Every football match needs high spirited cheers. So, if you guys are planning for cheerleading, then arm yourselves with wonderful cheers to get onto the pitch and inject your team with that extra motivation, and enjoy them crushing all opposition that comes their way.
A good cheerleader is not measured by the height of her jumps but by the span of her spirit.
―Anonymous
As they say, cheers are never enough. And when it comes to the football season, chanting the newest cheers is all that’s there on the minds of the cheerleaders. Let it be a high school, middle school, or a national-level game, cheerleading cheers do a lot to change the atmosphere completely, and help make it more energetic, positive, and competitive.
As you all know, there are hundreds of traditional cheers meant for football, but to get the team even more pumped up, you need a fresh stock of chants to perform. Whether your team is way ahead on the scoreboard, or it needs a push to catch up with the opposing team, cheerleading needs to go on right throughout the game to keep the team motivated.
Best Football Cheers
Sugar-n-cream (2x)
What’s the matter with the other team?
Nothing at all (2x)
They just can’t play football!
(Team name) is here to fight,
We’ll win this game tonight!
We’re here to move,
Get in the groove!
So get em, hey yeah, go get em,
Get em, hey yeah, go get em!
Number __, (one of the star player’s jersey number)
Get em, hey yeah, go get em!
Number__, (another player’s jersey number)
Get em, hey yeah, go get em!
Hey (team name),
Go get em, hey yeah, go get em!
Watch out, we’re here!
Everybody stand clear!
Let’s shout, let’s cheer!
Our victory is near!
Lions! L-I-O-N-S!
That’s our name; we are the best!
Yes! Lions are the best!
Lions are the best!
We’re in control!
Lions can’t be beat!
Victory how sweet!
You might be good at basketball
You might be good at track,
But when it comes to football
You might as well step back
you might as well step back!
(repeat the cheer)
Defense! Defense!
Push ’em back! Take ’em down!
De-fense (clap on ‘fense’) Defense!
Push ’em back! Take ’em down!
De-fense (clap on ‘fense’) Defense!
Push ’em back! Take ’em down!
Defense! (clap on ‘fense’) Defense!
Let’s get physical
Get down get tough get mean
Let’s get physical
Will roll right over your team!
Who rocks the house
We rock the house
And when (team name) rock the house
We rock it just for you
Turn it out
Who rocks the house
We rock the house
And when (team name) rock
The house we rock it just for you!
(Team name) are the best
We are better than the rest
We clap all day
To hear you say
(team name) are the best!
(Team name) are number 1
(team name) are going to have some fun
(team name) let me hear you scream
(team name) just can’t be beat
(repeat the cheer)
Don’t mess with the best
‘Cuz the (team name) are the best
Don’t fool with the cool
‘Cuz the cool don’t fool
Don’t stop get up, don’t stop get up! (3x)
Check out the score
Yeah, we want some more
Yeah, we ain’t needy, needy
We’re just greedy, greedy!
Shake it to the left
Shake it to the right
Come on (team name), let’s fight, fight, fight
Push them back, push them back
Come on (team name), let’s attack!
✦Dance Football Cheers
Clap your hands (clap your hands thrice)
Stomp your feet (stomp your feet thrice)
Clap your hands (clap your hands thrice)
Stomp your feet (stomp your feet thrice)
We’re the Hawks that can’t be beat!
(repeat as many times as you want)
Work it, W-H-S let’s work it
(clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)
Work it (clap) woo!
Presidents (team name), you know how we do,
Get off your seats and work it through!
Work it, hey
Work it, hey (2x)
W-H-S let’s work it (clap)!
(Team name 2x),
Don’t be shy, stand up and give your battle cry
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y
That is our (grade/team name) battle cry!
Tigers (team mascot), Tigers
Don’t be shy, stand up and give your battle cry
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y
That’s our tiger battle cry!
(Team name 2x)
We strive to be the best!
There is no team (pause, pause)
Like (Initials of the school)
Our offense is unbeatable!
Our defense holds the line!
(team name) are awesome!
All the time!
Our team is red hot (clap your hands twice)
Our team is red hot (clap your hands twice)
Our team is R-E-D H-O-T (spell it out loud)
Say it real proud
R-E-D H-O-T
Hot once we start
We cannot be stopped!
Touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, boys
You make the touchdowns, we make the noise
A boom, boom (jump and turn to the left)
Hey, a boom, boom (jump and face the back)
Hey, a boom boom (jump and face the right)
Can you feel it?
A boom, boom (face the crowd) – Hey!
