NICKNAME
The Troy athletic teams have had a variety of nicknames throughout the years, from Bulldogs to Teachers to Red Wave. As the football team began competition in the 1910s, the was called Bulldogs or Teachers (since the school began as teacher’s college). In 1922, the group was called Trojans for the first time. That lasted until Albert Elmore’s arrival on campus 1931. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Elmore changed the nickname to Red Wave, a variation of Crimson Tide. The Red Wave moniker stuck until 1973, when the student body was charged again with voting for its new team nickname. The first game of the season in 1973 on the road against Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana-Monroe), the squad departed Troy without a nickname. However, the students voted on the nickname that Saturday morning. The winner? Trojans. The current nickname won the election by a two-to-one margin with the ballots being tallied just hours before kickoff. With the new nickname, the Trojans battled Northeast Louisiana to a 15-15 tie.
T-ROY
T-Roy, the Troy mascot and a fan favorite, has been a familiar sight at Troy athletic events since making his first appearance in the mid 1980s. T-Roy became the school mascot after a campus-wide decision on the name for a new mascot. There was an election by the student body with “T-Roy” coming out victorious. In the spring of 2008, T-Roy was voted the third best mascot in the nation.
TROJAN LOGO
When Troy dropped the State from its name in 2005, they upgraded the look of the athletic logo. Troy went from a simple Trojan helmet to a menacing looking Trojan. Troy also made an assortment of side logos including the letter “T”, shaped like a sword and also a crest that says “Troy” with two swords crossing behind the intial logo.