List of U.S. college mascots

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This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots:

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Mascot incarnations

A

• "Aggie" " of the Utah State Aggies
• "Albert," the costumed alligator mascot of the Florida Gators.
• "Alphie," the costumed wolf mascot of the Nevada Wolfpack.
• "Attila the Duck," the mascot of Stevens Institute of Technology.
• "Aubie," the costumed Tiger mascot of Auburn.

B

• "Baldwin," the American bald eagle mascot of Boston College
• "Benny," the Beaver of Oregon State
• "Bevo," a live Texas Longhorn steer, the official mascot of the Texas Longhorns.
• "Big Al," the costumed elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
• "Big Blue," the official mascot of the Old Dominion Monarchs
• "Big Red," the blob-like costumed mascot of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, also the red warthog mascot of the Arkansas Razorbacks
• "Bill the Goat," United States Naval Academy live goat and costumed mascot
• "The Bird," costumed mascot of the Air Force Falcons
• "Blizzard T. Husky," the husky of Michigan Tech. The "T" stands for "The." Blizzard can usually be seen ice skating before home hockey games.
• "The Blue Devil," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Duke Blue Devils.
• "Bobcat," a costumed Bobcat, mascot of Bates College and Ohio University.
• "Boilermaker Special," a railroad locomotive replica mascot of Purdue.
• "Boomer," the bear of Lake Forest College. Boomer is currently portrayed by Lake Forest's "Mayor of South Campus".
• "Bruiser," the bear of Baylor
• "Bruin," the bear of the Belmont Bruins
• "Bruno," the bear of Brown University.
• "Brutus Buckeye," the anthropomorphic buckeye mascot of the Ohio State University.
• "Bucky Badger," a costumed badger mascot of the University of Wisconsin.
• "Bully," both the live bulldog and the costumed bulldog mascot of Mississippi State.
• "Butch T. Cougar," the cougar of Washington State. The "T" stands for "The".
• "Buzz," the costumed mascot of the Georgia Institute Of Technology (Georgia Tech) Yellowjackets.

C

• "Cam the Ram," a live male bighorn sheep, the official mascot of the Colorado State Rams. It is also the name of the costumed ram.
• "Camel" the offcial mascot of Connecticut College
• "Captain Chris," a costumed likeness of Christopher Newport; the mascot of Christopher Newport University.
• "Cayenne," a costumed chili pepper for the Ragin' Cajuns^® of Louisiana-Lafayette.
• "Charlie Cardinal," the cardinal mascot of Ball State
• "Chief Brave Spirit" - Louisiana-Monroe
• "Chief Osceola" and his horse, "Renegade," the official mascot of the Florida State Seminoles.
• "Chip," the costumed buffalo mascot of the University of Colorado
• "Clawed" the costumed eagle of American University
• "Clyde The Cougar" the costumed cougar mascot of the College of Charleston.
• "Cocky," the costumed mascot of the South Carolina Gamecocks
• "Colonel Reb," University of Mississippi
• "Colonels," the mascot of Eastern Kentucky University
• "Colonials" the nickname of The George Washington University teams.
• "Cosmo," the costumed Cougar mascot of Brigham Young (BYU).
• "Cy," the costumed cardinal that serves as the mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones
• "Cyrus," the costumed (kilt-clad) mascot of the Presbyterian College "Bluehose"

D

• "Demon Deacon," the mascot of Wake Forest University
• "Donald Duck," the mascot of University of Oregon
• "Duke Dog," the costumed mascot of the James Madison Dukes
• "Doc," the costumed mascot of Towson Tigers
• "Don," the mastodon of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
• "Dunker," the inflatable costumed horse mascot of Murray State University

E

• "Eagle," the mascot of Morehead State University
• "Eutectic," the mascot of St. Louis College of Pharmacy

G

• "Golden Eagle," Marquette Golden Eagles
• "Goldy the Gopher," University of Minnesota
• "Gompeii," the bronzed head of a now deceased goat, the mascot of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• "Grizzly," the bear mascot of Montana Grizzlies
• "Gunrock, the Blue Mustang, " University of California, Davis
• "Gunston," a green creature with a colonial tri-cornered hat, named after Gunston Hall the colonial-period home of the namesake of George Mason University
• "Gus the Eagle," Georgia Southern University
• "Gus the Gorilla," Pittsburg State University

