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A mascot is a symbol used to represent a school or its athletic teams.We currently have only a handful of these, and only those that are unique, such as Yale's bulldog, Handsome Dan. More common mascots, such as Bears or Trojans, have not yet been added.
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| x Roary Rage |
Roary Rage is the team mascot used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. He is an anthropomorphic representation of a Florida Panther (a Puma subspecies), from which the...
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| x Oski |
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Haas School of Business |
Oski or Oski the Bear (named after the "Oski Wow-Wow" yell) is the official mascot of the University of California, Berkeley and has been a tradition at the school since making his debut on September 26, 1941 during the football season-opener...
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| University of California, Berkeley | |||
| x Buzz |
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Georgia Institute of Technology |
Buzz is one of the two official mascots of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Buzz is usually represented as a stylized yellowjacket with yellow-and-black fur, white wings, a yellow head, and antennae. He is almost never drawn with six legs, but...
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| x Blizzard T. Husky |
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Michigan Technological University |
Blizzard T. Husky is the costumed mascot of the Michigan Tech Huskies. Michigan Technological University is a top-rated science and technology university located in Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.
Blizzard was christened via a campus-wide...
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| x Rhett the Boston Terrier |
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Boston University |
Rhett is the official costumed mascot of the Boston University Terriers and has been the BU mascot since 1922. The often snarling, bi-pedal black and white Boston Terrier was named after the male lead in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind,...
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| Boston University Academy | |||
| x Northwestern's Willie the Wildcat |
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Northwestern University |
Willie the Wildcat is the mascot for the Northwestern University Wildcats. He is not to be confused with the mascot for Kansas State University, also named Willie The Wildcat.
The first mascot was a live, caged bear cub from the Lincoln Park Zoo...
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| x Sparty |
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Michigan State University |
Sparty is the mascot of Michigan State University. Sparty is usually depicted as a muscular male Spartan warrior/athlete dressed in stylized Greek costume. After changing the team name from "Aggies" to "Spartans" in 1925, various incarnations of a...
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| x Reggie Redbird |
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Illinois State University |
Reggie Redbird is the mascot for Illinois State University located in Normal, Illinois. The mascot is present at many campus events including all sporting events and many of the major events during freshman orientation.
The nickname “redbird” was...
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| x Nittany Lion |
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Pennsylvania State University |
This article is about the Penn State mascot. For the Penn State fight song see "The Nittany Lion".
The Nittany Lion is the mascot of the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania and its athletic teams. It refers to the mountain...
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| Penn State Lehigh Valley | |||
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| Penn State Altoona | |||
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| x Seymour d'Campus | The University of Southern Mississippi |
Seymour d'Campus is the mascot for The University of Southern Mississippi. He attends Golden Eagle sporting events all year round including Southern Miss Football, Lady Eagle Volleyball, Lady Eagle Soccer, Golden and Lady Eagle Basketball games, as...
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| x The Bird |
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United States Air Force Academy |
The Bird is the mascot of the United States Air Force Academy. The Bird is also the name of the bronze falcon statuette presented to distinguished visitors or speakers at the Academy. After the distinguished visitor is finished, they are presented...
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| x Thundar | North Dakota State University |
"Thundar" is the nickname of the mascot for North Dakota State University's Bison athletic program. The name is derived from an additional nickname that the teams use, the "Thundering Herd". Thundar is a caricature of a bison. He is known for his...
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| x Mike the Tiger |
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Louisiana State University |
Mike the Tiger is the official mascot of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and serves as the graphic image of LSU sports. By tradition the tiger is a live Bengal tiger, although, the last two tigers were of mixed breeds. Mike V was a Bengali...
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| x Knightro |
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University of Central Florida |
Knightro is the mascot for the UCF Knights. Knightro is sometimes seen riding a horse around the campus, and occasionally uses a custom car designed and built by UCF Engineering students dubbed "Chariot II."
Knightro is often introduced into sports...
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| x Brutus Buckeye |
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Ohio State University |
Brutus Buckeye is the athletics mascot of The Ohio State University. Brutus is a student dressed in Buckeye colors with a headpiece resembling an Ohio Buckeye nut. Brutus has appeared since 1965, with periodic updates to design and wardrobe. As a...
