College Bowl 2007 – 3 June 2007 – DCU Saints 2 UL Vikings 50

Dublin City University Saints 2 University of Limerick Vikings 50 – The University of Limerick Vikings won their second College Championship in as many years, and with it qualified for the Irish American Football League Shamrock Bowl Semi-Finals (the match doubled as an IAFL regular season match) with a 50 points to two win over the Dublin City University Saints. The second College title for UL was not, however, as dominating as it the first, despite Chris Bassitt’s early touchdown pass to Marc Ashworth. The rest of the first quarter was scrappy, and in the second quarter Glen Carr ran for a touchdown after strong plays by himself, Barry Carmody and Andy Gordon. The resulting two point conversion attempt, however, was intercepted by the Saints Cornerback Willy Coyne at returned all the way to the UL endzone for two points. With the score 12-2, the Saints put together their best drive of the game, with some outstanding quarterbacking from Geoff Coleman, which put them deep in the Vikings redzone. The Saints went all out before halftime to reduce the deficit, but some heavy pressure from the Vikings Defensive Line caused Coleman to throw quickly and was subsequently intercepted by Vikings Cornerback Brendan McCarthy to end the half.

The Vikings took control of the game in every respect in the second half with running touchdowns from Barry Carmody (twice, which earned him MVP Honours), Adrian Garvey and QB Chris Bassitt. The UL defense also became more aggressive and there were sacks for Glen Carr and Darragh O’Callaghan. Outside Linebacker Damian Laffan intercepted the ball and returned it to the endzone for a pick-6 from near halfway. In the end the Vikings were comfortable 50-2 winners, however, DCU had improved on the first College Championship in 2006 which they lost 58-0, and caused the Vikings a lot of trouble in the first half, which was relatively close compared to the outcome.

At DCU	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University of Limerick Vikings	6	6			50
Dublin City University Saints	0	2			2

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
ULV	Chris Bassitt TD Pass from Marc Ashworth	6-0
	2nd Quarter
ULV	Glen Carr TD Run	12-0
DCU	Willy Coyne 2xpt Int Ret	12-2
	2nd Half
ULV	Barry Carmody TD Run	18-2
ULV	Barry Carmody TD Run	24-2
ULV	Adrian Garvey TD Run	30-2
ULV	Chris Bassitt TD Run	36-2
ULV	Damian Laffan 50 yd Int Return	42-2
ULV	8 Pts from Conversions	50-2

About the American Football Ireland Intervarsity Championships

The Jordanstown Jaguars, based in Ulster University Jordanstown played in the first full season of the Irish American Football League in 1987. The Trinity Bowl, played from 1992-1995, was the first competition played in Irish Universities, although it did not involve College teams. The Irish Collegiate American Football Association was formed in 1993, and played a Flag Football Summer Bowl over the Summer Holidays, involving both College Students and non-College Students. From 1998 to 1999 the Queen’s University Belfast Broncos competed in the AFAI Irish Senior League, and in 1999 the University of Limerick Vikings were formed, initially as a Flag Football team, and then from 2001 onwards as a fully kitted team playing uin the resurrected IAFL.

The First Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI) Kitted College Bowl was played in 2006, when there was more than one kitted College team for the first time, namely the University of Limerick Vikings and Dublin City University Saints. The College Championship became a three-team tournament involving the Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts and the University College Dublin Sentinels in 2010 (DCU were no longer fielding a team). In 2014 the Irish American Football Association took over the running of the competition from CUSAI after the CUSAI became Student Sport Ireland and renamed the College Bowl the Intervarsity Championship.

