This is an incomplete list of unusual U.S. college mascots: For the suburb of Sydney, Australia, see Mascot, New South Wales. ...

Team nicknames

• Alabama Crimson Tide
• Appalachian State Mountaineers
• Arizona State Sun Devils
• Arkansas Razorbacks
• Akron Zips
• Campbell Camels
• Charlotte 49ers
• Chattanooga Mocs
• Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
• Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
• Dominican Penguins
• Evergreen State Geoducks
• Florida State Seminoles
• Franklin and Marshall Diplomats
• Georgetown Hoyas
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
• Idaho Vandals
• Indiana Hoosiers
• IPFW Mastodons
• Jacksonville State Gamecocks
• Kansas Jayhawks
• Long Beach State Dirtbags (baseball team's unofficial nickname but acknowledged by the university)
• Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (women only; men's teams are called Bulldogs)
• Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
• Loyola Ramblers
• Marshall Thundering Herd
• Maryland Terrapins
• Miami Hurricanes
• Minnesota Golden Gophers
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (which are extinct)
• New Mexico Tech Pygmies
• North Carolina Tar Heels
• North Texas Mean Green (men only; women's teams are called Lady Eagles)
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• Oberlin Yeomen
• Ohio State Buckeyes
• Ohio Wesleyan Battlin' Bishops
• Oklahoma Sooners
• Penn Fighting Quakers
• Penn State Nittany Lions
• Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens
• Purdue Boilermakers
• Saint Louis Billikens
• Scottsdale Community College Artichokes
• SIU Salukis
• South Carolina Gamecocks
• Stanford Cardinal (the color)
• Syracuse Orange
• TCU Horned Frogs
• Tennessee Volunteers
• Texas A&M Aggies
• Tulane Green Wave
• UAB Blazers
• UC Irvine Anteaters
• UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
• UNLV Runnin' Rebels (men's basketball only; all other teams are simply Rebels or Lady Rebels)
• Vanderbilt Commodores
• Virginia Tech Hokies
• Wake Forest Demon Deacons
• Washburn Ichabods (men only; women's teams are called Lady Blues)
• Washington Huskies
• West Virginia Mountaineers
• Wichita State Shockers

The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... Crimson Tide can mean: Crimson Tide, a 1995 movie the sports teams of the University of Alabama the sports teams of Glencoe High School This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Appalachian State University is the sixth-largest university in the system of the University of North Carolina. ... Arizona State University (ASU) is (as of 2004) the third-largest university in the United States with a student body of 57,543. ... The University of Arkansas (also known as the U. of A. or simply Arkansas) is a public, coeducational, land-grant university system. ... The University of Akron is an institution of higher learning located in Akron, Ohio. ... This organization, company, or building article needs to be wikified. ... The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public university located in Charlotte, North Carolina. ... 49ers can refer to: The immigrants of the California gold rush in 1849; The San Francisco 49ers American football team, named after the above; Athletic teams of Long Beach State, also named after the California gold rush immigrants; Athletic teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, in memory... University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... Coastal Carolina University is an independant public university in Conway, South Carolina, which is near the fast growing resort and retirement area of Myrtle Beach. ... The University of Delaware (UD OR UDel) is the largest university in the state of Delaware. ... The Evergreen State College wordmark The Evergreen State College is an accredited public baccalaureate college, founded in 1967 in the state capital, Olympia, Washington. ... Binomial name Panopea abrupta Conrad, 1849 Pronounced GOO-wee-duck, the geoduck (Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa) is not a duck at all, but a species of large sea water clam, also called the king clam, horse clam, Pacific geoduck clam or the elephant trunk clam. ... Florida State University Seal Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, known for its programs in fine arts, education, public administration & policy, information studies, international affairs, music, criminology, and nursing. ... Seminole is the name of an American Indian tribe formed in Florida in the 18th century. ... Franklin and Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ... Georgetown University Georgetown University is a prestigious Catholic university in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, DC, United States. ... The Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech for short, is a public university in Atlanta, Georgia with over 16,000 students. ... The University of Idaho is a land-grant university formed by the Territorial Legislature of Idaho in 1889, located in Moscow, Idaho. ... Indiana University Bloomington is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... Hoosiers is a name for the people of the U.S. state of Indiana; it is commonly accepted and employed at all levels of discourse by Hoosiers themselves, and is considered neither derogatory nor informal. ... Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW) is a regional university campus located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... Mastodon is also a Heavy Metal Band. ... Jacksonville State University is a four-year American educational institution located in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama in the Calhoun County town of Jacksonville. ... A Gamecock is a special cock bred and trained for cockfighting. ... Seal of The University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ... California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB or the Beach!) is the largest campus of the California State University system located in Long Beach, California, at the southern coastal tip of Los Angeles County. ... Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana, is a full fledged public university with an average 12,000 - 14,000 students each year. ... University of Louisiana at Lafayette is also known as UL Lafayette. ... Cajuns are an ethnic group consisting essentially of the descendants of Acadians who came from Nova Scotia to Louisiana as a result of their refusal to swear allegiance to the British Crown. ... Loyola University is located in north Chicagos Rogers Park neighborhood. ... Marshall Universitys Old Main administration building. