IU does not have a mascot, but student-athletes are known as "Hoosiers", a nickname for natives or residents of Indiana. A bulldog named Ox served as the football team's mascot from 1959–1965.Indiana had a bison as its mascot in the late 1960s and introduced a mascot named "Hoosier Pride" in 1979. But that mascot didn’t go over well with fans and was quickly abandoned.
