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Shamrock Bowls Box-Scores and Match Reports 1986-Present

Shamrock Bowl I 1986 Dublin Celts 2 Craigavon Cowboys 6

05 October 1986 – St. Mary’s Rugby Club, Dublin 6 – Dublin Celts 2 Craigavon Cowboys 6

Craigavon Cowboys left it late to claim victory in the first ever Irish American Football League Shamrock Bowl, with Most Valuable Player, Nigel Trimble, running in the only touchdown of the match with only four minutes remaining. The Dublin Celts had gone ahead in the first half with a safety, worth two points, in the match played at St. Mary’s Rugby Club in Templeogue, Dublin 6.

At St. Mary’s Rugby Club, Dublin 6	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Craigavon Cowboys	0	0	0	6	6
Dublin Celts			0	0	2

IAFL Shamrock Bowl I Box-Score – Score by Quarters [Ref: 1]

Team	Scorer	Score
	1st Half
DUB	Safety	2-0
	3rd Quarter
	No scoring	2-0
	4th Quarter
CRA	Nigel Trimble TD Run	2-6

IAFL Shamrock Bowl I Box-Score – Scorers [Ref: 1]

Shamrock Bowl IV 1989 – Belfast A26 Bulldogs 6 Dublin Celts 7

5 November 1989 – Musgrave Park, Belfast – Belfast A26 Bulldogs 6 Dublin Celts 7

The Dublin Celts survived a scare from the A26 Bulldogs, as a combination of wind, and poor snaps and kicking left the Antrim team a point adrift of the Celtsat the end of Shamrock Bowl IV, played in Musgrave Park, Belfast. The A26 Bulldogs took a 6-0 lead after Dave Elliott and William ‘Demo’ Beattie ran the ball down field after a Celt fumble. However, the Point After Touchdown was missed, which they were to rue at the end of the day. The Celts struck back through Quarterback John Donnelly connecting with Mark Rutherford in the second quarter, to leave them 7-6 ahead at the interval after Jimmie Kelly’s extra-point kick was good.

In the second half the ball changed hands regularly, and with 40 seconds to go, the Bulldogs defense, strong on the day, gave the offence which was out of sorts possession within field goal range, but the kick went wide, sending the Bowl back to Dublin. The Celts defensive unit played tough the entire game, holding the A26 Bulldogs to just 62 yards, including a total of minus-10 yards for the Belfast passing game.

At Musgrave Park, Belfast	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Belfast A26 Bulldogs	6	0	0	0	6
Dublin Celts	0	7	0	0	7

Combined Gridiron League Irish Conference Shamrock Bowl IV Box-Score 1989 [Ref: 8]

Team	Scorer	Score
	1st Quarter
A26	TD Run (XP Kick missed)	6-0
	2nd Quarter
DUB	Mark Rutherford TD Pass from John Donnelly (Jimmie Kelly 1xpt)	6-7
	3rd Quarter
	No Scoring	6-7
	4th Quarter
	No Scoring	6-7

Combined Gridiron League Irish Conference Shamrock Bowl IV Box Score Scorers 1989 [Ref: 8-9]

Dublin Celts Shamrock Bowl IV Champins 1989 — Dublin Celts Shamrock Bowl IV Champions 1989 [Reference: ??][Picture Credit: World American Football]

Shamrock Bowl X 1996

Dublin Tornadoes 34 Carrickfergus Knights 12 – Dublin Tornadoes showed their dominance of Irish American Football, registering a perfect 10-0 season with this comprehensive win over the Carrickfergus Knights in a repeat of Shamrock Bowl IX.

The Knights took an early lead in spectacular fashion, returning the opening kickoff 85 yards to the endzone. The lead was shortlived, however, as the Tornadoes marched downfield immediately, sending Phil McGowan over from three yards out to level the scores. The Tornadoes defense held the Knights offense to just 25 yards in the second quarter, and the Dubliners took the lead for the first time.

The Tornadoes took control of the game in the second half with QB David Grandmaison and Running Back Brian Dennehy both scoring, although Carrickfergus Running Back Mark Banks became the first player to score on the Tornadoes defense all year.

The MVP award, however, went to the Tornadoes entire Offensive Line, whose crunching blocks ensured QB David Grandmaison could march downfield all day, securing the win with the final points of the day as he scramled over to make the final score 34-12 to the Dubliners, who now made it three-in-a-row.

The Dublin players wore the letters “DC” in honour of Coach Dave Curran, who had led them to the 1993 title, and who had died suddenly in November 1994, after holding an Ireland training session.

At Civil Service Grounds, Islandbridge	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Carrickfergus Knights	6	0			12
Dublin Tornadoes	6	6			34

[Reference: 10]

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
CAR	Kick Return	6-0
TOR	McGowan 3yd Run	6-6
	2nd Quarter
TOR	TD	6-12
	3rd Quarter
TOR	Grandmaison Run	6-18
TOR	Dennehy Run	6-24
CAR	Banks	12-24
TOR	Grandmaison Run	12-34

[Reference: 10]

Most Valuable Player: Dublin Tornadoes Offensive Line

Shamrock Bowl XIV – 15 August 1999

Carrickfergus Knights 6 Dublin Tigers 22 – With the Dublin Tigers and Carrickfergus Knights both finishing the season on level terms as in 1998, and a rematch of the Shamrock Bowl, won the previous season by Carrickfergus, the final itself proved to show the two teams evenly matched over the two seasons. The Dublin Tigers gained revenge in Shamrock Bowl XIV, winning 22-6, to win their first Shamrock Bowl.

At Santry, Dublin	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Carrickfergus Knights					6
Dublin Tigers					22

[Reference: 13]

Shamrock Bowl XV 2001

Carrickfergus Knights 7 Dublin Rebels 28 – The Carrickfergus Knights were appearing in their sixth Shamrock Bowl in seven seasons, and the Rebels, a merger of the Greystones Rebels and Dublin Tigers, were appearing in their first, although many, including Brian Dennehy saw Shamrock Bowl action in 1998 and 1999 for the Tigers.

The teams were evenly matched throughout the season, both finishing on 5-1 Won-Loss Records, with the Rebels giving up Home Field Advantage with a loss on the final day of the regular season to the Knights. The Shamrock Bowl, however, was to be a Rebel victory, as Running Back Brian Dennehy scored with a 90-yard Kickoff Return from the first whistle, and then ran in the two-point conversion. Carrickfergus didn’t get a hand on him until the one-yard line and never recovered.

Rebels Quarterback Paddy Blood played the game of his life, returning from injury. With the Dublin defense winning the ball back, he drove the offense the length of the field, sweeping behind the offensive line, and finishing with a 20-yard Touchdown pass to Paraic Reddington.

The Knights recovered their composure momemtarily, as they recovered the ball from a blocked punt and Quarterback Stephen McDowell drove to the 10-yard line, where he connected on an out pattern to Wide Receiver Ron Smyth to bring them back to within one touchdown. The Extra-Point Kick was successful, making the score 14-7.

That was as close as the Knights would get for the rest of the afternoon, as the momentum was still with the Rebels. They scored again just before halftime on a half back option, as Dennehy connected with Wide Receiver Brian Martin for a 30-yard touchdown. Paddy Blood then hooked up with Dennehy for the two-point conversion.

Both teams stepped up on defense, as the Rebels hung on, comfortable and composed but not complacent. Michael Finucane and Steve Porteous were punishing Carrickfergus from the Defensive Line, and the Knights defense, playing tight as a unit, managed to halt the Rebels offense.

The Knights decided to switch to an aerial attack for the remainder of the game in the third quarter, and completed passes to Smyth and Paul McKillop. Two goal-line stands by the Rebels, with Free Safety Marcus Naylor making a crucial acrobatic tackle kept the Knights out in what was a nail-biting time for the Rebels.

The game was sealed late in the third quarter as Dennehy kept the ball for most of a 70-yard drive that culminated in him seeping in from two-yards out, making the score 28-7. That was the way the score stayed throughout the fourth quarter, as the Rebels celebrated their first Shamrock Bowl win, in a game which bode well for the future of Irish American Football, in its first season since 1999, and with a new Spring League just around the corner in 2002.

At Carrickfergus	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Rebels			7	0	28
Carrickfergus Knights			0	0	7

IAFL Autumn League 2001 Shamrock Bowl XV Carrickfergus Knights 7 Dublin Rebels 28 Box-Score [Ref: 15]

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Brian Dennehy 90yd Kickoff Return, Brian Dennehy 2XPT Run	8-0
REB	Paraic Reddington 20yd Pass from Paddy Blood	14-0
CAR	Ron Smyth Pass from Stephen McDowell, XP Kick Good	14-7
	2nd Quarter
REB	Brian Martin 30yd Pass from Brian Dennehy, Dennehy 2XPT Pass from Blood	22-7
	3rd Quarter
REB	Brian Dennehy 2yd Run	28-7

IAFL Autumn League 2001 Shamrock Bowl XV Carrickfergus Knights 7 Dublin Rebels 28 Scorers [Ref: 15]

Shamrock Bowl XVI 2002

UL Vikings 0 Carrickfergus Knights 66 – University Bowl, Limerick The Shamrock Bowl was a blowout, Carrickfergus Knights winning 66-0, with Clint McDowell scoring three TDs, Paul McKillop and Shaw two each, and Watt and McIlroy also Running into the Endzone for TDs. The Carrickfergus defence also got in on the scoring two safeties.

University Bowl, Limerick	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Carrickfergus Knights	20	26	18	2	66
University of Limerick Vikings	0	0	0	0	0

Reference : [16]

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
CAR	Willian Shaw 12yd Run, Pete Watt 2xpt	8-0
CAR	Clint McDowell 34yd Run	14-0
CAR	Clint McDowell 15yd Pass from Stephen McDowell	20-0
	2nd Quarter
CAR	Clint McDowell 53yd Run, Pete Watt 2xpt	28-0
CAR	Pete Watt. 7yd Run	34-0
CAR	Willian Shaw 16yd Run	40-0
CAR	Paul McKillop 1yd Pass from Stephen McDowell	46-0
	3rd Quarter
CAR	Ian McIlroy 4yd Run, Pete Watt 2xpt	54-0
CAR	Paul McKillop 6yd Run, Pete Watt 2xpt	62-0
CAR	Mark Banks Safety	64-0
	4th Quarter
CAR	Spencer McDowell Safety on Punt	66-0

Reference : [16]

Shamrock Bowl XVII, 10 August 2003

Carrickfergus Knights 12 Dublin Rebels 24 – Played at Suttonians RFC, Dublin – Shamrock Bowl XVII was won by the Rebels, with Andy Dennehy opening the scoring in the first quarter with a 4-yard run, which was converted for two by Mackey, before Paul McKillop’s 81-yard Pass reception brought the Knights within two points at the end of the first. Simon Mackey caught a TD reception of his own in the second, with Brian Dennehy getting the 2xpt. [4]

The Rebels scored a safety in the third to put them 18-6 up going into the fourth, as Robert Elliott caught a 13-yard Pass from McDowell to put the Knights within one TD. Brian Dennehy, the Rebels top scorer all season, finished off the scoring with a four-yard rin to give the game to the Rebels 24-12. [4]

Brian Dennehy was named MVP. [4]

At Suttonians RFC, Dublin	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Rebels	8	8	2	6	24
Carrickfergus Knights	6	0	0	6	12

Reference: [17]

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Andy Dennehy 4yd Run, Simon Mackey 2xpt	8-0
CAR	Paul McKillop 81yd Pass from Stephen McDowell	8-6
	2nd Quarter
REB	Simon Mackey 13yd Pass from Andy Dennehy, Brian Dennehy 2xpt	16-6
	3rd Quarter
REB	Safety	18-6
	4th Quarter
CAR	Robert Elliott 13yd Pass from Stephen McDowell	18-12
REB	Brian Dennehy 4yd Run	24-12
	*MVP:* Brian Dennehy (Dublin Rebels)

[Reference: 17]

Shamrock Bowl XVIII – 26 August 2004

Dublin Rebels 24 Carrickfergus Knights 22 – The Carrickfergus Knights scored early in the first quarter with Touchdowns from Paul McKillop and David Wright either side of a Carl Faichney touchdwown run for the Dublin Rebels. In the second quarter the Knights extended their lead with another Paul McKillop TD reception, but the Rebels fought back in the third quarter with Touchdowns from Brian Dennehy and Mark Kelly and hung on to win after a late Carrickfergus Field Goal was disallowed wth 1:06 remaining.