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| x Pistol Pete |
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Oklahoma State University–Stillwater |
Pistol Pete is the athletics mascot of Oklahoma State University, New Mexico State University and the University of Wyoming. The Pistol Pete mascot costume features traditional cowboy attire and a headpiece resembling Frank Eaton. Pistol Pete has...
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| Maejo University | |||
| Cooper City High School | |||
| New Mexico State University | |||
| x Raider Red |
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Texas Tech University |
Raider Red is one of the mascots of Texas Tech University. The main mascot is The Masked Rider who rides a live horse. Raider Red is used at events where The Masked Rider is not allowed or would not be appropriate.
Around the 1971 football season,...
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| x The Masked Rider |
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Texas Tech University |
The Masked Rider is the primary mascot of Texas Tech University. It is the oldest of the university's mascots still in existence today. Originally called "Ghost Rider", it was an unofficial mascot appearing in just a few games in 1936 and then...
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| x Bill the Goat |
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United States Naval Academy |
Bill the Goat is the mascot of the United States Naval Academy. The mascot is a live goat and is also represented by a costumed midshipman. There is also a bronze statue of the goat just inside Gate 1, the main gate to the Academy grounds. This...
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| x Duke Dog |
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James Madison University |
The Duke Dog is the official mascot for the James Madison University Dukes. 'Dukes' was made the official nickname in 1947, and was named after the University's president from 1919-1949, Samuel Page Duke. However, the bulldog was not chosen to...
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| x Benny Beaver |
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Oregon State University |
Benny Beaver is the official mascot of Oregon State University. The adoption of a beaver as the university's mascot is linked to Oregon's history as a territorial leader in America's early fur trade. The Oregon Territory was well known for its large...
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| x Louie the Laker |
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Grand Valley State University |
Louie the Laker is the fun-loving, zany, wacky, and over-the-top mascot of Grand Valley State University, located in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan. The costume of Louie consists of a large cartoonish face with a goofy oversized jaw, a scowl,...
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| x Boilermaker Special |
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Purdue University |
The Boilermaker Special is the official mascot of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Boilermaker Special resembles a Victorian-era railroad locomotive and is built on a truck chassis. The current model, Boilermaker Special V, debuted...
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| x Bucky Badger |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Bucky Badger is the official mascot of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His full name is Buckingham U. Badger and he attends all major sporting events for the Wisconsin Badgers as well as hundreds of other events around Wisconsin every year.
The...
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| x Cosmo the Cougar |
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Brigham Young University |
Cosmo the Cougar is the official mascot of Brigham Young University's (BYU) athletic teams. He can be seen at many sporting events, wearing the uniform of the team that is playing. In the past, Cosmo's job was a volunteer position, and no...
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| x Stanford Tree |
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Stanford University |
The Stanford Tree is the un-official mascot of Stanford University. Stanford's team name is "The Cardinal," referring to the vivid red color (not the common song bird as at several other schools), and the University has never been able to come up...
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| x Traveler |
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University of Southern California |
Traveler is a horse who is the mascot of the University of Southern California. He appears at all USC home football games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as well as many other outdoor events, including numerous Rose Parades. The current horse...
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| x Reveille |
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Texas A&M University |
Reveille is the official mascot of Texas A&M; University. Students adopted the first Reveille, a mixed-breed dog, in 1931. To thank Texas A&M; for its assistance during World War II, the US Army designated Reveille a Cadet General (5 diamonds), the...
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| Texas A&M University at Galveston | |||
| Texas A&M University at Qatar | |||
| x Hokie Bird |
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
The HokieBird is the official mascot of Virginia Tech. It has been named as one of the top college football mascots in the United States, and spawned a series of children's books featuring college and pro sports mascots.
Fans of Virginia Tech...
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| x YoUDee | University of Delaware |
YoUDee (pronounced yu-dee) is the mascot of the University of Delaware. He is a "fighting Blue Hen" and is named after the state bird of Delaware. According to the University of Delaware, YoUDee's colors are Gold and Blue because his great-great...
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| x Herbie Husker |
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University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Herbie Husker is the oldest current mascot of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's sports teams. Herbie was created by Lubbock, Texas, artist Dirk West and first appeared on the cover of the Husker's media guide in 1974. Soon after, he became the...
