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OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY BISON
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY BISON
Gallaudet defensive back Zefan Nathanson works his way around an offensive lineman to get after the quarterback in an evening game as the sun is setting.
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Gallaudet GU 1-4 , 1-3
45
Winner Wash. & Lee WLU 3-3 , 3-1
Gallaudet GU
1-4 , 1-3
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Final
45
Wash. & Lee WLU
3-3 , 3-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
GU Gallaudet 0 0 0 0 0
WLU Wash. & Lee 14 14 14 3 45

Game Recap: Football | | Sam Atkinson, Associate AD for Communications

Bison and Generals meet up for the first time since 1913

LEXINGTON, Va. – Gallaudet University traveled to Washington & Lee University on Saturday for an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) football game and lost, 45-0, before a crowd of 521 at Wilson Field.

Gallaudet (1-4, 1-3  ODAC) had a difficult time moving the ball against the stout Washington & Lee (3-3, 3-1 ODAC) squad as the Bison punted eight times, including the first four possessions of the game.

The Generals defense limited the Bison offense to 71 yards and held the buff and blue to negative rushing yards (-16) for the first time in a game since 2015 at Mount Ida (Oct. 3).

On the flip side, the Washington & Lee option offense rushed for 399 yards on 70 carries (5.7 yards per rush), scored five touchdowns on the ground and held the ball for over 37 minutes.
W&L scored 14 points in each of the first three quarters and tacked on a 27-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter. The Generals had six different players score a touchdown. The host led 28-0 at the half.

Senior defensive back Zefan Nathanson (Manor, Texas) led the Bison with a career-high 17 tackles (10 solo). Fellow senior linebacker Jacob Hundley (McKee, Ky.) posted a career-high 14 tackles (seven solo). Senior linbebacker Taran Johnson (Kyle, Texas) tallied a career-high nine tackles (one solo).

GU had a trio of players in Darico Castillo (Passaic, N.J.), Lev Shayman (Austin, Texas) and Andrew Suarez (Fairview, Texas) finish with seven tackles each to set new personal-high marks. First-year defensive lineman Alen Rubinshteyn (Austin, Texas) wrapped up six tackles for a season and career-high.

Bison sophomore quarterback Dylan Officer (Fairfax, Va.) completed 7 of 15 passes for 72 yards and got intercepted twice. Senior Carter Johnson (McCall, Idaho) caught three passes for 25 yards and finished with seven yards on the ground as he led the team in both rushing and receiving yards.

Senior Andrae' Green (Washington, D.C.) made seven punts that traveled 205 yards (29.3 yards per punt) with a long of 44 yards.

Washington & Lee sophomore running back Dominic Hahn ran the ball 14 times for a game-high 113 yards and one touchdown in the third quarter that made it 35-0.

BISON TRACKS
  • This was the first meeting between the two schools since 1913
  • W&L is now 2-0 all-time against Gallaudet
UP NEXT
Gallaudet returns the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia next Saturday, Oct. 18, for a 2 p.m. conference game at Bridgewater (Va.) College (1-5, 1-3 ODAC).
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