page_title: Rufus the Bobcat
hierarchical_section_title: Rufus the Bobcat
caption_attribution_description: English: Rufus the Bobcat mascot streams fanatics at an Ohio University Autumn Football Game, Athens, Ohio. My photograph originally for the Ohio University Alumni Association website. Français&#160;: La mascotte Rufus the Bobcat harangue les fans lors d'un match de football américain en automne pour l'Ohio University. Ma photographie apparaît d'abord sur le site de l'alumni de l'association de l'université.
context_page_description: Rufus the Bobcat is the mascot for the Ohio Bobcats. Ohio University revealed the new mascot during a ceremony before the Bobcats' victory over Tennessee-Martin on Saturday, September 2, 2006. At the suggestion of a university alumnus, Michael Massa, Class Of 1982, a University-wide contest to name the bobcat took place in 2006. The unveiling ceremony began with a video of the mascot interacting with the football team and Head Coach Frank Solich culminating with Rufus roaring into Peden Stadium on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. In October 2014, coinciding with a space conference being held on campus, Rufus the Bobcat was the first college mascot’s name to venture into deep outer space aboard an unmanned NASA spacecraft, carrying a CD library of names.
context_section_description: Rufus the Bobcat is the mascot for the Ohio Bobcats. Ohio University revealed the new mascot during a ceremony before the Bobcats' victory over Tennessee-Martin on Saturday, September 2, 2006. At the suggestion of a university alumnus, Michael Massa, Class Of 1982, a University-wide contest to name the bobcat took place in 2006.  The unveiling ceremony began with a video of the mascot interacting with the football team and Head Coach Frank Solich culminating with Rufus roaring into Peden Stadium on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. In October 2014, coinciding with a space conference being held on campus, Rufus the Bobcat was the first college mascot’s name to venture into deep outer space aboard an unmanned NASA spacecraft,  carrying a CD library of names.
caption: Rufus the Bobcat ignites a home football crowd!
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