Austrian Football League 2011

Austrian Football League 2011

master	Swarco Raiders Tirol
final	Austrian Bowl XXVII
Teams	7th
Games	21 + 3 play-off games
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The Austrian Football League 2011 is the 27th season of the top Austrian men's American football division . It began on March 19, 2011 with the game of the Prague Panthers against the Black Lions from Carinthia (28:42) and ended on June 23, 2011 with a victory of the Swarco Raiders Tirol against the Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna (23:13) in the Austrian Bowl XXVII in front of an Austrian record crowd of 9,634 spectators in Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium .

Compared to the AFL of the 26th season there were hardly any structural changes in contrast to the previous years. Above all, however, the Generali Invaders' exit from St. Pölten for financial reasons and the associated reduction from eight to seven teams required a change in the schedule.

Due to the World Championship taking place in Austria , the basic round will be played in a slightly abbreviated mode as in 2010. Each team will play three home games in the seven weeks of play. The best four teams of the regular season take part in the playoffs, with the first two having home rights . Its winners play in the Austrian Bowl for the Austrian title.

After the ORF had barely reported on the AFL the year before , games were broadcast live on television again this season. In addition to two basic games and the Austrian Bowl XXVII, the Charity Bowl 2011 could also be seen on television.

Teams

Vienna Vikings

Graz Giants

Swarco Raiders

Danube Dragons

Black Lions

Prague Panthers

Salzburg Bulls

AFL football teams (2011)

Black Lions (Klagenfurt)
Danube Dragons (Vienna)
Graz Giants (Graz)
Prague Panthers (Prague)
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna (Vienna)
Salzburg Bulls (Salzburg)
Swarco Raiders Tirol (Innsbruck)

table

	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Pct	P35 +	P35−	Diff
AFL 2011
1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	6th	5	0	1	.833	194	55	+139
2	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	6th	5	0	1	.833	189	52	+137
3	Turek Graz Giants	6th	5	0	1	.833	190	98	+92
4th	Danube Dragons	6th	3	0	3	.500	137	116	+21
5	Prague Panthers	6th	2	0	4th	.333	116	160	−18
6th	Black Lions	6th	1	0	5	.167	53	188	−135
7th	Salzburg Bulls	6th	0	0	6th	.000	35	245	−210

Legend: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, Pct = winning percentage,
P35 + = points scored (max. 35 more than opponents), P35− = allowed points (max. 35 more than own), Diff = difference in
qualification for the play-offs with home rights, qualification for the play-offs

game schedule

date	Kick off	home	Result	Away	Stadion
week 1
19th March	18:30	Black Lions	6:36	Prague Panthers	Poggersdorf sports center , Poggersdorf
March, 20th	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	65: 7	Salzburg Bulls	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
2nd of April	14:00	Graz Giants	20:34	Swarco Raiders Tirol	ASKÖ Stadium Eggenberg , Graz
Week 2
26th of March	15:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	48-0	Black Lions	Tivoli-Neu , Innsbruck
27th of March	14:00	Prague Panthers	0:47	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	Slavia Stadium , Prague
Week 3
9th April	14:00	Graz Giants	21:14	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	UPC Arena , Graz
9th April	15:00	Danube Dragons	42: 6	Black Lions	Stadlau Stadium , Vienna
10th of April	13:00	Prague Panthers	7:38	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Slavia Stadium, Prague
Week 4
April 16	15:00	Danube Dragons	17:20	Graz Giants	Stadlau Stadium, Vienna
17th April	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	28:24	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Hohe Warte , Vienna
17th April	15:00	Salzburg Bulls	6:49	Black Lions	Lieferinger SV training ground , Salzburg Liefering
Week 5
April 23	18:00	Danube Dragons	38:21	Prague Panthers	Stadlau Stadium, Vienna
April 25	15:00	Salzburg Bulls	16:52	Graz Giants	Lieferinger SV training ground, Salzburg Liefering
April 25	16:00	Black Lions	0:41	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	Villach Lind Stadium , Villach
Week 6
April, 30th	18:00	Black Lions	0:42	Graz Giants	Villach Lind Stadium, Villach
1st of May	15:00	Prague Panthers	79: 0	Salzburg Bulls	Slavia Stadium, Prague
1st of May	15:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	28: 0	Danube Dragons	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Week 7
May 15	15:00	Salzburg Bulls	6:80	Danube Dragons	Stadlau Stadium, Vienna *
Week 8
May 21	16:00	Graz Giants	43:17	Prague Panthers	ASKÖ Stadium Eggenberg, Graz
May 21	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	81: 0	Salzburg Bulls	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
May 22	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	42: 0 (0: 4)	Danube Dragons	Hohe Warte, Vienna
Play-offs: semi-finals
June 11th	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	29: 0	Danube Dragons	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
June 12	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	19:14	Graz Giants	Hohe Warte, Vienna
Austrian Bowl XXVII
23rd June	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	23:13	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	Ernst Happel Stadium , Vienna

