University Lincoln University Athletic director John Moseley | NCAA Division II Varsity teams 9 | |
Conferences MIAA (primary)
GLVC (football) Location Jefferson City, Missouri | ||
The Lincoln Blue Tigers are the sports teams of Lincoln University 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.
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Sports
Lincoln University offers the following sports for the students:
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.
Mascot
The official mascot of Lincoln University Athletic teams is Stripes, a Blue Tiger.
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.
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.)