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public coeducational university situated in suburban Maryland just outside Washington, DC. The flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to as the University of Maryland, even though the... Families See text Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudinata, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony shell developed from their ribs. ... The University of Miami is a private university in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. ... University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a state-supported institution of higher learning located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is the largest campus in the University of Nebraska system. ... Nebraska Wesleyan University, founded in 1887 by the Nebraska Methodists, is comprised of 1500 students and 300 faculty and staff. ... New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Also called New Mexico Tech), is a research university located in Socorro, New Mexico. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the eleventh-oldest institution of higher education and the oldest public university in the United States. ... Legend has it that the Tar Heel nickname applied to the state and inhabitants of North Carolina--as well as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s athletic teams--dates back to the Civil War. ... The University of North Texas (UNT) is located in Denton, Texas. ... Not to be confused with the University of Notre Dame Australia University of Notre Dame du Lac The University of Notre Dame (standard name; full legal name University of Notre Dame du Lac) is a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA adjacent to the... Students passing through the Oberlin Memorial Arch in front of Peters Hall on the Oberlin College campus Oberlin College is a small liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. ... The Ohio State University (legal name), also known as Ohio State or OSU (not to be confused with Ohio University), is currently the largest state University in the United States. ... Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University (also Wesleyan or OWU) is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Delaware, Ohio in the United States. ... The University of Oklahoma (OU) is an institution of higher learning located in Oklahoma. ... The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ... Pomona College is a small private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. ... Pitzer College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Claremont, California. ... Binomial name Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte, 1827) Centrocercus minimus Young,JR, Braun,CE, Oyler-McCance,SJ, Hupp,JR & Quinn,TW, 2000 The Greater Sage Grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, is a large grouse. ... Purdue University is a public land-grant university system within the state of Indiana. ... A boilermaker, also known as a depth charge, is a cocktail consisting of a shot of whiskey, or vodka, and a glass of beer. ... Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university in the United States. ... Scottsdale Community College, in Scottsdale, Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix) is part of the Maricopa County system. ... Artichokes are three types of vegetables, two in the daisy family Asteraceae, and one in the deadnettle family Lamiaceae. ... Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois. ... Country of origin Middle East Classification Breed standards (external links) FCI, AKC, ANKC, KC(UK), NZKC The Saluki is a member of the sighthound family, that is, hounds that hunt by sight rather than scent. ... The University of South Carolina (also known as USC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, coeducational, research university. ... A Gamecock is a special cock bred and trained for cockfighting. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by catholic cardinals. ... Syracuse University Syracuse University (SU) is an American research university. ... Texas Christian University (often shortened to TCU) is located in Fort Worth, Texas. ... Binomial name Phrynosoma cornutum The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is a small lizard that occurs in North America. ... The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the primary institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee system, Tennessees flagship public university. ... Texas A&M University at College Station Texas A&M University, often Texas A&M, A&M or TAMU for short, is one of the premiere universities in Texas and is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ... Texas Aggie is a term encompassing all those who are students or former students (alumni) of Texas A&M University. ... Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian university headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... University of Alabama at Birmingham (also known as UAB) is an public, coeducational university located in Birmingham, Alabama. ... The University of California, Irvine is a public, coeducational university situated in suburban Irvine, California. ... Genera Myrmecophaga Tamandua Cyclopes Anteaters are mammals of the order Xenarthra and the family Myrmecophagidae, commonly known for eating ants and termites. ... The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC or UC Santa Cruz) is a coeducational public university located in Santa Cruz, California. ... Banana slugs (Ariolimax spp. ... The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public, coeducational university located in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (colloquially known as Vandy) is a private, non-sectarian university located in Nashville, Tennessee. ... This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ... Wake Forest University is a private university that is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is known for its programs in the liberal arts. ... Washburn University is a four-year college in Topeka, Kansas, which also operates a law school. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... WVU Mountaineer Mascot statue in front of the Mountainlair Student Union. ... Wichita State University, an American university, was founded as Fairmount College in 1886 by the Rev. ...