The Rebels won the coin toss and opted to receive the opening kick-off, but turned the ball over on downs. Almost immediately the Knights scored on the next drive when Paul McKillop scored on a 74-yard recetion from Stephen McDowell. The Rebels immediately fought back, with Carl Faichney scoring on a 75 yard reverse run, which was converted for two points by Brian Dennehy. the Knights went ahead again on their next possesion. Following Spencr McDowell’s first down reception, David wright ran in from the two-yard line. Paul McKillop added the two point conversion to put the Knights 14-8 up after the first quarter.

The Knights cornerback David Worbey then intercepted the Rebels, but they failed to take advantage, turning the ball over on downs. Carrickfergus also stopped the Rebels on their next possession, partially through a couple of knocked down passesby Knights’ cornerback Mark Pollock. Another Carrickfergus drive then resulted in a 5 yard touchdown pass from Stephen McDowell to Paul McKillop. David Wright added the conversion to leave Carrickergus 22-8 up which they held on to until the end of the half, as the Rebels managed to get a first and goal on the last possession of the half, but fumbled the ball on the two yard line on the final play of the half, which was recovered by Alastair Best for the Knights.

The third quarter saw the Rebels hit back, first receptions from Carl Faichney and Simon Mackey set up a 17 yard touchdown reception for Brian Dennehy from Andrew Dennehy. Brian Dennehy showed his experience on this catch by just getting hisfet down in the endzone after a difficult catch on the sidelines. The Rebels defensethen began to stamp their authority on the game, causing a Knights fumble, which was recoverec by Marcus Naylor on the Carrickfergus 22-yard line. The Rebels failed to take advantage, however, as an equally strong Knights defense forced the Rebels to turn the ball over on downs.

The game moved into the fourth quarter with both defenses appearing to dominate. Darren Montgomery recoveda fumbled handoff for the Knights, and then the Rebels stopped the Knights offense. The rebels put together one last drive towards the end of the half, aided by good runs by Brian Dennehy and Mark Kelly. Mark Kelly tied the game with two minutes remaining when he caught a short recption out of the backfield, and ran it 17 yards for the touchdown. Brian Dennehy ran in the what turned out to be the game-winning score when he added the two point conversion to put the Rebels 24-22 up. The game still had some time on the clock. After receiving the kickoff, the Knight’s receiver Clinton McDowell and Rebels cornerback Kevin Finnegan both came down with the ball following a long Stephen McDowell pass, which by rule was gave the ball to the Knights. With a first down deep in the Rebels half, the Knights opted for the field goal a couple ofplays later, which was successful only to be cancelled by a penalty, as the Rebels hung on for the Shamrock Bowl title and the double, having won the League title earlier in the month.

At Greystones RFC, Co. Wicklow	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Carrickfergus Knights	14	8	0	0	22
Dublin Rebels	6	0	16	0	24

Irish American Football Association Super League Shamrock Bowl XVIII Carrickfergus Knights at Dublin Rebels Box Score 2004 [References: 2]

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
CAR	Paul McKillop 74yd Pass from Marcus Naylor	6-0
REB	Carl Faichney 75yd Run, Brian Dennehy 2xpt	6-8
CAR	David Wright 2yd Run, Paul McKillop 2xpt	14-6
	2nd Quarter
CAR	Paul McKillop 5yd Pass from Stephen McDowell, David Wright 2xpt	22-8
	3rd Quarter
REB	Brian Dennehy 17yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy, Mark Kelly 2xpt	22-16
REB	Mark Kelly 17yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy, Brian Dennehy 2xpt	22-24
	4th Quarter
	No Scoring

Irish American Football Association Super League Shamrock Bowl XVIII Carrickfergus Knights at Dublin Rebels Scorers 2004 [References: 18]

Shamrock Bowl XXI Box-Score and Match Report 2007

Shamrock Bowl XXI Logo [Ref: 3]

29 July 2007 – University of Limerick Vikings 22 Cork Admirals 14

Seamus Hogan, who scored two touchdowns, won the Most Valuable Player Award in the Irish American Football League Shamrock Bowl XXI in 2007, as the University of Limerick Vikings beat the Cork Admirals 22-14 in a close Munster Derby.

Cork had a great start with kick returner David Barry returned the opening kickoff well into Limerick territory. They were stopped short of the goal-line, however, as were the Vikings on the next drive. On their next possession the Cork Admirals got into good field position following a 40 yard draw play by full back Alain Pezeron, leaving them on first and goal on the 3 yard line, which Keith O’Callaghan capitalized on with a 3-yard rushing touchdown for the first score of the game. Pezeron converted for two points.

The vikings got back into the game immediately, with Quarterback Chris Bassitt driving them downfield, helped by Running Backs Andrew Gordan and Seamus Hogan. Hogan got the equalizing touchdown, with a 5-yard run up the middle, converted for two points by Bassitt. The second quarter was scoreless as both defenses held the opposing offense, with good defensive plays by Vikings defenders Eoin O’Sullivan, Declan O’Donnell, Damien Laffan and Alan O’Carroll. The Admirals defensive line of Marcus Gates, Ross McCullough and Barry Rea forced a number of tackles for losses. The Vikings got the first turnover of the day with less than 5 minutes to go to halftime, when their defensive back intercepted the ball, however, they missed the resulting field goal, leaving the score 8-8 at half-time.

The first play from scrimmage of the second half yielded the second turnover of the day, as Admirals linebacker Martin Mulvey recovered a Vikings fumble to leave them in good field position on the Vikings 20-yard line. Shortly afterwards, the Admirals went 14-8 up as Quarterback David Lomansey connected with Wide Receiver Dominic MacHale for a 30-yard touchdown pass. Limerick then drove deep into Admirals territory, but a fierce goalmouth stand for the Cork side on their own 5-yard line prevented the Vikings from scoring. The Vikings defense, however, ensured their offense got another chance before the quarter was out, as they forced the Admirals to punt, giving the UL offense the ball at midfield. Through runs by Bassitt and Gordon they got to the 10-yard line, where Seamus Hogan scored his second running touchdown, on a draw play up the middle, pushing the ball over the goal-line as the Admirals defenders attempted to tackle him. The Single Point Kick conversion put the Vikings 15-14 up at the end of the third quarter.

Again the Vikings defense forced the Admirals to punt early in the fourth quarter, and in the ensuing drive, the Vikings went to the air with a long pass from Quarterback Bassitt to Wide Receiver Marc Ashworth, setting up MVP Seamus Hogan for his third touchdown of the day, as a he scored on a 5-yard sweep to the right. again the conversion kick was good to put the Vikings 22-14 up. The game was not over yet, however, and the Admirals drove to the Vikings two-yard line on the next drive. In the best defensive performance of the day, the Vikings held, the Admirals on all four downs, and the Vikings punted on their next possession having failed to run out the clock. The punt pinned the Cork side deep in their own territory, and while they picked up a couple of first downs, were stopped on fourth down with less than 30 seconds left. The Vikings could then celebrate their first ever Shamrock Bowl win. [Ref: 4]

At UL Sports Grounds, Limerick	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Cork Admirals	8	0	6	0	14
University of Limerick Vikings	8	0	7	7	22

IAFL Shamrock Bowl XXI Box-Score 2007 [Ref: 21]

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
COR	Keith O’Callaghan 3yd Run (Alain Pezeron 2xpt)	8-0
ULV	Seamus Hogan 5yd Run (Chris Bassitt 2xpt)	8-8
	2nd Quarter
	No Scoring	8-8
	3rd Quarter
COR	Dominic MacHale 30yd Pass from David Lomansey	14-8
ULV	Seamus Hogan 10yd Run (1xpt)	14-15
	4th Quarter
ULV	Seamus Hogan 5yd Run (1xpt)	14-22

IAFL Shamrock Bowl XXI Scorers 2007 [Ref: 21]

Shamrock Bowl XXII 2008 – Dublin Rebels 12 UL Vikings 14

Dublin Rebels 12 University of Limerick Vikings – Adrian Garvey scored a Touchdown run for the UL Vikings, winning the MVP Award in the process as the Limerick side won Shamrock Bowl XXII 14-12 in a close game against the Dublin Rebels. Darragh O’Callaghan with an Interception Return and Seamus Feehan with a two-point conversion were the other Vikings scorers. The Rebels points came from a Paul Smyth Touchdown, which was converted for one point, a Paul Grogan Field Goal, and a Penalty Safety.

At CIT Stadium, Cork	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
University of Limerick Vikings					14
Dublin Rebels					12

Shamrock Bowl XXII – 10 August 2008 [Ref: 22]

Team	Scorers	Score
ULV	Adrian Garvey, TD Run
ULV	Darragh O’Callaghan Int Return TD (Seamus Feehan 2XPT)
REB	Paul Smyth TD (1XPT Good)
REB	Paul Grogan FG
REB	Penalty Safety

Shamrock Bowl XXII Box-Score – 10 August 2008 [Ref: 22]

Shamrock Bowl XXXIII 2009

At Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Belfast Trojans	14	3	0	7	24
South Dublin Panthers	0	0	10	0	10

[Reference: 33]

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
TRO	Tom Morris 100yd Kick Return (Ben Sloan PAT)	7-0
TRO	Jona Siri 15yd Run (Ben Sloan PAT)	14-0
	2nd Quarter
TRO	Ben Sloan FG	17-0
	3rd Quarter
SDP	TD Pass (PAT Good)	17-7
SDP	Keith Lally 49yd FG	17-10
	4th Quarter
TRO	James McKelvey Run (PAT Good)	24-10

[Reference: 33]

References

[1] Anon. (1986) “American flavour”Belfast Telegraph. Friday, August 8, 1986. pg. 26 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[4] Anon. (1986) “Bulldog Blues”Belfast Telegraph. Monday, November 6, 1991. pg. 16 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[9] Anon. (1989) “Team Profile: Dublin Celts” World American Football. Vol. 2 Issue 1. 30 November – 5 December 1989. pg. 14.

