1926 1936 1946 2004 first Ivy League championship In 1926 The Brown Bears men’s basketball team wins the first Ivy League championship in the sport. See Full Story Bears football team wins the first-ever Sugar Bowl In 1936 The Brown Bears football team wins the first-ever Sugar Bowl, defeating the University of Tennessee 7-0. See Full Story Bears men’s soccer …
Central Arkansas Bears School History
2008 2010 2013 2017 2019 Central Arkansas Bears men’s basketball team wins the Gulf South Conference championship In 2008, the Central Arkansas Bears men’s basketball team won the Gulf South Conference championship. The team finished the regular season with a 13-5 conference record, which earned them a share of the conference title. In the conference tournament, held from March 5-9, …
Missouri State Bears School History
1913 1996 2008 2016 Missouri State Bears baseball first game The 1913 Missouri State Bears baseball team played their inaugural game on April 11, 1913, against Drury College. The game was played in Springfield, Missouri, and the Bears emerged victorious with a score of 9-5. The game marked the beginning of the Bears’ baseball program, which has since become one …
Northern Colorado Bears School History
1998 2003 2011 2015 2017 UNC joins the Big Sky Conference In 1998, the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) joined the Big Sky Conference, which is a NCAA Division I conference that consists of teams from the western United States. UNC previously competed in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and the North Central Conference before joining the Big Sky Conference. …
Chicago Bears Team History
1922 1985 1983 2003 Bears Team Nickname In 1922, Halas changed the team name from the Staleys to the Bears. The team moved into Wrigley Field, which was home to the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise. As with several early NFL franchises, the Bears derived their nickname from their city’s baseball team some directly, some indirectly like the Bears, whose young …
