Austrian Football League 2008

Austrian Football League 2008
master	Turek Graz Giants
final	Austrian Bowl XXIV
Teams	6th
Games	18 + 3 play-off games
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The Austrian Football League 2008 is the 24th season of the top Austrian men's American football division . It began on March 29, 2008 with the games of the Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna against the Turek Graz Giants (20:33) and the Swarco Raiders Tirol against the Danube Dragons (34:12) and ended on June 27, 2008 with the victory and thus the championship title of the Turek Graz Giants against the Swarco Raiders (31:21) in the Austrian Bowl XXIV in Wolfsberg .

Teams

Vienna Vikings Graz Giants Swarco Raiders Tirol Danube Dragons Carinthian Black Lions Cineplexx Blue Devils

AFL football teams (2008)

• Carinthian Black Lions (Klagenfurt)
• Cineplexx Blue Devils (Hohenems)
• Danube Dragons (Klosterneuburg)
• Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna (Vienna)
• Swarco Raiders Tirol (Innsbruck)
• Turek Graz Giants (Graz)

table

AFL 2008
	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Pct	P +	P−	Diff
1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	6th	5	0	1	0.833	252	141	+111
2	Turek Graz Giants	6th	4th	0	2	0.667	221	157	0+64
3	Danube Dragons	6th	4th	0	2	0.667	213	221	12−8
4th	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	6th	3	0	3	0.500	202	155	0+47
5	Cineplexx Blue Devils	6th	2	0	4th	0.333	155	202	0−47
6th	Carinthian Black Lions	6th	0	0	6th	0.000	75	242	−167

Legend: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, Pct = Winning Percentage,
P + = points scored, P35− = allowed points, Diff = difference
If two teams have the same Pct, the direct comparison of
play-offs also counts Home right play-offs

game schedule

date	Kick off	home	Result	Away	Stadion
week 1
March 29	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	20:33	Turek Graz Giants	Hohe Warte , Vienna
March 29	15:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	34:12	Danube Dragons	Tivoli-Neu , Innsbruck
March 29	17:00	Carinthian Black Lions	7:40	Cineplexx Blue Devils	ASK-Sportanlage Fischl , Klagenfurt
Week 2
April 5th	15:00	Turek Graz Giants	40: 7	Carinthian Black Lions	ASKÖ Stadium Eggenberg , Graz
April 5th	16:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	35:21	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Hohe Warte, Vienna
April 5th	17:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	33:35	Danube Dragons	Herrenriedstadion , Hohenems
Week 3
12. April	15:20	Swarco Raiders Tirol	50:14	Cineplexx Blue Devils	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
12. April	18:00	Danube Dragons	35:28	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	Pied Piper Stadium , Korneuburg
Week 4
26th of April	15:10	Swarco Raiders Tirol	42:24	Turek Graz Giants	Alpenstadion , Wattens
26th of April	16:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	34: 3	Carinthian Black Lions	Hohe Warte, Vienna
Week 5
May 4th	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	21:50	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	Herrenriedstadion, Hohenems
May 4th	16:30	Carinthian Black Lions	12:47	Swarco Raiders Tirol	ASK-Sportanlage Fischl, Klagenfurt
May 4th	18:00	Danube Dragons	41:34	Turek Graz Giants	Pied Piper Stadium, Korneuburg
Week 6
17th of May	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	35:12	Carinthian Black Lions	Herrenriedstadion, Hohenems
17th of May	16:00	Turek Graz Giants	42:35	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	ASKÖ Stadium Eggenberg, Graz
17th of May	18:10	Danube Dragons	44:58	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Pied Piper Stadium, Korneuburg
Week 7
May 24th	16:00	Turek Graz Giants	48:12	Cineplexx Blue Devils	ASKÖ Stadium Eggenberg, Graz
May 24th	17:00	Carinthian Black Lions	34:46	Danube Dragons	Admira Stadium , Villach
Play-offs: semi-finals
14th June	18:00	Danube Dragons	20:44	Turek Graz Giants	Pied Piper Stadium, Korneuburg
15th June	17:10	Swarco Raiders Tirol	55:24	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	Alpenstadion, Wattens
Austrian Bowl XXIV
June 27th	7:30 p.m.	Turek Graz Giants	31:21	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Wolfsberg Sports Stadium , Wolfsberg

Final round

	Play-offs: semi-finals					Austrian Bowl XXIV
	2	Danube Dragons	20th
	3	Turek Graz Giants	44
						3	Turek Graz Giants	31
						1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	21st
	1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	55
	4th	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	24

Austrian Bowl XXIV

logo

Austrian Bowl XXIV - Wolfsberg (2,000 spectators)
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Swarco Raiders Tirol		21st	0	7th	0	14th
Turek Graz Giants		31	0	21st	0	10
Raiders	Giants	player	Move
0	7th	Armando Ponce de Leon	1-yard pass from Mohamed Muheize (PAT Marc Biedenkapp)
0	14th	Marc Biedenkapp	46-yard pass from Chris Gunn (PAT Marc Biedenkapp)
0	21st	Martin Grassegger	10-yard run (PAT Marc Biedenkapp)
7th	21st	Jakob Dieplinger	4-yard pass from Marko Glavic (PAT Robert Balazinec)
14th	21st	Andreas Pröller	21-yard pass from Marko Glavic (PAT Robert Balazinec)
14th	28	Martin Grassegger	20-yard run (PAT Marc Biedenkapp)
21st	28	Florian Grein	3-yard run (PAT Robert Balazinec)
21st	31	Marc Biedenkapp	45-yard field goal
MVP : Marc Biedenkapp, Giants

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 - Mohammed Muheize (Turek Graz Giants)
• Offense Player of the Year : Florian Grein (Swarco Raiders Tirol)
• Defense Player of the Year : Samuel Carter (Turek Graz Giants)
• Youngstar Player of the Year : Michael Janik (Danube Dragons)
• Coach of the year : Geoffrey Buffum (Swarco Raiders Tirol)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Giants win the Austrian Bowl" ( memento from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) online at the American Football Association Austria , on June 28, 2008; As of July 10, 2010
2. ↑ "AFL season MVP's 2008" ( Memento of 27 February 2016 Internet Archive ) online at Football Federation Austria , on 23 June 2008; As of July 10, 2010

swell

• AFBÖ statistics 2008

Web links

• Austrian Football League at the American Football Association Austria .