NFL: Ranking every team logo from worst to best
Dallas Cowboys. 4. player. 123. . .
The Dallas Cowboys have one of the most iconic logos in sports and for good reason. The lone star is an inherently Texan symbol and is easily used in all kinds of iconography. The star is simple and easily replicable, yet distinct even from other pentagrams because of its navy blue color and border. The logo is everywhere in AT&T Stadium and for good reason: it’s bold, it’s proud and it’s one of the league’s best logos.
3. player. 10. . . . Houston Texans
When you share a league and a state with the Dallas Cowboys, how do you make your new expansion team—named the “Texans”—even more Texan than the Cowboys? You make your team’s logo a bull’s head in the colors of the Texas flag with a lone star for its eye!
Seriously, the colors are literally deep steel blue, battle red and liberty white. You don’t get more Texas than that. It’s distinctive, loud, easily replicable and has so many ties to its team’s home, making it one of the best logos in the NFL.
2. player. 55. . . . Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers’ logo is full of local ties and important symbolism that make it a rallying point for Pittsburgh fans. The black and gold colors are found in all of the city’s professional sports teams and come from the city’s flag, which derives its colors from the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom the city is named.
The logo itself is a modified Steelmark, which was originally designed and used by Pittsburgh’s U.S. Steel, which speaks to the steel industry and the workers who became Steelers fans during the steel industry boom in the region. The Steelers’ logo is iconic, recognizable and has perhaps the strongest connection to its team’s fans of any NFL logo.
. New Orleans Saints. 1. player. 15. .
Perhaps no team’s logo is more closely tied to a team’s city than the Saints’. The name “Saints” is a reference to New Orleans’ Catholic population, and the fleur-de-lis is a historic symbol of France and French culture which appears on New Orleans’ flag, which gives it an immediate tie to the city.
It’s a simple, attractive design that carries a lot of meaning. The color scheme even seems to suggest Mardi Gras. The logo is a phenomenal depiction of both the team’s nickname and city the team represents, which makes it the best team logo in the NFL.
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