Answer: MASCOT
MASCOT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 74 times.
    - Army's mule, e.g.
 
    - Princeton's Tiger, e.g.
 
    - Navy's goat, e.g.
 
    - Animal on the field, perhaps
 
    - Halftime participant, often
 
    - Nebraska's Cornhusker, e.g.
 
    - The San Diego Chicken, for one
 
    - Yale's bulldog, e.g.
 
    - Good luck animal
 
    - It works like a charm
 
    - Lucky dog?
 
    - The San Diego Chicken, e.g.
 
    - Yale's Handsome Dan, e.g.
 
    - Mr. Met, e.g.
 
    - Dinger of the Colorado Rockies, e.g.
 
    - Phoenix's Go the Gorilla, e.g.
 
    - Symbol on the field
 
    - Team's good-luck animal
 
    - Nittany Lion, for one
 
    - Dalmatian, to a fireman
 
    - Army's mule, for one
 
    - Tiger at Princeton, e.g.
 
    - The Phillies Phanatic, e.g.
 
    - Halftime cavorter
 
    - On-the-playing-field animal
 
    - Costumed animal, maybe
 
    - Smokey Bear, e.g.
 
    - Good-luck animal
 
    - One with an oversized head, maybe
 
    - Georgia's bulldog or Princeton's tiger
 
    - One leading a cheer, perhaps
 
    - Mr. Met, for one
 
    - Bruno the Bear, for Brown University
 
    - Irvine's anteater, e.g.
 
    - Team symbol
 
    - Team animal
 
    - School symbol
 
    - Cos-tumed one at an arena
 
    - Good-luck critter
 
    - Game animal?
 
    - Symbol of good luck
 
    - Cheerleaders' companion
 
    - Lucky symbol
 
    - Costumed animal, perhaps
 
    - Symbol of a team
 
    - The Phillie Phanatic, e.g.
 
    - Costumed figure
 
    - Leprechaun, for Notre Dame
 
    - Mr. Met or the Phillie Phanatic
 
    - Lucky charm
 
    - Sidelines figure
 
    - Navy goat, e.g.
 
    - Poe of the Baltimore Ravens, for one
 
    - Team pet
 
    - Team's symbol
 
    - Symbolic figure
 
    - Benny the bull, e.g.
 
    - Lucky emblem
 
    - What many a team adopts
 
    - Michigan State's Sparty, e.g.
 
    - Roughriders' Gopher, for one
 
    - Gainer the Gopher, for one
 
    - Mule, for West Point
 
    - Phillie Phanatic, for one
 
    - The Flyers' Gritty, e.g.
 
    - Wavee Dave, for Jackson State University
 
    - Mr. Met or Mariner Moose
 
    - Animal warming up the crowd, say
 
    - Supporting character?
 
    - Costumed figure at a game
 
    - Poppin' Fresh or Tony the Tiger
 
    - Benny the Bull, for one
 
    - Supporting character in costume?
 
    - The Pillsbury Doughboy, for one