Auburn University.
^No. Auburn Univerity is wrong. The first private University to use a Tiger as a mascot was Princeton Univeristy. The first public institution of higher learning to use the Tiger was University of Missouri - Columbia aka Mizzou.
Overall, Princeton has been using their big cat mascot longer than the others. As far as current major athletics programs are concerned, Mizzou would be the "original"...sorry Auburn and LSU fans. ;)
Williams College has a mascot named "Ephilia", a purple and gold cow. the cow was most likely named the mascot in honor of a student-run humor newspaper, "The Purple Cow" (1905). The nickname, Ephs, comes from Ephraim Williams, whom the college (and town) are named for.
An elephant named Tuffy...
Dog named Pig
The college that has a stadium named Sun Devil Stadium is Arizona State University. The Stadium is of course named for their mascot. They adopted the mascot Sun Devil back in 1946 after previous mascots not working out.
PAWS is the mascot of the Detroit Tigers. He's a striped tiger that was officially adopted in May of 1995 by the Detroit Tigers baseball team. His name is officially written by the team in all capital letters.
Its a camel named gaylord. seriously!
Kansas State University has a mascot call Willie the Wildcat, but it was established in 1863.
Dartmouth does not have a mascot. They are named the Dartmouth Big Green.
Louisiana State University has a live tiger named mike as their mascot. Southern University and A&M college has a live jaguar. Balylor University uses a live bear.
It is a lion named daren
== == Freddie Falcon is the official mascot of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. He was Atlanta, Georgia's first mascot and has entertained fans for more than 35 years.
UMaine or University of Maine's official mascot is a black bear named Bananas. However, the original mascot wasn't a black bear. It was an elephant. The black bear became the official mascot when a live black bear cub was given to the college for good luck. The mascot's name was a result of the crowd reactions to the bear.