Austrian Football League 2015

Austrian Football League 2015
master	Swarco Raiders Tirol
final	Austrian Bowl XXXI
Teams	5
Games	20 + 3 play-off games
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The 2015 Austrian Football League was the 31st season of the top Austrian men's American football division . It began on March 22, 2015 with the game of the Vienna Vikings against the Swarco Raiders Tirol . The season ended on July 11, 2015 with the Austrian Bowl XXXI in the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt .

The mode remained the same compared to the previous year, as the Carinthian Lions and the Vienna Knights, the two best clubs from Division I, refused to advance after the past season . A simple round-trip round was played, so each team had a total of eight 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 four basic through games, both playoffs and the Austrian Bowl XXXI were broadcast.

Teams

Vienna Vikings Graz Giants Swarco Raiders Danube Dragons Prague Black Panthers

AFL football teams (2015)

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

table

AFL 2015
	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Pct	P35 +	P35−	Diff
1	Vienna Vikings	8th	7th	0	1	.875	265	178	+87
2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	8th	6th	0	2	.750	278	188	+90
3	Prague Black Panthers	8th	4th	0	4th	.500	261	264	−3
4th	Danube Dragons	8th	2	0	6th	.250	201	275	−74
5	Graz Giants	8th	1	0	7th	.125	190	290	−100

Legend: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, Pct = winning percentage,
P35 + = points scored (max. 35 more than opposing ones), P35− = allowed points (max. 35 more than own), Diff = difference
If two teams have the same number of points, the direct comparison of play-offs with home rights, playoffs, counts
 

game schedule

Blue River Bowl XIV, XV and XVI, in brackets the previous victory statistics

date	Kick off	home	Result	Away
week 1
March 22	15:00	Vienna Vikings	26:21	Swarco Raiders Tirol
Week 2
4. April	15:00	Danube Dragons	42:23	Swarco Raiders Tirol
Week 3
11 April	16:00	Prague Black Panthers	30:31	Vienna Vikings
12. April	3:30 p.m.	Swarco Raiders Tirol	51:14	Graz Giants
Week 4
April 18	14:00	Graz Giants	28:34	Prague Black Panthers
April 19th	15:00	Vienna Vikings	47:10 (9: 4)	Danube Dragons
Week 5
April 25	16:00	Prague Black Panthers	35:34	Danube Dragons
26th of April	3:30 p.m.	Swarco Raiders Tirol	30:17	Vienna Vikings
Week 6
May 3rd	15:00	Danube Dragons	35:14	Graz Giants
Week 7
May 9	13:00	Graz Giants	28:41	Vienna Vikings
May 9	16:00	Prague Black Panthers	22:31	Swarco Raiders Tirol
Week 8
May 16	15:00	Graz Giants	34:50	Swarco Raiders Tirol
May 16	15:00	Danube Dragons	38:56	Prague Black Panthers
Week 9
May 24th	15:15	Swarco Raiders Tirol	58: 6	Danube Dragons
Week 10
30th May	16:00	Prague Black Panthers	29:24	Graz Giants
31. May	15:00	Danube Dragons	10:34 (4:10)	Vienna Vikings
Week 11
14th June	15:15	Swarco Raiders Tirol	33:27	Prague Black Panthers
14th June	17:30	Vienna Vikings	26:21	Graz Giants
Week 12
20th June	16:00	Graz Giants	27:26	Danube Dragons
20th June	18:00	Vienna Vikings	45:28	Prague Black Panthers
Playoffs: Semi-Finals
July 4th	17:30	Swarco Raiders Tirol	48:46	Prague Black Panthers
5th July	15:00	Vienna Vikings	38:27 (11: 4)	Danube Dragons
Austrian Bowl XXXI
July 11th	19:00	Vienna Vikings	0:38	Swarco Raiders Tirol

Final round

	Playoffs: Semi-Finals					Austrian Bowl XXXI
	2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	48
	3	Prague Black Panthers	46
						1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	0
						2	Swarco Raiders Tirol	38
	1	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	38
	4th	Danube Dragons	27

Austrian Bowl XXXI

Austrian Bowl XXXI - Klagenfurt ( Wörthersee Stadium , 3,600 spectators)
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Swarco Raiders Tirol		38	7th	3	14th	14th
Vienna Vikings		0	0	0	0	0
Raiders	Vikings	player	Move
7th	0	Julian Ebner	13-yard pass from Sean Shelton (PAT Dennis Wiehberg)
10	0	Dennis Wiehberg	18 yard field goal
17th	0	Sandro Platzgummer	13-yard run (PAT Dennis Wiehberg)
24	0	Fabien-André Gärtner	14-yard run (PAT Dennis Wiehberg)
31	0	Fabien-André Gärtner	5-yard run (PAT Dennis Wiehberg)
38	0	Fabien-André Gärtner	3-yard run (PAT Dennis Wiehberg)
MVP : Julian Ebner, Raiders

League MVPs

In the run-up to the Austrian Bowl XXXI, the league MVPs for the 2015 season were announced:

• Most Valuable Player of the Year : Kyle Newhall-Caballero (Quarterback, Prague Black Panthers)
• Offense Player of the Year : Jan Dundacek (Receiver, Prague Black Panthers)
• Defense Player of the Year : Alexander Achammer (Defensive Back, Swarco Raiders Tirol)
• Youngstar of the year : Sandro Platzgummer (running back, Swarco Raiders Tirol)
• Coach of the year : Chris Calaycay (Head Coach, Vienna Vikings)

Web links

• Austrian Football League at the American Football Association Austria

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austrian Football League Media Guide 2015 ( Memento of December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 11.5MB) AFBÖ ; As of December 1, 2015.
2. ↑ Swarco Raiders win AUSTRIAN BOWL XXXI . ( Memento from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ , July 11, 2015, as of December 1, 2015.
3. ↑ AFL MVPs 2015 ( Memento from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ , on July 7, 2015, as of December 1, 2015.