British Universities American Football League
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. The BUAFL has been credited with reviving interest in American football in the UK.
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| Sport | American football |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Divisions | 3 with a total of 14 conferences |
| No. of teams | 83 (2022–23 season) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Most recent champion(s) | Premier: UWE Bullets
Division 1: Filton College Pride Division 2: Liverpool University Raptors & Bournemouth University Bobcats |
From 2008, the BUAFL was officially associated with the National Football League (NFL), through its partner organisation NFL UK. In 2012, BUAFL's league and teams were absorbed into BUCS after American football became an official BUCS sport. 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.