Alfred and Buffalo State Earn ECAC Bids
DANBURY, CT – The Alfred University football team (7-3, 5-2 Empire 8) and Buffalo State (7-3, College have been selected to participate in the 2017 ECAC Division III Football Fest at Delaware Stadium on the campus of the University of Delaware.
Buffalo State will play in the Clayton Chapman Bowl against the US Merchant Marine Academy on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Alfred has been selected to participate in the James Lynah Bowl Sunday, November 19 at 12 PM against Stevenson University.
Now in its third year, ECAC Division III Football Fest (#ECACD3FBFEST) is a one-of-a-kind event in college athletics.
The ECAC moved the Division III football bowl games to a neutral site in 2015 in an effort to enhance the postseason experience offered to its student-athletes, and in that regard, last year's event was a resounding success.
All four #ECACD3FBFest Bowl games will be live-streamed via ECACsports.com/watch.
Alfred and Buffalo State are two of four Empire 8 teams earned a postseason bid in 2017. The College at Brockport earned the Empire 8's NCAA Automatic Qualifying bid while SUNY Cortland will face off with Union on Saturday in the first inaugural New York Bowl.
Following are the ECAC Bowl Championship matchups for the weekend:
USMMA (5-4) vs. Buffalo State (6-4), 7:30 PM, in the Clayton Chapman Bowl Championship
Muhlenberg (7-3) vs. Carnegie Mellon (7-3), 11 AM, in the Asa A. Bushnell Bowl Championship
Salisbury (7-3) vs. Ithaca (7-3), 5 PM, in the Scotty Whitelaw Bowl Championship
Stevenson (6-4) vs. Alfred University (7-3), 12 PM, in the James Lynah Bowl Championship