1883 Gallaudet Bison football team

The 1883 Gallaudet Bison football team represented the Gallaudet University, a college for deaf-mutes, during the 1883 college football season. In the team's inaugural season, it defeated Georgetown twice.[1] The players sewed their own uniforms, made of heavy canvas with black and white stripes.[2][3]

1883 Gallaudet Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0
Head coach
Home stadiumKendall Green
Seasons
1884 →
1883 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Gallaudet     2 0 0
Carleton     1 0 0
Johns Hopkins     1 0 0
NYU     1 0 0
Harvard     8 2 0
Princeton     7 1 0
Penn     6 2 1
Stevens     6 4 1
Massachusetts     1 1 0
Minnesota     1 1 0
Wesleyan     3 3 0
Williams     1 1 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Michigan     2 3 0
Lafayette     2 4 0
Johns Hopkins     1 2 0
Columbia     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 6 0
Amherst     0 1 0
Dartmouth     0 1 0
Hamline     0 1 0
Lewisburg     0 1 0
Navy     0 1 0
CCNY     0 2 0
Columbian University     0 2 0
Georgetown     0 2 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
November 20Georgetown
W 13–0
November 29Georgetown
  • Kendall Green
  • Washington, DC
W 15–0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Georgetown Football: Game By Game". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ^ Richard Kimball. "Half a Man: Deaf Masculinity and Sports" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Olof Hansno. "Gallaudet Athletics in the Early Eighties". The Silent Worker. 36 (6): 274.[permanent dead link]