By 1956, the Chanticleer, which is a fighting cock, might have been viewed unfavorably because, well, most people don't endorse animal fighting. What seems to be what bothered Rutgers University more, was the ease in which opposing fans can come up with disparaging chants which use the term "cock." The university looked for a new mascot. Students in composition courses were required to write essays about a new choice. It was sophomore Oscar Karl Huh who invented the Scarlet Knight and his horse Duke, which debuted against Lafayette on November 3, 1956.