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About Oklahoma Sooners Football
Stadium Name: Owen Field
Schedule: Sooners Schedule
Key Rivals: Oklahoma State, Texas, Iowa State, Colorado
About Oklahoma Sooners Basketball
Stadium Name: Lloyd Noble Center
Schedule: Sooners Schedule
Key Rivals: Oklahoma State, Colorado, Iowa State
The official school colors of crimson and cream became
official about a century ago and you can still see those colors worn proudly
by Sooner athletes and fans alike on game days or when they want to show
their love for the university.
In the fall of 1895, Miss May Overstreet, the only woman
on the faculty, was asked to chair a committee to select the colors of
the university. The committee decided the colors should be crimson and
cream and an elaborate display of the colors was draped above a platform
before the student body. The student body approved with great enthusiasm
and immediately pennants, banners, badges and decorations of every description
appeared on the streets, in the windows, at chapel, in classrooms, and
all public places; however, local merchants could not supply the demand.
Even though the school colors have evolved to red and
white over the years, you can ask any self-respecting Sooner what the
colors are and they will proudly announce "Crimson and Cream."
On game days, a sea of crimson rolls through OU's home
arenas and all Sooners are urged to wear the official colors to show the
rest of the country what school spirit and Sooner Pride is all about.
OU Mascot
The University of Oklahoma mascot has evolved through
the years and the mascots involved just adds to the lore of Soonerdom.
Though the different mascots were completely different from each other,
make no mistake: They were all Sooners.
Mex ... OU's First Mascot
During OU football and baseball games from 1915-1928, Mex the Dog wore
a red sweater with a big red letter "O" on the side. One of
his main jobs was to keep stray dogs from roaming the field during a game
in the days when the football field was more accessible to non-ticketholders.
Before his career as a mascot, Mex was just a helpless "dog waif."
Then, a U.S. Army field hospital medic found him in Mexico in 1914 during
the Mexican Revolution unrest. Mott Keys was stationed along the Mexican
border near Laredo, Texas, and found the dog among a litter of abandoned
pups one night on the Mexican side.
Mex was adopted by Keys' company, and when Keys finished
his duty and moved to Hollis, Oklahoma, he took Mex. He later attended
OU and Mex followed him again. At OU, Mex's experience as an Army medic
company mascot landed him the job with the football team and a home in
the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. He quickly became Oklahoma's most famous
dog. "A joyous staccato bark cheered Sooner touchdowns" at football
games and a "victory woof" punctuated home runs at baseball
games. But Mex began to gain national attention in October of 1924 after
OU lost a game to Drake University 28-0. The Sooners also lost Mex.
Mex did not board the train heading home in Arkansas
City, Kansas. Rumors spread across the Missouri Valley, the conference
OU played in at the time, that Mex was returning to attack the Drake Bulldogs
and avenge the loss. A 50-cent reward was offered, and Mex was found by
upset OU graduates J.D. Hull, Hughes B. Davis and J.C. Henley. Mex was
discovered pacing in the train station platform in Arkansas City. The
men drove Mex to the next Saturday game at Stillwater. After Mex was once
poisoned by non-Sooner fans, the dog learned to eat only from the hands
of his caretakers. Mex died of old age on April 30, 1928 and he was so
popular among students and faculty that the university closed for his
funeral and procession on May 2, 1928. He was buried in a small casket
somewhere under the existing stadium.
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