There are also schools with football related nicknames that no longer sponsor football. Just about every four-year school that admitted men prior to WWII had a football team. You can see some of the football remnants in today's mascots.



St. Mary's Gaels...name given to fb team by a sportswriter
Detroit Mercy Titans...see St. Mary's.
St. Louis Billikens...fb coach resembled a Billiken doll.
Loyola-Chicago Ramblers...fb team traveled a lot.
Wichita Wheat Shockers...fb players had summer jobs cutting and shocking wheat.