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| Uniforms of the Aggies & Rams Part 2 - 1959 to 1981 Color Artwork by Andrew Quirk |
| 1959 to 1961 |
| 1969 |
| 1976 to 1978 |
| 1973 to 1975 |
| 1979 to 1980 |
| 1981 |
| 1970 to 1972 |
| 1962 to 1968 |
| The study of CSU football uniform styles continues into the early years of the university status up through the Sark Arslanian era. The orange that was meant to represent gold is gone as bright yellow takes over to represent gold. If you watched the Rams play in the 1960s, one might think that the CSU football team had stolen the uniforms of the Green Bay Packers. The Rams horns reappear in 1973 and remain on the helmets today. |
| The color yellow takes over as the representation for gold in 1959 as the Rams nickname is officially adopted by the school. The number on the helmets gets larger and for the first time green pants for road games are introduced. |
| mostly the style when he was the head coach. From 1962 to 1964 the sleeves did not have "C.S.U." on them and only in 1964 there was a Ram head sticker on the sides of the helmet. These uniforms best represent the Mike Lude era and were This Ram head design appears to be lost in time. This style is best known for the days of Oscar Reed and the famous Cowboy Special bounce pass in 1966. |
| In 1969 all of college football celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first football game against Princeton and Rutgers. The Rams placed the NCAA approved "100" football logo on the side of their helmets and looked even more like the Packers. Stripes on the sleeves were the final touch. |
| These uniforms are the Jerry Wampfler era only and without anything on the helmets it was supposed to be like Notre Dame. |
| For the first time since 1956, the rams horns were placed back onto CSU football helmets where they remain, after several modifications, today. |
| Mike Bell, Al "Bubba Baker" and the Big Green defense defined these uniforms. Tear away jerseys and a lot of yellow for the Bicentennial. |
| Although only worn for two seasons, the rams horns on the sleeves style best defines the Steve Fairchild quarterbacking days. |
| CSU ended with these uniforms that only lasted the lone season in which the Rams became the first team in NCAA history to go 0-12. |
