In the past three weeks, the Carolina Panthers have continued to toy with their uniform combinations for some non-traditional looks: Their road trip to face the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles saw them wear white jerseys with black pants, and they sported blue jerseys with white pants in their return home to face the Baltimore Ravens.

Now, the Panthers are about to wear their black jerseys for the first time this season as they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week Nine. And in doing so, they're bringing back a very popular look.

On Wednesday night, the Panthers announced that they would be wearing their all-black uniform combination of black jerseys and black pants for their Week Nine home game. The all-black uniforms will be worn for the first time in the regular season since a Week 15 victory over the New York Jets in the 2013 season.

Though the all-black uniform combination had proven to be extremely popular among Panthers fans, they were thought to be hexed by a particularly bad loss incurred the last notable time they wore them. The Panthers opted to use their all-black uniform combination in the Divisional Round of the 2013 playoffs, as they hosted the San Francisco 49ers in their first playoff game since 2008.

But the day ended up being one to forget. After a series of officiating calls did not go their way early, the then-inexperienced Panthers quickly lost their composure (Particularly in the face of a series of missed calls on the 49ers). Compounding that was a series of failed short-yardage conversions in 49ers territory, and the Panthers could never find their groove, letting the game get out of hand and losing 23-10.

When asked about why the Panthers do not wear all-black on a more regular basis, Bill Voth of the Panthers stated in a July column that the coaches have been avoiding the combination as a direct result of that playoff loss. They have, however, been used in photoshoots and preseason games since then.

Traditionally a team that has only utilized three or four different uniform combinations in a given year, the Panthers have mixed things up much more in the 2018 season. In the preseason, they debuted three new uniform combinations in the blue jersey/white pants combo, a blue jersey/black pants combo, and the white jersey/black pants combo. The Panthers wore all-white in their first four games before utilizing different combinations, and they have still yet to wear their standard home uniform combination of black jerseys and silver pants.

The Panthers' all-black uniform combo debuted in 2012, and the Panthers have gone 1-1 wearing the uniform in regular season games.