This is an incomplete
list of U.S. college mascots, consisting of named incarnations of
live, costumed or inflatable mascots. For team names, see
List of college sports
team nicknames.
Mascot Index
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- Baby
Jay — costumed sidekick and smaller version of Big
Jay, the mascot for the Jayhawks of the University
of Kansas
.
- Baby Owl - second mascot of
Temple
University
; more of a child-friendly mascot
- Baldwin
the Eagle — the American bald
eagle mascot of Boston College

- Bananas - The Black Bear
mascot of the University of Maine

- The Battling Bishop -
mascot of Ohio
Wesleyan

- Baxter - the Bearcat mascot
of Binghamton
University

- The Bearcat - name of
University
of Cincinnati
mascot.
- Beaker - name of Morehead
State University
mascot.
- Belle — the costumed female
mascot of Mississippi State University

- Ben — the Bulldog
mascot of McPherson College
- The Quaker - costumed
mascot of the University of Pennsylvania
wears school uniforms and sports a game face at
athletic events.
- Benny — the Beaver of Oregon State

- Bernie — the costumed St.
Bernard dog of Siena
College
.
- 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 — a lion mascot
wearing a blue king's crown representing the Old
Dominion
Monarchs.
- Big
Jay — the costumed mascot of the Jayhawks of the
University
of Kansas
.
- Big Red — The main Fighting
Razorback mascot of the University
of Arkansas
. Also the blob-like costumed
mascot of the Western Kentucky
Hilltoppers and the Daniel Boone like costumed
mascot of the Sacred Heart University
Pioneers.
- Big Stuff — the eagle mascot of Winthrop University
.
- Bill the
Goat — United States Naval Academy
live goat and costumed mascot
- Billy — the Panther mascot of Eastern
Illinois University

- The Bird —
costumed mascot of the United States Air Force
Academy Falcons
- Black Jack — the costumed
mascot of the United States Military Academy
at West
Point
(Army) since 2000
- Blaze — the official mascot of the Alverno College Inferno.
- Blaze — the official dragon mascot of the University of Alabama at
Birmingham.
- Blaze — the official
maverick (stallion) mascot of the
University of Texas at
Arlington
.
- Blitz — the official
bearcat mascot of Willamette
University
(OR).
- Blizzard T.
Husky — the husky of Michigan Tech
. The T stands for
The. Blizzard can usually be seen ice skating
before home hockey games.
- Blue — a live bobcat, one of three official mascots of the University
of Kentucky
. Unlike the other two, he never attends home
games because of his species' shy nature. He lives at the
Salato Wildlife Education Center, a state-run facility in Frankfort
.
- The Blue Blob — the blue
fuzzy costumed mascot, is one of two official mascots for Xavier
University
and is especially popular with younger
fans.
- Blue Jay — Johns Hopkins University, Polytechnic Institute of New York
University
.
- The Blue Devil — a costumed
student who serves as mascot of the Duke
Blue
Devils.
- Bobby — the Bearcat of Northwest
Missouri State University

- Bobcat - the Bobcat mascot of Bates College
.
- Bobcat — a costumed
Bobcat mascot of New York
University
.
- Boilermaker Special — a
railroad locomotive replica mascot (officially) of
Purdue
.
- Boko — The Bobcat mascot of Texas State University
.
- Boll Weevil - mascot of the
University
of Arkansas
- Monticello, named by school president Frank Horsfall in 1925
- Boomer — the bear of
Missouri
State University
.
- Boomer — The Bobcat mascot of Quinnipiac University
.
- Boomer — one of the two
white ponies of the University of Oklahoma
that pulls the Sooner Schooner (the other pony's
name is Sooner). There is both a live pony and costumed
mascot.
- Boss Hogg - The 9-foot tall
inflatable Razorback mascot of the
University
of Arkansas
.
- Brewer - The alcoholic
beverage mascot of Vassar
College

- Bruiser — the costumed
bear for the Baylor
Bears & the Belmont University
Bruins.
- Bruno — the brown bear of Brown University
.
- Brutus
Buckeye — the anthropomorphic buckeye mascot of The Ohio State University
.
- Bucky the Beaver — The
stoic, determined, furry symbol of American
River College
in Sacramento, CA.
- Bucky Beaver — Nature's
engineer, the mascot of the
California Institute of Technology
, Caltech, in Pasadena, California
- Bucky The Parrot — the costumed parrot is
mascot of Barry University in
Florida
- Bucky — the costumed bronc
is mascot of University of Texas - Pan
American
in Texas
- Bucky (or Bucky
Bison) — the costumed bison mascot of Bucknell
University

- Bucky
Badger — the lovable but mischievous badger of the University of
Wisconsin–Madison
.
- Bullet — a live black
American Quarter Horse mascot
of Oklahoma State University
.
- Bully — both the live
bulldog and the costumed bulldog mascot of Mississippi
State
.
- Burrowing Owl-the mascot of
Florida
Atlantic University
.
- Buster Bronco - The
official mascot of Boise State University

