2008 USFA Harvest Bowl
CHAMPIONS - ALBANY METRO MALLERS

Nov. 1
   Troy Fighting Irish          0
@  Charlestown Townies  20

Nov. 15
      Brooklyn Mariners        8
@ Albany Metro Mallers   13

Nov. 22
       Charlestown Townies   0
@   Connecticut Giants       44

Nov. 29
USFA Harvest Bowl Championship
       Connecticut Giants         27
@  Albany Metro Mallers    30

2008 USFA Harvest Bowl Champions:
ALBANY METRO MALLERS

The longest running semi-pro football post league tournament in the country, the United States Football Association Tournament will celebrate its’ 20^th consecutive season in 2008.  This prestigious tournament has included some of the best semi-pro football teams of all-time.  Each season for the past two decades, some of the top ranked national teams, including many league champions, have battled it out on the gridiron to see which can lay claim to the USFA National title.  Many of the USFA champions and tournament teams can be considered as some of the best of all time.  Legendary names like the Marlboro Shamrocks, Racine Raiders, Dupage (now Kane County) Eagles, Brooklyn Mariners and Scranton Eagles have been in operation and often competing in the tournament since the early days.  Many other great teams have been a part of making this the most recognized, and arguably the highest level of our sport.   The USFA Tournament is now run by National Football Events, which also operates National Bowl Weekend (January in Florida), the NFE Coaches Poll National Rankings, the Winter League National Rankings and the annual Casino Bowl All-Star Game in Las Vegas.There are currently several different regional tournaments which are conducted within the USFA along with college style “Bowl Games”, played in Florida in January.  The 12 year old Harvest Bowl, featuring teams from the Northeast part of the country has become the USFA Harvest Bowl and will continue with the fine tradition of representing the leagues from the Northeast.  This year will mark the 4^th year of the Metro Bowl, which is now known as the USFA Metro Bowl and includes teams from the Mid Atlantic region.  In the Central part of the country, 2 tournaments will again held, the Midwest Football Tournament, whose champion will be pitted against the champ of another region, and the Mid-States Tournament, which will offer the opportunity of further post season play for teams in the Midwest.  2008 plans are being made now for a USFA Southeast tournament based on interest from several teams in that area.Each region is run as a separate tournament with the winners paired up for the next rounds. Travel and expenses are considered to make the most efficient matchups possible.  Payments can be made via the Natinoal Football Events website for the convenience of teams entering the tournaments. 

2008 AGENDA

The directors of National Football Events would like input from the many leagues and teams around the country who may be invited to participate in this seasons tourney.  This year, the directors are planning to set a schedule for commitments from leagues and teams to ensure the highest level of semi-pro football will include the best possible teams from all across the nation.  Champions of leagues will be the first to be invited to continue their seasons after league play, followed by runner-ups and the highest ranked teams according to the polls.  To help make the scheduling and overall quality of the tournament work most efficiently, we are asking that you contact National Football Events as soon as possible  to report the dates for championship games of your league as well as an indication if your team would be interested in participating in the tournament should your season be a successful one.  At this level of football, Semi-Pro, the main obstacle to overcome is travel and money, and while no organization can afford to travel cross country to play several games, the USFA tournaments offer the most efficient means to get some of the very best quality teams together to prove who is best “on the field.”We would like to begin the Regional’s at the earliest possible dates after a sufficient number of leagues have crowned champions. Ideas, comments and suggestions are always welcome to improve the tournaments and make our level of football the very best it can be.  Thank you for your support.  Good luck in 2008!

USFA Regional Tournaments:              We will also offer the following inaugural tournaments.

* Invitations and scheduling will be announced soon
           

CONTACTS

National Football Events        
Jim Nugent, Director                           JimNugent15@sbcglobal.net
P.O. Box 2175                                     Phone: 630-910-1818
Darien, IL  60561                                Fax:     630-515-1885
Cheri Kardas                                       info@nationalfootballevents.com
Sean McNamara                                  casinobowl@nationalfootballevents.com
John Kennedy                                      USFAtournaments@nationalfootballevents.com

Web Sites:     
National Football Events                    www.nationalfootballevents.com
USFA                                                  www.eteamz.com/UnitedStatesFootballAssociation
Casino Bowl                                       www.casinobowl.net
National Bowl Weekend                     www.nationalbowlweekend.com

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2008 NATIONAL FOOTBALL EVENTS COACHES POLL - results now available.

Click on "USFA" News on left for latest results.
For ballot please visit www.nationalfootballevents.com

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2007 Prince William (VA) Monarchs

2006 Northeast - Albany (NY) Metro Mallers / Midwest - Racine (WI) Raiders

2005 Midstate (IL) Steel

2004 Northern Tier (PA) Bruins

2003 Brooklyn (NY) Mariners

2002 Marlboro (MA) Shamrocks

2001 Racine(WI) Raiders

1999 Marlboro (MA) Shamrocks

1998 Marlboro (MA) Shamrocks

1997 Marlboro (MA) Shamrocks

1996 Down River (MI) Raiders

1995 Racine (WI) Raiders

1994 Marlboro (MA) Shamrocks

1993 Marlboro (MA) Shamrocks

1992 Racine(WI) Raiders

1991 Brooklyn (NY) Mariners

1990 Scranton (PA) Eagles

1989 Racine (WI) Raiders