Week 5: September 27, 2025

Whiteout for Penn State and visiting Oregon. The Ducks went black and white for second week in a row. 

Even though they made a big deal about the "Mummy Duck" cleats and have an arm sleeve that looks like mummy wrap, the parts appear to be off the shelf from last season! Helmet looks like the matte black with matte silver wings from four games last season, and the jersey and pants look just like last year's versions. 

Black was tied with green as their most common helmet last season. The last time they wore this colorway was last season at Wisconsin and again in 2023. If you don't count Nightmare Green as black, this is their 6th time wearing this combo ever, which seems kinda low.

UO and PSU have only played five games in history—two times in modern Duck times (both neutral sites)— with Oregon winning the most recent. Those last two games were pretty memorable: 1995 Rose Bowl and 2024 Big 10 Championship. Here is how those matchups looked:

The Black and White Civil War matchup

With the Ducks and Beavers—teasing their uniforms early for the Civil War—we got a mostly black and white game, with the Ducks ironically being the most black (actual game photos make it look more dark gray). I love a good color-on-color Civil War—and think most CFB rivalry games should be that way if possible.

I'll update with real game pics, but here is the matchup:

Update from gameday:

The Duck uniform color looks way more gray on screen in the sunlight. 

Register Guard photos https://www.registerguard.com/picture-gallery/sports/college/football/2025/09/20/oregon-ducks-oregon-state-beavers-football-rivalry-photos-civil-war/86265730007/

Don't get me wrong, these uniforms might be fine on their own, but together, what a snore fest. And the blame falls on both teams! UO choosing such a black heavy special set and OSU not choosing orange and white! And this OSU graphic with all its orange background makes it look nice. But this is what the game SHOULD be from 2 weeks ago when UO and the other OSU played at Autzen.

OR better yet how about a redo of this game (with Oregon winning please) from 2022:

OR if you must go heavy on black and white....a game like this from 2010 which is my top 5 most memorable Civil Wars:

Week 4: Civil War September 20, 2025

Civil War week and Oregon is flying high and Oregon State is floundering. It will be a blowout, but at least Oregon is trying to cheer up the Beavers by wearing their school color? to the funeral for OSU. While my opinion about the uniform is mixed it has great details that you can read about here.

Notes:

• First time they have worn a white helmet since week 4 in 2022
• First time ever they have worn white over black jersey and pants
• First asymmetrical helmet with two different wing styles
• First use of true shiny gold elements, and marble texture
• Pregame photos made it look black, but on-field in the sun does show that it's a dark gray.

Shoe Duck Phil Night uniform

Oregon unveiled their "Shoe Duck" uniform to honor Phil Knight. They will wear it for this weekend's Civil War game. To not reinvent the wheel, I'll just link to several really good write-ups about it here:

Our own Phil Hecken on Uni-watch

https://uni-watch.com/2025/09/15/oregon-ducks-unveil-new-shoe-duck-uniforms-honoring-phil-knight/

The official Oregon announcement

https://goducks.com/news/2025/9/14/football-rivalry-uniform-honors-impact-of-shoe-duck

A good overview by Uniswag

https://www.uniswag.com/blog/oregon-honors-phil-knight-with-shoe-duck-tribute-uniform

Here is my honest opinion: I'm all for honoring Phil and the legacy Nike and the lore of the waffle iron etc. But this is giving me the vibe of the over-storytelling uniforms that the Ducks wore in the 4-8 2016 season. Plus wearing black for the Civil War game against your rival who wears black?? I hope the Beavers wear a lot of orange with the their white, to give the matchup some life from a distance.  If this was green and gold with black and white accents would please me more. The small details are kinda lost from a distance and nobody will understand the backstory for some components.

Week 3: September 13, 2025

Oregon's first conference road trip takes them to Northwestern to play the Wildcats for only the second time in history. This yellow/white/yellow combo is an old-school classic, but not much recently. They have worn it only once in each of these years: 2024, 2021 Fiesta Bowl loss, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012. Before 2012 the last time was 1998. The Ducks did not have a yellow helmet from 1998-2009. 1998 was last time they wore a yellow helmet with green facemask too!

Week 2: September 6, 2025

Mono green for the Ducks vs Oklahoma State. A similar look to the 2024 opener, but with green facemask. Oddly this year and last it was  green jersey for the first two games! This combo was not used in 2023, but worn twice in 2022 (2 losses). Typically this all-green look has been used in non-conference or for Civil War, but was most famous for the 2015 Rose Bowl victory.