Editing New Orleans Saints (section)

===2000s===
In [[2000 NFL season|2000]], the Saints won their first playoff game as they hosted the [[2000 St. Louis Rams season|St. Louis Rams]], and after having a better road record than home record, they wore their white jerseys, and won 31–28 over the defending champion Rams. The defining play of the game came with the Saints clinging to a three-point lead with minutes to play. The Saints punted to the Rams' [[Az-Zahir Hakim]] (who would play one season for the Saints in 2005), who fumbled the punt deep in Rams' territory. [[Brian Milne]] recovered for the Saints, who then ran out the clock to preserve the victory.

In [[2001 NFL season|2001]], they wore their white jerseys in the first six home games. During that same year, they primarily wore black pants with both their white and black jerseys. They became the first NFL team to wear all-black uniforms in a Week 5 road game against the [[2001 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]], and again in weeks 16 and 17 in home games against the [[2001 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]] and [[2001 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]; the Saints were outscored 78–10 in the final two contests to end a 7–9 campaign.

In [[2002 NFL season|2002]], the Saints wore black pants with their white jerseys (except for the final road game, a 20–13 loss in [[Paul Brown Stadium|Cincinnati]] when they went back to the gold pants), and gold pants with their black jerseys, a gold alternate jersey, and a 1967-style throwback uniform, complete with an accurate 1967-era helmet which featured a larger fleur-de-lis, a darker shade of gold and grey facemasks. But one season later, they stopped using the alternates and again reverted to wearing gold pants with both their black and white jerseys.

The team introduced a gold alternate jersey (worn with the black pants) during a December 15, 2002, game versus the [[2002 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]], a 32–31 loss, but have never worn them since then. Because of the metallic gold's bright color, the gold jerseys were considered the "light" jersey in the game, so the Vikings wore their purple home jerseys as the "dark" colored team. One team must wear "dark" and one team must wear "light", this was done because of black & white t.v. broadcasts so viewers could tell the teams apart. The only exception being if both teams are wearing throwback uniforms, such as Thanksgiving Classic games. From 2003 through 2007, the [[New England Patriots]] had a "light" jersey (their alternate, a bright metallic silver) that is not white in which the other team would wear their colored, or "dark" jerseys against them since the [[third jersey]] rule was implemented in the NFL in 2002.

The Saints also introduced a 1967-style [[throwback uniform]] in a 23–20 win on December 1, 2002, against the [[2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. This uniform was not worn again until a 40–33 win against the [[2011 Houston Texans season|Houston Texans]] on September 25, 2011, and also on November 6, 2011, against the [[2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in a 27–16 Saints win. However, the 2011 throwbacks use the current helmet, meaning the shades of gold on the helmet and jersey do not match. This uniform was brought back on December 4, 2016, a 28–13 loss to the [[2016 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]], in commemoration of the franchise's 50th season. It was then shelved for five seasons before returning on November 21, 2022, against the [[2022 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]].

In [[2006 NFL season|2006]], to honor their return to Louisiana, the Saints wore a patch on their uniforms with an outline of the State of Louisiana with a fleur-de-lis superimposed, similar to the logo from the 1980s.

The Saints originally planned to wear white jerseys at home for the 2006 season, but during the season, the players voted to wear the black jerseys at home after the second game. Since the team had informed the NFL office that they planned to wear white jerseys at home, each of the Saints' remaining home opponents would have to agree to New Orleans' request. The [[2006 Atlanta Falcons season|Atlanta Falcons]], [[2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] and [[2006 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]] did not agree to the switch, forcing the Saints to wear white jerseys for those games.

Starting in week 13 of the 2006 season, the Saints wore black pants with the black jerseys against the San Francisco 49ers (restoring them after a four-season absence), and in a Week 16 game in [[Giants Stadium|The Meadowlands]] against the [[2006 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] (a 30–7 Saints win), the Saints wore the black pants with their road white jerseys. The Saints later stuck with the black pants in their 2006 playoff run.

Since 2008, the Saints have worn white jerseys at home for preseason games and early regular-season home games.

In 2009, the Saints wore the black pants only once, beating St. Louis 28–23. They wore the white jerseys/gold pants combination during the [[Super Bowl XLIV]] victory over the [[2009 Indianapolis Colts season|Indianapolis Colts]]. In 2012 and 2014, the Saints wore black pants 12 times and wore gold pants 4 times. In 2013, gold pants were used only 7 times (including playoffs). After 2015, a season in which the gold pants were donned 10 times, the Saints only wore them sporadically in the regular season, though they were still used regularly in the preseason.

Prior to the 2016 season, the NFL introduced the [[NFL Color Rush|Color Rush]] program, and the Saints' version is a mixture of different uniform designs from earlier eras. White jersey tops featured old gold numbers with black trim along with gold and black sleeve stripes (a nod to the team's late 1960s uniforms). Complementing the uniforms were white pants (inspired from the 1975–85 look) and all-white socks. The Saints first wore the uniform during Week 11 of that season against the [[2016 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]] on the road, and was worn on the road two more times thereafter. Its first home appearance came in Week 11 of the 2018 season against the [[2018 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]; the Saints were forced to wear the white uniforms at home after head coach Sean Payton lost a bet with Eagles coach [[Doug Pederson]] during a charity golf event in the offseason.<ref name="y591">{{cite web | last=Joseph | first=Andrew | title=The Saints will wear white uniforms against the Eagles because Sean Payton lost a bet | website=For The Win|publisher=USA Today | date=2018-11-15 | url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/11/sean-payton-saints-white-home-color-rush-uniforms-bet-doug-pederson-eagles-golf-nfl | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>

In 2019, a variation of the all-white Color Rush look was unveiled during the Week 6 game against the [[2019 Jacksonville Jaguars season|Jacksonville Jaguars]]. The Saints wore their current white uniforms, but paired them with white pants minus any striping (an inverse of their black pants). During the regular season, New Orleans went undefeated (8–0) while wearing either all-white uniform. As a result, they opted to wear the new all-white look at home during the [[2019–20 NFL playoffs#NFC: Minnesota Vikings 26, New Orleans Saints 20 (OT)|Wild Card Round]] against the [[2019 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]]. However, the Saints' luck finally ran out, losing in overtime 26–20. On December 24, 2022, the Saints wore another variation of the all-white uniform, this time wearing black socks at the [[2022 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]. The plain white pants were then paired with the black uniform on January 8, 2023, against the [[2022 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]], a look last seen in the [[1985 New Orleans Saints season|1985 season]].

In 2022, the Saints unveiled an alternate black helmet, featuring a gold fleur-de-lis on each side and a triangle pattern of tiny gold fleur-de-lis logos.<ref name="x068">{{cite magazine | last=Williams | first=Madison | title=New Orleans Saints Unveil New Helmet for 2022 Season | magazine=Sports Illustrated | date=2022-06-16 | url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/06/16/new-orleans-saints-unveil-black-alternate-helmet-2022-season | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref> The helmets are worn with the Color Rush uniforms. The black helmets made its official regular season debut in an [[NFL International Series|NFL London Game]] at [[Tottenham Hotspur Stadium]] against the [[2022 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]] on October 2, 2022.<ref name="y351">{{cite web | title=New Orleans Saints to wear new black helmets in London vs. Vikings | website=NewOrleansSaints.com | date=2022-08-09 | url=https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/new-orleans-saints-black-helmets-london-2022-nfl-week-4-minnesota-vikings | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>