Rose Bowl: January 1, 2025

 

This is the Duck's 6th Rose Bowl appearance in the "modern era" of Oregon football. The previous five: 

Jan. 2, 1995

Rose

Penn State

L 20-38

Jan. 1, 2010

Rose

Ohio State

L 17-26

Jan. 2, 2012	Rose	Wisconsin	W 45-38

Jan. 1, 2015

CFP Semifinal | Rose Bowl

Florida State

W 59-20

Jan. 1, 2020

Rose

Wisconsin

W 28-7

The Ducks are going with a highlight-reel of past Rose Bowl uniforms for their 2025 tilt with Ohio State:

2012

2020

Chrome helmet, with apple green wings for the first time: pays homage to the 2012 and 2020 victories against Wisconsin while wearing the chrome. The reflective helmet famously reflected the sunset over Pasadena. The 2012 game was the first time Oregon went with the chrome helmet.

2025 Season schedule

The Big 10 announced next season schedule and the Ducks have 4 conference home games. The most taxing games appear to be at Penn State (but in Sept so no bad weather)

From uniform perspective:

1. Vs. Montana State: A blue and gold team. Hopefully a good game for green and yellow.

2. Vs. Oklahoma State: An orange and black team, so hopefully not a lot of black for the Ducks?

3. At Northwestern: A purple and black team, so hopefully yellow and white Ducks?

4. Civil War. Hopefully color on color.

5. At Penn State. They will most likely do white out, but blue jerseys? So anything possible with Oregon. 

6-8. A bunch of red teams. Red, white and green? Merry early Christmas.

9. At Iowa. Black, yellow, white and green?

10. Vs. Minnesota and USC. Lots of maroon, yellow and green?

11. At Washington. Skys the limit. 

Big 10 Championship Game, December 7, 2024

The Ducks are wearing green-black-black for the first time since the Belotti era—his last game to be exact. 

The Ducks in 2007 and 2008 wore this combo 4 times, including the Sun Bowl and Holiday Bowl, just before  the Chip Kelly era. This was the era of the first shoulder designs-namely green with diamond plate, but still the mallard green color changing helmets that are much darker than this apple green. But fore that it was a very common home look when the shoulders and side stripes contrasted with the black uniform. This was a definitive Joey Harrington look.

IMHO, I wish they had gone more traditional and colorful vs. Penn State, but this dark look is similar to the 2 most important wins this season.

2008 Holiday Bowl win-the last game for Mike Belotti.

2000 Holiday Bowl