Auburn's Aubie the Tiger has been a 'uniquely Auburn' staple at Jordan-Hare Stadium since 1979.
For nearly 20 years to that point, Aubie was often featured on the covers of Auburn’s football programs — but it wasn’t until then that he was brought to life.. Despite Aubie’s humble beginnings, he was a good-luck charm for the Auburn football team, which won its first nine games with Aubie on the cover of its programs.In the late 1970s, many college football teams used live animals as their mascots. At Auburn, a golden eagle who was ironically named “Tiger” was used.
But Auburn student government spirit chairman James Lloyd wanted to find a way to entice fans to come to Jordan-Hare Stadium earlier on game days. And he figured the antics of a costumed mascot could be the ticket. Lloyd himself went on to wear the costume as Aubie made his first-ever appearance at the SEC basketball championships in Birmingham on Feb. 28, 1979. Auburn went on to upset Georgia and Vanderbilt to punch its ticket to the semi-finals.After narrowing it down, the university decided it would announce the audition winner at Toomer’s Corner the Thursday prior to the spring football game.
“Some people assumed it would just be someone in a suit walking around,” Mask said in 2019. “But I decided this was going to be a real character, like Phil Neel created. I decided Aubie should be loveable, a good dancer, a harmless flirt, and a good-natured prankster. And I drew inspiration from the Pink Panther, especially because the costume’s feet.”
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