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Uniforms of the Aggies & Rams
1912 to 1920

This photo is of Clarence
Oldemeyer in 1917 shows the
typical uniform of the teens. A
green sweater with leather on
the ribs for protection. The
brown/tan pants and laced fly
with leather belt. A green or
leather colored skull cap acted
as a helmet
1921 to 1928

The two photos (above) show the classic
1920's style of football uniform the Aggies
wore. A green wool sweater with orange
leather strips on the arms and chest.
Numerals on the back in orange also. The
pants were a dark yellow/tan color with the
classic "Four Horsemen" style helmet
shown in the photo above. The helmet was
likely brown leather color or possibly green.
1929 to 1932

Lewis Walt in the
Aggie uniform typical
of this era. A green
jersey with orange
cloth strips and an
orange numeral also
made of cloth. The
pants are more
orange in color and
the helmet remains
the "Four Horseman"
style common in the
1920's.
1933 to 1939, 1942, 1945 to 1947

This uniform begins to resemble the
modern CSU football colors and styles
with a dark green jersey, orange
numerals and orange/dark yellow pants.
The orange helmet with green cross is
the classic Aggie style helmet known by
most Ram fans today. In the 1940's the
helmet varies from the 1930's style.
Note: When the colors orange and
dark yellow are described in the
uniforms, they were intended to
represent the school color of GOLD.
School colors have officially been
Green and Gold since about 1909.
1940 to 1946

Possibly the ugliest
color combination in
CSU football uniform
history. Orange jersey
and orange pants with
white shoulders
trimmed and lined in
green. White helmet
with green cross and
trim, this combination
lasted during the early
1940's sometimes with
green helmets.
1947 to 1949

The Classic "Raisin Bowl Style"
uniform where the team wore white
(with green numerals) for day games
and green (with orange numerals) for
night games. The orange pants with a
green helmet, orange wings in front
and white square patch in back.
1951

In 1951 the same white and green jerseys
of the late 40's were the uniform but for the
first time in school history the Rams Horns
appeared on a green helmet. These white
skeletal horns lasted on helmets from
1951-1956 but were difficult to maintain
for painting purposes.
1952 to 1956

The classic 1950's style uniforms had an orange with green stripe on both sleeves
added to the late 1940's style of jerseys and pants. Green jerseys had white
numerals in this era and the Ram helmets were plastic rather than leather beginning
in 1950.
1957 to 1961

The 50's style uniform changed to white
pants in 1955 and the horns were
removed in 1957. These uniforms are
the uniforms CSU copied for their 2007
throwback day for the 50th anniversary
of university status. By 1959 the
numeral on the helmet was larger and
larger stripes at the shoulder pads
replaced the small bicep stripes.
1962 to 1970

Yellow replaced the orange in the 1960's
as the Rams transitioned into "big time
football" at their new stadium. The
helmets were a boring yellow with middle
stripe but on occasion a Ram sticker
could be found. In 1969 a special 100
inside a football sticker was on the
helmets to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of college football. The
yellow and green would dominate CSU
football colors until the 1990's.
1973 to 1981

Rams horns returned to the helmets in
1973 but with a yellow base color and
green horn. This combination shown
here was from about 1975 to 1978.
Later versions featured horns on the
sleeves.
1982 to 1992

The helmet colors were switched
when Fuller arrived as coach but
Bruce allowed an all green jersey
and pants combination that was
the laughing stock of ESPN.
1993 to 2007
In 1993 CSU introduced the now standard "Vegas Gold" color to CSU uniforms that remains today. Several minor variations occurred throughout the Lubick Era.
                   1994 to 1996                                                                      1997-1998                                                                          2007
Left: Special Uniforms
for the 1990 Freedom
Bowl
Right: Special Uniforms for
the 2005 Wyoming Game