IAFL Senior Team 1996-1997 Home Ground: Colours: Purple Jerseys/ Black Pants with White Stripe/ Silver Helmet History: Formed out of the demise of the Lurgan Area Raiders in Nineties, failing to make the playoffs in 1997. Would re-emerge as the Craigavon Cowboys, the original mid-Ulster Team, in 1998.

 

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Regular Season					Post-Season					International
	P	W	L	T	Pct	P	W	L	T	Chp	P	W	L	T
1996
1997	4	1	3	0	.250	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

1996 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
	08.96	A	Dublin Tornadoes	L	0-34

1997 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
	June 10	A	Carrickfergus Knights	L	7-8
	June 21	H	Dublin Lightning	W	35-8
	Aug 3	H	Dublin Bulls	L	0-14
	Aug 24	A	Dublin Bulls	L	0-1 #

Sources

 

[1] Naughton, L. (1996) “American Football” Evening Herald. Thursday, 22 August 1996, pg. 67.

 

Websites

 

[2] Dublin Tornadoes (1997) Irish League and Shamrock Bowl [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19980520033318/http://connect.ie:80/users/tornadoes/Shamrock.htm [Accessed 5 July 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

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

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish American Football Archive

Last Updated: 18 May 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.