[10] O’Brien, Alan (1995) Tornadoes breeze past Carrickfergus to claim third straight Irish title.First Down. 7 October 1995, pg. 21.

[14] Naughton, L. (1999) Tigers roar. Evening Herald. Saturday, 21 August 1999, pg. 111.

[15] Andrew Dennehy (2001) “Rebels’ yell dims lights for Knights”First Down December 20-26, 2001. Pg. 27

[16] Irish American Football Scene – Wayback Machine (2002) Shamrock Bowl XVI: Knights Wipe Out Vikings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021015080618/http://www.iafs.co.uk/index.php?page=02dragonsatknights.php [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[17] Irish American Football Association | Wayback Machine (2003) Shamrock Bowl XVII | Sunday 10th August 2003 | Dublin Rebels Defeat Carrickfergus Knights in Championship Game [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20031002151756/http://www.irish-american-football.org:80/sbxvii [Accessed 4 January 2018]

[18] Anon. (2004) “Sports Round-Up: American Football” Irish Times. Monday, March 8, 2004. pg. 37 [Available online at: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2004/0308/Pg037.html#Ar03700 ]

[21] Irish American Football Association (2007) SHAMROCK BOWL XXI [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/sbxxiindex.htm?fbclid=IwAR2HPWI-_4RXvnf4dmpZP833AsTMWVqv0w6k_pX02m1OYf6bZosFgXHg7cw [Accessed 15 May 2020]

Newspapers

[22] Naughton, Lindie (2008) “Garvey the hero for Vikings” Evening Herald. Thursday, August 14, 2008. Pg. 66 [Past copies of the Evening Herald are available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.]

Social Media

[33] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:”Oh my God!!!!!! We receive the kick and Tom Morris takes it 100 yards to the house!!! ” https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488492567864366[Internet] Available from: [Accessed 6 August 2019]

[34] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” Jona Siri does what Jona Siri does best. Skipping through tackles to find the endzone from 15 yards out. ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488508414529448 [Accessed 6 August 2019]

[35] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” We’re into the 2nd qtr here at Energia Park and the Trojans D get the ball back with a fumble recovery. ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488548427858780[Accessed 6 August 2019]

[36] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” Ben Sloan with a FG on the stroke of halftime, everything is still to play for in the 2nd half. ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488590861187870 [Accessed 6 August 2019]

[37] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” The Trojans are back out for the second half and will kick off the 3rd qtr ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488615041185452 [Accessed 6 August 2019]

[38] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” Panthers strike first in the second half. A long pass sets up great field position and they reel it in in the corner of the endzone ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488632197850403[Accessed 6 August 2019]

[39] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” Panthers are bringing it. A big drive ends in a FG from 40 yards. ” [Internet] Available from:https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488661091180847 [Accessed 6 August 2019]

[40] South Dublin Panthers | Facebook (2019) Video, August 4, 2019:” A lot to reflect on and many things to be said about yesterday but we really have to take a …” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2414267055301885 [Accessed 6 August 2019]

[41] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” We’re in the 4th qtr here and it’s a tense one score game. Trojans have the ball on the Panthers 15 yard line. ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488678371179119[Accessed 6 August 2019]

[42] Belfast Trojans | Facebook (2019) Post, August 4, 2019:” Trojans score!!!! It’s a classic James McKelvey QB sneak. ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfastTrojans/posts/2488684944511795[Accessed 6 August 2019]

Images

[??] Anon. (1989) “Team Profile: Dublin Celts” World American Football. Vol. 2 Issue 1. 30 November – 5 December 1989. pg. 14.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Turner & Billy Graham (Belfast Blitzers).

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American Football Box-Score Template

Irish American Football League

2002 Box Scores

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Week 1

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total


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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith and Ralph Schmeer of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association, and Sean Douglas, Dublin Rebels.

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European Football League International Challenge Cup 1986-1988

European Football League – International Challenge Cup

—1986-1988

Scoreboard

EFL European Football League International Challenge Cup 1986-1988


September 28, 1986 (International Challenge Cup 1986) 8 - 28 N/A Carrickfergus Cougars vs Ayr Burners (Sco)
April 12, 1987 (International Challenge Cup 1987) 0 - 27 N/A NI Giants vs Ayr Burners (Sco)
April 10, 1988 (International Challenge Cup 1988) 21 - 0 N/A NI Giants vs Ayr Burners (Sco)

Click on games above for Scorers and Match Reports.

Report

The International Challenge Cup was a European Football League regional competition that ran from 1986 to 1988 below the level of the Eurobowl. Ireland’s representatives were the Carrickfergus Cougars in 1986 and the Belfast Giants (known as Tennent’s Giants in 1988 for sponsorship reasons) in 1987 and 1988. The opposition on all three occasions was British American Football League Scottish Conference outfit the Ayr Burners. After two losses in 1986 (Carrickfergus lost 8-28) and 1987 (Belfast Giants lost 0-27) the Tennent’s Giants finally won the Trophy for Ireland when they defeated the Ayr Burners 21-0 in 1988.

References

Websites

[1] Britball Now (2009) British and Irish Friendly results against foreign opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[2] Britball Now (2009) Results in Euro Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2002) OTHER EVENTS: [Internet] Available from: http://americanfootball.ie/iafl/otherevents02.htm [Accessed 20 March 2018]

[4] Belfast Spartans (2020) Player Profiles [Internet] Available from: http://www.belfastspartans.co.uk/player-profiles.html [Last Accessed 22 April 2020]

Newspapers

[5] Anon. (1986) “Cowboys into ‘Shamrock Bowl’” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, September 29, 1986. pg. 18 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[6] Anon. (1987) “Belfast Gets Burned” First Down. April 18, 1987. p 15.

[7] Anon. (1988) “Giants get their revenge’” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, April 12, 1988. pg. 20 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Websites

[9] Britball Now (2009) Results in Euro Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

[10] Britball Now (2009) Results Section [1990] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Turner (Belfast Blitzers)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

First Published: 21 January 2025. Last Updated: 22 January 2025

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1989-1990 Minor League Football System (Shannon Ireland Trump)

Minor League Football System

—1989-1990

1989 MLFS

1989 Minor League Football System Eastern Division

1989 MLFS Eastern Division	P	W	L	PF	PA	PCT
*Charlotte Barons	12	12	0	462	90	1.000
*Harrisburg Patriots	10	6	4	205	195	.600
*Pocono Mountaineers	10	3	7	177	225	.300
Virginia Storm	10	3	7	144	262	.300
Florida Renegades	10	2	8	169	335	.200
Ottawa Bootleggers #	0	0	0	0	0	.000

1989 Minor League Football System Eastern Division Final Standings

1989 Minor League Football System Western Division

1989 MLFS Western Division	P	W	L	PF	PA	PCT
*San Jose Bandits	10	7	3	210	216	.700
*Colorado Springs Spirit	12	8	4	285	225	.667
*Pueblo Crusaders	10	6	4	292	175	.600
St. Louis Riverboat Gamblers	12	6	6	299	296	.500
Hayward Outlaws	12	6	6	216	246	.500
Seattle Express	12	1	11	194	377	.083

1989 Minor League Football System Western Division Final Standings

1989 Minor League Football System Playoffs

Date	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
	Quarter-Finals
28.10.1989	Colorado Springs Spirit	35	St. Louis Riverboat Gamblers	24
28.10.1989	Pueblo Crusaders	20	Harrisburg Patriots	7
	Semi-Finals
11.11.1989	Colorado Springs Spirit	19	San Jose Bandits	7
11.11.1989	Pueblo Crusaders	20	Charlotte Barons	12
	Championship Game
18.11.1989	Pueblo Crusaders	21	Colorado Springs Spirit	14

1989 Minor League Football System Playoff Results

1989 MLFS ¹ ² ³ ⁴

1990 MLFS Preseason Friendlies v Moscow Bears (USSR)

1990 Minor League Football System International Friendlies v Moscow Bears

Date	Home Team	Score	Road Team
02.07.1990	Tacoma Express	61	Moscow Bears
07.07.1990	Oklahoma City Twisters	54	Moscow Bears
10.07.1990	Middle Georgia Heat Wave	28	Moscow Bears

1990 Minor League Football System International Friendlies v Moscow Bears – First Ever Gridiron Football Team in USSR / Soviet Union.

1990 MLFS Friendlies: ⁵ ⁶ ⁷

1990 MLFS

1990 Minor League Football System Eastern Division

1990 MLFS Eastern Division	P	W	L	PF	PA	PCT
*Charlotte Barons	10	9	1	310	96	.900
*Bay State Titans	10	8	2	226	124	.800
Middle Georgia Heat Wave	10	6	4	176	144	.600
Florida Renegades	11	4	7	135	213	.364
Harrisburg Patriots	10	2	8	133	255	.200
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Stallions	11	2	9	76	260	.182

1990 Minor League Football System Eastern Division Final Standings

1990 Minor League Football System Western Division

1990 MLFS Western Division	P	W	L	PF	PA	PCT
*Pueblo Crusaders	10	9	1	276	110	.900
Colorado Springs Spirit #	8	7	1	180	218	.875
*Oklahoma City Twisters	9	7	2	249	49	.778
Fresno Bandits	10	4	6	108	183	.400
Tacoma Express #	8	1	7	68	149	.125
California Outlaws	9	0	9	95	315	.000

1990 Minor League Football System Western Division Final Standings

1990 Minor League Football System Playoffs

Date	Home Team	Score	Road Team
	Semi-Finals
22.09.1990	Bay State Titans	20	Charlotte Barons	21
23.09.1990	Pueblo Crusaders	21	Oklahoma City Twisters	10
	Championship Game
29.09.1990	Pueblo Crusaders	18	Charlotte Barons	24

1990 Minor League Football System Playoff Results

1990 MLFS: ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵

MLFS Report

—1989-1990

MLFS Outline

The Minor League Football System (MLFS) aspired to be an official Minor League affiliated to the National Football League (NFL). Following the disatstrous attempts of the World Football League (1974-1975) and United States Football League (1983-1985) the league determined that taking on the NFL was not in its’ interests and decided, in the absence of a proper minor league affiliated to the NFL, to become that minor league. The MLFS re-utilised the ‘Outlaw’ identity of the United States Football League (1983-1985) in its’ team names. ¹⁶

MLFS 1989 Season

The MLFS’ first season in 1989 featured 12 teams – An Eastern Division of six teams: four teams in the Appalachian Mountains Region: Charlotte Barons (NC), Harrisburg Patriots and Pocono Mountaineers (both PA), Virginia Storm (VA) plus Florida Renegades (FL) in the Southeast and Ottawa Bootleggers of Ontario, Canada. The Western Division also consisted of six teams: St. Louis Riverboat Gamblers (MO), Seattle Express (WA), Colorado Springs Spirit and Pueblo Crusaders (both CO), and San Jose Bandits and Hayward Outlaws (CA). ¹⁷ ¹⁸

