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This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots' names, consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed, or inflatable mascots. For school nicknames, see List of college team nicknames in the United States. For school abbreviation, see List of colloquial names for universities and colleges in the United States
Texas College is a private, historically black Christian Methodist Episcopal college in Tyler, Texas.It is affiliated with the United Negro College Fund.It was founded in 1894 by a group of ministers affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church, a predominantly black denomination which was at the time known as the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
The use of terms and images referring to Native Americans/First Nations as the name or mascot for a sports team is a topic of public controversy in the United States and in Canada. The documents most often cited to justify the trend for change are an advisory opinion by the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 2001 [ 1 ] and a resolution ...
Paul Quinn College: Dallas: Red River: Texas A&M-San Antonio Jaguars: Texas A&M University-San Antonio: San Antonio: Red River: Texas A&M-Texarkana Eagles: Texas A&M University-Texarkana: Texarkana: Red River: Texas College Steers: Texas College: Tyler: Red River [c] Texas Wesleyan Rams: Texas Wesleyan University: Fort Worth: Sooner: Wayland ...
Bevo was originally known as “Varsity” and the Texas A&M song about UT, mentions Varsity as the name of the UT Longhorn mascot. Bevo is a Texas Longhorn steer with burnt orange and white coloring from which the university derived its color scheme. The profile of the Longhorn's head and horns gives rise to the school's hand symbol and saying ...
Raider Red is a Wild West character with an oversized cowboy hat. He carries two guns which he fires into the air after Texas Tech scores. [1] Jim Gaspard, a member of the Texas Tech Saddle Tramps student spirit organization, created the original design for the Raider Red costume based on a character created by Lubbock, Texas, cartoonist and former mayor Dirk West. [2]
The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the official "large animal" of the state of Texas. [2] Generally, both the men's and women's teams are referred to as the Longhorns, and the mascot is a Texas Longhorn steer named Bevo ...
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted. Generally, athletics are mainly branded by their common name , meaning words like "University of" or "College" are usually omitted and only the unique name elements are used.