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United Football League 1961-1964

UFL 1961

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Columbus Colts	10	6	2	2	217	120	.750
Cleveland Bulldogs	10	6	4	0	213	205	.600
Akron Pros	10	0	10	0	81	282	.000
Western Division
*Grand Rapids Shamrocks	10	6	3	1	256	118	.650
*Indianapolis Warriors	10	6	3	1	198	184	.650
Louisville Raiders	10	4	6	0	106	162	.400

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Western Playoff
26.11.1961	Indianapolis Warriors	14	Grand Rapids Shamrocks	24
	UFL Championship
02.12.1961	Grand Rapids Shamrocks	20	Columbus Colts	7

Reference:[2]

UFL 1962

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Wheeling Ironmen	12	8	4	0	303	177	.667
Toledo Tornadoes	12	6	5	1	306	245	.545
Columbus Capitols	12	6	6	0	215	257	.500
Cleveland Bulldogs	12	4	8	0	193	193	.333
Western Division
*Grand Rapids Blazers	12	9	3	0	308	190	.750
*Indianapolis Warriors	12	9	3	0	365	161	.750
Louisville Raiders	12	4	7	1	163	283	.364
Chicago Bulls	12	1	11	0	99	394	.083

Reference: [3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Western Playoff
25.11.1962	Grand Rapids Blazers	24	Indianapolis Warriors	20
	UFL Championship
02.12.1962	Wheeling Ironmen	31	Grand Rapids Blazers	21

Reference: [4]

UFL 1963

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Wheeling Ironmen	13	12	1	0	441	151	.923
Cleveland Bulldogs	12	7	5	0	347	238	.583
Syracuse Stormers	12	0	12	0	81	483	.000
Western Division
*Toledo Tornadoes	13	10	3	0	251	162	.769
Indianapolis Warriors	13	5	8	0	230	290	.385
Grand Rapids Blazers	13	4	9	0	159	185	.308

Reference: [5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	UFL Championship
08.12.1963	Toledo Tornadoes	21	Wheeling Ironmen	30

Reference: [6]

UFL 1964

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Indianapolis Warriors	14	10	4	0	396	224	.714
Wheeling Ironmen	14	7	7	0	370	396	.500
Quebec Rifles	14	5	9	0	144	591	.357
Joliet Chargers	14	0	14	0	144	591	.000
Western Division
*Canton Bulldogs	14	12	2	0	415	198	.857
Charleston Rockets	14	11	3	0	417	161	.786
Toledo Tornadoes	14	6	8	0	337	307	.429
Grand Rapids Blazers	14	5	9	0	249	404	.357

Reference: [7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	UFL Chamionship
05.12.1964	Indianapolis Warriors	14	Canton Bulldogs	19

Reference: [8]

Report

Grand Rapids Shamrocks, clearly marketed to the Irish Community, won the 1961 Championship by a score of 20-7 against the Columbus Colts. Wheeling Ironmen won the next two Championships, 31-21 versus Grand Rapids Blazers in 1962 and 30-21 against Toledo Tornadoes in 1963. Canton Bulldogs won the last title, 19-14 against the Indianapolis Warriors before the League merged with the Atlantic Coast Football League to form the Continental Football League in 1965.

About

The United Football League was a AA American Football League in the Mid-West of the United States from 1961-1964 when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Football League to form the AAA Continental Football League once the American Football League had announced plans to merge with the National Football League and play the Super Bowl for the Pro Championship.

References

Websites

[1] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1961 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1961.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[2] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1961 Season | Grand Rapids Shamrocks [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1961uflgr.html [Accessed 7 November 2019]

[3] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1962 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1962.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[4] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1962 Season Grand Rapids Blazers [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1962uflgr.html [Accessed 7 November 2019]

[1] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1963 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1963.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[1] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1963 Season | Toledo Tornadoes [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1963ufltol.html [Accessed 7 November 2019 ]

[1] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1964 Season [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1964.html [Accessed 18 October 2019]

[1] Pro Football Archives (2019) 1964 Season | Canton Bulldogs [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1964uflcan.html [Accessed 7 November 2019 ]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Bart Barden.

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American Expeditionary Force Football League 1918-1919

AEFFL 1918-19

Date	Venue	Winning Team		Runners-Up
		SOS Football		Championship
25.12.1918	Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (Fra)	Saint-Nazaire	17	Bordeaux	0
		First Army Division		Playoff
25.12.1918	Tonnerre (Fra)	Panther (36th) Division	38	Lightning (78th) Division	0
		First Army Division		Championship
31.12.1918	Tonnerre (Fra)	Panther (36th) Division	20	Blue Ridge (80th) Division	0
		AEF Championship
19.01.1919	Colombes Stadium (Fra)	Saint-Nazaire	12	Panther (36th) Division	0

Reference: [1]

AEFFL 1919

How they Qualified:

First Army: 36th (Panther) division won 3-0 in a replay against First Army Corps

Second Army: After a marathon qualification series 7th (Hourglass) Division were declared Champions over the 28th (Keystone) Division based on Yards gained after the game finished level.

Third Army: the 89th (Rolling W) Division beat the 4th (Ivy) Division 14-0 in the Final.

S.O.S. Base Sections: Saint-Nazaire, the unofficial Champions of 1918, were given an automatic Playoff berth.

S.O.S. Intermediate Sections: SOS Tours won the Final 19-0 against SOS Base Section 2.

General Headquarters: GHQ Chaumont and GHQ Le Mans got the Final two Playoff births having played almost no Qualification games.

Date	Venue	Winners		Runners-Up
		Quarter-Finals
14.03.1919	Colombes Stadium, Paris	89th (Rolling W) Division	13	Saint-Nazaire	0
15.03.1919		SOS Tours	25	GHQ Chaumont	0
15.03.1919	Auteil Velodrome, Paris	36th (Panther) Division	13	HQ Le Mans	0
		Semi-Finals
21.03.1919	Bar-sur_Aube Stadium	36th (Panther) Division	7	7th (Hourglass) Division	0
22.03.1919	Auteuil Velodrome, Paris	89th (Rolling W) Division	17	SOS Tours	3
		AEFFL Championship
29.03.1919	Velodrome Parc des Princes, Paris	89th (Rolling W) Division	14	36th (Panther) Division	6

Reference: [1]

Report

The American Expeditionary Force, before heading home from World War I, played a series of morale-boosting games at the end of 1918 and first half of 1919.

In the Unofficial 1918 Championship, matches were played on Christmas Day & New Year’s Day deciding the Service of Supplies (SOS) and First Army Divisions Championships, with a Final following this on the 19th January 1919, which was won 12-0 by SOS Saint-Nazaire.

The following Spring (1919), the remaing Army men in France were not due to return home until July, so the General of the Armed Expeditionary Force, General John J. Persching, gave General Order 241, which stipulated the formation of sports Championships in American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Track & Field and Boxing. No one could not participate and the slogan was “Everybody in the game!”.

A budget of $1 Million (doubled to $2 Million by Washington) was made for uniforms – the Equivalent of $27 Million in 2014.

The Championships were organised in Qualifying Rounds for the Various Armies and Divisions, with Playoffs from Quarter-Finals onwards played at large Stadiums in Paris. A Total of 1, 335, 732 Football Players and Spectators took part in the Football Section, making it the Most popular, just ahead of boxing.

The Championship was won by the 89th (Rolling W) Division 14-6 over the 36th (Panther) Division.

These were among the earliest documented Football games in Europe, of the American Code.

References

Bibliography

[11] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 21-34. Published by the author.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.

