The Bison have been the last team standing in the ECFC for about nine months, but finally have a place to play football in 2025, as they have been invited to join the Old Dominion Athletic Conference as a football-only member.
The Empire 8 is welcoming a ninth program for the fall of 2025, while Dean joins Anna Maria on the way to the MASCAC, leaving Gallaudet as the last team standing in the ECFC.
The football game, as we know it, changed Saturday afternoon thanks to a tablet and a eye lens as the AT&T 5G Helmet debuted at Gallaudet University. The Bison made history as they used the first heads up device in a football game before a crowd of 643 at Hotchkiss Field where GU rolled to a 34-20 victory over Hilbert College.
... with a big boost from AT&T, that is. Gallaudet, which invented the huddle nearly 130 years ago, is ready to take the next step in play-calling with a new 5G helmet developed by AT&T.
At Gallaudet, the nation's four-year university for the deaf and hard of hearing, every snap the football team takes used to start with someone striking a giant bass drum. That part doesn't happen anymore, but the team isn't missing a beat. Joe Sager has more about the playoff-bound Bison.
The Catholic University Cardinals and Gallaudet University Bison are just three metro stops from each other and their stadiums are just three miles apart. They won't face off this year and may not share much else but both are having banner seasons. Brian Lester has more.
The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference looks as if it will be able to retain its automatic bid after it added two new schools, one of which isn't even a provisional member of Division III as of yet.
Gallaudet's roster is green, but the freshmen thrust into starting roles are making the most of the experience. The Bison who are committed to the future of the program are sticking it out, and the future looks bright. More in Around the Northeast.
WASHINGTON - Gallaudet University's Adham Talaat (Springfield, Va.) will get a chance to tryout for a NFL team this week as the reigning Super Bowl champions Seattle Seahawks have invited the Bison defensive end to its rookie minicamp.
TOWSON, Md. – For the first time in school history the Gallaudet University athletics department has its first College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America first-team honoree. Senior defensive lineman Adham Talaat (Springfield, Va.) was named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America Division III football first team on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON – For the first time in school history a Gallaudet University football player was named a finalist for the prestigious Gagliardi Trophy given to the most outstanding football player in NCAA Division III. Gallaudet defensive end Adham Talaat (Springfield, Va.) is one of the 10 finalists announced Tuesday by Jostens and the J-Club of Saint John's University of Minnesota.
GENEVA, N.Y. – All great stories must come to an end and on a frigid Saturday afternoon the hottest story in college football, the past three weeks, saw the Gallaudet University football team conclude its magical season with a 34-7 loss to No. 7 Hobart College in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Division III championship.
WASHINGTON – ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, will feature the Gallaudet University Bison football team and its story on Thursday (Nov. 21) night's 6 p.m. (EST) SportsCenter. The feature is slated to be SportsCenter's "Centerpiece" feature and will be posted online and might be aired on other ESPN networks. Please check your local listings for the time and channel in your area.
The Gallaudet University football team saw its undefeated season vanish Saturday afternoon before 2,350 fans at Reinhart Field as SUNY Maritime upset the Bison, 7-6, in the regular-season finale for both Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) teams.
WASHINGTON – The 2013 football season for Gallaudet University has been a special one so far for the Bison but the story behind the program and its rise to being regionally ranked, undefeated, leading the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference and on the verge of a championship has balloned into a national sports story. In two weeks the story grew locally to a national college football story being covered by many different outlets.
Gallaudet finds conference to call home
July 03, 2024The Bison have been the last team standing in the ECFC for about nine months, but finally have a place to play football in 2025, as they have been invited to join the Old Dominion Athletic Conference as a football-only member.
