| Albany Great Danes football | |||
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| First season | 1922; 102 years ago[a] | ||
| Head coach | Greg Gattuso 10th season, 50–60 (.455) | ||
| Stadium | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium (capacity: 8,500) | ||
| Field surface | Grass | ||
| Location | Albany, New York | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FCS | ||
| Conference | CAA Football | ||
| Conference titles | 9 | ||
| Rivalries | Stony Brook Seawolves | ||
| Colors | Purple and gold[1] | ||
| Website | UAlbanySports.com | ||
The Albany Great Danes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University at Albany located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of CAA Football, the legally separate football league administered by the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). The 2013 season was the Great Danes' first in CAA Football, following a 14-year tenure in the Northeast Conference. Ten years later, they won their first-ever CAA championship, sharing the title with Villanova and Richmond.
Albany played football as a club sport in the 1920s, but dropped that program in 1924. The modern era of Albany football began in 1970, when the school restored football as a club sport. The team was upgraded to full varsity status in 1973. From the revival of football in 1970 through 2012, the team played its home games at the 10,000 seat University Field in Albany, New York. Albany opened a new 8,500-seat stadium, Bob Ford Field, for the 2013 season. The stadium was named after Bob Ford, who was the Great Danes' head coach from 1970 through 2013. It was renamed Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium after Tom & Mary Casey gave a $10 million gift to the school in 2015. The playing field retained the name of Bob Ford Field.
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- ^ UAlbany Athletics Brand Guidelines (PDF). January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.