- Buster Bronco -
The official mascot of Western Michigan University

- Butch T.
Cougar — the cougar of Washington State
. The "T" stands for "The".
- Butler Blue II - the living Bulldog mascot of
Butler University.
- Buzz — the costumed mascot of the
Georgia
Tech
Yellow
Jackets.
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- Q — popular name of Spike Q.
Gonzaga, a live bulldog,
one of two official mascots of Gonzaga University
. The "Q" is in honor of former Gonzaga
basketball player Quentin Hall.
- The Quaker
Man — aka The Fighting Quaker — the
Puritan-garbed mascot of Guilford College
.
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- The Saluki
Dog — live animal mascot of the
Southern Illinois
Salukis
- Sam the
Minuteman — Massachusetts Minutemen
and Minutewomen
- Sammie Seminole - The
athletic logo for The Florida State
University

- Sammy Seahawk — of
UNC Wilmington

- Sammy Spartan — of
San Jose
State University
, San Jose, California
- 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 and Samantha Bearkat
— mascots of Sam Houston State
University
.
- Sasha - The University of Houston's
female mascot.
- The Scarlet Knight — of
Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey

- Scorch - The official mascot of Minnesota State University,
Moorhead.
- Scrappy — The owl mascot
of Kennesaw
State University

- Scrappy — the eagle mascot
of the North
Texas
Mean Green
- Scrappy — a costumed
anthropomorphized mockingbird the
mascot of the Chattanooga
Mocs
- Scratch — a student in
wildcat costume who is one of three official mascots of the
University
of Kentucky
, two of which attend games. Scratch is a
more child-friendly version of "The Wildcat", the other mascot that
attends games.
- Screech A. Eagle - official
mascot of Northwestern
College .
- Scottie — the scottie dog mascot of Agnes
Scott College
- Scotty the Scottie Dog — The Scottish terrier
official mascot of Carnegie Mellon University
.
- Scotty the Bear — A tartan
clad highlander bear representing the University of California,
Riverside
.
- 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. "Sebastian" once carried a
corn-cob pipe in its beak.
- Seymour D'Campus —
costumed mascot of Southern Miss
Golden
Eagles
- Shadow — costumed mascot of Monmouth University (NJ).
- 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's
Houston Cougars
- a live cougar for many years; currently a costumed
anthropomorphic cougar.
- Shooter — The second generation Red Fox Mascot
for Marist College.
- Sir Big Spur - a live rooster at the University of South Carolina since
2006 [58096]
- Skully - giant red parrot
sidekick of the official "Marauder" mascot of Millersville University

- Skully — Unofficial mascot
of the East
Carolina
Pirates
- Smokey — a live bluetick coonhound, the official mascot
for the Tennessee
Volunteers. The name is also applied to
the costumed mascot.
- Sooner — one of the two
white ponies of the University of Oklahoma
that pulls the Sooner Schooner (the other pony's
name is Boomer). There is both a live pony and costumed
mascot.
- Sooner
Schooner - a scale replica of a Conestoga wagon pulled by two ponies and driven by
the RUF/NEKS of the University
of Oklahoma
.
- Southpaw- a costumed
jaguar of the University of South Alabama
.
- Sparky — the
maroon and gold devil mascot of the Arizona
State
Sun Devils
- Sparky — the eagle mascot
of the Liberty
University
Flames. The name also applies to the dragon
mascot of the Illinois-Chicago
Flames.
- Sparty
— the mascot of Michigan
State University
, a comical (and extremely buff) representation
of a Spartan hoplite soldier clad in green with an elongated
head.
- Speedy the Geoduck - mascot of Evergreen State College
(Washington)
- Spidey — the spider mascot
of the Richmond
Spiders, inspired by lanky pitcher Puss Ellington
in 1894
- Spike — the name given to
several costume bulldog mascots including
Gonzaga
[58097], Samford
[58098],The Citadel Drake
as well as the inflatably costumed mascot of the
University of Georgia
- Spike and Simone — The two
bulldog mascots of Truman
State University
.
- Stag — the male mascot of
Claremont
McKenna College
.
- The Stag — the costumed mascot of
Fairfield University
.
- The Stanford Tree — a dancing conifer of indeterminate species official mascot of
Stanford Band
unofficial mascot of Stanford University
.
- Stanley the Stag- the
costumed mascot for the men's teams of the combined athletic
program of Harvey Mudd, Scripps, and Claremont McKenna
Colleges.
- The Statesman - the
official mascot of Delta State University
.
- Sunny the Sunbird mascot of FPU
- Superfrog — the costumed
horned toad mascot of TCU

- Sue E. Pig - The female Razorback mascot of the University
of Arkansas
.
- Swoop — the costumed
mascot of the University of Utah
Utes. "Swoop" is a red-tailed hawk,
which is a bird native to the state of Utah.
- Swoop — the costumed
mascot of Eastern Washington
University
and Emory University
- both are eagles.
- Swoop — the costumed
mascot of the Eastern Michigan University
Eagles. "Swoop" is a bald eagle whose
distingiuishing characteristic is his fighting stance where he
tends to poke his chest out in pure confidence.
- Swoop the RedHawk — the
costumed mascot of Miami University
.
- 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.
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See also
References
- " Animal, Vegetable, Mascot", New York Times,
November 2,
2008
- YoUDee
External links