British Universities American Football League

British Universities American Football League

BUAFL logo
Sport	American football
Founded	2007
Divisions	4 with a total of 15 conferences
No. of teams	79 (2024–25 season)
Country	United Kingdom
Most recent champion(s)	UWE Bullets [1]

The British Universities American Football League (BUAFL) is an American football league contested by university teams in the United Kingdom as part of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) organisation. The league was formed by the British American Football Association (BAFA), the national governing body of American football in the UK, in 2007 as the successor to the British Collegiate American Football League, after BAFA withdrew its recognition of the British Student American Football Association which ran that league. ^{[2] [3]} The BUAFL has been credited with reviving interest in American football in the UK. ^[4]

From 2008, the BUAFL was officially associated with the National Football League (NFL), through its partner organisation NFL UK. ^[5] In 2012, BUAFL's league and teams were absorbed into BUCS after American football became an official BUCS sport. ^[6] Over the period 2007 to 2014, the BUAFL grew from 42 teams and 2,460 participants to 75 teams and over 4,100 people involved. ^[7] It has remained at a similar size since, with 79 teams from 77 institutions and over 4,000 students involved in the 2024–25 season. ^[8]

As of 2024, ^[update] BUCS American football is entirely full-contact, but The Times has reported that a flag football competition is planned for the 2025–26 season. ^[9]

Media

The BUCS American Football leagues are covered by multiple outlets such as American Football International and Sportank. The Latter of which starting live streaming games in January 2022 ^[10] as well as hosting a weekly show called "The Rundown", predictions and rankings posts, ^[11] with Chris "Tebbs" Tebbutt being the key contributor and commentator for the BUCS fixtures.

League structure

Current structure

In 2024, BUCS introduced a five-team Premier National division above the Premier North and Premier South. Only the national champions, UWE, were promoted from the Premier South with the other four teams being the four that qualified for the post-season from the Premier North. There was no relegation from either regional premier league after the 2023–24 season. The reorganisation retained six regional Tier 1 divisions and six (different) regional Tier 2 divisions. The Tier 1 divisions for 2024/25 were: Midlands and Yorkshire, Northern, Scottish, South Eastern, South Western, and Southern, and the Tier 2 divisions were Midlands, North Eastern, North Western, South Eastern, South Western, and Southern. The teams allocated to the premier divisions at the start of the 2024–2025 season were: ^{[12] [13]}

Premier divisions

National
Durham Saints Leeds Beckett Carnegie Loughborough Students Nottingham Gold UWE Bullets
North	South
Leeds Gryphons Liverpool Raptors Newcastle Raiders NTU Renegades Warwick Wolves	Birmingham Lions Cardiff Cobras Exeter Demons Portsmouth Destroyers SGS Pride

Saints

Students

Renegades

Gold

Gryphons

Carnegie

Raiders

Raptors

Wolves

Lions

Cobras

Pride

Bullets

Destroyers

Demons

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Premier National teams (gold), Premier North teams (red), Premier South teams (blue)

Tier 1 divisions

Scottish	Northern	Midlands and Yorkshire
Aberdeen Bulls Edinburgh Mavericks Edinburgh Napier Knights Glasgow Tigers Heriot-Watt Wolverines Stirling Clansmen UWS Pyros	Liverpool John Moores Fury Manchester Tyrants MMU Eagles Northumbria Mustangs UCLan Rams	Coventry Jets Hull Sharks Leicester Longhorns Nottingham Green Sheffield Hallam Warriors
Southern	South East	South West
Brighton Panthers Brunel Burners Hertfordshire Hurricanes Oxford Lancers Reading Knights	Essex Blades Kent Falcons King's College Regents UCL Emperors UEA Pirates	Bath Killer Bees Bournemouth Bobcats Bristol Barracuda Southampton Stags Swansea Titans

