Colorado State football unveils special state-flag uniforms

CSU’s football program unveiled new Colorado-state-flag-themed all-white uniforms Thursday that the team will wear for its Nov. 11 home game against Boise State.

The “state pride” uniforms were designed by Under Armour through its contract as the official apparel and uniform provider for Colorado State University’s athletic teams.

The new helmets feature two blue stripes running across the top, from front to back, with the Red “C” and yellow center logo used on the state flag on both sides.

The white jerseys have blue numbers, trimmed in red, and the Colorado state flag on each sleeve. The pants are white with two vertical blue stripes running down the side of each leg.

“Our partnership with Under Armour provides for specialty uniforms, and the UA design team does a tremendous job driving the creative process,” CSU athletic director Joe Parker said in a news release. “The use of our iconic state flag as the base element for this uniform speaks to the pride across Colorado for the university and also our mission as a land-grant institution.”

CSU hasn’t worn the same uniform combination in two games yet this season. The Rams went with the traditional look of green jerseys, gold pants and green helmets with a gold rams’ horn on each side for their season-opener at home against Oregon State. They wore white jerseys and white pants with the green helmets for the Sept. 1 Rocky Mountain Showdown in Denver against the University of Colorado.

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The Rams broke out their throwback orange jerseys with white pants and special green helmets with an orange bone-style rams’ horn on each side for their Sept. 9 Ag Day game at home against Abilene Christian. Last Saturday night, CSU wore white jerseys, gold pants and its standard green helmets with the gold rams’ horns at Alabama.

CSU (2-2) has a bye this weekend before beginning Mountain West play Sept. 30 at Hawaii. The Rams’ next home game is the Oct. 14 homecoming game against Nevada. The kickoff time for that game will be announced Oct. 2, when ESPN decides which platform — ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3.com — will air the broadcast.

CSU hasn’t worn helmets in a color other than green for a game since 1981, when the helmets were yellow with a green rams’ horn on each side, according to volunteer CSU Athletics historian John Hirn. Coach Leon Fuller reversed the colors for the 1982 season. The yellow was changed to “Vegas gold” in 1993, Sonny Lubick’s first season as coach.

Under Armour became CSU's official apparel and uniform provider in 2013. A multi-year renewal in 2016 included an all-gray uniform the football team wore for a home game last year against Wyoming and another special "alternate" uniform.

Colorado State pride apparel will be available for purchase at these locations:

Ram Zone Old Town

172 N College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524



Ram Zone at the Stadium

701 W. Pitkin St Fort Collins, CO



Dicks Sporting Goods (Centerra)

5875 Sky Pond Dr, Loveland, CO 80537



CSU Bookstore

1101 Center Ave Mall, Fort Collins, CO 80521



Rams Bookstore

130 W Laurel St, Fort Collins, CO 80524



Scheels (Opens September 30th)

4755 Ronald Reagan Blvd, Johnstown, CO 80534

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