Christoper Columbus Classic – 29 November 1992 – Galway

Bowdoin Polar Bears 7 Tufts Jumbos 6

American Football was played for the first time West of the Shannon, at Galway on 29 November 1992 when Bowdoin College Polar Bears (Brunswick, Maine) met Tufts Jumbos (Boston, Massachusetts) as part of the Christopher Columbus 500 celebrations. 700 Americans traveled from New England for the occasion, adding to the 1000 people who turned up to watch the match. In arctic conditions, Tufts went ahead in the Final Quarter with Todd Romboli, the Jumbos Free Safety touching down for six points, however the conversion was missed by by Kicker Ronnie Bronstein. The Polar Bears, however, who may have been enjoying the conditions, won the game with six minutes to go when Wide Receiver Peter Nye caught a touchdown pass, which was converted by Mark McCormick, ensuring a 50% record for them this season with 4 Wins and 4 Losses.

At Galway. Att:1,000	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Tufts Jumbos	0	0	0	6	6
Bowdoin Polar Bears	0	0	0	7	7

Team	Scorer	Score
	1st Quarter
	No Scoring	0-0
	2nd Quarter
	No Scoring	0-0
	3rd Quarter
	No Scoring	0-0
	4th Quarter
TUF	Todd Romboli TD run (Ronnie Bronstein missed XP kick)	6-0
BOW	Peter Nye TD Pass from ?? (Mick McCormick XP kick good)	6-7

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1992) “Galway Sports fans voyage of discovery” Irish Independent. Monday, November 30, 1992. pg. 60 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

[2] Naughton, Lindie (1993) Tornadoes Plan for ’94 Evening Herald. Thursday, October 07, 1993, pg. 52 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

[3] Anon. (1994) YOUR SPORTING UPDATE AT A GLANCE – AMERICAN FOOTBALL Evening Herald. Thursday February 17, 1994, pg. 53 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

[4] Naughton, Lindie (1994) Tornadoes Test Evening Herald. Thursday July 07, 1994, pg. 61 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

Websites

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe

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