Tier 2 Divisions

North Western	North Eastern	Midlands
Edge Hill Vikings Keele Crusaders Lancaster Bombers Staffordshire Stallions	Bradford Bears Sheffield Sabres Sunderland Spartans York Centurions YSJ Jaguars	ARU Siege Cambridge Pythons Derby Braves DMU Lions Lincoln Colonials
Southern	South Western	South Eastern
Chichester Spitfires OBU Panthers Royal Holloway Bears Solent Redhawks Surrey Stingers Sussex Saxons	Bath Spa Bulldogs Gloucester Gladiators Plymouth Blitz Tarannau Aberystwyth UWE Pellets Worcester Royals	Canterbury Chargers City Wolfpack Greenwich Mariners Imperial Immortals Kingston Cougars QMUL Vipers

2016–2023 structure

A revised structure was announced by BUCS on 26 August 2016. This consisted of two Premier divisions, six regional Tier 1 divisions and six regional Tier 2 divisions. ^[14] This differed from the standard BUCS structure of five geographical regions below Premier level. ^[15] The Premier and Tier 1 divisions were considered to be of "high performance" by the BAFA and BUCS.^{[ citation needed ]} For the 2023–2024 season, the Tier 1 regional divisions were Scottish, Northern, Midlands, Southern, South Western, and South Eastern, while the Tier 2 regional divisions were Northern A, Northern B, Midlands, Southern, South Western, and South Eastern. ^[16]

Over the course of the regular season, each team in the Premier and Tier 1 played between eight regular season games. Each team played everyone in their division twice; once home and once away. For the 2016/17 season, Tier 2 was broken down into six conferences, five of seven teams and one (South East) of eight; teams in Tier 2 playee a six-game season (seven in the South East division), playing each other only once. ^[14]

Earlier structures

The first two full seasons of BUCS American Football preserved the single tier, eight conference structure inherited from BUAFL. In 2014–15, this was changed to a two tier system with the formation of two Premier divisions (North and South), each of five teams. The eight regional conferences, slightly reorganised (in particular, the small Scottish conference became the more balanced Borders conference, including teams from northern England) to contain 8 or 9 teams each, became the second tier. At the same time the Championship was reduced to the top two teams from each Premier division and the Challenge trophy was replaced with cup competitions for North and South Tier 1 divisional winners, with the winners being promoted to the appropriate Premier division. ^[15]

For the 2015–16 season, the league was split in three tiers. The premier remained organised into North and South, although the top four (of five) in each division now entered the Championship playoff, with the fifth being relegated. The second tier contained 6 geographic division, three Northern (Scottish North, Northern and Midlands) and three Southern (Western, South and Southeastern). The Trophy playoffs took the top two from each division plus the top two remaining teams with the best record from the northern and southern regions, the playoffs were structured with a "northern semi-final" and a "southern semi-final", with the semi-final winners promoted to the respective Premier division regardless of the result in the final. The third tier was organised into 8 divisions, four Northern (Scottish North, Northern, Midlands and North Midlands) and four Southern (Western, South, Southeastern and London). ^{[15] [17]} The major change for the 2016–17 season was the reduction to six divisions (and a consequent increase in the number of teams per division) in the third tier (Tier 2), although not fully matching the geographical regions in the second tier (Tier 1). ^[14]

League results

2023-24 regular season standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green – there was no relegation in this season due to the league reorganisation; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. Team names shaded in blue indicate promotion to the Premier National.

Premier North [18]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Nottingham Gold	8	0	0	1.000	246	54	16
Leeds Beckett Carnegie	5	2	0	0.714	198	43	10
Durham Saints	4	3	0	0.571	133	78	8
Loughborough Students	2	6	0	0.250	94	193	4
Newcastle Raiders	0	8	0	0.000	39	342	0

Premier South [19]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
UWE Bullets	8	0	0	1.000	486	0	16
SGS Pride	6	2	0	0.750	237	66	10
Birmingham Lions	2	6	0	0.250	68	319	4.2
Portsmouth Destroyers	2	6	0	0.250	73	279	4.1
Cardiff Cobras	2	6	0	0.250	100	300	4