References

Images

[1] Wikipedia (2020) CUSAI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg/220px-CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Internet Archive

[2] Irish American Football League – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2006) Vikings win Intervarsity Game [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20060511235932/http://www.irish-american-football.org/19march06.htm [Accessed 24 October 2017]

[3] University of Limerick Vikings eTeamz Wayback Machine (2008) UL Vikings: Vikings News : UL Vikings beat DCU in College Championship Game http://web.archive.org/web/20080303042714/http://eteamz.active.com/ulvikings/news/index.cfm?id=3927072&cat=0 [Accessed 8 February 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith (Irish American Football Association)

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CUSAI Intervarsity – 19 March 2006 – University of Limerick Vikings 58 Dublin City University Saints 0

University of Limerick Vikings 58 Dublin City University Saints 0 – The University of Limerick Vikings won the first ever College Bowl with a 58-0 drubbing of the Dublin City University Saints. Not only was this the first ever Irish College Bowl, it was also the first ever game between two Irish Universities and the first ever game for the DCU Saints. After going 3 and out on their first possession the DCU Saints were then hit immediately with a trick-play by the UL Vikings which went all the way for a 48 yard Touchdown pass from QB Jeremiah Sexton and Wide Receiver Chris Bassitt. The quick TD fired up the entire Vikings team and the defense, led by Defensive End Eoin Carroll forced several 3 and outs. Near the end of the first quarter, Tight End Glen Carr scored on a reverse, breaking several tackles on his way to the endzone. Andrew Gordon ran in his second two-point conversion to make it 16-0. Again the Saints went 3 and out and Sexton, now in Linebacker role blocked the resulting punt, and returned it to the 10 yard line to finish the first quarter. Two plays later Andrew Gordon added a rushing TD from two yards out to his tally. Soon afterwards a tipped pass from Sexton to WR Micheal Ryan was caught in the endzone by Toomey who reacted quickest for another six points. DCU managed to start running the ball quite effectively on the ground but were never in close range of a score. with one second left the half, Sexton found Chris Bassitt in the corner of gthe endzone on 3rd and goal from the 8 yard line to make the score 36-0 at the half after yet another two-point coversion, this time from QB Sexton to Halfback Alex Smith. Despite this DCU never gave up and came out in the second half in multi-receiver sets, confusing the Vikings defense enough to move the ball quite well, however, when in Vikings territory a fumbled snap was recovered by the Vikings Defensive Tackle Declan O’Donnell. UL capitalized soon afterwards when Chris Basssitt, taking advantage of confusion in the Saints defense, to break free into the open and caught another Sexton TD Pass. Seamus Hogan added a 30 yard run to make the score 50-0 at the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter saw both teams give their back-ups a go, and DCU had the better of the quarter, but still could not score and Seamus Hogan scored his second TD of the game with a 4 yard run up the middle and another two points was added by Michael Toomey to make the Final Score 58-0 to the UL Vikings. Despite the heavy defeat DCU battled all the way to the end and the experience of UL showed, particularly DE Alex Smith, QB Jeremiah Sexton and Safety Liam Ryan who were standouts for the Vikings.

At University of Limerick	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Dublin City University Saints	0	0	0	0	0
University of Limerick Vikings	16	20	14	8	58

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
ULV	Chris Bassitt 48 yd Pass from Jeremiah Sexton (Andrew Gordon 2xpt)	0-8
ULV	Glen Carr 21 yd Run (Andrew Gordon 2xpt)	0-16
	2nd Quarter
ULV	Andrew Gordon 2 yd Run	0-22
ULV	Michael Toomey 18 yd Pass from Jeremiah Sexton	0-28
ULV	Chris Bassitt 8 yd Pass from Jeremiah Sexton (Alex Smith 2xpt from J. Sexton)	0-36
	3rd Quarter
ULV	Chris Bassitt 7 yd Pass from Jeremiah Sexton	0-42
ULV	Seamus Hogan 30 yd Run (Glen Carr 2xpt from J. Sexton)	0-50
	4th Quarter
ULV	Seamus Hogan 4yd Run (Michael Toomey 2xpt)	0-58

About the American Football Ireland Intervarsity Championships

The Jordanstown Jaguars, based in Ulster University Jordanstown played in the first full season of the Irish American Football League in 1987. The Trinity Bowl, played from 1992-1995, was the first competition played in Irish Universities, although it did not involve College teams. The Irish Collegiate American Football Association was formed in 1993, and played a Flag Football Summer Bowl over the Summer Holidays, involving both College Students and non-College Students. From 1998 to 1999 the Queen’s University Belfast Broncos competed in the AFAI Irish Senior League, and in 1999 the University of Limerick Vikings were formed, initially as a Flag Football team, and then from 2001 onwards as a fully kitted team playing uin the resurrected IAFL.

