Category: World Gridiron

December 7, 2019

Southwestern Football League 1973

SWFL 1973

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Oklahoma City Wranglers	10	9	1	0	442	110	.900
*San Antonio Toros	8	6	2	0	239	170	.750
Albuquerque Thunderbirds	8	4	4	0	212	173	.500
Denver Oilers	8	1	7	0	87	372	.125
Kansas City Steers	3	0	3	0	19	139	.000
Western Division
*Las Vegas Casinos	8	6	2	0	192	129	.750
Phoenix Blazers	9	6	3	0	217	181	.667
Southern California Razorbacks	9	3	6	0	164	147	.333
Los Angeles Mustangs	9	1	8	0	128	221	.111

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final Playoff
01.09.1973	San Antonio Toros	45	Las Vegas Casinos	3
	Championship Game
08.09.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	19	San Antonio Toros	16

Reference: [1; 37-40]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
16.06.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	32	Los Angeles Mustangs	6
16.06.1973	Phoenix Blazers	20	Southern California Razorbacks	18
16.06.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	57	Denver Oilers	0
	Week 2
23.06.1973	Phoenix Blazers	27	New Mexico Thuncerbirds	33 ot
23.06.1973	Kansas City Steers	0	Oklahoma City Wranglers	37
	Week 3
30.06.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	21	Southern California Razorbacks	27
30.06.1973	San Antonio Toros	35	Denver Oilers	10
30.06.1973	Phoenix Blazers	27	Los Angeles Mustangs	7
30.06.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	75	Kansas City steers	0
	Week 4
07.07.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	14	Oklahoma City Wranglers	37
07.07.1973	Denver Oilers	6	Phoenix Blazers	39
07.07.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	26	Southern California Razorbacks	12
07.07.1973	San Antonio Toros	25	Los Angeles Mustangs	15
	Week 5
14.07.1973	San Antonio Toros	43	Phoenix Blazers	7
	Week 6
21.07.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	17	Southern California Razorbacks	0
21.07.1973	San Antonio Toros	26	Oklahoma City Wranglers	17
21.07.1973	Phoenix Blazers	22	Las Vegas Casinos	17
	Week 7
28.07.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	38	New Mexico Thunderbirds	22
28.07.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	39	San Antonio Toros	27
28.07.1973	Phoenix Blazers	52	Denver Oilers	19
28.07.1973	Southern California Razorbacks	27	Los Angeles Mustangs	4
	Week 8
04.08.1973	San Antonio Toros	31	New Mexico Thunderbirds	24
04.08.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	63	Denver Oilers	3
04.08.1973	Phoenix Blazers	c	Los Angeles Mustangs	c
04.08.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	13	Southern California Razorbacks	11
	Week 9
11.08.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	50	Denver Oilers	7
11.08.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	47	Phoenix Blazers	7
11.08.1973	San Antonio Toros	32	Southern California Razorbacks	7
	Week 10
18.08.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	c	Phoenix Blazers	c
18.08.1973	Oklahoma City Warriors	42	San Antonio Toros	14
	Week 11
25.08.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	c	San Antonio Toros	c
25.08.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	0 #	Southern California Razorbacks	1
	Week 12
01.09.1973	Los Angeles Mustangs		Southern California Razorbacks

Reference: [2-36; 41-47]

Report

The Soujthwestern Football League expanded to nine teams from six in 1973. The Kansas City Steers folded after 3 games, and were stricken from the record. The top teams all season were the San Antonio Toros, Las Vegas Casinos and Oklahoma City Wranglers.

The New Mexico Thunderbirds and Phoenix Blazers both finished with average records, and ran into financial trouble late on in the season, both cancelling games.

The Toros were the defending Champions, andhad a shot at repeating, beating Western Division Champions Las Vegas Casinos in the Semi-Final Playoff 45-3, before losing to Eastern Division Champions Oklahoma City Wranglers 19-16 in the Championship Game.

About

The Southwestern Football League (1972-1973) was a AAA (2nd Level) American Football League – when asked by a reporter if they were any good, the New Mexico Thunderbirds Head Coach said the Southwestern Football League Champs were to the NFL Super Bowl Champs what the Albuquerque Dukes were to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Baseball – in other words a AAA team.

It was based, as its name suggests, in the American Southwest, featuring teams from Texas (San Antonio Toros & Dallas Rockets), Kansas City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma City Wranglers), Colorado (Denver Oilers), New Mexico (Albuquerque Thunderbirds), Arizona (Phoenix Blazers), Nevada (Las Vegas) and California (Southern California Razorbacks, Los Angeles Mustangs).

It was preceded by the Texas Football League (1966-1971) and the Continental Football League – 1965-1969 – AAA – 2nd Level) and was succeeded by the California Football League (1977-1982) and the American Football Association (1977-1983 – Texas and Southern States further east – AAA). The World Football League of 1974-1975 took up a lot of the players of Minor Football Leagues at the time, leaving just one League at AAA & AA level.

Note on Team Names

A lot of the teams in the Southwestern Football League made reference to the “Cowboy & Indian” culture of the region – the Kansas City Steers and San Antonio Toros were both named after Bulls, the Los Angeles Mustangs were named after a Wild Horse found in the West, and the Oklahoma City Wranglers were named after Cowboys. The Albuquerque Thunderbirds were named after a mythical Native American bird. There were also teams named after the Oil Industry – the Denver Oilers; the Space Industry – Dallas Rockets; and the Gambling Industry – Las Vegas Casinos, all of which would employ people in the Southwest. The Phoenix Blazers is also a reference to a mythical bird, this time the one from Ancient Egyptian & Christian mythology, the Phoenix who rose from the flames, after which the city is named.

Reference:

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan, Caoimhe Mullaney, Alan Delaney, John Kane, John Wills, Louise Kenny, John Cummins, John Morahan, Jean-Paul O’Flynn.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 7 December 2019

December 4, 2019

American Football League of Europe 1995

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Bergamo Lions	8	7	1	0	232	178	.875
*Stockholm Nordic Vikings	8	5	3	0	239	223	.625
Amsterdam Crusaders	8	5	3	0	78	90	.625
Frankfurt Knights	8	3	5	0	124	140	.375
Sheffield GB Spartans	8	0	8	0	175	235	.000
Bavarian Blue Falcons	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Reference: [10] [Adjusted based on Results in 1-9]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Euro-SuperBowl II
02.09.1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	14	Bergamo Lions	0

Reference: [10]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
20.05.1995	Frankfurt Knights	–	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–
21.05.1995	Great Britain Spartans	33	Bergamo Lions	35
	Week 2
27.05.1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	24	Bergamo Lions	27
27.05.1995	Amsterdam Crusaders	W	Frankfurt Knights	L
27.05.1995	Great Britain Spartans	–	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–
	Week 3
03.06.1995	Frankfurt Knights	50	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	32
04.06.1995	Bergamo Lions	35	Great Britain Spartans	22
	Week 4
10.06.1995	Frankfurt Knights	–	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–
11.06.1995	Great Britain Spartans	39	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	45
	Week 5
17.06.1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	–	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–
17.06.1995	Bergamo Lions	34	Amstedam Crusaders	22
18.06.1995	Great Britain Spartans	50	Frankfurt Knights	75
	Week 6
24.06.1995	Frankfurt Knights	L	Amsterdam Crusaders	W
	Week 7
01.07.1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	53	Great Britain Spartans	36
01.07.1995	Amsterdam Crusaders	–	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–
	Week 8
08.07.1995	Amsterdam Crusaders	45	Great Britain Spartans	20
08.07.1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	–	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–
08.07.1995	Frankfurt Knights	23	Bergamo Lions	28
	Week 9
15.07.1995	Amsterdam Crusaders	21	Bergamo Lions	27
	Week 10
22.07.1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	27	Amsterdam Crusaders	53
22.07.1995	Frankfurt Knights	W	Great Britain Spartans	L
22.07.1995	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–	Bergamo Lions	–
	Week 11
29.07.1995	Bergamo Lions	8	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	14
29.07.1995	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–	Bergamo Lions	–
	Week 12
05.08.1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	42	Frankfurt Knights	30
05.08.1995	Great Britain Spartans	0	Amsterdam Crusaders	2-
	Week 13
12.08.1995	Amsterdam Crusaders	0	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	2
12.08.1995	Bergamo Lions	–	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–
	Week 14
19.08.1995	Bavarian Blue Falcons	–	Great Britain Spartans	–
19.08.1995	Bergamo Lions		Frankfurt Knights

Reference:

Preseason Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Preseason Week 1
1995	Frankfurt Knights	56	Rotterdam Trojans	32
1995	Stockholm Nordic Vikings	20	Benedictine College	35

Reference: [1]