Mascot incarnations

• "Bevo," a live Texas longhorn steer, the official mascot of the University of Texas at Austin
• "Big Al the elephant," the costumed mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
• "Big Red," the blob-like costumed mascot of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
• "Boilermaker Special," a railroad locomotive replica mascot of Purdue University
• "Cam the Ram," a live male bighorn sheep, the official mascot of the Colorado State Rams.
• "Charlie Cardinal", the cardinal mascot of Ball State University
• "Cy," the costumed cardinal that serves as the mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones
• "Gompeii," the bronzed head of a now deceased goat, the mascot of WPI
• "Handsome Dan", a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Yale Bulldogs [1]  (http://yalebulldogs.collegesports.com/trads/mascot.html) and the first mascot adopted by a university in the US
• "Jack," a live English bulldog, the official mascot of Georgetown
• "Lou Wolf," a live wolf, the official mascot of the Loyola Ramblers; got a major facelift in 2001
• "Mike the Tiger," a live Bengal Tiger, the official mascot of the LSU Tigers
• "Pete", an Emperor Penguin and mascot Youngstown State University
• "Ralphie," a live American Bison, the official mascot of the Colorado Buffaloes
• "Rameses," a live ram that serves as the de facto mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels
• "Reveille," a live collie that serves as the de facto mascot for the Texas A&M Texas Aggies
• "Sebastian the Ibis," the costumed mascot of the Miami Hurricanes
• "Smokey," a live bluetick coonhound, the official mascot for the Tennessee Volunteers
• "The Hawk," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Saint Joseph's Hawks; the mascot flaps its "wings" without interruption (even for halftime) throughout SJU basketball games
• "The Stanford Tree," a dancing tree of indeterminate species, official mascot of The Stanford Band, unofficial mascot of Stanford University
• "Uga", (pronounced ug-guh) a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs [2] (http://www.bulldawgs.com/history/mascot.asp). The dogs are named in succession, and the current mascot is Uga VI [3] (http://www.arches.uga.edu/~tamsyn/uga6.htm). A mausoleum containing the remains of all previous Ugas is located inside Sanford Stadium near the main gate [4] (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6798848&pt=%20UGA%20V.). A person in the costume of a bulldog in football uniform also appears on the sidelines at Georgia football games.

