British Universities American Football League

British Universities American Football League
BUAFL logo
Sport	American football
Founded	2007
No. of teams	80 (2015-16 season)
Country	United Kingdom
Most recent champion(s)	Birmingham Lions

The British Universities American Football League (BUAFL) is an American football league contested by university teams in England, Wales and Scotland. The league was formed by the British American Football Association (BAFA) in 2007 as the successor to the British Collegiate American Football League after the British Student American Football Association's (BSAFA) public disagreements with BAFA policies led to them being excommunicated by the other BAFA members,^[1]^[2] in particular the BAFL, which was also later ex-communicated for almost exactly the same reason.

In 2012, BUAFL's league and teams were absorbed into British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) after American football became an official BUCS sport.^[3]

The BUAFL was officially associated with the National Football League (NFL), through its partner organisation NFL UK.^[4]

The reigning national champions are the Birmingham Lions(11-0), who secured the championship by defeating the Stirling Clansmen 19-13.^[5]

League structure

Over the course of the regular season, each team plays eight regular season games. Each team plays everyone in their division twice; once home and once away

Current Structure

The latest structure for the BUAFL system was announced by BUCS on the 9th of June 2015.^[6] For the 2015-16 season, the league will be split in three tiers. The premier will still be organized into North and South. The second tier contains 6 geographic division, three Northern (Scottish North, Northern and Midlands) and three Southern (Western, South and Southeastern). The third tier is organized into 8 divisions, four Northern (Scottish North, Northern, Midlands and North Midlands) and four Southern (Western, South, Southeastern and London).

Premier Divisions

North	South
Derby Braves Durham Saints Loughborough Students Sheffield Hallam Warriors Stirling Clansmen	Bath Killer Bees Birmingham Lions Kingston Cougars Hertfordshire Hurricanes Imperial Immortals

Tier 1 Divisions

Scottish North	Northern	Midlands
Glasgow Tigers Newcastle Raiders Northumbria Mustangs Sunderland Spartans Lancaster Bombers	Sheffield Sabres Hull Sharks UCLan Rams Huddersfield Hawks Leeds Beckett Carnegie	Nottingham Trent Renegades Warwick Wolves Nottingham Staffordshire Stallions Worcester Royals
Western	South	South Eastern
Cardiff Cobras Exeter Demons Aberystwyth Swansea Titans UWE Bullets	BNU Buccaneers Reading Knights Surrey Stingers Kings Regents Solent Redhawks	Brighton Tsunami Cambridge Pythons East Anglia Pirates Kent Falcons Sussex Saxons

Tier 2 Divisions

2A Scottish North	2A Northern	2A North Midlands	2A Midlands
Edinburh Napier Knights Edinburgh Predators Teesside Cougars West of Scotland Pyros Heriot Watt	Bangor MudDogs LJMU Fury Keele Crusaders Edge Hill Vikings Liverpool Raptors	Bradford Bears Manchester Tyrants Leeds Celtics Manchester Met Eagles York Centurions	Coventry Jets DMU Falcons Leicester Longhorns Northampton Nemesis Lincoln Colonials
2A Western	2A South	2A London	2A Southeast
Bath Spa Bulldogs Bristol Barracudas Bournemouth Bobcats Gloucester Gladiators Plymouth Blitz	BNU Buccaneers Chicester Spitfires Portsmouth Destroyers Southampton Stags Brunel Burners	London City Sentinels Greenwich Mariners LSBU Spartans East London Titans Westminster Dragons	Anglia Ruskin Rhinos Canterbury Chargers Essex Blades OBU Panthers Oxford Lancers

