VGFL 1999
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Vic Bowl XV | ||||
| 1999 | Western Crusaders | 20 | Croydon Rangers | 14 (ot) |
VGFL 2000
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
| *Nunawading Warriors | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 73 | 20 |
| *Western Crusaders | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 200 | 65 | 18 |
| Croydon Rangers | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 152 | 167 | 10 |
| Geelong Wildcats | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 147 | 9 |
| Berwick Miners | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 74 | 284 | 3 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Vic Bowl XVI | ||||
| 2000 | Western Crusaders | 14 | Nunawading Warriors | 0 |
VGFL 2001
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
| Croydon Rangers | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 62 | 16 |
| Nunawading Warriors | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 120 | 62 | 13 |
| Western Crusaders | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 54 | 10 |
| Geelong Wildcats | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 110 | 106 | 9 |
| Berwick Miners | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 94 | 224 | 0 |
Report
Western Crusaders won the Victorian Gridiron Football League Vic Bowl in 1999 and 2000. In the fifth period of Overtime in 1999, Quarterback Glenn Parker connected with Wide Receiver Tal Brown for the winning touchdown, to give the Crusaders a 20-14 victory over the Croydon Rangers.
In the 2000 Vic Bowl XVI, the Crusaders defeated Nunawading Warriors 14-0 to take their second title in two years.
There were six teams in the VGFL in 1999: The aforementioned, Crusaders, Rangers and Warriors, as well as the Geelong Wildcats, Berwick Miners and Steelers. The Steelers dropped out after the 1999 season leaving five teams for both the 2000 and 2001 seasons.
References
Websites
[1] Western Crusaders | Wayback Machine (2001) Archives 1999 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20020106113951/http://www.users.bigpond.com/J_RDUNN/99results.htm [Accessed 4 July 2020]
[2] Western Crusaders | Wayback Machine (2001) Archives 2000 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20020203022632/http://www.users.bigpond.com/j_rdunn/results00.html [Accessed 4 July 2020]
[3] Western Crusaders | Wayback Machine (2001) Western Crusaders 2001 Season [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20021213094034/http://www.users.bigpond.com/J_RDUNN/results.html [Accessed 4 July 2020]
Images
[4] Gridiron Victoria (2019) GV-Logo-with-Stroke [Internet] Available from: http://www.gridironvictoria.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GV-Logo-with-Stroke.png [Accessed 4 July 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Richard Conville
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 3 July 2020
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