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Last Updated: 7 November 2019

November 4, 2019October 29, 2023

Canadian Football League 1950-1959

CFL 1950

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	7	5	0	231	217	14
Toronto Argonauts	12	6	5	1	291	187	13
Montreal Alouettes	12	6	6	0	192	261	12
Ottawa Roughriders	12	4	7	1	182	231	9
WIFU
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14	10	4	0	223	156	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	14	7	7	0	207	177	14
Edmonton Eskimoes	14	7	7	0	201	197	14
Calgary Stampeders	14	4	10	0	152	253	8

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final
28.10.1950	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1	Edmonton Eskimoes	24
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
04.11.1950	Edmonton Eskimoes	17	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16
11.11.1950	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22	Edmonton Eskimoes	12
13.11.1950	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29	Edmonton Eskimoes	6
	Winnipeg won series 2-1
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
11.11.1950	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13	Toronto Argonauts	11
15.11.1950	Toronto Argonauts	24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6
	Toronto won 35-19 on Agg
	Eastern Final
18.11.1950	Toronto Argonauts	43	Toronto Balmy Beach	13
	Grey Cup
25.11.1950	Toronto Argonauts	13	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0

Reference: [2]

CFL 1951

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	7	5	0	229	131	14
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	7	5	0	218	197	14
Toronto Argonauts	12	7	5	0	226	206	14
Montreal Alouettes	12	3	9	0	146	286	6
WIFU
Saskatchewan Roughriders	14	8	6	0	277	219	16
Edmonton Eskimoes	14	8	6	0	306	262	16
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14	8	6	0	303	313	16
Calgary Stampeders	14	4	10	0	205	299	8

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final
27.10.1951	Edmonton Eskimoes	4	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
03.11.1951	Edmonton Eskimoes	15	Saskatchewan Roughriders	11
10.11.1951	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12	Edmomton Eskimoes	5
12.11.1951	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19	Edmonton Eskimoes	18
	IRFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
07.11.1951	Toronto Argonauts	7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	24
10.11.1951	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	Toronto Argonauts	21
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
14.11.1951	Ottawa Rough Riders	17	Hamiltin Tiger-Cats	7
17.11.1951	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	9	Ottawa Rough Riders	11
	Grey Cup
24.11.1951	Ottawa Rough Riders	21	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14

Reference: [2]

CFL 1952

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	9	2	1	268	162	19
Toronto Argonauts	12	7	4	1	265	191	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	5	7	0	200	238	10
Montreal Alouettes	12	2	10	0	136	278	4
WIFU
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	3	1	394	211	25
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	9	6	1	291	280	19
Calgary Stampeders	16	7	9	0	293	340	14
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	3	13	0	216	363	6

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
22.10.1952	Calgary Stampeders	31	Edmonton Eskimoes	12
25.10.1952	Edmonton Eskimoes	30	Calgary Stampeders	7
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
01.11.1952	Edmonton Eskimoes	12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28
08.11.1952	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12	Edmonton Eskimoes	18
11.11.1952	Winnipeg BlueBombers	11	Edmonton eskimoes	22
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
15.11.1952	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6	Toronto Argonauts	22
19.11.1952	Toronto Argonauts	11	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27
22.11.1952	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	Toronto Argonauts	12
	Grey Cup
29.11.1952	Toronto Argonauts	21	Edmonton Eskimoes	11

Reference: [2]

CFL 1953

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	6	0	229	243	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	8	6	0	292	229	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	7	7	0	266	238	14
Toronto Argonauts	14	5	9	0	172	249	10
WIFU
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	12	4	0	276	157	24
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	8	7	1	243	239	17
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	8	8	0	226	226	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	3	12	1	190	313	7

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
28.10.1953	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	43	Saskatchewan Roughriders	5
31.10.1953	Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
07.11.1953	Edmonton Eskmioes	25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7
11.11.1953	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21	Edmonton Eskimoes	7
14.11.1953	Edmonton Eskimoes	24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
18.11.1953	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	37	Montreal Alouettes	12
22.11.1953	Montreal Alouettes	11	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22
	Grey Cup Semi-Final
21.11.1953	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24	Toronto Balmy Beach	4
	Grey Cup
28.11.1953	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6

Reference:[2]

CFL 1954

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Montreal Alouettes	14	11	3	0	341	148	22
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	9	5	0	275	207	18
Toronto Argonauts	14	6	8	0	212	265	12
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	2	12	0	129	337	4
WIFU
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	11	5	0	255	163	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	4	2	239	204	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	8	6	2	202	190	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	8	8	0	271	165	16
BC Lions	16	1	15	0	100	345	2

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
30.10.1954	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14
01.11.1954	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13	Saskatchewan Roughriders	11
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
06.11.1954	Edmonton Eskimoes	9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3
11.11.1954	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12	Edmonton Eskimoes	6
13.11.1954	Edmonton Eskimoes	10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
17.11.1954	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	9	Montreal Alouettes	14
20.11.1954	Montreal Alouettes	24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14
	Grey Cup Semi-Final
20.11.1954	Edmonton Eskimoes	38	Kitchener-Waterloo	6
	Grey Cup
27.11.1954	Edmonton Eskimoes	26	Montreal Alouettes	5

Reference: [2]

CFL 1955

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Montreal Alouettes	12	9	3	0	388	214	18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	8	4	0	271	193	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	4	8	0	239	328	8
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	3	9	0	174	337	6
WIFU
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	14	2	0	286	117	28
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	6	0	270	245	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	9	0	210	195	14
BC Lions	16	5	11	0	211	330	10
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	0	209	299	8

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
05.11.1955	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7	Winnipeg Blue bombers	16
07.11.1955	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	Saskatchewan Roughriders	9
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
11.11.1955	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6	Edmonton Eskimoes	29
16.11.1955	Edmonton Eskimoes	26	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6
	IRFU Semi-Final
12.11.1955	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28	Toronto Argonauts	32
	IRFU Final
19.11.1955	Montreal Alouettes	38	Toronto Argonauts	36
	Grey Cup
26.11.1955	Edmonton Eskimoes	34	Montreal Alouettes	19

Reference: [2]

CFL 1956

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Montreal Alouettes	14	10	4	0	478	361	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	7	7	0	283	385	14
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	7	7	0	326	359	14
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	331	413	8
WIFU
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	11	5	0	358	235	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	6	0	353	272	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	315	228	18
BC Lions	16	6	10	0	251	361	12
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	0	229	410	8

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
03.11.1956	Saskatchewan Roughriders	42	Winnipeg Blue Bomers	7
05.11.1956	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8
	WIFU Final		Aggregate
10.11.1956	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23	Edmonton Eskimoes	22
12.11.1956	Edmonton Eskimoes	20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12
17.11.1956	Edmonton Eskiimoes	51	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7
	IRFU Semi-Final
07.11.1956	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	46	Ottawa Rough Riders	21
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
10.11.1956	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21	Montreal Alouettes	30
17.11.1956	Montreal Alouettes	48	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41
	Grey Cup
24.11.1956	Edmontin Eskimoes	50	Montreal Alouettes	27

Reference: [2]

CFL 1957

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	0	250	189	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	8	6	0	326	237	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	0	287	301	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	274	410	8
WIFU
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	14	2	0	475	142	28
Winnipeg Blue Bombders	16	12	4	0	406	300	24
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	221	413	12
BC Lions	16	4	11	1	284	369	9
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	3	12	1	276	438	7

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Western Semi-Final		Aggregate
09.11.1957	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13	Calgary Stampeders	13
11.11.1957	Calgary Stampeders	3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15
	Western Final		Best-of-3
16.11.1957	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19	Edmonton Eskimoes	7
20.11.1957	Edmonton Eskinoes	5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4
23.11.1957	Edmonton Eskimoes	2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17
	IRFU Semi-Final
13.11.1957	Ottawa Rough Riders	15	Montreal Alouettes	24
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
16.11.1957	Montreal Alouettes	10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17
23.11.1957	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	39	Montreal Alouettes	1
	Grey Cup
30.11.1957	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7

Reference: [2]

CFL 1958

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	3	1	291	235	21
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	265	269	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	6	8	0	233	243	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	266	308	8
WIFU
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	13	3	0	361	182	26
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	9	6	1	312	292	19
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	7	7	2	320	324	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	9	1	314	312	13
BC Lions	16	3	13	0	202	399	6

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
08.11.1958	Saskatchewan Roughriders	11	Edmonton Eskimoes	27
11.11.1958	Edmonton Eskimoes	31	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
15.11.1958	Edmomton Eskimoes	7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30
19.11.1958	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	Edmonton Eskimoes	30
22.11.1958	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23	Edmonton Eskimoes	7
	IRFU Semi-Final
12.11.1958	Montreal Alouettes	12	Ottawa Rough Riders	28
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
15.11.1958	Ottawa Rough Riders	35	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35
22.11.1958	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19	Ottawa Rough Riders	7
	Grey Cup
29.11.1958	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28

Reference: [2]

CFL 1959

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	0	298	162	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	8	6	0	275	217	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	0	193	305	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	192	274	8
WIFU
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	4	0	418	272	24
Edmonto Eskimoes	16	10	6	0	370	221	20
BC Lions	16	9	7	0	306	301	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	8	8	0	356	301	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	1	15	0	212	567	2

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
31.10.1959	BC Lions	8	Edmonton Eskimoes	20
04.11.1959	Edmonton Eskimoes	41	BC Lions	7
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
11.11.1959	Edmonton Eskimoes	11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19
14.11.1959	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	Edmonton Eskimoes	8
	IRFU Semi-Final
07.11.1959	Ottawa Rough Riders	43	Montreal Alouettes	0
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
14.11.1959	Ottawa Rough Riders	17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5
21.11.1959	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21	Ottawa Rough Riders	7
	Grey Cup
28.11.1959	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7

Reference: [2]

About

The Canadian Football League was formed in 1958 when the Western Interprovincial Football Union and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union broke away from the Canadian Rugby Union, and adopted more American Football style pf play. During the 1950s it can be seen as a AAA Football League, becoming a Major League in 1960 with the adoption of an inter-locking schedule and the renaming of the Western Inter-Provincial Football Union and the Inter-Provincial Rugby Football Union as the Western and Eastern Conferences.

