The Bucs are set to rejoice their fiftieth season in 2025, and there’s undoubtedly going to be quite a lot of methods the staff will honor its historical past main as much as the autumn and all through the season itself.
Because the franchise honors its roots, might we see the return of the unique uniform the staff donned in 1976?
White/Creamsicle model of Bucs’ fiftieth season emblem (h/t SportsLogos.internet)
Andrew Lind over at SportsLogos.internet just lately caught on to this chance, which happened because of a since-deleted Instagram publish from Allan Peters, who designed the Bucs’ fiftieth season emblem.
The Bucs unveiled the crimson and pewter model of that emblem in a hype video following Tremendous Bowl LIX in February, however an alternate throwback model of the brand was captured earlier than it was deleted from Instagram, and with it, there was a white jersey that featured creamsicle numbers and a crimson trim.
As Lind factors out, that model of the outdated white jersey was solely worn throughout Tampa Bay’s inaugural 1976 season, so it could be fairly becoming to see it return because the franchise celebrates 50 years.
Would The Authentic White Jersey Substitute The Bucs’ Pewter Alternate?
Bucs WR Mike Evans – Picture by: USA As we speak
As Lind writes, it’s been 5 years because the Bucs revamped their uniform set, as they did so in 2020. As a result of it’s been 5 years, Lind identified that the staff would be capable of ditch its all-pewter look. Pewter Report just lately wrote about Bucs followers’ need to see the pewter jerseys once more after the staff didn’t put on them in any respect in 2024.
In truth, the staff solely broke out the all-pewter look as soon as per 12 months from 2021-2023 after carrying it 3 times in 2020. Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds recommended in a latest Bucs Mailbag that the pewter jerseys have been de-emphasized as an alternate in favor of the just lately reintroduced creamsicle throwbacks.
Lind took it a step additional in his story, suggesting that the pewter jerseys might have been phased out to usher on this white throwback jersey. Right here’s extra:
“Teams are only permitted to have four jerseys at their disposal, and since the Buccaneers are required to keep the home version of their creamsicle throwback uniforms for at least three more seasons, this is the only path for them to add a white road version.”
So, might the Bucs be out on the pewter alternates, leaving them with crimson, white, creamsicle and white throwbacks as their 4 jerseys?
Would The Bucs Put on Their White Throwbacks On The Highway?
Former Bucs QB Steve Spurrier – Picture by: USA As we speak
If the Bucs are set to unveil a white model of their throwbacks, would they be doing so for a highway sport in 2025? Whereas they actually might put on them away from Raymond James Stadium and it could arrange the chance for some superior throwback-on-throwback matchups, the staff very nicely might put on the all-white throwback search for a house sport as a part of the celebration of its fiftieth season.
When these jerseys have been in existence for the inaugural 1976 season, the Bucs wore them for each sport, going with an all-white look all through the entire common season. The staff infamously went 0-14 that season, however historical past is historical past and if Tampa Bay desires to honor its first-ever staff at one among its eight residence video games, that might clearly match nicely with the theme of the season.
With the recognition of the creamsicle look and the success (in a industrial sense) of the 2 creamsicle video games within the final two seasons, the Bucs might realistically go all-in and do two throwback video games at residence to rejoice their fiftieth season, with one sport that includes the unique white jerseys to commemorate the inaugural season and the opposite sport being put aside for the orange jerseys.
This turns into an much more sensible thought when you think about how a lot the staff likes to put on white jerseys at residence early within the season. The Bucs haven’t been breaking out the crimson jerseys at residence till December in recent times, and it’s not a stretch to consider the dedication to carrying white on the warmer early-season days is probably why the all-pewter look has passed by the wayside, too.
Perhaps the Bucs consider a white throwback can break issues up and provides the followers some variation (and nostalgia) to get pleasure from because the franchise honors its humble roots.
What do you suppose, Pewter Folks? Would you prefer to see two throwback video games as a part of the Bucs’ fiftieth season in 2025?
