Logos and uniforms of the Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs , a professional American football franchise from the National Football League , are known for their unique " KC " arrowhead logo and red and white uniforms — both almost unchanged since the franchise ' s relocation in 1963 . From 1960 to 1962 , the team was known as the Dallas Texans and had very similar team logos and uniforms . Logos . When the Texans began playing in 1960 , the team ' s logo consisted of the state of Texas in white with a yellow star marking the location of the city of Dallas . Originally , Hunt chose Columbia Blue and Orange for the Texans ' uniforms , but Bud Adams chose the colors for his Houston Oilers franchise . Hunt reverted to red and gold for the Texans ' uniforms , which even after the team relocated to Kansas City , remain as the franchise ' s colors to this day . The state of Texas on the team ' s helmet was replaced by a design originally sketched by Lamar Hunt on a napkin . Hunt ’ s inspiration for the interlocking " KC " design was the " SF " inside of an oval on the San Francisco 49ers helmets . Kansas City ’ s overlapping initials appear inside a white arrowhead instead of an oval and are surrounded by a thin black outline . From 1960 to 1973 , the Chiefs had grey facemask bars on their helmets , but changed to white bars for 1974 . Prior to the inaugural American Football League season in 1960 , Hunt ’ s Texans were represented by a whirling , spur - clad , 10 - gallon - hat - wearing character that was featured on various promotional items . The logo eventually gave way to a more polished football - toting gunslinger set over the state of Texas , a design created by Bob Taylor , a cartoonist for the now - defunct " Dallas Times Herald " . Although never part of the club ’ s uniform , Taylor ’ s updated Texans logo adorned everything from the club ’ s stationery to the billboard outside the team ’ s offices . When the franchise moved in 1963 , Taylor was commissioned to produce a new logo that remained strikingly similar to his original incarnation . Taylor ’ s new rendition featured a Native American figure running with the same stride and holding the pigskin in the same manner as the gunslinger with the states of Missouri , Kansas , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Iowa and Arkansas serving as his backdrop . This logo was utilized prominently during the 1960s and was affixed to the club ’ s Swope Park headquarters on 63rd Street before the club moved to Arrowhead Stadium in 1972 . The logo , embedded in the grass , still remains off the highway to this day . Uniforms . Unlike several NFL franchises , the Chiefs ' uniform design has essentially remained the same throughout the club ' s history . It consists of a red helmet , and either red or white jerseys with the opposite color numbers and names . White pants were used with both jerseys from 1960 – 1967 and 1989 – 1999 . After a brief disappearance , the Chiefs re - introduced the all - white uniform combinations for the 2006 season . Although many NFL teams in recent years have worn their dark jerseys with their dark pants , the Chiefs have to yet to unveil an all - red combination . When the Chiefs wear their red uniforms , they always wear white pants . The Chiefs have never worn an alternate jersey in a game , although gold jerseys with red numbers trimmed in white , and black jerseys with red numbers trimmed in gold , are sold for retail . The white jersey – red pants combination was not used between 1989 and 1999 , primarily during the period when Marty Schottenheimer was the team ' s head coach . In 2006 , under new head coach Herman Edwards , the Chiefs wore white uniforms with white pants at home against the Cincinnati Bengals . Following Lamar Hunt ' s death on December 13 , 2006 , the Chiefs wore the all - white combination for road games against the San Diego Chargers on December 17 and Oakland Raiders on December 23 . It is said the all - white combination was a tribute to Hunt , who reportedly favored the all - white uniforms . The team wore the all - white combination in their playoff game versus the Indianapolis Colts . The team did not wear the all - white combination during the 2007 and 2008 seasons . In 2009 , the Chiefs wore the all - white Dallas Texans throwback uniform in an AFL Legacy game against the Oakland Raiders November 15 . They wore the modern all - white uniform against the Cincinnati Bengals December 27 . Every year In 2007 , the Kansas City Chiefs honored the late Lamar Hunt and the AFL with a special patch . In 2008 , the patch became permanently affixed to the left chest of both Kansas City ' s home and away jerseys . In select games for the 2009 season , the Chiefs — as well as the other founding teams of the American Football League — will wear " throwback " uniforms to celebrate the AFL ' s 50th anniversary and the 1962 Dallas Texans team that won the AFL Championship .