Colorado Springs Spirit featured a Trans Cheerleader on their squad, Shannon Ireland Trump, who claimed to be a niece of former USFL team New Jersey Generals owner and future President Donald Trump. The Colorado Springs Spirit went 8-4 in their inaugural season, reaching the Championship Game after two playoff wins, before being defeated by Pueblo Crusaders. Both teams were from the State of Colorado. ¹⁹ ²⁰

MLFS 1990 Season

The 1990 pre-season featured three games by MLFS teams versus the visting Moscow Bears – the first ever Gridiron Football team to be formed in the USSR / Soviet Union (now Russia). All three games were won by the MLFS teams with Moscow failing to score a point. ²¹ ²²

The 1990 season also featured 12 teams, with numerous moves and replacement teams. The Colorado Springs Spirit started the season 7-0 before Head Coach Pete Riehlman resigned, citing Health reasons, and the same day the MLFS’ leading running back Rick Gales and three-fifth’s of the offensive line left the team. The Spirit forfeited their next game due to being down to 22 players in total, and were duly expelled by the MLFS. The league unravelled, with the Tacoma Express also folding after eight games, leading the MLFS to shorten the regular season to 10 games. Pueblo Crusaders again reached the Championship Game, this time losing to Charlotte Barons 18-24. ²³ ²⁴

MLFS Legacy

The MLFS folded after the 1990 season, never realising its’ dream of becoming the NFL’s official minor league and the following season, 1991, the NFL instituted its’ own official development (minor) league: the World League of American Football (WLAF) with six teams in USA, one in Canada, and three in Europe. ²⁵ ²⁶

MLFS Report 1989-1990

—Trans Cheerleader Shannon Ireland Trump

Shannon Ireland Trump

– Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

Trans con artist Shannon Ireland Trump, claiming to be niece of future President, and one-time owner of the New Jersey Generals (USFL), Donald Trump, made the cheerleading team of Colorado Springs Spirit. Ireland Trump’s real name was Charles Daugherty. ²⁷

Trans Cheerleader

– Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

The Colorado Springs Spirit Cheerleading Coach, remarked that while Ireland Trump was chunkier than most cheerleaders, she scored highest in the cheerleading exercises, and therefore made the cheerleading team, explaining that they were not meant to base the team on subjective reasons such as beauty. ²⁸

References & Citations

References

[1] Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024]

[2] Fun While It Lasted (2024) Minor League Football System [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/minor-league-football-system-1989-1990/ [Accessed 13 December 2024]

[3] Fun While It Lasted (2024) Charlotte Barons [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2023/02/14/charlotte-barons-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024]

[4] Fun While It Lasted (2024) Colorado Springs Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2021/09/17/1989-1990-colorado-springs-spirit/ [Accessed 13 December 2024]

[5] Fun While It Lasted (2024) Bay State Titans [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/10/14/1990-bay-state-titans-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024]

[6] Fun While It Lasted (2024) Tacoma Express [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/07/03/1990-tacoma-express-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024]

[7] Fun While It Lasted (2024) Oklahoma City Twisters [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2015/07/12/1990-oklahoma-city-twisters-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024]

[8] Fun While It Lasted (2024) Middle Georgia Heat Wave [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2020/09/19/1990-middle-georgia-heat-wave/ [Accessed 13 December 2024]

Footnotes

Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Minor League Football System [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/minor-league-football-system-1989-1990/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Charlotte Barons [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2023/02/14/charlotte-barons-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Colorado Springs Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2021/09/17/1989-1990-colorado-springs-spirit/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Tacoma Express [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/07/03/1990-tacoma-express-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Oklahoma City Twisters [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2015/07/12/1990-oklahoma-city-twisters-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Minor League Football System [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/minor-league-football-system-1989-1990/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Charlotte Barons [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2023/02/14/charlotte-barons-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Colorado Springs Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2021/09/17/1989-1990-colorado-springs-spirit/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Bay State Titans [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/10/14/1990-bay-state-titans-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Tacoma Express [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/07/03/1990-tacoma-express-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Oklahoma City Twisters [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2015/07/12/1990-oklahoma-city-twisters-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Middle Georgia Heat Wave [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2020/09/19/1990-middle-georgia-heat-wave/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Minor League Football System [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/minor-league-football-system-1989-1990/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Minor League Football System [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/minor-league-football-system-1989-1990/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Colorado Springs Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2021/09/17/1989-1990-colorado-springs-spirit/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Tacoma Express [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/07/03/1990-tacoma-express-football/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Minor League Football System [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/minor-league-football-system-1989-1990/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Greater Northwest Football Association (2024) MLFS [Internet] Available from: https://www.gnfafootball.org/MLFS.htm [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Minor League Football System [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/minor-league-football-system-1989-1990/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Colorado Springs Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2021/09/17/1989-1990-colorado-springs-spirit/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎
Fun While It Lasted (2024) Colorado Springs Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://funwhileitlasted.net/2021/09/17/1989-1990-colorado-springs-spirit/ [Accessed 13 December 2024] ↩︎

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Women’s and Alternative Football Leagues – Irish-themed Team Oakland Banshees 2001

Women’s Football Leagues 2001

WAFL Women’s American Football League 2001

– Standings and Playoffs 2001

Image Contributor Greg Perkins (2010) STOCKHOLM – JULY 3: Team USA wins gold in first ever IFAF woman’s tackle football world championship July 3, 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden, Team USA dominates by winning all their games. Item ID: 56511814 [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/stockholm-july-3-team-usa-wins-56511814 [Accessed 24 January 2022]

WAFL Women’s American Football League Atlantic Conference Central Division 2001

WAFL Atlantic Central Division	P	W	L	Pct
*Indianapolis Vipers	7	6	1	.857
Alabama Slammers	9	2	7	.222
New Orleans Voodoo Dolls	10	2	8	.200
Totals	26	10	16	.384

Final Regular Season Standings of the WAFL Women’s American Football League Atlantic Conference Central Division 2001 [References: 1]

WAFL Women’s American Football League Atlantic Conference South Division 2001

WAFL Atlantic South Division	P	W	L	Pct
*Tampa Bay Force	9	8	1	.889
*Orlando Fire	10	6	4	.600
*Jacksonville Dixie Blues	9	4	5	.444
Totals	28	18	10	.643

Final Regular Season Standings of the WAFL Women’s American Football League Atlantic Conference South Division 2001 [References: 1]

WAFL Women’s American Football League Pacific Conference Northwest Division 2001

WAFL Pacific Northwest Division	P	W	L	T	Pct
*Seattle Warbirds	10	9	0	1	.950
Hawaii Legends	10	6	4	0	.600
Rose City Wildcats	8	0	8	0	.000
Totals	28	15	12	1	.554

Final Regular Season Standings of the WAFL Women’s American Football League Pacific Conference Northwest Division 2001 [References: 1]

WAFL Women’s American Football League Pacific Conference Central Division 2001

WAFL Pacific Central Division	P	W	L	T	Pct
*Sacramento Sirens	10	7	2	1	.750
Oakland Banshees	9	2	7	0	.222
San Francisco Tsunami	8	0	8	0	.000
Totals	27	9	17	1	.352

Final Regular Season Standings of the WAFL Women’s American Football League Pacific Conference Central Division 2001 [References: 1]

WAFL Women’s American Football League Pacific Conference South Division 2001

WAFL Pacific South Division	P	W	L	T	Pct
*California Quake	10	8	2	0	.800
*Arizona Caliente	9	6	3	0	.667
San Diego Sunfire	10	5	5	0	.500
Los Angeles Lasers	10	3	7	0	.300
Totals	39	22	17	1	.577

Final Regular Season Standings of the WAFL Women’s American Football League Pacific Conference South Division 2001 [References: 1]

WAFL Women’s American Football League Playoffs 2001

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
	Playoffs
26.01.2002	California Quake	40	Sacramento Sirens	13
	Jacksonville Dixie Blues	38	Indianapolis Vipers	32
	Tampa Bay Force	31	Orlando Fire	20
02.02.2002	Arizona Caliente	24	Seattle Warbirds	14
	Conference Championships
02.02.2002	Jacksonville Dixie Blues	26	Tampa Bay Force	6
10.02.2002	California Quake	16	Arizona Caliente	12
	WAFL Championship Game
24.02.2002	California Quake	30	Jacksonville Dixie Blues	14
Totals		205		111

Playoff Results of the WAFL Women’s American Football League 2001 [References: 1]

References: [1] Neal Rozendaal (2016) “Women’s American Football League 2001” The Women’s Football Encyclopedia”. ¹

Oakland Banshees 2001 WAFL Season

The Oakland Banshees, named for the Infamous Shrieking Women of Irish Celtic Mythology, played in the Central Division of the Pacific Conference in the Women’s American Football League of 2001. Finishing with two wins and seven losses, the Banshees were runners-up to the Sacramento Sirens in the Division, and finished above the San Francisco Tsunami. The Banshees were to be part of the Women’s American Football Conference – a West Coast-only League – the following season.

Legend of Irish Banshees

Banshees are infamous shrieking women of ancient Irish Myth, with their otherworldly-shriek said to be heard only on the impending death of a family member. Irish Myths ²

NWFL National Women’s Football League 2001

– Standings and Playoffs 2001

NWFL National Women’s Football League Northern Conference 2001

NWFL Northern Conference	P	W	L	Pct
*Philadelphia Liberty Belles	8	7	1	.875
Massachusetts Mutiny	9	8	1	.889
D.C. Divas	7	3	4	.429
Connecticut Crush	8	2	6	.250
Baltimore Burn	7	0	7	.000
Totals	39	20	19	.513

Final Standings of the NWFL National Women’s Football League Northern Conference 2001. References: [2]

NWFL National Women’s Football League Southern Conference 2001

NWFL Southern Conference	P	W	L	Pct
*Pensacola Power	8	8	0	1.000
Alabama Renegades	8	5	3	.625
Tennessee Venom	8	4	4	.500
Nashville Dream	9	2	7	.222
Chattanooga Locomotion	8	1	7	.125
Totals	41	20	21	.488

Final Standings of the NWFL National Women’s Football League Southern Conference 2001. References: [2]

NWFL National Women’s Football League Playoffs 2001

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
	NWFL Championship
14.07.2001	Philadelphia Liberty Belles	40	Pensacola Power	7
Totals		40		7

Playoff Results of the NWFL National Women’s Football League 2001 References: [2]

National Women’s Football League 2001 Standings and Schedule ³ ⁴

Alternative Football Leagues 2001

NFLE National Football League Europe 2001

– Standings and Playoffs 2001

PUSHKIN, LENINGRAD OBLAST, RUSSIA – OCTOBER 10, 2015: Norway American football team before to the qualifying match of European Championship 2016 against Russia. Russia won the match 20:0 – Photo Contributor: StockphotoVideo

