International American Football | Ireland v NCAA Division III Teams 2004-2005

Enda Mulcahy

6 years ago

Ireland versus NCAA Division III Teams 2004-2005

Date	Irish Team		NCAA DIII Team
05.04	Ireland	2	John Carroll Blue Streaks (OH)	52
06.05.05	Ireland	0	Adrian College Bulldogs (Mich)	53

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Report

Irish American Football League teams graduated to playing National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III teams in 2004, showing a marked improvement on their first outings in the 1980s and 1990s against American opposition.

The first matches were played between the Ireland National Team and the John Carroll Blue Streaks and Adrian College Bulldogs from Ohio and Michigan respectively, with Ireland losing by approximately 50 points each time. [1][2]

References

Websites

[1] 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]

[2] 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]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Douglas, Dublin Rebels & Tim Leadingham, Tallaght Outlaws

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 8 January 2019

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