Oregon vs. Ohio State Recent History

This weekend would have been the game-of-the-year for Oregon: highly-ranked Ohio State coming into Autzen Stadium—for the first time since 1967—to play highly-ranked Oregon. 

The previous nine meetings between the Ducks and Buckeyes have all been Duck losses, with the last two being quite memorable.  The 0-9 record is the worst overall mark against any Oregon opponent. Pre-pandemic, this matchup would have been the marquis matchup of this college football weekend, but both the Pac-12 and Big-10 announced postponing football this fall.

Looking back at the most recent uniform meetings of these two teams:

Jan 12, 2015: CFP National Championship Game

Arlington, TX—Oregon 20, Ohio State 42

 The Ducks followed a recent uniform trend by wearing NO green or yellow, and opting for white/black/silver combination, while the Buckeyes went silver, scarlet, gray It seems odd to me that Oregon would actually use silver in their uniform, since tOSU has that as a school color!  

Jan 1, 2010: Rose Bowl

Pasadena, CA  Oregon 17, Ohio State 26

This game saw a slightly more team-color combo of white/green/white. But still, Oregon was not known for white helmets at that time, so this felt off-brand in 2009-2010. The only other time in the 2009 season they wore white helmets was Chip Kelly's first game: the Boise State "Legarrette Blunt punch" loss! They wore white helmets only about a dozen times in the previous decade. An interesting note is that this is one of the few times Oregon has been the "home" team against Ohio State.

Sept. 19, 1987

Columbus, OH  Ohio State 24, Oregon 14

The Ducks  wore their usual road set from the 1980s: Yellow/White/Yellow. Helmets would have interlocking block-style UO.

Sept. 10, 1983

Columbus, OH Ohio State 31, Oregon 6

Oct. 5, 1968

Columbus, OH  Ohio State 21, Oregon 6

This beautiful matchup had tOSU in its usual scarlet and gray, and the Ducks in a nice Green/White/Yellow combo. The helmets had UO in an oval/football shape and no center strip. The pant stripe has grown since 1958.

Oct. 7, 1967

Eugene, OR  Ohio State 30, Oregon 0

I can't find any color photos of home uniforms for 1967 or 1962, but colorized home jersey gives you an idea of that game. The rounded interlocking UO on helmet was new in 1967.

Nov. 17, 1962

Columbus, OH  Ohio State 26, Oregon 7

I can't find any color photos of road uniforms for 1962, so see above. 1962 helmets would look similar to the 1961 helmets below.

Nov. 18, 1961

Columbus, OH  Ohio State 22, Oregon 12

Pretty much the same as usual, except tOSU is using a really wide red "stripe" on their helmet.

Jan. 1, 1958, Rose Bowl

Pasadena, CA  Ohio State 10, Oregon 7

Both teams looked very traditional, with the Webfoots donning Yellow/White/Yellow. 

Read more about the matchups over the years by visiting these good sites:

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/1/5/7490359/ohio-state-oregon-series-history-results-2015-playoff-championship

https://www.offtackleempire.com/2009/12/16/1202939/ohio-state-oregon-a-series-history