Week 4: Nov 27, 2020

The now-nameless game vs. Oregon State brought out the color-vs color matchup! But they picked the most colorful hues in the box this time! Thankfully both teams looked like they had gotten the hi-viz uniforms at a hunting supply store, since the Willamette Valley fog was dense! 

Oregon in mono-highlighter with chrome lids vs. the mono-orange Beavers with black lids. Oregon's combo of chrome-yellow-yellow makes its first appearance since 2014 win against Michigan State. This chrome helmet appears to be quite similar to the 2020 Rose Bowl helmet, but instead of the nightmare green wings, it looks like solid black since the rest of the yellow parts use black as accent color.

Week 3: November 21, 2020 "Ohana"

The Ducks pulled out their first "themed" uniform of the season. It's an homage to almost-black, neon green, and Polynesia. It's the first special uniform since September 2017, when they had an anti-cancer one-off uniform. This is also the first mono-black set since week 3 of 2018. Loyal readers might remember the 2016 season (4-8), when each week revealed uniforms that were wildly different and usually came with  a "story." This has the feel of those days, but albeit more subtle and, honestly, merchandized by Nike stores.

 

Duck Territory does a great job describing it, so I won't bother repeating it.

Week 2: November 14, 2020

 

Week 1: November 7, 2020

 

Nightmare Green to start the 2020 season!

2020 has been a nightmare for most, and Oregon is banking on their good luck in their Nightmare Green uniforms. This Saturday's initial game vs. Stanford will sport the dark green jerseys and pants, with the yellow helmets.

Going back 11 years of my own records, they have not worn this combo of yellow/green/green since 2009.

(Photo: Facebook: GoDucks)

https://247sports.com/college/oregon/LongFormArticle/Oregon-Ducks-football-uniforms-Nike-Stanford-Cardinal-154264902/#154264902_1

Checkout my 11-years worth of uniform combo spreadsheet

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!  

2019-2020 In Review (Nightmare Green made for a Dream season)

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!