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: Baseball Basketball Basketball Cross country Football Golf Golf Soccer Soccer Softball Track and field† Track and field†
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.Lincoln returns to MIAA – St. Joseph News-Press – February 2, 2009
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.
Team
NCAA (14) Division II (14) Women's Indoor Track and Field (5)2004Adams State62–58 (+4)2006Abilene Christian87–50 (+36)2009Grand Valley State100–48 (+52)2010AshlandGrand Valley State56–47 (+9)2016Hillsdale60–58 (+2) Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) 2003 St. Augustine's 98–67 (+31) 2004 Adams State 85–81 (+4) 2005 Cal State Bakersfield 108–53 (+55) 2006 Abilene Christian 93–86 (+7) 2007 Abilene Christian 82–69 (+13) 2009 Adams State 85–82 (+3) 2014 Johnson C. Smith 64–59 (+5) 2018 Saint Augustine's 60–48 (+11) 2019 Adams State 64–54 (+10)
Songs 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 infielderCourier staff (October 11, 1930). "Missouri Classic Attracts". Pittsburgh Courier. p. 14. Retrieved July 8, 2021.Courier-Journal staff (April 10, 1938). "Decker Is Signed to Manage Black Colonels". The Louisville Courier-Journal. p. 58. Retrieved July 8, 2021. 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
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