Final Standings
USAFE United Kingdom Sports Conference 1989
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Heyford Skykings | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 164 | 40 | 124 | W7 |
| 2 | Bentwaters Phantoms | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.857 | 96 | 35 | 61 | W1 |
| 3 | Alconbury Spartans | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.714 | 165 | 72 | 93 | L1 |
| 4 | Lakenheath Eagles | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | 74 | 74 | 0 | W4 |
| 5 | Greenham Common Crusaders | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 32 | 97 | -65 | L2 |
| 6 | Mildenhall Marauders | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | 39 | 81 | -42 | W2 |
| 7 | Fairford Falcons | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 7 | 80 | -73 | L5 |
| 8 | Chicksands Fighting Chicks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.000 | 18 | 116 | -98 | L7 |
USAFE Continental Sports Conference Eifel Division 1989
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spangdahlen Sabres | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 31 | 20 | 11 | W1 |
| 2 | Rhein-Main Rockets | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 30 | 62 | -32 | W1 |
| 3 | Weisbaden Phantoms | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 12 | 17 | -5 | L1 |
| 4 | Bitburg Barons | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
USAFE Continental Sports Conference Rhine Division 1989
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramstein Rams | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | 80 | 38 | 42 | W3 |
| 2 | Sembach Tigers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 63 | 53 | 10 | L2 |
| 3 | Hahn Hawks | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 12 | 38 | -26 | L2 |
| 4 | Zweibruecken | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoff Schedule
USAFE Football Championship Game 1989
| Match Day United Kingdom Sports Conference Semi-Finals |
|---|
|
(United Kingdom Sports Conference Semi-Finals)
7 - 13Upper Heyford Skykings vs Lakenheath Eagles |
|
(United Kingdom Sports Conference Semi-Finals)
7 - 18Bentwaters Phantoms vs Alconbury Spartans |
| Match Day Continental Sports Conference Semi-Finals |
|
(Continental Sports Conference Semi-Finals)
26 - 9Ramstein Rams vs Spangdahlen Sabres |
|
(Continental Sports Conference Semi-Finals)
10 - 7Rhein-Main Rockets vs Sembach Tigers |
| Match Day United Kingdom Sports Conference Final |
|
(United Kingdom Sports Conference Final)
3 - 12Alconbury Spartans vs Lakenheath Eagles |
| Match Day Continental Sports Conference Final |
|
(Continental Sports Conference Final)
0 - 26Ramstein Rams vs Rhein-Main Rockets |
| Match Day USAFE Football Championship Game |
|
(USAFE Football Championship Game)
37 - 12Rhein-Main Rockets vs Lakenheath Eagles |
United Kingdom Sports Conference Schedule
USAFE United Kingdom Sports Conference 1989
Continental Sports Conference Schedule
USAFE Continental Sports Conference 1989
| Match Day Week 3 |
|---|
|
(Week 3)
13 - 0Spangdahlen Sabres vs Rhein-Main Rockets |
| Match Day Week 4 |
|
(Week 4)
11 - 7Spangdahlen Sabres vs Sembach Tigers |
| Match Day Week 5 |
|
(Week 5)
40 - 17Ramstein Rams vs Rhein-Main Rockets |
| Match Day Week 6 |
|
(Week 6)
7 - 13Spangdahlen Sabres vs Ramstein Rams |
|
(Week 6)
17 - 12Sembach Tigers vs Weisbaden Phantoms |
|
(Week 6)
13 - 9Rhein-Main Rockets vs Hahn Hawks |
| Match Day Week 8 |
|
(Week 8)
25 - 3Sembach Tigers vs Hahn Hawks |
| Match Day Week 9 |
|
(Week 9)
27 - 14Ramstein Rams vs Sembach Tigers |
| Match Day Continental Sports Conference Semi-Finals |
|
(Continental Sports Conference Semi-Finals)
26 - 9Ramstein Rams vs Spangdahlen Sabres |
|
(Continental Sports Conference Semi-Finals)
10 - 7Rhein-Main Rockets vs Sembach Tigers |
| Match Day Continental Sports Conference Final |
|
(Continental Sports Conference Final)
0 - 26Ramstein Rams vs Rhein-Main Rockets |
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Recap
Rhein-Main Rockets won the 1989 United States Air Force in Europe Football Championship with a 37-18 victory over Lakenheath Eagles in the USAFE Championship Game. The Rockets had won the Eifel Division of the Continental Sports Conference by going 8-2, their only defeat coming in Week 3 with a 13-0 loss to Spangdahlen Sabres and Week 5 to Ramstein Rams (17-40). The Rockets then proceeded to win the CSC Semi-Finals 10-7 in overtime versus Sembach Tigers and then upset the Ramstein Rams 26-0 in the CSC Final.
The United Kingdom Sports Conference was a single league in 1989, playing 7 games as opposed to 10 in 1988 and in the Continental Sports Conference in 1989. The Regular season Championship was won by Upper Heyford Skykings with a 7-0 record, but the Lakenheath Eagles, who started 0-3 just got better and better as the season went on, winning their last four Conference Games before defeating Upper Heyford 13-7 in the UKSC Semi-Finals and then the Alconbury Spartans 12-3 in the UKSC Final. They could not however continue the run all the way to the USAFE Championship Game.
Lakenheath Eagles later played an Irish All-Star team in 1991 and Alconbury Spartans and Ramstein Rams had played games in Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s.
IMAGES
[1] USAFE Football (2019) CSC Sports Patch [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/CSC-Sports-Patch.jpg [Accessed 8 November 2019]
[2] USAFE Football (2020) USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5 [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5.jpg [Accessed 18 July 2020]
NEWSPAPERS
[3] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 6 September 1989.
[4] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 13 September 1989.
[5] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 20 September 1989.
[6] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 27 September 1989.
[7] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 4 October 1989.
[8] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 11 October 1989.
[9] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 18 October 1989.
[10] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 19-25 October 1989.
[11] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 26 October-1 November 1989.
[12] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE News” World American Football. 2-8 November 1989.
[13] Fox, Bucky (1989) “USAFE – Just Another Year” World American Football. 9-15 November 1989.
SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATIONS
[14] Kevin Sharkey Facebook Messenger (2020) Facebook Messenger Conversation, 29 May 2020.
[15] Dublin Celts Facebook (2019) Photo, September 8, 2019: “Not strictly Dublin Celts, but in this fame QB Eddie Goggins�� threw a TD pass to WR Dermot Connolly��, we scored against good quality American opposition, these guys were the champions of their league in Europe.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/259540917772370/permalink/270796126646849/ [Accessed 7 November 2019]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to Tim Leadingham.
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