Belfast Knights

American Football team in Ireland

The Belfast Knights is an American Football team and Ireland's longest running American Football club, formerly Carrickfergus Knights. Founded in 1993 by Eddie Kelly, the Knights have been National Champions 3 times, in 1997, 1998 and 2002 and have competed in 9 of the 15 championship games.[citation needed]

Season by season IAFL records

Season records
Season W L T Finish Playoff results
IAFL
1994 ? ? ? ?? Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl IX
1995 ? ? ? ?? Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl X
1996 ? ? ? ?? ??
1997 ? ? ? IAFL League Champions Champions – Shamrock Bowl XII
1998 6 0 2 IAFL League Champions Champions – Shamrock Bowl XIII
1999 ? ? ? ?? Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XIV
2000 0 0 0 No League Play N/A
2001 5 1 0 IAFL League Champions Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XV
2002 4 2 0 2nd IAFL Champions – Shamrock Bowl XVI
2003 5 1 0 IAFL League Champions Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XVII
2004 6 1 1 2nd IAFL Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XVIII
2005 5 2 1 3rd IAFL Beaten Semi-finalists
2006 6 2 0 2nd IAFL Beaten Semi-finalists
2007 3 4 1 3rd IAFL North –
2008 3 5 0 2nd IAFL North –
2009 6 2 0 3rd IAFL Beaten Semi-finalists
2010 6 2 0 3rd IAFL Beaten Semi-finalists
2011 6 2 0 2nd IAFL Beaten Semi-finalists
2012 2 6 0 3rd IAFL North Beaten Semi-finalists
2013 3 4 1 IAFL North SBC Beaten Quarter-Finalists
2014 3 5 0 IAFL North SBC Beaten Quarter-Finalists
2015 2 6 0 IAFL North SBC –
2016 5 3 0 IAFL North SBC Beaten Quarter-Finalists
2017 5 3 0 IAFL North SBC Champions Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XXXI
Totals 81 51 6
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