Austrian Football League 2013

Austrian Football League 2013
master	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
final	Austrian Bowl XXIX
Teams	6th
Games	30 + 3 play-off games
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The Austrian Football League 2013 is the 29th season of the top Austrian men's American football division . It began on March 23, 2013 with the game of the Swarco Raiders Tirol against the JCL Graz Giants and ends on July 28, 2013 with the Austrian Bowl XXIX.

The mode remained the same compared to the previous year. A simple round-trip round is played, which means a total of 10 games for each team. 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.

As in the previous year, ORF will broadcast some games live this season. In addition to five basic games, the Austrian Bowl XXIX will also be broadcast.

Teams

Vienna Vikings Graz Giants Swarco Raiders Danube Dragons Prague Black Panthers AFC Rangers

AFL football teams (2013)

• AFC Kornmesser Rangers (Mödling)
• Danube Dragons (Vienna)
• JCL Graz Giants (Graz)
• Prague Black Panthers (Prague)
• Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna (Vienna)
• Swarco Raiders Tirol (Innsbruck)

table

AFL 2013
	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Pct	P35 +	P35−	Diff
1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	10	10	0	0	1,000	389	164	+225
2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	10	8th	0	2	.800	337	197	+140
3	JCL Graz Giants	10	6th	0	4th	.600	347	248	0+99
4th	Danube Dragons	10	4th	0	6th	.400	305	291	0+14
5	Prague Black Panthers	10	2	0	8th	.200	159	333	-174
6th	AFC grain knife Rangers	10	0	0	10	.000	101	405	-304

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

Blue River Bowl IX, X and XI, in brackets the previous victory statistics

date	Kick off	home	Result	Away
week 1
March 23	13:30	Swarco Raiders Tirol	31:21	JCL Graz Giants
March 24th	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	31:14	Prague Black Panthers
Week 2 1
April 27	15:00	JCL Graz Giants	49:36	Danube Dragons
April 28	12:00	Prague Black Panthers	21:46	Swarco Raiders Tirol
April 28	14:00	AFC grain knife Rangers	7:57	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
Week 3
April 6th	14:00	JCL Graz Giants	58:20	AFC grain knife Rangers
April 6th	15:00	Danube Dragons	41:13	Prague Black Panthers
Week 4
April 13th	14:30	Swarco Raiders Tirol	13:48	Raiffeisen Vikings
April 14th	15:00	Danube Dragons	51:14	AFC grain knife Rangers
Week 5
20th of April	15:00	Prague Black Panthers	7:23	JCL Graz Giants
20th of April	17:00	AFC grain knife Rangers	17:42	Swarco Raiders Tirol
April 21	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	27:12 (4: 4)	Danube Dragons
Week 6
May 4th	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	42-0	Prague Black Panthers
5th of May	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	24:20	JCL Graz Giants
14th June	7:30 p.m.	AFC grain knife Rangers	7:56	Danube Dragons
Week 7
May 11th	15:00	JCL Graz Giants	28:54	Swarco Raiders Tirol
May 11th	15:00	Prague Black Panthers	31:10	AFC grain knife Rangers
12th of May	14:30	Danube Dragons	35:62 (4: 5)	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
Week 8
17th of May	18:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	58: 7	AFC grain knife Rangers
May 18	15:00	JCL Graz Giants	58:14	Prague Black Panthers
May 18	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	24: 0	Danube Dragons
Week 9
8th June	15:00	Prague Black Panthers	23:48	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
8th June	17:00	Danube Dragons	31:45	Swarco Raiders Tirol
8th June	17:00	AFC grain knife Rangers	0:41	JCL Graz Giants
Week 10
June 22	17:00	Danube Dragons	21:40	JCL Graz Giants
June 22	17:30	AFC grain knife Rangers	12:26	Prague Black Panthers
23rd June	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	24: 6	Swarco Raiders Tirol
Week 11
June 29th	15:00	Prague Black Panthers	10:38	Danube Dragons
June 29th	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	41: 7	AFC grain knife Rangers
June 29th	20:30	JCL Graz Giants	27:41	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
Playoffs: Semi-Finals
July 13th	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	35:15 (6: 4)	Danube Dragons
July 14th	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	52:49	JCL Graz Giants
Austrian Bowl XXIX
July 28th	20:30	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	48:31	Swarco Raiders Tirol

¹ The games of the second week had to be canceled due to heavy rainfall and the unplayability of the places. They were added on April 27 and 28, respectively.

Final round

	Playoffs: Semi-Finals					Austrian Bowl XXIX
	2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	52
	3	JCL Graz Giants	49
						1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	48
						2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	31
	1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	35
	4th	Danube Dragons	15th

Austrian Bowl XXIX

Final score of the Austrian Bowl XXIX

Trophies for the MVP, winner of the Austrian Bowl and the vice state champion

Winning picture

Austrian Bowl XXIX - St. Pölten ( NV Arena , 3,800 spectators)
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna		48	7th	14th	14th	13
Swarco Raiders Tirol		31	0	14th	3	14th
Vikings	Raiders	player	Move
7th	0	Manuel Thaller	6-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Sebastian Daum)
14th	0	Daniel Stanzel	6-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Sebastian Daum)
14th	7th	Andreas Hofbauer	68-yard run (PAT Clemens Erlsbacher)
14th	14th	Talib Wise	10-yard run (PAT Clemens Erlsbacher)
21st	14th	Manuel Thaller	5-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Sebastian Daum)
28	14th	Jesse Lewis	2-yard run (PAT Sebastian Daum)
35	14th	Stefan Holzinger	29-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Sebastian Daum)
35	17th	Clemens Erlsbacher	38-yard field goal
35	24	Andreas Hofbauer	8Yard run (PAT Clemens Erlsbacher)
41	24	Jesse Lewis	31-yard run (PAT Sebastian Daum blocked)
48	24	Vincent Vertneg	4-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Sebastian Daum)
48	31	Julian Ebner	8-yard pass from Kyle Callahan (PAT Clemens Erlsbacher)
MVP : O-Line , Vikings

League MVPs

The league MVPs of this season announced at the end of the season in advance of the Austrian Bowl XXIX are:

• Most Valuable Player of the Year : Christoph Gross (Vienna Vikings)
• Offense Player of the Year : Jesse Lewis (Vienna Vikings)
• Defense Player of the Year : Simon Blach (Vienna Vikings)
• Youngstar of the year : Christoph Gubisch (Graz Giants)
• Coach of the year : Chris Calaycay (Vienna Vikings)

Web links

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

• Austrian Football League at the American Football Association Austria

Individual evidence

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. ↑ Six games live on ORF . In: Football-Austria online , on February 13, 2013; As of February 13, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b} game statistics of the Austrian Bowl XXIX. American Football Association Austria , on July 29, 2013; As of July 29, 2013.
4. ↑ League MVP's 2013 honored . ( Memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ , July 29, 2013, accessed on July 29, 2013.