Return To Collegiate Ranks
The struggles in obtaining Fairbanks would not be worth the effort when he compiled a dismal 7–26 record in three seasons for Colorado (3–8, 1–10, 3–8).
Fairbanks has been routinely and incorrectly credited for a color switch from black to blue football uniforms in his final season of 1981, which proved unpopular. The color change was mandated by CU's Board of Regents to reflect "the Colorado sky at 9,000 feet," but did not gain support. The school's official colors are silver and gold. A darker shade of blue was introduced in 1984, and black jerseys were worn for the Oklahoma and Nebraska games in Boulder. The black jerseys officially returned in 1985.
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