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Mascot Mania: the Evolution of NC State's Mascot - Part III
From a pack of wolves to a wolf named Zeke , NC State’s logo has changed many times throughout university history. In the final post of the Mascot Mania series, we’ve highlighted different versions of NC State's logo in student and university publications from the 1930s to today. Part I and Part II of the series discuss the history of live mascots and costumed mascots at NC State.
1930s
The 1930s logo designs portrayed realistic-looking wolves, as opposed to the animated designs used today. Realistic wolf imagery was reflected in several publications for the college at the time, ranging from the Agromeck student yearbook to football programs. The 1930s logos often featured a lone wolf posing with an aggressive stance and facial expression. A few athletics publications from this time featured a pack of wolves described as the "Wolfpack," including the following football program from 1934. Until 1947, only the football team was called the Wolfpack, and other sports teams were called the Red Terrors and a variety of other names.
1940s
The 1940s continued with the trend of realistic wolf logos, and more representations of the Wolfpack, or a group of wolves, appeared. In the 1947 Agromeck , a student-drawn logo featured a line of three wolves moving together was displayed next to the text "The Wolfpack." In the same year, all NC State athletics teams adopted Wolfpack as the official name.
Despite Ms. Wuf not being introduced for another 30 years, a female wolf was included in the 1948 Agromeck . The drawing was published in a "feature" section of the Agromeck highlighting women on campus in the 1940s and showcased a female-looking wolf with long eyelashes, hoop earrings, and a bracelet wrapped around her front leg. On the opposite page was a male wolf looking toward the female wolf in a playful pose.
The 1948 Student Handbook featured an early version of the wolf head logo, too! In the 1940s, the wolf head design was used sporadically in campus publications, and appeared more frequently post-World War II. The wolf head shown below has some similarities to the logo used today, although the red and white hat has "N.C.S." stitched on the front instead of "NC State."
1950s
In the 1950s, football programs continued to use wolf logos, and new student-drawn images were published in the Agromeck . The 1950 Agromeck featured unique wolf drawings, including wolves participating in various sports like basketball. Football programs branched out to include information on other sports, and with this change, wolf graphics for each sport were designed.
1960s
NC State's wolf logo changed constantly in the 1960s. A recurring design in university sports programs was a human-like wolf dressed in clothing, from a football jersey to a dress suit. A 1967 football program included an image of a wolf dressed up for a game standing on four legs with its fangs aggressively bared. Another drawing from a commemorative basketball program showed a wolf dressed in a suit building a statue in honor of Coach Everett Case after he retired from coaching in 1965.
According to the NC State Trademark Licensing Office , the "Tuffy the Strutting Wolf" logo appeared for the first time in the early 1960s, and this basic graphic became the standard for today's design. The university has not attributed the design to a singular artist, however, according to this 2020 Technician article , Nola Armstrong sketched one of the earliest versions of the "Strutting Wolf" logo in 1964. In the sketch, the wolf stood upright and wore a hat and a sweater decorated with a big block-shaped “S” and “NC” in smaller lettering.
1970s
Agromecks published in the 1970s contained only a few wolf graphics designed by students. Instead, the variety of logos published in university athletics programs multiplied. The 1974 basketball season, ending with the Wolfpack winning the NCAA championship, incorporated celebratory wolf imagery, such as an image of the wolf wearing a crown. The Technician student newspaper also used new designs in the 1970s, including an image of a friendly wolf mascot in a bowl of tangerines for the Tangerine Bowl Special.
1980s
Wolf logos were heavily featured in athletics publications throughout the 1980s with creative new images published. A variation of the "Strutting Wolf" design appeared several times in campus publications with the iconic red-striped sweater and "NCSU" hat. Special editions of the Technician made the wolf a central character in comic strips, often depicting NC State's victory over other sports teams in dramatic fashion.
1990s
Similar to previous decades, the vast majority of wolf logos from the 1990s were in athletics and Technician publications, with very few wolf illustrations published in Agromecks. Agromecks from this decade were mostly devoid of wolf drawings with a few exceptions. In the 1996 edition of the Agromeck , an image of the Wolfpack with three wolves centered on the page reappeared, similiar to the previous Wolfpack logo from the 1940s.
2000s-today
Although there was a decline in new logo designs from the 2000s to the 2010s, NC State started to standardize its logo design for more consistent branding. In 2005, the "Strutting Tuffy" logo was updated to allow for more consistent reproduction and a modern appearance. The new and improved Tuffy walked with his left foot forward, and he wore a red sweater with the Block S and a round hat with the name “NC STATE” in all-caps. The wolf head design was also updated in 2005 to support more consistent branding and licensing efforts for the university. In the future, there may be additional changes to the iconic NC State logo, but some themes and designs have persisted for many years to represent the ever-growing Wolfpack.