Bibliography

[1] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia | The Annual Record pg. 108-110. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

[2] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia | The Game Scores pg. 5-10. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

Images

[3] Kids Encyclopedia facts | Kiddle (2019) Canadian Football League League facts for Kids [Internet] Available from: https://kids.kiddle.co/images/a/a3/CFL_Logo_1960%27s.png [Accessed 9 June 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Robert Burns.

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Last Updated: 4 November 2019

November 4, 2019October 29, 2023

Dublin Bay Raptors | Irish Flag Football Team 2017-Present

Dublin Bat Raptors Logo [31]

Irish Flag Football Team 2017-Present

Home Ground: Blackrock Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.Colours: Navy & Blue Honours: Qualified for two Bowl Finals during the Europa Cup International Blitz Season of 2017-18 Career Record (W-L-T): 21-12-1 History: Formed as a breakaway from the Dublin Vipers by Todd Zboyan in 2017. They reached two Finals during the International Blitz Season in 2017-18, and reached the playoffs of the Emerald Bowl Conference in 2019.

Links to Season-By-Season Rosters & Match Reports

2018

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Regular Season						Post-Season					International
	Lge	P	W	L	T	Pct	P	W	L	T	Chp	P	W	L	T
2017-18	IB	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	–	13	9	4	1
2018	EBC	10	6	4	0	.600	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
2019	EBC	8	6	2	0	.750	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	0	0

Results Europa Cup International Blitz Season 2017-18

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
PPB	28.10.2017	Westmannstown	South Dublin Panthers	L	6-13
PPB	28.10.2017	Westmannstown	Maynooth University Hurricanes	W	34-18
PPB	28.10.2017	Westmannstown	UCC Raiders	L	18-26
JB G	25.11.2017	Maynooth	Meath Bulldogs	W	31-18
JB G	25.11.2017	Maynooth	UCC Raiders	W	19-6
SB G	27.01.2018	Dundalk	Craigavon Cowboys	W	25-13
SB G	27.01.2018	Dundalk	Meath Bulldogs	W	25-0
SB G	27.01.2018	Dundalk	University College Dublin	W	27-6
SB SF	27.01.2018	Dundalk	South Dublin Panthers	W
SB F	27.01.2018	Dundalk	Westmeath Minotaurs	L	13-20
RB G	24.02.2018	UCC	Coleraine Elks	W	32-20
RB G	24.02.2018	UCC	Louth Mavericks	W	37-21
RB G	24.02.2018	UCC	UCC Raiders	T	6-6
RB F	24.02.2018	UCC	Kaiserslautern Screamin’ Eagles (Ger)	L	25-33

PPB: Pink Panther Bowl / JB: Jigsaw Bowl / SB: Simon Bowl / RB: Raider Bowl

References: [1-22]

Results EBC 2018

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
2	08.09.2018	Louth	Dublin Rebels	W	55-0
2	08.09.2018	Louth	Louth Mavericks	W	40-37
5	29.09.2018	UCD	University College Dublin	W	38-35
5	29.09.2018	UCD	Craigavon Cowboys	L	25-26
8	20.10.2018	Edenderry	Edenderry Eagles	L	28-55
8	20.10.2018	Edenderry	University College Dublin	L	0-44
12	17.11.2018	Louth	Louth Mavericks	L	18-39
13	24.11.2018	South Dublin	Dublin Rebels	W	28-0 #
13	24.11.2018	South Dublin	South Dublin Panthers	W	28-0 #
13	24.11.2018	South Dublin	South Dublin Panthers	W	28-0 #

References: [23-29]

Results EBC 2019

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	14.09.2019	Portadown	Louth Mavericks	L	14-26
1	14.09.2019	Portadown	Dublin Rebels	W	35-0 #
1	14.09.2019	Portadown	Edenderry Eagles	L	35-38 &
2	28.09.2019	Santry	Meath Bulldogs	W	51-0
2	28.09.2019	Santry	University College Cork	W	52-6
3	12.10.2019	NSC	Craigavon Cowboys	L	21-27
3	12.10.2019	NSC	University College Dublin	W	46-14
5	26.10.2019	Newbridge	Trinity College Dublin	W	45-29
5	26.10.2019	Newbridge	Belfast Trojans	W	48-13
WC	02.11.2019	NSC	Trinity College Dublin	L	13-32

[30]

# Forfeited / & Designated Make-Up Game (Rebels forfeited games with Edenderry & Raptors so they played a make-up game to decide how many points they would win the forfeit against the Rebels by (i.e. 35-0 in the case of the Raptors) – game with Edenderry didn’t count in standing

G: Group / WC: Wild-Card Round / SF: Semi-Final /F: Final

Team Photo 2017

References

Websites

Logos

[1] Irish American Football Association (2017) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Flag Football Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Photo October 25 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/FlagFootballIreland/photos/pcb.2083533201870491/2083532171870594/?type=3&theater [Accessed 28 October 2017]

Pink Panther Bowl

[3] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post October 24 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2024612384475865 [Accessed 28 October 2017]

[4] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy October 28 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1738886779752358&set=p.1738886779752358&type=3&theater [Accessed 28 October 2017]

[5] South Dublin Panthers Facebook Page (2017) Post October 28 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/southdublinpanthers/posts/856969844481750 [Accessed 28 October 2017]

[6] UCD American Football Facebook Page (2017) Post October 30 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UcdAmericanFootball/posts/1346543658789249 [Accessed 29 January 2018]

Jigsaw Bowl

[7] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy November 28 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2040665322870571 [Accessed 28 November 2017]

[8] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy November 28 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2040665626203874 [Accessed 28 November 2017]

[9] Westmeath Minotaurs Facebook Page (2017) Photo November 25 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westmeathminotaurs/photos/pcb.1745556515456407/1745556455456413/?type=3&theater [Accessed 28 November 2017]

[10] Westmeath Minotaurs Facebook Page (2017) Post November 25 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westmeathminotaurs/posts/1745556515456407 [Accessed 29 January 2018]

Simon Bowl

[11] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy January 28 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2070560146547755″> [Accessed 28 January 2018]

[12] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy January 28 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2070560266547743 [Accessed 28 January 2018]

[13] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy January 28 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2070560406547729 [Accessed 28 January 2018]

[14] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2017) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy January 28 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2070560499881053 [Accessed 28 January 2018]

[15] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2018) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy January 28 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2070560576547712 [Accessed 28 January 2018]

[16] Westmeath Minotaurs Facebook Page (2018) Post January 27 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westmeathminotaurs/posts/1813957288616329 [Accessed 29 January 2018]

[17] Flag Football Ireland Facebook Page (2018) Photo January 27, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/FlagFootballIreland/photos/pb.1583160178574465.-2207520000.1520237570./2130974623793015/?type=3&theater [Accessed 5 March 2018]

[18] Flag Football Ireland Facebook Page (2018) Post January 29, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/FlagFootballIreland/posts/2130976280459516 [Accessed 5 March 2018]

UCC Bowl

[19] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook Page (2018) Post to Page by Enda Mulcahy Februaruy 26 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/posts/2085890155014754 [Accessed 26 February 2018]

[20] UCC Flag Football Facebook Page (2018) Post February 27, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UCCflagfootball/posts/1748726148482680 [Accessed 5 March 2018]

[21] UCC Flag Football Facebook Page (2018) Photo February 27, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UCCflagfootball/photos/pcb.1748726148482680/1748725071816121/?type=3&theater [Accessed 5 March 2018]

[22] Dublin Bay Raptors (2018) Video February 26, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/videos/2086085271661909/?hc_ref=ARSMByeU6sYzYq6Pys5OJerNUM0Bu7hbmco5vsHf-VrXcIaohcfBPNqD3zhF0QK_SbM [Accessed 5 March 2018]

Websites

[23] Irish American Football Association (2018) EBC 2018 Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/flag-football/ebc/ebc-standings_18/ [Accessed 26 November 2018]

[24] Irish American Football Association (2018) EBC 2018 Fixtures & Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/flag-football/ebc/ebc-fix_results_18/ [Accessed 26 November 2018]

[25] Irish American Football Association (2018) Home | Results [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/ [Accessed 8 December 2018]

Social Media

[26] Belfast Knights Facebook Page (2018) Post December 1, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BelfastKnightsNI/posts/1398680050266429 [Accessed 3 December 2018]

[27] Craigavon Cowboys Facebook Page (2018) Post December 2, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CraigavonCowboys/posts/2187766744566843 [Accessed 3 December 2018]

[28] Louth Mavericks Facebook Page (2018) Post December 2, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/louthmavericks/posts/1943813805736298 [Accessed 3 December 2018]

