1987–88 British Collegiate American Football League

The 1987–88 BCAFL was the third full season of the British Collegiate American Football League, organised by the British Students American Football Association.

Changes from Last Season

Conference Changes

A third Conference (Southern) was added.

Team Changes
There were three new teams, increasing the total to 11, representing:

Cardiff University, joining the Southern Conference as the Cobras,
University of East Anglia, joining the Southern Conference as the Pirates,
University of Reading, joining the Southern Conference as the Knights.

Team Moves

Leicester Lemmings moved from Northern to Southern Conference,
Newcastle Scholars moved from Scottish to Northern Conference.

Regular Season

Clansmen

Hawks

Tigers

Locations of Scottish teams in BCAFL 1987-88

Cobras

Demons

Knights

Lemmings

MPs

Pirates

Scholars

Sharks

Locations of English and Welsh teams in BCAFL 1987-88

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Scottish Conference

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	PF	PA	Win%
Stirling Clansmen	6	5	1	150	76	0.833	Qualified for Playoffs
Strathclyde Hawks	6	4	2	129	84	0.667	Qualified for Playoffs
Glasgow Tigers	6	0	6	18	137	0.000

Northern Conference

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Hull Sharks	6	6	0	0	123	12	1.000	Qualified for Playoffs
Manchester MPs	6	2	2	2	2	42	0.500	Withdrew after this season
Newcastle Scholars	6	2	4	0	50	10	0.333
Teesside Demons	6	0	4	2	18	129	0.167

Southern Conference

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Cardiff Cobras	6	5	0	1	109	13	0.917	Qualified for Playoffs
Leicester Lemmings	6	4	2	0	63	57	0.667
UEA Pirates	6	2	3	1	2	64	0.417
Reading Knights	6	0	6	0	0	40	0.000

Playoffs

Semi-Finals			College Bowl II


N1	Hull Sharks	22

Sc2	Strathclyde Hawks	0
			Hull Sharks (Note 1)	0

			Cardiff Cobras	0
Sc1	Stirling Clansmen	6

S1	Cardiff Cobras	22

Note 1 - the title was shared, as the final was still tied after three periods of Overtime.
Note 2 - the table does not indicate who played home or away in each fixture.

References

↑ "Full list of historical League tables". Retrieved 8 April 2014.

External links

University American Football in Great Britain

British Collegiate American Football League Seasons	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

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See also: British American Football Association – British Collegiate American Football League – British Universities American Football League

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