Mascots: Aubie the Tiger, The
War Eagle (named Tiger)
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange and Blue
School founded: 1856
Auburn
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I have no doubt that most of you reading this both
love poetry, and possibly have an advanced degree
in the subject (ha ha). As it were, in Oliver
Goldsmith’s poem “The Deserted Village” (1770)
the line “where crouching tigers wait their helpless
prey" inspired the selection of the Auburn Tiger. In
the early days of Auburn athletics, they were
sometimes referred to as "Plainsmen" which is
though to have also originated in that poem with
the line: “Sweet Auburn, loveliest village on the
plains.”
What is quite unique for Auburn is that they are
the Tigers, and yet one of their on-the-field
mascot is a golden eagle (named Tiger), and
their battle cry is “War Eagle.” As is the case with
some mascots, there is conflicting stories as to
why the school has a war eagle mascot. The
one that is most likely to be true is from 1913,
in which the crowd changed “War Eagle!” in the
football game against Georgia. Prior to this, an
Auburn student, E.T. Enslen, had lost an emblem
off his military uniform, which he had described as
a “war eagle.” It turns out, students liked the
term, and adopted it when going to “war” with
Georgia.
I have no doubt that most of you reading this both
love poetry, and possibly have an advanced degree
in the subject (ha ha). As it were, in Oliver
Goldsmith’s poem “The Deserted Village” (1770)
the line “where crouching tigers wait their helpless
prey" inspired the selection of the Auburn Tiger. In
the early days of Auburn athletics, they were
sometimes referred to as "Plainsmen" which is
though to have also originated in that poem with
the line: “Sweet Auburn, loveliest village on the
plains.”
What is quite unique for Auburn is that they are
the Tigers, and yet one of their on-the-field
mascot is a golden eagle (named Tiger), and
their battle cry is “War Eagle.” As is the case with
some mascots, there is conflicting stories as to
why the school has a war eagle mascot. The
one that is most likely to be true is from 1913,
in which the crowd changed “War Eagle!” in the
football game against Georgia. Prior to this, an
Auburn student, E.T. Enslen, had lost an emblem
off his military uniform, which he had described as
a “war eagle.” It turns out, students liked the
term, and adopted it when going to “war” with
Georgia.