Austrian Football League 2014

Austrian Football League 2014
master	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
final	Austrian Bowl XXX
Teams	5
Games	20 + 3 play-off games
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The Austrian Football League 2014 was the 30th season of the top Austrian men's American football division . It began on March 23, 2014 with the matches of the Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna against the Swarco Raiders Tirol and the Danube Dragons against the JCL Graz Giants . The season ended on July 26, 2014 with the Austrian Bowl XXX in the NV Arena in St. Pölten .

The mode remained the same compared to the previous year. A simple round trip was played. After the voluntary relegation of the AFC Rangers at the end of the 29th season, each team had a total of 8 games. The best four teams of the regular season took part in the playoffs, with the first two having home rights. Its winners played in the Austrian Bowl for the Austrian title.

As in the previous year, ORF also broadcast some games live this season. In addition to 2 basic round games, the Austrian Bowl XXX was also broadcast.

Teams

Vienna Vikings Graz Giants Swarco Raiders Danube Dragons Prague Black Panthers

AFL football teams (2014)

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

table

AFL 2014
	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Pct	P35 +	P35−	Diff
1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	8th	6th	0	2	.750	239	116	+123
2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	8th	6th	0	2	.750	297	262	0+35
3	Danube Dragons	8th	4th	0	4th	.500	193	280	0−87
4th	Prague Black Panthers	8th	3	0	5	.375	271	271	00± 0
5	JCL Graz Giants	8th	1	0	7th	.125	186	257	0−71

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 XII and XIII, in brackets the previous victory statistics

date	Kick off	home	Result	Away
week 1
March 23	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	41:14	Swarco Raiders Tirol
March 23	15:00	Danube Dragons	14:13	JCL Graz Giants
Week 2
March 29	14:30	Swarco Raiders Tirol	44:20	Danube Dragons
March 29	16:00	Prague Black Panthers	7:27	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
Week 3
April 5th	14:00	JCL Graz Giants	21:28	Prague Black Panthers
Week 4
12. April	15:00	Prague Black Panthers	33:28	JCL Graz Giants
April 13th	15:00	Danube Dragons	10:31 (4: 7)	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
Week 5
26th of April	14:00	JCL Graz Giants	51:54	Swarco Raiders Tirol
April 27	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	34:31	Prague Black Panthers
Week 6
May 3rd	15:00	Prague Black Panthers	25:28	Danube Dragons
May 3rd	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	22:20	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
Week 7
May 11th	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	6: 9	JCL Graz Giants
May 11th	15:00	Danube Dragons	14:43	Swarco Raiders Tirol
Week 8
17th of May	15:00	JCL Graz Giants	37:48	Danube Dragons
17th of May	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	63:62	Prague Black Panthers
Week 9
14th June	17:00	Danube Dragons	49:45	Prague Black Panthers
Week 10
June 21st	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	36:14	JCL Graz Giants
June 22	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	42:10 (8: 4)	Danube Dragons
Week 11
June 27th	7:30 p.m.	JCL Graz Giants	13:38	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
June 28th	13:00	Prague Black Panthers	40:21	Swarco Raiders Tirol
Playoffs: Semi-Finals
July 12	17:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol	34: 0	Danube Dragons
July 13th	15:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	41:27	Prague Black Panthers
Austrian Bowl XXX
July 26th	19:00	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	24:17	Swarco Raiders Tirol

Final round

	Playoffs: Semi-Finals					Austrian Bowl XXX
	2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	34
	3	Danube Dragons	0
						1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	24
						2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	17th
	1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	41
	4th	Prague Black Panthers	27

Austrian Bowl XXX

Trophies of the Austrian Bowl XXX

Austrian Bowl XXX - St. Pölten ( NV Arena , 3,800 spectators)
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna		24	7th	7th	3	0	7th
Swarco Raiders Tirol		17th	7th	7th	3	0	0
Vikings	Raiders	player	Move
0	7th	Clemens Erlsbacher	12-yard pass from John van den Raadt (PAT Clemens Erlsbacher)
7th	7th	Laurinho Walch	14-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Christopher Kappel)
14th	7th	Stefan Postel	51-yard pass from Christoph Gross (PAT Christopher Kappel)
14th	14th	Clemens Erlsbacher	3-yard run (PAT Clemens Erlsbacher)
17th	14th	Christopher Kappel	33 yard field goal
17th	17th	Clemens Erlsbacher	36 yard field goal
24	17th	Islaam Amadu	4-yard run (PAT Christopher Kappel)
MVP : O-Line , Vikings

League MVPs

In the run-up to the Austrian Bowl XXX, the league MVPs for the 2014 season were announced:

• Most Valuable Player of the Year : Kyle Newhall-Caballero (Quarterback, Prague Black Panthers)
• Offense Player of the Year : Andreas Hofbauer (Running Back, Swarco Raiders Tirol)
• Defense Player of the Year : Dustin Illetschko (Linebacker, Vienna Vikings)
• Young Star of the Year : Florian Probst (Linebacker, Graz Giants)
• Coach of the Year : Taylor Breitzman (Head Coach, Prague Black Panthers)

Web links

• 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) AFBÖ ; As of March 26, 2011.
2. ↑ AFL and BIG6 on ORF Sport + . Football-Austria online, on March 5, 2014; As of March 5, 2014.
3. ↑ Vikings win Austrian Bowl XXX in overtime . Football-Austria online, on July 26, 2014, as of August 8, 2014.
4. ↑ GameStats Swarco Raiders Tirol @ Raiffeisen Vikings . ( Memento from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) hockeydata online, July 26, 2014, as of August 8, 2014.
5. ↑ AFL MVPs 2014 . ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ , July 22, 2014, as of August 8, 2014.