IAFL Senior Team 1994-95 Home Ground: Colours: Black Jerseys/ Black Pants with Silver Stripe/ Silver Helmet with Black Stripe History: Founded after the Craigavon Cowboys went on hiatus. The Lurgan Area Raiders adopted the Silver-and-Black image of the NFL’s LA Raiders, as well as making reference to the name. They played two seasons in the mid-nineties, winning 2 of a total of 13 games.

 

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Regular Season					Post-Season					International
	P	W	L	T	Pct	P	W	L	T	Chp	P	W	L	T
1994	6	2	4	0	.333	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
1995	6	0	6	0	.000	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0

1994 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
			IAFL
	05.06.94	A	Dublin Tornadoes	L	2-24
	18.06.94	H	Belfast Spartans	W	13-6
	09.07.94	A	Belfast Spartans	W	20-0
	14.08.94	H	Dublin Tornadoes	L	7-18
		H	Carrickfergus Knights	L
		A	Carrickfergus Knights	L

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

 

1995 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
			Exhibition
Exh	13.05.95	H	East Kilbride Pirates (Sco)	L	6-14
			IAFL
1	21.05.95	H	Dublin Lightning	L	0-14
3	05.06.95	A	Carrickfergus Knights	L	8-30
5	18.06.95	A	Dublin Lightning	L	10-36
8	16.07.95	H	Dublin Tornadoes	L	0-20
9	23.07.95	A	Dublin Tornadoes	L
10	13.08.95	H	Carrickfergus Knights	L
SF	10.09.95	A	Dublin Tornadoes	L	0-60

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Sources

 

[1] Carrickfergus Knights (1994) Knights American Football Club Carrickfergus Shamrock Bowl Programme. Belfast. Aldine Print

[2] Anon. (1994) Scoreboard. First Down. 9 July 1994. p. 19

[3] Anon. (1994) Lurgan Blank Belfast. First Down. 9 July 1994. p. 20

[4] Anon. (1994) Scoreboard. First Down. 18 June 1994. p. 19

[5] Anon. (1994) Chicago Knights maintain challenge. Carrick Times. 6 June 1994. pg. 60

[6] Naughton, L. (1994) American Football. Evening Herald. Thursday, 11 August 1994. pg. 44

[7] Naughton, L. (1994) Tornadoes blow Knights away!. Evening Herald. Thursday, 25 August 1994. pg. 50

[8] Anon (1995) Tornadoes go for three in a row. The Echo. Thursday, 21 September 1995, pg. 48.

[9] Anon (1995) Tornadoes breeze past Carrickfergus to claim third straight Irish title. First Down. 7 October 1995, pg. 21.

[10] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 29 July 1995, pg. 21.

[11] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 15 July 1995, pg. 18.

[12] Anon (1995) Irish Update – Tearaway Tornadoes. First Down. 15 July 1995, pg. 18.

[13] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 1 July 1995, pg. 21.

[14] Anon (1995) Irish League. First Down. 1 July 1995, pg. 21.

[15] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 24 June 1995, pg. 21.

[16] Anon (1995) Irish League Round-Up – Tornadoes wake up from Knight-mare performance. First Down. 24 June 1995, pg. 21.

[17] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 17 June 1995, pg. 21.

[18] Anon (1995) Irish League Round-Up – Tornadoes turn up heat. First Down. 17 June 1995, pg. 21.

[19] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 10 June 1995, pg. 21.

[20] Anon (1995) Irish League Round-Up – Graham’s Five Alive. First Down. 10 June 1995, pg. 21.

[21] Anon (1995) * The Irish League… First Down. 3 June 1995, pg. 18.

[22] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 15 July 1995, pg. 18.

[23] Anon (1995) Tornadoes smash county rivals. The Echo. Thursday, 20 July 1995, pg. 48.

[24] Anon (1995) Tornadoes blow Lurgan away. The Echo. Thursday, 13 July 1995, pg. 48.

[25] Anon (1995) Tornadoes on the rampage. The Echo. Thursday, 15 June 1995, pg. 46.

Internet Archive

 

[2] Dublin Tornadoes (1996) Irish American Football League 1995: The League Schedule ’95 / Results in ’95 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19961115060654/http://fiachra.ucd.ie/~alan/american_football.html#main_menu [Accessed 5 July 2017]

[8] East Kilbride Pirates (2010) History [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20100817234751/http://www.piratesfootball.co.uk:80/historypage.htm [Accessed 26 November 2018]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

 

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