German Football League 2002

German Football League 2002
master	Hamburg Blue Devils
final	German Bowl XXIV
Teams	12
Games	72 + 7 play-off games
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2nd Bundesliga - 2002 ↓

German Football League 2002 gives an overview of the 2002 season of the American Football Bundesliga , which was the 24th of the 1st Bundesliga / GFL.

League division

Hamburg Blue Devils Berlin eagle Braunschweig Lions Assindia Cardinals Kiel Baltic Hurricanes Cologne crocodiles Munich cowboys Rhein-Main Razorbacks Franken Knights Saarland Hurricanes Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns Stuttgart Scorpions

Teams 2002 GFL North GFL South0000

Overview of the participating teams and their all-time Bundesliga and GFL balance sheets. Before the season, the Rüsselsheim Razorbacks were renamed Rhein-Main Razorbacks. The athletically qualified Düsseldorf Panthers withdrew from the GFL Nord before the season. For them, the Berlin Adler , as the losers of the relegation , moved up.

	team	Years	S.	U	N	home			Selection			TD ratio
GFL North	Cologne crocodiles	21st	177	5	57	89	3	26th	88	2	31	7317: 3745
	Berlin Adler (N)	19th	140	3	72	71	1	34	69	2	38	6649: 3720
	Braunschweig Lions	8th	56	0	31	30th	0	13	26th	0	18th	2798: 1890
	Hamburg Blue Devils (TV)	7th	53	3	24	32	0	9	20th	3	15th	2170: 1399
	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	6th	25th	1	39	17th	0	16	8th	1	23	1568: 1861
	Assindia Cardinals	6th	21st	2	39	12	0	19th	9	2	20th	0844: 1666
GFL South	Munich cowboys	23	159	6th	92	90	1	38	69	5	54	6478: 4404
	Stuttgart Scorpions	10	38	3	70	22nd	3	30th	16	0	40	2530: 3212
	Rhein-Main Razorbacks	6th	31	1	34	17th	0	16	14th	0	18th	1660: 1803
	Franken Knights	6 (7)	17th	3	47	9	1	23	8th	2	24	1162: 2448
	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	4th	11	3	30th	8th	0	14th	3	3	16	0697: 1179
	Saarland Hurricanes	1	1	1	10	1	1	4th	0	0	6th	199: 478

• (N) - Newcomers
• (TV) - defending champion

Season course

Regular season

In the north, the Braunschweig Lions showed no nakedness and came first without losing points. On the other hand, only a direct comparison in favor of the Hamburg Blue Devils and against the Cologne Crocodiles, who landed in third place, decided on second place. Fourth was the newcomer, the Berlin Adler, albeit with a clear point gap to the three top teams. The Kiel Baltic Hurricanes landed on the relegation site and only managed one victory in the season.

In the south, the title was only awarded on the last match day. After things looked very good for the Stuttgart Scorpions until the middle of the season, they weakened a bit towards the end of the season, especially the 55:56 home defeat against the Franken Knights on the penultimate match day was bitter. At halftime, the scorpions were still leading with 41:28 and after three quarters 47:35. In addition, they had the bad luck of meeting the Braunschweig Lions in the interconference games. The Rhein-Main Razorbacks took advantage of this weakness and the somewhat cheaper game plan. Four rounds before the goal was still in third place, they pushed past the Scorpions and the Franken Knights, where they won 49:42 on the third last day of the match. The Stuttgart Scorpions came second, one point behind, thanks to the direct comparison they had made with the Franken Knights, who had to be content with third place. The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns finished fourth, albeit with a respectable gap of 8 points. The Saarland Hurricanes reached fifth place, among other things, they managed to wrest a draw from the Stuttgarters. The traditional team from Munich, the cowboys, graced the end of the table with just one point and had to go into relegation.

Closing tables

GFL North

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Braunschweig Lions	12	12	0	0	24: 0	493: 84	+409
2.	Hamburg Blue Devils	12	9	0	3	18: 6	330: 155	+175
3.	Cologne crocodiles	12	9	0	3	18: 6	271: 179	+92
4th	Berlin eagle	12	5	0	7th	10:14	224: 187	+37
5.	Assindia Cardinals	12	3	0	9	6:18	117: 327	−210
6th	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	12	1	0	11	2:22	93: 458	−365

• Tie breaker
  • Hamburg ahead of Cologne due to the direct comparison won (21: 6 and 17:20).

GFL South

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Rüsselsheim Razorbacks	12	9	0	3	18: 6	409: 216	+193
2.	Stuttgart Scorpions	12	8th	1	3	17: 7	340: 284	+56
3.	Franken Knights	12	8th	1	3	17: 7	489: 405	+84
4th	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	12	4th	1	7th	9:15	320: 310	+10
5.	Saarland Hurricanes	12	1	2	9	4:20	188: 400	−212
6th	Munich cowboys	12	1	1	11	1:23	238: 507	−269

Relegation

In the south, the Munich Cowboys and the Marburg Mercenaries faced each other. The first leg in Munich was won by the challengers from Marburg, in front of about 800 spectators in the Dantestadion , with 28:12. And the second leg was also a clear matter for the mercenaries, with a 42:23 the fate of the cowboys was sealed, because with the Munich Cowboys the last remaining founding member of the 1st Bundesliga of the AFVD after 20 years of membership in the league was relegated (in total, it was 24 years if you include the time of the AFBD ). The Mercenaries, however, succeeded in the second attempt, in the previous year they had failed because of the Franken Knights, for the first time promotion to the top German league.

