Music City Bowl: Getting to know LSU The Tennessean LSU's school colors were originally blue and white in the 1860s, but they were changed to purple and gold by chance when the football program was started in 1893 by head coach Charles E. Coates and assistant Harcourt Morgan (later University of ... Get $2 Basketball Tickets with Food DonationLSUSports.net all 3 news articles ยป Continue reading...