Blue River Bowl V, in brackets the previous victory statistics * After the weather-related cancellation of the regular game, both teams have agreed in writing that this home game of the Bulls will be played in the home stadium of the Dragons.

Final round

Playoffs: Semi-Finals			Austrian Bowl XXVII

2	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	19th
3	Graz Giants	14th
			1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	23

			2	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	13
1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	29

4th	Danube Dragons	0

Austrian Bowl XXVII

9,634 spectators in the Ernst Happel Stadium. At this point in time American football was a record crowd in Austria.

Austrian Bowl XXVII - Vienna ( Ernst Happel Stadium , 9,634 spectators)
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Swarco Raiders Tirol		23	7th	6th	7th	3
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna		13	0	6th	7th	0
Raiders	Vikings	player	Move
7th	0	Talib Wise	23-yard pass from Kyle Callahan (PAT Christian Kellner)
7th	3	Peter Kramberger	32-yard field goal
13	3	Talib Wise	5-yard run (PAT Christian Kellner failed)
13	6th	Peter Kramberger	29-yard field goal
20th	6th	Talib Wise	17-yard run (PAT Christian Kellner)
20th	13	Chauncey Calhoun	27-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Peter Kramberger)
23	13	Christian waiter	41-yard field goal
MVP : Talib Wise, Raiders

League MVPs

The league MVPs announced at the end of the season during the Austrian Bowl XXVII are:

Most Valuable Player of the Year : Chris Gunn (Graz Giants)
Offense Player of the Year : Florian Grein (Swarco Raiders Tirol)
Defense Player of the Year : John Clements (Swarco Raiders Tirol)
Young Star of the Year : Laurinho Walch (Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna)
Coach of the year : Rick Rhodes (Graz Giants)

Web links

Commons : Austrian Bowl XXVII - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Austrian Football League at the American Football Association Austria

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Austrian Football League press kit 2011 ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 1.3MB) American Football Association Austria; As of March 26, 2011
^ AFL Addendum: Dragons Receive Bulls . ( Memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Football-Austria online , on April 6, 2011; As of June 1, 2011.
↑ Game statistics of the Austrian Bowl XXVII. American Football Association Austria , on June 23, 2011; As of June 23, 2011
^ Comments on the Austrian Bowl at ORF , on June 23, 2011; As of June 23, 2011
^ League MVPs . ( Memento from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ , June 26, 2011, accessed on June 26, 2011

[pressemappe11-1] Austrian Football League press kit 2011 ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 1.3MB) American Football Association Austria; As of March 26, 2011

[2] AFL Addendum: Dragons Receive Bulls . ( Memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Football-Austria online , on April 6, 2011; As of June 1, 2011.

[Statistik-3] Game statistics of the Austrian Bowl XXVII. American Football Association Austria , on June 23, 2011; As of June 23, 2011

[4] Comments on the Austrian Bowl at ORF , on June 23, 2011; As of June 23, 2011

[5] League MVPs . ( Memento from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ , June 26, 2011, accessed on June 26, 2011