The Great Danes are the football team of the University of Albany in New York. They compete in the Football Championship Subdivision of the NCAA and play in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Albany claims 6 conference titles, including 2 from the Eastern Football Conference and 4 from the Northeast Conference. Since 2013, the Great Danes have competed in the Colonial Athletic Association, a conference of colleges on the East Coast of the US.
Albany ran a club football program between 1920 and 1924, but the modern era of Great Danes football did not begin until the 1970s.
The Great Danes play their home games on Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium.
