Classic Team Logo of the Day

Courtesy of www.greyflannelsuit.net , here is a program from a 1962 American Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Boston Patriots featuring cartoon logos of the team’s mascots. These cartoon drawings were popular artwork during the early years of the league, and helped promote the teams with younger fans.

Logo of an Ivy League football team, the Princeton Tigers, a not-so-powerful program with a powerful past. Along with Rutgers, Princeton’s program is the oldest in the world, having existed since 1869. The Tigers have claimed 28 national championships, more than any other school. They are charter members of the Ivy League, which began play … Read More

Logo of a small college football program that plays in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. The school has won two small college national championships – in 2010 and 2013. The program has existed since 1925, and their alumni who’ve gone on to play in the NFL include Larry Little, Rashean Mathis, Boobie Clark … Read More

Logo of a major college football program, the Oklahoma Sooners, used from 1952 until 1966. Oklahoma’s football program began in 1895 and is one of the most successful of all time. They’ve won 7 national championships, 44 Big 12 Conference championships, and produced 154 All Americans and 5 Heisman Trophy winners. The Sooners have been … Read More

Logo of a team that played in the Indoor Football League, the Allen Wranglers. The team began its’ existence as the Arkansas Twisters in 2000 in the old af2 league, and changed names to the Diamonds when they began play in the IFL in 2010. The club was sold and moved to Allen, Texas in … Read More

Logo of a small college football program, the Monmouth College Hawks. The school, located in New Jersey, has had a football program since 1993, and became a Division I Independent team in 2013. They began play in the Big South Conference this season. Two Monmouth alumni are currently playing in the NFL – receivers Miles Austin … Read More

Logo of a college football team, the Northwestern Wildcats, used from 1959 until 1967. The team was a charter member of the Big Ten conference, beginning play there in 1896, and despite being part of one of the country’s top gridiron leagues, has never been considered a football powerhouse. The fact that the school has … Read More

Logo of a college football program, the University of Idaho Vandals. The school has played in several conferences over the years, and recently joined the Sun Belt Conference. During the era that this logo was used, from  1966 until 1972, they played in the Big Sky Conference.  The Vandals played 32 seasons in that conference, and … Read More

Here is a logo of a mid-major college football program, the Marshall University Thundering Herd, used from 1985 until 1989, when the school was a Division 1-AA team playing in the Southern Conference. They upgraded to Division 1-A when they joined the Mid-American Conference. The school suffered a major tragedy in 1970, when a plane … Read More

Logo of the El Paso Generals, who played one season, in 2009, in the Indoor Football League. They were a successful club, posting a 12-2 win/loss record and advancing to the league’s conference title game, where they lost to the Billings Outlaws. Unfortunately, the team disbanded after the one year despite being successful on the … Read More