[29] Edenderry Eagles Public Facebook Page (2018) Post by Robert Tighe, November 29, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/341452022587512/permalink/1911332432266122/ [Accessed 3 December 2018]

Websites:

[30] Irish American Football Association (2019) EBC 2019 [Standings][Fixtures & Results] [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/flag-football/ebc/ebc-2019/ [Accessed 4 November 2019]

Images

[31] Irish American Football Association (2017) Dublin Bay Raptors Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Team-Logo-Dublin-Bay-Raptors-No-BCKGD.png[Ac cessed 4 November 2019]

[32] Dublin Bay Raptors Facebook (2017) Profile Picture, November 27, 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinraptors/photos/a.2016448985292205/2040356916234745[Accessed 5 October 2021] [Actual Photo Address at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/23844831_2040356916234745_2922853766495693973_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=e3f864&_nc_ohc=twMqgSNOpNMAX9gvwdm&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=a86fbea3b705ae6b792502fd3a8ec4c9&oe=61818C45 [Accessed 5 October 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Decy Maher, Tom Gallagher, Bart Barden, Sean Douglas, Heather Foust, Tom Gallagher, Joe Grey, , Ken Jackson & Brianna Wallace, Antony Nardone, Anton Pippo O’Grady, Jonathan Spielberg, Al Timmins, Conor McGroarty, Peter Mullen, Joe Grey, Lloyd O’Farrell, Justin Whelan (Dublin Bay Raptors).

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European Theater of Operations Championship 1942-1944

Autumn 1942

Date	Venue	Winners		Runners-Up
14.11.1942	Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast	Hale	9	Yarvard	7
21.11.1942	Inver Park, Larne	Yarvard	14	Tech	0

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Hale	1	1	0	0	9	7	1.000
Yarvard	2	1	1	0	21	9	.500
Tech	1	0	1	0	0	14	.000

Reference: [1-5, 12-14]

ETO Championship Spring 1943

Date	Venue	Winners		Runners-Up
08.05.1943	White City Stadium, London	Yarvard Crimson Tide	19	Tech Fighting Irish	6
10.06.1943	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Yarvard Crimson Tide	14	Hale Blue Devils	0
26.06.1943	Eastville Stadium, Bristol	Yarvard Crimson Tide	40	Hale Blue Devils	0

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Yarvard Crimson Tide	3	3	0	0	73	6	1.000
Tech Fighting Irish	1	0	1	0	6	19	.000
Hale Blue Devils	2	0	2	0	0	54	.000

Reference: [11]

ETO Autumn 1943

Date	Venue	Winners		Runners-Up
10.10.1943		Podhs		Ball Toters
17.10.1943	Elm Park, Reading	Red Tornado	14	Gremlins	0
24.10.1943	Wellingborough	Engineering Bulldozers	0	Ball Toters	0
31.10.1943	Elm Park, Reading	Skytrain	0	Red Tornado	0
28.11.1943	Oxford University	Army Blues	0	Army Greens	0
05.12.1943	White City Stadium	Central Base Pirates	8	8th Air Force Commandos	0
12.12.1943	St. Helen’s Stadium, Swansea	101st Screaming Eagles	6	Invaders	6

Reference: [11]

ETO Championship Winter 1944

Date	Venue	Team 1		Team 2
		Arab Bowl
	Oran, Algeria	Army	10	Navy	7
		Northern Ireland Championship
01.01.1944	Lone Star Field, Newry	Navy Galloping Gaels	0	Army Wolverines	0
		Bowl
06.02.1944	Eastville Stadium, Bristol	4th Infantry Blues	28	Invaders	7
		Tea Bowl
13.02.1944	White City Stadium	Canadian Mustangs	16	US Pirates	6
		Fog Bowl		US Air Force Title
19.02.1944	US Air Force Title	Photo Lighnting	14	Ordnance Mustangs	0
		ETO Semi-Final
27.02.1944	“SW Town”	4th Infantry Blues	32	US Navy Seabees	0
		ETO Championship
12.03.1944	“SW Town”	4th Infantry Blues	20	8th Air Force Lignting	0
		Coffee Bowl
19.03.1944	White City Stadium	US Blues	18	Canadian Mustangs	0
		Bowl
26.03.1944	“SW Town”	4th Infantry Blues	27	Invaders	0

References: [1-5, 11]

ETO Championship Autumn 1944

Date	Venue	Winners		Runners-Up
		Army-Navy Grid Classic
12.11.1944	White City Stadium	1st Air Depot Shuttle-Raders	20	Navy Sea Lions	0
		Thanksgiving Bowls
23.11.1944	Norwich	348th Bomb Group Kiwis	0	445th Bomb Group	0
23.11.1944	Nottingham	Berger’s Bouncers	6	Henley’s Hurricanes	0
23.11.1944		Moore’s Maulers	6	Bearcats	0
23.11.1944		78th Fighter Group Greyhounds	6	434th Troop Carrier Command Greyhounds	0
26.11.1944		Shuttle-Raders	33	398th Bomb Group Blue Blazers	0
26.11.1944		Helton’s Hellcats	14	356th Fighter Group Tukey’s Terrors	6
26.11.1944		Air Force Command Warriors	28	Photo Lightnings	0
		Bowls
03.12.1944		Air Force Command Warriors	23	Cowboys	0
03.12.1944		Shuttle-Raders	25	Ramblers	0
		Championship		3rd Bombardment Division
03.12.1944		94th Bomb Group Fighting Eagles	3	Helton’s Hellcats	0
		“Turkey” Bowl
10.12.1944		Air Force Command	40	Berger’s Bouncers	0
		Championship		8th Air Force Command
10.12.1944		Shuttle-Raders	18	3rd Air Depot Liberators	0
		“Turkey” Bowl
10.12.1944		Moore’s Maulers	0	Doughter’s Fighting Eagles	0
		Army-Navy Grid Classic II
17.12.1944		Navy Green Waves	13	Army Red Raiders	7
		Tea Bowl II
31.12.1944	White City stadium	Air Force Command Warriors	13	8th Air Force Shuttle-Raders	0

References: [11]

Note: Only Major “Turkey Bowl” Style games played in Stadiums in front of the British & Irish Public in aid of the Red Cross are shown above. From Autumn 1943-Autumn 1944 there were Championships organised in various Divisions, with teams playing as many as 10 games before the playoffs.

Report

From 1942-1943 the US Army played a series of American Football matches in Northern Ireland, Wales & England in aid of the Red Cross. Teams were named Tech (Engineering), Hale (Infantry) and Yarvard (Artillery).

Irish and British newspaper readers would have been familiar with reports in the papers of US College Football, and the team names reflect this (Yarvard and Hale are not mis-spellings, but the names reflect the Ivy League Colleges of Harvard and Yale, similarly Tech is a nod to the big American Tech Colleges.

Starting in Northern Ireland in 1942, matches were played at the home of Ulster Rugby, Ravenhill (Hale winning 9-7) and Larne (Yarvard getting a 14-0 win over Tech). 8, 000 turned up to see the Ravenhill game, and a full capacity 2,000 for the Larne match.

The next year, the European Theater of Operations Championship was organised in England & Wales, with the teams given the nicknames Fighting Irish (Tech – a nod to Notre Dame), Blue Devils (Hale – after Duke University) and Crimson Tide (Yarvard – in honour of Alabama University).

The Crimson Tide won all three matches played in front of the public, attracting crowds of 25,000 (London), 7, 000 (Cardiff), and 6, 000 (Bristol).

Autumn 1943 is notable for the appearance of the Bulldozers, an African-American Engineering team.

In 1944 Army & Navy (not the US Colleges, but Army & Navy Personnel stationed in Europe), played a 0-0 Tie in Newry, dubbed the Northern Ireland Championship. Navy were nicknamed the Galloping Gaels for the day.

There were also numerous Championships for various Divisions as well as two Army-Navy Grid Classics and Two Tea Bowls and a Coffee Bowl in 1944 as the tide turned on the war and opportunities for playing in large stadiums for the benefit of both the Red Cross and the citizens of Britain increased.

An interesting footnote to this era is the very first American Football game played in Africa, the Arab Bowl, played in Oran, Algeria, which Army won 10-7 over Navy.

Yarvard Team at Sandy Bay, Larne, 1942 [14]

References

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Websites

[1] Irish American Football Association (2016) Journey to Thirty [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/journeyto-thirty/ [Accessed 08 August 2016]

[2] Irish American Football Association (2016) History of US Teams playing in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/history-of-us-teams-playing-in-ireland/ [Accessed 22 November 2016]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2016) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/history.htm [Accessed 26 October 2016]

[4] Lucky Show (2016) American Football in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/Shamrock%20Bowl.htm [Accessed 5 June 2017]

[5] Dublin Town – Article by Gerry Farrell (2016) College Football Classic Ireland’s Relationship with American Football [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublintown.ie/irelands-relationship-with-american-football/ [Accessed 7 May 2018]

Sources.

