# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1548
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30944 "2014-11-08T15:51:35Z")
Birds that are the team nickname of a major professional sports team. 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. Baltimore Ravens 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 6. Seattle Seahawks 7. New Orleans Pelicans ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30945 "2014-11-08T16:01:08Z")
Birds that are the team nickname of a major professional sports team. 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. Baltimore Ravens 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 6. Seattle Seahawks 7. New Orleans Pelicans 8. Toronto Blue Jays ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30946 "2014-11-08T16:19:44Z")
Birds that are the team nickname of a major professional sports team. 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. Baltimore Ravens 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 6. Seattle Seahawks 7. New Orleans Pelicans 8. Toronto Blue Jays 9. Pittsburgh Penguins ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30947 "2014-11-08T16:32:55Z")
Birds that are the team nickname of a major professional sports team. 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. Baltimore Ravens 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 6. Seattle Seahawks 7. New Orleans Pelicans 8. Toronto Blue Jays 9. Pittsburgh Penguins 10. Atlanta Falcons ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30948 "2014-11-08T17:16:01Z")
Birds that are the team nickname of a major professional sports team. 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. Baltimore Ravens 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 6. Seattle Seahawks 7. New Orleans Pelicans 8. Toronto Blue Jays 9. Pittsburgh Penguins 10. Atlanta Falcons 11. Chicago Blackhawks ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30949 "2014-11-08T17:29:21Z")
Birds that are the team nickname of a major professional sports team. 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. Baltimore Ravens 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 6. Seattle Seahawks 7. New Orleans Pelicans 8. Toronto Blue Jays 9. Pittsburgh Penguins 10. Atlanta Falcons 11. Chicago Blackhawks 12. Los Angeles Thunderbirds (Ok it is Roller Derby, Sue me) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30950 "2014-11-08T18:29:29Z")
Birds that are the team nickname of a major professional sports team. 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. Baltimore Ravens 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 6. Seattle Seahawks 7. New Orleans Pelicans 8. Toronto Blue Jays 9. Pittsburgh Penguins 10. Atlanta Falcons 11. Chicago Blackhawks 12. Los Angeles Thunderbirds 13. Atlanta Hawks New topic: Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30951 "2014-11-08T19:08:03Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30952 "2014-11-08T19:22:30Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30953 "2014-11-08T21:58:08Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30954 "2014-11-08T22:28:48Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30955 "2014-11-09T01:39:14Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30956 "2014-11-09T02:18:41Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30957 "2014-11-09T12:22:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname > > 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) > 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) > 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) > 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) > 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) > 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) > 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) Notre Dame are the Fighting Irish! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30958 "2014-11-09T14:47:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Notre Dame are the Fighting Irish! EH is being a [tricksy hobbit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_College). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30959 "2014-11-09T15:17:59Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) 8. Northwestern and Kansas State Wildcats are both purple and white. Arizona and Kentucky are not. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30960 "2014-11-09T15:23:36Z")
It’s apparently not uncommon for a team to have multiple mascots. Auburn U. Are the tigers and the war eagles while archival U of AL is the Crimson Tide and the elephants (and there was a movement when I was there to change to the bears to honor Bear Bryant). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30961 "2014-11-09T15:24:59Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) 8. Northwestern and Kansas State (Wildcats) 9. University of Georgia/Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech (Bulldogs) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30962 "2014-11-09T15:26:32Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) 8. Northwestern and Kansas State Wildcats are both purple and white. Arizona and Kentucky are not. 9. LSU and Missouri (Tigers) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30963 "2014-11-09T17:22:05Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) 8. Northwestern and Kansas State (Wildcats) 9. University of Georgia/Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech (Bulldogs) 10. LSU and Missouri (Tigers) 11. Boston College and Florida Gulf Coast University (Eagles) According to Wikipedia, Eagles is the most common college team name in the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1547) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1549)