Austrian Football League 2009
Austrian Football League 2009 | |
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master | Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna |
final | Austrian Bowl XXV |
Teams | 6th |
Games | 28 + 5 play-off games |
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The Austrian Football League 2009 was the 25th season of the top Austrian men's American football division . It began on March 28, 2009 with the game of the Carinthian Black Lions against the Danube Dragons (28:51) and ended on July 18, 2009 with the Austrian Bowl XXV in Graz .
In the final, Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna , fourth place after the regular season, surprisingly won 22:19 against the Turek Graz Giants , the reigning champions and runner-up after the regular season. It was the Vikings' tenth championship title.
No Austrian team took part in the EFAF Cup this year , as numerous structural changes to the AFL that came into force this season resulted in a more dense schedule for the teams in question.
Innovations
After the end of the 24th season of the AFL, dissatisfaction with the structure of the AFL increased, especially among the Carinthian Black Lions and the Cineplexx Blue Devils . These two teams considered participating in the continuation of the existing mode no longer into consideration, which a new league model of the top division was required. It was reduced to the four strongest clubs, Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna , Turek Graz Giants , Swarco Raiders Tirol and Danube Dragons , and a so-called interdivision was founded with the Black Lions and the Blue Devils. These two teams played games with both Division I and AFL teams . In addition, the two interdivision teams were each guaranteed a starting place in the playoff wildcard games. Should they be better placed in the final table of the regular season than a team from the AFL, as was the case with the Blue Davils and the Vienna Vikings, then home rights went to the interdivision team.
Another special regulation of the interdivision teams concerned the legionnaires' restrictions. They were allowed to play against AFL teams with four Class A legionnaires on the roster and three on the field. Against teams of Division I, the regulation applied there applies that two Class A legionaries are allowed to stand on the roster and playing field.
Those responsible for the two rival clubs Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna and Danube Dragons have agreed on a further innovation by upgrading this prestigious game to the Blue River Bowl in the sense of the "Rivaly Games" traditional in college football . The two Blue River Bowls held this season went to the Danube Dragons. In Blue River Bowl II, the Dragons also managed to win for the first time in history on the Hohe Warte .
Teams
- Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna (Vienna)
- Turek Graz Giants (Graz)
- Swarco Raiders Tirol (Innsbruck)
- Danube Dragons (Klosterneuburg)
- Carinthian Black Lions (Klagenfurt) Interdivision
- Cineplexx Blue Devils (Hohenems) Interdivision
table
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Diff = Difference
* | Interdivision teams |
Playoffs semifinal set with home rights | |
Playoffs wildcard game with home rights | |
Playoffs wildcard game |
AFL 2009 | |||||||||
team | Sp | S. | U | N | PCT | PF | PA | Diff | |
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1 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 8th | 6th | 0 | 2 | .750 | 314 | 178 | +136 |
2 | Turek Graz Giants | 8th | 5 | 0 | 3 | .625 | 269 | 220 | +49 |
3 | Danube Dragons | 8th | 5 | 0 | 3 | .625 | 311 | 266 | +10 |
4th | Carinthian Black Lions * | 8th | 4th | 0 | 4th | .500 | 235 | 244 | −86 |
5 | Cineplexx Blue Devils * | 8th | 4th | 0 | 4th | .500 | 149 | 185 | −75 |
6th | Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna | 8th | 3 | 0 | 5 | .375 | 186 | 220 | −34 |
game schedule
Blue River Bowl I and II, the previous victory statistics in brackets | |
Interdivision teams versus Division I teams | |
* | Interdivision teams |
** | Division I teams |
Final round
Playoffs: Wildcard Games | Playoffs: Semi-Finals | Austrian Bowl XXV | |||||||||||
2 | Turek Graz Giants | 35 | |||||||||||
3 | Danube Dragons | 41 | 3 | Danube Dragons | 28 | ||||||||
ID1 | Carinthian Black Lions | 35 | 4th | Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna | 22nd | ||||||||
2 | Turek Graz Giants | 19th | |||||||||||
4th | Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna | 22nd | |||||||||||
4th | Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna | 17th | 1 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 21st | ||||||||
ID2 | Cineplexx Blue Devils | 14th |
Austrian Bowl XXV
Austrian Bowl XXV - Graz (4,500 spectators) | ||||||
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team | Points | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
Turek Graz Giants | 19th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 7th | |
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna | 22nd | 0 | 0 | 7th | 15th | |
Giants | Vikings | player | Move | |||
3 | 0 | Christoph Kipperer | 24-yard field goal | |||
6th | 0 | Christoph Kipperer | 37-yard field goal | |||
6th | 7th | Ryan Maher | 9-yard pass from Philipp Jobstmann (PAT Peter Kramberger) | |||
12 | 7th | Chico Cleveland | 13-yard pass from Chris Gunn (TPC Pass Intercepted) | |||
12 | 15th | Daniel Kovacs | 53-yard pass from Christoph Gross (TPC Josiah Cravalho Lauf) | |||
19th | 15th | Moe Muheize | 6-yard run (PAT Christoph Kipperer) | |||
19th | 22nd | Josiah Cravalho | 4-yard run (PAT Peter Kramberger) | |||
MVP : Daniel Kovacs, Vikings |
League MVPs
The league MVPs of this season announced at the end of the season in the press conference before the Austrian Bowl XXVI are:
- Most Valuable Player of the Year - Philipp Margreiter (Swarco Raiders Tirol)
- Offense Player of the Year : Joseph Brian Stein (Danube Dragons)
- Defense Player of the Year : Christoph Schreiner (Turek Graz Giants)
- Young Star of the Year : Alexander Taheri (Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna)
- Coach of the year : Rick Rhoades (Turek Graz Giants)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "AFL 2009 - New Mode" ( memento from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) online at AFL Crush, on September 6, 2008; As of June 10, 2010.
- ^ "AFL 2009 - The Art of the Possible" ( Memento from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) online at AFL Crush, on November 17, 2008; As of June 10, 2010.
- ^ "AFL 2009 - Everything is still open" ( Memento from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) online at AFL Crush, on October 19, 2008; As of June 10, 2010.
- ^ "Raiffeisen Vikings - Danube Dragons - Blue River Bowl No. I" online at XING on April 16, 2009; Status: June 12, 2919.
- ^ "Raiffeisen Vikings win Austrian Bowl XXV" ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) online at the American Football Association Austria , on July 16, 2009; As of July 10, 2010
- ^ "Press conference in Graz with league MVP honors" ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) online at the American Football Association Austria on July 14, 2009; As of July 10, 2010