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The Oregon Duck is the mascot of the University of Oregon Ducks athletic program, based on Disney's Donald Duck character through a special license agreement. The mascot wears a green and yellow costume, and a green and yellow beanie cap with the word "Oregon" written on it. The Oregon Duck at a basketball game in 2017
Oregon teams were originally known as Webfoots, possibly as early as the 1890s. [4] The Webfoots name originally applied to a group of fishermen from the coast of Massachusetts who had been heroes during the American Revolutionary War; their descendants had settled in Oregon's Willamette Valley in the 19th century and the name stayed with them. [5]
Oregon Ducks, formerly the "Webfoots." "Ducks" introduced in the 1940s and nicknames were used interchangeably until the 1970s; "Ducks" officially adopted in 1978. [122] [123] Oregon State Beavers, previously known as the "Aggies" and then the "Orangemen".
This category is for football seasons at the University of Oregon.. Note: From the program's inception in 1894 through the 1977 season, their nickname was "Webfoots." From the 1978 season on, their nickname has been "Ducks."
The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team for the University of Oregon, located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Big Ten Conference (B1G). Though now known as the Ducks, the team was commonly called the Webfoots until the mid-1960s.
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots' names, consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed, or inflatable mascots. For school nicknames, see List of college team nicknames in the United States. For school abbreviation, see List of colloquial names for universities and colleges in the United States
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From the 1978–79 season on, their nickname has been "Ducks." Historical names should be reflected in the naming of the season articles. ... 1994–95 Oregon Ducks ...