Princeton's mascot is a tiger.
The mascot for Princeton University is the Tigers.
Orange and black (and Princeton's mascot is the tiger)
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It is the Princeton "Tigers."The Princeton university mascot is the Tiger.
It stands for the colors of the mascot which is a tiger
It isn't. Their mascot is a tiger. The tiger paw is just one of their symbols, like the "C" they use for their baseball team. But to answer the question, "Why is Clemson's mascot a TIGER?", it is because of Walter Riggs. He came to Clemson as the football coach in 1896 from Auburn University. He had always been a fan of the Princeton Tigers, and, therefore, gave Clemson the mascot.
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The Idaho State University (ISU) was an alumnus of Princeton. Their schools colors were orange and black theme colors and had a tiger mascot.
The six I know of are Clemson, Princeton, Missouri, Louisiana State (LSU), Memphis and Auburn.
Princeton Tiger Magazine was created in 1882.
Mike the Tiger is the mascot for the LSU Tigers. Mountaineer is the mascot for West Virginia University.