Actual mascot proposals prior to the Silver & Gold's 1934 national mascot naming contest.
- Silver Helmets
- Wolves
- Eagles
- Elks
- Yellow Jackets
- Greyhounds
- Sour-Doughs
- Big Horns
- Frontiersmen
- Fifty-Niners
Source: Colorado Alumnus magazine, October 1934
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