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July 18, 2020October 29, 2023

European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championship Spring 1944

ETO Championship Playoffs Winter 1944

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Fog Bowl (ETO Semi-Final)		US Air Force Title
19.02.1944	Photo Lighnting	14	Ordnance Mustangs	0
	ETO Semi-Final		“SW Town”
27.02.1944	4th Infantry Blues	32	US Navy Seabees	0
	ETO Championship		“SW Town”
12.03.1944	4th Infantry Blues	20	8th Air Force Lightning	0

European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championship Winter 1944 References: [1-5, 11]

Army v Navy Winter 1944

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Arab Bowl		Oran, Algeria
	Army	10	Navy	7
	Northern Ireland Championship		Lone Star Field, Newry
01.01.1944	Navy Galloping Gaels	0	Army Wolverines	0

European Theater of Operations (ETO) Army v Navy Winter 1944 References: [1-5, 11]

Canada v USA Winter 1944

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Tea Bowl		White City Stadium
13.02.1944	Canadian Mustangs	16	US Pirates	6
	Coffee Bowl		White City Stadium
19.03.1944	US Blues	18	Canadian Mustangs	0

European Theater of Operations (ETO) Canada v USA Winter 1944 References: [1-5, 11]

Blues v Invaders Winter 1944

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Bowl		Eastville Stadium, Bristol
06.02.1944	4th Infantry Blues	28	Invaders	7
	Bowl		“SW Town”
26.03.1944	4th Infantry Blues	27	Invaders	0

European Theater of Operations (ETO) Blues v Invaders Winter 1944 References: [1-5, 11]

Report

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. 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.

There were also “Turkey Bowl” style games played between Canada and USA (finishing one game apiece), and the 4th Infantry Blues versus the Invaders, with the Blues winning both games.

The highlight, however, was the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championship. After a series of Qualification games, 8th Air Force Lightning and 4th Infantry Blues met in the Final, which was won by the Blues 20-0.

References

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]

Bibliography

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.

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European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championship Autumn 1943

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

European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championship Autumn 1943 [Ref: 1]

Report

The Autumn 1943 European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championshp, among American soldiers in World war II, is notable for the appearance of the Bulldozers, an African-American Engineering team. The Championship was a series of “Turkey Bowl” style games, named after Thanksgiving, around which most games were played.

References

Bibliography

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Sondra Maher, Rick Kelley & Tim Leadingham.

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European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championship Spring 1943

Final Standings

	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

ETO Championship Spring Final Standings 1943 [Ref: 1]

Results

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Game 1		White City Stadium, London
08.05.1943	Yarvard Crimson Tide	19	Tech Fighting Irish	6
	Game 2		Ninian Park, Cardiff
10.06.1943	Yarvard Crimson Tide	14	Hale Blue Devils	0
	Championship		Eastville Stadium, Bristol
26.06.1943	Yarvard Crimson Tide	40	Hale Blue Devils	0

ETO Championship Spring Results 1943 [Ref: 1]

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.

After the ETO Championship in Northern Ireland in 1942, in spring the following year (1943), 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).

References

Bibliography

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Sondra Maher, Rick Kelley & Tim Leadingham.

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American Expeditionary Force Football League (AEFFL) 1919

AEFFL Schedule 1919

AEFFL Playoffs

AEFFL Playoffs 1919

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	Score
	Quarter-Finals
14.03.1919	89th (Rolling W) Division	13	St. Nazaire	0
15.03.1919	SOS Tours	25	GHQ Chaumont	0
15.03.1919	36th (Panther) Division	13	HQ Le Mans	0
No Date	7th (Hourglass) Division	-	bye	-
	Semi-Finals
21.03.1919	36th (Panther) Division	7	7th (Hourglass) Division	0
22.03.1919	89th (Rolling W) Division	17	SOS Tours	3
	AEFFL Championship		Velodrome Parc des Princes, Paris
29.03.1919	89th (Rolling W) Division	13	36th (Panther) Division	6
Totals	Winners	88	Runners-Up	9

American Expeditionary Force Football League (AEFFL) Qualifiers 1919 [Ref: 1]