2013-14 Final Standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and Plate qualification is shaded in orange. Seeding is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Saltire
Stirling Clansmen	8	0	0	1.000	622	13	16
Glasgow Tigers	5	3	0	.625	176	264	10
Edinburgh Predators	4	4	0	.500	130	201	8
Edinburgh Napier Knights	3	5	0	.375	125	244	6
UWS Pyros	0	8	0	.000	42	373	0
Big North Western (BNWC)
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Sheffield Sabres	7	1	0	.875	197	61	14
Derby Braves	7	1	0	.875	320	42	14
Hallam Warriors	7	1	0	.875	274	96	14
LJMU Fury	6	2	0	.750	246	129	12
UCLan Rams	5	3	0	.625	254	90	10
Bangor MudDogs	3	5	0	.375	140	208	6
MMU Eagles	3	5	0	.375	121	193	6
Lancaster Bombers	3	5	0	.375	174	294	6
Staffordshire Stallions	2	6	0	.250	140	229	4
Manchester Tyrants	0	7	0	.000	61	200	0
Keele Crusaders	0	7	0	.000	6	386	0
North Eastern (NEC)
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Durham Saints	7	0	0	1.000	316	41	14
Sunderland Spartans	7	1	0	.875	229	115	14
Leeds Carnegie	6	2	0	.750	135	59	12
Hull Sharks	6	2	0	.750	155	87	12
Newcastle Raiders	5	3	0	.625	140	134	10
York Centurions	4	4	0	.500	140	215	8
Northumbria Mustangs	3	5	0	.375	104	114	6
Huddersfield Hawks	2	5	0	.286	146	144	4
Leeds Celtics	2	6	0	.250	100	162	4
Bradford Bears	1	7	0	.125	42	187	2
Teesside Cougars	0	8	0	.000	69	312	0
Midlands Athletics (MAC)
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Birmingham Lions	8	0	0	1.000	206	21	16
Loughborough Students	7	1	0	.875	340	76	14
NTU Renegades	6	2	0	.750	214	117	12
Nottingham	4	4	0	.500	122	99	8
Warwick Wolves	4	4	0	.500	193	145	8
Coventry Jets	3	4	0	.429	149	190	6
DMU Falcons	3	5	0	.375	87	176	6
Worcester Royals	3	5	0	.375	77	213	6
Lincoln Colonials	3	4	0	.429	52	113	6
Wolverhampton Wildcats	1	6	0	.143	58	153	2

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
South Western Athletics (SWAC)
Bath Killer Bees	7	0	0	1.000	253	47	14
UWE Bullets	6	1	0	.857	211	65	12
Swansea Titans	6	1	0	.857	288	88	12
Exeter Demons	4	3	0	.571	198	175	8
Gloucester Gladiators	3	4	0	.429	63	97	6
Cardiff Cobras	2	3	0	.400	81	86	4
Plymouth Blitz	1	3	0	.250	56	141	2
Tarannau Aberystwyth	1	5	0	.166	88	127	2
Bristol Barracuda	1	6	0	.143	89	210	2
Bath Spa Bulldogs	0	5	0	.000	13	322	0
Oyster Card (London)
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Imperial Immortals	8	0	0	1.000	145	36	16
Kingston Cougars	7	1	0	.875	186	21	14
Royal Holloway Bears	6	2	0	.750	228	82	12
Brunel Burners	5	3	0	.625	224	80	10
King's College Regents	4	4	0	.500	87	141	8
Greenwich Mariners	3	5	0	.375	97	172	6
Westminster Dragons	1	6	0	.143	60	142	2
London City Sentinels	0	8	0	.000	24	320	0
LSBU Spartans	1	6	0	.143	38	106	-2**
South Coast (SCC)
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Brighton Tsunami	8	0	0	1.000	236	40	16
Southampton Stags	7	1	0	.875	236	48	14
Portsmouth Destroyers	6	2	0	.750	197	47	12
Surrey Stingers	5	3	0	.625	82	106	10
OBU Panthers	4	4	0	.500	96	103	8
Reading Knights	2	5	0	.286	86	155	4
Solent Redhawks	2	6	0	.250	209	217	4
Sussex Saxons	1	6	0	.143	102	218	2
Oxford Lancers	0	8	0	.000	31	294	0
South Central (SCC)
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	8	0	0	1.000	384	6	16
Cambridge Pythons	7	1	0	.875	243	67	14
Kent Falcons	5	2	0	.714	122	65	10
UEA Pirates	5	3	0	.625	142	65	10
Northampton Nemesis	4	3	0	.571	129	158	8
BNU Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375	67	143	6
Canterbury Chargers	1	6	0	.143	46	180	2
Anglia Ruskin Rhinos	1	7	0	.125	42	224	2
Essex Blades	0	7	0	.000	13	270	0

National Championship Games

Season	Winning team		Losing team
2007-2008	Southampton Stags	54	Staffordshire Stallions	20
2008-2009	Birmingham Lions	42	Newcastle Raiders	2
2009-2010	Birmingham Lions	27	Loughborough Aces	16
2010-2011	Portsmouth Destroyers	20	Birmingham Lions	19
2011-2012	Hertfordshire Hurricanes	37	Birmingham Lions	19
2012-2013	Birmingham Lions	17	Hertfordshire Hurricanes	13
2013-2014	Stirling Clansmen	20	Birmingham Lions	15
2014-2015	Stirling Clansmen	46	Hertfordshire Hurricanes	6

Challenge Trophy Finals

Season	Winning team		Losing team		MVP
2008-2009	Bath Killer Bees	13	Sheffield Hallam Warriors	8
2009-2010	Greenwich Mariners	12	Stirling Clansmen	0
2010-2011	Cardiff Cobras	20	UCH Sharks	0
2011-2012	Sheffield Sabres	25	Bath Killer Bees	8
2012-2013	NTU Renegades	42	Southampton Stags	28	NTU QB Danny Miller
2013-2014	Swansea Titans	38	Royal Holloway Bears	12	ST QB Simon George

