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The 2007 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXI, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 23, 2007.
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The 2007 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXI, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 23, 2007.
Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2007 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:
| Division | Teams |
|---|---|
| BAFL Premier | 8 |
| BAFL 1 North | 6 |
| BAFL 1 South | 6 |
| BAFL 2 Central Conference | 5 |
| BAFL 2 North Conference | 6 |
| BAFL 2 South East Conference | 5 |
| BAFL 2 South West Conference | 5 |
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
Clinched playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green, for BAFL 2 divisions the colours have been changed to indicate Northern and Southern sides of the Playoffs.
| BAFL Premier | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) London Blitz | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9.500 | 259 | 74 | |
| (2) Coventry Cassidy Jets | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | 412 | 120 | |
| (3) Bristol Aztecs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.555 | 224 | 149 | |
| (4) London Olympians | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.555 | 151 | 95 | |
| Birmingham Bulls | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | 86 | 214 | |
| Gateshead Senators | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | 125 | 252 | |
| East Kilbride Pirates | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | 38 | 172 | |
| Southern Sundevils | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.000 | 20 | 292 | |
| BAFL 1 - North | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2) West Coast Trojans | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | 291 | 56 | |
| (3) Redditch Arrows | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 200 | 51 | |
| Yorkshire Rams | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0.600 | 152 | 106 | |
| Staffordshire Surge | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 132 | 125 | |
| Doncaster Mustangs | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 50 | 208 | |
| Chester Romans | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 37 | 209 | |
| BAFL 1 - South | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
| (1) Farnham Knights | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 468 | 89 | |
| (4) Ipswich Cardinals | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 230 | 109 | |
| Oxford Saints | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 220 | 220 | |
| Kent Exiles | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 92 | 259 | |
| Sussex Thunder | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | 141 | 264 | |
| Sussex Thunder | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0.050 | 51 | 283 | |
BritBowl XXI will then be played on September 23, 2007 at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
| Seed | Teams |
|---|---|
| 1 | London Blitz |
| 2 | Coventry Cassidy Jets |
| 3 | Bristol Aztecs |
| 4 | London Olympians |
| Semifinals | BritBowl | ||||||||
| 1 | London Blitz | 23 | |||||||
| 4 | London Olympians | 10 | 1 | London Blitz | 14 | ||||
| 2 | Coventry Cassidy Jets | 13 | 2 | Coventry Cassidy Jets | 6 | ||||
| 3 | Bristol Aztecs | 6 | |||||||
| Seed | Teams |
|---|---|
| 1 | Farnham Knights |
| 2 | West Coast Trojans |
| 3 | Redditch Arrows |
| 4 | Ipswich Cardinals |
| Semifinals | Championship Game | ||||||||
| 1 | Farnham Knights | 49 | |||||||
| 4 | Redditch Arrows | 14 | 1 | Farnham Knights | 47 | ||||
| 2 | West Coast Trojans | 13 | 3 | Ipswich Cardinals | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Ipswich Cardinals | 28 | |||||||
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