UFL uniforms: Breaking down each team's look this season

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Anthony Gharib, ESPNMar 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET

The United Soccer League, which is the results of a merger between the USFL and XFL that was introduced in September 2023, debuts Saturday with a matchup between the Birmingham Stallions and Arlington Renegades (1 p.m. ET, Fox). The Stallions (USFL) and Renegades (XFL) had been every league’s respective champion from the 2023 season.

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ESPN will likely be broadcasting Sunday’s video games, starting with the D.C. Defenders enjoying on the San Antonio Brahmas at midday ET, adopted by the Memphis Showboats at Houston Roughnecks at 3 p.m. ET.

The smooth and attention-grabbing uniforms that had been promoting factors of the USFL and XFL have carried over with the brand new league. The UFL and Below Armour introduced an unique partnership for the upcoming season, which means some threads will embody the Below Armour brand.

This is a take a look at what every group will likely be sporting this season, plus their data sporting every mixture final season.

Arlington Renegades

The UFL Renegades will look loads just like the XFL Renegades did.

Their residence jerseys embody child blue uniforms and pants matched with a barely darker blue helmet that has a black stripe from again to entrance. On the highway, the uniforms and pants flip white whereas the helmet colour stays.

Arlington went 2-3 in its residence threads and 4-3 in its highway unis final season, together with two playoff wins to change into the XFL champions.

Again in our favourite threads 😏🧵#RaisinHell | #UFLTrainingCamp pic.twitter.com/FX4SqJBbyb

— Arlington Renegades (@XFLRenegades) March 8, 2024

Birmingham Stallions

The defending USFL champions appeared in all 5 seasons of the USFL, from the unique model in 1983-85 to the reboot in 2022 and 2023. Birmingham’s uniforms have stayed comparatively fixed all through, so it is sensible that there are not any modifications heading into the UFL.

The Stallions return their acquainted pink, gold and white colour scheme. They wore pink jerseys with gold pants and helmets at residence final season. On the highway, Birmingham at all times wore white jerseys, however generally matched them with white or gold pants relying on the matchup. Regardless, it appears these combos would be the identical this season.

The distinction between their uniforms in 1983 and now’s the helmet decal — Birmingham initially had a pink stallion, however switched to a stallion head when the league returned in 2022. The Stallions went 5-2 sporting pink final season, 5-0 in white.

our new @UnderArmour jerseys wanting freshhhh 🤩 pic.twitter.com/2WZYfka8xf

— B2B CHAMPIONSTALLIONS 🏆🏆 (@USFLStallions) March 8, 2024

too clean with it 👀@_slade_10 | #GIDDYUP 🐎 pic.twitter.com/6B44PiJXlV

— B2B CHAMPIONSTALLIONS 🏆🏆 (@USFLStallions) March 6, 2024

D.C. Defenders

Since making their XFL debut within the 2020 model of the league that was shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Defenders have worn the identical colours on the highway and at residence. Nevertheless, in final 12 months’s model of the XFL, D.C. stopped sporting its all-white mixture from 2020, as a substitute going with pink pants residence and away. The helmet brand additionally modified from two lightning bolts intersecting to a capital “D” with a star inside it.

The Defenders will deliver these uniforms to the UFL, that includes all-red jerseys and pants with white helmets at residence and white threads with pink pants and white helmets on the highway. They went 4-1 whereas sporting white jerseys and 6-1 in pink.

Nothing like seeing the fellows again in uniform 🔥🔥🔥

(Photograph Credit: Jim Cowsert)#UFL2024 | #DefendDC pic.twitter.com/b3Vh61DH6u

— D.C. Defenders (@XFLDefenders) March 8, 2024

Houston Roughnecks

Houston’s uniforms are among the many league’s sleekest.

The chest and shoulders characteristic a navy and white look, respectively. A pink shadow looms over the numbers to pair with white pants, providing a pleasant aesthetic at residence. On the highway, the colours alternate: White on the chest, navy alongside the shoulders with navy pants.

The helmet is the actual star, with colours that resemble the Texas flag. One facet has the brand and the opposite has the participant’s quantity, giving an Oregon Geese-esque creativity. The Roughnecks had been 3-3 in navy uniforms, 3-2 in white.

Sport day threads are so again 🔥#UFL2024 | #drillbabydrill pic.twitter.com/DCll40Jjbk

— Houston Roughnecks (@XFLRoughnecks) March 8, 2024

Memphis Showboats

Memphis has the same jersey set as much as Houston, with a main colour on the chest and one other on the shoulders. Final 12 months, the Showboats at all times wore white pants. It appears that evidently they’re going to alternate from white and navy this season relying on the situation.

As the house group, Memphis wears navy uniforms and pants with yellow throughout the shoulder. On the highway, it flips to white uniforms and pants with navy throughout the shoulder.

The Showboats’ look is completely different from the silver and pink throughout their first USFL season in 1984. Memphis had a 2-3 final season when it wore primarily navy and 3-2 in primarily white.

With uniforms like these, everybody goes to be holding on by a thread 🥵#UFL2024 pic.twitter.com/J0ODRCWv5u

— Memphis Showboats (@USFLShowboats) March 9, 2024

Michigan Panthers

Michigan and Birmingham are the one two groups from the primary season of the unique USFL in 1983 to play within the UFL. Similar to the Stallions, the Panthers’ uniforms are much like what they wore many years in the past.

Michigan has saved its plum, gold and white colour palette largely untouched. It’ll put on plum with gold pants at residence and white with plum pants on the highway — completely different from final season, when the Panthers at all times wore gold pants.

The white jerseys introduced essentially the most success final season. Michigan had a 3-3 document in white, 1-4 in plum.

So contemporary, so clear 🔥🥶@UnderArmour | @XFL2023 pic.twitter.com/uTyM0eR997

— Michigan Panthers (@USFLPanthers) March 8, 2024

San Antonio Brahmas

San Antonio was the lone group with yellow as a main colour in its first XFL season. The Brahmas will proceed with that colour scheme within the UFL, sporting the identical combos from final 12 months. San Antonio rocks yellow jerseys with darkish grey pants and helmets on the highway, and all grey at residence. The Brahmas have the most effective helmet decals within the league — a brahma bullhorn in popping yellow.

When the uniforms had been revealed in December 2022, the colorways had been influenced by then-head coach Hines Ward, who spent his complete NFL profession with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The “Blood, Sweat, Respect,” slogan on the collar of the jerseys is a message from the possession to the gamers.

Yellow is perhaps essentially the most profitable colour for San Antonio, which went 3-2 on the highway and 0-5 at residence.

the main points on our jerseys 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨@XFL2023 | @UnderArmour pic.twitter.com/LcgdT7ek4z

— San Antonio Brahmas (@XFLBrahmas) March 8, 2024

St. Louis Battlehawks

St. Louis has arguably the cleanest residence uniforms within the UFL — all-blue jerseys and pants matched with silver helmets. It is barely much like the Indianapolis Colts’ “Indiana Nights” uniforms that debuted final season. Nevertheless, the Battlehawks go for silver reasonably than the Colts’ black.

Their uniforms are all blue at residence, all silver on the highway. St. Louis did match silver uniforms with blue pants in a single sport final season, in order that could possibly be a mixture to look at.

The Battlehawks had been 3-2 in blue uniforms, 4-1 in silver.