NFLE National Football League Europe 2001

NFL Europe 2001	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pct
*Barcelona Dragons	10	8	2	252	191	.800
*Berlin Thunder	10	6	4	270	239	.600
Rhein Fire	10	5	5	174	179	.500
Amsterdam Admirals	10	4	6	194	226	.400
Scottish Claymores	10	4	6	168	188	.400
Frankfurt Galaxy	10	3	7	199	234	.300
Totals	60	30	30	1257	1257	.500

Final Standings of the NFLE National Football League Europe 2001. References:

NFLE National Football League Europe Playoffs 2001

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
	World Bowl XI		Venue: Amsterdam, NL
30.06.2001	Barcelona Dragons	17	Berlin Thunder	24
Totals		17		24

Playoff Result of the NFLE National Football League Europe 2001. Reference:

National Football League Europe League 2001 Standings and Schedule⁵ ⁶

XFL 2020 New York Guardians v Tampa Bay Vipers

XFL 2001

– Standings and Playoffs 2001

Picture Credit: XFL- 2/9/20-MetLife Stadium East Rutherford,NJ- The Guardians host the Vipers on opening day of the XFL. By Christopher Lyzcen [Shutterstock]

XFL Eastern Division 2001

XFL Eastern Division 2001	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pct
*Orlando Rage	10	8	2	213	185	.800
*Chicago Enforcers	10	5	5	186	184	.500
New York / New Jersey Hitmen	10	4	6	132	145	.400
Birmingham Thunderbolts	10	2	8	131	239	.200
Totals	40	19	21	562	753	.475

Final Standings of the XFL Eastern Division 2001. References:

XFL Western Division 2001

XFL Western Division 2001	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pct
*Los Angeles Xtreme	10	7	3	235	136	.700
*San Francisco Demons	10	5	5	156	161	.500
Memphis Maniax	10	5	5	164	166	.500
Las Vegas Outlaws	10	4	6	169	143	.400
Totals	40	21	19	724	606	.525

Final Standings of the XFL Western Division 2001. References:

XFL Playoffs 2001

Date	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
	Semi-Finals
07.04.2001	Orlando Rage	25	San Francisco Demons	26
08.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	33	Chicago Enforcers	16
	Million Dollar Game		Venue: Los Angeles, CA
21.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	24	San Francisco Demons	26
Totals	Home Team	82	Road Team	68

Playoff Results of the XFL 2001. References:

XFL 2001 Standings and Schedule ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

Alternative Indoor Football Leagues 2001

NIFL National Indoor Football League 2001

– Standings and Playoffs 2001

Football players running through football field

Photo by Joe Calomeni: https://www.pexels.com/photo/football-team-running-thru-football-field-718951/

NIFL National Indoor Football League Eastern Division 2001

NIFL Eastern Division	P	W	L	Pct
*Ohio Valley Greyhounds	14	11	3	.786
*Johnstown J Dogs	14	10	4	.714
River Cities LocoMotives	14	1	13	.071
Totals	42	22	20	.524

Final Standings of the NIFL National Indoor Football League Eastern Division 2001

NIFL National Indoor Football League Southern Division 2001

NIFL Southern Division	P	W	L	Pct
*Mississippi Fire Dogs	14	13	1	.929
*Lake Charles Land Sharks	14	11	3	.786
Tupelo Fire Ants	14	7	7	.500
Mobile Seagulls	13	5	8	.385
Louisiana Rangers	14	5	9	.357
Louisiana Bayou Beast	14	1	13	.071
Totals	83	42	41	.506

Final Standings of the NIFL National Indoor Football League Southern Division 2001

NIFL National Indoor Football League Central Division 2001

NIFL Central Division	P	W	L	Pct
*Rapid City Red Dogs	14	13	1	.929
*Wyoming Cavalry	14	8	6	.571
*Sioux Falls Storm	14	7	7	.500
Billings Outlaws	14	7	7	.500
Tri-City Diesel	14	6	8	.429
Sioux City Bandits	14	4	10	.286
Totals	84	45	39	.535

Final Standings of the NIFL National Indoor Football League Central Division 2001

NIFL National Indoor Football League Western Division 2001

NIFL Western Division	P	W	L	Pct
*Utah Rattlers	14	8	6	.571
Yakima Shockwave	14	6	8	.429
Southern Oregon Heat	13	1	12	.077
Totals	41	15	26	.366

Final Standings of the NIFL National Indoor Football League Western Division 2001

NIFL National Indoor Football League Playoffs 2001

Date	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
	Conference Semi-Finals
2001	Rapid City Red Dogs	25	Sioux Falls Storm	40
2001	Wyoming Cavalry	48	Utah Rattlers	20
2001	Mississippi Fire Dogs	42	Johnstown J Dogs	27
2001	Ohio Valley Greyhounds	53	Lake Charles Land Sharks	9
	Conference Championships
2001	Wyoming Cavalry	37	Sioux Falls Storm	31
2001	Mississippi FireDogs	40	Ohio Valley Greyhounds	35
	Indoor Bowl I
2001	Mississippi FireDogs	55	Wyoming Cavalry	21
Totals	Home Teams	300	Road Teams	183

Playoff Results of the NIFL National Indoor Football League 2001

National Indoor Football League 2001 Standings and Schedule¹¹ ¹²

References and Citations

Neal Rozendaal (2016) “Women’s American Football League 2001” The Women’s Football Encyclopedia”. ↩︎
Irish Myths (2022) What Is a Banshee? The Mythic Origins of Ireland’s Most Infamous Shrieking Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://irishmyths.com/2022/07/25/banshee/ [Last Accessed 21 July 2024] ↩︎
Wayback Machine Web Archive (2024) National Women’s Football League Championship [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20011029160553/http://nwflcentral.com/html/championship.htm [Accessed 19 November 2024] ↩︎
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Irish National Tomiwa Oyewo playing for Munich Ravens (ELF) in Major World Gridiron Football Leagues 2023

Irish National Tomiwa Oyewo Statistics

—Munich Ravens (European League of Football) 2023

ELF European League of Football Munich Ravens – Tomiwa Oyewo (IRL) Stats 2023

Player	GS	Total TD	FG	PAT	2PT	S	Total PTS	Rush No.	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush Lng	Rush TD	Rec No.	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec Lng	Rec TD
Tomiwa Oyewo (IRL)	11	15	0/0	0/0	0	0	90	170	1102	6.48	78	14	33	337	10.0	60	1
Munich Ravens Totals	12	57	12/18	41/55	2	0	423	324	2002	6.18	78	22	303	3772	0.1	94	31

Statistics of Munich Ravens player Tomiwa Oyewo (Ireland) of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542. GS=Games Started, Total TD= Touchdowns Scored, FG=Field Goals (Made/Attempted), PAT=Points After Touchdown (Made/Attempted), 2PT=2 Point Conversions, S=Safety, Total PTS=Total Points Scored, Rush No=Rushing Attempts, Rush Yds=Rushing Yards Gained, Rush Avg=Average Yards Gained Per Rush, Rush Lng=Longest Rush, Rush TD=Total Rushing Touchdowns, Rec No=Receptions Made, Rec Yds=Reception Yards Gained, Rec Avg=Average Yards Gained Per Reception, Rec Lng=Longest Reception, Rec TD=Total Receiving Touchdowns

¹Statistics of Munich Ravens player Tomiwa Oyewo (Ireland) of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

Major World Gridiron Leagues

—2023

Japan X1 Super League 2023

Kyoto/Japan-11/22/2019 :The Land of the First Kick in Shimogamo-Jinja. Rugby football (sawatw) shrine's special votive picture tablet.

Japan X League X1 Super Division A 2023

X1 Super Division A 2023	P	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Home	Away	Spring	Streak
*Panasonic Impulse	5	5	0	15	177	53	4-0	1-0	2-0-1	L1
+Obic Seagulls	5	4	1	12	130	39	3-0	1-1	3-0	L1
+Nojima Sagamihara Rise	5	2	3	6	104	97	2-1	0-2	2-1	L1
+Tokyo Gas Creators	5	2	3	6	92	103	1-1	1-2	0-2	L1
Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers	5	2	3	6	111	130	2-1	0-2	1-1	W1
Dentsu Club Caterpillars	5	0	5	0	44	236	0-0	0-5	0-2	L1
X1 Super A Totals	30	15	15	45	658	658	12-3	3-12	8-6-1	–

Final Standings of Japan X League X1 Super Division A 2023. References: [1] http://www.american-football-japan.com/footballjapan-xleague2023-eng.htm [2] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023

Japan X League X1 Super Division B 2023

X1 Super Division B 2023	P	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Home	Away	Spring	Streak
*Fujitsu Frontiers	5	5	0	0	15	244	34	4-0	1-0	1-1-1	W8
+IBM Big Blue	5	4	1	0	12	146	113	2-0	2-1	1-1	L1
+Elecom Kobe Finies	5	2	2	1	7	99	95	2-2	0-0-1	1-1	L1
+Asahi Beer Silver Star	5	2	3	0	6	69	119	2-0	0-3	1-1	L4
otonari Fukuoka Suns	5	1	4	0	3	82	195	1-1	0-3	0-2	L1
Tainai Deers	5	0	4	1	1	81	165	0-0-1	0-4	1-1	L4
Division B Totals	30	14	14	2	44	721	721	11-3-1	3-11-1	5-7-1	–

Final Standings of Japan X League X1 Super Division B 2023. References: [1] http://www.american-football-japan.com/footballjapan-xleague2023-eng.htm [2] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023

Japan X League X1 Ranking and Replacement Battles 2023

X1 Ranking-Replacement / Date	Away Team	Away Score	Home Team	Home Score
Ranking Battles	X1 Super 6th Place		X1 Super 5th Place
18.11.2023	Tainai Deers	8	Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers	14
19.11.2023	Dentsu Club Caterpillars	30	Fukuoka Suns	28
Replacement Battles	X1 Area		X1 Super
09.12.2023	FUJIFILM Minerva	17	Dentsu Club Caterpillars	10
09.12.2023	All-Mitsubishi Lions	31	Tainai Deers	17
Totals		86		69

Results of Japan X League X1 Ranking and Replacement Battles 2023. Reference: [1] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-autumn-6. [2] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-area-playoff

Japan X1 Super League Rice Bowl Tournament and Rice Bowl Battles 2023

RBT Round / Date	Away Team	Away Score	Home Team	Home Score	Venue
RBT Quarter-Finals
19.11.2023	Nojima Sagamihara Rise	21	IBM Big Blue	24	Yokohama Stadium
19.11.2023	Asahi Beer Silver Star	0	Panasonic Impulse	27	Yanmar Stadium Nagai
19.11.2023	Tokyo Gas Creators	3	Fujitsu Impulse	10	Yokohama Stadium
19.11.2023	Elecom Kobe Finies	7	Obic Seagulls	17	Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki
RBT Semi-Finals
10.12.2023	IBM Big Blue	23	Panasonic Impulse	47	Yodoka Sakura Stadium
10.12.2023	Obic Seagulls	17	Fujitsu Impulse	24	Uvance Todoroki Stadium
Rice Bowl
03.01.2024	Panasonic Impulse	10	Fujitsu Impulse	16	Tokyo Dome
Totals		81		165

Results of Japan X1 Super League Rice Bowl Tournament and Rice Bowl Battles 2023. References: [1] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-rbt [2] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-rb

Final Standings of Japan X League X1 Super Division A 2023. References: [1]² http://www.american-football-japan.com/footballjapan-xleague2023-eng.htm

³Final Standings of Japan X League X1 Super Division A 2023. References: [2] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023

⁴Results of Japan X League X1 Ranking Battles 2023. Reference: [1] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-autumn-6.

