The NFL’s logo history is quite extensive going back to the beginning years of 1920 and before. In the NFL’s rich history of logos they have produced and used many NFL primary logos, NFL alternate logos and NFL wordmark logos.
The NFL has an in-house marketing team that created the current version of the logo in 2008. This 3-D Sports Logos was created by the NFL marketing team under the purview of Lisa Baird, then-NFL Senior Vice President of Marketing. The first edition of the modern NFL shield was adopted in 1941.
Sports Logo History has a thousand of NFL alternate logos for you to peruse through from every current NFL team and every past NFL teams. NFL alternate logos demonstrate the creativity of each NFL team with a variation of their NFL primary logo.
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Alternate Logos
Arizona Cardinals
Wordmark "ARIZONA CARDINALS" in white and the Cardinals primary logo on the state flag of Arizona.
Atlanta Falcons
Initials "ATL" in black with white and grey trim and the left half of the letter "A" forming the wing of the Falcons primary logo.
Baltimore Ravens
Alternate Raven's logo (front view raven's head) above the wordmark. Double lined wordmark "RAVENS" in black with gold trim and "BALTIMORE" above in black.
Buffalo Bills
A blue buffalo with a red streak. A wordmark below the buffalo "BILLS" in red. Primary logo with the wordmark added.
Chicago Bears
An updated from the 1963 Bears logo to a blue and orange bear's head roaring.
Cincinnati Bengals
A front view of an orange, white and black Bengal tiger’s head roaring. The Bengals changed to a darker shade of orange in 2021.
Dallas Cowboys
A cowboy carrying a football on a horse with a Dallas Cowboys helmet and chaps facing to the left.
Denver Broncos
Full body white bucking bronco with navy blue outline and orange hair.
Detroit Lions
A fierce leaping blue lion still has the white then silver outline. A flowing mane and fangs as facial features are added. Wordmark "DETROIT" on top in a smaller font and "LIONS" on the bottom…
Green Bay Packers
A white in green running back on top of a green map of Wisconsin and a yellow with green border football.
Houston Texans
The state of Texas in blue with a star located in the Houston area. On top of the state is a red "H" and a blue "T."
Indianapolis Colts
The outline of the state of Indiana is carved out of the blue letter "C" from the Colts' new wordmark to honor the team's home state and community.
Jacksonville Jaguars
A golden jaguar's head in shield facing to the right with the wordmark "JAGS" above in gold.
Los Angeles Chargers
Chargers' primary logo lightning bolt above a wordmark "LOS ANGELES" in yellow and "CHARGERS" in blue. The letter "A" has a lightning bolt coming out of it.
Los Angeles Rams
Ram's head in white with blue trim and gold horns, a modernized and simplified version of early Rams logos.
Miami Dolphins
A Dolphin with a orange and white helmet and a letter "M" on the helmet, jumping with a football and orange flames trailing the football.
Minnesota Vikings
Letters "MV" in purple with a yellow outline. The letters have viking horns on the ends. The letters "MV" stand for the state and team nickname Minnesota Vikings.
New England Patriots
Letters "NE" in navy with white star and red streamers. The letters "NE" stand for New England.
New Orleans Saints
A black, white and gold Fleur de lis, Wordmark "SAINTS" in black and a black star on the spot for New Orleans. The background is gold on a map of the state of Louisiana.
New York Giants
A New York Giant quarterback in blue above Giants Stadium in Meadowlands.
Philadelphia Eagles
A stylized white letter "E" with a green, black and silver outline. The letter "E" has a flying look to it. The letter "E" stands for "Eagles."
Pittsburgh Steelers
A steel worker in overalls and a yellow hardhat on top of a yellow football attached to cable of a crane and waving a black with yellow numbers "1954." Wordmark "PITTSBURGH" on top in black…
San Francisco 49ers
The numbers "49" in white with a black 3-D outline on a red, gold and black shield.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Skull & Swords on red sails of a buccaneer black ship with red accents. Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo on the sails.
Tennessee Titans
Silver and white T-Sword under Tennessee shield outlined in navy blue.
Washington Football Team
Officially designated as a tertiary logo, the Washington Football Team uses this roundel-style logo featuring a gold "W" inside a burgundy circle with "WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM" written around it in gold.