1. Bundesliga 1979

1. Bundesliga 1979	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Frankfurt Loewen (C)	9	9	0	0	243	44	18
Ansbach Grizzlies (P)	10	8	2	0	236	103	16
Berlin Baeren	9	4	4	1	146	83	9
Bremerhaven Seahawks	10	4	5	1	112	114	9
Munich Cowboys	10	3	7	0	90	224	6
Duesseldorf Panther	10	0	10	0	38	297	0

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	German Bowl I		Venue: Frankfurt
1979	Frankfurt Loewen	14	Ansbach Grizzlies	8

1.Bundesliga 1980

1. Bundesliga 1980	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Frankfurt Loewen (C)
Neu-Isenberg Adler
Berlin Baeren
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)
Hanau Hawks (P)	13	9	3	1	339	121	19
Munich Cowboys
Kitzingen Colts
Straubing Bisons

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	German Bowl II
1980	Frankfurt Loewen	21	Ansbach Grizzlies	12

1. Bundesliga 1981

1. Bundesliga 1981	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Frankfurt Loewen (C)	12	11	1	0	388	76	22
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	12	10	2	0	523	158	20
Bremerhaven Seahawks	12	9	3	0	407	169	18
Berlin Adler	12	5	7	0	240	250	10
Solingen Steelers	12	4	8	0	212	229	8
Dortmund Giants (R)	12	3	9	0	85	358	6
Krefeld Condors (R)	12	0	12	0	6	621	0
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzliers (C)	12	10	1	1	388	84	21
Hanau Hawks (P)	12	10	2	0	313	140	20
Munich Cowboys	12	7	4	1	320	129	15
Stuttgart Stallions	12	5	7	0	215	204	10
Bad Homburg Falken	12	4	8	0	227	205	8
Straubing Bisons (R)	12	4	8	0	95	369	8
Erding Bulls (R)	12	1	11	0	59	481	2

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Halbfinale
1981	Frankfurt Loewen	17	Hanau Hawks	12
1981	Ansbach Grizzlies	28	Cologne Crocodiles	0
	German Bowl III		At Cologne
1981	Ansbach Grizzlies	27	Frankfurt Loewen	6

1. Bundesliga 1982

1. Bundesliga 1982	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Cologne Crocodiles (C)	14	13	1	0	512	133	26
Duesseldorf Panther (P)	13	11	1	1	542	114	23
Bremerhaven Seahawks (P)	12	8	3	1	344	217	17
Essen Eagles (P)	13	6	7	0	199	271	12
Herne Tigers	14	6	8	0	234	262	12
Berlin Adler	13	3	10	0	172	384	6
Solingen Steelers (R)	13	2	11	0	47	503	4
Moenchengladbach Mustangs (R)	10	1	9	0	71	237	2
1. Bundesliga Sud
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)	12	12	0	0	363	61	24
Hanau Hawks (P)	12	7	5	0	182	188	14
Frankfurt Loewen (P)	12	6	6	0	240	231	12
Munich Cowboys (P)	12	5	7	0	180	229	10
Stuttgart Stallions	12	5	7	0	133	196	10
Bad Homburg Falken	12	4	8	0	82	166	8
Mannheim Redskins	12	3	9	0	128	237	6

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	67	Essen Eagles	0
1984	Cologne Crocodiles	38	Munich Cowboys	21
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	66	Frankfurt Loewen	0
1984	Hanau Hawks	55	Bremerhaven Seahawks	0
	Halbfinale
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	26	Duesseldorf Panther	13
1984	Cologne Crocodiles	14	Hanau Hawks	12
	German Bowl IV
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	12	Cologne Crocodiles	6

1. Bundesliga 1983

1. Bundesliga 1983	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Duesseldorf Panther (C)	12	12	0	0	510	53	24
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	12	9	3	0	330	199	18
Cologne Red Barons (P)	12	8	4	0	365	231	16
Berlin Adler (P)	12	6	6	0	269	394	12
Essen Eagles	12	3	9	0	157	349	6
Hamburg Dolphins	12	2	10	0	159	377	4
Bremerhaven Seahawks (P)	12	2	10	0	136	323	4
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)	10	9	1	0	241	100	18
Munich Cowboys (P)	10	7	3	0	318	159	14
Noris Rams (P)	10	7	3	0	268	128	14
Frankfurt Loewen (P)	10	5	5	0	211	170	10
Starnberg Argonauts	10	2	8	0	142	356	4
Stuttgart Stallions (R)	10	0	10	0	55	322	0

