Lincoln Blue Tigers



The Lincoln Blue Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Lincoln University, located in Jefferson City, Missouri, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) since the 2024–25 academic year. The Blue Tigers previously competed in the Heartland Conference (1999–2010) and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (1970–1999 and 2010–2024).

Sports sponsored
Lincoln sponsors fourteen intercollegiate varsity sports:

Football
The Blue Tigers sponsored football from their first tenure in the MIAA until after the 1989 fall season, before revitalizing it and rejoined the MIAA in 2010.

Women's track and field
The Lincoln Blue Tigers women's track and field team made NCAA Division II history by winning the Outdoor Track and Field Championships five consecutive times, from 2003 to 2007. They won a sixth title in 2009 and a seventh in 2014.

Former programs
In May 2016 Lincoln dropped its baseball and women's tennis programs. In June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic Lincoln dropped its women's bowling program.

National championships
The Blue Tigers have won fourteen NCAA Division II team championships.

Fight song
Lincoln University doesn't have a name for their fight song, but it is sung to the tune of "The Washington and Lee Swing".

Alma mater
Sung to the tune of "Ach, wie ist's möglich dann", an old German folk song published in 1827 and variously credited to Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken or Friedrich Silcher, Lincoln's fight song is called "Lincoln, O, Lincoln". (The West Point and Wake Forest alma maters also use the same tune.)

Notable alumni

 * Dusty Decker, Negro league infielder
 * Leo Lewis, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
 * Zeke Moore, National Football League (NFL) defensive back
 * Lemar Parrish, eight-time Pro Bowl NFL defensive back in the 1970s and early 1980s, head coach of the Blue Tiger football team from 2005 to 2008