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In 1925, the football coach, along with the student newspaper, conducted a contest to name the football team. The winning entry was "Grandees," tying into the Spanish origins of St. Ignatius of Loyola. However, the name "Grandees" failed to catch on.

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In 1926, a more informal, but much more binding process, finally yielded the nickname: "RAMBLERS." That year, because the football team traveled so extensively across the United States, "rambling from state to state," the media dubbed Loyola as "the RAMBLERS."