2022-23 regular season standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [20]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Nottingham Gold	7	1	0	0.875	332	57	14
Leeds Beckett Carnegie	7	1	0	0.875	311	50	14
Durham Saints	3	5	0	0.375	83	196	6
Newcastle Raiders	3	5	0	0.375	133	185	6
Stirling Clansmen	0	8	0	0.000	8	379	0

Premier South [21]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
UWE Bullets	8	0	0	1.000	604	28	16
SGS Pride	6	2	0	0.750	338	106	12
Birmingham Lions	4	4	0	0.500	107	263	8
UEA Pirates	2	6	0	0.250	33	407	4
Cardiff Cobras	0	8	0	0.000	24	302	0

Pirates relegated to South East division after losing in the first round of the playoffs; Cobras remained in Premier South.

2021-22 regular season standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [22]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Nottingham Gold	7	1	0	0.875	309	72	14
Leeds Beckett Carnegie	6	2	0	0.750	239	163	12
Durham Saints	5	3	0	0.625	207	147	10
Stirling Clansmen	2	6	0	0.250	93	239	4
Leeds Gryphons	0	8	0	0.000	10	237	-2 [23]

Premier South [24]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
UWE Bullets	8	0	0	1.000	417	0	16
Birmingham Lions	6	2	0	0.750	204	143	12
Cardiff Cobras	3	5	0	0.375	117	239	6
UEA Pirates	2	6	0	0.250	80	229	4
Swansea Titans	1	7	0	0.125	26	233	0

2019-20 regular season standings

The 2019-20 regular season was completed prior to the suspension of university sports due to Covid-19, although only the first-round (quarter final) matches of the post-season were played and thus no overall champion was named. ^[25]

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [26]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Durham Saints	6	2	0	0.750			12
Stirling Clansmen	6	2	0	0.750			12
Nottingham Gold	4	4	0	0.500			8
Leeds Beckett Carnegie	4	4	0	0.500			8
Coventry Jets	0	8	0	0.000			0

Premier South [27]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
UWE Bullets	7	1	0	0.875			14
Birmingham Lions	7	1	0	0.875			14
Swansea Titans	2	5	1	0.250			5
UEA Pirates	2	6	0	0.250			4
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	1	6	1	0.125			3

2018-19 regular season standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [28]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Nottingham Gold	8	0	0	1.000	204	42	16
Leeds Beckett Carnegie	5	3	0	0.625	194	130	10
Durham Saints	4	4	0	0.500	152	113	8
Stirling Clansmen	3	5	0	0.375	138	159	6
Derby Braves	0	8	0	0.000	33	277	0

Premier South [29]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
UWE Bullets	6	2	0	0.750	212	134	12
Swansea Titans	5	3	0	0.625	174	119	10
Birmingham Lions	5	3	0	0.625	198	190	10
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	3	4	0	0.429	155	144	6
Portsmouth Destroyers	0	7	0	0.000	46	198	0

2017–18 final standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [30]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Durham Saints	7	0	0	1.000	190	63	14
Stirling Clansmen	4	3	0	0.571	174	117	8
Leeds Beckett	4	4	0	0.500	124	164	8
Derby Braves	3	5	0	0.375	167	140	6
Loughborough Students	1	7	0	0.125	46	217	2

Premier South [29]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Birmingham Lions	7	1	0	0.875	276	156	14
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	6	2	0	0.750	205	133	12
Swansea Titans	3	3	0	0.500	180	121	16
Portsmouth Destroyers	2	4	0	0.333	104	133	4
Bath Killer Bees	0	8	0	0.000	68	290	0

2016–17 final standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [31]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Stirling Clansmen	6	2	0	0.750	204	122	12
Loughborough Students	6	2	0	0.750	95	86	12
Derby Braves	4	4	0	0.500	142	180	8
Durham Saints	3	5	0	0.375	88	38	6 [32]
Nottingham Trent Renegades	1	7	0	0.125	74	167	2