H

• "Hairy Dawg," a person costumed as a bulldog, University of Georgia (See also Uga below)
• "Handsome Dan," a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Yale Bulldogs [1] and the first mascot adopted by a university in the USA
• "Harry," the husky mascot of the University of Washington
• "Hawk," the mascot of the Monmouth Hawks
• "The Hawk," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Saint Joseph's Hawks; the mascot flaps its "wings" without interruption (even during halftime) throughout SJU basketball games
• "Herbie Husker," University of Nebraska
• "Herkie Hawkeye," the costumed hawk mascot of the University of Iowa
• "Hey Reb," the costumed mascot of the Nevada-Las Vegas teams, the Runnin' Rebels.
• "Hippos" the unofficial athletic nickname of George Washington University
• "The Hokie Bird" is the costumed mascot of Virginia Tech.
• "Hooter" is the costumed Owl mascot of Temple University

J

• "Jack," a live English bulldog, the official mascot of the Georgetown Hoyas
• "Jay" and "Baby Jay" are costumed "Jayhawk" mascots of the University of Kansas that are a mythical cross between a blue jay and a sparrowhawk.
• "Joe Bruin" and "Josephine Bruin," the Bruins of University of California Los Angeles
• "Jonathan," the husky mascot of the University of Connecticut
• "Judge," the inflatable costumed bear mascot of Baylor University
• "Joe Vandal" the costumed Vandal mascot of the University of Idaho.

K

• "Keggy the Keg" of Dartmouth College
• "Knightro," the costumed Golden Knight of the University of Central Florida
• "King Husky," the Husky of Northeastern University
• "The Knights, the mascot of Bellarmine College

L

• "The Leprechaun," the mascot of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• "Lightning," the costumed blue Pegasus-like creature that is the mascot for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
• "Lil' Red," the inflatable-costumed boy mascot of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• "Lobo Louie," the costumed wolf mascot of the University of New Mexico
• "Lou Wolf," a live wolf, the official mascot of the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers; got a major facelift in 2001
• "Louie the Laker," mascot of Grand Valley State University

M

• "Marco," the costumed Buffalo mascot of the Marshall Thundering Herd
• "Mario the Dragon," the official mascot of the Drexel Dragons
• The "Masked Rider," one of the official mascots of the Texas Tech Red Raiders
• "Mike the Tiger," a live Bengal Tiger, the official mascot of the Louisiana State Tigers: Mike is also the name of the costumed tiger mascot.
• "Mr. C," the costumed Commodore mascot of Vanderbilt University
• "Mr. Wuf" and "Mrs. Wuf," the costumed wolf mascots of the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
• "Monte the Grizzly bear," University of Montana
• "Mountaineers", Berea College
• "The Mountaineer," a West Virginia University student who dresses in pioneer costume as the school's mascot

N

• "The Nittany Lion" mascot of the Penn State Nittany Lions
• "The Norse," mascot of Northern Kentucky University"

O

• "Oski," the costumed mascot of the California Golden Bears.
• "Otto the Orange," the mascot of Syracuse University
• "Ozzie," the costumed osprey mascot of the University of North Florida.

P

• "Panther," the mascot of Northern Iowa Panthers
• "the Patriots," the mascot of University of the Cumberlands
• "Paws" a costumed student who serves as mascot of Northeastern University
• "Pee Dee the Pirate," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the East Carolina Pirates
• "Pete," an Emperor Penguin and mascot Youngstown State University
• "Peter the Anteater," the mascot based on the "ZOT!"-noise-emitting animal from the comic strip B.C. at the University of California, Irvine
• "Petey," the Stormy Petrel," the costumed mascot of Oglethorpe University [2]
• "Petey," the Griffin, the official mascot of Canisius College
• "Pirate," the mascot of Seton Hall University and of Hampton University.
• "Pistol Pete," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, as well as the costumed mascot of the University of Wyoming
• "Polar Bear," the totally intense mascot of Bowdoin College
• "Pounce," the Blue Panther mascot of Georgia State University
• "Prospector Pete," the inflated balloon mascot of Long Beach State
• "Puckman," the animated, hard-hat wearing, walking hockey puck mascot of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• "Purdue Pete," the costumed mascot of Purdue University

R

• "Ralphie," a live American Bison, the official mascot of the Colorado Buffaloes
• "Raider Red," one of the official mascots of the Texas Tech Red Raiders
• "Rameses," a live ram that serves as the de facto mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels
• "Rammy," the mascot for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
• "Reveille," a live collie that serves as the de facto mascot for the Texas A&M Aggies
• "Red Bird," the mascot for the University of Louisville
• "RITchie the Tiger," the mascot for the Rochester Institute of Technology.
• "ROC the Panther," the costumed mascot of the Pittsburgh Panthers.
• "Rocky the Bull," the mascot for the University of South Florida.
• "Rocky the Bulldog," mascot for the Western Illinois Leathernecks.
• "Rodney the Ram" is the mascot for Virginia Commonwealth University.

