Predators of both adults and young include Coyotes, Bobcats, Cougars, eagles and ( with the exception of adult males ) Great Horned Owls, domestic dogs, and red foxes.

Collegiate sports in Spokane focus on the local teams such as the Gonzaga Bulldogs that compete in the West Coast Conference as well as other regional teams including the Washington State Cougars, Eastern Washington Eagles, and the Idaho Vandals.

The university's varsity athletic teams, known as the Houston Cougars, are members of Conference USA and compete in the NCAA's Division I in all sports.

The Columbus State University Cougars have many different types of men's and women's athletics, including basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, tennis, golf, and cross country, all of which compete at the NCAA Division II level.

The Cougars compete in various sports including: hockey, basketball, volleyball, golf and soccer.

The school's sports teams compete in the NAIA Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference ( CCAC ) as the Cougars.

The Robert G. Cole Cougars compete in the following sports:

The Cougars compete in all sports except football ; the university's football team is known as the Regina Rams.

All teams, known as the Cougars, compete in Region XXI of Division III of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Teams in this league ( currently eight ) compete for the national title and a spot in the CFU Club Championship, however, to 2010 ( Devonshire Cougars ), no Bermudian club has participated in the CFU Championship.

Steele Canyon Cougars compete in the Grossmont South League Conference and the San Diego Section of the California Interscholastic Federation ( CIF ).

San Jacinto College ( the Cougars ( has a sports stadium for college football and a gymnasium for college basketball, along with a ball park for a collegiate baseball team the San Jacinto Valley Hermits in the 2009 season, the team was in Beaumont, California in 2010 and in 2011, was replaced by the Diamond Valley Sabers in nearby Hemet.

* Ipswich Cougars an American football club in Ipswich, Queensland

* Kansas Cougars Semi-Pro football, member of CFL

Thousands of fans attend football games for the Garden City High School Cougars.

Noteworthy is the Apple Cup football game, the annual rivalry game between the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars, played every other year in Pullman.

Martin Stadium, the Cougars ' football stadium since 1972, holds more than 35, 000 spectators, which makes it the smallest stadium in the Pac-12 conference, but still allows it to hold 125 percent of Pullman's population, including the nearly 20, 000 student population.

Martin Stadium ( 1972 ), home of Washington State Cougars football | Cougars football

Cougar fans celebrate after an Apple Cup win in 2004 Washington State Cougars football team | 2004

Paul Wulff began his second season as WSU head football coach when the Cougars took on the Stanford Cardinal on September 5, 2009, at Martin Stadium in Pullman.

The university's 31st head football coach, Wulff is the first WSU graduate and football letter-winner since Phil Sarboe to lead the Cougars.

A three-year letterman in football for the Cougars, Moos was on the WSU athletic staff from 1982 – 1990, then was athletic director for the University of Montana and the University of Oregon.

Category: Houston Cougars football venues

Category: BYU Cougars football players

Houston Cougars vs Oklahoma State Cowboys football game at: en: Boone Pickens Stadium | Boone Pickens Stadium in 2008

Category: Washington State Cougars football players

The Rams nickname is used by the university's football team only ; all other teams at the school are named Regina Cougars.

Rather than change their name to Regina Cougars, the football team continued to use the moniker " Rams.

Houston Cougars football team plays its home games at Robertson Stadium

The Houston Cougars football team has made 20 post-season bowl appearances and has to its credit several Southwest Conference championships and Cotton Bowl Classic appearances, as well as the 2006 Conference USA Championship.

The town has an Australian Rules football team, The Coldstream Cougars, competing in the Eastern Football League.

The first collegiate football game played in the Kingdome was between the Washington State Cougars and USC Trojans, when Ricky Bell set the NCAA single-game rushing yardage record ( later broken by Reuben Mayes of Washington State ).< ref >

The new Detroit franchise purchased the players of the folded Victoria Cougars WHL club to play for the team.

The Cougars made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 1929 with Carson Cooper leading the team in scoring.

He would later play in the American Basketball Association for the Carolina Cougars in the 1969-70 season.

Three leagues competed for the Cup: two league champions faced each other for the right to challenge the third champion in the final series .< ref >< nowiki > Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey </ nowiki >, pp. 20 – 21 </ ref > This lasted three seasons as the PCHA and the WCHL later merged to form the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) in 1925 .< ref name =" DiamondPrize-21 ">< nowiki > Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey </ nowiki >, p. 21 </ ref > After winning in the 1924 – 25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup.

Entering the Finals against the New York Islanders, the Canucks were the first team from Western Canada to play for the Stanley Cup in 56 years, when the Victoria Cougars reached the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Missouri State Bears are also an affiliate for field hockey and the Chicago State Cougars are an affiliate for men's tennis.

* Larry Miller, Class of 1964, Basketball Star for University of North Carolina during the 1960s and played professionally in the ABA from 1968-1975 as a member of the Los Angeles Stars, Carolina Cougars, San Diego Conquistadors, Virginia Squires, and Utah Stars.

* Ben Cahoon, former receiver for the Montreal Alouettes and currently wide receivers coach for the Brigham Young University Cougars

Although the Cougars would not be eligible for OVC or NCAA post-season competition until the 2012-13 season, they were invited to play in the 2012 Women's Basketball Invitational ( WBI ) tournament.

He played high school baseball for the Crenshaw High School Cougars along with Chris Brown.

In April 2009, it was proposed that the annual Apple Cup between the Seattle-based Huskies and the Pullman-based Cougars be hosted at CenturyLink Field for six years beginning in 2010.

On March 6, 2009, Mark McGrath posted an update on Facebook announcing that a new album, titled Music for Cougars, was on the way.

* Collie Buddz – vocals on " Girls Were Made to Love " from Music for Cougars

* Rivers Cuomo – vocals on " Love Is the Answer " from Music for Cougars

* Donavon Frankenreiter – vocals on " Dance Like No One's Watchin '" from Music for Cougars

* Music for Cougars ( 2009 )

On January 19, 1983, the Seattle Breakers dealt the rights to Tom Martin to the Victoria Cougars in exchange for the Cougars ' team bus.