Premier South [33]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	7	1	0	0.875	206	91	14
Birmingham Lions	5	3	0	0.625	175	114	10
Swansea Titans	5	3	0	0.625	159	138	10
Bath Killer Bees	2	6	0	0.375	83	135	4
Kingston Cougars	1	7	0	0.125	90	149	2

2015–16 final standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [34]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Stirling Clansmen	8	0	0	1.000	268	88	16
Durham Saints	5	2	0	0.714	189	132	10 [35]
Derby Braves	4	4	0	0.500	144	163	8
Loughborough Students	2	6	0	0.250	104	160	10
Hallam Warriors	0	7	0	0.000	62	224	0 [35]

Premier South [36]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Birmingham Lions	8	0	0	1.000	232	45	16
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	5	3	0	0.625	190	109	10
Kingston Cougars	4	4	0	0.500	102	134	8
Bath Killer Bees	3	5	0	0.375	143	163	6
Imperial Immortals	0	8	0	0.000	46	262	0

2014–15 final standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and relegation is shaded in red; position in the Championship bracket is based on final positions in the two divisions. League position is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Premier North [37]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Durham Saints	7	1	0	0.875	233	119	14
Stirling Clansmen	6	2	0	0.750	271	68	12
Loughborough Students	5	3	0	0.625	178	150	10
Derby Braves	1	7	0	0.125	68	211	2
Sheffield Sabres	1	7	0	0.125	60	262	0 [38]

Premier South [39]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Birmingham Lions	7	1	0	0.875	259	30	14
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	7	1	0	0.875	275	56	14
Bath Killer Bees	4	4	0	0.500	140	170	8
Imperial Immortals	2	6	0	0.250	50	133	2 [40]
Brighton Tsunami	0	8	0	0.000	15	350	0

2013–14 final standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and trophy qualification is shaded in orange. Seeding is based on number of points scored, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Saltire (Scottish) [41]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Stirling Clansmen	8	0	0	1.000	622	13	16
Glasgow Tigers	5	3	0	0.625	176	264	10
Edinburgh Predators	4	4	0	0.500	130	201	8
Edinburgh Napier Knights	3	5	0	0.375	125	244	6
UWS Pyros	0	8	0	0.000	42	373	0
Big North Western (BNWC) [42]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Sheffield Sabres	7	1	0	0.875	197	61	14
Derby Braves	7	1	0	0.875	320	42	14
Hallam Warriors	7	1	0	0.875	274	96	14
LJMU Fury	6	2	0	0.750	246	129	12
UCLan Rams	5	3	0	0.625	254	90	10
Bangor MudDogs	3	5	0	0.375	140	208	6
MMU Eagles	3	5	0	0.375	121	193	6
Lancaster Bombers	3	5	0	0.375	174	294	6
Staffordshire Stallions	2	6	0	0.250	140	229	4
Manchester Tyrants	0	7	0	0.000	61	200	0
Keele Crusaders	0	7	0	0.000	6	386	0
North Eastern (NEC) [43]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Durham Saints	7	0	0	1.000	316	41	14
Sunderland Spartans	7	1	0	.875	229	115	14
Leeds Carnegie	6	2	0	.750	135	59	12
Hull Sharks	6	2	0	.750	155	87	12
Newcastle Raiders	5	3	0	.625	140	134	10
York Centurions	4	4	0	.500	140	215	8
Northumbria Mustangs	3	5	0	.375	104	114	6
Huddersfield Hawks	2	5	0	.286	146	144	4
Leeds Celtics	2	6	0	.250	100	162	4
Bradford Bears	1	7	0	.125	42	187	2
Teesside Cougars	0	8	0	.000	69	312	0
Midlands Athletics (MAC) [44]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Birmingham Lions	8	0	0	1.000	206	21	16
Loughborough Students	7	1	0	.875	340	76	14
NTU Renegades	6	2	0	.750	214	117	12
Nottingham	4	4	0	.500	122	99	8
Warwick Wolves	4	4	0	.500	193	145	8
Coventry Jets	3	4	0	.429	149	190	6
DMU Falcons	3	5	0	.375	87	176	6
Worcester Royals	3	5	0	.375	77	213	6
Lincoln Colonials	3	4	0	.429	52	113	6
Wolverhampton Wildcats	1	6	0	.143	58	153	2