[6] Anon. (1942) . “Photo caption: American Football att Ravenhill”. Belfast News-Letter. 16 November 1942. pg. 6.

[10] Magee, Damian. “English Beer and American Football: Exporting American Football as a Cultural Commodity to the British Isles.” Irish Journal of American Studies, vol. 7, 1998, pp. 121–148. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30002410.

[11] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 47-82. Published by the author.

Social Media

[12] Belfast Blitzers | Faacebook (2019) Post 22 August 2019: “ So this is the last of the photos in the archive, it’s of the Yarvard team at Sandy Bay, Larne Harbour on the 21st November 1942. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/photos/pcb.2260513057393170/2260507127393763/?type=3&theater [Accessed 23 August 2019]

[13] Belfast Blitzers | Faacebook (2019) Post 22 August 2019: “So this is the last of the photos in the archive, it’s of the Yarvard team at Sandy Bay, Larne Harbour on the 21st November 1942. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/photos/rpp.454643317980162/2260507354060407/?type=3&theater[Accessed 23 August 2019]

Images

[14] Belfast Blitzers | Facebook (2019) Photo 22 August 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/photos/pcb.2260513057393170/2260507127393763/?type=3&theater [Accessed 23 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.

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Ireland National American Football Team 1986-Present

Iris Wolfhounds Logo [23]

Irish National American Football Team 1995-Present

Home Ground: Kilmacud, Co. Dublin (1986), Phoenix Park, Dublin 2 (1990), Ravenhill, Belfast & St. Mary’s RFC, Dublin (1995), Belfast (1997), Santry, Dublin (1998-1999), Ringsend, Dublin 4 (2000), Greystones, Co. Wicklow (2004-2005), Pairc Tailteann, Navan, Co. Meath (2017-Present)

Colours: Green & White

Career Record: (W-L-T Pct) 8-20-0 .286

History: Irish National American Football Team, started in 1995 as the Irish Leprechauns and playing friendlies and in the Nations Cup with England, Scotland and Wales. A match versus Mount St. Joseph’s High School from Baltimore in Maryland in 2000 led to the resurrection of the Irish American Football League which had disbanded in disarray earlier that year. The Team Ireland Programme played a further four games in 2004-2006 against English and American College Opposition before being put on hiatus. It was started again in 2016 with a Full International against the Dutch Lions. The Irish Wolfhounds, as the team has been Christened, has won its last two Full Internationals by a point both times against the Belgian Barbarians.

Name Changes: Irish Squad 1990 / Fighting Irish 1995-1996 / Irish Leprechauns 1996-1999 / Irish Lions 2001 / Team Ireland 2004-2006 / Irish Wolfhounds 2016-Present.

Reference:

Era-by-Era Record

Team Name	Years	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
IAFL All-Stars *	1986	6	1	3	0	44	126	.250
Fighting Irish	1995-1996	7	3	4	0	148	176	.429
Irish Leprechauns	1996-1999	8	2	6	0	105	216	.250
Team Ireland	2000-2006	7	1	6	0	35	252	.000
Irish Wolfhounds	2016-Present	4	2	2	0	33	99	.500

Ireland National American Football Team Era-by-Era Record 1986-Present Ref: Compiled from Results in 1-22]

Note: * Three results unknown: Northern Hordes (IAFL North All-Stars) v Dublin Celts 1988; IAFL All-Stars v USAF Lakenheath Eagles, and Dublin All-Stars (IAFL South) v Great Britain Bulldogs 1995. Team Ireland results include both a Win and Loss for the IAFL North All-Stars (Northern Ireland) v IAFL South All-Stars (Republic of Ireland) in 2003.

IAFL All-Stars / Irish Squad Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
1986	Kilmacud (Irl)	Exhibition	Marlboro Shamrocks (MA)	L	0-36
03.07.1988	Dublin	Summer Bowl	Dublin Celts		+
18.11.1990	Phoenix Park (Irl)	Friendly	Dublin Tornadoes	W	31-15
1991	Northants (Eng)	Friendly	Northants Storm (Eng)	L	6-48
1991	Malone RFC (Irl)	Exhibition	USAF Lakenheath Eagles (Eng)
98.1994	(Fra)	Friendly	Team Canada	L	7-24 *
08.1995	Wicklow RFC (Irl)	Friendly	Great Britain Bulldogs		^

IAFL All-Stars Results 1986 [Ref: 1-5]

Note: * Combined Ireland / Le Mans Caimans team. + Northern Hordes (IAFL North All-Stars) v Dublin Celts. ^ Dublin All-Stars (IAFL South) v Great Britain Bulldogs.

Fighting Irish Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
17.03.1995	Leicester (Eng)	Friendly	Great Britain Lions	L	0-22
1995	Ravenhill (Irl)	Friendly	Team USA	L	12-47
19.07.1995	Ottawa (Can)	Friendly	Ottawa Gee-Gees Alumni (Can)	L	22-34
03.08.1995	Ottawa (Can)	Friendly	Ottawa Gee-Gees Alumni (Can)	W	27-24
03.09.1995	Hanau (Ger)	Friendly	Hanau Hawks (Ger)	L	6-19
26.11.1995	St. Mary’s (Irl)	Friendly	Great Britain NW All-Stars	W	45-0
1996		Friendly	Northants Storm (Eng)	W	36-30

Ireland Fighting Irish Results 1995-1996 [Ref: 7-8]

Irish Leprechauns Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
1996	Birmingham (Eng)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	6-20
1996	Nottingham (Eng)	Nations Cup	Welsh Dragons	W	44-21
1996	Brmingham (Eng)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	3-14
1997	Belfast (Irl)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	6-31
1997	(Wal)	Nations Cup	Welsh Dragons	W	40-20
1998	Santry (Irl)	Nations Cup	Welsh Dragons	L	6-34
1999	Santry (Irl)	Nations Cup	England	L	0-46
1999	Glasgow (Sco)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	0-30

Irish Leprechauns Results 1996-1999 Reference: [11-17]

Team Ireland Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
2000	Ringsend (Irl)	Friendly	Mount. St. Joseph’s HS (MD)	L	12-36
2003	Carrickfergus (Irl)	All-Star Game	IAFL South	W	7-0 *
2003	Carrickfergus (Irl)	All-Star Game	IAFL North	L	0-7 *
05.2004	Greystones (Irl)	Celtic Classic I	John Carroll Blue Streaks (OH)	L	2-52
04.09.2004	Derby (Eng)	Friendly	Great Britain Bulldogs	L	6-69
06.05.2005	Greystones (Irl)	Celtic Classic II	Adrian College Bulldogs (MICH)	L	0-53
15.08.2006	Coventry (Eng)	Celtic Classic III	Coventry Jets (Eng)	L	8-35

Team Ireland Results 2004-2006 References: [18-22]

Note: * All-Star Game: IAFL North All-Stars (Northern Ireland) 7 IAFL South All-Stars (Republic of Ireland) 0.

Irish Wolfhounds Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
27.08.2016	Waalwijk (Ned)	Full International	Dutch Lions	L	0-20
08.04.2017		Friendly	Team USA AFW	L	6-54
20.10.2018	Navan (Irl)	Full International	Belgian Barbarians	W	20-19
11.09.2019	Ostend (Bel)	Full International	Belgian Barbarians	W	7-6

Irish Wolfhounds Results 2016-2019 References: [23-27]

Report

The first Ireland National American Football Team was the IAFL All-Stars, a team made up of the top players in the Irish American Football League in the mid-to-late 1980s. In 1990s the first Irish Squad, of Irish-born players, and players with Irish Passports (Grandparents Rule), played a match against Dublin Tornadoes, winning 31-15. In 1991 the team lost 6-48 to the Northants Storm, one of the top UK sides. Then in 1994 a combined Ireland / Le Mans Caimans team lost to Team Canada 7-27 in France.

In 1995 the Fighting Irish team was assembled from Tryouts in Dublin, Belfast and Northamptonshire (England), and played its first full international against the Great Britain Lions, losing 22-0. Over the following year the team went 3-4, with wins over the Ottawa Gee-Gees Alumni (a team of former Canadian College players), The North West GB All-Stars and the Northants Storm, one of the United Kingdom’s best teams. The Fighting Irish also lost to the Gee-Gees, Team USA, and the Hanau Hawks, Germany’s National Champion, one of over 80 teams in Germany.

From 1996 to 1999 the Irish Leprechauns competed in the Nations Cup against the Scottish Bravehearts, Welsh Dragons and England, winning two matches against the Welsh Dragons.

