British Universities American Football League

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The British Universities American Football League is the successor to the British Collegiate American Football League, which folded in 2007.

BUAFL largely follows the rules of the North American College league NCAA Football. The league is split into 2 conferences, the Northern Conference and the Southern Conference, each consisting of 4 Divisions. Following 8 regular season games (normally against divisional rivals), the best 8 teams from each conference (4 Divisional Champions plus 4 Best Runners Up) compete in a 4 tier play-off system (similar to the NFL) for the conference championship and ultimately a chance at the National Championship Game (formerly known as the College Bowl). This final competitive game of the year sees the best northern and southern team compete for the title.

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[edit] 2008-09 Season

[edit] Restructure

From 2008-09 the league will have a new structure. Instead of the North-South Conference as before the league will have 4 conferences each with 2 divisions. The conferences are roughly North East & Scotland, North & East Midlands, West Midlands & South West, and South East. The divisions are nearly identical to last season.

Each team will play 8 regular season games from within their conference. This will be each team from their division either home or away with the other fixtures made up from within the conference. Most teams are scheduled to play 8 different teams during the regular season. The top 2 teams from each division will enter the playoffs. Full playoff details have not been released yet.

There will be a new competition called the challenge trophy. This will be open to the best team in each conference excluding playoff teams.

[edit] Divisions

Conference 1 Conference 2 Conference 3 Conference 4

[edit] 2007-08 Season

[edit] Divisional Standings

As of February 25th 2008


Scottish
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Stirling Clansmen 7 0 1 0.938 264 23
Napier Mavericks 4 3 1 0.562 94 129
GCU Roughriders 4 4 0 0.500 109 140
Glasgow Tigers 3 5 0 0.375 108 135
Paisley Pyros 1 7 0 0.125 43 138
North East
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Newcastle Raiders 8 0 0 1.000 369 74
UT Cougars 6 2 0 0.750 152 151
Sunderland Spartans 3 5 0 0.375 132 198
Durham Saints 2 6 0 0.250 99 180
UCH Sharks 1 7 0 0.125 81 234
Roses
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Leeds Celtics 7 1 0 0.875 206 7
Sheffield Sabres 7 1 0 0.875 217 31
Sheffield Hallam Warriors 4 4 0 0.500 242 100
Lancaster Bombers 2 6 0 0.250 59 263
Huddersfield Hawks 0 8 0 0.000 20 356
Midlands
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Staffordshire Stallions 8 0 0 1.000 306 18
Nottingham Outlaws 6 2 0 0.750 182 86
Loughborough Aces 5 3 0 0.625 162 118
Leicester Longhorns 3 5 0 0.375 106 175
Derby Braves 1 7 0 0.125 82 238
Lincoln Colonials 1 7 0 0.125 68 271

Central
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Birmingham Lions 8 0 0 1.000 282 33
Oxford Cavaliers 4 4 0 0.500 123 121
Warwick Wolves 2 5 1 0.312 36 151
Tarannau Aberystwyth 1 6 1 0.188 27 157
Southern
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Southampton Stags 8 0 0 1.000 462 20
Royal Holloway Vikings 6 2 0 0.750 154 137
Reading Knights 5 3 0 0.625 117 127
Portsmouth Destroyers 3 5 0 0.375 60 137
Brighton Tsunami 2 6 0 0.250 63 169
Surrey Stingers 0 8 0 0.000 12 278
Eastern
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Hertfordshire Hurricanes 8 0 0 1.000 340 58
Greenwich Mariners 5 3 0 0.625 152 99
UEA Pirates 5 3 0 0.625 102 124
Essex Blades 4 4 0 0.500 164 200
Kent Falcons 2 6 0 0.250 71 155
ARU Phantoms 0 8 0 0.000 18 211
Western
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Bath Killer Bees 7 0 1 0.938 182 48
UWE Bullets 5 3 0 0.625 167 116
Cardiff Cobras 5 3 0 0.625 127 65
Bristol Barracuda 1 6 1 0.188 110 229
Plymouth Blitz 1 7 0 0.125 72 206


[edit] Playoff Standings

North as at February 18th 2008 South as at February 18th 2008

Northern
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Staffordshire Stallions 8 0 0 1.000 306 18
Newcastle Raiders 7 0 0 1.000 368 74
Stirling Clansmen 6 0 0 1.000 247 14
Leeds Celtics 7 1 0 0.875 206 7
Sheffield Sabres 6 1 0 0.857 191 21
Nottingham Outlaws 6 2 0 0.750 182 86
UT Cougars 5 2 0 0.714 152 151
Loughborough Aces 5 3 0 0.625 162 118
Southern
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Southampton Stags 8 0 0 1.000 462 20
Hertfordshire Hurricanes 8 0 0 1.000 340 58
Birmingham Lions 8 0 0 1.000 282 33
Bath Killer Bees 7 0 1 0.938 182 48
Royal Holloway Vikings 6 2 0 0.750 154 137
UWE Bullets 5 3 0 0.625 167 116
Reading Knights 5 3 0 0.625 117 127
Greenwich Mariners 5 3 0 0.625 140 78


Tie Breakers(in order of importance) - Fines,Head-to-Head, Points Conceded, Points Scored, Coin Toss. NOTE attendance at meetings is first!