Match Reports & Box Scores

Week 1

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Bergamo Lions					35
Great Britain Spartans					33
Scorers					Score
1st Half
BER – Zackary Burwell TD Run					7-0
BER – Zackary Burwell 2 yard TD Run					13-0
GBS – Okiwe 45 yard Pass from Hazen Choates					13-6
BER – Tomaso Verzeri 11-yard TD Pass from Bobby Frasco					19-6
GBS – Terry Smith 3 yard Pass from Hazen Choates (Graham Cola XP Kick)					19-13
2nd Half
GBS – Okiwe 10 yd Pass from Hazen Choates (XP Kick No Good)					19-19
BER – Zackary Burwell 8 yd Run (2XP Good)					27-19
GBS – Terry Smith Pass from Hazen Choates (2XP No Good)					27-25
BER – Zackary Burwell 14 yd Run (Vitali Pietro 2XP Run)					35-25
GBS – Terry Smith 30 yd Pass from Hazen Choates (Hazen Choates 2XP Run)					35-33

Reference: [4]

Week 4

At Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Great Britain Spartans	6	14	6	13	39
Stockholm Nordic Vikings	14	6	12	13	45
Scorers					Score
1st Quarter
STO – Doug Banks 8 yd Run (XP Kick Good ?)					0-7
GBS – Booby Brown Run (XP No Good)					6-7
STO – West 3 yd Pass from Merager (XP Kick Good?)					6-14
2nd Quarter
GBS – Bobby Brown 1 yd Run					12-14
GBS – Bobby Brown 7 yd Run (Bobby Brown 2XP Run)					20-14
STO – Brown TD					20-20
3rd Quarter
GBS – Hazen Choates 7 yd Run					26-20
STO – Hausenkamp TD					26-26
STO – West TD					26-32
4th Quarter
STO – FG					26-35
GBS – Bobby Brown 90 yd Return (XP Kick Good)					33-35
GBS – Bobby Brown Run					39-35
STO – Sedin 100 yd 2XP Int Return					39-37
STO – Magnus Gustaffson Run (Magnus Gustaffson 2XP)					39-45

Reference: [6]

Week 8

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Amsterdam Crusaders	19	12	0	14	45
Sheffield GB Spartans	12	0	0	8	20
Scorers					Score
1st Quarter
AMS – Anthony Stitt 2 yd Run (2XP Pass No Good)					6-0
GBS – Terry Smith 40 yd Pass from Hazen Choates (XP Kick Blocked)					6-6
AMS – Marin van Mourik 40 yd Pass from Stuart Betty					12-6
AMS – Anthony Stitt 85 yd Run					19-6
GBS – Bobby Brown 80 yd Pass from Hazen Choates					19-12
2nd Quarter
AMS – Marin van Mourik 22 yd Pass from Stuart Betty (XP Kick No Good)					25-12
AMS – Anthony Stitt 49 yd Pass from Stuart Betty (XP Kick No Good)					31-12
3rd Quarter
No scoring					31-12
4th Quarter
AMS – Anthony Stitt 1 yd Run (Marin van Mourik 2XP Pass from Stuart Betty)					39-12
GBS – Jeff Buck 1 Yd Run (Booby Brown 2XP)					39-20
AMS – Anthony Stitt 1 yd Run					45-20

Reference: [7]

Week 1

At Stadio Alfiero Moretti, Cesenatico	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Bergamo Lions	0	0	0	8	8
Stockholm Nordic Vikings	7	0	0	7	14
Scorers					Score
1st Quarter
STO – Doug Banks 53 yd Pass from Kelly Merager (XP Kick Good)					0-7
2nd Quarter
No Scoring
3rd Quarter
No Scoring
4th Quarter
STO – Doug Peterson 4 yd Run (XP Kick Good)					0-14
BER – TD (2XP Good)					8=-14

Reference: [10]

Home Venues

Team	Home Field
Great Britain Spartans	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England
Frankfurt Knights	Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach, Gemany
Bavarian Blue Falcons	Munich, Germany
Bergamo Lions	Campo Comunale, Verdelo, Italy
Stockholm Nordic Vikings	Uppsala/Stockholm, Sweden
Amsterdam Crusaders	Amsterdam, Netherlands

Reference: [1, 10]

References

News Groups

[1] Google Groups | rec.sport.football.misc (1995) [FLE] Schedule of 1995 Season | Post by Domink Kubla 27 May 1995 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/6Y8ECEnsSi0 [Accessed 8 August 2018]

[2] Google Groups | rec.sport.football.misc (1995) [FLE] Latest News and first result | Post by Domink Kubla 2 June 1995 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/j1J9u7pcYPo [Accessed 8 August 2018]

Sources

[3] FD Reporter (1995) “Terry Launches Second Coming” First Down, May 20, 1995, P. 18.

[4] Rowlands, Neil (1995) “It’s back to the good old Haze!” First Down, May 27, 1995, P. 22.

[5] Anon. (1995) “I’ll give any unhappy fans money back” First Down, June 10, 1995, P. 18.

[6] Myatt, Steve (1995) “Sedin Death!” First Down, June 17, 1995, P. 21.

[7] Myatt, Steve (1995) “Defensive Disaster sees Spartans crumble to 0-5” First Down, July 15, 1995, P. 18.

[8] Anon. (1995) “We can bounce back, says Tel” First Down, July 1, 1995, P. 18.

[9] FD Reporter (1995) “Sitting on the dock of a bay” First Down, August 5, 1995, P. 19.

Online Encyclopedia

[10] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2019) American Football League Europe 1995 [Internet] Available from: http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1995_afle_eur.pdf [Accessed 4 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer (Irish American Football Officials Association)

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Last Updated: 4 December 2019

December 3, 2019

China Arena Football League 2019

China Arena Football League – Arena Football League Global Logo [4]

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Wuhan Gators	3	3	0	0	28	6	1.000
*Beijing Lions	3	2	1	0	36	6	.667
Shenyang Black Rhinos	3	1	2	0	12	22	.333
Shanghai Legend	3	0	3	0	0	42	.000

References: Compiled from Results in :[4-5]

Championship Tournament Finals

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		3rd Place Game
08.12.2019	11:00 AM	Shenyang Black Rhinos	18	Shanghai Legend	6
		Championship
08.12.2019	11:00 AM	Wuhan Gators	30	Beijing Lions	22

Reference: [1; 6-7]

Championship Tournament

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
06.12.2019	5:00 PM	Shenyang Black Rhinos	6	Shanghai Legend	0
06.12.2019	5:30 PM	Beijing Lions	0	Wuhan Gators	6
06.12.2019	6:00 PM	Beijing Lions	22	Shanghai Legend	0
06.12.2019	6:30 PM	Wuhan Gators	8	Shenyang Black Rhinos	6
06.12.2019	7:00 PM	Shanghai Legend	0	Wuhan Gators	14
06.12.2019	7:30 PM	Shenyang Black Rhinos	0	Beijing Lions	14

Reference: [1; 4-5]

Preseason Results

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		Preseason Week 1
13.11.2019	1:00 PM	Shenyang Rhinos	0	Beijing Lions	28
		Preseason Week 2
23.11.2019	2:00 PM	Wuhan Gators	40	Shanghai Legend	0

Reference: [1-3]

Home Venues

Team	Venue
Championship Tournament (6-8 December 2019)	EtonHouse International School, Suzhou
Shenyang Rhinos (Preseason Week 1)	Shenyang Sports University
Wuhan Gators (Preseason Week 2)	Wuhan JETien Jianjiu Sports Park

Reference: [1]

Report

Benjamin Duhon had an interception and score for the Lions defense, and John Taggart added two rushing scores as the Beijing Lions beat the Shenyang Rhinos in Preseason Week 1 [2]

In Preseason Week 2, Wuhan Gators, thrilled the Home Fans by beating the Shanghai Legend 40-0. They were led by QB Jarred Evans, who threw 4 Touchdown passes, and ran for two more, and the defense played its part too, as Defensive Captain, Robert Williams had 2 sacks and several pass deflections. [3]

Wuhan Gators won all 3 Championship Tournament Round-Robin matches to finish top of the table, and earn a place in the Championship Game against Beijing Lions who won their other two matches. Shanghai Legend finished bottom, losing all their matches and played against Shenyang Black Rhinos in the 3rd Place Playoff. [4-5]

In the 3rd Place Playoff, the Shenyang Black Rhinos won again against the Shanghai Legend, after both teams came out guns blazing, scoring on their opening drives. [6]

The Championship Game proved an epic struggle, with Wuhan Gators sending their fans home happy, coming from behind to beat the defending Champions, Beijing Lions 30-22. The Lions had taken a 22-14 lead after an amazing catch and run by Wide Receiver Devin Jones, but the Gators came right back, with tournament MVP Jarred Evans leading the team to a tieing score. In Overtime QB Evans found WR Shida Wang, who outfought the defender, in tight coverage, for the score. The Two-Point Conversion was successful, leaving the Gators 30-22 up, and the there were wild celebrations in the Wuhan camp after the Lions were unable to respond on their next drive. [7]

Wuhan Gators – China Arena Football League 2019 Team Photo [10]

About

The China Arena Football League was started in 2016 by the Arena Football League, which introduced the novel 8v8 Arena/Indoor version of American Football in 1986. The CAFL was part of an ambitious Global Expansion plan by the AFL, although it lasted only one season.

