VIDEO: Harrington recalls 2001 UO win vs Wisconsin

ProDucks QB Joey Harrington on 'Turn Back the Flock' podcast

Nov 21, 2024

VIDEO: Harrington recalls 2001 No. 7 Oregon win vs No. 22 Wisconsin

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30-year throwback

Not only is 2024 the first season of Oregon's move to the Big Ten, it's also the 30th anniversary of the 1994 squad cementing nearly two decades of Brooks' relentless building of Oregon into a championship program.

The 'Gang Green' update shows expressions of today's uniform functionality visibly rooted in those pivotal mid-1990s seasons of Oregon's steady ascent.

The timing for a design like this makes it chock-full of meaning for Oregon football OGs. The execution, too: Oregon’s mid-July uniform reveal included a video featuring eight-year NFL veteran DB Alex Molden from Oregon’s 1994 conference championship team.

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Foundations of UO’s arrival

Those original Gang Green teams of the early '90s inherited a solid foundation — steadily elevated by each wave of Oregon players through Brooks’ 18 years at Oregon.

Brooks' players in the academic classes of 1994-97 marked Oregon's arrival as a perennial contender and a national brand.

Molden and I sat down recently to discuss the 1994 team’s decisive step up from a 5-6 previous season, and their transformation to Pac-10 champions.
"It shows when you can lock in and put the team ahead of yourself, you can do some really powerful things,” Molden said.

History-making at the time, back in '94 — powerful enough to still earn headlines 30 years later.

"It shows when you can lock in and put the team ahead of yourself, you can do some really powerful things.”

— Alex Molden, DB for Oregon’s 1994 Pac-10 championship

Wearing the Gang Green originals — one green jersey; one white, and one set of yellow helmets — 1994 Oregon rose from the ashes of a 5-6 previous season and the frustration of a 1-2 start in '94 to beat three ranked conference opponents in a span of five games, then went on to win Oregon's first outright Pac-10 title, and earn the Ducks’ first Rose Bowl appearance in 37 years.

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Previously in 30-Year Throwback:

Emboldened by culture-shift wins over Iowa and No. 19 USC, the 1994 Oregon squad faced two of the year’s strongest Pac-10 defenses — Washington State and Cal.

Gang Green 30-Year Throwback is an Oregon FansEdge series, built from our exclusive interviews with Oregon's 1994 Pac-10 Champions. Subscribe and have subsequent chapters of the Gang Green 30-Year Throwback delivered to your inbox: