 From the 1970s to 1999—a period coinciding with some of the school's best and most prominent football seasons—BYU school colors were royal blue and white.The football team generally wore royal blue jerseys and white pants at home, and white jerseys and royal blue pants on the road.In 1999, Coach Edwards' penultimate year, the school colors switched to dark blue, white, and tan, and the football helmets switched from white to dark blue.