It was brought back by the AFL in 2019, and the first preseason matches went ahead as scheduled despite reports on the AFL website that it was filing for bankruptcy on November 27, 2019.

The China Arena Football League Championship Tournament, held over one weekend, took place on 6-8 December 2019.

China Arena Football League 2019 Championship Medal [10]

References

Websites

[1] China Arena Football League (2019) CAFL 2019 Competition Breakdown! [Internet] Available from: http://caflfootball.com/cafl-2019-competition-breakdown/ [Accessed 3 December 2019]

[2] China Arena Football League | Facebook (2019) Post, November 13, 2019: ” Final Score from Shenyang: Beijing 28 Shenyang 0 “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CAFLFootball/posts/2768277399901933 [Accessed 3 December 2019]

[3] China Arena Football League | Facebook (2019) Post, November 22, 2019: ” Final Score in Wuhan: Gators 40 Shanghai 0 “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CAFLFootball/posts/2791563504239989 [Accessed 3 December 2019]

[4] China Arena Football League | Facebook (2019) Post, December 6, 2019: ” Half way through Match Play and Day 1 of the CAFL Championship Tournament and here are the scores: “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CAFLFootball/posts/2823067901089549 [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[5] China Arena Football League | Facebook (2019) Post, December 6, 2019: “ The first day is complete and here is how the teams finished in day 1 of Match Play of the CAFL 2019 Championship Tournament. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CAFLFootball/posts/2823301561066183 [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[6] China Arena Football League | Facebook (2019) Post, December 8, 2019: ” The Shenyang Black Rhinos take home the 3rd Place OF THE CAFL 2029 Championship Tournament with an 18-6 win over the Shanghai Legends. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CAFLFootball/posts/2827977440598595 [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[7] China Arena Football League | Facebook (2019) Post, December 8, 2019: ” What an epic battle as the CAFL 2019 Tournament Championship Game gave fans all that they could ask for as the Wuhan Gators came from behind in regulation to tie the score and take the game to overtime to defeat the 2016 champions Beijing Lions 30-22. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CAFLFootball/posts/2827996027263403 [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[8] Arena Football League (2019) Official Statement [Internet] Available from: https://www.arenafootball.com/article/nov27-statement [Accessed 3 December 2019]

Images

[9] China Arena Football League (2019) CAFL-AFLG Logo [Internet] Available from: http://caflfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cafl-aflg-1.png [Accessed 3 December 2019]

[10] China Arena Football League (2019) CAFL 2019 Competition Medal [Internet] Available from: http://caflfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CAFL-2019-Competition-Medal-768×768.png [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[11] China Arena Football League | Facebook Page (2019) Photo December 8, 2019: “What an epic battle as the CAFL 2019 Tournament Championship Game ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CAFLFootball/photos/pcb.2827996027263403/2827995430596796/?type=3&theater [Accessed 10 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Comerford.

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November 30, 2019

Canadian Football League 2019

Canadian Football League Logo 2019 [1]

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
West Division
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	13	5	0	487	386	26
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	482	407	24
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	11	7	0	508	409	22
Edmonton Eskimoes	18	8	10	0	406	400	16
BC Lions	18	5	13	0	411	452	10
East Division
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	15	3	0	551	344	30
Montreal Alouettes	18	10	8	0	479	485	20
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	0	373	562	8
Ottawa REDBLACKS	18	3	15	0	312	564	6

Reference: [2]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Eastern Semi-Final
10.11.2019	Montreal Alouettes	29	Edmonton Eskimoes	37
	Western Semi-Final
10.11.2019	Calgary Stampeders	14	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35
	Eastern Final
17.10.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36	Edmonton Eskimoes	16
	Western Final
17.10.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20
	107th Grey Cup
24.11.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12

Reference: [3]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
14.06.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17
15.06.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	32	Montreal Alouettes	25
16.06.2019	Calgary Stampeders	28	Ottawa REDBLACKS	32
16.06.2019	BC Lions	23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33
	Week 2
21.06.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	44	Saskatchewan Roughriders	41
22.06.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	39	BC Lions	23
22.06.2019	Toronto Argonauts	14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	64
	Week 3
28.06.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28	Edmonton Eskimoes	21
29.06.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41	Montreal Alouettes	10
30.06.2019	Calgary Stampeders	36	BC Lions	32
02.07.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32	Toronto Argonauts	7
	Week 4
05.07.2019	Montreal Alouettes	36	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	29
06.07.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	14	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29
07.07.2019	Toronto Argonauts	17	BC Lions	18
07.07.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10	Calgary Stampeders	37
	Week 5
12.07.2019	BC Lions	6	Edmonton Eskimoes	33
13.07.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	48	Toronto Argonauts	21
13.07.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	19	Montreal Alouettes	36
14.07.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30	Calgary Stampeders	23
	Week 6
19.07.2019	Calgary Stampeders	26	Toronto Argonauts	16
20.07.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31	Ottawa REDBLACKS	1
20.07.2019	Montreal Alouettes	20	Edmonton Eskimoes	10
21.07.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	38	BC Lions	25
	Week 7
26.07.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	26	Calgary Stampeders	17
26.07.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	26	Toronto Argonauts	0
27.07.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15
28.07.2019	BC Lions	18	Saskatchewan Roughriders	45
	Week 8
02.08.2019	Toronto Argonauts	28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27
02.08.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19
03.08.2019	Montreal Alouettes	27	Ottawa REDBLACKS	30
04.08.2019	Calgary Stampeders	24	Edmonton Eskimoes	18
	Week 9
09.08.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26	Calgary Stampeders	24
10.08.2019	Montreal Alouettes	10	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17
10.08.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	16	Ottawa REDBLACKS	12
11.08.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35	BC Lions	34
	Week 10
16.08.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32	BC Lions	16
17.08.2019	Toronto Argonauts	26	Edmonton Eskimoes	41
17.08.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21
18.08.2019	Calgary Stampeders	34	Montreal Alouettes	40
	Week 11
24.08.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34
25.08.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	40	Ottawa REDBLACKS	18
25.08.2019	BC Lions	10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13
25.08.2019	Toronto Argonauts	22	Montreal Alouettes	28
	Week 12
01.09.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17
02.09.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	38	Toronto Argonauts	27
02.09.2019	Calgary Stampeders	25	Edmonton Eskimoes	9
	Week 13
07.09.2019	Montreal Alouettes	21	BC Lions	16
07.09.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	17	Toronto Argonauts	46
07.09.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10
08.09.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	17	Calgary Stampeders	33
	Week 14
14.09.2019	BC Lions	29	Ottawa REDBLACKS	5
14.09.2019	Calgary Stampeders	19	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18
15.09.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27	Montreal Alouettes	25
	Week 15
21.09.2019	Toronto Argonauts	16	Calgary Stampeders	23
21.09.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	27	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30
21.09.2019	Montreal Alouettes	38	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	37
22.09.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	7	BC Lions	40
	Week 16
28.09.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33
28.09.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	16	Edmonton Eskimoes	21
29.09.2019	Toronto Argonauts	16	Saskatchewan Roughriders	41
29.09.2019	BC Lions	25	Montreal Alouettes	23
	Week 17
05.10.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	42	Edmonton Eskimoes	12
05.10.2019	Montreal Alouettes	21	Calgary Stampeders	17
06.10.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6
06.10.2019	BC Lions	55	Toronto Argonauts	8
	Week 18
12.10.2019	Toronto Argonauts	28	Ottawa REDBLACKS	21
12.10.2019	Calgary Stampeders	30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28
12.10.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35	Montreal Alouettes	24
13.10.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	19	BC LIons	6
	Week 19
19.10.2019	Montreal Alouettes	27	Toronto Argonauts	24
19.10.2019	BC Lions	19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27
19.10.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33	Ottawa REDBLACKS	12
20.10.2019	Calgary Stampeders	37	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33
	Week 20
26.10.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29	Calgary Stampeders	28
26.10.2019	Montreal Alouettes	26	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	38
26.10.2019	Toronto Argonauts	39	Ottawa REDBLACKS	9
27.10.2019	Edmonton Eskimoes	24	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27
	Week 21
01.11.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	32	Montreal Alouettes	42
02.11.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23	Edmonton Eskimoes	13
02.11.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21	Toronto Argonauts	18
03.11.2019	BC Lions	16	Calgary Stampeders	21