South Western Athletics (SWAC) [45]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Bath Killer Bees	7	0	0	1.000	253	47	14
UWE Bullets	6	1	0	.857	211	65	12
Swansea Titans	6	1	0	.857	288	88	12
Exeter Demons	4	3	0	.571	198	175	8
Gloucester Gladiators	3	4	0	.429	63	97	6
Cardiff Cobras	2	3	0	.400	81	86	4
Plymouth Blitz	1	3	0	.250	56	141	2
Tarannau Aberystwyth	1	5	0	.166	88	127	2
Bristol Barracuda	1	6	0	.143	89	210	2
Bath Spa Bulldogs	0	5	0	.000	13	322	0
Oyster Card (London) [46]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Imperial Immortals	8	0	0	1.000	145	36	16
Kingston Cougars	7	1	0	.875	186	21	14
Royal Holloway Bears	6	2	0	.750	228	82	12
Brunel Burners	5	3	0	.625	224	80	10
King's College Regents	4	4	0	.500	87	141	8
Greenwich Mariners	3	5	0	.375	97	172	6
Westminster Dragons	1	6	0	.143	60	142	2
London City Sentinels	0	8	0	.000	24	320	0
LSBU Spartans	1	6	0	.143	38	106	−2**
South Coast (SCC) [47]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Brighton Tsunami	8	0	0	1.000	236	40	16
Southampton Stags	7	1	0	.875	236	48	14
Portsmouth Destroyers	6	2	0	.750	197	47	12
Surrey Stingers	5	3	0	.625	82	106	10
OBU Panthers	4	4	0	.500	96	103	8
Reading Knights	2	5	0	.286	86	155	4
Solent Redhawks	2	6	0	.250	209	217	4
Sussex Saxons	1	6	0	.143	102	218	2
Oxford Lancers	0	8	0	.000	31	294	0
South Central (SCC) [48]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	8	0	0	1.000	384	6	16
Cambridge Pythons	7	1	0	.875	243	67	14
Kent Falcons	5	2	0	.714	122	65	10
UEA Pirates	5	3	0	.625	142	65	10
Northampton Nemesis	4	3	0	.571	129	158	8
BNU Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375	67	143	6
Canterbury Chargers	1	6	0	.143	46	180	2
Anglia Ruskin Rhinos	1	7	0	.125	42	224	2
Essex Blades	0	7	0	.000	13	270	0

2012–13 final standings

Championship qualification is shaded in green, and trophy qualification is shaded in orange. Seeding is based on number of points scored, with 1 point for a win, 0 points for a tie and 0 points for a loss