The First Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI) Kitted College Bowl was played in 2006, when there was more than one kitted College team for the first time, namely the University of Limerick Vikings and Dublin City University Saints. The College Championship became a three-team tournament involving the Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts and the University College Dublin Sentinels in 2010 (DCU were no longer fielding a team). In 2014 the Irish American Football Association took over the running of the competition from CUSAI after the CUSAI became Student Sport Ireland and renamed the College Bowl the Intervarsity Championship.

References

Images

[1] Wikipedia (2020) CUSAI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg/220px-CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Internet Archive

[2] Irish American Football League – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2006) Vikings win Intervarsity Game [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20060511235932/http://www.irish-american-football.org/19march06.htm [Accessed 24 October 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith (Irish American Football Association)

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Final Standings

IAFA College Championship 2018	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
University College Dublin (C)	2	2	0	0	10	6	4
Trinity College Dublin	2	1	1	0	36	26	2
University of Limerick Vikings	2	0	2	0	18	30	0

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
18.11.2018	University College Dublin	8	Trinity College Dublin	6
18.11.2018	Trinity College Dublin	28	University of Limerick Vikings	18
18.11.2018	University College Dublin	2	University of Limerick Vikings	0

Report

University College Dublin won back-to-back Irish American Football Association College Championships in 2018, with two narrow victories over Trinity College Dublin, which was decided by a failed two-point conversion (8-6), as TCD came up just short in the dying seconds and the University of Limerick Vikings which was won with a Safety, the only score of the game. In the other match, TCD defeated UL Vikings 28-18 with all four of their touchdowns coming from Rookies.

About the American Football Ireland Intervarsity Championships

The Jordanstown Jaguars, based in Ulster University Jordanstown played in the first full season of the Irish American Football League in 1987. The Trinity Bowl, played from 1992-1995, was the first competition played in Irish Universities, although it did not involve College teams. The Irish Collegiate American Football Association was formed in 1993, and played a Flag Football Summer Bowl over the Summer Holidays, involving both College Students and non-College Students. From 1998 to 1999 the Queen’s University Belfast Broncos competed in the AFAI Irish Senior League, and in 1999 the University of Limerick Vikings were formed, initially as a Flag Football team, and then from 2001 onwards as a fully kitted team playing uin the resurrected IAFL.

The First Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI) Kitted College Bowl was played in 2006, when there was more than one kitted College team for the first time, namely the University of Limerick Vikings and Dublin City University Saints. The College Championship became a three-team tournament involving the Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts and the University College Dublin Sentinels in 2010 (DCU were no longer fielding a team). In 2014 the Irish American Football Association took over the running of the competition from CUSAI after the CUSAI became Student Sport Ireland and renamed the College Bowl the Intervarsity Championship.

References

Images

[1] Irish American Football Association (2019) 75572102_2751314071597894_3385769513105489920_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/75572102_2751314071597894_3385769513105489920_n.jpg [Accessed 1 December 2020]

Social Media

[2] UCD American Football Facebook Page (2017) Post November 19, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UcdAmericanFootball/posts/1771978026245808  [Accessed 3 December 2018]

[3] Trinity College Dublin American Football Facebook Page (2017) Post November 18, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TCDAmericanFootball/posts/2222858881057845 [Accessed 3 December 2018]

Images

[4] UCD American Football Facebook Page (2018) Post November 19, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UcdAmericanFootball/photos/a.514850931958530/1771976799579264/  [Accessed 3 December 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith of the Irish American Football Association

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Results – 19 November 2017 – Santry, Dublin

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Semi-Final
19.11.2017	University College Dublin	14	Trinity College Dublin	12
	College Bowl XII
19.11.2017	University College Dublin	W	University of Limerick	L

