# What's the name of your High School Football team? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141 "2002-07-21T23:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/1 "2002-07-21T23:10:30Z")
I went to 3 different High Schools but the one I was at the longest, was called the _(name of crappy little town)_ **Wildcats**. The town I now live in, is the home of the **Green Wave**. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/2 "2002-07-21T23:18:42Z")
The Bluejays. How intimidating is that? ---
**Author:** ![Parrothead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Parrothead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parrothead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/3 "2002-07-21T23:21:58Z")
the **Raiders** Nice, except for those jet black helmets in 100 degree heat. It was like playing with your head in an oven. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/4 "2002-07-21T23:25:47Z")
Fighting Irish (and the Lady Irish). The name of the school was Notre Dame…what else was the nickname going to be? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/5 "2002-07-21T23:27:12Z")
I also had Fighting Irish, but the school was John F. Kennedy. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/6 "2002-07-21T23:30:41Z")
The Skippers! No, they don’t skip … it’s the nautical meaning. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/7 "2002-07-21T23:30:53Z")
That was a long time ago and I was a Theater Fag. We had a football team? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/8 "2002-07-21T23:44:20Z")
We did not have a football team. But all other teams were the **Eagles.** ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/9 "2002-07-21T23:45:54Z")
The [Terriers](http://www.rhsfootball.com/about.cfm) The city and the school were founded by New Englanders who headed out to California. They gave the High School the mascot name of Terriers, in honor of the Boston U Terriers. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/10 "2002-07-21T23:50:46Z")
My school district had three high schools: the Indians, the Chiefs, the Rengades. The newest school will be the Golden Eagles. I should mention that the schools were built in the late '50, the early '70, the late '80, and next year, respectively. Hooray for political correctness. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/11 "2002-07-22T00:23:04Z")
Sam Rayburn “TEXANS” SRHS (pasadena independent school district )Class of '69 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/12 "2002-07-22T00:33:09Z")
Parkville High School Knights rah ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/13 "2002-07-22T00:33:09Z")
The Crusaders up here, but my High School? Hmm…The Panthers.Yeah, that’s it. The next town over had the Galloping Ghosts and their statue mascot looked VERY MUCH like a Klansman, hooded, on horseback. It was problematic… Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/14 "2002-07-22T01:08:51Z")
The Mustangs. Our school had a huge statue of a white horse on the entranceway. The most “interesting” thing about it is that it was [sub]_ahem_[/sub] anatomically correct. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/15 "2002-07-22T01:10:36Z")
In New Orleans, my highschool’s mascot was **The Crusaders**. It was an all guy’s Catholic high school. In Beaumont, it was the **Bulldogs**. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/16 "2002-07-22T01:11:43Z")
The Tigers. Back then (pre-Title IX), we barely _had_ women’s sports teams. But in recent years, I’ve seen the Lady Tigers (college team) in the paper occasionally, and my mind invariably inserts ‘or the’ in between. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/17 "2002-07-22T01:13:47Z")
The [Cardinals](http://www.mhs.k12.oh.us/sports01/fall/football/). ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/18 "2002-07-22T01:14:28Z")
Two of 'em; one, the **Rebels** , are still so named. I haven’t checked on the others, the **Redskins** , lately. Hey there, **Craneop2** , I’m Houston '71. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/19 "2002-07-22T01:15:39Z")
The Blue Jackets. No, not a piece of clothing, but a rare form of bee. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/20 "2002-07-22T01:17:30Z")
The Buffaloes. Then my first two years of college we were The Bisons. I didn’t even have to change graphics. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141.md?page=2)