Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
GFL Nord
*Cologne Crocodiles	14	13	1	0	635	185	26
*Berlin Adler	14	12	1	1	516	195	25
*Dusseldorf Panther	14	10	3	1	439	159	21
*Hamburg Silvereagles	14	8	6	0	302	307	16
Berlin Rebels	14	5	9	0	281	407	10
Solingen Hurricanes	14	4	10	0	217	366	8
Monheim Sharks	14	3	11	0	165	352	6
Dortmund Giants	14	0	14	0	142	726	0
GFL Sud
*Munich Cowboys	14	13	0	1	479	90	27
*Hanau Hawks	14	8	5	1	320	352	17
*Rothenburg Knights	14	7	6	1	325	354	15
*Noris Rams	14	7	7	0	245	299	14
Regensburg Royals	14	6	7	1	296	273	13
Kempten Comets	14	5	8	1	290	268	11
Badener Greifs	14	4	9	1	224	360	9
Bad Homburg Falken	14	3	11	0	214	397	6

Playoff Results

Home Team		Away Team
Quarter-Finals		Viertelfinale
Cologne Crocodiles	66	Noris Rams	18
Munich Cowboys	60	Hamburg Silver Eagles	0
Berlin Adler	58	Rothenburg Knights	26
Hanau Hawks	13	Dusseldorf Panther	48
Semi-Finals		Halbfinale
Cologne Crocodiles	34	Dusseldorf Panther	8
Munich Cowboys	19	Berlin Adler	17
German Bowl XV		Attendance: 9,000
Munich Cowboys	42	Cologne Crocodiles	36 (2ot)

GFL Nord Regular Season Results

	BA	BR	CC	DG	DP	MS	SH	HSE
Berlin Adler	xxx	28-22	8-33	63-0	28-15	42-0	40-0	36-7
Berlin Rebels	6-38	xxx	6-66	53-14	13-24	21-6	21-17	26-36
Cologne Crocodiles	23-34	28-14	xxx	76-8	27-13	52-7	83-7	33-19
Dortmund Giants	26-52	32-36	28-68	xxx	0-76	8-53	6-46	8-49
Dusseldorf Panther	21-21	65-7	14-29	83-0	xxx	20-6	17-0	35-0
Monheim Sharks	0-31	8-34	0-55	19-0	0-14	xxx	31-10	15-16
Solingen Hurricanes	28-46	13-0	13-31	31-6	9-22	23-14	xxx	7-28
Hamburg Silver Eagles	14-49	32-22	14-31	21-6	19-20	26-6	21-13	xxx

GFL Sud Regular Season Results

	BG	BHF	HH	KC	MC	NR	RR	RK
Badener Greifs	xxx	33-12	31-23	7-35	6-17	21-26	28-21	22-22
Bad Homburg Falken	20-7	xxx	20-36	20-3	7-27	19-21	33-28	15-24
Hanau Hawks	31-18	34-20	xxx	38-22	7-28	30-13	27-27	21-47
Kempten Comets	24-8	55-6	34-8	xxx	17-17	0-14	0-18	13-30
Munich Cowboys	62-0	34-0	45-0	27-10	xxx	41-6	48-6	43-6
Noris Rams	3-17	32-14	13-15	14-20	0-37	xxx	12-24	54-29
Regensburg Royals	34-7	21-14	20-21	34-27	7-16	12-14	xxx	26-7
Rothenburg Knights	20-19	42-14	14-29	27-20	18-37	20-23	19-18	xxx

Note: Read Across for Home Results, Down for Away Results. Home Teams’ Score Mentioned First.

Report

Munich Cowboys won the German Bowl 42-36 in double overtime against the Cologne Crocodiles in 1993, then went on to play the Hamburg Blue Devils in the Final of the European League, losing 53-30.

The European League of American Football was a limited schedule League involving the Blue Devils (who played an independent schedule that season), Cologne Crocodiles, Munich Cowboys and Britain’s Manchester Spartans.

The Cowboys had finished top of the Sud Division with a 13-0-1 Wins-Losses-Ties record, and the Cologne Crocodiles finished top of the Nord with a 13-1 Record. Other playoff qualifiers in the Nord were Berlin Adler (12-2-1), Dusseldorf Panther (10-3-1) and Hamburg Silver Eagles (8-6). Southern playoff qualifiers besides the Cowboys were Hanau Hawks (9-4-1), Rothenburg Knights (8-5-1) and Noris Rams (7-7). Teams played a 14-game regular season, only two less than the National Football League in USA.

References

Websites

[1] Cologne Crocodiles (2020) Seniors Saison 1993 [Internet] Available from: https://cologne-crocodiles.de/seniors-saison-1993/ [Accessed 14 June 2020]

[2] Football-History (2020) GFL 1993 [Internet] Available from: http://www.football-history.de/?fbclid=IwAR2E2J86wMTRYljCjLjwKPjOJOzZHRXsNAo8sSrwuvh5UtckiLU_QLSTQGU [Accessed 14 June 2020]

Images

[4] PinClipArt (2020) German Football League ClipArt [Internet] Available from: https://www.pinclipart.com/picdir/middle/324-3249816_german-football-league-clipart.png [Accessed 14 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Shane Mulcahy and Ciaran Simms

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