Semi-Final – Trinity College Dublin 12 University College Dublin 14

Trinity College Dublin 12 University College Dublin – Trinity staged a late two-touchdown comeback against UCD in the fourth quarter of the College Bowl XII Semi-Finals, however, it was to no avail as the two-point conversion attempt to tie the game in the dying seconds was just out of bounds, handing UCD a 14-12 victory. Two drives each in the first quarter ended in turnovers as the defense of both teams in control. Trinity Quarterback Ben Dowling was sacked several times in the second quarter as UCD got their offense going, finally breaching the TCD defense with a TD following a firece TCD goal-line stand which looked like it would have been successful if it was not for a face-mask penalty against the Trinity defense. A short run into the endzone was followed by a successful two-point conversion leaving UCD 8-0 up at the half. The third quarter saw UCD take over for their second possession of the half after two failed drives, the second with veteran TCD QB Dan Finamore replacing Dowling. UCD quickly drove downfield, leading to Tom Donovan scoring another UCD touchdown to put them 14-0 ahead. A strong response followed from Trinity, with a sustained attacking drive resulting in an Eoin O’Dwyer TD. Trinity then were left with a TD and two-point conversion to tie the game. With UCD trying to put the game beyond doubt, Trinity safety Patrick O’Donovan intercepted the ball deep in the fourth quarter, giving them a lifeline. The resulting TCD drive brought them to the UCD 40 yard line, but a series of penalties and incomplete passes saw the TCD men pinned back at the halfway line. With nothing left to lose QB Dan Finamore managed to evade a number of tackles, before looping the ball through the air to Jordan Mulvany with seconds left. Mulvaney ran from deep to catch the ball before embarking on a mesmerising run before touching down at full stretch in the corner, evading a last-ditch tackle in the process. Eoin O’Dwyer then caught the two-point conversion, but failed to keep his right foot in the endzone, as it ended in tears for Trinity, and a 14-12 victory for UCD, who went on to meet UL Vikings in College Bowl XII later the same day.

At Santry (TCD Home Ground)	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University College Dublin	0	8	0	6	14
Trinity College Dublin	0	0	0	12	12

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
–	No Scoring	0-0
	2nd Quarter
UCD	TD Run (2xpt)	8-0
	3rd Quarter
–	No Scoring	8-0
	2nd Half
UCD	Tom Donovan TD	14-0
	4th Quarter
TCD	Eoin O’Dwyer TD	14-6
TCD	Jordan Mulvaney 50 yd Pass from Dan Finamore	14-12

College Bowl XII – University College Dublin Won University of Limerick Vikings Lost

University College Dublin W University of Limerick Vikings L – University College Dublin won the Irish American Football Association College Bowl XII with a closely-fought game against University of Limerick Vikings.

About the American Football Ireland Intervarsity Championships

The Jordanstown Jaguars, based in Ulster University Jordanstown played in the first full season of the Irish American Football League in 1987. The Trinity Bowl, played from 1992-1995, was the first competition played in Irish Universities, although it did not involve College teams. The Irish Collegiate American Football Association was formed in 1993, and played a Flag Football Summer Bowl over the Summer Holidays, involving both College Students and non-College Students. From 1998 to 1999 the Queen’s University Belfast Broncos competed in the AFAI Irish Senior League, and in 1999 the University of Limerick Vikings were formed, initially as a Flag Football team, and then from 2001 onwards as a fully kitted team playing uin the resurrected IAFL.

The First Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI) Kitted College Bowl was played in 2006, when there was more than one kitted College team for the first time, namely the University of Limerick Vikings and Dublin City University Saints. The College Championship became a three-team tournament involving the Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts and the University College Dublin Sentinels in 2010 (DCU were no longer fielding a team). In 2014 the Irish American Football Association took over the running of the competition from CUSAI after the CUSAI became Student Sport Ireland and renamed the College Bowl the Intervarsity Championship.

References

Images

[1] Irish American Football Association (2019) 75572102_2751314071597894_3385769513105489920_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/75572102_2751314071597894_3385769513105489920_n.jpg [Accessed 1 December 2020]

Social Media

[2] UCD American Football Facebook Page (2017) Post November 19, 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UcdAmericanFootball/posts/1363605657083049 [Accessed 28 November 2017]

Newspapers

[3] Aaron Hannon (2017) “Heroic Trinity American Football Efforts End in Defeat” University Times. November 23, 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.universitytimes.ie/2017/11/heroic-trinity-american-football-efforts-end-in-defeat/ [Accessed 6 February 2021]

[4] Bob Given Photography (2017) american-footballweb University Times. November 23, 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.universitytimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/american-footballweb.jpg [Accessed 6 February 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith of the Irish American Football Association

