Oregon is rolling out another first, and this one fits Halloween perfectly.
The Ducks will take the field Saturday at Autzen Stadium in black jerseys, white pants and matte black helmets with white wings for their matchup with No. 20 Northwestern. The pieces are familiar on their own, but together they create a look Oregon has never worn before.
The helmet is the real headline. Oregon is pairing white wings with a matte black shell for the first time, adding another twist to a uniform game that has long belonged to the Ducks. The full set includes the “Fly Era” black and silver jersey, white cleats with black detailing and white pants with silver detailing from the “Warp Speed” all-white inverse of the “Fly Era” uniform.
Even without green and yellow, the look still reads as Oregon. The winged helmets do the heavy lifting there, giving the black-and-white combination a clear Ducks identity. Fans are being encouraged to match the theme, too, by wearing black into Autzen.
There’s also a Halloween wrinkle beyond the uniforms. Oregon and The Duck Store said select “Mummy Duck” items will be sold exclusively at Autzen Stadium on Saturday. The merchandise includes a white Nike T-shirt with a black graphic of the Duck wrapped in mummy bandages.
The timing matters, because this is a team at 4-3 and plenty of fans are more interested in a reset than a fresh uniform reveal. A new look is nice. Better football is the real ask.
Still, Oregon keeps setting the bar when it comes to style. Now the Ducks have to back it up on the field.
Saturday’s kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. PT on Peacock, and the matchup brings one of the season’s bigger surprises to Eugene. Kelly arrives with a Northwestern team that ranks second in the Big Ten in rushing at 204.6 yards per game and third in scoring at 34.7 points per game.
There’s also a Halloween history note attached to the day. The last time Oregon played at home on Oct.
31, Kelly was on the Ducks’ sideline, and Oregon beat USC 47-20 at Autzen Stadium. Seventeen years later, he’s back in Eugene on Halloween.
Northwestern has never played at Autzen Stadium, and both previous meetings between the programs came in Evanston, Illinois. Oregon, meanwhile, carries a 29-3 home record under Lanning into the game.
This will also be Oregon’s first game since Lanning relieved offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer of his duties. Offensive analyst Jay Johnson will handle play-calling against Northwestern.
“But it'll still be a collaborative effort with a lot of the work that we do. He's also coming in with a different perspective, a different view,” Lanning said.
“Not being with us the last few years, where he can provide a couple things that might be different than what we've done. That I think can trigger some success for us on that side of the ball.”
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