Football Icons Sweatshirt: Custom Game Day Crewneck in Your Team Colors with Your Own Words

This football icons sweatshirt lines up five things from a fall Saturday: a brown football, a jersey with your letter or number, a happy dog face, a foam finger and a football helmet, in a neat row across the chest with your own words stitched underneath. You choose the words, the jersey letter or number and the thread colors, so the same design can cheer for a high school, a hometown team or the family on the sideline. Every stitch is 100% real embroidery, stitched into the fabric rather than printed.

What is on the football icons sweatshirt?

The football icons sweatshirt has 2 parts:

• The front: a football, a jersey, a dog face, a foam finger and a helmet in a row across the chest, with your words centered underneath.
• The sleeve (optional): a name, initials or short word and an icon from the font and icon chart, in the font and thread color you choose, on the left or right sleeve.

How do you personalize it?

You set four things in the options above, and your free design proof shows all of them before we stitch:

• Your words: a short cheer or phrase under the icons, such as GAME DAY or Go Team Go, stitched exactly as you type it, capitals or not.
• Jersey letter or number: one or two letters, or a number such as 24, on the jersey icon.
• Team color: the jersey letter or number, the jersey trim, the foam finger and the helmet trim.
• Text thread color: the color of your words. White is preselected, as in the first example photo; pick the same thread as your team color for a matching look like the second example photo.

Pick each color from the thread color chart in the photos, choosing the closest shade to your team’s colors. The words come in clean capitals like the first example; for the blocky slab letters of the second example, say so in the notes. Two dog faces are shown, a black and tan hound in the first example and a brown and white beagle in the second: tell us in the notes which one you want, and with no note we stitch the black and tan hound. The football always stays brown with white laces, and the jersey and the helmet stay white, as in both photos, unless you ask for another color in the notes.

Which team names can we stitch?

We stitch your own words: a cheer like GAME DAY, a high school or club name you are allowed to use, a family name or a player’s number. We can’t stitch the names, logos, mascots or slogans of college or professional teams that are registered trademarks without written permission from the owner, and you confirm this with the checkbox in the options. If your words match a registered mark, we ask you to change them on the proof before anything is stitched.

Which sweatshirt and color should you choose?

Choose the sweatshirt, then its color and size, in the options above.

The photos show two examples: one with orange and white threads, the number 24 and GAME DAY, and one with royal blue and white threads, the letter C and Go Team Go. Pick one of those two colors and the photos switch to it; for any other color, your free design proof shows the design on the sweatshirt color you chose.

Which sweatshirt color suits your team colors?

Pick a sweatshirt color that contrasts with your team color, so the jersey letter, the foam finger and the helmet stand out:

• The two gray colors in the photos suit almost any team color, and orange, red, yellow and royal blue stand out on both, as the photos show.
• Light sweatshirts suit deep team colors such as navy, maroon, purple or dark green.
• Dark sweatshirts suit bright team colors such as orange, yellow, red or light blue.
• Skip a sweatshirt in the same color family as your main team color, such as royal blue on a bright blue sweatshirt or orange on a rust sweatshirt, because the foam finger and the letter fade into the fabric.

White words read well on the gray and darker colors; on the light colors, pick your team color or a dark thread for the words. The jersey and the helmet are white, so they stand out more on a colored sweatshirt than on a white or cream one.

How do you order your sweatshirt?

To order your sweatshirt, follow 7 steps:

• Choose the sweatshirt, then its color and size.
• Type the words that go under the icons.
• Type the jersey letter or number.
• Pick the team color and the text thread color.
• Choose whether to add sleeve embroidery, and if you do, type the name and pick the icon, font, thread color and sleeve.
• Add notes if you like, such as the slab font, the beagle face or a jersey and helmet in a color other than white, and tick the box to confirm your words are not a registered team name, logo or slogan.
• Add it to your cart; we email a free design proof before we stitch.

Is it a custom game day sweatshirt?

Yes. Because the words, the jersey letter or number and the thread colors are yours, it works as a custom game day sweatshirt for tailgates, Friday night games, watch parties and the whole football season, and it reads as a personalized football sweatshirt for a player’s mom, dad or grandparent when you add the player’s number. For a family or a booster club, order one for each person with the same words and colors.

Is it a dog game day sweatshirt?

Yes. The dog face sits right in the middle of the row, so dog people get a dog game day sweatshirt that still cheers for the team. This design uses the two stitched dog faces shown. To stitch your own dog from a photo, see our custom dog sweatshirts.

Is it a good gift?

Yes. It suits a football mom or dad, a student heading to their first season, a grandparent in the stands, or any fan who never misses a kickoff. Match the words and colors to their team and add their name on the sleeve, and find more ideas in our dog lover gifts.

Is there a hoodie or T-shirt version?

No. This design comes only as a crewneck sweatshirt, and the color and size options above change with the sweatshirt you pick.

What happens after you order?

We email you a free digital design proof, and you can ask for unlimited edits. Once you approve it, we embroider your sweatshirt to order and ship it from the USA; the estimated delivery date is shown on this page. For a big game, a birthday or a holiday, order at least two weeks ahead.

Which size should you choose?

Each piece is made to order, so it is not eligible for size exchanges. Open the size guide on this page and compare the chest width and length with a sweatshirt you already own before you order. Size up for an oversized look.

How should you wash an embroidered sweatshirt?

To keep the embroidery bright and the color even, follow 4 steps:

• Turn the sweatshirt inside out before washing.
• Wash it cold with similar colors.
• Tumble dry low or hang it to dry.
• Iron on the reverse side, never directly on the embroidery.

Frequently asked questions

Are the icons printed or embroidered?

They are embroidered. The football, the jersey, the dog, the foam finger, the helmet, your words and the sleeve name are stitched in thread, so they have a raised texture you can feel and will not crack or peel like a print.

Does the sweatshirt shrink?

A little shrinkage is normal for a cotton-rich sweatshirt. Washing cold and drying low keeps the size and color close to new.