Now that the "Grandaddy" has been put to bed, we can look back on the Oregon Ducks of 2019-20. This was their best season in five years and one of their most "ordinary" uniform seasons in many years. Under head coach Mario Cristobal, the Ducks have turned in a solid two years of uniforms that establishes their mature look after 20 years of "bleeding edge" tech and some very impressive experiments that have always been the talk of the CFB world—good or bad!
A theme last year was going mono for most of the outfits, but this year, they have done a good job mixing it up. If anything they might be criticized for their too-dark "Nightmare Green" (I'm not a huge fan, but they have won in it, so can't complain too much) But by my count, that dark green, which replaced black this season, was the most used item in each of the three categories. A welcome trend is the general lack of all-white or silver/gray, which they famously loose in. They bucked the trend in the one game they wore silver/white when they did actually beat UW on the road.The one other complaint I have about this season—after the heavy use of Nightmare Green—is the lack of a signature old-school mix of green and yellow. Not once did they mix yellow and their brighter green. At least in years past they would do a "throwback" yellow/green/yellow or use their sets to make that combo. I think the main reason for this is the fact that the yellow parts use black accents so look funny with the apple green parts. BUT I'd have loved the Civil War to have yellow jerseys and green helmet/pants.
A rundown of their looks:
- True Mono (head-foot) : 5 games
- Semi Mono (helmet does not match) : 3 games
- Repeat outfits: 2 outfits (mono apple green, mono dark green)
- Most common combo: Nightmare Green mono in 3 games
- Yellow/Green/Yellow traditional "old-school" look: 0
Unique helmets: 5 (this has got to be a recent history low)
- Dark Green helmet: 5
- Apple Green helmet: 4
- Yellow helmet: 3
- Chrome helmet: 2 (Rose bowl has dark green wings)
Unique jerseys: 5
- Dark Green jersey: 4
- Yellow jersey: 3
- White jersey with apple green numbers: 3
- White jersey with dark green numbers: 2
- Apple Green jersey: 2
Unique pants: 4
- Dark Green pants: 5
- Yellow pants: 4
- Apple Green pants: 3
- White pants: 2
Biggest win: 77-6 vs. Nevada: Mono Apple Green
Best Wins:
56-24 USC: Yellow/White/Yellow
35-31 UW: Chrome/White/White
37-15 Utah: Mono Nightmare Green
28-27 Wisconsin: Chrome/Nightmare Green
Losses:
21-27 vs. Auburn: Dark Green/White/Dark green
28-31 vs. ASU: Apple Green/White/White
Can't wait till next season!
Can't wait till next season!
