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National Football League Europe
Homepage:
http://www.nfleurope.com/
History:
NFL Europe League started in 1991
when former Denver Broncos coach
John Ralston was charged with finding
European talent to fill out the new
league. The league now consists of
both International and American ball
players.
Six teams now make up the NFL Europe
league including: Berlin Thunder,
Frankfurt Galaxy, Amsterdam Admirals,
Cologne Centurions, Rhein Fire, Scotland
Sea Devils.
The NFLEL games are played according
to the rules set down by the NFL.
Exceptions to those rules include:
- The defense can
score two points for returning
a ball over the opponents goal
line on an offense conversion attempt.
- Overtime is 10
minutes, with each team having
at least one offensive possession.
The team scoring the most points
after the overtime period is the
winner.
The World
Bowl is the leagues “Super
Bowl” with eleven championships
played. The champions are as follows:
1991 – London
1992 – Sacramento
1995 – Frankfurt
1996 – Scottish
1997 – Barcelona
1998 – Rhein
1999 – Frankfurt
2000 – Rhein
2001 – Berlin
2002 – Berlin
2003 – Frankfurt
2004 – Berlin
NFL Europe has been an excellent
training ground for players to catapult
into the NFL. At the date of this
writing, more than 200 players were
listed on NFL rosters having come
from the NFL Europe experience.
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