Saltire (Scottish) [49]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Stirling Clansmen	8	0	0	1.000			8
Glasgow Tigers	6	2	0	0.750			6
Edinburgh Predators	2	4	0	0.333			2
UWS Pyros	2	5	0	0.286			2
Edinburgh Napier Knights	0	7	0	0.000			0
Big North Western (BNWC) [49]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Derby Braves	8	0	0	1.000			8
Sheffield Sabres	7	1	0	0.875			7
Manchester Tyrants	6	2	0	0.750			6
UCLan Rams	5	3	0	0.625			5
Hallam Warriors	3	3	0	0.500			3
Staffordshire Stallions	2	5	0	0.286			2
LJMU Fury	2	4	0	0.250			2
Lancaster Bombers	2	5	0	0.285			2
Huddersfield Hawks	2	6	0	0.250			2
MMU Eagles	2	6	0	0.250			2
Bangor MudDogs	1	5	0	0.167			1
North Eastern (NEC) [49]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Hull Sharks	7	0	0	1.000			7
Leeds Carnegie	6	2	0	0.750			6
Newcastle Raiders	5	3	0	0.625			5
Bradford Bears	4	4	0	0.500			4
Leeds Celtics	4	3	0	0.571			4
Sunderland Spartans	3	4	0	0.429			3
Northumbria Mustangs	2	5	0	0.286	104	114	2
Durham Saints	2	3	0	0.400			2
Teesside Cougars	1	6	0	0.143			1
York Centurions	1	5	0	0.167			1
Midlands Athletics (MAC) [49]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Birmingham Lions	8	0	0	1.000			8
Loughborough Students	7	1	0	0.875			7
NTU Renegades	6	2	0	0.750			6
Warwick Wolves	6	1	0	0.857			6
Coventry Jets	3	3	0	0.500			3
Northampton Nemesis	3	4	0	0.429			3
Nottingham	2	5	0	0.286			2
Leicester	2	5	0	0.286			2
Lincoln Colonials	1	7	0	0.125			1
DMU Falcons	1	6	0	0.143			1
Wolverhampton Wildcats	0	5	0	0.000			0

Western [49]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Bath Killer Bees	8	0	0	1.000			8
Gloucester Gladiators	6	2	0	0.750			6
UWE Bullets	6	1	0	0.857			6
Swansea Titans	5	3	0	0.625			5
Plymouth Blitz	4	3	0	0.571			4
Exeter Demons	3	5	0	0.375			3
Tarannau Aberystwyth	3	3	0	0.500			3
Bristol Barracuda	2	5	0	0.286			2
Cardiff Cobras	1	4	0	0.200			1
Bath Spa Bulldogs	0	6	0	0.000			0
Worcester Royals	0	5	0	0.000			0
South Eastern A [49]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	8	0	0	1.000			8
Cambridge Pythons	5	1	0	0.833			5
UEA Pirates	4	2	0	0.667			4
Kent Falcons	3	1	0	0.750			3
Essex Blades	3	2	0	0.600			3
Imperial Immortals	3	2	0	0.600			3
Westminster Dragons	2	3	0	0.400			2
Canterbury Chargers	2	4	0	0.333			2
Anglia Ruskin Rhinos	1	4	0	0.200			1
Greenwich Mariners	1	6	0	0.143			1
King's College Regents	0	4	0	0.000			0
LSBU Spartans	0	3	0	0.000			0
South Eastern B [49]
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Pts
Portsmouth Destroyers	7	1	0	0.875			7
Kingston Cougars	7	1	0	0.875			7
Southampton Stags	6	2	0	0.750			6
Brighton Tsunami	5	3	0	0.625			5
BNU Buccaneers	4	2	0	0.667			4
Brunel Burners	4	3	0	0.571			4
Solent Redhawks	3	5	0	0.375			3
Reading Knights	3	3	0	0.500			3
OBU Panthers	2	5	0	0.286			2
Surrey Stingers	2	5	0	0.286			2
Royal Holloway Bears	0	7	0	0.000			0
Oxford Lancers	0	6	0	0.000			0

National championship

Most wins

Team	Champions	Runners-up
Birmingham Lions	4	3
Stirling Clansmen	3	1
UWE Bullets	3	0
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	1	3
Durham Saints	1	2
Southampton Stags	1	0
Portsmouth Destroyers	1	0
Leeds Beckett Carnegie	1	0
Nottingham Gold	0	2
Staffordshire Stallions	0	1
Newcastle Raiders	0	1
Loughborough Aces	0	1
Derby Braves	0	1

