The 1901 Gallaudet Bison football team was an

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team that represented

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, a school for the education of the

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located in

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The team competed as an independent during the 1901 college football season and compiled a 4–2–2 record, highlighted by a victory over Georgetown. The team suffered its only losses to the

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and southern champion

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. The scoreless tie with Baltimore Medical College was at the time described by the ''Deaf-Mutes Journal'' as the "prettiest game that has been seen in

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." Ely and Rosson were the team's coaches. The team included halfback Gilbert O. Erickson, who received first-team All-Southern honors. Other key players included halfback

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, fullback and team captain Horace B. Waters and quarterback Howe W. Phillips.The Buff and Blue, pp. 166-167.

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Gallaudet Bison football The Gallaudet Bison football team represents Gallaudet University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III competition. It has been discontinued many times, and most recently restarted in 2007. After an undefeated season in ...