The results were even clearer in the north. There the Dresden Monarchs triumphed and left the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes no chance in either game. The Monarchs won 38-0 in Kiel and the second leg at home was even won 62-0. This was also the first promotion to the GFL for the Dresden Monarchs.

league	Home club	Visiting club	Result	After quarters
North	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	Dresden monarchs	0:38	0: 0; 0:10; 0:14; 0:14
North	Dresden monarchs	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	62: 0	14: 0; 20: 0; 21: 0; 7-0
south	Munich cowboys	Marburg Mercenaries	12:28	0:21; 0: 0; 7: 0; 5: 7
south	Marburg Mercenaries	Munich cowboys	42:23	14: 7; 7: 8; 14: 8; 7-0

The Marburg Mercenaries are promoted to the GFL-Süd, the Dresden Monarchs are promoted to the GFL-Nord. The Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (north) and the Munich Cowboys (south) descend.

Play-offs

Even in the quarter-finals, the Braunschweig Lions continued their march undeterred. In front of 7,261 spectators, the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns were clearly put in their place with 54: 3. The other three encounters were all the more exciting. In front of 4,500 spectators in Hamburg it took an outstanding performance from RB / WR Estrus Crayton, who with six touchdowns had a good share in the 49:42 win of the Blue Devils against the Franken Knights. Nevertheless, the Knights, who had already led 35:21 at half time, still had the opportunity to reach extra time, but the touchdown to equalize was canceled by a holding penalty. The Stuttgart Scorpions also got away with a black eye, after a 35:12 lead in the fourth quarter, they had to let the Cologne Crocodiles come closer to 35:32. The surprise therefore occurred in Rüsselsheim, where the local, favorite Rhein-Main Razorbacks had to admit defeat to the newcomers from Berlin, the Adlers, with 21:23. At halftime the Eagles were already leading 20: 8, but the Razorbacks came back and turned the tide in the third quarter to 21:20. But 27 seconds before the end of the game, Adlerkicker Peter Gärtner kicked his team into the semifinals from 27 yards away. Final score 23:21 for the eagles.

With the Adler victory, the Hamburg Blue Devils came to another home game, which they certainly won. The Adler, who had to admit defeat only 13: 7 and 17:10 in the regular season, had no chance against the Blue Devils in the semifinals and lost clearly with 41:13. In the other semi-final the result was even clearer, the Scorpions had no chance in Braunschweig, they were defeated by the Lions with 61:14. This resulted in the new edition of the previous year's finale in the German Bowl .

Quarter finals

Semifinals

German Bowl XXIV - Braunschweig

1N

Braunschweig Lions

54

4S

Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns

3

1N

Braunschweig Lions

61

2S

Stuttgart Scorpions

14th

2S

Stuttgart Scorpions

35

3N

Cologne crocodiles

32

1N

Braunschweig Lions

13

2N

Hamburg Blue Devils

16

1S

Rüsselsheim Razorbacks

21st

4N

Berlin eagle

23

4N

Berlin eagle

13

2N

Hamburg Blue Devils

41

2N

Hamburg Blue Devils

49

3S

Franken Knights

42

German Bowl

At a packed Brunswick over 21,000 spectators Municipal Stadium at the Hamburg street who found German Bowl XXIV in Braunschweig instead. The favorite were the local Braunschweig Lions, who won the regular season games against the Blue Devils with 43: 7 and 17:10. The Blue Devils, for their part, had won the German Bowl against the Lions the year before. And the underdog won again. In a game with few points, the Blue Devils came out on top with 16:13 and spoiled the Lions' Perfect Season , that is, a season without any point loss.

Scoreboard

German Bowl XXIV
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Hamburg Blue Devils		16	13	3	0	0
Braunschweig Lions		13	7th	0	3	3
Hamburg	Braunschweig	player	Move
0	7th	Rafiq Cooper	6-yard pass from Todd Cunningham (PAT Marko Rothaar)
7th	7th	Dominic guest	8-yard run (PAT Timo Erbs)
13	7th	Maximilian von Garnier	41-yard pass from Kareem Wilson (PAT not good)
16	7th	Timo Erbs	35-yard field goal
16	10	Marko Rothaar	23-yard field goal
16	13	Marko Rothaar	31-yard field goal

Web links

• Official GFL homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Panther: Waiver of Bundesliga license ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ GFL Nord 2002 with Berlin ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ All games of the Rothenburg Knights in the 1987 season were taken out of the rating, source: www.football-history.de
4. ↑ Dresden Monarchs and Marburg Mercenaries in GFL ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Huddle 39/2002
6. ↑ The Lions' winning streak continues ( memento of the original from October 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Berlin shocked Südmeister ( memento of the original from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Hamburg Blue Devils and Braunschweig Lion move into the German Bowl. ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Huddle 42/2002