The Oregon Ducks’ trip to Stillwater is already showing up in the resale market.
No. 6 Oregon heads to Boone Pickens Stadium for a 9 a.m.
PT kickoff against unranked Oklahoma State in its second game of the season, and ticket prices for the matchup have taken a sharp hit. According to ticketdata.com, the get-in price for Ducks-Cowboys fell 63 percent over the past three days, sliding from $73 to $27 by Friday evening.
That drop comes after a game that was already moving in the wrong direction price-wise. On Sept. 5, when Oregon opened the season with a 34-27 win over Boise State, the cheapest ticket for the Oklahoma State game was listed at $105.
The next day it had already fallen to $95, and the decline has continued since then. Ticketdata.com also showed an Aug. 5 get-in price of $109 before the slide began.
Back in July, Oregon Ducks on SI reported that this game ranked as the No. 3 priciest ticket on Oregon’s 2026 regular-season schedule, trailing only the November meeting with Michigan at Autzen Stadium and the Ducks’ return to “The Horseshoe” against Ohio State.
There are a few possible reasons the market has cooled. Oregon’s narrow win over Boise State has drawn plenty of national attention for the issues exposed in that game, and some sellers may simply be trying to unload tickets they bought earlier. Boone Pickens Stadium’s 2023-2024 renovations also pushed the stadium’s capacity to 52,168, which could mean some newly available seats are still unclaimed.
Then there’s the weather. AccuWeather is calling for a 94-degree high in Stillwater on game day, with “Some sun, then turning cloudy with a thunderstorm in parts of the area; very warm.”
Even the shade won’t offer much relief, with temperatures expected to feel like they’re in the 90s. That kind of heat could keep some fans home.
The weather and the time change also factor into Oregon’s travel plans. Dan Lanning said the Ducks will head to Stillwater a day early, on Thursday, to get acclimated.
“Yeah, just a little bit different. I mean, we're playing this game at 9 a.m. our time,” Lanning said.
“I think the heat will be something that we'll have to adapt to. You know, relatively quick.
It hasn't been hot up here, and it's obviously going to be really warm on the turf there. So, just traveling, how you hydrate, how you make sure that you're fresh when you get down there- all those things will contribute, and we have to handle it really well because you're going to travel in this conference.”
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