The Saints will dress in white for their playoff opener, and recent history would say that's a good sign.
Normally reserved as a road uniform combination, New Orleans announced Friday afternoon they'd wear their white jerseys and white pants -- a combination they won all five of their games in them since they were debuted in Week 6 against the Jaguars.
The Minnesota Vikings, meanwhile, will be dressed in all purple, despite being the road team. It's the third time in the past two years the Saints have worn white at home -- the first a Week 11 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2018 season, and the most recent a Monday Night Football win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4 of this season.
But the white-on-white success goes beyond that for the Saints. They haven't been defeated in either their "Color Rush" or secondary white combination in more than two years. One of those wins came against this same Vikings squad in 2018, a 30-20 victory in Minneapolis.
The #Saints will wear white jerseys and white pants on Sunday in the Dome! #NotEnough | @EAMaddenNFL pic.twitter.com/CHNC7bgYjp
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) January 3, 2020
COLOR RUSH HISTORY
2016
- WEEK 11: Panthers 23, Saints 20
2017
- WEEK 14: Falcons 20, Saints 17
2018
- WEEK 4: Saints 33, Giants 18
- WEEK 8: Saints 30, Vikings 20
- WEEK 11: *Saints 48, Eagles 7
2019
- WEEK 3: Saints 33, Seahawks 27
- WEEK 4: *Saints 12, Cowboys 10
- WEEK 13: Saints 26, Falcons 18
* = home game
New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore (23) celebrates a fumble recovery during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019.
NFL rules were relaxed in 2018 to allow teams to wear jersey alternates up to three times per season. The Saints have taken full advantage, winning all six times they've put them on in that span after losing once each in 2016 and 2017 -- the first two times they were played in.
The Saints have worn their secondary white combo -- for which there's no limit of games they can be worn in -- five times this season and have won each time, including the final two weeks of the regular season.
If it ain't broke ... wear it again?
WHITE-ON-WHITE: 2019
- WEEK 6: Saints 13, Jaguars 6
- WEEK 7: Saints 36, Bears 25
- WEEK 11: Saints 34, Buccaneers 17
- WEEK 16: Saints 38, Titans 28
- WEEK 17: Saints 42, Panthers 10
The streak in white uniform combinations is now at 11 games, and it's also proven to be a high-scoring look. In the past four games wearing the combination the Saints have combined to score 150 total points with an average margin of victory of 17.5.
If that run continues, it's likely to be seen again. As the No. 3 seed, a Saints win would mean they go on the road to face the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Round.
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