School Spirit
The Fight Song
D-rah!
E-rah!
N-rah!
V-E-R Boom.
Denver, our Denver, We sing to thee,
Fairest of colleges, give her three times three,
Rah, rah, rah!
Long may we cherish her faithful and true.
University of Denver for me and you.
Meet Ruckus, the Pioneer mascot
No one wears the Pioneer jersey with quite the flair of Ruckus, a giant red-tailed hawk who keeps fans energized at Pioneer games.
The red-tailed hawk was chosen as the symbol of Pioneer spirit because it's one of the most familiar and majestic of the wild animals in the Rocky Mountains. Ruckus is the third mascot in DU athletics history, following Pioneer Pete (1910-1961) and the Walt Disney-created Denver Boone (1968-1998).