2003–04 British Collegiate American Football League

The 2003–04 BCAFL was the 19th full season of the British Collegiate American Football League, organised by the British Students American Football Association.

Changes from last season

Divisional Changes

• The Northern Conference, Central Division became Western Division
• The Southern Conference expanded from three Divisions to four (gaining a Southern Division)

Team Changes

• Anglia Polytechnic University joined the Southern Conference, as the APU Phantoms
• University of Brighton joined the Southern Conference, as the Tsunami
• Glasgow Caledonian University joined the Northern Conference, as the Caledonian Roughriders
• Lancaster Bombers moved within the Northern Conference from Eastern to Borders Division
• Reading Knights moved within the Southern Conference from Central to Southern Division
• Sheffield Hallam University joined the Northern Conference, as the Warriors
• Southampton Stags moved within the Southern Conference from Western to Southern Division
• Sunderland Kings withdrew after one season back
• Surrey Stingers moved within the Southern Conference from Eastern to Southern Division

This increased the number of teams in BCAFL to 32.

Regular season

Clansmen

Roughriders

Tigers

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Locations of Scottish teams in BCAFL 2003–04

Aces

Blades

Blitz

Bombers

Braves

Bullets

Cavaliers

Celtics

Cobras

Cougars

Falcons

Hurricanes

Killer Bees

Knights

Lightning

Lions

Outlaws

Phantoms

Pirates

Raiders

Sabres

Sharks

Stags

Stallions

Stingers

Tarannau

Tsunami

Warriors

Wolves

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Locations of English and Welsh teams in BCAFL 2003–04

Northern Conference, Borders Division

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Stirling Clansmen	8	6	2	0	236	126	0.750	Qualified for Playoffs
Glasgow Tigers	8	5	3	0	270	129	0.625	Qualified for Playoffs
Newcastle Raiders	8	5	3	0	189	120	0.625
Lancaster Bombers	8	2	6	0	121	134	0.250
Caledonian Roughriders	8	0	8	0	36	376	0.000

Northern Conference, Eastern Division

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Leeds Celtics	8	7	1	0	100	51	0.875	Qualified for Playoffs
Sheffield Sabres	8	5	3	0	174	136	0.625
UT Cougars	8	4	4	0	195	134	0.500
UCH Sharks	8	3	5	0	83	114	0.375
Sheffield Hallam Warriors	8	2	6	0	110	125	0.250

Northern Conference, Western Division

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Staffordshire Stallions	8	7	1	0	252	54	0.875	Qualified for Playoffs
Loughborough Aces	8	7	1	0	161	102	0.875	Qualified for Playoffs
Nottingham Outlaws	8	6	2	0	172	100	0.750	Qualified for Playoffs
Leicester Lightning	8	2	5	1	35	197	0.312
Derby Braves	8	0	8	0	56	233	0.143

Southern Conference, Central Division

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Birmingham Lions	8	8	0	0	286	31	1.000	Qualified for Playoffs
Warwick Wolves	8	6	2	0	185	126	0.750
Oxford Cavaliers	8	1	7	0	29	176	0.125
Tarannau Aberystwyth	8	1	7	0	36	226	0.125

Southern Conference, Eastern Division

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Hertfordshire Hurricanes	8	8	0	0	300	32	1.000	Qualified for Playoffs
UEA Pirates	8	6	2	0	163	84	0.750	Qualified for Playoffs
Essex Blades	8	3	4	1	97	151	0.438
UKC Falcons	8	3	5	0	101	187	0.375
APU Phantoms	8	0	8	0	2	219	0.000

Southern Conference, Western Division

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Cardiff Cobras	8	6	2	0	186	67	0.750	Qualified for Playoffs
Bristol Bullets	8	6	2	0	160	66	0.750
Plymouth Blitz	8	3	5	0	74	94	0.375
Bath Killer Bees	8	2	6	0	92	162	0.250

Southern Conference, Southern Division

Team	Pld	Won	Lst	Drw	PF	PA	Win%
Southampton Stags	8	6	2	0	305	80	0.750	Qualified for Playoffs
Brighton Tsunami	8	5	3	0	44	73	0.625
Surrey Stingers	8	2	6	0	44	152	0.250
Reading Knights	8	2	6	0	44	152	0.250

Playoffs

Wild Cards

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

College Bowl XVIII

S.E1

Herts. Hurricanes

26

Cardiff Cobras

0

S.E2

UEA Pirates

0

S.W1

Cardiff Cobras

8

Herts. Hurricanes

32

Birmingham Lions

20

S.S1

Southampton Stags

27

S.C2

Warwick Wolves

6

Southampton Stags

0

S.C1

Birmingham Lions

33

Herts. Hurricanes

27

Staffordshire Stallions

6

N.E1

Leeds Celtics

20

Loughborough Aces

14

N.W3

Nottingham Outlaws

7

N.W2

Loughborough Aces

40

Leeds Celtics

22

Staffordshire Stallions

30

N.B1

Stirling Clansmen

32

N.B2

Glasgow Tigers

24

Stirling Clansmen

6

N.W1

Staffordshire Stallions

28

• Note – the table does not indicate who played home or away in each fixture.