USAFE France SC 1953
| P | W | L | T | |
| Laon Rangers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Chateauroux Sabres | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Chaumont Mudhens | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Fontainbleu Foresters | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Bordeaux Cardinals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Orly Comets | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
USAFE France SC 1954
| P | W | L | T | |
| Chateauxroux Sabres | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Chaumont Mudhens | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Bordeaux Cardinals | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Laon Rangers | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Orly Comets | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
USAFE France SC 1955
| P | W | L | T | |
| Evreux Normans | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Chambley Desert Rats | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Laon Rangers | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Etain Pioneers | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| CAMA Sabres (Chateauroux) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| SHAPE Indians | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Chaumont Mudhens | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Bordeaux Cardinals | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Toul Tigers | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Report
The United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) France District / Sports Conference title was won by Laon Rangers (1953), Chateauroux Sabres (1954), Evreux Normans (1955), Toul Tigers (1956 to 1957), Laon Rangers again (1958) and SHAPE Indians (1959 to 1960), after which the France District was merged into the Continental Sports Conference along with the teams based in Germany.
The United States Air Force in Europe Football League (USAFE – pronounced “You-Safe”) was the League for Air Force Personnel stationed at Cold War Military Bases in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy & Greece.
There were three Conferences: UK Sports Conference, Continental Sports Conference (Germany & France) and Mediterranean Sports Conference (Italy & Greece). While the MSC was a competitive Conference, the Finals were usually played between the Winners of the UKSC and the CSC.
Following the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the USAFE Football League was discontinued and the only US Military Football now played in the UK is High School Football at Lakenheath, London Central (High Wycombe), Alconbury & Menwith Hill. [1]
The United States ARmy EURope played a separate League (USAREUR). [6]
The Ramstein Rams, Alconbury Spartans, Burtonwood Bullets & Weathersfield Raiders of the UK Sports Conference except the RamsteinR Rams (Continental Sports Conference) all played matches in Ireland, including one at Croke Park in aid of the Irish Red Cross. [3-7]
References
Bibliography
[1] Crawford, Russ (2016) “Le Football: A History of American Football in France”. pg. 87-110. Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & Lincoln.
[2] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 103-105. Published by the author.
[3] Lensmen Photographic Archive (2012) . “The 1950s Ireland in Pictures”. pg. 36. The O’Brien Press Ltd. Dublin, Ireland.
Newspapers
[4] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.
[5] Anon. (1954) . “Photo caption”. Northern Whig. 18 November 1954. pg. 6.
[6] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.
Articles
[7] Magee, Damian. “English Beer and American Football: Exporting American Football as a Cultural Commodity to the British Isles.” Irish Journal of American Studies, vol. 7, 1998, pp. 121–148. JSTOR, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30002410.
Images
[8] 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
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.
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