In 2000, the only match played in Ireland was one between the Ireland team and a High School from Baltimore, Maryland (Mount St. Joesph’s High School). The match led to the resurrection of the Irish American Football League.

From 2004 to 2006 team Ireland played in the Celtic Classic against two United States College teams from the NCAA Division III level, as well as a match against the Coventry Jets, one of the top teams in Europe, and UK Champions. The team also played a friendly against the Great Britain Bulldogs. while Team Ireland lost all matches they showed great promise.

That promise was to unfold a decade later, when the Ireland National Team was restarted, with the Irish Wolfhounds, as they were named, going down to the Dutch Lions and Team USA American Football World (an elite High School National Team) and beating the Belgian Barbarians by a point, not once, but twice.

There has also been a couple of IAFL North and South All-Stars matches. In 1988 the Northern Hordes, made up of IAFL teams in Northern Ireland played the Dublin Celts in the Summer Bowl, and in 1995 in Co. Wicklow, a Dublin / IAFL South All-Stars team played the Great Britain Bulldogs, a British University National team. In 2003 the IAFL North and IAFL South All-Stars played each other in a game the North won 7-0.

Links to Season-By-Season Rosters & Match Reports

Great Britain Lions 22 Ireland Fighting Irish 0 – 17 March 1995

Ireland Fighting Irish 45 Northwest GB All-Stars 0 – 26 November 1995

Ireland 6 Great Britain Bulldogs 69 | 4 September 2004

Ireland 8 Coventry Jets 35 | 15 October 2006

Dutch Lions 20 Irish Wolfhounds 0 | 27 August 2016

Irish Wolfhounds 20 Belgian Barbarians 19 | 20 October 2018

Belgian Barbarians 6 Irish Wolfhounds 7 Oct 2019

References

Newspapers

[1] Irish Press (1987) It’s not so good for the ‘Giants’ Irish Press. Thursday, November 05, 1987. pg. 11[Internet]

[2] Anon. (1990) U.S. Football Irish Independent. Monday, November 19, 1990. pg. 20

[3] Anon. (1996) “NORTHANTS MOVEN ON UP” First Down. April 6, 1996.

[6] Lord, Miriam (1988) “Incredible hulks – just like a herd of buffalo” Irish Independent, Monday, July 4, 1988. pg. 3

Facebook

[4] Dublin Celts American Football Team | Facebook (2019) Post: September 8, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10219514775570943&set=pcb.975213116205143&type=3&theater&ifg=1 [Accessed 5 October 2019]

Websites

[7] Britball Now (2009) British and Irish Friendly results against foreign opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[8] British Collegiate American Football League (2001) GB Bulldogs History [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010710011259/http://bcafl.org/cgi-bcafl/showdoc.pl?section=/bulldogs&article=1 [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[9] Naughton, Lindie (1995) “American Football” Evening Herald. Thursday, July 13, 1995. pg. 73 [Pg. 79 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[10]O’Doherty, Caroline (1995) “Feast of entertainment at American Football Blitz” Wicklow People. Thursday, August 10, 1995. pg. 5.

Sources

[11] Anon. (1996) “KICKING KEV KEEPS IRISH EYES SMILING” First Down. March 15, 1996. Pg. 20

[12] Anon. (1997) “IRELAND HARPOON WALES” First Down. April 5, 1997. Pg. 21.

[13] Anon. (1997) “EMERALD SMILES? – Ireland have a tough task in gaining Nations Cup revenge over Scotland” First Down. Saturday, September 6, 1997. Pg. 23

[14] Anon. (1997) “SCOTLAND 31 IRELAND 0” First Down. Saturday, September 20, 1997. Pg. 21

[15] Anon. (1998) “WALES 34 IRELAND 6” First Down. October 8-14, 1998. Pg. 24

[16] Anon. (1999) “HART’s SOUL FIRES ENGLAND TRIUMPH: IRELAND 0 ENGLAND 46” First Down. October 14-20, 1999. Pg. 27

[17] Anon. (1999) “Scots clinch hom nations hat-trick: FOUR NATIONS CUP SCOTLAND 30 IRELAND 0” First Down. October 21-27, 1999. Pg.

[18] Anon (2000) Plucky Irish Denied by Americans First Down. June 12, 2000. pg. 17.

Websites

[19] Irish American Football Association (2004) IRELAND 6 GREAT BRITAIN BULLDOGS 69 [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootbal.ie/iafl/irlgb04.htm [Accessed 25 October 2017]

[20] Irish American Football Association (2004) John Carroll win Celtic Classic 2 [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/john-carroll-win-celtic-classic-2/ [Accessed 8 December 2016]

[21] Wayback Machine – Irish American Football Association (2006) IRISH NATIONAL TEAM & IAFL ALLSTARS RESULTS [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20060622144820/http://www.americanfootball.ie/teamirelandresults.htm [Accessed 6 July 2017]

Internet Archive

[22] Dublin Dragons (2006) Team Ireland 8 Coventry Cassidy Jets 35 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071117035949/http://www.dublindragons.com/e107/news.php?extend.20 [Accessed 31 October 2017]

Social Media

[23] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Post April 3 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1474457059254856:0 [Accessed 25 August 2017]

[24] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Post April 8 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1479857652048130 [Accessed 25 August 2017]

Websites

[25] Irish American Football Association (2016) Team Ireland play historic fixture away to the Netherlands [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/team-ireland-historic-fixture-away-netherlands/ [Accessed 2 September 2016]

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Social Media

[27] Irish American Football Association Facebook Page (2016) Post: October 20, 2018 – “IRELAND WIN!! 20-19,” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/2145681338799088 [Accessed 22 October 2016]

Images

[23] Irish American Football Association (2019) Irish Wolfhounds Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Irish-Wolfhounds-IAFA_2.png [Accessed 13 September 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Douglas, Irish Wolfhounds & Dublin Rebels

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United States Armed Forces in Europe | Northern Italian League 1974-1975

NIL 1974

	P	W	L	T	bPct
*Geronimos Vicenza	3	3	0	0	1.000
Blue Knights Vicenza
Bosco Rocks Verona
Missile Support Command Vicenza

Reference: [4]

NIL 1975

	P	W	L	T	bPct
*Geronimos Vicenza	3	3	0	0	1.000
Blue Knights Vicenza
Bosco Rocks Verona
Missile Support Command Vicenza

Reference: [4]

About

The first Leagues in Europe from 1945 to the mid-1980s were US Armed Forces Personnel playing at Air Force Bases in the United Kingdom, Germany & the Mediterranean.

The USAFE Northern Italian League followed on from the Intercontinental Football League which was a failed attempt at starting a Professional American Football League in Europe following the success of the American film M*A*S*H with its climactic end sequence at an American Football game. The game featured fictional teams of American soldiers playing American Football, and reflected the true life Leagues in Europe and around the World where US Soldiers were stationed. (See Intercontinental Football League 1970-1975 ). Gernimos from Vicenza won the League with a 3-0 record both seasons.

The Northern Italian Football League followed on from the USAFE League in 1976, featuring the Bosco Rocks, Blue Knights & Geronimos, as well as Italian teams made up of local players and soldiers. (See Northern Italian Football League 1976-1986 )

The Italian League which followed was the first National League in Europe featuring homegrown players. (see Federazione Italiana Football Americano 1977 & Lega Italiana Football Americano 1980-1981 )

References

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Websites

[1] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) United States Army Europe Football Tournament 1974 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1974_USArEurFT.pdf [Accessed 15 October 2019]

[2] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) United States Army Europe Football Tournament 1975 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1975_USArEurFT.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[3] USAFE Football (2019) USAFE Football Home [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/ [Accessed 27 October 2019

[4] Massimo Foglio (2017) “Touchdown in Europe: How American Football Came to the Old Continent”. Pg. 228. Second Edition, 2017. Published by the Author

Sources

[3] Magee, Damian. “English Beer and American Football: Exporting American Football as a Cultural Commodity to the British Isles.” Irish Journal of American Studies, vol. 7, 1998, pp. 121–148. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30002410.

[4] Britball Now (2016) US Miltary Football in the UK [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/us-military-football-in-the.html [Accessed 22 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tim Leadingham & Liam Mulcahy.

