By John Turney
On October 11, 1964, the Detroit Lions visited the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis to play the fifth game of the season.
Usually, the Vikings wore their purple jerseys at home but this week, the Vikings wanted to give the fans a different look and wore their road uniforms which were composed of a white jersey and purple pants. Unfortunately, no one told the Lions who only brought their white uniforms to Minnesota.
In the first quarter, both teams wore white jerseys, but it was too confusing:
So in the quarter break, the Vikings donned their purple jerseys but didn't change the purple pants giving them a purple over purple look for the first time in their short history.
I really like that purple on purple look.
ReplyDeleteColor rush ahead of it's time the Vikings do that now for some games
DeleteWhy is it confusing? Just look at the dam pants!
ReplyDeleteIt's confusing because someone screwed up they didn't tell the Lions to bring their home jerseys ( honolulu blue) for this game
DeleteI could never understand why the Vikings stopped wearing the purple pants for so many years until they recently started wearing them again
ReplyDeleteThey brought the purple pants back for 2006
DeleteFor the 1964 season that was the Vikings uniform at home white jerseys with purple pants
DeleteThat was the only season the Vikings wore white jerseys at home, they would do it for one game in 2022 and 2023 as a winter white out day
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