After a long, hard-fought year on the field, the NFL season comes to a dramatic end tonight with the playing of Super Bowl 59.
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are set to take on Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, and the Philadelphia Eagles.
The two best teams in the NFL are set to decide who will raise the Lombardi Trophy and reign supreme over the rest of the league.
However, with every detail of the game being covered, an important one is which uniforms the Eagles and the Chiefs will be wearing. While it may seem insignificant to some, there seems to be a growing trend that suggests otherwise.
Eagles and Chiefs Uniforms for Super Bowl 59
The Chiefs head into the matchup looking to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls.
They will look to do so while donning the white uniforms they wear most often while playing on the road.
A very SUPER jersey reveal@fanduel | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/2bG2vju8Yi
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) January 29, 2025
Fittingly, the Chiefs are officially designated as the road team for the game, leaving the Eagles to don their home midnight green uniforms.
The home club for the Super Bowl is decided via a system used by the league that rotates between the AFC and NFC conferences annually. From there, the home team selects the jersey it wishes to wear, forcing the other side to pick a non-primary-colored jersey.
White Uniform Team’s Record in the Super Bowl
With the home team wearing their primary color in the Super Bowl, it lends itself to them wearing some variation of white. There has been at least one team wearing white in the big game every year since the first Super Bowl.
While it seems insignificant on the surface, there are actual numbers to prove that, over the recent history of the big game, the team that has worn white has been more successful.
Chiefs are wearing their white jerseys for Super Bowl LIX, Eagles their green.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 28, 2025
Teams wearing white jerseys in the Super Bowl have a 16-4 record since 2004. This trend, however, was bucked the last time these two teams met in the Super Bowl. They faced off in 2023 in Super Bowl 57, with the Chiefs wearing white and the Eagles wearing their midnight green uniforms.
Kansas City continued the trend of the white-wearing team finding success when they recorded a 38-35 victory over Philadelphia.
While the Eagles naturally hope that’s coincidental, the Chiefs will be looking to replicate that result tonight.