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Lincoln Blue Tigers

Lincoln Blue Tigers

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The Lincoln Blue Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Lincoln University, located in Jefferson City, Missouri, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) since the 2010–11 academic year (which they were a member on a previous stint from 1970–71 to 1998–99, but later left because it had not had a football team since after the 1989 fall season). The Blue Tigers previously competed in the Heartland Conference, of which it was a founding conference member, from 1999–2000 to 2009–10.

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MIAA logo in Lincoln's colors

Sports sponsored

Lincoln sponsors fourteen intercollegiate varsity sports:

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Football

The Blue Tigers sponsored football from their first tenure in the MIAA until after the 1989 fall season, before revitalizing it and rejoined the MIAA in 2010.[2]

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.[3][4]

Former programs

In May 2016 Lincoln dropped its baseball and women's tennis programs. In June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic Lincoln dropped its women's bowling program.[5]

National championships

The Blue Tigers have won fourteen NCAA Division II team championships.

Team

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Songs

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".[6]

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 Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken or Friedrich Silcher, Lincoln's fight song is called "Lincoln, O, Lincoln". (The West Point and Wake Forest alma maters also use the same tune.)[6][failed verification]

Notable alumni

References

  1. [1]
    This Is Lincoln. A guide to branding our Lincoln University. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Lincoln returns to MIAA – St. Joseph News-Press – February 2, 2009[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    "DII Women's Outdoor Track & Field". NCAA.com.
  4. [4]
    "Lincoln University of Missouri Blue Tigers – Lincoln University Track & Field to be Inducted Into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame". Lincoln University.
  5. [5]
    "Lincoln drops women's bowling from athletic program". News Tribune. Jefferson City, Missouri. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. [6]
    "LUPA Handbook – We Cherish Our Traditions". p. 4. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  7. [7]
    Courier staff (October 11, 1930). "Missouri Classic Attracts". Pittsburgh Courier. p. 14. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  8. [8]
    Courier-Journal staff (April 10, 1938). "Decker Is Signed to Manage Black Colonels". The Louisville Courier-Journal. p. 58. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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