0 ▁victory . ▁They ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁achieve ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁university ' s ▁greatest ▁football ▁season ▁ever . ▁The ▁Bob c ats ▁finished ▁ 1 0 - 0 ▁that ▁year ▁and ▁were ▁voted ▁the ▁NCAA ▁National ▁College ▁Division ▁Champion . ▁ ▁The ▁task ▁of ▁design ing ▁the ▁Bob cat ▁mas cot ▁cost ume ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁Tom ▁Sch ant z . ▁The ▁out fit ▁he ▁created ▁included ▁a ▁very ▁green ▁hand - kn it ▁swe ater ▁with ▁‘ OH IO ’ ▁emb la zon ed ▁in ▁white ▁across ▁the ▁front , ▁and ▁was ▁literally ▁to pped ▁off ▁by ▁a ▁large ▁pap ier - m â ché ▁head ▁made ▁in ▁France . ▁The ▁question ▁of ▁who ▁would ▁wear ▁the ▁cost ume ▁was ▁complicated ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁suit ▁was ▁hot , ▁conf ining ▁and ▁had ▁awk ward ▁dimensions . ▁Dan ▁Nich ols , ▁class ▁of ▁' 6 3 , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Bob cat ▁mas cot ▁and ▁began ▁the ▁tradition ▁that ▁the ▁person ▁don ning ▁the ▁cost ume ▁must ▁live ▁in ▁Lincoln ▁Hall , ▁a ▁tradition ▁that ▁last ed ▁for ▁several ▁dec ades . ▁The ▁Camp us ▁Affairs ▁Committee ▁decided ▁that ▁the ▁Bob cat ▁mas cot ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁permanent ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁cheer leading ▁squad ▁and ▁would ▁be ▁present ▁at ▁all ▁football ▁and ▁basketball ▁games . ▁ ▁R uf us ▁has ▁trans c ended ▁his ▁courts ide ▁profile ▁further ▁by ▁becoming ▁a ▁be acon ▁of ▁spirit ▁for ▁al umn i , ▁char ities , ▁and ▁university ▁campaign s . ▁