For further research on this topic, refer to the Special Collections Research Center Historical State Timelines page on Mascots, Colors, Team Names, and Symbols. If you have any questions or are interested in viewing Special Collections materials, please contact us at [email protected] or submit a request online . The Special Collections Research Center is open by appointment only . Appointments are available Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm and Saturday, 1pm–5pm. Requests for a Saturday appointment must be received no later than Tuesday of the same week.
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The Origin of the 'Wolfpack'
NC State was tagged with the nickname "Wolfpack" out of anger.
In 1921, an anonymous alum was upset that the behavior of some players on the football team was "as unruly as a pack of wolves." Within weeks, both the NC State Alumni News and the new student newspaper, Technician, began referring to the football team as "The Wolfpack."
In the first three decades of athletics at the North Carolina School for Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, from 1892-1920, there was no formal nickname for the varsity teams that represented the school in intercollegiate athletics. Local wags often referred to the football, baseball, basketball, track and tennis teams as the "Techs," "Farmers," "Aggies" -- anything that might represent the school's agrarian and technical roots.
Other than the interlocking AMC monogram used for athletes who won varsity letters, there were no official logos, no marketing campaigns, no official branding of any sort. The school sold a few pennants, letterman sweaters and red ribbons to fans who gathered at Riddick Field for games, but other school merchandise was limited.
In 1918, as the school changed its name to North Carolina State College, the AMC logo was replaced by a new N S C monogram that eventually morphed into the Block S logo that is still in use today. Three years later, the school was ready for a more consistent nickname, and the anonymous letter-writer provided the perfect opportunity.
That unruly bunch of football players, by the way, finished with a 3-3-3 record for head coach Harry Hartsell, a season highlighted primarily by a 7-0 victory over North Carolina during the State Fair. That victory, played in front of the largest crowd that had ever gathered at Riddick Field, secured the mythical state championship for the newly nicknamed squad.
However, only the football team was called the Wolfpack. Other teams were still referred to as the Aggies or Farmers or Techs until 1925, when new basketball coach Gus Tebell unveiled bright red silk basketball uniforms. Previous togs had been mostly white, with red trim. Because of Tebell's intricate passing schemes that made the team so successful - and the fact that the team had ginger-haired captain Rochelle "Red" Johnson - writers of the daybegan referring to Tebell's team as the "Red Terrors."
That name stuck to every varsity program except football, which has been consistently called the "Wolfpack" since 1921.
Keeping the Name
During World War II, NC State served as a military training ground for the Navy, Army and the early aviators who eventually became part of the Air Force. The campus swelled from less than 2,000 students prior to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, to more than 4,500 by Victory over Europe Day on May 8, 1945.
However, enrollment at the school in 1945 was only about 750 college students, while the rest of the personnel on campus were military trainees. By the fall of 1946, however, the population exploded to some 5,000 college students, mostly war veterans who were taking advantage of the GI Bill to get an affordable education. There was barely any place to house such an enormous population of students.
It's little wonder, with such a heavy population of veterans, that some questioned the use of the nickname "Wolfpack," since that was the name Hitler proudly called the German U-boats that terrorized the Atlantic Ocean throughout the war.
In July, 1946, less than a year after he was named the school's first chancellor, Col. John W. Harrelson asked students to consider a new nickname for the football team, because of the negative connotation of the German submarines and the bad reputation of the predatory animals. Harrelson had served in the U.S. Army during World War I and was particularly eager to please a campus bulging with veterans and their families.
"The only thing lower than a wolf is a snake in the grass," Harrelson proclaimed.
In late 1946, students and alumni were asked to come up with a single nickname to represent all varsity athletic teams. First prize in the contest was six season football tickets.
The nominees were less than inspiring: The North Staters, the Cardinals, the Hornets, the Cultivators, the Cotton Pickers and the Pine-rooters (a down-east name for pigs), the Auctioneers and the Calumets. The latter two were reference to tobacco auctions that had been common for nearly 200 years in the state.
As the contest drew to a close, there were more letters in support of retaining the Wolfpack nickname than anything else, so Harrelson relented and allowed the name to stick.
It didn't hurt that the Wolfpack football team, led by newly hired coach Beattie Feathers, made its first post-season bowl appearance, facing Oklahoma in the Gator Bowl. New basketball coach Everett Case led the hoops team, still called the "Red Terrors," to its first Southern Conference championship since 1929. And new baseball coach Vic Sorrell, a long-time star pitcher of the Detroit Tigers, began building his successful baseball program.
