--- title: Ohio Oregon Changes Name to Support Ohio State description: The city is renamed for College Football Playoff National Championship game on January 12 canonical: https://time.com/3655914/oregon-ohio-name-change/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-06T17:53:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:12.375Z og:title: Oregon, Ohio, Changes Name to Clarify Ohio State Allegiance in National Championship og:description: The city has been renamed "Oregon, Ohio: Buckeyes on the Bay, City of Duck Hunters" og:url: https://time.com/3655914/oregon-ohio-name-change/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc906e9d80f60f31/6987785c3c16392ecc450fd9/oregon-ducks-ohio-state-college-football-playoff-national-championship-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: oregon-ducks-ohio-state-college-football-playoff-national-championship-game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oregon, Ohio, Changes Name to Clarify Ohio State Allegiance in National Championship twitter:description: The city has been renamed "Oregon, Ohio: Buckeyes on the Bay, City of Duck Hunters" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc906e9d80f60f31/6987785c3c16392ecc450fd9/oregon-ducks-ohio-state-college-football-playoff-national-championship-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oregon, Ohio, Changes Name to Clarify Ohio State Allegiance in National Championship > Sponsored content. 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Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 6, 2015 5:53 PM UTC  Standing at the Oregon, Ohio, city limits sign, Dick Squibb and his son Matt, who petitioned the city to change its name to show allegiance to the Ohio State Buckeyes, January 2, 2015. Standing at the Oregon, Ohio, city limits sign, Dick Squibb and his son Matt, who petitioned the city to change its name to show allegiance to the Ohio State Buckeyes, January 2, 2015. Andy Morrison/The Blade—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 6, 2015 5:53 PM UTC The mayor of Oregon, Ohio, would like to clarify that his city will be supporting the Ohio State Buckeyes, not the Oregon Ducks, in the first College Football Playoff National Championship game next week — just in case people thought otherwise based on the Toledo suburb’s name. 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