The Bulldogs are the football team of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. They compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the NCAA and play in the CAA Football conference from 2024.
📜 Bryant Bulldogs Football History
Bryant University first fielded a football team in 1999, with the Bulldogs immediately joining the Division II Northeast-10 Conference. After a successful first decade, the program accepted an invitation to join the Northeast Conference (NEC) in 2008, bringing Bryant up to Division I competition.
Before the 2023 season began, the Bulldogs announced that they would be moving the football program to the Big South-OVC Football Association, a football-only merger of the Big South and Ohio Valley conferences.
From 2024 onwards, Bryant will compete in CAA Football, a separate football league run by the Coastal Athletic Association.
