My ranking of the recent One-Off uniforms

With Oregon off this week, I thought I'd look back at various single-game special uniforms they have worn the last decade+ (Since I started tracking the Ducks in fall 2015. My criteria for this is that it typically has some storytelling element and is made up of completely new parts. I'm not including any of the "throwbacks" since they typically wear parts of those on multiple weeks. I'm also not including the uniforms that were worn sparingly but repeatedly like the eggshell and the blurry melted crayon yellow/black from 2016 which had no "story". But I am judging the various cancer uniforms, including the 2024 cancer uniform—since it had a story— even though the jersey was reused. So these typically were worn once and centered around a theme.

10. The "Cal Bears Flag themed uniform"  

Don't get me wrong, I love flags and history, and in isolation the idea for this throwback-ish uniform is good. But during a down year against your most important rival-ouch! And all the state-seal-on-blue flags are horrible! Why celebrate that.

9. Lewis and Clark

Again I love history and L&C, but why silver and gray?, with too detailed helmet artwork. Only saving grace is the sublimated map texture. And they lost as well. Ick!

8. "Blue Collar"

Nice story telling, but why pajama gray jersey and more black and blue.

7. Shoe-Duck Phil Knight Civil War

Best of the non-green/yellow ones, but details and narrative too small to see from distance. Just became GRGS and wearing "black" against the Beavers! 

6. Breast Cancer awareness

Great cause and really clean uniform. Pink really pops along with yellow details. I like this unifrom. Is it Oregon? Not really.

5. Ohana

A bit too dark for my taste, but the neon green is cool. Details mostly lost in darkness.

4. Stomp Cancer   

Again good cause. While it's very pale, it does look sharp in sunlight against Nebraska.

3. Cancer Awareness

A really good story about Coach Lanning's wife's battle with cancer, and strong colors. The fiddly patches and helmet bumpers are only visual detriment.

2. Flying Duck Civil War

Helmet art too small and fiddly much like that season's other helmets (see #9). Saving grace is the great color scheme, and the fractal camo texture is really cool.

1. Duck Mascot

A lot of people hate on this set and they lost to Colorado, but it's a real great combo of colors. And at least it wasn't wearing one of OSU's school colors in a Civil War (see #7)