Reference: [3]

Preseason Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Western Division
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	2	2	0	0	55	32	4
Edmonton Eskimoes	2	1	1	0	25	27	2
BC Lions	2	1	1	0	45	58	2
Calgary Stampeders	2	1	1	0	73	39	2
Saskatchewan Roughriders	2	0	2	0	30	72	0
Eastern Division
Toronto Argonauts	2	2	0	0	75	43	4
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	2	1	1	0	48	51	2
Ottawa REDBLACKS	2	0	1	1	41	45	1
Montreal Alouettes	2	0	1	1	40	65	1

References: Compiled from Results in [3]

Pre-Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Preseason Week 1
26.05.2019	Edmomton Eskimoes	22	BC Lions	7
	Preseason Week 2
30.05.2019	Toronto Argonauts	45	Montreal Alouettes	20
01.06.2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20	Edmonton Eskimoes	3
01.06.2019	Calgary Stampeders	37	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1
02.06.2019	Ottawa REDBLACKS	21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	25
	Preseason Week 3
07.06.2019	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23	Toronto Argonauts	30
07.06.2019	Montreal Alouettes	20	Ottawa REDBLACKS	20
07.06.2019	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35
08.06.2019	BC Lions	38	Calgary Stampeders	36

References: [3]

References:

Images:

[1] Canadian Football League (2019) CFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/wp-content/themes/cfl.ca/images/og-image-default.jpg?_t=201902271522 [Accessed 20 May 2019]

Websites:

[2] Canadian Football League (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/standings/ [Accessed 30 November 2019]

[3] Canadian Football League (2019) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/#week-20 [Accessed 30 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Robert Burns, Steve Hearn, Anton Pippo O’Grady, John Wills, John Morahan & John Kane.

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November 30, 2019

Southwestern Football League 1972-1973

SWFL 1972

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*San Antonio Toros	8	8	0	0	259	78	1.000
Las Vegas Casinos	8	6	2	0	159	94	.750
Phoenix Blazers	10	6	4	0	240	230	.600
Southern California Razorbacks	7	4	3	0			.571
Dallas Rockets	6	1	5	0			.167
Los Angeles Mustangs	6	0	6	0	83	150	.000

Reference: [1]

SWFL 1973

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Oklahoma City Wranglers	10	9	1	0	442	110	.900
*San Antonio Toros	8	6	2	0	239	170	.750
Albuquerque Thunderbirds	8	4	4	0	212	173	.500
Denver Oilers	8	1	7	0	87	372	.125
Kansas City Steers	3	0	3	0	19	139	.000
Western Division
*Las Vegas Casinos	8	6	2	0	192	129	.750
Phoenix Blazers	9	6	3	0	217	181	.667
Southern California Razorbacks	9	3	6	0	164	147	.333
Los Angeles Mustangs	9	1	8	0	128	221	.111

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final Playoff
1973	San Antonio Toros	45	Las Vegas Casinos	3
	Championship Game
1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	19	San Antonio Toros	16

Reference: [1]

Report

The San Antonio Toros won the first Southwestern Football League title, although there was no Championship Game. The League expanded to nine teams from six in 1973 and the Toros had a shot at repeating, beating Western Division Champions Las Vegas Casinos in the Semi-Final Playoff 45-3, before losing to Eastern Division Champions Oklahoma City Wranglers 19-16 in the Championship Game.

About

The Southwestern Football League (1972-1973) was a AA (3rd Level) American Football League based, as its name suggests, in the American Southwest, featuring teams from Texas (San Antonio Toros & Dallas Rockets), Kansas City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma City Wranglers), Colorado (Denver Oilers), New Mexico (Albuquerque Thunderbirds), Arizona (Phoenix Blazers) and California (Southern California Razorbacks, Los Angeles Mustangs).

Note on Team Names

References

Bibliography

[1] Gill, Bob et al (2010) “Season-by-Season Listings- Other Leagues” Outsiders II – Minor League and Independent Football 1951-1985 pg. 120-121. St. Johann Press, Haworth, NJ (USA), 2010

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy & Nora Mulcahy

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Northwest Football League 1979-1986

Northwest Football League 1979

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Olympic Division
*Seattle Cavaliers	10	7	3	0	166	154	.700
*Portland Thunderbirds	10	6	4	0	220	187	.600
Bremerton Chiefs	10	2	8	0	64	253	.200
Sedro-Wooley Raiders	10	0	10	0	40	289	.000
Cascade Division
*Pierce County Bengals	10	10	0	0	437	30	1.000
*Spokane Golden Hawks	10	8	2	0	281	107	.800
Burien Flyers	10	5	5	0	238	201	.500
Edmonds Chargers	10	2	8	0	48	287	.200

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
27.10.1979	Pierce County Bengals	63	Portland Thunderbirds	10
27.10.1979	Spokane Golden Hawks	43	Seattle Cavaliers	7
	NWFL Championship
10.11.1979	Pierce County Bengals	12	Spokane Golden Hawks	9 ot

Reference: [1]

Northwest International Alliance 1980

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Burlington Raiders	6	5	1	0	57	24	.833
*Bremerton Chiefs	6	4	2	0	35	60	.667
West Seattle	6	2	4	0	92	60	.333
Vancouver Panthers	6	0	6	0	0	40	.000

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	NWIA Championship
01.11.1980	Bremerton Chiefs	7	Burlington Raiders	6 ot

Reference: [1]

Pacific Northwest Football League 1980

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Pierce County Bengals	7	7	0	0	22	37	1.000
Spokane Golden Hawks	7	3	4	0	78	87	.429
Portland Thunderbirds	7	2	5	0	71	190	.286
Burien Flyers	7	2	5	0	63	142	.286

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	West Coast Championship
1980	Pierce County Bengals	23	Twin City (CA) Cougars	28

Reference: [1]

Northwest International Alliance 1981

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Seattle Cavaliers	8	6	2	0			.750
*West Seattle Warhawks	8	5	3	0	158	131	.625
*Skagit Valley Raiders	8	5	3	0	154	106	.625
*Bremerton Chiefs	8	4	4	0	130	107	.500
Vancouver Blue Bombers	8	0	8	0			.000

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
07.11.1981	Seattle Cavaliers	11	Bremerton Chiefs	10
07.11.1981	West Seattle Warhawks	3	Skagit Valley Raiders	10
	NWIA Championship
14.11.1981	Seattle Cavaliers	14	Skagit Valley Raiders	2

Reference: [1]

Northwest Football League 1982

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Oregon City Steelheads	8	8	0	0	221	35	1.000
*Beaverton Grizzlies	8	6	2	0	179	88	.750
*Burlington Raiders	8	5	3	0	132	126	.625
*West Seattle Warhawks	8	3	5	0	132	147	.375
Burien Vikings	8	3	5	0	114	147	.375
Seattle Cavaliers	8	2	6	0	74	182	.250
Bremerton Chiefs	8	1	7	0	86	171	.125

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
31.10.1982	Oregon City Steelheads	44	West Seattle Warhawks	15
31.10.1982	Beaverton Grizzlies	22	Burlington Raiders	6
	NWFL Championship
13.11.1982	Oregon City Steelheads	14	Beaverton Grizzlies	27

Reference: [1]

Northwest Football League 1983

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Portland Steelheads	7	7	0	0	152	71	1.000
*Spokane Fury	6	4	2	0	110	79	.667
*Burlington Raiders	7	4	3	0	144	94	.571
*West Seattle Warhawks	7	4	3	0	117	94	.571
Astoria Vikings	7	4	3	0	116	171	.571
Seattle Cavaliers	7	1	6	0	58	88	.143
Beaverton Grizzlies	7	0	7	0	79	172	.000

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
29.10.1983	Spokane Fury	26	Burlington Raiders	15
30.10.1983	Portland Steelheads	41	West Seattle Warhawks	13
	NWFL Championship
06.11.1983	Portland Steelheads	24	Spokane Fury	3

Reference: [1]

Northwest Football League 1984

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Auburn Panthers	8	8	0	0	183	110	1.000
*Spokane Fury	8	5	3	0	183	100	.625
*Eastside Express	8	5	3	0	217	149	.625
*Skagit Valley Raiders	8	5	3	0	178	129	.625
Sno-King Blue Knights	8	5	3	0	153	139	.625
West Seattle Warhawks	8	4	4	0	63	106	.500
Vancouver Grizzlies	8	3	5	0	170	172	.375
Peninsula Pioneers	8	1	7	0	68	179	.125
Seattle Cavaliers	8	0	8	0	44	150	.000

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
27.10.1984	Auburn Panthers	12	Skagit Valley Raiders	6
27.10.1984	Spokane Fury	32	Bellevue Express	16
	NWFL Championship
03.11.1984	Auburn Panthers	20	Spokane Fury	12

Reference: [1] Note: Eastside Express & Bellevue Express are the same team.

