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January 2025 Update:This post has been updated to reflect the 2024 Register-Guard article and my findings (or rather lack there of) after the story revealed information I had not heard of before.
It’s football season, and while I may not be a football fan, I am reminded of my alma mater, the University of Oregon, and its unique mascot history with Disney.
Yes, as you may already know and can see here, Donald Duck was (and still kind of is) the mascot for the University of Oregon. But just how?
The mascot history of the UO begins in 1894, when the football team was labeled “webfoots” in a newspaper article, due to the near constant rain in Oregon. In 1904, the name caught on at the UO, and was used officially by the University in 1902 as the title of the yearbook. However, and ironically, the term didn’t stick with the press, who began calling the University of Oregon sports teams the Ducks.
Greek lawn displays became pretty common around campus during game days, and many featured Donald Duck like images, beginning as early as 1941.
Image Source: 1941 Oregona via the University of Oregon Archives
Legitimate Donald Duck images appeared in the 1943 yearbook, and featured Donald reading the yearbook, fighting in a snowball fight, and fig
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Chip Kelly is back in Eugene, which means it’s time to revisit ‘I Love My Ducks’
EUGENE, Ore. — Saturday will be an evening for nostalgia at Autzen Stadium.
While Oregon fans might currently be concerned about the Ducks’ two-game losing streak and the health of their quarterback, a glimmer of Oregon’s successful past will return to the sidelines.
Chip Kelly, the most dominant coach in school history, will return Saturday as coach of the UCLA Bruins; he will be back in Autzen for the first time since leaving the program after the 2012 season.
A game will be played, but it also will be a day to remember all that Kelly brought to the program. In four seasons at Oregon, Kelly was 46-7. He led the program to three conference titles, its first national title-game appearance and a pair of Rose Bowls.
The first Rose Bowl bid under Kelly proved the catalyst to one of the most iconic absurdities in Oregon history.
In November 2009, Oregon students Brian McAndrew, Jamie Slade and Michael Bishop uploaded their final project for a one-credit class to YouTube. Little did they know that overnight, their lives would be changed forever.
This is the story of the “I Love My Ducks” music video, and the fame and chaos it unleashed inside the Eugene bubble. From a suspension of the Duck masc
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