⁵Results of Japan X League X1 Replacement Battles 2023. Reference: [2] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-area-playoff

⁶Results of Japan X1 Super League Rice Bowl Tournament and Rice Bowl Battles 2023. References: [1] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-rbt

⁷Results of Japan X1 Super League Rice Bowl Tournament and Rice Bowl Battles 2023. References: [2] https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-rb

European League of Football 2023

ELF European League of Football Western Conference 2023

ELF Western Conference	P	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Away	Conf	Streak
*Rhein Fire	12	12	0	1.000	540	199	6-0	6-0	8-0	W12
+Frankfurt Galaxy	12	10	2	0.833	382	233	5-1	5-1	6-2	L1
Paris Musketeers	12	6	6	0.500	320	277	3-3	3-3	4-4	W4
Hamburg Sea Devils	12	4	8	0.333	247	278	3-3	1-5	2-6	L4
Cologne Centurions	12	4	8	0.333	186	330	2-4	2-4	0-8	L1
ELF Western Totals	60	36	24	0.600	1675	1317	19-11	17-13	20-20	–

Final Standings of the European League of Football Western Conference 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

ELF European League of Football Central Conference 2023

ELF Central Conference 2023	P	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Away	Conf	Streak
*Stuttgart Surge	12	10	2	0.833	387	237	5-1	5-1	8-2	W3
Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	0.667	307	230	4-2	4-2	8-2	W1
Munich Ravens	12	7	5	0.583	425	338	3-3	4-2	7-3	W2
Helvetic Guards	12	3	9	0.250	174	378	3-3	0-6	3-7	L4
Barcelona Dragons	12	2	10	0.167	199	396	1-5	1-5	2-8	L10
Milano Seamen	12	2	10	0.167	328	497	1-5	1-5	2-8	L3
ELF Central Totals	72	32	40	0.444	1820	2076	17-19	15-21	30-30	–

Final Standings of the European League of Football Central Conference 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

ELF European League of Football Eastern Conference 2023

ELF Eastern Conference 2023	P	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Away	Conf	Streak
*Vienna Vikings	12	12	0	1.000	414	180	6-0	6-0	10-0	W12
+Berlin Thunder	12	8	4	0.667	378	188	5-1	3-3	7-3	W2
+Panthers Wroclaw	12	8	4	0.667	385	221	5-1	3-3	7-3	W2
Fehervar Enthroners	12	3	9	0.250	218	424	2-4	1-5	3-7	L2
Leipzig Kings #	12	2	10	0.167	189	387	1-5	1-5	2-8	L9
Prague Lions	12	1	11	0.083	155	441	0-6	1-5	1-9	L7
ELF Eastern Totals	72	34	38	0.472	1739	1841	19-17	15-21	30-30	–

Final Standings of the European League of Football Eastern Conference 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

ELF European League of Football Playoffs 2023

ELF Playoffs 2023 / Date	Time	Away Team	Away Score	Home Team	Home Score	Location	Attendance
Wild Card
09.09.2023	15:15	Berlin Thunder	3	Frankfurt Galaxy	20	Frankfurt	5113
10.09.2023	14:15	Panthers Wroclaw	14	Stuttgart Surge	37	Stuttgart	4210
Semi Final
16.09.2023	14:15	Stuttgart Surge	40	Vienna Vikings	33	Vienna	10108
17.09.2023	14:15	Frankfurt Galaxy	23	Rhein Fire	42	Duisburg	9858
Championship Game
24.09.2023	15:30	Stuttgart Surge	34	Rhein Fire	53	Duisburg	31500
ELF Playoff 2023 Totals			114		185		60789

Playoff Results of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

⁸ Final Standings of the European League of Football Western Conference 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

⁹Playoff Results of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023

Liga de Football Americano Team Map 2023

LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México Final Standings 2023

LFA México 2023	P	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIFF	Home	Away	Streak
*Caudillos Chihuahua	10	10	0	100	362	188	174	5-0	5-0	W10
+Dinos Saltillo	10	7	3	70	285	252	33	5-0	2-3	L1
^Reyes Jalisco	10	7	3	70	272	250	22	3-2	4-1	W2
^Reds CDMX	10	6	4	60	259	189	70	4-1	2-3	L2
^Fundidores Monterrey	10	6	4	60	297	237	60	3-2	3-2	W3
^Galgos Tijuana	10	5	5	50	214	216	-2	3-2	2-3	W1
Raptors Naucalpan	10	4	6	40	203	228	-25	2-3	2-3	L3
Mexicas CDMX	10	3	7	30	178	216	-38	1-4	2-3	W1
Gallos Negros Querétaro	10	1	9	10	166	366	-200	1-4	0-5	L1
Jefes Ciudad Juarez	10	1	9	10	201	295	-94	1-4	0-5	L4
Totals	100	50	50	50	2437	2437	0	28-22	22-28	–

Final Standings of the LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. Reference: [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20231002085153/https://lfa.mx/standings/

LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México Playoffs 2023

LFA PLayoffs / Date	Away Team	Away Score	Home Team	Home Score	Estadio
Primera Ronda
20.05.2023	Galgos Tijuana	3	Reyes Jalisco	15	Fortaleza Azul
21.05.2023	Fundidores Monterrey	17	Red CDMX	10	TEC CCM
Segunda Ronda
26.05.2023	Reyes Jalisco	10	Dinos Saltillo	17	Francisco I. Madero
27.05.2023	Fundidores Monterrey	20	Caudillos Chihuahua	34	Olimpico Universitario de UACH
Tazón México VI					(Mexico Bowl VI)
10.06.2023	Dinos Saltillo	0	Caudillos Chihuahua	10	Olimpico Universitario de UACH
Totals		50		86

Playoff Results of LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. References: [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20231002085153/https://lfa.mx/standings/ [2] https://lfa.mx/calendario-lfa-2023/

¹⁰Final Standings of the LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. Reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20231002085153/https://lfa.mx/standings/

¹¹Playoff Results of LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. References: https://web.archive.org/web/20231002085153/https://lfa.mx/standings/

¹²Playoff Results of LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. References: https://lfa.mx/calendario-lfa-2023/

Irish National Tomiwa Oyewo Statistics

—Munich Ravens (European League of Football) 2023

ELF European League of Football Munich Ravens – Tomiwa Oyewo (IRL) Stats 2023

Player	GS	Total TD	FG	PAT	2PT	S	Total PTS	Rush No.	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush Lng	Rush TD	Rec No.	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec Lng	Rec TD
Tomiwa Oyewo (IRL)	11	15	0/0	0/0	0	0	90	170	1102	6.48	78	14	33	337	10.0	60	1
Munich Ravens Totals	12	57	12/18	41/55	2	0	423	324	2002	6.18	78	22	303	3772	0.1	94	31

ELF European League of Football – Munich Ravens Results 2023

Week	Date	Won/Lost	Score (MR-Opp)	Opponents	Attendance
1	04.06.2023	L	38-59	RAIDERS TIROL	6283
3	18.06.2023	W	39-10	at Helvetic Guards	2050
4	24.06.2023	W	39-15	at Barcelona Dragons	1128
5	02.07.2023	L	09-28	STUTTGART SURGE	5184
6	09.07.2023	L	25-39	at Rhein Fire	7562
7	16.07.2023	W	56-37	MILANO SEAMEN	4028
8	22.07.2023	L	24-25	at Raiders Tirol	3447
9	30.07.2023	W	35-06	HELVETIC GUARDS	4345
11	13.08.2023	W	32-30	at Stuttgart Surge	4732
12	20.08.2023	L	23-60	RHEIN FIRE	5011
13	26.08.2023	W	50-29	at Milano Seamen	700
14	03.09.2023	W	55-00	BARCELONA DRAGONS	5204
Totals		7-5	425-338		49674

Results of Munich Ravens of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

¹³Results of Munich Ravens of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542.

RePORT

—Tomiwa Oyewo

Tomiwa Oyewo started playing Gridiron (American) Football with Cill Dara Crusaders (Newbridge, Co. Kildare) of the American Football Ireland league before being called up for the Irish Wolfhounds National Team and getting a place on the Allgau Comets of the German Football League, the top National League in Europe. While at the Comets in 2022, Oyewo compiled a statistics output of 7.1 yards per run, 381 rushing yards, 458 receiving yards, and returned four kickoffs for 91 yards. ¹⁴

In January 2023, the European League of Football announced the Irish National playmaker had signed with the Munich Ravens, to play in the top league in Europe, and one of the major World leagues outside of North America (along with the Japan X League and Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México). In his first year at the Ravens, Oyewo produced 1102 rushing yards off 70 attempts (over half of the Ravens total rushing yards), for an average of 6.48 yards per carry, and also 337 receiving yards off 33 catches. Oyewo contributed 90 points to Munich’s 425 total points, off 14 rushing touchdowns and one touchdown reception. ¹⁵

As predicted by Ravens’ director of sports operations, Sean Shelton, Oyewo was a big factor in the success of the Munich Ravens offense in the franchise’s first year, with the team posting a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, and Oyewo starting 11 of those games. ¹⁶ ¹⁷

Historical Image

—Ravens at Munich Clock Tower

Ravens at Munich Clock Tower

Photo Credit: kloster andechs By Elena kouptsova

References

—Citations

Statistics of Munich Ravens player Tomiwa Oyewo (Ireland) of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542. ↩︎
Final Standings of Japan X League X1 Super Division A 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] References: http://www.american-football-japan.com/footballjapan-xleague2023-eng.htm ↩︎
Final Standings of Japan X League X1 Super Division A 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] References: https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023 ↩︎
Results of Japan X League X1 Ranking Battles 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] Reference: https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-autumn-6. ↩︎
Results of Japan X League X1 Replacement Battles 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] Reference: https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-area-playoff ↩︎
Results of Japan X1 Super League Rice Bowl Tournament and Rice Bowl Battles 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] References: https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-rbt ↩︎
Results of Japan X1 Super League Rice Bowl Tournament and Rice Bowl Battles 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] References: https://xleague.jp/schedule/2023/2023-x1-super-rb ↩︎
Final Standings of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542. ↩︎
Playoff Results of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 9 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542. ↩︎
Final Standings of the LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] Reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20231002085153/https://lfa.mx/standings/ ↩︎
Playoff Results of LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. [Accessed 1 November 2024] References: https://web.archive.org/web/20231002085153/https://lfa.mx/standings/ ↩︎
Playoff Results of LFA Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional México 2023. [Accessed 20 June 2024] References: https://lfa.mx/calendario-lfa-2023/ ↩︎
Results of Munich Ravens of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542. ↩︎
European League of Football (2024) Munich Ravens sign Irish RB Tomiwa Oyewo [Accessed 1 November 2024] https://europeanleague.football/news/munich-ravens-sign-irish-rb-tomiwa-oyewo-576 ↩︎
Statistics of Munich Ravens player Tomiwa Oyewo (Ireland) of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542. ↩︎
European League of Football (2024) Munich Ravens sign Irish RB Tomiwa Oyewo [Accessed 1 November 2024] https://europeanleague.football/news/munich-ravens-sign-irish-rb-tomiwa-oyewo-576 ↩︎
Results of Munich Ravens of the European League of Football 2023. Reference: European League of Football 2024 Stats Book p. 104 – Prepared exclusively for Enda Mulcahy – Transaction Number 18542. ↩︎

