Week 4: September 26, 2026

A huge game in LA, with the Ducks entering the game with a 4-game win streak against USC but needing some confidence. My preseason forecast was all white "storm trooper" since the Ducks have had luck with all-white at the Colisseum in the distant past.  I was not too far off since they went all-white Warp Speed set with a new chrome helmet with dark green wings. 

The Ducks last time playing USC in LA was the 2020 Pac-12 Championship game win and they went green/white/green. In 2019, they won in LA wearing yellow/white/yellow. The last time USC beat Oregon was in LA in 2016 when the Ducks wore all-white. 

In the modern era, Oregon has gone all-white16 times, with three such games under Dan Lanning. The last few years they have paired chrome helmets with all-white. 

 

Week 3: September 18, 2026

Coming home after a ROUGH loss to Oklahoma State, the Ducks play Portland State. My pre-season prediction was all-yellow since PSU is a green team, but they went all- green for the third year in a row for non-conference. Under Dan Lanning, the Ducks are 2-2 in this set. Oregon has gone all-green in every modern season except 2023, 2020, 2016, and 2012, going back to 2002 whnen their green was black/green.

 

Week 2: September 12, 2026

An away game at an orange-and-black OSU...but this time in Stillwater, Oklahoma for Oklahoma State. The Ducks dominated the Cowboys last year at home, but with their tough week 1 victory and new personnel in Stillwater, it looks to be a more competitive game?

Green-White-Green on the road for the 8th year in a row. Green helmet with white facemask and O for first time ever. I personally wish that with the white throwback jersey they had used yellow accents on helmet.

 

Week 1: September 5, 2026 vs. Boise St.

The Ducks open the season vs. Boise State the same way they did last year with a classic yellow/green/yellow combo. This time with green O, instead of wings, which appears to be first ever for this exact helmet.

This is the fifth time they have done this combo in the 4 years since they brought back the throwback yellow and apple green.

Duck fan color schedule update

An update to my initial thoughts on the schedule from January, now that they have put out the fan color schedule:

 

Boise stripeout: hopefully we get green/yellow uniform since I bet BSU will go all-white.

 

At OKST. Hopefully Cowboys wear lots of orange and black this time, and the Ducks wear green and yellow.

 

PSU-Fans wearing green against a team who has green as school color? Kinda weird, whne they could have done fan yellow??

 

At USC, another clue that Ducks go stormtrooper!

 

Back home vs Bruins: Black? in October? Hmmm?

 

Nebraska: Fans in green against a red team? Very Christmassy! 

 

At Illinois in the fall. A good yellow and orange matchup.

 

Halloween at home-you know they will do a blackout!! but against a team who wears a fair bit of black?

 

At Ohio State-a retread of their last game there please! Another green/red fan duel.

 

Michigan at Autzen. Please be classic combos here!!!

 

At Michigan State. Hopefully Spartans go all-green and the Ducks go yellow and white!

 

Home vs Huskies. Gotta be classic uniforms, but fan color of black makes me worried about gimmicky black uniforms?

 

Oregon 2026 Schedule

 

 

Those last 6 games will be a pretty tough stretch!

 

Some uniform-specific thoughts about 2026: 

 

Boise coming to Autzen. I hope that the Ducks go colorful since the Broncos will probably go all white with metallic subtle helmet logo?

 

At OKST. Last season could have been good Civil War facsimile, so hopefully Cowboys wear lots of orange and black this time, and the Ducks wear green and yellow.

 

PSU-Ducks should wear lots of yellow against green team.

 

At USC, would love stormtrooper please!

 

Back home vs Bruins and Nebraska: Please wear school colors against classic road uniforms.

 

At Illinois in the fall. I hope its a good yellow and orange matchup.

 

Halloween at home-you know they will do a blackout!!

 

At Ohio State-a retread of their last game there please!

 

Michigan at Autzen. Throwbacks to when the Wolverines lost at Oregon in 2002.

 

At Michigan State. Hopefully Spartans go all-green and the Ducks go yellow and white!

 

Home vs Huskies. Gotta be classic uniforms. 

 

 

Looking back and ranking of 2025/6 uniforms

With the 25-26 season wrapped up, here is a look back!

This season was long and varied with 15 games. The first three were very school-colored and then the Ducks went through a midseason black faze. The end of the season brought a bit more variety. Here are the number of the three main elements:

• Green: 14
• White: 13
• Black: 9
• Yellow: 6
• Gray (light and charcoal): 3
• All 3 mono: 3
• 2/3 same: 10
• All 3 different: 2
• Unique helmets: 11
• O helmet: 4
• Wings helmet: 11 

The things that stood out to me:

• Much less yellow than in past seasons.
• Only two times when green and yellow were evenly used on a set 
• No Bumble-bee look
• Usual variety of helmets, with only three shell/decal/mask looks repeated
• Much less O logo compared to wings 

My personal ranking (and commentary) of their combos. 

As with my 2024 rankings, I have a methodology that leans toward...

• favoring green and yellow uniforms
• liking "sandwich" looks that have matching helmet/pants 
• putting up with all three elements being mono (but not preferred)
• disliking combos that have NO school colors
• disliking white pants paired with dark uppers/non-matching uppers. Save this for stormtrooper look.

15. Shoedog 

I like the idea of special uniforms, but the final visual result is kinda meh. Too many small details like almost invisible marble and "inside-info" patches. Two different wings was cool, but kinda lost on the regular man. Charcoal black. gold, and white are not school colors.