Prior to joining the Bulldogs family (East Windsor 2005, Somers 2015) both East Windsor and Somers had football histories. Somers fielded their own program for a brief amount of time in the late 70's and early 80's. Due to a lack of numbers the program folded in the middle of the 1983 season. They had a co-op with Stafford in 1994-1995, but did not have football again until 2000 when the Ellington/Somers/East Windsor program was born. After a year of JV in 2000 they played with the Knights until 2014. East Windsor had a co-op with Enfield and Ellington in the mid 1990s, but that co-op folded when Enfield regained their traditional numbers. East Windsor joined with Ellington in Somers from 2000-2004, and then Stafford in 2005. East Windsor was dropped from the Ellington co-op because the program was very successful early on, but competing in the LL division. The split was a solid pickup for the Bulldogs.
History and Records
Somers Football 1977-1983 (15-40-1)
Stafford/Somers/E.O. Smith 1994-95 (12-8)
Ellington/Somers/East Windsor2000-2004 (33-11)
Ellington/Somers 2005-2014 (66-36)
Enfield/East Windsor/Ellington 1993-1995 (2-27)
Somers/East Windsor Co-ops Post Season Awards
1994 Pequot Conference Champions S/S/E.O.
2001 Pequot Uncas Divison Champions E/S/EW
2002 Pequot Uncas Division Champions E/S/EW
2011 Pequot Conference Champions E/S (10-0)
2011 Class M State Playoffs 2 seed E/S
2012 Class M State Playoffs 3 seed E/S
2013 Pequot East Division Champions E/S
2014 Class M Small State Playoffs 4 seed
Head Coaches Defunct Somers/EW Co-ops Teams
1977 Somers Dan Burke--JV Schedule --5 wins
1978-1982 Somers Bob Falkenbach
1983 Somers Jack Lyons
1994-95 Tom DeFilipi Stafford/Somers/E.O. Smith (12-8)
2000-2012 Ellington/Somers/EW Keith Tautkus (84-42)
2013-2014 Ellington/Somers Sean Byrne (15-7)
1993-1994 Enfield/EW/Ellington Jack Stasio (0-19)
1995 Enfield/EW/Ellington George Thomas 1995 (2-8)
Somers Co-op Playoff History
2011 Class M Quaterfinals #7 Wolcott 32 #2 Ellington/Somers 26 (OT) Ellington High
2012 Class M Quaterfinals #6 Weston 29 #3 Ellington/Somers 22 Angelica Field Enfield High
2014 Class M Small Semifinals #1 St. Joe's 55 #4 Ellington/Somers 6 McDougall Field Trumbull High
Notable All-State Players
2007 Mel Thorne Class MM WR
2011 Ken Vollaro Class M Guard
2012 Sean Tynan Class M LB