Because of alumni support and a school spirit that reached a fever pitch among the veterans, the nickname Wolfpack stuck, for all teams.
"Togo, Tige"
Long before NC State teams were known as "The Wolfpack," the football and baseball teams had bulldog mascots named "Togo" and, later, "Tige." Teams of that time were referred to as simply Farmers or Techs or Aggies. Togo was led onto the field by the school's chief "rooter," a student who led cheers on the sidelines. The dogs made on-and-off appearances at outdoor events, but were almost always featured in the team photos.
"State"
From "The Wolfpack. Intercollegiate Athletics at NC State" by Dr. Bill Beezley: In the 1940s, "cheerleaders for several years had brought a Minnesota timber wolf to football games. But the animal, called `State,' had never become accustomed to the crowds. It would cringe and cry and try to slink out of the stadium every time spectators cheered. `State' was sold to a traveling animal show because of its unbecoming timidity."
"Lobo"
A live Minnesota timberwolf, Lobo was purchased in 1959 to be a sideline mascot for the football team. He was a sickly animal when he arrived and died shortly after receiving a vitamin shot. He was kept in a pen behind the house of Lawrence Burnette, an employee of the NC State chemistry department.
"Lobo II"
A true timberwolf, or canis lupus, Lobo II was kept in a cage and rolled into Riddick Stadium by two cheerleaders. He made his debut at the State-Carolina football game in Chapel Hill on Oct. 3, 1959. But he soon suffered a nervous breakdown after appearing before 40,000 screaming fans and never fully recovered. He was also kept in a pen at Burnette's home. One night, someone left his cage door open and he escaped into the woods of Wake County, and was never heard from again.
"Lobo III"
This is the most famous of all the live mascots. In celebration of the opening of Carter Stadium in 1966, students in summer school began a fundraising campaign to purchase a new wolf to roam the sidelines. They sold "shares" at 25 cents each, and raised $700 to have a live mascot. They paid $125 to Osborn Zoo Supply Company in Viking, Minn., for what they thought was a four-month-old timber wolf, and spent another $125 to have the animal shipped to Raleigh. They used the rest of the money to pay Burnette to pay Lobo's room and board.
He was particularly popular because he would often howl.
After pre-vet students noticed that the animal looked a little funny, Dr. Fred Barkalow of the NC State Zoology Department examined Lobo III and confirmed that he was, in fact, a coyote, not a timber wolf. He thought that was good.
"[Coyotes] are much finer animals, much more able to stand civilization," he said in a February 1967 interview with Technician. "Wolves are dangerous. they're unpredictable when they are old, and they are tremendous animals besides. One could crush a man's arm. It's not inconceivable that the University might have been faced with a lawsuit had either Lobo I or II reached maturity.
"People have seen too many Walt-Disney-type stories to fully appreciate the temperament of this animal."
"Frankly, I am glad we didn't get a wolf. Wolves are very high-strung and nervous. They're animals of the wild spaces and it's cruel and inhumane to subject them to 20,000 howling people. The coyote is a far better mascot. He has a temperament more like a dog's and he can stand up to civilization. Lobo III is a friendly creature and he has taken to the crowds."
The revelation that Lobo III was really a coyote made front-page news in Raleigh's News & Observer. A Technician editorial urged the students to keep the coyote. Following the Wolfpack's win at second-ranked Houston - still one of the biggest football wins in school history - Sports Illustrated dubbed the Wolfpack and its White Shoes defense the "Kool Kyoties." The team went on to finish 9-2 on the season and win the first post-season bowl game in school history, a 14-7 victory over Georgia in the Liberty Bowl.
But fans eventually lost interest in the coyote, especially after the football team finished with a 3-6-1 record in 1969. They never really got over the fact he wasn't a wolf.
"I think that's what turned everyone against Lobo III. When they found out he was a coyote instead of a wolf they didn't care about him anymore," Burnette said in 1972. "I'd really like to see them get a wolf again. I tried to get one myself a while back, but I found out that wolves are on the government's endangered species list, so it's just about impossible to get one legally. I'd still be willing to keep a wolf. Still got my pens and everything."
Lobo was retired in 1970 and was scheduled to be put to sleep. However, a "Save Lobo" campaign led by former State Representative Archie McMillan put off those plans. The coyote was supposed to be retired to the North Carolina Zoo, which was under construction in Asheboro at the time. But he died of heartworms before the zoo was completed.