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Indoor Football League 2019

Indoor Football League Standings and Schedule

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Arizona Rattlers	14	14	0	0	879	510	1.000
*Iowa Barnstormers	14	12	2	0	716	522	.857
*Sioux Falls Storm	14	11	3	0	738	589	.786
*Green Bay Blizzard	14	9	5	0	590	521	.643
*Nebraska Danger	14	7	7	0	714	656	.500
*Tucson Sugar Skulls	14	7	7	0	728	705	.500
Quad Cities Steamwheelers	14	6	8	0	709	650	.429
Bismarck Bucks	14	2	12	0	474	751	.143
Cedar Rapids River Kings	14	1	13	0	413	730	.071
San Diego Strike Force	14	1	13	0	524	871	.071

Reference: [1]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	1st Round Playoffs
21.06.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	40	Nebraska Dangers	45
23.06.2019	Sioux Falls Storm	50	Tucson Sugar Skulls	47
	United Conference Championship
29.06.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	50	Sioux Falls Storm	52
	Intense Conference Championship
29.06.2019	Arizona Rattlers	62	Nebraska Danger	45
	United Bowl Championship Game
13.07.2019	Arizona Rattlers	53	Sioux Falls Storm	56

Reference: [2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
22.02.2019	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	66	San Diego Strke Force	50
23.02.2019	Cedar Rapids River Kings	44	Sioux Falls Storm	47
23.02.2019	Nebraska Danger	66	Bismarck Bucks	44
24.02.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	21	Arizona Rattlers	51
	Week 2
01.03.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	53	Nebraska Danger	52
03.03.2019	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	39	Iowa Barnstormers	53
03.03.2019	Arizona Rattlers	81	Cedar Rapids River Kings	37
03.03.2019	San Diego Strike Force	44	Tucson Sugar Skulls	65
	Week 3
09.03.2019	Nebraska Danger	36	Sioux Falls Storm	55
09.03.2019	Cedar Rapids River Kings	65	San Diego Strike Force	48
09.03.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	41	Green Bay Blizzard	3
10.03.2019	Tucson Sugar Skulls	62	Bismarck Bucks	42
	Week 4
15.03.2019	Cedar Rapids River Kings	36	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	58
16.03.2019	Bismarck Bucks	18	Sioux Falls Storm	52
16.03.2019	Arizona Rattlers	63	Tucson Sugar Skulls	28
	Week 5
22.03.2019	Sioux Falls Storm	66	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	52
23.03.2019	Nebraska Danger	55	Iowa Barnstormers	58
24.03.2019	San Diego Strike Force	45	Green Bay Blizzard	53
	Week 6
29.03.2019	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	26	Green Bay Blizzard	29
30.03.2019	Bismarck Bucks	35	Nebraska Danger	50
30.03.2019	Cedar Rapids River Kings	20	Iowa Barnstormers	41
31.03.2019	Tucson Sugar Skulls	51	San Diego Strike Force	31
31.03.2019	Arizona Rattlers	58	Sioux Falls Storm	40
	Week 7
05.04.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	53	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	47
06.04.2019	Bismarck Bucks	31	Sioux Falls Storm	64
06.04.2019	Arizona Rattlers	91	San Diego Strike Force	58
06.04.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	59	Cedar Rapids River Kings	48
06.04.2019	Nebraska Danger	53	Tucson Sugar Skulls	47
	Week 8
13.04.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	60	Nebraska Danger	50
14.04.2019	Bismarck Bucks	16	Iowa Barnstormers	55
14.04.2019	Tucson Sugar Skulls	41	Arizona Rattlers	55
14.04.2019	San Diego Strike Force	40	Cedar Rapids River Kings	34
	Week 9
20.04.2019	Cedar Rapids River Kings	25	Bismarck Bucks	40
20.04.2019	Nebraska Danger	47	Green Bay Blizzard	40
20.04.2019	Siuox Falls Storm	36	Iowa Barnstormers	32
20.04.2019	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	72	Tucson Sugar Skulls	54
22.04.2019	San Diego Strike Force	14	Arizona Rattlers	52
	Week 10
26.04.2019	Nebraska Danger	66	Cedar Rapids River Kings	42
27.04.2019	Sioux Falls Storm	50	Arizona Rattlers	63
27.04.2019	Tucson Sugar Skulls	58	Iowa Barnstormers	61
28.04.2019	Bismarck Bucks	50	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	48
	Week 11
04.05.2019	Arizona Rattlers	56	Nebraska Dangers	46
04.05.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	48	Bismarck Bucks	39
04.05.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	43	Cedar Rapids River Kings	18
04.05.2019	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	46	Sioux Falls Storm	59
04.05.2019	Tucson Sugar Skulls	54	San Diego Strike Force	34
	Week 12
09.05.2019	San Diego Strike Force	48	Tucson Sugar Skulls	65
11.05.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	59	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	56
11.05.2019	Siuox Falls Storm	44	Green Bay Blizzard	37
	Week 13
18.05.2019	Bismarck Bucks	40	Tucson Sugar Skulls	52
18.05.2019	Sioux Falls Storm	57	Nebraska Danger	56
19.05.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	49	Iowa Bzarnstormers	54
19.05.2019	San Diego Strike Force	63	Arizona Rattlers	84
	Week 14
24.05.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	65	Bismarck Bucks	35
24.05.2019	Nebraska Danger	37	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	43
25.05.2019	Tucson Sugar Skulls	47	Arizona Rattlers	62
	Week 15
01.06.2019	Bismarck Bucks	10	Green Bay Blizzard	41
01.06.2019	Cedar Rapids River Kings	0	Arizona Rattlers	56
01.06.2019	Sioux Falls Storm	60	San Diego Strike Force	7
	Week 16
06.06.2019	San Diego Strike Force	26	Nebraska Danger	54
07.06.2019	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	58	Bismarck Bucks	20
08.06.2019	Arizona Rattlers	50	Tucson Sugar Skulls	49 ot
08.06.2019	Cedar Rapids River Kings	15	Green Bay Blizzard	56
08.06.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	55	Sioux Falls Storm	53
	Week 17
15.06.2019	Arizona Rattlers	57	San Diego Strike Force	16
15.06.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	47	Cedar Rapids River Kings	0
15.06.2019	Siuox Falls Storm	65	Bismarck Bucks	54
15.06.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	40	Nebraska Danger	46
15.06.2019	Tucson Sugar Skulls	55	Quad Cities Steamwheelers	50

Reference: [2]

Team Geographic Map

Report

Sioux Falls Storm shocked the previously unbeaten Arizona Rattlers 56-53 in the United Bowl to win their 10th United Bowl, extending their record.

Arizona had finished 14-0 in Regular Season play, and Iowa Barnstormers 12-2 in second. Sioux Falls beat both of these one-time AAA Arena Football League teams on the way to the title after winning against Tucson Sugar Skulls (50-47) in the First Round Playoffs.

The United Conference Championship game was also extremely close, with the Storm beating Nebraska Danger 52-50. In the Intense Conference Championship Arizona Rattlers had beaten Nebraska Danger 62-45. Nebraska had earlier beaten Green Bay Blizzard 45-40 in the Playoffs.

Six of the 10 teams made the playoffs, with Quad Cities Steamwheelers just missing out of a spot in the post-season with a 6-8 record. Bismarck Bucks (2-12), Cedar Rapids River Kings (1-13) and San Diego Strike Force (1-13) won a total of 4 games between them.

About

The Indoor Football League is a AA American Football League played Reduced Numbers (8v8) Arena Football in the Western MidWest & American Southwest.

Reduced Numbers American Football is Full Contact Kittec Football, but with less players designed for smaller localities & regions with less population in the USA.

References

Websites

[1] Indoor Football League (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2018-19/standings [Accesed 27 October 2019]

[2] Indoor Football League (2019) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2018-19/schedule [Accesed 27 October 2019]

Images

[3] Indoor Football League | Wayback Machine (2019) 2019 Indoor Football League | Geographic Map [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20190708201232/https://www.goifl.com/members/Geographic_Map [Accesed 27 October 2019]

[4] SportsLogos.net (2019) Indoor Football League Alternate Logo (2009-2019) [Internet] Available from: http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/159/4848/full/982_-indoor_football_league-alternate-2009.gif [Accesed 27 October 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Bart Barden & Sam Thompson

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Lega Italiana Football Americano 1980-1981

LIF 1980

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Lupi Roma	6	4	2	0	73	52	.667
Tori Torino	6	4	2	0	52	56	.667
Diavoli Milano	6	3	2	1	87	42	.583
Gladiatori Roma	6	0	5	1	24	88	.083

Reference: [1]

LIF 1981

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Gladiatori Roma	3	3	0	0	68	0	1.000
Lupi Roma	3	2	1	0	40	12	.667
Tori Torino	3	1	2	0	12	64	.333
Diavoli Roma	3	0	3	0	0	50

Reference: [2]

Note: Season Unfinished.

Note on Team Names

Team	Translation	Notes on Team Name
Lupi Roma	Rome Wolves	According to Etruscan legend a Wolf gave birth to Romulus & Remus, the founders of Rome. The Etruscan were the first inhabitants of Rome.
Gladiatori Roma	Rome Gladiators	Gladiators are famous for their association with Rome. They took part in sword fights in Rome for the pleasure of the Roman public.
Diavoli Milano / Pavullo	Milan Devils	Milan was founded by the Celts, who had a God who resembled a deer, hence their later association with the devil by Christians.
Tauri Torino	Torino Minotaurs	The Minotaur in Ancient Greek Myth was a beast that was Half Man – Half Bull (A Man with a Bull’s Head)

[4][5]

Report

The first domestic Italian American Football League was the Northern Italian Football League , started in 1976, following the first unsuccessful attempts at introducing Pro American Football to Europe in 1973-1975, with the Intercontinental Football League, which was to feature NFL players, and six teams in Europe, including the Rome Gladiators in Italy.

