The Bulldogs FA, also known as the Dawgs, are a Costa Rican American Football team based in San Jose, Costa Rica. They are currently members of FEFACR (American Football Federation of Costa Rica) for its acronym in Spanish. They are currently The Five-time champion on the league. The team, joined the FEFACR in 2008 being one of the league founders. The Dawgs earned their 5th Costa Rica Super Bowl. [1]
The Bulldogs wear two uniforms, their helmets are navy blue with a B on it, their home jersey is navy blue with white and gold numbers with white pants and navy blue socks.
For their away games, they usually wear their second uniform, which consists on the same navy blue helmet, but with a whole white uniform, with navy blue and gold numbers and navy blue socks.
As the team name, their mascot is a bulldog more often known as "Big Papi II". [2] A true bulldog that goes into the field with the team in every game.
Big Papi II is an original Bulldog, it has accompanied the team since the beginning of the Costa Rican Football League.
Official FEFACR Stats [3]
Unique Group | ||||||
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Team | Wins | Losses | Pct | PF | PA | Net Points |
Bulldogs | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 280 | 73 | 207 |
Toros | 5 | 3 | 0.625 | 273 | 122 | 151 |
Raptors | 4 | 4 | 0.500 | 227 | 112 | 115 |
Rhynos | 3 | 5 | 0.375 | 207 | 283 | -76 |
Dragons | 0 | 8 | 0.000 | 22 | 419 | -397 |
Group A | ||||||
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Team | Wins | Losses | Pct | PF | PA | Net Points |
Bulldogs | 7 | 1 | 0.875 | 272 | 88 | 184 |
Tiburones | 3 | 4 | 0.428 | 156 | 145 | 11 |
Dragons | 0 | 7 | 0.000 | 33 | 297 | -264 |
Group B | ||||||
Team | Wins | Losses | Pct | PF | PA | Net Points |
Toros | 7 | 1 | 0.875 | 337 | 123 | 214 |
Raptors | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 277 | 136 | 141 |
Rhynos | 1 | 6 | 0.142 | 52 | 358 | -306 |
Unique Group | ||||||
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Team | Wins | Losses | Pct | PF | PA | Net Points |
Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 342 | 104 | 238 |
Toros | 7 | 3 | 0.700 | 354 | 236 | 118 |
Raptors | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 224 | 278 | -44 |
Tiburones | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 105 | 200 | -95 |
Dragons | 0 | 8 | 0.000 | 21 | 248 | -227 |
Unique Group | ||||||
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Team | Wins | Losses | Pct | PF | PA | Net Points |
Toros | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 428 | 56 | 372 |
Tiburones | 7 | 2 | 0.375 | 167 | 109 | 58 |
Dragons | 3 | 5 | 0.375 | 129 | 155 | -26 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 5 | 0.375 | 100 | 187 | -87 |
Black Gators | 1 | 6 | 0.142 | 63 | 230 | -167 |
Mustangs | 1 | 6 | 0.142 | 63 | 213 | -150 |
The Bulldogs have won the last 3 Super Bowls, being the first American Football Team in Costa Rica to reach that record.
Year | Coach | Final Score | MVP |
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2010 | Jose Lopez | Bulldogs 35 - 33 Toros* | Reinhard Weiss |
2011 | Jose Lopez | Bulldogs 35 - 17 Toros | Dean Mooke |
2012 | Jose Lopez | Bulldogs 30 - 07 Toros* | Benjamin Chaverri |
*2010 Season, the team went undefeated(11-0)
**2012 Season, the team went undefeated(9-0)
The Bulldogs have played against international teams representing their Country Costa Rica
Date | Coach | Home Team | Final Score | Away Team | Field | Location |
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June 2010 | Jose Lopez | ![]() | 19 - 13 (OT) | ![]() | Cuty Monge Stadium | San Jose ![]() |
May 2012 | Jose Lopez | ![]() | 6 - 14 | ![]() | Perez Zeledon Sports Center | Pérez Zeledón ![]() |
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