What is the Auburn Tigers Logo?
AU logo in blue with orange outline. Fritz Siler was a sophomore at Auburn University and a bass drummer for the Auburn University Marching Band in 1965 when he thought there was a need for a more memorable emblem on his drum, something more than a simple A. At the time, Silers roommate happened to be working on a graphic for an industrial design project. To Siler, it looked similar to Indiana Universitys overlapping I and U logo. A lightbulb went off. Siler created a symmetrical stencil of an A overlapping an U, or at least as symmetrical as possible. It made its debut on Silers drum at the 1966 A-Day game: A navy blue interlocking AU with orange trim (he thought blue would help distinguish Auburn from orange-clad competition like Tennessee, Clemson, and Florida). The design made its way onto Auburns football helmets during the 1966 season, announced in August and the first game in September 1966.