AEFFL Qualifiers

AEFFL Section Finals 1919

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	Score
	First Army Final Replay
1919	36th (Panther) Division	3	First Army Corp	0
	Second Army Final
1919	7th (Hourglass) Division	0*	28th (Keystone) Division	0
	Third Army Final
1919	89th (Rolling W) Division	14	4th (Ivy) Division	0
	S.O.S. Base Sections
1919	St. Nazaire	–	bye – 1918 Champions	–
	S.O.S. Intermediate Sections
1919	SOS Tours	19	SOS Base Section 2	0
	General Headquarters
1919	GHQ Chaumont / GHQ Le Mans		Both Qualified with little opposition
Totals	Winners	36	Runners-Up	0

American Expeditionary Force Football League (AEFFL) Section Finals 1919 [Ref: 1]
*Won on Tie-Break: Yards Gained

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 Spring 1919, the remaining 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, Sondra Maher, Rick Kelley & Tim Leadingham.

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American Expeditionary Force Football League (AEFFL) 1918

AEFFL Playoffs 1918-19

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

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.

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, Sondra Maher, Rick Kelley & Tim Leadingham.

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United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League Continental Sports Conference 1956-1960

USAFE Continental SC France District 1956

	P	W	L	T
Toul Tigers	10	9	1	0
Etain Pioneers	9	7	1	1
Evreux Normans	10	6	4	0
Dreux Plainsmen	10	6	4	0
Laon Rangers	10	6	4	0
SHAPE Indians	9	5	4	0
Chaumont Mudhens	9	3	5	1
Chambley Desert Rats	10	3	7	0
Chateuroux Sabres	9	1	7	1
Bordeaux Cardinals	9	1	8	0

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1956 [Ref: 1]

USAFE Continental SC France District 1957

	P	W	L	T
Toul Tigers	10	10	0	0
Etain Pioneers	9	7	2	0
SHAPE Indians	10	7	3	0
Laon Rangers	9	6	3	0
Dreux Plainsmen	10	6	4	0
Chambley Desert Rats	9	5	4	0
Evreux Normans	11	4	6	1
Chaumont Mudhens	9	3	5	1
Phalsbourg Falcons	9	3	6	0
Chateauroux Sabres	9	1	7	1

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1957 [Ref: 1]

USAFE Continental SC France District 1958

	P	W	L	T
Laon Rangers	10	9	1	0
Toul Tigers	11	8	3	0
Evreux Normans	8	4	3	1
SHAPE Indians	8	4	3	1
Chateauroux Sabres	9	3	5	1
Phalsbourg Falcons	8	2	5	1
Chaumont Mudhens	8	1	6	1
Dreux Plainsmen ##	7	0	7	0

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1958 [Ref: 1]

Note: # Withdrew after fifth loss, remaining two games forfeited.

USAFE Continental SC France District 1959

	P	W	L	T
SHAPE Indians	10	9	1	0
Laon Rangers	11	8	2	1
Toul Tigers	7	4	2	1
Chateauroux Sabres	7	3	4	0
Evreux Normans	8	3	5	0
Phalsbourg Falcons	8	3	5	0
Dreux Plainsmen	8	1	7	0

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1959 [Ref: 1]

USAFE Continental SC France District 1960

	P	W	L	T
SHAPE Indians	12	11	1	0
Laon Rangers	10	8	2	0
Chateauroux Sabres	10	4	6	0
Dreux Plainsmen	9	1	8	0
Toul Tigers	8	0	8	0

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1960 [Ref: 1]

Report

The United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Continental Sports Conference France District title was won by Toul Tigers (1956 to 1957), Laon Rangers again (1958) and SHAPE Indians (1959 to 1960), after which the France District was merged into the Continental Sports Conference along with the teams based in Germany.

The United States Air Force in Europe Football League (USAFE – pronounced “You-Safe”) was the League for Air Force Personnel stationed at Cold War Military Bases in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy & Greece.

There were three Conferences: UK Sports Conference, Continental Sports Conference (Germany & France) and Mediterranean Sports Conference (Italy & Greece). While the MSC was a competitive Conference, the Finals were usually played between the Winners of the UKSC and the CSC.