Playboy.com "interviews" of various college mascots (http://www.playboy.com/on-campus/mascot/) Bevo is the name of the mascot of The University of Texas at Austin, a Texas longhorn steer with burnt orange coloring. ... The Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to six feet in width and have a slight upward turn at their tips, as well as for their distinctive burnt orange coloring. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Proboscidea is an order including only one extant family, Elephantidae or the elephants, with three species: the Savannah Elephant and Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... Crimson Tide can mean: Crimson Tide, a 1995 movie the sports teams of the University of Alabama the sports teams of Glencoe High School This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky. ... The Boilermaker Special is either of two mascots of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Great Western Railway No. ... Purdue University is a public land-grant university system within the state of Indiana. ... Binomial name Ovis canadensis Shaw, 1804 Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) is a species of sheep in North America with several subspecies. ... Colorado State University is a public land grant institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States. ... Binomial name Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, is a member of the Cardinal family of birds in North America. ... Ball State University is a state-run university in Muncie, Indiana. ... Binomial name Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, is a member of the Cardinal family of birds in North America. ... Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... Categories: Animal stubs ... For other Worcester Colleges, see Worcester College (disambiguation). ... Yale logo featuring stylized profile of Handsome Dan Handsome Dan is the mascot of Yale Universitys athletic teams, a bulldog. ... Country of origin United Kingdom Classification Breed standards (external links) FCI, AKC, ANKC KC(UK), NZKC, UKC The English Bulldog, often called simply the Bulldog, is a medium_sized dog breed that originated in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ... Country of origin United Kingdom Classification Breed standards (external links) FCI, AKC, ANKC KC(UK), NZKC, UKC The English Bulldog, often called simply the Bulldog, is a medium_sized dog breed that originated in the United Kingdom. ... Country of origin United Kingdom Classification Breed standards (external links) FCI, AKC, ANKC KC(UK), NZKC, UKC The English Bulldog, often called simply the Bulldog, is a medium-sized dog breed, originally used for bullbaiting, in which trained bulldogs attacked and killed tied-up bulls for sport during the 17th... Georgetown University Georgetown University is a prestigious Catholic university in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, DC, United States. ... Binomial name Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 The Wolf or Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) is a mammal of the Canidae family and the ancestor of the domestic dog. ... Loyola University is located in north Chicagos Rogers Park neighborhood. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trinomial name Panthera tigris tigris The Bengal Tiger or Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger found through the rainforests and grasslands of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, India and Nepal. ... Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or simply Louisiana State University (LSU) is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... Binomial name Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the largest of all penguins; adults average about 1. ... Youngstown State University is a university located in Youngstown, Ohio. ... Binomial name Bison bison Linnaeus, 1758 The American Bison (Bison bison), also called Buffalo, is a bovine mammal that is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America. ... The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU or CU-Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... This article is about the animal, sheep; for other meanings of Sheep, see Sheep (disambiguation). ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the eleventh-oldest institution of higher education and the oldest public university in the United States. ... Legend has it that the Tar Heel nickname applied to the state and inhabitants of North Carolina--as well as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s athletic teams--dates back to the Civil War. ... This article is about the type of dog. ... Texas A&M University at College Station Texas A&M University, often Texas A&M, A&M or TAMU for short, is one of the premiere universities in Texas and is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ... Texas Aggie is a term encompassing all those who are students or former students (alumni) of Texas A&M University. ... Genera Threskiornis Pseudibis Nipponia Bostrychia Theristicus Cercibis Mesembrinibis Phimosus Lophotibis Eudocimus Plegadis Geronticus Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae. ... The University of Miami is a private university in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida. ... Breed standards (external links) AKC, ANKC, NZKC, UKC Notes The AKC foundation stock service (FSS) is a registration service for breeds not yet recognised by the AKC. The Bluetick Coonhound is a breed of dog. ... The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the primary institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee system, Tennessees flagship public university. ... Saint Josephs University - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Stanford Tree is the unofficial mascot of Stanford University. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB) is the student marching band of Stanford University. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Uga (pronounced UH-GUH) is the name of a lineage of while English bulldogs owned by Frank W. Sonny Seiler, which have served as the mascot of the University of Georgia since 1956. ... Country of origin United Kingdom Classification Breed standards (external links) FCI, AKC, ANKC KC(UK), NZKC, UKC The English Bulldog, often called simply the Bulldog, is a medium_sized dog breed that originated in the United Kingdom. ... Country of origin United Kingdom Classification Breed standards (external links) FCI, AKC, ANKC KC(UK), NZKC, UKC The English Bulldog, often called simply the Bulldog, is a medium_sized dog breed that originated in the United Kingdom. ... A mausoleum is a large and impressive tomb, usually constructed for a deceased leader. ... Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. ...