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| x Lil' Red |
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University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Lil' Red is one of two mascots at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's athletics teams. Lil' Red is the newest mascot, having been created for the 1993 season after a state wide contest run for that purpose. He can be seen on the sidelines of a...
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| x Gorlok | Webster University |
The Gorlok is Webster University's school mascot. It is a mythical creature that was designed by Webster staff and students through a school contest. It has the paws of a cheetah, the horns of a buffalo, and the face of a Saint Bernard dog.
The name...
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| x Sparky |
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Arizona State University |
Sparky the Sun Devil is the official mascot of Arizona State University. Originally the ASU athletic teams' mascot was an owl, then became a "Normal" (named for the Tempe Normal School), then was later changed to a bulldog. The State Press, the...
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| W. P. Carey School of Business | |||
| Liberty University | |||
| x Lobo |
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University of New Mexico |
The Lobo is the official mascot of the University of New Mexico. Lobo, the Spanish word for "wolf," was suggested by George S. Bryan, a sophomore at UNM, in 1920.
"The Lobo is respected for his cunning, feared for his prowess, and is the leader of...
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| William Workman High School | |||
| x Goldy Gopher |
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University of Minnesota |
Goldy Gopher is the mascot for the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus and the associated sports teams, known as the Golden Gophers.
During the year, Goldy makes over 1000 appearances and is at virtually all home games for University teams,...
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| x Sebastian the Ibis |
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University of Miami |
Sebastian the Ibis is the official mascot for the University of Miami. He is an anthropomorphized ibis with a Miami Hurricanes football jersey, number 0.
The ibis was chosen as Miami's unofficial mascot in 1926 when the school's yearbook chose its...
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| Bowman Foster Ashe Elementary | |||
| x Handsome Dan |
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Yale University |
Handsome Dan is a bulldog who serves as the mascot of Yale University's athletic teams. In addition to a person wearing a costume, the position is filled by an actual bulldog, the honor (and the title "Handsome Dan") being transferred to another...
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| x Wolverine | University of Michigan | ||
| x Joe and Josephine Bruin | University of California, Los Angeles | ||
| UCLA Anderson | |||
| x Eagle |
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Charles Lindbergh Middle School |
Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area,...
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| Chadron State College | |||
| Boston College High School | |||
| Houston Community College System | |||
| Pensacola Christian College | |||
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| x Lion | Galileo Academy of Science and Technology | ||
| Kennewick High School | |||
| Rogers Public School | |||
| x Beaver |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
The beaver (genus Castor) is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, Castor canadensis (native to North America) and Castor fiber (Eurasia). Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges ...
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| California Institute of Technology | |||
| Parkway Elementary School | |||
| City College of New York | |||
| London School of Economics | |||
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| x Warhawk | Bloomfield High School | ||
| x Mississippi State Bulldogs |
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| x Fighting Irish | |||
| x Tiger | The Dalton School | ||
| x Al E. Gator | Captain Shreve High School | ||
| x Turtle |
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College for Social Theory |
Turtle was the world's first submarine used in battle. It was invented in Connecticut in 1775 by American Patriot David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor. Governor Trumbull recommended the invention to George...
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| x Gater | San Francisco State University | ||
| x Hatter | Stetson University | ||
| Stetson University College of Law | |||
| x Bulldog |
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Kettering University |
A Bulldog, also known as British Bulldog or English Bulldog, is a breed of dog which traces its ancestry to England. It should not be confused with other varieties such as the American Bulldog or the French Bulldog, which have a similar appearance....
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| Yale College | |||
| Harte Elementary School | |||
| Truman State University | |||
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | |||
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| x Roary the Lion | Columbia University | ||
| x Banana slug |
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University of California, Santa Cruz |
Banana slug refers to any of three species of slug, of the genus Ariolimax, usually characterized by a yellow color.
Ariolimax is the genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariolimacidae.
Ariolimax...
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| x L'il Tiger | Princeton High School | ||
| x Tigers | Terra Nova High School | ||
| x Jaguar | International High School | ||
| x George Tirebiter |
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University of Southern California |
George Tirebiter was the unofficial mascot of the University of Southern California in the 1940s. When a stray dog was discovered by a group of USC students at Curry's Ice Cream parlor, one student remarked that the dog looked like a Navy V-12...
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| x Joe Vandal | University of Idaho | ||