The Northern Italian Football League was started in 1976, with Vicenza teams Geronimos & Blue Knights dominating play, winning all the Spaghetti Bowls between them and finishing in the top two spots in the Regular Season most years.

The FIFA (Federazione Italiano Football Americano) association was set up the following year, in 1977, with a four-team National Playoff.

In 1980, the second attempt at starting a true National League was founded – the Lega Italiana Football Americano. It lasted one and a half seasons, with the second season finishing at the midway point. Lupi Roma won the first title in 1980 and Gladiatori Roma were the leaders at the halfway point in the second season. The rival Associazone Italiana Football Americano, which played its first season in 1981 took over thereafter.

The Italian League was the first domestic American Football League in Europe, with the game being restricted to US Army men playing at Air Force bases in Europe prior to that. The film M*A*S*H had popularised American Football in Europe in 1970, the first time the game had been seen on screen in Europe in a Major Film. See the Intercontinental Football League 1972-1975: Intercontinental Football League 1970-1975

References

Websites

[1] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Lega Italiano Football Americano 1980 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1980_lif.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[2] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Lega Italiano Football Americano 1981 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1981_lif.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[3] Alex Macbeth | The Local.it (2018) Four Civilizations that predate Rome [Internet] Available from: https://www.thelocal.it/20180911/four-civilizations-in-italy-that-pre-date-the-roman-empire [Accessed 27 October 2019]

[4] Medievallists.net (2019) Foundation myths in Mediaval & Renaissance Italy [Internet] Available from: https://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/foundation-myths-in-medieval-and-renaissance-italy/ [Accessed 27 October 2019]

[5] Tauri Torino (2019) Home | Sito Storico [Internet] Available from: https://tauritorino.com/ [Accessed 27 October 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Santina Farrinella.

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October 24, 2019April 8, 2025

Northern Italian Football League 1976-1986

NIFL Final Standings and Playoffs 1976-1986

NIFL 1976

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Blue Knights Vicenza
Eagles Aviano
Geronimos Vicenza
Rangers Tirennia
Red Machine Aviano

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Geronimos	W

Reference: [1]

NIFL 1977

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Red Machine Aviano	9	7	2	0			.778
*Geronimos Vicenza	9	6	2	1			.722
Eagles Aviano	9	5	4	0			.556
Blue Knights Vicenza	9	4	4	1			.500
Rangers Tirennia	9	4	5	0			.444
Bosco Rocks Verona	9	0	9	0			.000

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Geronimos	W

Reference: [2]

NIFL 1978

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Geronimos Vicenza	10	9	1	0			.900
*Red Machine Aviano	10	8	2	0			.800
Blue Knights Vicenza	10	5	5	0			.500
Rangers Tirrenia	10	5	5	0			.500
Eagles Aviano	10	2	8	0			.200
Rhinos Milano	10	1	9	0			.100

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Geronimos Vicenza	L	Red Machine Aviano	W

Reference: [3]

NIFL 1979

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Geronimos Vicenza	10	10	0	0			1.000
Blue Knights Vicenza	10	6	2	2			.700
Eagles Aviano	10	6	2	2			.700
Rangers Tirrenia	10	4	6	0			.400
Bosco Rocks Verona	10	2	8	0			.200
Rhinos Milano	10	0	0	10			.000

Reference: [4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Geronimos Vicenza	W

Reference: [4]

NIFL 1980

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Blue Knights Vicenza	8	7	1	0			.875
Geronimos Vicenza	8	6	2	0			.750
Eagles Aviano	8	5	3	0			.625
Rangers Tirrenia	8	5	3	0			.625
Rhinos Milano	8	4	4	0			.500
Frogs Gallarate	8	1	7	0			.125
Rams Milano	8	0	8	0			.000

Reference: [5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Blue Knights Vicenza	W

Reference: [5]

NIFL 1981

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Blue Knights Vicenza
Eagles Aviano
*Geronimos Vicenza
Rangers Tirrenia
Rhinos Milano

Reference: [6]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Geronimos Vicenza	W

Reference: [6]

NIFL 1982

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Geronimos Vicenza	7	7	0	0	308	13	1.000
*Blue Knights Vicenza	7	6	1	0	278	28	.857
*Rangers Tirrenia	7	5	2	0	104	80	.714
*Rhinos Milano	7	4	3	0	83	174	.571
Giaguari Torino	7	3	4	0	66	161	.429
Warriors Bologna	7	1	6	0	40	195	.143
Frogs Gallarate	7	0	7	0			.000
Crusaders Brindisi / Eagles Aviano (&)

Reference: [7] (&) Eagles Aviano excluded from the Championship and replaced by Crusaders Brindisi – Other information unavailable [7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semifinale
	Blue Knights Vicenza	27	Rangers Tirrenia	14
	Geronimos Vicenza	35	Rhinos Milano	0
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Blue Knights Vicenza	6	Geronimos Vicenza	32

Reference: [7]

NIFL 1983

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Geronimos Vicenza	6	6	0	0	297	28	1.000
*Blue Knights Vicenza	6	5	1	0	169	91	.833
Frogs Busto Arsizio	6	4	2	0	111	83	.667
Rangers Tirrenia	6	3	3	0	95	87	.500
Warriors Bologna	6	2	4	0	55	168	.333
Giaguari Torino	6	1	5	0	91	151	.167
Seamen Milano	6	0	6	0	0	210	.000

Reference: [8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semifinale
	Geronimos Vicenza	20	Rangers Tirrenia	0
	Frogs Busto Arsizio	20	Blue Knights Vicenza	36
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Blue Knights Vicenza	26	Geronimos Vicenza	21

Reference: [8]

NIFL 1984

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Blue Knights Vicenza	5	4	1	0	129	27	.800
*Geronimos Vicenza	5	4	1	0	77	23	.800
*Rangers Tirrenia	5	2	3	0	57	41	.400
*Eagles Aviano	5	2	3	0	13	52	.400
Wildcats Napoli	5	2	3	0	22	119	.400
Crusaders Brindisi	5	1	4	0	34	70	.200

Reference: [9]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semifinale
	Blue Knights Vicenza	36	Rangers Tirrenia	0
	Geronimos Vicenza	8	Eagles Aviano	0 ot
	Finale
	Blue Knights Vicenza	7	Geronimos Vicenza	14

Reference: [9]

NIFL 1985

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Geronimos Vicenza	4	4	0	0			1.000
*Rangers Tirrenia	4	3	1	0			.750
*Blue Knights Vicenza	4	2	2	0			.500
Red Raiders Aviano	4	1	3	0			.250
Mustangs Napoli	4	0	4	0			.000

Reference: [10]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semifinale
	Geronimos Vicenza	14	Red Raiders Aviano	7
	Rangers Tirrenia	19	Blue Knights Vicenza	12
	Spaghetti Bowl
	Geronimos Vicenza	30	Rangers Tirrenia	14

Reference: [10]

NIFL 1986

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Black Knights Vicenza
Blue Falcons Vicenza
Eagles Aviano
Mustangs Napoli
Rangers Tirrenia
Warriors Bologna	5	0	5	0	25	163	.000

Reference: [11]

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Semifinale
	??	??
	??	??
	Gold Bowl
	??	??

Reference: [11]

Report

The FIFA (Federazione Italiano Football Americano) association was set up the following year, in 1977, with a four-team National Playoff.

The NIFL was merged into the Associazione Italiana Football Americano after the 1986 season.

References

Websites

[1] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1976 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1976_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[2] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1977 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1977_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[3] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1978 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1978_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[4] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1979 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1979_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[5] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1980 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1980_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[6] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1981 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1981_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[7] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1982 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1982_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[8] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1983 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1983_nifl.pdf[Accessed 15 October 2019]

[9] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1984 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1984_nifl.pdf [Accessed 24 October 2019]

[10] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1985 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1985_nifl.pdf [Accessed 24 October 2019]

[11] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Northern Italian Football League 1986 http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1986_nifl.pdfAccessed 24 October 2019]

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 8 April 2025. First Published: 24 October 2019

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2	Dublin Tornadoes	6	4	0.600	121	164	-43
3	Carrickfergus Cougars	4	6	0.400	99	126	-27
4	Coleraine Chieftains	1	9	0.100	58	234	-176
5	East Side Jets	1	9	0.100	10	284	-274