[edit] Playoff Match Ups

  Wild Card Round Divisional Round Conference Championships National Championship Game
                                     
1  Newcastle Raiders 34  
8  Loughborough Aces 15  
  1  Newcastle Raiders 26  
 
  6  Nottingham Outlaws 0  
3  Stirling Clansmen 0
6  Nottingham Outlaws 12  
  1  Newcastle Raiders 28  
Northern Conference
  2  Staffordshire Stallions 34  
2  Staffordshire Stallions 60  
7  UT Cougars 6  
  2  Staffordshire Stallions 19
 
  4  Leeds Celtics 0  
4  Leeds Celtics 19
5  Sheffield Sabres 12  
  2  Staffordshire Stallions 20
  1  Southampton Stags 54
1  Southampton Stags 43  
8  Greenwich Mariners 0  
  1  Southampton Stags 35
 
  4  Bath Killer Bees 13  
4  Bath Killer Bees 39
5  Royal Holloway Vikings 0  
  1  Southampton Stags 19
Southern Conference
  2  Hertfordshire Hurricanes 7  
2  Hertfordshire Hurricanes 51  
7  Reading Knights 7  
  2  Hertfordshire Hurricanes 46
 
  3  Birmingham Lions 24  
3  Birmingham Lions 14
6  UWE Bullets 6  

[edit] All Time Records

These are the All Time regular season records of every competitive game ever played by the BUAFL teams (including BCAFL records). Accurate up to 10/12/2007.

[edit] North

Team Record Winning Pct. Division Champ. Conference Champ. National Champ.
Derby Braves 31-56-3 .361 0 0 0
Durham Saints 2-6-0 .250 0 0 0
GCU Roughriders 11-24-1 .319 0 0 0
Glasgow Tigers 95-56-13 .619 9 3 1
Huddersfield Hawks 0-4-0 .000 0 0 0
Lancaster Bombers 64-62-7 .508 2 0 0
Leeds Celtics 99-27-10 .765 7 3 1
Leicester Longhorns 68-90-9 .434 1 2 0
Lincoln Colonials 1-10-1 .125 0 0 0
Loughborough Aces 124-29-2 .806 12 6 3
Napier Mavericks 12-16-0 .429 0 0 0
Newcastle Raiders 70-80-8 .468 1 1 0
Nottingham Outlaws 48-44-1 .522 1 0 0
Paisley Pyros 20-64-6 .256 0 0 0
Sheffield Hallam Warriors 15-18-3 .458 1 0 0
Sheffield Sabres 50-62-10 .451 1 0 0
Staffordshire Stallions 68-47-10 .584 3 1 0
Stirling Clansmen 67-70-15 .490 5 1 1
Sunderland Spartans 21-75-5 .234 0 0 0
UCH Sharks 79-75-13 .512 5 3 4
UT Cougars 77-77-13 .500 6 3 2

[edit] South

Team Record Winning Pct. Division Champ. Conference Champ. National Champ.
ARU Phantoms 2-35-0 .054 0 0 0
Bath Killer Bees 64-48-11 .565 3 0 0
Birmingham Lions 100-41-10 .691 7 2 1
Brighton Tsunami 15-20-2 .432 0 0 0
Bristol Barracuda 1-2-0 .333 0 0 0
Cardiff Cobras 104-43-14 .689 11 2 1
Essex Blades 20-28-3 .422 1 0 0
Greenwich Mariners 16-11-0 .593 1 0 0
Hertfordshire Hurricanes 76-26-6 .731 7 5 4
Kent Falcons 30-63-0 .322 0 0 0
Oxford Cavaliers 68-60-5 .530 4 2 1
Plymouth Blitz 14-36-2 .288 0 0 0
Portsmouth Destroyers 3-8-1 .292 0 0 0
Reading Knights 29-124-8 .205 0 0 0
Royal Holloway Vikings 9-13-0 .409 0 0 0
Southampton Stags 99-44-11 .679 6 4 4
Surrey Stingers 50-53-5 .486 2 0 0
Tarannau Aberystwyth 53-67-4 .444 3 1 0
UEA Pirates 81-76-5 .515 2 1 0
UWE Bullets 49-62-13 .448 2 1 1
Warwick Wolves 52-85-9 .387 1 0 0

[edit] Associate Members

So far this season, the BUAFL has accepted four new teams for Associate Member status:

  • BNU Buccaneers
  • Liverpool Fury
  • Northumbria Mustangs
  • Worcester Cardinals

All four are scheduled to compete fully in the '08/'09 season.

[edit] Foundation Members

The league recently launched a pre-associate member status for teams that are more than 1 year away from competing as full members. The Bangor Muddogs are expected to be announced as the first Foundation members. Swansea, Manchester, York & Exeter Universities are also understood to be in the process of setting up a team and applying for this status. The newly formed York centurions are hoping to join in the 09-10 season.

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