League Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Dublin Tornadoes	6	5	1	0	128	35	.833
*Carrickfergus Knights	4	3	1	0	55	34	.750
Lurgan Area Raiders	5	2	3	0	48	64	.400
Belfast Spartans	5	0	5	0	21	119	.000

*Qualify for Playoffs.

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Shamrock Bowl IX		Venue: Newry
25.09.1994	Dublin Tornadoes	18	Carrickfergus Knights	13

Regular Season Results

Away Team

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
21.04.1994	Belfast Spartans	6	Dublin Tornadoes	15
	Week 2
01.05.1994	Dublin Tornadoes	45	Belfast Spartans	6
	Week 3
15.05.1994	Carrickfergus Knights	15	Lurgan Area Raiders	6
	Week 4
22.05.1994	Dublin Tornadoes	6	Carrickefergus Knights	7
	Week 5
29.05.1994	Belfast Spartans	2	Carrickfergus Knights	26
	Week 6
05.06.1994	Dublin Tornadoes	24	Lurgan Area Raiders	2
	Week 7
.06.1994	Lurgan Area Raiders	13	Belfast Spartans	6
	Week 8
02.07.1994	Belfast Spartans	0	Lurgan Area Raiders	20
	Week 9
17.07.1994	Carrickfergus Knights	7	Dublin Tornadoes	20
	Week 10
14.08.1994	Lurgan Area Raiders	7	Dublin Tornadoes	18

Report

The Dublin Tornadoes won their second Shamrock Bowl in a row, beating Carrickfergus Knights 18-13 in SB IX in Newry on the 25th of September 1994. They had only lost one game all season, to the Knights, going 5-1, with Carrickfergus also only losing to the Tornadoes. Lurgan Area Raiders, who had sprung up out of the ashes of the Craigavon Cowboys, won two matches, with the Belfast Spartans finishing bottom of the four team league.

The Knights were an unknown quantity coming into the season, having developed from the Prospect Pumas Junior Kitted team, which had been formed in Carrickfergus in 1988. The Dublin Celts folded after Shamrock Bowl VIII and the Lee Valley Steelers from Cork, had also dropped after the 1993 season out leaving the league at four teams.

About

The 1994 season was the ninth season of the Irish American Football League, and the fifth under the Authority of the American Football Association of Ireland as the All-Ireland American Football League. There were four teams in the League, down from six in 1993. The League played a balanced home & away schedule for 6 regulsr season games. the top two qualified for the Shamrock Bowl.

New Teams: Lurgan Area Raiders (replaced Craigavon Cowboys in Mid-Ulster)

Non-Returning Teams: Craigavon Cowboys, Dublin Celts, Lee Valley Steelers.

References

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Websites

[26] Irish American Football Association (2007) History | Celts v Tornadoes 1994 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl//images/teamphotos/hist4.gif [accessed 18 May 2020][Adjusted]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Michael Brophy and Ralph Schmeer of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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