BUAFL Most Valuable Players

Season	League MVP	Offensive MVP	Defensive MVP
2008-2009		Tristan Varney (Birmingham Lions)	Ed Butcher (Southampton Stags)
2009-2010	David Saul (Sheffield Hallam Warriors)	Tristan Varney (Birmingham Lions)	Ed Butcher (Solent Redhawks)
2010-2011		Adam Hope (Loughborough Aces)	Russ Waddell (Bristol Barracuda)
2011-2012	Joe Thompson (Hertfordshire Hurricanes)
2012-2013	Dan Conroy (Birmingham Lions)

References

↑ "BSAFA Operations Suspended". British American Football Association. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
↑ "BAFA Launches BUAFL". British American Football Association. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
↑ http://www.bucs.org.uk/sport.asp?section=16641tab=1
↑ http://www.nfluk.com/news/NFLBUAFL_121108.html
↑ http://www.britishamericanfootball.org/news/stirling-clansmen-retain-bucs-national-championship#.VquqQIWLS00
↑ http://dblcoverage.com/bucs-update-new-league-alignment/

External links

Official BUAFL Website

American football in the United Kingdom

BAFANL Premiership

NFC Premiership	Coventry Jets East Kilbride Pirates Lancashire Wolverines Merseyside Nighthawks Sheffield Predators Tamworth Phoenix

SFC Premiership	Bristol Aztecs Farnham Knights London Blitz London Olympians London Warriors South Wales Warriors

BAFANL Division 1

NFC	Clyde Valley Blackhawks Edinburgh Wolves Gateshead Senators Manchester Titans West Coast Trojans Yorkshire Rams

MFC	Birmingham Bulls Doncaster Mustangs Nottingham Caesars Ouse Valley Eagles Peterborough Saxons Sandwell Steelers

SFC	Bury Saints Colchester Gladiators Hertfordshire Cheetahs Kent Exiles Solent Thrashers Sussex Thunder

BAFANL Division 2

NFC North	Aberdeen Roughnecks Carlisle Sentinels Dundee Hurricanes Glasgow Tigers Newcastle Vikings Northumberland Lightning

NFC Central	Chester Romans Halton Spartans Humber Warhawks Leeds Bobcats Walney Terriers

NFC West	Crewe Railroaders Leicester Falcons Lincolnshire Bombers Shropshire Revolution Staffordshire Surge

SFC West	Bristol Apache Cornish Sharks Jurassic Coast Raptors Oxford Saints Swindon Storm Torbay Trojans

SFC South	Berkshire Renegades Bournemouth Bobcats East Kent Mavericks Hastings Conquerors Maidstone Pumas Portsmouth Dreadnoughts

SFC East	Cambridgeshire Cats Essex Spartans Ipswich Cardinals London Blitz B London Hornets Wembley Stallions

Defunct/Inactive Teams

BUAFL Premiership

North	Derby Braves Durham Saints Loughborough Students Sheffield Sabres Stirling Clansmen

South	Bath Killer Bees Birmingham Lions Brighton Tsunami Hertfordshire Hurricanes Imperial Immortals

BUAFL Tier 1

Border	Edinburgh Napier Knights Edinburgh Predators Glasgow Tigers Newcastle Raiders Northumbria Mustangs Sunderland Spartans Teesside Cougars West of Scotland Pyros

North West	Bangor Muddogs Keele Crusaders Lancaster Bombers LJMU Fury Manchester Tyrants MMU Eagles Staffordshire Stallions Tarranau Aberystwyth UCLAN Rams

Yorkshire	Bradford Bears Hallam Warriors Huddersfield Hawks Hull Sharks Leeds Celtics Leeds Carnegie Lincoln Colonials York Centurions

East Midlands	Coventry Jets DMU Falcons Leicester Longhorns Northampton Nemesis Nottingham Outlaws NTU Renegades Warwick Wolves Wolverhampton Wildcats Worcester Royals

South West	Bath Spa Bulldogs Bristol Barracuda Cardiff Cobras Exeter Demons FXU Tridents Gloucestershire Gladiators Plymouth Blitz Swansea Titans UWE Bullets

South East	BNU Buccaneers Bournemouth University Bobcats Chichester Spitfires Portsmouth Destroyers Solent Redhawks Southampton Stags Surrey Stingers Sussex Saxons

London	Brunel Burners Greenwich Mariners KCL Regents Kingston Cougars London City Sentinels LSBU Spartans Royal Holloway Bears Reading Knights Westminster Dragons

East	ARU Rhinos Cambridge Pythons Canterbury Chargers Essex Blades Kent Falcons OBU Panthers Oxford Lancers UEA Pirates

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