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The Taylor Trojans are the athletic program at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. They compete in the Crossroads League on the NAIA.


Silent Night

Every year the Friday before final exams, Taylor University has the Silent Night Men's Basketball game. In it, students remain quiet until the tenth point is scored and then erupt in cheering.[1] In the late moments of the game, "Silent Night" is sung.[2] A former assistant coach came up with the idea in the late 80s and it was a packed event by the mid-to-late 1990s.[1] Afterward, students can go to the President's campus-wide party involving live Christmas music, making and eating Christmas cookies, and making gingerbread houses.[3] The 2010 game was more formally named the 27th Annual Ivanhoe Classic and resulted in a 112–67 win over Ohio State-Marion.[4] This was the most scored by the Taylor men's basketball team since the 1993–94 squad scored 139 points in a victory over Robert Morris University (Illinois).[4] This allowed Taylor students to quiet down and erupt in celebration again after the 100th point.[1] Casey Coons scored the tenth point in the 2009 Silent Night, the 2010 Silent Night, and 2011 silent night on free throws.[4][5][6] Casey Coons received the NAIA Mid-Central College Conference Division II Player of the Week award for the week of the 2010 game.[7] Coach Paul Patterson coached without shoes for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 games to raise money for Samaritan's Feet (400 pairs of shoes were raised at the 2009 event for the Dominican Republic and 170 pairs of shoes were raised for Guatemala at the 2010 event).[5][6][8][9][10] Sports Illustrated paid tribute to the Silent Night Event in its December 27, 2010, issue.[11] The 2011 game received significant media attention as well.[5][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The 2014 Silent Night game was a 91–59 victory over Kentucky Christian and was covered by ESPN.[19]

Media

Taylor's Games are brodcast on the Trojan Sports Network. The Executive Producer Of The Network is Seth Michaels.[20] The Commentator is Rick Johnson. [20]


  1. ^ a b c Eisenberg, Jeff. "Never heard of Taylor University's Silent Night? You're missing out". Yahoo!. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ Brennan, Eamonn (13 December 2010). "Prepare to love Taylor University". ESPN. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ^ Taylor University – Entry Details Archived 2011-07-04 at archive.today. 192.195.234.6 (2008-11-17). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
  4. ^ a b c "Trojans Claim Ivanhoe Classic Championship". Taylor Trojans. 11 December 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Taylor U's Silent Night tradition remains awesome". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04.
  6. ^ a b "Silence Short-Lived, Trojans Win 81–52". Taylor Trojans. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ^ "MCC Players of the Week – 2010–11". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  8. ^ "Silent Night Includes Barefoot Event". Taylor Trojans. 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ^ May, Hillary (10 Dec 2010). "Taylor Adds To Silent Night Game Tradition". The Echo.
  10. ^ "Silent Night Video Grabs National Attention". Taylor Trojans. 14 December 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Most Popular". CNN. 2010-12-27.
  12. ^ "ESPN Host Tabs Silent Night as Best College Hoops Tradition". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11.
  13. ^ "The Sweet Sound Of Silence". CNN. 2011-12-12.
  14. ^ "Hoop Thoughts". CNN. 2011-12-12.
  15. ^ "Taylor University celebrates 'Silent Night' on court – ESPN Page 2".
  16. ^ "Silent Night in NCAA Power Rankings". 22 December 2011.
  17. ^ "Taylor University's 'Silent Night' is still as wild and fun as ever – Yahoo Sports".
  18. ^ Justin Bieber [@justinbieber] (12 December 2011). "just got sent this. very cool" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ Strong, Sam (7 December 2014). "Taylor's Silent Night tradition continues". Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  20. ^ a b "LIVE | FB: Madonna at Taylor". LIVE | FB: Madonna at Taylor-Youtube. October 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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