Live dogs
In 1972, five dogs roamed the sidelines at Carter Stadium, two purebred Siberian Huskies and three Alaska Malamutes, owned by students Harry Rattelade and Nick Koch. Again, the dog mascots never caught on and their use was discontinued in the late 1970s.
"Tuffy"
For many years, alumni and students fondly recalled the live mascots on the sidelines at Carter-Finley Stadium and asked to have another at outdoor events. But wolves are protected as an endangered species and have proven unsuitable in the stadium environment.
In the fall of 2010, NC State found a new mascot named Tuffy. He is not a wolf, but a Tasmaskan dog that looks strikingly like a wolf. Tamaskans originated from Finland, with Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes. The first Tuffy is cared for by a family in Eastern North Carolina, and is transported to home football games, where he roams the sidelines during the action.
A Guide to North Carolina’s College Mascots
The only way we could get this motley crew of birds, beasts, and men to pose together was to illustrate them. But the rivalries between these Division I good luck charms are good-natured — we think.
North Carolina Tar Heels
Rather than confront the stark difficulty of humanizing a foot, UNC went with Rameses the Ram in 1924, borrowing the nickname of star fullback Jack “Battering Ram” Merrit. The mascot stuck when a kicker hit a game-winning field goal in the presence of a live Rameses the university had ordered. From Texas.
Duke Blue Devils
In 1921, the student newspaper led a write-in campaign to choose a mascot, and no clear favorite emerged, so they were all like, fine, let’s just go with Blue Devils, and it stuck. The name is connected more closely to a unit of elite French soldiers than it is to any nefarious biblical figure; hopefully that’ll help you sleep better before the game.
N.C. State Wolfpack
In the 1940s, students actually got a real live timber wolf to appear at football games. It snarled a lot. It was a bit too fierce. Since then, no live wolves. In 2010, the university instead began using Tuffy the Tamaskan dog, who looks a lot like a wolf but isn’t closely related to one. Of course, Mr. and Mrs. Wuf are still around. And plush.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Look, a top hat and tails might seem like a bit much for the sidelines, but this guy’s been wearing the same thing since 1941. It’s like he’s formal, but he’s here to party, too.
East Carolina Pirates
Elementary school students, not ECU students, chose the mascot and his name, Pee Dee the Pirate, in 1983. The name Pee Dee was dropped, but the Pirate remains, and he now makes his way from Greenville to the coast by using U.S. Highway 264 instead of the Tar River.
Campbell Fighting Camels
His name’s Gaylord, and he’s a hairy dromedary, ladies. You have to travel roughly 4,000 miles from Buies Creek before you can hope to find a camel in the wild, unless one gets loose from a petting zoo.
Western Carolina Catamounts
A catamount is a wild cat like a cougar or a lynx, which sounds fierce until you learn that WCU’s mascot is named Paws (awwwwwww). Before 1933, the college’s athletic teams were known as The Teachers.
N.C. A&T Aggies
An aggie is just a nickname for a student at an agricultural and technical school, so in a way, they’re all mascots. But A&T’s been using a bulldog as a mascot for as long as anyone can remember, which means everyone can blame themselves for eating their own homework.
Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs
Bulldogs don’t so much run as lollop along quickly, jowls bouncing. It’s safe to say that the athletes in Boiling Springs are a bit more graceful.
Davidson Wildcats
During the winter of 1892, some students pulled a prank by making a wildcat out of rags and wire and fooling their buddy into shooting it. Let this be a lesson, students: If your prank is good enough, your college might fashion it into a mascot.
N.C. Central Eagles
The university’s founder, Dr. James E. Shepard, used to explain it thusly: “And while a Sparrow clings to its flock, an Eagle soars alone.” There’s no I in team, though, nor in eagle.
Elon Phoenix
Elon’s only been the Phoenix for 14 years. The name alludes to the school’s recovery from a 1923 fire that ripped through campus. Before that they were the Fightin’ Christians, but the bearded mascot who roamed the sidelines didn’t seem like the fisticuffin’ type.
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Yosef first appeared in the student newspaper as a drawing, because an editor needed to fill some white space. Since then, he’s grown a beard, donned overalls, and has been known to beat back Wolverines from time to time.
Charlotte 49ers
UNC Charlotte became a two-year college in 1949. California’s gold rush happened in 1849, years after Charlotte’s. N.C. Highway 49 runs by the university. The mascot’s name is Norm the Niner, which rhymes with miner. I think you get the idea.
This story was published on Aug 25, 2014
Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich is a former Our State editor, and is currently the communications director for the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. Find his newsletter, North Carolina Rabbit Hole, at ncrabbithole.com.
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