S

• "The Saluki Dog," live animal mascot of the Southern Illinois Salukis
• "Sam the Minuteman," Massachusetts Minutemen
• "Sammy Seahawk" of UNC Wilmington
• "Sammy the Owl" of Rice University
• "Sammy the Slug," a banana slug, is the mascot of UC Santa Cruz. Sammy was named Reader's Digest best college mascot for 2004.
• "Sammy Bearkat" and "Samantha Bearkat," of Sam Houston State University
• "The Scarlet Knight" of Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey
• "Scrappy," the eagle mascot of the North Texas Mean Green
• "Scrappy," a costumed anthropomorphized mockingbird, the mascot of the Chattanooga Mocs
• "Scratch the Wildcat," University of Kentucky
• "Scrotie," of the Rhode Island School of Design
• "Sebastian the Ibis," the costumed mascot of the Miami Hurricanes. The Florida ibis, according to folklore, is the last bird to leave the area before a hurricane and the first bird to come back after the storm.
• "Seymour D'Campus," Southern Miss Golden Eagles
• "The Shark", mascot of UNLV. While the school's teams are named the Rebels (Runnin' Rebels for men's basketball only), the mascot is a shark in honor of former men's basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, nicknamed "The Shark".
• "Shasta," the mascot of the University of Houston - a live cougar for many years, currently a costumed anthropomorphic cougar.
• "Smokey," a live bluetick coonhound, the official mascot for the Tennessee Volunteers
• "Sparky," the red and gold devil mascot of the Arizona State Sun Devils
• "Sparty," the mascot of Michigan State University, a comical representation of a Spartan hoplite soldier clad in green, with an elongated head. Extremely buff, but doesn't talk much.
• "Spidey," the spider mascot of the Richmond Spiders
• "Spike," the inflatably costumed bulldog mascot of the University of Georgia; also the costumed bulldog mascot of Gonzaga University
• "The Stanford Tree," a dancing conifer of indeterminate species, official mascot of The Stanford Band, unofficial mascot of Stanford University.
• "Superfrog," the costumed horned toad mascot of TCU
• "Sycamore Sam", the happy forest animal costume of no particular species, but looks like a blue fox or dog; mascot of the Indiana State Sycamores.

T

• "Testudo," a costumed Diamondback Terrapin of the University of Maryland, College Park.
• "Thoroughbreds," mascot of Kentucky State University
• "Tiger," the mascot of Clemson Universityand Campbellsville University
• "Timeout," the costumed Bulldog mascot of Fresno State
• "Toby," the costumed bear mascot of Mercer University.
• "Tuffy" the costumed elephant of the Cal State Fullerton Titans.
• "Touchdown," also known as the Big Red Bear, the unofficial mascot of Cornell University, was a live bear from 1915 to 1939, when it was replaced with a costume.
• "Traveller," a live white horse, the mascot of the University of Southern California During football games, he is ridden by "Tommy Trojan", a student dressed in a Trojan Army uniform.
• "Truman the Tiger," the mascot of the University of Missouri and named for former U.S. president Harry S Truman.
• "Tusk I," the mascot of the University of Arkansas.

U

• "Uga," (pronounced ug-ga) a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs [3].

V

• "Vic the Demon," the mascot of Northwestern State University
• "Victor E. Bull," the bull of the University at Buffalo
• "Victor E. Huskie," the mascot of Northern Illinois University
• "Volunteer" the mascot of the Tennessee Volunteers

W

• "War Eagle VI," the golden eagle mascot of Auburn University
• "Wibur Wildcat" and "Wilma Wildcat," the married, costumed mascots of the University of Arizona.
• "Wildcat," the mascot of Davidson University, University of Kentucky, and Villanova University
• "Wild E. Cat" is the recognized name of the official human Wildcat mascot of the University of New Hampshire.
• "Willie," the costumed wildcat mascot of Northwestern University, as well as Kansas State University. Despite the same names, the two are very different. The main difference is the looks. (K-State's Willie's head is a representation of the K-State "Powercat" athletic logo.)
• "WuShock," an anthropomorphic shock of wheat, the mascot of Wichita State University

Y

• "YouDee" (UD) the Blue Hen, a costumed mascot of the University of Delaware. He has won several national competitions as mascot of the year.

Z

• "Zippy the Kangaroo," mascot of University of Akron

External links

• Playboy.com "interviews" of various college mascots
• Mascot.net College mascot resource
• USAToday lists various mascot facts