Following the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the USAFE Football League was discontinued and the only US Military Football now played in the UK is High School Football at Lakenheath, London Central (High Wycombe), Alconbury & Menwith Hill. [1]

The United States ARmy EURope played a separate League (USAREUR). [6]

The Ramstein Rams, Alconbury Spartans, Burtonwood Bullets & Weathersfield Raiders of the UK Sports Conference except the RamsteinR Rams (Continental Sports Conference) all played matches in Ireland, including one at Croke Park in aid of the Irish Red Cross. [3-7]

Continental Sports Conference Sports Patch [Ref: 9]

References

Bibliography

[1] Crawford, Russ (2016) “Le Football: A History of American Football in France”. pg. 87-110. Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & Lincoln.

[2] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 103-105. Published by the author.

[3] Lensmen Photographic Archive (2012) . “The 1950s Ireland in Pictures”. pg. 36. The O’Brien Press Ltd. Dublin, Ireland.

Newspapers

[4] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.

[5] Anon. (1954) . “Photo caption”. Northern Whig. 18 November 1954. pg. 6.

[6] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.

Articles

[7] 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, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30002410.

Images

[8] USAFE Football (2020) USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5 [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5.jpg [Accessed 18 July 2020]

[9] USAFE Football (2019) CSC Sports Patch [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/CSC-Sports-Patch.jpg [Accessed 8 November 2019]

Newspapers

Acknowledgements

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United States Army in Europe (USAREUR) Football League Com Z Conference 1953-1960

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1953

	P	W	L	T
Le Rochelle-Croix Chapeau Rams	6	5	1	0
Orleans Loire Ramblers	8	6	2	0
Verdin-Meuse Cardinals	7	5	2	0
Bussac Broncos	7	4	3	0
Poitiers-Ingrandes Cardinals	8	4	4	0
Toul-Lorraine Dodgers	6	2	3	1
ADSEC Metz-Moselle Mustangs	8	0	7	1
Basec-Bordeaux	6	0	6	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1953 [Ref: 1]

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1954

	P	W	L	T
Verdun Cardinals	9	7	1	1
Croix Chapeau Rams	9	7	2	0
SHAPE Indians	11	7	4	0
Toul-Nancy Dodgers	10	4	4	2
Bussac Broncos	8	4	4	0
Orleans Area Command	10	3	7	0
Metz Mustangs	8	2	5	1
Fontainbleu Foresters	8	2	6	0
Ingrandes Cardinals	7	0	7	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1954 [Ref: 1]

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1955

	P	W	L	T
Meuse Cardinals	8	7	1	0
Bussac Broncos	8	6	2	0
Orleans Orioles	9	5	4	0
Chinon Red Devils	7	4	3	0
Fontainbleu Foresters	7	2	5	0
Lorraine Dodgers	8	2	6	0
La Rochelle Rams	7	1	6	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1955 [Ref: 1]

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1956

	P	W	L	T
Bussac Broncos	7	5	2	0
Toul-Nancy Dodgers	7	4	3	0
Chinon Red Devils	7	4	3	0
Orleans Orioles	9	5	4	0
Meuse Cardinals	9	2	6	1
La Rochelle Rams	5	1	4	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1956 [Ref: 1]

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1957

	P	W	L	T
Orleans Orioles	11	10	1	0
Toul-Nancy Dodgers	7	6	1	0
Chinon Red Devils	7	4	3	0
Bussac Broncos	6	2	3	1
Verdun Cardinals	7	2	4	1
La Rochelle Rams	5	1	4	0
Fontenet Saints	7	1	6	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1957 [Ref: 1]

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1958

	P	W	L	T
Bussac Broncos	10	7	2	1
Toul-Nancy Dodgers	7	4	1	2
Verdun Cardinals	9	5	2	2
La Rochelle Rams	7	4	3	0
Fontenet Saints	7	2	2	3
Orleans Orioles	9	3	5	1
Ingrandes Cardinals	8	1	7	0
Chinon Red Devils	7	0	7	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1958 [Ref: 1]

