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The original mascot for the Kansas Jayhawks was a bulldog. In 1912, the Jayhawk was first seen in a cartoon by Henry Maloy in The University Daily Kansan. [4] In November 1958, the Jayhawk became the official mascot for Kansas University. [5] The "Jayhawk" idea came from the combination of a blue jay and a sparrow hawk. [4]
The Jayhawk appears in several Kansas cheers, most notably, the "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" chant in unison before and during games. [6] In the traditions promoted by KU, the jayhawk is said to be a combination of two birds, "the blue jay, a noisy, quarrelsome thing known to rob other nests; and the sparrow hawk, a stealthy hunter."
They came up with "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, Go KU", [1] repeated three times. By 1889, "Rock Chalk" had replaced the “Rah, Rah!” Rock Chalk is a transposition of “chalk rock,” a type of limestone that exists in the Cretaceous-age bedrocks of central and western parts of the state and which is similar to the coccolith -bearing chalk of the ...
More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available.. 1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The following 10 pages use this file: 2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team; 2019 Kansas Jayhawks football team; 2020 Kansas Jayhawks football team; 2021 Kansas Jayhawks football team; 2022 Kansas Jayhawks football team; 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team; 2024 Kansas Jayhawks football team; Border War (Kansas–Missouri rivalry) Kansas Jayhawks ...
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022.
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In 2017, the Kansas football team unveiled uniforms with an American flag on the helmet, blue jerseys, and red pants which featured the words "Kansas Jay-Hawkers" above a seal featuring a sword and a rifle. Kansas Athletics stated that the red pants was an homage to the term "Redlegs," another name for Jayhawkers.