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2002 Women’s Minor Football Leagues

2002 Women’s Minor Football Leagues Standings and Playoffs

The 2002 season featured 47 teams in the Women’s USA Gridiron Football system in five leagues below the Major League Independent Women’s Football League. The National Women’s Football Association (NWFA) was the biggest of these leagues, with 21 teams in five divisions across the North East, South and Midwest of the United States of America. There were another two leagues in the West: the AFWL (American Football Women’s League) and WAFC (Women’s Affiliated Football Conference), the latter league with a team named Oakland Banshees after mythological women from ancient Irish Celtic folklore. Rounding out the leagues were two Southern-based leagues: Women’s Football Association (WFA) and Women’s Football League (WFL).

NWFA National Women’s Football Association 2002

NWFA National Women’s Football Association Standings 2002

NWFA 2002	P	W	L	T	Pct
NORTHERN DIVISION
*Washington Mutiny	8	7	1	0	.875
*Philadelphia Liberty Belles	8	6	2	0	.750
Connecticut Crush	8	3	5	0	.375
Maine Freeze	8	0	8	0	.000
MID ATLANTIC DIVISION
*Baltimore Burn	8	7	1	0	.875
D.C. Divas	8	5	3	0	.625
Asheville Assault	8	4	4	0	.500
Tennessee Venom	8	0	8	0	.000
CENTRAL DIVISION
*Alabama Renegades	8	7	1	0	.875
*Nashville Dream	8	7	1	0	.875
Chattanooga Locomotion	8	4	4	0	.500
Atlanta Leopards	8	2	6	0	.250
Knoxville Summit	8	0	8	0	.000
GULF COAST DIVISION
*Pensacola Power	8	8	0	0	1.000
Biloxi Herricanes	8	5	3	0	.625
New Orleans Spice	8	2	6	0	.250
Panama City Beach Rumble	8	1	7	0	.125
GREAT LAKES DIVISION
*Detroit Danger	8	7	1	0	.875
*Cleveland Fusion	8	6	2	0	.750
South West Michigan Jaguars	8	3	5	0	.375
South Bend Golden Hawks	8	0	8	0	.000
Totals	168	84	84	0	.500

[Reference: 1]

NWFA National Women’s Football Association Playoffs 2002

Date	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Score
	Playoffs		Round 1
06.07.2002	Philadelphia Liberty Belles	21	Baltimore Burn	20
06.07.2002	Nashville Dream	0	Detroit Danger	47
06.07.2002	Cleveland Fusion	0	Massachusetts Mutiny	45
06.07.2002	Alabama Renegades	0	Pensacola Power	12
	Playoffs		Round 2
13.07.2002	Philadelphia Liberty Belles	16	Massachusetts Mutiny	27
13.07.2002	Detroit Danger	14	Pensacola Power	7
	Championship Game		Venue: Gibonia, PA
27.07.2002	Detroit Danger	48	Massachusetts Mutiny	30
Totals	Road Total Score	99	Home Total Score	188

Reference: [2]

WAFC Women’s American Football Conference 2002

WAFC Women’s Affiliated Football Conference Standings 2002

WAFC 2002	P	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
*Sacramento Sirens	8	8	0	0	1.000	398	98
*Arizona Caliente	8	7	1	0	.875	214	70
*Hawaii Legends	8	6	2	0	.750	266	126
*Oakland Banshees	8	4	4	0	.500	173	254
California Quake	8	3	5	0	.375	92	228
San Francisco Stingrayz	8	0	8	0	.000	58	204
Exhibition
Santa Rosa Scorpions	4	0	4	0	.000	29	154
San Diego Nitrous	4	0	4	0	.000	0	101
Totals	56	28	28	0	.500	1230	1235

[References: 3]

WAFC Women’s Affiliated Football Conference Playoffs 2002

Date	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Score
	Playoffs		Round 1
23.11.2002	Hawaii Legends	0	Arizona Caliente	2
23.11.2002	Oakland Banshees	0	Sacramento Sirens	69
	Championship Game		WAFC I
07.12.2002	Arizona Caliente	0	Sacramento Sirens	59
Totals	Road Score Total	0	Home Score Total	130

Reference: [4]

AFWL American Football Women’s League 2002

AFWL American Football Women’s League Standings 2002

AFWL 2002	P	W	L	Pct
*San Diego Sunfire	8	8	0	1.000
*Los Angeles Lasers	8	5	3	.625
*Long Beach Aftershock	8	5	3	.625
*Arizona Titans	8	1	7	.125
San Diego Tsunami	8	1	7	.125
Totals	40	20	20	.500

Reference: [5]

AFWL American Football Women’s League Playoffs 2002

Road Team	Score	Home Team	Score
Playoffs		1st Round
Long Beach Aftershock	8	Los Angeles Lasers	6
Arizona Titans	0	San Diego Sunfire	55
Championship Game		AFWL II
Long Beach Aftershock	12	San Diego Sunfire	7
Road Total Scores	20	Home Total Scores	68

References: [5]

WFA Women’s Football Association 2002

WFA Women’s Football Association Standings 2002

WFA 2002	P	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
CENTRAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
*Indianapolis Vipers	10	8	2	0	.800	109	124
*Birmingham Steel Magnolias	10	5	5	0	.500	70	149
Georgia Enforcers	10	2	8	0	.200	20	73
New Orleans Voodoo Dolls	10	0	10	0	.000	0	30
SOUTHERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
*Jacksonville Dixie Blues	10	9	1	0	.900	349	101
*Orlando Fire	10	9	1	0	.900	252	68
*South Carolina Crusaders	10	5	5	0	.500	141	220
Tampa Bay Force	10	2	8	0	.200	40	216
Totals	80	40	40	0	.500	981	981

Reference: [6]

WFA Women’s Football Association Playoffs 2002

Date	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Score
	Playoffs		Wildcard
04.01.2003	South Carolina Crusaders	13	Orlando Fire	21
	Playoffs		Semi-Finals
11.01.2003	Birmingham Steel Magnolias	6	Indianapolis Vipers	38
11.01.2003	Orlando Fire	18	Jacksonville Dixie Blues	38
	Championship Game		WFA I
18.01.2003	Indianapolis Vipers	20	Jacksonville Dixie Blues	68
Totals	Road Total Scores	57	Home Total Scores	165

Reference: [7]

WFL Women’s Football League 2002

WFL Women’s Football League Standings 2002

WFL 2002	P	W	L	T	Pct
North Carolina Cougars	5	5	0	0	1.000
Tennessee Heat	5	2	3	0	.400
Atlanta Xtreme	4	0	4	0	.000
Fayetteville Warriors	2	0	2	0	.000
Inactive Teams
Miami Fury	2	2	0	0	1.000
Totals	18	9	9	0	.500

Reference: [8]

Report

After an eight-game season, eight teams progressed to the NWFA playoffs, where Detroit Danger defeated the Massachusetts Mutiny 48-30 in a high-scoring Championship Game in Pennsylvania.

The Southern Leagues were won by Jacksonville Dixie Blues (WFA Championship 68-20 versus Indianapolis Vipers) and North Carolina Cougars (5-0 on win percentage in WFL).

The Western Leagues’ Champions were Sacramento Sirens 59-0 versus Arizona Caliente (WAFC) and Long Beach Aftershock who lived up to their name, shocking the previously undefeated San Diego Sunfire 12-7 in the AFWL Championship.

Of interest to Irish readers was the Oakland Banshees, named after mythological women from ancient Celtic Irish folklore [10]. The Banshees completed the regular season in the WAFC 4-4 before losing out to eventual champions Sacramento Sirens 69-0 in the Playoffs.

Women’s Football Stock Image

References

NWFA References

[1] Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2003) National Women’s Football Association 2002 Final Standings [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030228052309/http://www.womensfootballcentral.com/Scores.htm [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

[2] Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2003) National Women’s Football League Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20021119215254/http://www.oursportscentral.com/schedule.cfm?leagueID=77 [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

WAFC References

[3] Wayback Machine Web Archive (2003) WAFC Standings [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030208045811/http://www.wafcfootball.com/standings.html [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

[4] Wayback Machine Web Archive (2003) Our Sports Central: Women’s Affiliated Conference Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030125134252/http://oursportscentral.com/schedule.cfm?leagueID=95 [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

AWFL References

[5] Wayback Machine Web Archive (2003) AWFL Game Results [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030211115536/http://www.thewafl.net/results.htm [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

WFA References

[6] Wayback Machine Web Archive (2003) Women’s Football Association – 2002 League Standing [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030821144730/http://risgonline.com/wfa/scores.htm [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

[7] Wayback Machine Web Archive (2003) Women’s Football Association Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030910023959/http://www.oursportscentral.com/schedule.cfm?leagueID=97 [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

WFL References

[8] Wayback Machine Web Archive (2002) 2002 Women’s Football League Scores/Stats [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20021206103706/http://161.58.36.197/stats.htm [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

[9] Wayback Machine Web Archive (2002) Women’s Football League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20021219194442/http://oursportscentral.com/league.cfm?leagueid=96 [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

Banshees in Irish Mythology References

[10] Irish Myths (2022) What Is a Banshee? The Mythic Origins of Ireland’s Most Infamous Shrieking Spirit [Internet] Available from: https://irishmyths.com/2022/07/25/banshee/ [Last Accessed 21 July 2024]

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First Published: 21 July 2024. Last Updated 23 July 2024.

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved. The Logos and Photos used in this article remain the property of the organisations and individuals which own the copyright and are used here for educational and information purposes only.

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Spring Football Leagues 1999-2001

The return of outdoor 11-on-11 Spring Football Leagues to USA after a break of seven years if the World League of American Football (1991 to 1992 with USA teams) is to be included, or 14 years since the demise of the United States Football League after the 1985 season, was met with mixed reactions.

The first such league after the WLAF to succeed in playing a down, was the Regional Football League, playing a single season in 1999 with five teams in Southern USA and one in Ohio in the Midwestern USA.

