Lincoln Blue Tigers

Lincoln Blue Tigers
University Lincoln University (Missouri)
Conference MIAA
NCAA Division II
Athletic director Betty Kemna
Location Jefferson City, Missouri
Varsity teams 11
Football stadium Dwight T. Reed Stadium
Basketball arena Jason Gymnasium
Mascot Stripes
Nickname Blue Tigers
Fight song LU Fight Song
Colors Navy Blue and White[1]
         
Website www.lubluetigers.com

The Lincoln Blue Tigers the sports teams of Lincoln University located in Jefferson City, Missouri. The Blue Tigers participate at the NCAA Division II level in Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). Lincoln competed in the MIAA from 1970 to 1999 when it left because it did not have a football team since 1989. The university competed in the Heartland Conference from 1999–2010, of which, Lincoln is a founding conference member. The school revitalized its football program and reentered the MIAA in 2010.[2]

Sports

Lincoln University offers the following sports for the students:[3]

Men's sports

Women's sports

Lincoln was one of two MIAA schools whose football team moved to the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2014 under a scheduling alliance between the two conferences.[4]

Women's track and field

The Lincoln Blue Tigers women's track and field team made NCAA Division II history by winning the Outdoor Track and Field Championships five consecutive times, from 2003 to 2007. They won a sixth title in 2009 and a seventh in 2014.[5][6]

Mascot

The official mascot of Lincoln University Athletic teams is Stripes, a Blue Tiger.[7]

Songs

Fight song

Lincoln University doesn't have a name for their fight song, but it is sung to the tune of The Washington And Lee Swing.[8]

Alma Mater

Sung to the tune of "Ach wie ist's möglich dann", an old German folk song published in 1827 and variously credited to Georg Heinrich or Friedrich Silcher Kuchen, Lincoln's fight song is called Lincoln, O, Lincoln. (The West Point and Wake Forest alma maters also use the same tune.)[8]

Notable alumni

References

External links

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