The bison debuted as Indiana’s official mascot in 1965, but it was quickly phased out in 1969. The school briefly adopted Mr. Hoosier Pride as its mascot ten years later in 1979. However, this version ...

It is oft-repeated that the bison mascot was dropped in 1969, but there are photos in the Indiana University archive that show the mascot being used as late as the 1973 football season.

A move is afoot in Bloomington, dare we say a stampede, to bring back the humpbacked, shaggy-headed bison as the Indiana University Hoosiers mascot -- a beast that has a decades long, on-again ...

As IU charged into the College Football Playoff, several promos throughout the season featured bison imagery. IU Student Government voted to bring back the bison mascot, vowing to work with the ...

Hoosier the Bison is returning ... including football coach Curt Cignetti and men's basketball coach Darian DeVries. The decision to bring back the mascot comes after a successful football season ...

Could Indiana get a mascot here soon ... athletic department has been teasing bison content for a while now, most prominently in graphics from the 2025 football schedule release.

The bison mascot is often seen in connection with football, and specifically, Indiana's 1967 Rose Bowl team. The original idea was to have a live bison mascot, a la Colorado, but that idea was ...

"Operation Bigfoot" became code for bringing back the bison ... for bringing a mascot back, and Dolson was excited to see the idea through to reality. Last year’s football success, which ...

The DeVries video demonstrates that if Indiana has a mascot, it will not just be for football. It will presumably cross over to other sports. The bison mascot used in the late 1960s and early ...

And on the full IU football schedule posted to X, another foreshadowing of a possible mascot came with two bison horns piercing through the page atop the 2025 lineup. IU would not say why the ...