Championship games

Season	Winning team		Losing team		notes
2007–2008	Southampton Stags	54	Staffordshire Stallions	20
2008–2009	Birmingham Lions	42	Newcastle Raiders	2
2009–2010	Birmingham Lions	27	Loughborough Aces	16
2010–2011	Portsmouth Destroyers	20	Birmingham Lions	19
2011–2012	Hertfordshire Hurricanes	37	Birmingham Lions	19
2012–2013 [50]	Birmingham Lions	17	Hertfordshire Hurricanes	13	First BUCS championship
2013–2014 [51]	Stirling Clansmen	20	Birmingham Lions	15
2014–2015 [52]	Stirling Clansmen	46	Hertfordshire Hurricanes	6
2015–2016 [53]	Birmingham Lions	19	Stirling Clansmen	13
2016–2017 [54]	Stirling Clansmen	10	Durham Saints	7	MVP: SC QB Andres Donat
2017–2018 [55]	Durham Saints	17	Derby Braves	6
2018-2019 [56]	Leeds Beckett Carnegie	57	Hertfordshire Hurricanes	13	MVP: LBC S Tyler Broad
2021-2022 [57]	UWE Bullets	28	Nottingham Gold	21	MVP: UWE CB Brian Peavy[ citation needed ]
2022–2023 [58]	UWE Bullets	34	Nottingham Gold	27
2023–2024 [59]	UWE Bullets	52	Durham Saints	0	MVP: Danny Crane

Challenge trophy, divisional cups, and national trophy

The challenge trophy was replaced by the two divisional cups for the transitional 2014–15 season, which were replaced in turn by the national trophy from 2015–16.

Trophy games

Season	Winning team		Losing team		Notes
2008–2009	Bath Killer Bees	13	Sheffield Hallam Warriors	8
2009–2010	Greenwich Mariners	12	Stirling Clansmen	0
2010–2011	Cardiff Cobras	20	UCH Sharks	0
2011–2012	Sheffield Sabres	25	Bath Killer Bees	8
2012–2013 [60]	NTU Renegades	42	Southampton Stags	28	MVP: NTU QB Danny Miller
2013–2014 [61]	Swansea Titans	38	Royal Holloway Bears	12	MVP: ST QB Simon George
2014–2015 (North) [62]	Sheffield Hallam Warriors	26	Glasgow Tigers	6	Sheffield Hallam promoted to Premier North
2014–2015 (South) [63]	Kingston Cougars	42	Surrey Stingers	9	Kingston promoted to Premier South
2015–2016 [64]	Swansea Titans	21	NTU Renegades	16	Swansea promoted to Premier South, NTU promoted to Premier North
2016–2017 [65]	Leeds Beckett Carnegie	28	Portsmouth Destroyers	7	MVP: LBC QB Chris Winrow, Carnegie promoted to Premier North, Portsmouth promoted to Premier South
2017–2018	Nottingham	43	UWE Bullets	0	Nottingham promoted to Premier North, UWE promoted to Premier South
2018–2019 [66]	Coventry Jets	26	UEA Pirates	0	Coventry promoted to Premier North, UEA Promoted to Premier South
2021–2022 [67]	SGS Pride	21	Newcastle Raiders	8	Newcastle promoted to Premier North, SGS Promoted to Premier South
2022–2023 [68]	Loughborough Students	29	Portsmouth Destroyers	0	Loughborough promoted to Premier North, Portsmouth Promoted to Premier South
2023–2024 [69]	Exeter Demons	37	NTU Renegades	26	NTU promoted to Premier North (among with others under league reorganisation), Exeter promoted to Premier South

Most valuable player awards

Most valuable player (MVP) awards have been given out sporadically at best. There has been no central committee to give MVP awards since at least the 2015–2016 season.

Season	League MVP	Offensive MVP	Defensive MVP
2008–2009		Tristan Varney (Birmingham Lions)	Ed Butcher (Southampton Stags)
2009–2010	David Saul (Sheffield Hallam Warriors)	Tristan Varney (Birmingham Lions)	Ed Butcher (Solent Redhawks)
2010–2011		Adam Hope (Loughborough Aces)	Russ Waddell (Bristol Barracuda)
2011–2012	Joe Thompson (Hertfordshire Hurricanes)
2012–2013	Dan Conroy (Birmingham Lions)

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External links

• Official BUAFL Website