Playoff Round 2: Orange Bowl January 1, 2026

First ever Orange Bowl for Oregon. But, Uh-Oh! A big game with gray, silver, white, or black! However, the Ducks pulled out a 23-0 victory over Texas Tech and maybe started a trend of doing well in gray on the big stage? But let's hope they don't test it in the Peach Bowl or hopeful-Natty. 

3rd time this season with black helmets and first time with gray pants since last season's UW game. But 4th time this season without any green/yellow. First time with combo of black/white/gray since 2014.

With TT opting for all black (granted it is a school color) the game ended up being rather dull looking even in Miami sunshine.

Playoff Round 1: December 20, 2025

The Ducks host the James Madison Dukes in their first-ever Playoff home game.

Thankfully the Ducks go back to school colors for this matchup. Hopefully that bodes well for further playoff games! First time they have worn yellow wings on a helmet (I think this is my favorite helmet this season). Last time they went green/green/yellow was 2023 and 2022, but you have to go back to 2013, 2005, and 20024 for the only other times before that. They are undefeated in this combo.

Week 14: Husky Week November 28-29, 2025

The Ducks traveled to Seattle. Unbelievably, they wore a combo that has not been worn since 1998! Yellow, white, green. A classic of the pre-Nike rebrand  Belotti/Brooks years. The model for the set is Akili Smith HJr., who is the son of the famous Akili Smith from the late 1990s teams!

Akili Smith Sr. from late 1990s

Week 13: November 22, 2025

Oregon vs USC, with Gameday in town! Oregon uses a combo last seen in the Big-10 championship game last year. This time with black wings on green helmet instead of silver. This is another unusual combo that—before 2024—was last seen several times in 2006-2008.

Week 12: November 14, 2025

The Ducks played at home against Minnesota and wore a white and green set that mixed throwback and warp speed elements with new marble. It ends up being a motley set and a pretty uncommon combo, since it's been a decade since they wore it.

The last times the Ducks have gone white/green/white were:  2015 win against Cal; 2014 Pac-10 championship against Arizona; 2010 Rose Bowl loss to tOSU. 

I'l be honest that the marble helmet is cool, but too subtle and the  green stripes seem random paired with the green and yellow jersey. I think a green and yellow stripe would have been better. I typically dislike white paints under darker jersey, but the look was saved by matching pant to helmet to create a "sandwich look."

Week 11: November 8, 2025

The Ducks travel to Iowa and played the Hawkeyes for the first time since 1994. Green-white-green which is good since Iowa is a black and yellow team. This combo has been used for several years running, but the white wings on green helmet is new! And this snaps a stretch of 8 weeks where the Ducks wore only black or white jerseys. We haven't seen yellow since week 3.

Mid(ish)season Review

Two-thirds of the Duck season is over and it's a bye week so I thought it would be a good time to examine trends and try to predict the end of the season.

So far this season Oregon has had several streaks: 

1. First 3 games was an even mix of school-colors of green and yellow, but no yellow jersey.
2. Then a large dose of black and white for 5 games with only a bit of green thrown in.

Mt critique of these outfits so far: 

• The first three games are an example of the best of "classic" Duck ensembles and the traditionalist in me says YEAH! 
• We have yet to see a yellow jersey and I wonder if we will, since the two remaining home games are yellow-dominant teams.
• Even wear of helmets: two each of the 4 colors. I personally like the wings best, and would love a green helmet with yellow wings.
• Not a fan of the two "themed" sets. They are too fiddly and dilute the power of the all black that they used.
• The white jerseys have been powerful road wins, but the last two black jerseys have been a loss and a poor-win.

The next games:

1. @ Iowa: Against a team that wears black and yellow, so I'd love to see yellow/white/green
2. Minnesota: I assume the gophers will wear white and maroon (or maybe golden yellow), so Ducks in green-dominant would be best contrast. I'd love green/yellow/green.
3. USC: Against a traditional rival at home, there better be a lot of green, but it could be more black! Please do not repeat the IU game outfit.
4. @ UW: Another bitter rival, so maybe color-on-color? or Stormtrooper again?
5. Postseason: Not sure if this will be Big-10 championship and/or Playoff or random bowl. IF Big-10 the Ducks most assuredly will be lower seed so white. If CFP or Bowl, hopefully they will be home team so pull out all the traditional stops please!