# 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:
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross country |
| Football | Golf |
| Golf | Soccer |
| Soccer | Softball |
| Track and field$^†$ | Track and field$^†$ |
| † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor ||

### 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.

### Team

| Association | Division | Sport | Year | Opponent/Runner-up | Score |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Indoor Track and Field (5) | 2004 | Adams State | 62–58 (+4) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Indoor Track and Field (5) | 2006 | Abilene Christian | 87–501⁄3 (+362⁄3) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Indoor Track and Field (5) | 2009 | Grand Valley State | 1001⁄2–48 (+521⁄2) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Indoor Track and Field (5) | 2010 | Ashland Grand Valley State | 56–47 (+9) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Indoor Track and Field (5) | 2016 | Hillsdale | 60–58 (+2) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2003 | St. Augustine's | 98–67 (+31) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2004 | Adams State | 85–81 (+4) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2005 | Cal State Bakersfield | 108–53 (+55) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2006 | Abilene Christian | 93–86 (+7) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2007 | Abilene Christian | 821⁄2–69 (+131⁄2) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2009 | Adams State | 85–82 (+3) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2014 | Johnson C. Smith | 64–59 (+5) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 2018 | Saint Augustine's | 60–481⁄2 (+111⁄2) |
| NCAA (14) | Division II (14) | Women's Outdoor Track and Field (9) | 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 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