Touchdown (mascot)

A costumed Touchdown at homecoming in 1987. Note the Schoellkopf West stands behind the mascot, which were demolished in 2016.

Touchdown, or the Big Red Bear, is the unofficial mascot of Cornell University. The first mascot was an American black bear introduced in 1915 by the Cornell University Athletic Association. Three more live bears over the course of approximately two decades also made appearances at Cornell until the live bear was replaced by costumed students some years later.

Touchdown appears on the logo for Cornell Athletics, and is represented in a statue erected outside Teagle Hall in 2015.