Has there ever been a college bowl game where the two teams playing have the same mascot name, i.e. LSU vs. Missouri or something of that nature? If so, how often has it happened and who was involved?
2007-11-29 23:48:51 · 7 answers · asked by SGT Ski 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Interesting question. There are many Division 1-A football schools that share common mascot names, but there have not been many bowl games where two teams with the same name were matched up. I have listed all the division 1A common mascot names below, but remember that some of these teams could not possibily play each other in a bowl game because they are in the same conference (e.g. LSU-Auburn, Georgia-Missisippi State).
The link below lists every Div-1A bowl game ever played. I researched back to 1990 and found just two bowl matchups between teams with the same name:
1) 1997 Peach Bowl: Clemson Tigers vs. Auburn Tigers (played Jan 2, 1998).
2) 1996 Peach Bowl: Clemson Tigers vs. LSU Tigers (played Dec 28, 1996).
I could have missed one, and bowls have been played since 1902 so there are a lot of results to look through. If you include 1-AA teams and lower divisions (which technically have playoffs, rather than bowls), the possibilities become quite numerous.
TIGERS
Clemson
Missouri
LSU
Memphis
Auburn
BULLDOGS
Mississippi State
Georgia
Fresno State
Louisiana Tech
WILDCATS
Kansas State
Arizona
Kentucky
(Note: The Arizona Wildcats played the Kentucky Wildcats for the 1997 NCAA men's basketball championship)
COUGARS
Washington State
BYU
Houston
SPARTANS
San Jose State
Michigan State
AGGIES
Texas A&M
Utah State
HUSKIES
Connecticut
Washington
EAGLES
Boston College
Southern Mississippi ("Golden Eagles")
TROJANS
USC
Troy
WOLFPACK
Nevada
N.C. State
FALCONS
Bowling Green
Air Force
COWBOYS
Oklahoma State
Wyoming
BULLS
South Florida
Buffalo
OWLS
Rice
Temple
Florida Atlantic ("Fighting Owls")
PANTHERS
Pitt
Florida International ("Golden Panthers")
CARDINALS
Ball State
Louisville
Stanford ("the Cardinal", a false match)
2007-11-30 00:38:50 · answer #1 · answered by jexdc 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it's happened, but I can't site a specific example. If you consider all the Bowl games there are every year, plus the number of years some of these games have been around, plus the number of teams that share the same name (Tigers for one) it had to have happened at least once.
2007-11-30 00:07:11 · answer #2 · answered by bencas9900 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could happen, but likely not in a bowl game. For example, I'd love to see the Appalachian State Mountaineers play the West Virginia Mountaineers. It should prove to be a surprisingly close game since Appalachian State has proven themselves to be the kind of team that waits for the other team to make mistakes and then capitalize off of them, which often pays off big, like what they did with Michigan.
2007-11-29 23:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew V 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Owls, Wildcats, Tigers, etc.....Bowl games, I'd have to check.
2007-11-30 00:36:46 · answer #4 · answered by remoserjr107 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
auburn vs. LSU i dont know what exact bowl that was but t\it happened
2007-11-29 23:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by Paxton 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm sure there has been, most names are pretty common
2007-11-29 23:51:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
packers and cowboys 1974 both had squirel mascots...they fought like um squirel and um squirel
2007-11-29 23:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