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1959

	P	W	L	T
Orleans Orioles	9	7	1	1
Verdun Cardinals	8	5	2	1
La Rochelle Rams	6	4	2	0
Toul-Nancy Dodgers	10	3	5	2
Ingrandes Cardinals	6	2	4	0
Bussac Broncos	6	1	4	1
Fontenot Saints	6	1	5	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1959 [Ref: 1]

USAREUR Com Z Conference 1960

	P	W	L	T
Orleans Knights	10	7	3	0
La Rochelle Rams	8	6	2	0
Verdun Cardinals	7	5	2	0
Toul-Nancy Dodgers	7	3	4	0
Ingrandes Cardinals	7	3	4	0
Bussac Broncos	8	3	5	0

USAREUR Com Z Conference Final Standings 1960 [Ref: 1]

Report

The United States ARmy in EURope (USAREUR) played an American Football League from the late 1940s / early 1950s until the end of the Cold War. There was a Com Z Conference (France) and a Northern Italian

Following the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the USAFE and USAREUR Football Leagues was discontinued and the only US Military Football now played in the UK is High School Football at Lakenheath, London Central (High Wycombe), Alconbury & Menwith Hill. [1]

The United States Air Force in Europe played a separate League (USAFE). [6]

The Ramstein Rams, Alconbury Spartans, Burtonwood Bullets & Weathersfield Raiders of the USAFE UK Sports Conference except the RamsteinR Rams (Continental Sports Conference) all played matches in Ireland, including one at Croke Park in aid of the Irish Red Cross. [3-7]

References

Bibliography

[1] Crawford, Russ (2016) “Le Football: A History of American Football in France”. pg. 87-110. Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & Lincoln.

[2] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 103-105. Published by the author.

Articles

Images

[8] USAFE Football (2020) USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5 [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5.jpg [Accessed 18 July 2020]

Newspapers

Acknowledgements

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Last Updated: 18 July 2020

July 18, 2020October 29, 2023

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1953-1955

USAFE France SC 1953

	P	W	L	T
Laon Rangers	10	8	2	0
Chateauroux Sabres	9	6	2	1
Chaumont Mudhens	6	4	2	0
Fontainbleu Foresters	6	2	4	0
Bordeaux Cardinals	6	2	4	0
Orly Comets	10	2	8	0

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1953 [Ref: 1]

USAFE France SC 1954

	P	W	L	T
Chateauxroux Sabres	9	6	3	0
Chaumont Mudhens	10	6	3	1
Bordeaux Cardinals	6	1	4	1
Laon Rangers	7	1	5	1
Orly Comets	5	0	5	0

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1954 [Ref: 1]

USAFE France SC 1955

	P	W	L	T
Evreux Normans	8	7	1	0
Chambley Desert Rats	7	4	1	2
Laon Rangers	7	5	2	0
Etain Pioneers	8	4	3	1
CAMA Sabres (Chateauroux)	9	3	4	2
SHAPE Indians	8	3	4	1
Chaumont Mudhens	9	3	5	1
Bordeaux Cardinals	9	2	6	1
Toul Tigers	9	0	9	0

United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Football League France Sports Conference 1955 [Ref: 1]

Report

The United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) France District / Sports Conference title was won by Laon Rangers (1953), Chateauroux Sabres (1954), Evreux Normans (1955), Toul Tigers (1956 to 1957), Laon Rangers again (1958) and SHAPE Indians (1959 to 1960), after which the France District was merged into the Continental Sports Conference along with the teams based in Germany.

The United States ARmy EURope played a separate League (USAREUR). [6]

References

Bibliography

[1] Crawford, Russ (2016) “Le Football: A History of American Football in France”. pg. 87-110. Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & Lincoln.

[2] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 103-105. Published by the author.

[3] Lensmen Photographic Archive (2012) . “The 1950s Ireland in Pictures”. pg. 36. The O’Brien Press Ltd. Dublin, Ireland.

Newspapers

[4] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.

[5] Anon. (1954) . “Photo caption”. Northern Whig. 18 November 1954. pg. 6.

[6] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.