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Results

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Semi-Final
2013	University of Limerick Vikings	W	University College Dublin	L
	College Bowl VIII
2013	Trinity College Dublin	12	University of Limerick Vikings	0

College Bowl VIII

University of Limerick Vikings 0 Trinity College Dublin 12 – Defending College Bowl Champions Trinity College Dublin travelled down to Limerick in late 2013 to take on the home team University of Limerick Vikings for the Irish American Football Association College Bowl, after the Vikings had a comfortable win over University College Dublin in the morning. TCD shut out UL in a convincing win, with linebacker Gareth O’Shea forcing an early fumble which was the first of many turnovers forced by Trinity in the match. Former Trinity Quarterback turned Defensive End Alex Gurnee forced two fumbles and recorded four Quarterback sacks as well as numerous tackles for a loss of yardage as the TCD defense ran riot. Gurnee also started at Right Tackle for the young TCD Offense as Rookie Quarterback Dan Finamore was able to find receivers Daniel Murphy and Craig Marron on both of Trinity’s successful drives, which were finished off for Touchdown runs in the endzone by David Lunn and Josh Megan. To accomodate two games in one day matches were played with a rolling clock and short quarters.

At University of Limerick	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Trinity College Dublin					12
University of Limerick Vikings	0	0	0	0	0

Team	Scorers	Score
TCD	David Lunn TD Run	6-0
TCD	Josh Megan TD Run	12-0

About the American Football Ireland Intervarsity Championships

The Jordanstown Jaguars, based in Ulster University Jordanstown played in the first full season of the Irish American Football League in 1987. The Trinity Bowl, played from 1992-1995, was the first competition played in Irish Universities, although it did not involve College teams. The Irish Collegiate American Football Association was formed in 1993, and played a Flag Football Summer Bowl over the Summer Holidays, involving both College Students and non-College Students. From 1998 to 1999 the Queen’s University Belfast Broncos competed in the AFAI Irish Senior League, and in 1999 the University of Limerick Vikings were formed, initially as a Flag Football team, and then from 2001 onwards as a fully kitted team playing uin the resurrected IAFL.

The First Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI) Kitted College Bowl was played in 2006, when there was more than one kitted College team for the first time, namely the University of Limerick Vikings and Dublin City University Saints. The College Championship became a three-team tournament involving the Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts and the University College Dublin Sentinels in 2010 (DCU were no longer fielding a team). In 2014 the Irish American Football Association took over the running of the competition from CUSAI after the CUSAI became Student Sport Ireland and renamed the College Bowl the Intervarsity Championship.

References

Images

[1] Irish American Football Association (2019) 75572102_2751314071597894_3385769513105489920_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/75572102_2751314071597894_3385769513105489920_n.jpg [Accessed 1 December 2020]

Websites

[2] Trinity News (2014) DUAFC triumph over Limerick Vikings [Internet] Available from: http://trinitynews.ie/duafc-triumph-over-limerick-vikings/ [Accessed 27 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith of the Irish American Football Association, Sean Douglas and Simon Williams.

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Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals		University of Limerick
2009	University of Limerick Vikings	6	Trinity College Thunderbolts	0
2009	Dublin City University Saints	6	University College Dublin Sentinels	0
	3rd Place Playoff		University of Limerick
2009	Trinity College Thunderbolts	8	University College Dublin Sentinels	0
	Final		University of Limerick
2009	University of Limerick Vikings	22	Dublin City University Saints	0

Report

University of Limerick Vikings won the 2009 American Football College Bowl, the first to feature more than two teams. They beat Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts 6-0 in the Semi_final, and then won 22-0 against the Dublin City University Saints in the Bowl Final. Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts finished third, beating University College Dublin Sentinels 8-0 in the Third Place Playoff.

References

Images

[1] Wikipedia (2020) CUSAI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg/220px-CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Internet Archive

[2] UL Vikings | Wayback Machine (2010) Vikings win inaugural College Bowl [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20100501053144/http://www.ulvikings.ie:80/index.php/viking-news/64-vikings-win-inaugural-college-bowl [Accessed 31 October 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Joe Grey and Sean Douglas.

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