Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs

The Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Gardner–Webb University in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Big South Conference. Gardner–Webb's first football team was fielded in 1970. The team plays its home games at the 9,000-seat Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. The Runnin' Bulldogs are coached by Tre Lamb.

The Big South Conference and the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) announced that they have signed a letter of intent to create an association of their football member institutions, to begin with the 2023 NCAA Division I football season. OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche and Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander made the joint announcement on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.