Northwest Football League 1985

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern Division
*Spokane Fury	10	7	3	0	263	119	.700
Sno-King Blue Knights	10	7	3	0	274	134	.700
Skagit Valley Raiders	10	3	7	0	145	217	.300
Seattle Cavaliers	10	0	10	0	21	330	.000
Southern Division
*Auburn Panthers	10	10	0	0	274	54	1.000
*Salem Stars	10	7	3	0	212	222	.700
West Seattle Warhawks	10	4	6	0	143	141	.400
Eastside Express	10	2	8	0	106	228	.200

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
19.10.1985	Auburn Panthers	36	Everett Blue Knights	3
20.10.1985	Spokane Fury	7	Salem Stars	33
	NWFL Championship
26.10.1985	Auburn Panthers	19	Salem Stars	3

Reference: [1] Note: Everett Blue Knights known as Sno-King Blue Knights for sponsorship reasons.

Northwest Football League 1986

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Auburn Panthers	12	12	0	0	503	43	1.000
*Eastside Express	12	8	4	0	283	161	.667
*Skagit Valley Raiders	12	8	4	0	400	195	.667
*West Seattle Warhawks	12	8	4	0	209	141	.667
Salem Stars	12	3	9	0	117	269	.250
Seattle Cavaliers	12	2	10	0	83	405	.167
Sno-King Blue Knights	12	1	11	0	73	454	.083

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
25.10.1986	Auburn Panthers	28	Eastside Express	0
26.10.1986	Skagit Valley Raiders	20	West Seattle Warhawks	0
	NWFL Championship
01.11.1986	Auburn Panthers	52	Skagit Valley Raiders	7

Reference: [1]

About

The Northwest Football League was a Semi-Pro Football League operating in Washington State and Oregon State (USA) & British Columbia (Canada) from 1971 until 2010 when it was replaced by the Greater Northwest Football Association. It includes the histories of a number of successive leagues, such as the Northwest International Football League 1971-1973, the Northwest Football League of 1974-1979, the Northwest International Alliance 1980-1981, the Pacific Northwest Football League 1980, and the Northwest Football League 1981-2010.

References

Internet Archive

[1] Northwest Football League (1999) NWFL Archives | League Standings 1979-1986 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19991111224704/http://www.serv.net/~nwfl/page37.html [Accessed 29 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Brianna Wallace

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 30 November 2019

November 27, 2019

Emmett Waldron Irish-Born Pro & College American Football Player 1993-1999

Scottish Claymores Alternate Logo 1998 [10]

Born: Cork, 18 October 1971.

Height: 6-1. Weight: 246.

Position: Linebacker

University: Rice University, TX (NCAA)

Professional: Scottish Claymores (NFL Europe) 1996-1999

Biography: Emmett Waldon was born in Cork and played NCAA football for Rice University before signing for the Scottish Claymores in 1996 – the same year as Scottish Rugby Union captain Gavin Hastings. His father was an Irish Rugby Interprovincial player. In his first year at the Claymores he would have earned £25,000 as well as bonuses and travelling expenses. He played four years for the Claymores as a linebacker. He was the first Irish player to play professional American Football in the NFL in a skilled position since the 1920s .[8]

[7][8]

World League of American Football Logo [1]

World League of American Football 1996

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES	10	7	3	0	233	190	.700
Frankfurt Galaxy	10	6	4	0	221	220	.600
Amsterdam Admirals	10	5	5	0	250	210	.500
Barcelona Dragons	10	5	5	0	192	230	.500
London Monarchs	10	4	6	0	161	192	.400
Rhein Fire	10	3	7	0	176	191	.300

[3]

World League of American Football 1997

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Rhein Fire	10	7	3	0	206	146	.700
Amsterdam Admirals	10	5	5	0	156	160	.500
Barcelona Dragons	10	5	5	0	236	209	.500
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES	10	5	5	0	134	154	.500
Frankfurt Galaxy	10	4	6	0	147	142	.400
London Monarchs	10	4	6	0	116	184	.400

[4]

NFL Europe Logos [2]

National Football League Europe 1998

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Amsterdam Admirals	10	7	3	0	205	174	.700
Frankfurt Galaxy	10	7	3	0	177	163	.700
Rhein Fire	10	7	3	0	198	142	.700
Barcelona Dragons	10	4	6	0	185	200	.400
England Monarchs	10	3	7	0	158	205	.300
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES	10	2	8	0	153	192	.200

[5]

National Football League Europe 1999

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Barcelona Dragons	10	7	3	0	263	246	.700
Frankfurt Galaxy	10	6	4	0	239	223	.600
Rhein Fire	10	6	4	0	286	149	.600
Amsterdam Admirals	10	4	6	0	236	243	.400
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES	10	4	6	0	270	298	.400
Berlin Thunder	10	3	7	0	173	308	.300

[6]

Career Stats

Year	Team	G	Int	Int Yds	Int Avg	Int TD	Tkl Solo	Tkl Ast	Tkl Tot	Sack
1996	Scottish Claymores	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0
1997	Scottish Claymores	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0
1998	Scottish Claymores	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0
1999	Scottish Claymores	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0

Career Stats [Ref: 7]

Legend: G = Games, It = Interceptions, Yds = Yards, Avg = Average Yards, TD = touchdowns, Tkl = Tackles, Ast = Assisted, Tot = Total, Sack = Sacks.

References

Sources

[8] Naughton, Lindie (1996) US FOOTBALL Evening Herald. Thursday, 29 February 1996. pg 62 [Internet] Available from: http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/Print.Article.aspx?mode=image&href=EHD%2F1996%2F02%2F29&id=Ar06206 [Accessed 5 July 2017]

Websites

[2] Growth of a Game (2014) NFL Europe Logos [Internet] Available from: https://www.growthofagame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/NFL-Europe-Logo.jpg [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[3] Scottish Claymores (1996)1996 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/1996.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[4] Scottish Claymores (1997)1997 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/1997.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[5] Scottish Claymores (1998)1998 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/1998.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[6] Scottish Claymores (1999)1999 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/1999.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[7] Football Database (2017) Emmett Waldron Career Stats [Internet] Available from: https://www.footballdb.com/players/emmett-waldron-waldrem01/stats [Accessed 2 December 2017]

Images

[1] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/WLAFlogo.gif [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[2] Growth of a Game (2014) NFL Europe Logos [Internet] Available from: https://www.growthofagame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/NFL-Europe-Logo.jpg [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[10] Chris Creamer’s Sports Logos (2019) Scottish Claymores Alternsate Logo 1998 [Internet] Available from:http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/19/1233/full/2552_scottish_claymores-alternate-1998.png [Accessed 27 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

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

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November 27, 2019

Gridiron Developmental Football League 2015-2019

Gridiron Developmental Football League Logo [1]

GDFL 2015

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct	Pts
Northeast Division
North East Silverbacks	8	6	2	0	165	53	.750	12
NW PA Rampage	6	3	3	0	92	115	.500	6
Wayne County Wolves	4	2	2	0	76	62	.500	4
Altoona Night Train	4	0	4	0	0	181	.000	0
Central Division
Nashville Storm	8	8	0	0	370	46	1.000	16
St. Louis Bulldogs	8	5	3	0	161	145	.625	10
Redstone Generals	8	4	4	0	167	177	.500	8
Tri-City Diesel	8	0	8	0	59	204	.000	0
Coast Atlantic Division
Carolina Dynasty	8	8	0	0	248	52	1.000	16
South Carolina Bulls	8	5	3	0	101	78	.625	10
Florida Stingrays	8	1	6	1	42	105	.188	3
Midsouth Division
Crescent City Kings	8	7	1	0	187	134	.875	14
Memphis Blast	8	5	3	0	177	181	.625	10
Bayou Vipers	8	3	5	0	105	133	.375	6
Southern States Division
Marvel City Tigers	8	5	3	0	199	145	.625	10
Georgia Crush	8	5	3	0	130	107	.625	10
East Alabama Predators	8	4	4	0	139	177	.500	8
Georgia Knights	7	1	5	1	15	185	.214	3
Southwest Division
OKC Bounty Hunters	8	7	1	0	339	76	.875	14
Oklahoma Thunder	8	7	1	0	343	85	.875	14
Dallas Diesel	8	4	4	0	148	149	.500	8
Lawton Hellcats	7	1	6	0	54	317	.143	2

Reference: [2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
2015	Silverback	15	Redstone G	10
2015	Georgia Cr	26	South Carolina	18
	Round 2
2015	Nashville	46	Silverback	0
2015	Carolina D	24	Georgia Dr	0
	North Final
2015	Nashville	21	Carolina D	8

