Week 10: November 4, 2023

The Ducks back at home—fresh from a drubbing of Utah in SLC and a  #6 place in the initial CFB rankings— are wearing one of the drabbest combos they can think of. I thought last week's black-white-black was dreary, but Oregon is going for chrome and Nightmare green. With a gray and rainy day in Autzen it makes for a dull combo. 

2020 Rose Bowl

The Ducks have been proven winners in Nightmare Green with a record of 11-2 since they introduced this variant of their really dark green in 2019. Granted the first game was their loss to Bo Nix's Auburn team! That year they wore it 7 times, most famously in the 2020 Rose Bowl victory. 

That 2020 game was the first and last time they wore Chrome helmets (but with black wings) paired with mono Nightmare green. And chrome helmets are being worn for the third time this season. In 9 helmets they have won chrome 3 times, black 3 times, apple green twice and yellow once. I'm hopiong they finish the season with more school color helmets!

It may be me, but the exact shade of green seems much more olive drab brown the last few times they have work it.