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The sports teams are nicknamed the Cyclones, a name which dates back to 1895. All through that summer and fall, Iowa suffered an unusually high number of devastating cyclones (as tornados were called at the time). That year, the Iowa State football team went to Northwestern University and defeated its highly-regarded team by a score of 36-0. The next day, the Chicago Tribune's headline read "Struck By A Cyclone- Iowa Cyclone Devastates Evanstontown." The article reported that "Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa cyclone as with the Iowa team it met yesterday." The nickname stuck and the Iowa State team had made a name for itself, literally. The school colors are cardinal and gold, with occasional navy blue trim. The mascot is Cy the Cardinal, who was introduced in 1954. This is likely a reference to the school's original nickname, the Cardinals. The Iowa State Cyclones play in the NCAA's Division I-A as part of the Big 12 Conference.
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