With today's loss seemingly out of the norm both for its lackluster play and bright green ensemble, I thought it would be nice to find out if uniform combo has anything to do with Duck performance.
We all have heard the complaints when the Ducks employ unconventional uniform combos, especially when the traditional green and yellow are notably absent (Think the last two "Nattys")
People say Oregon "doesn't win big games" especially when they don't wear their colors. Is that true? Is there a uniform combo that seems cursed? Keep in mind that many "big games" are played away from Autzen against highly ranked opponents who dictate that Oregon wears its "away" jersey....
(But they can lose even when they wear all green like today Sept. 26, 2015)
Lets look back at the 13 losses in the past six+ seasons since the Chip Kelly era began in 2009:
| November 19, 2011 | 5:00 PM | #18 USC | #4 | Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR | ABC/ESPN3 | L 35–38 |
| November 17, 2012 | 5:00 PM | #14 Stanford | #1 | Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR | ABC | L 14–17 OT |
| October 2, 2014 | 7:30 p.m. | Arizona | #2 | Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR | ESPN | L 24–31 |
| September 12, 2015 | 5:30 p.m. | vs. #3 Michigan State | #5 | | | Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI | ESPN | L 28–31 |
| September 26, 2015 | 5:30 p.m. | vs. #18 Utah | #13 | | | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | FOX | L 20-62
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Notice anything?
When I set out to look for all these combos, I had it in my mind that it was a going to be a pretty white/gray bunch, but not to the extent that it has been! Only four losses involved green or yellow, and those were mostly partial uniforms! All but one of the losses have been while wearing some combo of White, Gray/Silver, and Black. There have been some great wins in those combos as well though (Civil War that propelled UO to first National Championship game) but most losses—and loudest howls from fans— have come while wearing non traditional colors!
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