After the RFL of 1999 the Spring Football League of 2000 was founded by three high profile former National Football League (NFL) players. The SFL planned on being a four-team, four-week season with a Championship Game, to test the waters for a full season the following year. The SFL only lasted two weeks as the announcement of the XFL by the owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in conjunction with the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), which had lost its’ contract to show NFL games, put and end to the league in its’ infancy.

The XFL itself was the first Major Outdoor 11-on-11 Football League with a big budget to rival the NFL since the United States Football League of 1983 to 1985 – the first ever Outdoor Spring League. The XFL was launched in a blaze of publicity but ended with a whimper in the ‘Million Dollar Game’ as TV Ratings fell week on week after a big first week.

Regional Football League 1999

RFL Standings 1999

Regional Football League 1999	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pct
*Mobile Admirals	8	6	2	177	98	.750
*Houston Outlaws	8	6	2	148	82	.750
*Mississippi Pride	8	4	4	148	177	.500
*Ohio Cannon	8	3	5	114	121	.375
Shreveport Southern Knights	8	3	5	128	121	.375
New Orleans Thunder	8	2	6	82	198	.250
Totals	48	24	24	797	797	.500

Regional Football League Standings 1999 [Ref: RFL-1]

*Qualify for Playoffs

RFL Playoff Results 1999

RFL 1999	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Date	Playoffs 1st Round		RFL Playoffs 1999
12.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	35	Ohio Cannon	14
12.06.1999	Houston outlaws	27	Mississippi Pride	3
	RFL Bowl I
19.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	14	Houston Outlaws	12
Totals		78		33

Regional Football League Playoffs 1999 [Ref: RFL-2]

Spring Football League 2000

SFL Final Standings 2000

Spring Football League 2000	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pct
*Houston Marshals	2	2	0	56	23	1.000
*San Antonio Matadors	2	2	0	42	16	1.000
Los Angeles Dragons	2	0	2	21	37	.000
Miami Tropics	2	0	2	18	61	.000
Totals	8	4	4	137	137	.500

Spring Football League Standings 2000 [Reference: SFL-2]

Note: *Last two weeks of four-game regular season as well as planned Championship Game were scrapped and Houston Marshals and San Antonio Matadors, both unbeaten on 2-0 were declared Co-Champions.

XFL 2001

XFL Standings 2001

XFL 2001	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Orlando Rage	10	8	2	0	203	185	.800
*Chicago Enforcers	10	5	5	0	186	179	.500
New York / New Jersey Hitmen	10	4	6	0	132	145	.400
Birmingham Thunderbolts	10	2	8	0	136	239	.200
Western Division
*Los Angeles Xtreme	10	7	3	0	235	166	.700
*San Francisco Demons	10	5	5	0	156	161	.500
Memphis Maniax	10	5	5	0	167	166	.500
Las Vegas Outlaws	10	4	6	0	169	143	.400
Totals	80	40	40	0	1384	1384	.500

XFL 2001 Standings Reference: [XFL-1]

XFL Playoff Results 2001

XFL 2001	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Date	Semi-Finals		XFL Playoffs 2001
07.04.2001	Orlando Rage	25	San Francisco Demons	26
08.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	33	Chicago Enforcers	16
	XFL Championship		Million Dollar Game
21.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	24	San Francisco Demons	26
Totals		82		68

XFL 2001 Playoffs [References: XFL-1]

Report

Regional Football League 1999

The Regional Football League styled itself as the Spring Development League of America (NFL Europe was the Official Development League of the NFL with 6 teams in Europe only). It had 5 teams placed in the Southern United States and one in Toledo, Ohio.

The Mobile Admirals (Alabama) won the Championship in the League’s only season, defeating Houston Outlaws 14-12. One team, the Ohio Cannon only played in seven regular season matches, but were still allowed to compete in the Playoffs as the Shrevport Southern Knights, their only rival for the fourth playoff sport forfeited their last match with the Cannon..

Other teams were Shreveport Southern Knights, New Orleans Thunder and Mississippi Pride. The League had no TV coverage, no outstanding players and little press or radio coverage. [Ref: RFL-3] The International Football League of 2000 replaced it as the AAA Spring League in the USA.

Spring Football League 2000

The Spring Football League of 2000 was founded by Ex-NFL players Eric Dickerson (Los Angeles Rams), Bo Jackson (Los Angeles Raiders) Tony Dorsett (Dallas Cowboys) among others. It set a 4-team 4-game schedule for its first season in 2000, to test the waters for a full League and Schedule for 2001.

The first season, dubbed “Festival 2000” only lasted 2 of the 4 game weeks, and the planned Championship Game was scrapped, with the Houston Marshals and San Antonio Matdors, both unbeaten on 2-0 records, declared Co-Champions. The demise of the League was due to the founding of the XFL by the WWF – World Wide Wrestling (now WWE) owners, and the low attendances, more like Junior High School Games than a AAA Pro League.

XFL 2001

Los Angeles Xtreme won the XFL Championship Game – the Million Dollar Game – in 2001, triumphing 38-6 over San Francisco Demons. There were eight teams in the inaugural season of the XFL, five of them in cities without NFL teams: Los Angeles Xtreme, Birmingham Bolts, Orlando Rage, Memphis Maniax and Las Vegas Outlaws.

The XFL of 2001 was the brainchild of Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Entertainment, who was refused a license to buy a Canadian Football League team, and instead decided to bankroll his own league. He gained a Television contract with NBC which had lost the rights to show the NFL, and initially, amid much hype the first weeks rating were good, but slid rapidly before the league went out of existence after one season.

The reasons given for this were numerous – there was too much variation on standard Football Rules, the team names were too violent, referencing either criminality or extreme mental states. The cheerleaders were too much like strippers rather compared with the NFL’s cheerleaders. The League was intended to give fans back Hard Working Class Football as had been seen to have disappeared from the NFL, but the XFL was seen as being too hard, more criminally insane than Working Class, according to First Down, a British American Football Newspaper.

Spring Football Leagues after 2001

Following the demise of the XFL in 2001 the Spring Football schedule consisted of the National Football League Europe League with six teams in the Old Continent, the Women’s Professional Football League (founded 2000), the National Women’s Football Association (founded 2004) and the Independent Women’s Football League (founded 2004 also), as well as the Arena Football League (an Indoor 8v8 Football League on a 50-yard field with two 8 yard-end zones).

This remained the situation in Alternative Spring Professional Gridiron Football Leagues until 2007 when NFL-EL folded and 2009 when big changes happened: the United Football League was founded, and Women’s Football was transformed with the start of the Lingerie Football League (a 7v7 Indoor League), and the replacement of the NWFA and WPFL with the Women’s Football Association – a rival Major Women’s League to the IWFL.

The XFL itself would not return until 2020 with version 2.0 and the small-scale Spring Football Leagues returned in 2011 with the Stars Football League.

XFL Stock Image

**Picture Credit:** XFL- 2/9/20-MetLife Stadium East Rutherford,NJ- Tampa Bay Vipers Defender Mandato. **By Christopher Lyzcen[Shutterstock]**

The above photograph is from a XFL 2.0 match-up between the Tampa Bay Vipers and New York Guardians at the Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 2020.

References

Regional Football League 1999 References

Websites

[RFL-1] Remember the RFL (2014) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/standings [Accessed 18 June 2020]

[RFL-2] Remember the RFL (2014) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/weekly-results [Accessed 4 April 2019]

[RFL-3] Remember the RFL (2014) Remember the RFL Home [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/home [Accessed 4 April 2019]

Spring Football League 2000 References

Websites

[SFL-1] Remember the SFL (2019) History [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/rememberthesfl/history [Accessed 31 December 2019]

[SFL-2] Remember the SFL (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/rememberthesfl/standings [Accessed 31 December 2019]

XFL 2001 References

Websites

[XFL-2] Remember the XFL (2017) XFL Final Standings [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/standings [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[XFL-3] Remember the XFL (2017) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/weekly-results [Accessed 31 December 2019]

Newspapers

[XFL-4] First Down (2001) February to April 2001.

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NDMA Division Two Final Standings and Playoffs 1991

NDMA Division Two Standings and Playoffs 1991

NDMA Division Two Final Standings 1991

NDMA Division Two 1991	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Northern Conference
* Coventry Jaguars	10	10	0	0	500	104	1.000
* Stoke Spitfires	10	6	3	1	310	187	0.650
Milton Keynes Pioneers	10	4	6	0	229	256	0.400
Redditch Arrows	10	3	6	1	138	256	0.350
(D) Bolton Buccaneers	10	1	9	0	112	414	0.100
Southern Conference
*Cardiff Mets	10	8	2	0	285	178	0.800
*West London Aces	10	7	3	0	282	155	0.700
(D) SMC Admirals	10	4	5	1	290	170	0.450
Medway Mustangs	10	0	9	1	38	372	0.050

NDMA Division Two Final Standings 1991

NDMA Division Two Playoffs 1991

Semi-Finals		Sunday 14 July 1991
Cardiff Mets	26	Stoke Spitfires	24
Coventry Jaguars	36	West London Aces	26
Final		Sunday 21 July 1991
Coventry Jaguars	50	Cardiff Mets	28

NDMA Division Two Final Playoffs 1991

Notes

NDMA is an orphaned acronym for National Division Management Agency

NDMA created a new NDMA Super League for 1992 featuring top 12 teams from 1991.

* Qualify for Playoff Quarter-Finals

(P) Promoted to new NDMA Division Super League for 1991: No Teams Promoted

(R) Relegated from old NDMA Division One for 1992: Glasgow Lions (Disciplinary reasons), Solent Warriors

(R-D) Relegated from old NDMA Division One for 1992 and all subsequently disbanded after the 1991 season: Bournemouth Bobcat, London Ravens and Bristol Packers.

(D) Disbanded after season

Promoted from BNGL (British National Gridiron League) National Division (Third Level) for 1992: Edinburgh Phoenix.

(Name or Division Changes for 1992 in Brackets after Team Record)

Report

League Background

The NDMA Division Two was a new second level created in 1991 by the NDMA breakaway top division in British Gridiron Football, featuring nine of the top teams outside of the NDMA in 1990 that were willing to make the jump from the old second division, the British National Gridiron League, that was now levels three to five.

1991 Season Report

Coventry Jaguars were easy winners of the league, going 10-0 during the regular season, and defeating first the West London Aces 36-26 in the Semi-Finals, and then Cardiff Mets 50-28 in the NDMA Division Two Final.

Relegation, Promotion and Franchise Changes for 1992

The Jaguars were still denied promotion to the top level, however, as the NDMA created a new Super League, featuring 12 of the 17 NDMA Division One teams, with five relegated to NDMA Division Two for 1992 and no promotion.

Three of those relegated were based on on-field performance: Bristol Packers, Solent Warriors and London Ravens, while the Bournemouth Bobcat and Glasgow Lions were both relegated on disciplinary grounds. Bristol Packers and London Ravens disbanded following the season.

Edinburgh Phoenix were the only team promoted from the BNGL National Division (Third Level). Bolton Buccaneers and SMC Admirals both disbanded after the NDMA Division Two 1991 season.