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1983	Cologne Crocodiles	52	Noris Rams	24
1983	Duesseldorf Panther	30	Frankfurt Loewen	0
1983	Munich Cowboys	26	Cologne Red Barons	34
1983	Ansbach Grizzlies	50	Berlin Adler	12
	Halbfinale
1983	Ansbach Grizzlies	16	Cologne Crocodiles	13
1983	Duesseldorf Panther	29	Cologne Red Barons	7
	German Bowl V
1983	Duesseldorf Panther	22	Ansbach Grizzlies	7

1. Bundesliga 1984

1. Bundesliga 1984	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Duesseldorf Panther (C)	12	11	1	0	485	116	22
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	12	11	1	0	368	125	22
Berlin Adler (P)	12	7	5	0	237	182	14
Duesseldorf Bulldozer (P)	12	6	6	0	151	249	12
Cologne Red Barons	12	3	9	0	119	207	6
Bonn Jets	12	3	9	0	102	317	6
Hamburg Dolphins (R)	12	1	11	0	58	324	2
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)
Munich Cowboys (P)	14	11	3	0	317	182	22
Mannheim Redskins (P)	14	7	7	0	254	283	14
Frankfurt Loewen (P)
Hanau Hawks	14	6	8	0	256	205	12
Noris Rams	14	6	8	0	221	228	12
Bad Homburg Falken
Starnberg Argonauts (R)

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1984	Cologne Crocodiles	26	Mannheim Redskins	0
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	55	Frankfurt Loewen	0
1984	Munich Cowboys	7	Berlin Adler	27
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies		Duesseldorf Bulldozer
	Halbfinale
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	24	Cologne Crocodiles	21
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	20	Berlin Adler	6
	German Bowl VI		At Essen
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	27	Ansbach Grizzlies	13

1. Bundesliga 1985

1. Bundesliga 1985	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Duesseldorf Panther (C)	14	11	0	3	447	70	25
Berlin Adler (P)	14	12	1	1	470	211	25
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	14	10	2	2	454	101	22
Bonn Jets (P)	14	5	8	1	190	242	11
Duesseldorf Bulldozer	14	4	8	2	141	372	10
Cologne Red Barons	14	4	10	0	144	285	8
Dortmund Giants	14	3	11	0	121	348	6
Monheim Sharks	14	2	11	1	81	416	5
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)
Hanau Hawks (P)	14	10	4	0	352	214	20
Noris Rams (P)	14	8	5	1	352	178	17
Munich Cowboys (P)	14	6	7	1	187	159	13
Kempten Comets	14	5	8	1	190	275	11
Bad Homburg Falken	14	5	9	0	146	262	10
Mannheim Redskins	14	4	10	0	121	313	8

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1985	Ansbach Grizzlies	28	Bonn Jets	0
1985	Berlin Adler	44	Noris Rams	39
1985	Duesseldorf Panther	40	Munich Cowboys	0
1985	Hanau Hawks	9	Cologne Crocodiles	3
	Halbfinale
1985	Ansbach Grizzlies	47	Berlin Adler	7
1985	Duesseldorf	27	Hanau Hawks	13
	German Bowl VII
1985	Ansbach Grizzlies	14	Duesseldorf Panther	7

Report

The American Football Verband Deutschland (German American Football Federation) was founded in 1979 and featured six teams in its inaugural season, with Frankfurt Loewen (Wolves) defeating Ansbach Grizzlies 14-6 in German Bowl I. The two teams went on to dominate German American Football for the next three years, Frankfurt again defeating the Grizzlies in German Bowl II before Ansbach got revenge in German Bowl III, winning 27-6. This signalled a slow decline for the Loewen while Ansbach continued with success, winning the German Bowl in 1982 by 12-6 versus Cologne Crocodiles. German Bowl V again saw the Grizzlies compete but this time they lost 22-7 to Duesseldorf Panther, the oldest team in Germany. These two teams played in the next two German Bowls also as Duesseldorf won German Bowl VI 27-13 but lost in German Bowl VII in 1985 14-7 as yet again a team failed to capture the three-in-a-row. After 5 years of two Conferences (Nord and Sued – North and South) a Four Conference System was introduced in 1986 – Nord A, Nord B, Sued A and Sued B with the number of teams jumping from 15 to 24.

References

Images

[1] AFVD Wayback Machine (2001) afvd [Internet[ Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010307073130im_/http://afvd.de/buttons/afvd.gif [Accessed 6 June 2021]

Internet Archives

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Shane Mulcahy and Ciaran Simms

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