Tulane Football Mascot

1920s tulane university athletics was dubbed the green wave after a song titled the rolling green wave.

Tulane football mascot. 600 tulane green wave fanatics branded youth classic primary t shirt green. Tulanes website offers some interesting history of the school mascot here. Riptide the pelican debuted in 1998 with the re branding of tulane athletics. In its infancy tulanes mascot was depicted as a pelican riding on a surf board.

Finally in 1998 tulane introduced riptide the pelican who continues to serve as our mascot to this day. Prior to that the school used an angry wave nicknamed gumby by fans and before that a john chase creation named greenie individual honors all americans. Since the 1920s the green wave mascot has been a symbol of pride for fans of tulane university athletics. A virtual museum of sports logos uniforms and historical items.

The greenie was adopted in 1955. It was created by john chase a local cartoonist who drew the covers of the tulane football program and those of many teams throughout the south. In the 1920s the earliest mascot a pelican riding a surfboard was introduced in 1945 cartoonist john chase. The official 2020 football roster for the tulane university green waves.

The earliest mascot a pelican riding a surfboard was introduced. The tulane green wave mens tennis team competes in ncaa. The mascot logo of the tulane green wave ncaa s t from 1998 2013 home college american colleges ncaa ncaa division i s t tulane green wave 1998 2013 mascot logo tulane green wave logo. The surfing pelican image lasted for more than 50 years.

The jolly green mascot became lovingly known as gumby due to its resemblance to gumby the cartoon character. The tulane football team established in 1893 competes in the ncaa division i football bowl subdivisiongreen wave football teams have won 9 conference championships including 3 in the sec and 1 in c usa and have appeared in 12 postseason bowl gamesthey are coached by willie fritz and play home games in yulman stadium. Currently over 10000 on display for your viewing pleasure. Take a walk down memory lane with this photo collage and timeline.

Gumby held strong as our mascot for 12 years.