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Logos and uniforms of the New York Jets

New York Jets primary logo, 2019–present.
New York Jets uniforms, 2019–present. The helmet logo shown is slightly off; the "J" is actually the same height as the other letters, as shown in the image below. The black uniforms have been worn with black helmets since 2022.

The National Football League (NFL)'s New York Jets began play in 1960 as the Titans of New York, a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). When the Titans became the Jets in 1963 the team colors changed from navy blue and gold to green and white, which they have remained ever since, although the franchise has used different shades of green and has at times used black as a third/trim color. For most of their history, the Jets had white helmets with green striping and logos, green and white jerseys with opposite-colored sleeves and shoulder stripes, and white pants with two green stripes down each side. The team switched to green helmets and a simpler design in 1978, replacing the football-shaped logo with a modernized wordmark, then in 1990 added black trim and green pants. In 1998 the team reverted to its "classic" look, with an updated version of the prior logo, and replaced the traditional kelly green with a darker hunter green.

The Jets' current uniforms have been in use since 2019; the colors are now a medium green that the franchise calls "Gotham Green,” white, and black. The primary logo is a green football-shaped oval outlined in white, oriented horizontally, with the word "JETS" in thick, sans-serif italics positioned just below the horizontal axis with "NEW YORK" above it in smaller letters, and a miniature football graphic at bottom center partially covering the lower portion of the "E" and "T".

The primary uniform consists of green jerseys with white numerals and white jerseys with green numerals, green and white pants, and green socks. The numerals are in a new sans-serif block-style font and have thin black outlines, with "NEW YORK" in thick sans-serif italics above the numerals on the front, TV numerals on the upper shoulders, and the player's name in sans-serif block letters on the back, in either green or white. The jerseys have opposite-colored horizontal stripes around the shoulders that taper toward the collar, and the pants have an opposite-colored stripe on each side that tapers toward the mid-thigh.

The helmet is a deep metallic emerald green shell with a black facemask; the decal on each side is a secondary logo, consisting of the primary logo's "JETS" wordmark and football graphic in white.

The team also has a black alternate uniform with white numerals outlined in green, green stripes, black socks, and a matte-black alternate helmet with a metallic-green facemask and the secondary logo in green outlined in white. For 2023 the team introduced a "legacy white" throwback uniform resembling the 1978-89 design, consisting of white jerseys with green numerals and two green parallel stripes on the sleeves, white pants with a single green stripe from hip to knee on each side, green socks, and the current green helmet shell with the 1978-89 "JETS" wordmark and white facemasks. The team announced in February 2024 that it would be adopting this design as its primary uniform in 2024, adding green and black versions.[1]

  1. ^ "Jets Confirm New Uniform Unveiling in April". newyorkjets.com. February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.