<P> The Patriots original helmet logo was a simple tricorne hat, used only for the 1960 season . From 1961 to 1992, the Patriots used a logo of a Revolutionary War minuteman hiking a football . The Patriots script logo during this time consisted of a western - style font . The minuteman logo became known as the "Pat Patriot" logo, which later became the name of the team's mascot . </P> <P> In 1993, a new logo was unveiled involving the gray face of a minuteman wearing a red, white and blue hat that begins as a tricorne and transitions into a flowing banner - like design . It became popularly known as the "Flying Elvis". This remains the team's logo today, with the blue being darkened in 2000 . </P> <P> On July 3, 2013, the Patriots unveiled a new wordmark logo . </P> <P> The Patriots originally wore red jerseys with white block numbering at home, and white jerseys with red block numbering on the road . Both uniforms used white pants and white helmets, first with the hat logo over the player's number, then with the "Pat Patriot" logo starting in 1961 . A blue stripe was added to the two red helmet stripes in 1964 . The numbers on both the home and away jerseys gained a blue outline in 1973 . In 1979, the Patriots began the first of many sporadic runs of wearing red pants with the white jerseys . The red pants were dropped in 1981, but returned in 1984 . After being dropped again in 1988, they were used again from 1990 to 1992 . </P>

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