Reference: [2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
2015	Oklahoma T	19	OKC Bounty	5
	Round 2
2015	Crescent C	21	Oklahoma T	18
2015	Marvel City	28	Memphis Bl	0
	South Final
2018	Crescent C	20	Marvel City	14

Reference: [2]

GDFL 2016

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct	Pts
Impact North Division
Missouri Valley Pitbulls	8	7	1	0	115	49	.875	14
Midwest Titans	8	4	4	0	132	172	.500	8
St. Louis Bulldogs	8	1	7	0	53	165	.125	2
Impact East Division
Memphis Blast	8	6	2	0	183	78	.750	12
Arkansas Gators	8	4	4	0	111	124	.500	8
Tennesseee Cyclones	8	2	6	0	68	158	.250	4
Impact West Division
Oklahoma Thunder	8	8	0	0	350	67	1.000	16
Louisiana Trojans	8	3	5	0	62	285	.375	6
Mississippi Brawlers	8	0	8	0	58	289	.000	0
Imact South Division
Bayou Vipers	8	7	1	0	249	77	.875	14
Lee County TiCats	8	6	2	0	229	99	.750	12
Crescent City Kings	8	5	3	0	246	96	.625	10
Xtreme North Division
Nashville Storm	8	8	0	0	276	22	1.000	16
River City Tribe	8	5	3	0	137	131	.625	10
Huntsville Rockets	8	4	4	0	137	131	.500	8
Tri-City Outlaws	8	2	6	0	59	184	.250	4
Xtreme South Division
Georgia Knights	8	4	4	0	47	97	.500	8
Carolina Redemption	7	2	5	0	30	89	.286	4
Blue Ridge Raiders	7	0	7	0	14	155	.000	0
Xtreme West Division
Marvel City Tigers	8	6	2	0	244	110	.750	12
River City Pythons	8	3	5	0	52	123	.375	6
Redstone Generals	8	1	7	0	7	215	.125	2
Xtreme South Division
Georgia Crush	8	6	2	0	252	75	.875	12
Georgia Chargers	8	5	3	0	140	91	.625	10
East Alabama Predators	8	5	3	0	115	91	.625	10

Reference: [3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
2016	Blast	W	TiCats	L
2016	Crush	W	Predators	L
2016	Vipers	L	Kings	W
2016	Chargers	W	Georgia K	L
	Quarter-Finals
2016	Pitbulls	L	Blast	W
2016	Tigers	L	Crush	W
2016	Thunder	W	Kings	L
2016	Storm	W	Chargers	L
	Semi-Finals
2016	Thunder	W	Blast	L
2016	Storm	W	Crush	L
	Gridiron Bowl 7
2016	Oklahoma Thunder	W	Storm	L

Reference: [4]

GDFL 2017

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct	Pts
Impact North Division
Missouri Cyclones	8	7	1	0	215	67	.875	14
Missouri Valley Pitbulls	8	5	3	0	137	91	.625	10
Gateway Spartans	8	0	8	0	12	313	.000	0
Impact West Division
Oklahoma Thunder	8	8	0	0	304	54	1.000	16
Mississippi Road Warriors	8	6	2	0	150	65	.750	12
Arkansas Nightmare	7	1	6	0	57	197	.143	2
Impact East Division
Tri-City Outlaws	8	5	3	0	168	115	.625	10
Memphis Blast	8	3	5	0	106	161	.375	6
Tennessee Lightning Bolts	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Impact South Division
Crescent City Kings	8	7	1	0	176	63	.875	14
Starkville Steeldogs	8	6	2	0	135	67	.875	12
Lee County TiCats	8	1	7	0	48	188	.125	2
Xtreme North Division
St. Louis Bulldogs	8	4	4	0	160	81	.500	8
Kentucky Thoroughbreds	8	1	7	0	42	202	.125	2
Nashville Storm	4	0	4	0	6	130	.000	0
Xtreme West Division
Chattanooga Eagles	8	7	1	0	252	84	.875	14
Huntsville Rockets	8	6	2	0	219	99	.750	12
Georgia Knights	8	3	5	0	48	144	.375	6
Xtreme East Division
Alabama Sabers	8	6	2	0	187	57	.750	12
River City Pythons	8	4	4	0	133	126	.500	8
Madison Generals	8	0	8	0	16	164	.000	0
Xtreme South Division
Georgia Crush	8	5	3	0	163	90	.625	10
Tampa Bay Warriors	7	2	5	0	82	83	.286	4
East Alabama Predators	8	2	6	0	37	212	.250	4

Reference: [5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
2017	Steeldogs	20	Cyclones	18
2017	RoadWar	34	Outlaws	32
2017	Rockets	38	Pythons	0
	Quarter-Finals
2017	Thunder	56	Steeldogs	0
2017	Kings	40	RoadWar	8
2017	Eagles	28	Rockets	20
2017	Crush	22	Sabers	16
	Semi-Finals
2017	Thunder	48	Kings	0
2017	Eagles	22	Cruash	16
	Gridiron Bowl 8
2017	Thunder	51	Eagles	12

Reference: [6]

GDFL 2018

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct	Pts
Impact North Division
Tri-City Outlaws	8	6	2	0	158	105	.750	12
Missouri Cyclones	8	5	3	0	138	135	.625	10
Midwest Chargers	9	1	8	0	66	223	.111	2
Impact West Division
Oklahoma Thunder	8	6	2	0	264	40	.750	12
Arkansas Steelers	8	1	7	0	33	217	.125	2
Impact East Division
Alabama Sabers	8	6	2	0	224	52	.750	12
Madison Generals	7	1	5	1	42	184	.214	3
River City Pythons	8	1	7	0	50	164	.125	2
Impact South Division
Mississippi Road Warriors	8	7	1	0	231	64	.875	14
Starkville Steeldogs	8	4	3	1	104	106	.563	9
Memphis Blast	8	3	5	0	132	136	.375	6
Xtreme North Division
Lexington RedDragons	8	6	2	0	276	123	.750	12
West Virginia Smash	8	2	6	0	151	348	.250	4
Central Ohio Cavalry	8	1	7	0	79	351	.125	2
Xtreme East Division
Erie Express	8	8	0	0	359	42	1.000	16
Buffalo Spartans	8	5	3	0	162	149	.625	10
Cleveland Cobras	8	3	5	0	177	157	.375	6
Xtreme South Division
East Alabama Predators	8	5	3	0	160	106	.625	10
Georgia Crush	8	5	3	0	177	66	.625	10
Georgia Knights	6	0	6	0	6	209	.000	0
Xtreme West Division
Huntsville Rockets	8	7	1	0	203	98	.875	14
Middle Tennessee Bulldawgs	8	7	1	0	245	83	.875	14
Chattanooga Eagles	8	3	5	0	178	198	.375	6
Tennessee Lightning Bolts	7	2	5	0	65	192	.286	4

Reference: [7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
2018	RedDragons	8	Spartans	0
2018	Sabers	22	Predators	16
2018	Crush	14	Rockets	16
2018	Outlaws	6	Thunder	41
	Round 2
2018	Bulldawgs	62	RedDragons	0
2018	Outlaws	29	Sabers	12
2018	Express	31	Rockets	28
2018	RoadWar	6	Thunder	20
	Semi-Finals
2018	Express	7	Bulldawgs	14
2018	Thunder	20	Outlaws	9
	Finals
2018	Thunder	38	Bulldawgs	15

Reference: [7-8]

GDFL 2019

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct	Pts
Impact North Division
Oklahoma Thunder	8	7	1	0	335	53	.875	14
Joplin Crusaders	8	4	4	0	140	85	.500	8
Texas Raiders	8	2	6	0	48	280	.250	4
Impact South Division
Huntsville Rockets	8	6	2	0	321	131	.750	12
River City Pythons	8	5	3	0	158	150	.625	10
Memphis Blast	8	2	6	0	61	251	.250	4
Xtreme North Division
Erie Express	8	8	0	0	397	102	1.000	16
Cleveland Cobras	8	4	4	0	171	192	.500	8
Howard Huskies	8	3	5	0	112	222	.375	6
West Virginia Smash	8	2	6	0	145	250	.250	4
Xtreme South Division
Middle Tennessee Bulldawgs	8	8	0	0	208	45	1.000	16
Tri-City Outlaws	8	4	4	0	187	125	.500	8
Georgia Crush	8	2	6	0	56	202	.250	4
Florida Falcons	8	0	8	0	33	206	.000	0

Reference: [9]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
2019	Bulldawgs	12	Outlaws	6
2019	Rockets	19	Pythons	26
2019	Express	66	Cobras	12
2019	Thunder	28	Crusaders	6
	Semi-Finals
2019	Express	27	Bulldawgs	32
2019	Thunder	55	Pythons	0
	Finals
2019	Thunder	24	Bulldawgs	12

Reference: [9-10]

About

Gridiron Development Leagues are American Football Leagues where the players aren’t paid in order to continue their College Eligibility. Players can thus continue playing American Football after High School, even though they didn’t get on a NCAA College team. They can thus enroll in Private Tuition and use this as a stepping stone to full University Courses & College Teams or Semi-Pro or Pro Football. It can suit players with a slower Development in High School than those who went on to University.

