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 season consists of 8 divisional games followed by a 4 tier play-off system similar to the NFL. BUAFL is split into 2 conferences, the Northern Conference and the Southern Conference, each consisting of 4 Divisions. The best 8 teams from each conference (4 Divisional Champions plus 4 Best Runners Up) compete in the play-offs for the conference championship and ultimately a chance at the College Bowl. The College Bowl is the final competitive game of the year where the best northern and southern team compete for the title. It is thought that the name of the 'College Bowl' will be replaced in keeping with the new 'improved' governing body. Though with its over 20 years history, the prestigious final will likely be dubbed the 'College Bowl' by its desirers for years to come.

2007-08 Season

Divisional Standings

Accurate up to Game Week 5.

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Scottish
Stirling Clansmen	4	0	0	1.000	164	14
Glasgow Tigers	3	1	0	0.750	58	48
Napier Mavericks	2	2	0	0.500	44	92
GCU Roughriders	1	3	0	0.250	40	96
Paisley Pyros	0	4	0	0.000	24	90
North East
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Newcastle Raiders	5	0	0	1.000	248	52
UT Cougars	3	1	0	0.750	72	70
Sunderland Spartans	2	3	0	0.400	76	122
UCH Sharks	1	3	0	0.250	60	141
Durham Saints	0	4	0	0.000	27	98
Roses
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Sheffield Sabres	4	0	0	1.000	142	8
Leeds Celtics	2	1	0	0.666	65	7
Sheffield Hallam Warriors	2	2	0	0.500	122	62
Lancaster Bombers	2	3	0	0.400	64	129
Huddersfield Hawks	0	4	0	0.000	14	200
Midlands
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Staffordshire Stallions	5	0	0	1.000	222	18
Nottingham Outlaws	4	1	0	0.800	114	77
Loughborough Aces	3	2	0	0.600	107	80
Lincoln Colonials	1	2	0	0.333	46	115
Leicester Longhorns	1	3	0	0.250	99	46
Derby Braves	0	4	0	0.000	44	149

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Central
Birmingham Lions	5	0	0	1.000	168	19
Oxford Cavaliers	3	2	0	0.600	74	72
Tarannau Aberystwyth	1	3	0	0.250	26	84
Warwick Wolves	0	4	0	0.000	2	95
Southern
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Southampton Stags	5	0	0	1.000	317	14
Royal Holloway Vikings	3	1	0	0.750	79	90
Portsmouth Destroyers	2	2	0	0.500	23	29
Reading Knights	2	3	0	0.400	41	121
Brighton Tsunami	1	4	0	0.333	22	132
Surrey Stingers	0	4	0	0.000	0	95
Eastern
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	4	0	0	1.000	171	31
UEA Pirates	4	1	0	0.800	95	26
Greenwich Mariners	3	1	0	0.750	90	54
Kent Falcons	1	3	0	0.250	57	96
Essex Blades	1	3	0	0.250	64	131
ARU Phantoms	0	5	0	0.000	12	147
Western
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Bath Killer Bees	3	0	0	1.000	113	38
UWE Bullets	4	1	0	0.800	124	70
Cardiff Cobras	1	2	0	0.333	39	43
Bristol Barracuda	1	2	0	0.333	62	113
Plymouth Blitz	0	4	0	0.000	50	124

Playoff Standings

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Northern
Sheffield Sabres	4	0	0	1.000	142	8
Staffordshire Stallions	4	0	0	1.000	159	12
Stirling Clansmen	4	0	0	1.000	164	14
Newcastle Raiders	4	0	0	1.000	218	52
Glasgow Tigers	3	1	0	0.750	58	48
Loughborough Aces	3	1	0	0.750	100	66
Nottingham Outlaws	3	1	0	0.750	100	70
UT Cougars	3	1	0	0.750	72	70

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Southern
Birmingham Lions	5	0	0	1.000	168	19
Southampton Stags	4	0	0	1.000	255	8
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	4	0	0	1.000	171	31
Bath Killer Bees	3	0	0	1.000	113	38
UEA Pirates	3	1	0	0.750	86	20
UWE Bullets	3	1	0	0.750	82	64
Royal Holloway Vikings	3	1	0	0.750	79	90
Greenwich Mariners	2	1	0	0.666	52	28

Tie Breakers(in order of importance) - Fines, Ejections, Head-to-Head, Points Conceded, Points Scored, Coin Toss.

Playoff Match Ups

(based on current records)

Wild Card Round		Divisional Round	Conference Championships	College Bowl XXII

1	Sheffield Sabres

8	UT Cougars



3	Stirling Clansman

6	Loughbrough Aces

Northern Conference

2	Staffordshire Stallions

7	Nottingham Outlaws



4	Newcastle Raiders

5	Glasgow Tigers



1	Birmingham Lions

8	Greenwich Mariners



3	Hertfordshire Hurricanes

6	UWE Bullets

Southern Conference

2	Southampton Stags

7	Royal Holloway Vikings



4	Bath Killer Bees

5	UEA Pirates

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 05/12/2007.

North

Team	Record	Winning Pct.	Division Champ.	Conference Champ.	BCAFL Champ.
Derby Braves	31-56-3	.361	0	0	0
Durham Saints	0-4-0	.000	0	0	0
GCU Roughriders	10-24-1	.300	0	0	0
Glasgow Tigers	95-56-13	.619	9	3	1
Huddersfield Hawks	0-3-0	.000	0	0	0
Lancaster Bombers	63-62-7	.504	2	0	0
Leeds Celtics	99-27-10	.765	7	3	1
Leicester Longhorns	68-90-9	.434	1	2	0
Lincoln Colonials	1-9-1	.136	0	0	0
Loughborough Aces	124-28-2	.812	12	6	3
Napier Mavericks	12-16-0	.429	0	0	0
Newcastle Raiders	69-80-8	.465	1	1	0
Nottingham Outlaws	47-44-1	.516	1	0	0
Paisley Pyros	20-63-6	.258	0	0	0
Sheffield Hallam Warriors	15-18-3	.458	1	0	0
Sheffield Sabres	50-62-10	.451	1	0	0
Staffordshire Stallions	67-47-10	.605	3	1	0
Stirling Clansmen	67-70-15	.490	5	1	1
underland Spartans	21-74-5	.235	0	0	0
UCH Sharks	79-75-13	.512	5	3	4
UT Cougars	77-77-13	.500	6	3	2

South

Team	Record	Winning Pct.	Division Champ.	Conference Champ.	BCAFL Champ.
ARU Phantoms	2-34-0	.056	0	0	0
Bath Killer Bees	64-48-11	.565	3	0	0
Birmingham Lions	98-41-10	.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	20-27-3	.430	1	0	0
Greenwich Mariners	15-11-0	.577	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	14-35-2	.294	0	0	0
Portsmouth Destroyers	3-8-1	.292	0	0	0
Reading Knights	29-123-8	.206	0	0	0
Royal Holloway Vikings	7-13-0	.350	0	0	0
Southampton Stags	93-44-11	.666	5	3	3
Surrey Stingers	50-53-5	.486	2	0	0
Tarannau Aberystwyth	53-67-4	.444	3	1	0
UEA Pirates	80-76-5	.512	2	1	0
UWE Bullets	49-62-13	.448	2	1	1
Warwick Wolves	52-85-9	.387	1	0	0