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 University Championship Game (formerly known as 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.

2007-08 Season

Divisional Standings

Accurate up to Game Week 6.

Scottish
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Stirling Clansmen	4	0	0	1.000	164	14
Glasgow Tigers	3	2	0	0.600	66	61
Napier Mavericks	2	2	0	0.500	44	92
GCU Roughriders	1	3	0	0.250	40	86
Paisley Pyros	1	4	0	0.000	37	98
North East
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Newcastle Raiders	6	0	0	1.000	304	58
UT Cougars	4	1	0	0.800	100	77
Sunderland Spartans	2	4	0	0.333	84	150
UCH Sharks	1	3	0	0.250	59	141
Durham Saints	0	5	0	0.000	33	154
Roses
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Sheffield Sabres	5	0	0	1.000	143	8
Leeds Celtics	4	1	0	0.666	144	7
Sheffield Hallam Warriors	3	2	0	0.600	151	62
Lancaster Bombers	2	4	0	0.333	59	159
Huddersfield Hawks	0	7	0	0.000	14	275
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
Leicester Longhorns	1	3	0	0.250	49	86
Lincoln Colonials	1	4	0	0.200	52	178
Derby Braves	0	4	0	0.000	44	149

Central
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
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	248	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	97
Brighton Tsunami	1	3	0	0.250	22	88
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	32
Greenwich Mariners	3	1	0	0.750	92	54
Essex Blades	1	3	0	0.250	64	131
Kent Falcons	1	3	0	0.250	57	96
ARU Phantoms	0	5	0	0.000	12	147
Western
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Bath Killer Bees	4	0	0	1.000	120	38
UWE Bullets	4	2	0	0.666	124	79
Cardiff Cobras	2	2	0	0.500	60	43
Bristol Barracuda	1	2	0	0.333	62	111
Plymouth Blitz	0	5	0	0.000	50	145

Playoff Standings

Northern
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Newcastle Raiders	6	0	0	1.000	304	58
Sheffield Sabres	5	0	0	1.000	143	8
Staffordshire Stallions	5	0	0	1.000	222	18
Stirling Clansmen	4	0	0	1.000	164	14
Leeds Celtics	4	1	0	0.800	144	7
Nottingham Outlaws	4	1	0	0.800	114	77
UT Cougars	4	1	0	0.800	100	77
Glasgow Tigers	3	2	0	0.600	66	61

Southern
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Southampton Stags	5	0	0	1.000	248	14
Birmingham Lions	5	0	0	1.000	168	19
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	4	0	0	1.000	171	31
Bath Killer Bees	4	0	0	1.000	120	38
UEA Pirates	4	1	0	0.800	95	26
Royal Holloway Vikings	4	1	0	0.800	103	105
Greenwich Mariners	3	1	0	0.750	90	54
UWE Bullets	4	2	0	0.666	124	79

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	Newcastle Raiders
	8	Glasgow Tigers
	3	Staffordshire Stallions
	6	Nottingham Outlaws
	Northern Conference
	2	Sheffield Sabres
	7	UT Cougers
	4	Stirling Clansmen
	5	Leeds Celtics
	1	Southampton Stags
	8	Royal Halloway Vikings
	4	Bath Killer Bees
	5	UEA Pirates
	Southern Conference
	2	Birmingham Lions
	7	Greenwich
	3	Hertfordshire Hurricanes
	6	UWE Bullets

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.

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	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

South

Team	Record	Winning Pct.	Division Champ.	Conference Champ.	BCAFL Champ.
ARU Phantoms	2-35-0	.054	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	20-28-3	.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	7-13-0	.350	0	0	0
Southampton Stags	94-44-11	.668	5	3	3
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

Associate Members

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

• Buckinghamshire Chilterns
• Liverpool Fury
• Northumbria Mustangs
• Worcester Cardinals

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

External links

Official BUAFL Website