upstart league. So we’ll finally have a chance to do that.

“This will be a fun way to remember what happened 50 years ago.”

The Chiefs and Cowboys have played eight times in the regular season since the AFL and NFL merged in 1970. Dallas won five times.

BigChiefFan · 03-24-2009, 08:34 PM

Wearing the team that you are playing, old uniforms, is ****ing stupid. There has to be a better ****ing helmet than the state of Texas.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 03-24-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jimhitter

Pay homage to the history of your franchise. The Kansas city Texans is unstable, but so was the Tennessee oilers. It's only for a few games, and don't mess with Texas!

Texas can suck my weiner. I could care less about any "homage" to the history of a football team I happen to root for. I've been a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs most of my life. I was never a fan of the Dallas Texans. I would never ever, ever be a fan of the Dallas Texans. I appreciate Lamar taking the team out of that hole and giving us a team in my part of the country. That doesn't mean I have to like a state of Texas sticker on my teams helmet... since I can't stand the place.

I understand perfectly why they're doing it and I don't even actually have a real problem with it. I just hate Texas and have no allegiance to the dufunct Dallas Texans. **** the Dallas Texans. I prefer the Kansas City Chiefs. They aren't the same thing in my book.

The good thing is it's just a freakin football team logo and history. It's not like it matters. No ones burning the flag or hanging a cross upside down. I just think Texas sucks and the uniforms are ugly.

**KcMizzou** · 03-24-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BigChiefFan

Wearing the team that you are playing, old uniforms, is ****ing stupid. There has to be a better ****ing helmet than the state of Texas.

That is, in no way, the Dallas Cowboys old uniform.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 03-24-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

Texas can suck my weiner. I could care less about any "homage" to the history of a football team I happen to root for. I've been a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs most of my life. I was never a fan of the Dallas Texans. I would never ever, ever be a fan of the Dallas Texans. I appreciate Lamar taking the team out of that hole and giving us a team in my part of the country. That doesn't mean I have to like a state of Texas sticker on my teams helmet... since I can't stand the place.

I understand perfectly why they're doing it and I don't even actually have a real problem with it. I just hate Texas and have no allegiance to the dufunct Dallas Texans. **** the Dallas Texans. I prefer the Kansas City Chiefs. They aren't the same thing in my book.

The good thing is it's just a freakin football team logo and history. It's not like it matters. No ones burning the flag or hanging a cross upside down. I just think Texas sucks and the uniforms are ugly.

**Skip Towne** · 03-24-2009, 08:41 PM

I really don't give a shit. I'm surprised this thread went 13 pages.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 03-24-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I really don't give a shit. I'm surprised this thread went 13 pages.

bingo.

JOhn · 03-24-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I really don't give a shit. I'm surprised this thread went 13 pages.

this

Crush · 03-24-2009, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JOhn

this

That

BigChiefFan · 03-24-2009, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou

That is, in no way, the Dallas Cowboys old uniform.

It's still the team from DALLAS, with a great big state of Texas on the helmet-throw back or not-that's a bad idea to wear your opponents home state on the side of our helmet on opening day. Bad karma.

**KcMizzou** · 03-24-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Crush

That

And the other thing.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 03-24-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BigChiefFan

It's still the team from DALLAS, with a great big state of Texas on the helmet-throw back or not-that's a bad idea to wear your opponents home state on the side of our helmet on opening day. Bad karma.

This is pretty ****in weird. I bet we lose.

shaneo69 · 03-24-2009, 08:51 PM

So the Jets are gonna be the Titans, the Titans are gonna be the Oilers, and the Chiefs are gonna be the Texans. Who are the Texans gonna be?

**KcMizzou** · 03-24-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

This is pretty ****in weird. I bet we lose.

Odds are, you'd win that bet... but it wouldn't have a damned thing to do with the ****in' outfit our team wears when facing theirs.

If you wanna get all superstitious, you could say the ghost of Lamar will smile on the Chiefs, and they'll pound the shit out of his old AFL/NFL rival.

I'm just saying, yeah... it's a little weird....but I "get" it. I respect the history. And really, it's only a few games.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 03-24-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

This is pretty ****in weird. I bet we lose.

If we were wearing it AT Dallas, I could see a little more "historical rivalry" in the matter.

But to have it as home game? That just spells "put a check mark in the "L" column, please".

Ugh. And yuck.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 03-24-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by shaneo69

So the Jets are gonna be the Titans, the Titans are gonna be the Oilers, and the Chiefs are gonna be the Texans. Who are the Texans gonna be?

Let's give 'em to KanOklahoma; they need all the ****ing help they can get in life.

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