References

Images

[1] Gridiron Development Football League | Facebook (2019) Profile Picture June 24, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/64898428_3342045482488280_78505804533071872_n.png?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ohc=WssFybmymiIAQkc4DdkVBfQCMiEf4BdPxJEcBO3luhWHvXLbQh08RTOOw&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=15aa8944938de83a04aa6af0f68ba8a8&oe=5E41776F [Accessed 27 November 2019]

Websites

[2] Gridiron Development Football League (2015) Standings 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/standings?season_id=183 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[3] Gridiron Development Football League (2016) Standings 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/standings?season_id=241 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[4] Gridiron Development Football League (2016) Playoffs 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/brackets?season_id=241 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[5] Gridiron Development Football League (2017) Standings 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/standings?season_id=552 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[6] Gridiron Development Football League (2017) Playoffs 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/brackets?season_id=552 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[7] Gridiron Development Football League (2018) Standings 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/standings?season_id=935 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[8] Gridiron Development Football League (2018) Playoffs 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/brackets?season_id=935 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[9] Gridiron Development Football League (2019) Standings 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/standings?season_id=1363 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

[10] Gridiron Development Football League (2019) Playoffs 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.gdfl.org/stats#/73/brackets?season_id=1363 [Accessed 25 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan, Caoimhe Mullaney, Alan Delaney, Gillian Glynn, Nianh Hughes & Gareth Hunt

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November 26, 2019

AA Arena / Indoor Football Leagues 2019

National Arena League Logo [6]

National Arena League 2019

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Jacksonville Sharks	14	13	1	0	800	475	.929
Carolina Cobras	14	9	5	0	674	433	.643
Massachusetts Pirate	14	8	6	0	677	660	.571
Columbus Lions	14	6	8	0	646	673	.429
New York Streets	14	4	10	0	610	724	.286
Orlando Predators	14	2	12	0	398	840	.143

Reference: [1]

Champions Indoor Football Logo [5]

Champions Indoor Football 2019

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern
*Salina Liberty	14	9	5	0	682	603	.643
Omaha Beef	13	8	5	0	578	503	.615
Sioux City Bandits	12	7	5	0	692	592	.583
Wichita Force	12	2	10	0	380	663	.167
Southern
*Duke City Gladiators	14	11	3	0	830	468	.786
*Amarillo Venom	13	8	5	0	756	720	.615
Texas Revolution	9	4	5	0	269	253	.444
Oklahoma Flying Aces	12	2	10	0	457	630	.167
NTX Savages	3	0	3	0	28	241	.000

Reference: [4] Note: Playoff Results counted in Standings. Note 2: Texas Revolution folded after 6 weeks – remaining 4 home games awarded 2-0 to opponents # and 3 remaining road games replaced by the NTX Savages.

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
29.06.2019	Salina Liberty	44	Omaha Beef	42
29.06.2019	Duke City Gladiators	70	Amarillo Venom	62
	CIF Champions Bowl V
13.07.2019	Duke City Gladiators	35	Salina Liberty	29

Reference: [2-3]

Indoor Football League Alternate Logo (2009-2019) [4]

Indoor Football League 2019

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Arizona Rattlers	14	14	0	0	879	510	1.000
*Iowa Barnstormers	14	12	2	0	716	522	.857
*Sioux Falls Storm	14	11	3	0	738	589	.786
*Green Bay Blizzard	14	9	5	0	590	521	.643
*Nebraska Danger	14	7	7	0	714	656	.500
*Tucson Sugar Skulls	14	7	7	0	728	705	.500
Quad Cities Steamwheelers	14	6	8	0	709	650	.429
Bismarck Bucks	14	2	12	0	474	751	.143
Cedar Rapids River Kings	14	1	13	0	413	730	.071
San Diego Strike Force	14	1	13	0	524	871	.071

Reference: [7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	1st Round Playoffs
21.06.2019	Green Bay Blizzard	40	Nebraska Dangers	45
23.06.2019	Sioux Falls Storm	50	Tucson Sugar Skulls	47
	United Conference Championship
29.06.2019	Iowa Barnstormers	50	Sioux Falls Storm	52
	Intense Conference Championship
29.06.2019	Arizona Rattlers	62	Nebraska Danger	45
	United Bowl Championship Game
13.07.2019	Arizona Rattlers	53	Sioux Falls Storm	56

Reference: [8]

American West Football Conference 2019

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Idaho Horsemen	12	12	0	0	597	331	1.000
Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks	12	6	6	0	461	381	.500
Reno Express	12	6	6	0	339	396	.500
Tri-Cities Fire	12	0	12	0	303	592	.000

Reference: [10]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoff
14.07.2019	Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks	27	Reno Express	28
	AWFC Championship
28.07.2019	Idaho Horsemen	40	Reno Express	20

Reference: [11]

Report on the NAL 2019 Season

Jacksonville Sharks won the 2019 NAL Championship with a 13-1 record (there were no playoffs), ahead of the Carolina Cobras (9-5) and the Massachusetts Pirate (8-6). Columbus Lions (6-8), New York Streets (4-10) and former AAA Arena Football League team Orlando Predators (2-12) made up the bottom half of the six team league.

Report on the CIF 2019 Season

The Duke City Gladiators won the 2019 CIF Champions Bowl 35-29 against Salina Liberty after posting an 9-3 regular season record. Salina Liberty (8-4), Omaha Beef (8-4) and Amarillo Venom (8-4) also qualified for the Playoffs. Texas Revolution folded after 5 games and were replaced for the reamaining 3 away fixtures by NTX Savages. Oklahoma Flying Aces posted a 2-10 record and Sioux City Bandits (7-5) and Wichita Force (2-10) failed to make the Playoffs in the Northern Division.

Report on IFL 2019 Season

Sioux Falls Storm shocked the previously unbeaten Arizona Rattlers 56-53 in the United Bowl to win their 10th United Bowl, extending their record.

Arizona had finished 14-0 in Regular Season play, and Iowa Barnstormers 12-2 in second. Sioux Falls beat both of these one-time AAA Arena Football League teams on the way to the title after winning against Tucson Sugar Skulls (50-47) in the First Round Playoffs.

The United Conference Championship game was also extremely close, with the Storm beating Nebraska Danger 52-50. In the Intense Conference Championship Arizona Rattlers had beaten Nebraska Danger 62-45. Nebraska had earlier beaten Green Bay Blizzard 45-40 in the Playoffs.

Six of the 10 teams made the playoffs, with Quad Cities Steamwheelers just missing out of a spot in the post-season with a 6-8 record. Bismarck Bucks (2-12), Cedar Rapids River Kings (1-13) and San Diego Strike Force (1-13) won a total of 4 games between them.

Report on AWFC 2019 Season

Idaho horsemen went through the Inaugural AWFC season undefeated, winning all 12 regular season games and defeating Reno Express 40-20 in the Final. Reno Express and Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks had both qualified for the playoffs with a 6-6 record. Tri-Cities Fire, based in Washington State, lost all 12 games, finishing bottom of the four team league.

About the NAL

The National Arena League is a AA American Football League on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, playing the Arena version of the 8 v 8 Indoor game.

About the CIF

The Champions Indoor Football is a AA (Third Level) American Football League based primarily in the Southwestern States of the USA and Prairie States of the Mid-West.

About the IFL

The Indoor Football League is a AA American Football League played Reduced Numbers (8v8) Arena Football in the Western MidWest & American Southwest.

About the AWFC

The American West Football Conference is a AA Indoor American Football League which started playing in the American Northwest in 2019 to fill in the gap in Professional Indoor Football League on the West Coast (San Diego, Arizona & Oakland have teams in the Indoor Football League but that is primarily a Mid-West League).

About AA American Football

AA American Football is the 3rd Level of Professional American Football. Since 2000 it has been exclusively Arena / Indoor Football Leagues, playing 8v8 Football. The AA Football Map is divided into 4 regions since the 1930s and in 2019 it consisted of the National Arena League (East), Champions Indoor Football (South & Prairie States), Indoor Football League (Mid-West & Southwest) and in 2019 the American West Football Conference (Northwest) became the fourth regional AA Arena / Indoor Football League in the United States, replacing the American Arena League which had lasted one season on the East Coast.

