Royal finished #1 in 84. The color on the uniforms in 96 was a strange medium blue color never before seen on BYU uniforms and not even close to the 84 color. Yet somehow the 96 color has become the basis for out "throwback" color. One poster called it Cobalt.

Even Lavell is on record as calling it too light for BYU.

http://www.smart-site.net/BYU/Uniforms.htm