Articles

Images

[8] USAFE Football (2020) USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5 [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5.jpg [Accessed 18 July 2020]

Newspapers

Acknowledgements

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CONADEIP Categoria Juvenil (Mexican Junior College Football) Finals 2013-Present

CONADEIP 10th Anniversary 2019 Logo [Ref: 1]

Juvenil (Junior) Finals 2013-Present

*Date*	*Winners*		Runners-Up
	Juvenil B
10.05.2013	Tigres Blancos UMAD	21	Borregos Irapuato	13
26.04.2014	Borregos Prepa Tec	39	Tigres Blancos UMAD	0
	Juvenil
28.03.2015	Borregos Prepa Tec	27	Borregos CEM	16
08.04.2016	Borregos Prepa Tec	20	Borregos CEM	0
	Juvenil Norte-Centro
31.03.2017	Borregos Edo Mex (CEM)	48	Borregos Prepa Tec	45
	Juvenil Bajio-Oriente
01.04.2017	Borregos Laguna	61	Guerreros Jaguar CSB Guadalajara	12
	Juvenil
24.03.2018	Borregos CSF	33	Borregos Chihuahua	28
	Juvenil Norte
13.04.2019	Borregos Prepa Tec	30	Borregos CEM	0
	Juvenil Centro-Bajio-Oriente
13.04.2019	Guerreros COBACH Chihuahua	17	Borregos Laguna	7

CONADEIP Categoria Juvenil (Mexican Junior College Football) Finals 2013-Present [Ref: 2-10]

Report

The top Mexican American Football Technological Colleges split away from ONEFA (the Mexican Public University Football Organisation) in 2010 to form their own organisation: CONADEIP. CONADEIP has both a Major (Primera Fuerza) and Junior (Categoria Juvenil) Championship, with the Juvenil Championships regionalised since 2017.

The Junior (Juvenil) College Championship has undergone much change in format since 2013. In 2013 and 2014 it was the Juvenil B Championship (with a Juvenil C below it). In 2013 it was won by Tigres Blancos UMAD, and in 2014 Borregos Prepa Tec (Monterrey).

Prepa Tec won the Juvenil Championship in 2015 and 2016 also, although the runners-up on both occasions, Borregos CEM (Estado Mexico) got revenge in the 2017 Final. 2017 also saw the introduction of Bajio (South) and Oriente (East) divisionswith a Final played between the two won by Borregos Laguna.

In 2018 Borregos CSF took the Final, and for 2019 there was separate Norte Championships (won by Borregos Prepa Tec) and one for Bajio, Centro and Oriente Divisions, won by Guerreros COBACH Chihuahua. The 2020 season was cancelled after the regular season due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

References

Images

[1] CONADEIP (2019) logo [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/images/logo.png [Accessed 15 December 2019]

Websites

[2] CONADEIP (2019) Posiciones [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/posiciones [Accessed 15 December 2019]

[3] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2013 Final[Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/2432/juvenil-b/2013/temporada [Accessed 17 July 2020]

[4] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2014 Final[Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/4582/juvenil-b/2014/temporada [Accessed 17 July 2020]

[5] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2015 [Final] [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/7446/juvenil/2015/temporada[Accessed 17 July 2020]

[6] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2016 [Final] [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/9648/juvenil/2016/temporada [Accessed 17 July 2020]

[7] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2017 Final[Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/12095/juvenil/2017/pretemporada [Accessed 17 July 2020]

[8] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2018 Final[Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/14070/juvenil/2018/temporada [Accessed 17 July 2020]

[9] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2019 Final[Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/15757/juvenil/2019/temporada [Accessed 17 July 2020]

[10] CONADEIP (2020) Juvenil 2020 Semi [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/17020/juvenil/2020/temporada [Accessed 17 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Francesco

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 July 2020

July 17, 2020October 29, 2023

CONADEIP Categoria Juvenil (Mexican Junior College Football) 2015-2016

CONADEIP 10th Anniversary Logo 2019 [Ref: 1]

