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NFL · 26 designs · 27 examples

New England Patriots,

by design.

Every vintage New England Patriots design in the archive: sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts, jerseys and jackets from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Each card is one design with every eBay example of it we found; most are sold out, so open one to see what it went for and search for it again. Pat Patriot with red jerseys means 1992 or earlier, the Flying Elvis in royal blue is 1993-99, and darker nautical blue is 2000 or later.

Patriots collector notes by era →

NO. 01 · EVENTS & CHAMPIONSHIPS
NO. 02 · THE 1980S

T-shirts 1

NO. 03 · THE 1990S

Sweatshirts 2

Jackets 1

NO. 04 · THE 2000S

Hoodies 1

T-shirts 1

Jerseys 1

NO. 05 · ERA UNKNOWN

Sweatshirts 4

Hoodies 2

Jerseys 7

Jackets 2

NO. 06 · BIG GAMES IN THE ARCHIVE
NO. 07 · DATING PATRIOTS GEAR
  1. 1960The Boston Patriots used a simple tricorne-hat helmet logo for one season.
  2. 1961"Pat Patriot," a minuteman hiking a football drawn by Boston Globe artist Phil Bissell, became the logo.
  3. 1971The team changed its name from Boston to New England.
  4. 1993A full overhaul brought the "Flying Elvis" logo, royal blue home jerseys and silver helmets, replacing Pat Patriot and the red home jerseys.
  5. 1995Numbers switched to a rounded font with a drop shadow.
  6. 2000Royal blue darkened to nautical blue and block numbers returned.