About Arena / Indoor Football

Indoor (also known as Arena) Football plays an 8 v 8 version of American Football on a converted Ice Hockey Rink 50-yards long with 2 10 -yard endzones. Teams have 5 downs (attempts) to score or the ball is turned over – 3 of which must be passing plays. It is therefore a higher scoring game than standard 11 v 11 American Football. The main difference between Arena Football and Indoor Football is that there is no rebound net either side of the goalposts in Indoor Football. Arena Football rules allow the ball stay in play when it comas back off the rebound nets.

References

Websites

[1] National Arena League (2019) National Arena League Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.nationalarenaleague.com/ [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[2] National Arena League (2018) Schedules [Internet] Available from: http://www.nationalarenaleague.com/schedules/nal-full-schedule.html [Accessed 16 September 2017]

[4] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Football Standings [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/sports/fball/2018-19/standings [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[2] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jul 13 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[3] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jun 29 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-29 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[7] Indoor Football League (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2018-19/standings [Accesed 27 October 2019]

[8] Indoor Football League (2019) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.goifl.com/sports/fball/2018-19/schedule [Accesed 27 October 2019]

[10] American West Football Conference (2019) Standings | 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/stats#/562/standings?division_id=5611 [Accessed 23 November 2019]

[11] American West Football Conference (2019) Scores | 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/stats#/562/scores?division_id=5611 [Accessed 23 November 2019]

Images

[9] SportsLogos.net (2019) Indoor Football League Alternate Logo (2009-2019) [Internet] Available from: http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/159/4848/full/982_-indoor_football_league-alternate-2009.gif [Accesed 27 October 2019]

[5] Champions Indoor Football (2019) logo [Internet] Available from: http://gocif.net/images/logo.png [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[6] National Arena League (2018) logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.nationalarenaleague.com/images/logo.png [Accessed 26 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Tim Leadingham, Rick Kelley, Bart Barden & Sam Thompson, Greg Kinasewitz, Brianna Wallace & Ken Jackson.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 November 2019

November 26, 2019

Champions Indoor Football 2019

Champions Indoor Football Logo [26]

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern
*Salina Liberty	14	9	5	0	682	603	.643
Omaha Beef	13	8	5	0	578	503	.615
Sioux City Bandits	12	7	5	0	692	592	.583
Wichita Force	12	2	10	0	380	663	.167
Southern
*Duke City Gladiators	14	11	3	0	830	468	.786
*Amarillo Venom	13	8	5	0	756	720	.615
Texas Revolution	9	4	5	0	269	253	.444
Oklahoma Flying Aces	12	2	10	0	457	630	.167
NTX Savages	3	0	3	0	28	241	.000

Reference: [1] Note: Playoff Results counted in Standings. Note 2: Texas Revolution folded after 6 weeks – remaining 4 home games awarded 2-0 to opponents # and 3 remaining road games replaced by the NTX Savages.

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
29.06.2019	Salina Liberty	44	Omaha Beef	42
29.06.2019	Duke City Gladiators	70	Amarillo Venom	62
	CIF Champions Bowl V
13.07.2019	Duke City Gladiators	35	Salina Liberty	29

Reference: [2-3]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
16.03.2019+	Salina Liberty	56	Kansas City Marshalls	0
	Week 2
23.03.2019	Amarillo Venom	63	Salina Liberty	57
23.03.2019	Omaha Beef	59	Oklahoma Flying Aces	55
23.03.2019	Duke City Gladiators	76	Wichita Force	24
23.03.2019+	Sioux City Bandits	35	Sioux City Stampede	18
	Week 3
30.03.2019	Salina Liberty	65	Sioux City Bandits	45
30.03.2019	Wichita Force	37	Texas Revolution	47
30.03.2019	Duke City Gladiators	70	Amarillo Venom	30
	Week 3
06.04.2019	Salina Liberty	60	Texas Revolution	67
06.04.2019	Oklahoma Flying Aces	32	Wichita Force	42
06.04.2019	Sioux City Bandits	43	Omaha Beef	32
	Week 4
13.04.2019	Omaha Beef	44	Wichita Force	21
13.04.2019	Duke City Gladiators	71	Oklahoma Flying aces	6
14.04.2019	Texas Revolution	61	Amarillo Venom	46
	Week 5
20.04.2019	Amarillo Venom	70	Sioux City Bandits	69
20.04.2019	Salina Liberty	50	Wichita Force	22
20.04.2019	Texas Revolution	60	Duke City Gladiators	55
	Week 6
27.04.2019	Amarillo Venom	88	Duke City Gladiators	62
27.04.2019	Omaha Beef	47	Texas Revolution	34
27.04.2019	Wichita Force	61	Oklahoma Flying Aces	34
27.04.2019	Sioux City Bandits	49	Salina Liberty	51
	Week 7
03.05.2019	Sioux City Bandits	70	Wichita Force	30
04.05.2019	Salina Liberty	29	Duke City Gladiators	22
04.05.2019	Oklahoma Flying Aces	23	Omaha Beef	42
04.05.2019	Texas Revolution	0 #	Amarillo Venom	2
	Week 8
10.05.2019	Wichita Force	22	Duke City Gladiators	64
11.05.2019	Amarillo Venom	82	Salina Liberty	61
11.05.2019	Oklahoma Flying Aces	54	Sioux City Bandits	61
13.05.2019	Texas Revolution	0 #	Omaha Beef	2
	Week 9
17.05.2019	Texas Revolution	0 #	Oklahoma Flying Aces	2
18.05.2019	Wichita Force	33	Omaha Beef	70
18.05.2019	Sioux City Bandits	79	Amarillo Venom	71
	Week 10
25.05.2019	Salina Liberty	57	Sioux City Bandits	54
25.05.2019	Omaha Beef	71	Oklahoma Flying Aces	51
25.05.2019	Duke City Gladiators	123	NTX Savages	6
	Week 11
01.06.2019	Duke City Gladiators	60	Amarillo Venom	43
01.06.2019	Salina Liberty	54	Omaha Beef	34
01.06.2019	Oklahoma Flying Aces	56	NTX Savages	8
01.06.2019	Sioux City Bandits	49	Wichita Force	27
	Week 12
08.06.2019	Oklahoma Flying Aces	43	Duke City Gladiators	77
08.06.2019	Sioux City Bandits	61	NTX Savages	14
09.06.2019	Wichita Force	12	Salina Liberty	49
10.06.2019	Amarillo Venom	45	Omaha Beef	42
	Week 13
14.06.2019	Texas Revolution	0 #	Duke City Gladiators	2
15.06.2019	Wichita Force	49	Amarillo Venom	78
15.06.2019	Oklahoma Flying Aces	61	Sioux City Bandits	62
15.06.2019	Omaha Beef	33	Salina Liberty	50
	Week 14
22.06.2019	Amarillo Venom	76	Oklahoma Flying Aces	40
22.06.2019	Omaha Beef	60	Sioux City Bandits	50
22.06.2019	Duke City Gladiators	43	Salina Liberty	26

Reference: [4-25] Note: + Match against Non-CIF team.

Report

About the CIF

The Champions Indoor Football is a AA (Third Level) American Football League based primarily in the Southwestern States of the USA and Prairie States of the Mid-West. It is one of 5 AA Indoor Football Leagues in the USA, the others in the Eastern Seaboard (National Arena League), Mid-West & Southwest (Indoor Football League) and Northwest (American West Football Conference).

About Arena / Indoor Football

References

Websites

[1] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Football Standings [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/sports/fball/2018-19/standings [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[2] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jul 13 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[3] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jun 29 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-29 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[3] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jun 22 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-22 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[4] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jun 15 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-15[Accessed 26 November 2019]

[5] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Fri Jun 14 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-14 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[6] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Mon Jun 10 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-10 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[7] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sun Jun 9 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-09 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[8] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jun 8 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-08 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[9] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Jun 1 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-06-01 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[10] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat May 25 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-25[Accessed 26 November 2019]

[11] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat May 18 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-18 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[12] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Fri May 17 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-17 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[13] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Mon May 13 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-13 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[14] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat May 19 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-11 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[15] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Fri May 10[Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-10 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[16] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat May 4 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-04 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[17] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Fri May 3 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-05-03 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[18] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Apr 27[Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-04-27 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[19] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Apr 20 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-04-20 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[20] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sun Apr 14[Internet] Available from:https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-04-14 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[21] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Apr 13 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-04-13 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[22] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Apr 6 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-04-06 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[23] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Mar 30 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-03-30 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[24] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Mar 23 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-03-23 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

[25] Champions Indoor Football (2019) 2019 Composite Schedule Sat Mar 16 [Internet] Available from: https://gocifstats.com/composite?d=2019-03-16 [Accessed 26 November 2019]

Images

[26] Champions Indoor Football (2019) logo [Internet] Available from: http://gocif.net/images/logo.png [Accessed 26 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 November 2019