CONADEIP Categoria Juvenil 2015

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Grupo Independencia (Norte)
*Borregos ITESM Prepa Tec Monterrey	5	5	0	0	238	23	10
*Borregos ITESM Guadaljara	5	4	1	0	221	70	8
Borregos ITESM Irapuato	4	2	2	0	143	115	4
Borregos ITESM Chihuahua	5	2	3	0	75	199	4
Borregos ITESM Tampico	5	1	4	0	44	153	2
Toros UEA Aguascalientes	4	0	4	0	28	189	0
Grupo Revolucion (Centro)
*Borregos ITESM Estado Mexico	5	5	0	0	194	74	10
*Borregos ITESM Toluca	5	3	2	0	146	68	6
Borregos ITESM Ciudad Mexico	5	3	2	0	101	87	6
Tigres Blancos U Madero Puebla	5	3	2	0	128	132	6
Borregos ITESM Queretaro	5	1	4	0	84	170	2
Borregos ITESM Santa Fe	5	0	5	0	35	157	0

CONADEIP Primera Fuerza Grupo Independencia Final Standings 2015 [Ref: 2]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
20.03.2015	Borregos Prepa Tec	31	Borregos Toluca	10
21.03.2015	Borregos CEM	24	Borregos Guadalajara	17
	Final
28.03.2015	Borregos CEM	16	Borregos Prepa Tec	27

CONADEIP Juvenil Playoffs 2015 [Ref: 3]

CONADEIP Categoria Juvenil 2016

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Independencia (Norte)
*Borregos ITESM Prepa Tec Monterrey	7	7	0	0	177	23	14
*Aguilas UA Chihuahua	7	6	1	0	255	110	12
Borregos ITESM Guadalajara	7	5	2	0	262	115	10
Borregos ITESM Chihuahua	7	4	3	0	186	144	8
Borregos ITESM Irapuato	7	3	4	0	147	159	6
Borregos ITESM Leon	7	2	5	0	91	150	4
Borregos ITESM Saltillo	7	1	6	0	81	222	2
Borregos ITESM Tampico	7	0	7	0	6	382	0
Revoolucion (Centro)
*Borregos ITESM Estado Mexico	7	7	0	0	204	66	14
*Borregos ITESM Toluca	7	6	1	0	302	37	12
Borregos ITESM Santa Fe	7	4	3	0	160	153	8
Borregos ITESM Ciudad Mexico	7	4	3	0	138	133	8
Borregos ITESM Queretaro	7	3	4	0	124	173	6
Tigres Blanco U Madero Puebla	7	2	5	0	96	163	4
Borregos ITESM Puebla	7	1	6	0	71	159	2
Legionarios U Internacional de Cuernevaca	7	1	6	0	49	260	2

CONADEIP Juvenil Final Standings 2016 [Ref: 2]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
01.04.2016	Borregos Prepa Tec	21	Borregos Toluca	6
02.04.2016	Borregos CEM	35	Aguilas UACH	14
	Final
08.04.2016	Borregos Prepa Tec	20	Borregos CEM	0

CONADEIP Juvenil Playoffs 2016 [Ref: 4]

Report

Borregos Prepa Tec, the Junior College American Football team of ITESM Monterrey, won the CONADEIP Categoria Juvenil (Junior College) Championship in 2015 and 2016, by defeating Borregos CEM (Estado Mexico) 27-16 in the 2015 Final and 20-0 in the 2016 Championship decider.

In 2017 two new Regions were added to the Juvenil Category (Junior College) and the League was no longer National, with two separate regional competitions.

References

Images

[1] CONADEIP (2019) logo [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/images/logo.png [Accessed 15 December 2019]

Websites

[2] CONADEIP (2019) Posiciones [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/posiciones [Accessed 15 December 2019]

[3] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2015 [Semi-Finales][Final] [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/7446/juvenil/2015/temporada[Accessed 15 December 2019]

[4] CONADEIP (2019) Juvenil 2016 [Semi-Finales][Final] [Internet] Available from: http://conadeipfba.org.mx/calendarios/9648/juvenil/2016/temporada [Accessed 15 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Francesco

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 July 2020

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts
1	Belfast Blitzers	9	1	0.900	449	47	402
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

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