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The Belfast Blitzers contined their run of being the only team in Britain and Ireland to not concede a point as they defeated the previously undefeated Craigavon Cowboys 22-0 in Goodyear Playing Fields, Portadown. The win put the Blitzers on 6-0 and handed the Cowboys their first defeat of the season as they fell to 5-1 in this Clash of the Titans. The record, however, was almost broken in the third quarter when a Cowboys Field Goal attempt crashed off the crossbar. Hayden Davis added two rushing touchdowns to his season tally and 111 yards as he put up 1100 yards on the season so far. Damien McHugh ran in the third Touchdown from 15 yards out, and George Neill, the ex-Glentoran Soccer player added two Point After Touchdown kicks and ran in a third for two points as the Blitzers ran out 22-0 winners.

Details

Date Time League Season
June 28, 1987 7:04 am Irish American Football League Mourne Conference 1987

Results

TeamT
Craigavon Cowboys0
AFL Ireland22

Craigavon Cowboys

Position Comp Att Yds Rec Rec Yds TD Int Lng Fum Lost
 0000000000

AFL Ireland

# Player Position Comp Att Yds Rec Rec Yds TD Int Lng Fum Lost
Hayden Davis-001110020000
35AFLI Australian Football League Ireland Nexventur Premiership Women 2022-0000010000
Home-0000000000
 Total 001110030000

Craigavon Cowboys

Position Comp Att Yds Rec Rec Yds TD Int Lng Fum Lost
 0000000000

AFL Ireland

# Player Position Comp Att Yds Rec Rec Yds TD Int Lng Fum Lost
Hayden Davis-001110020000
35AFLI Australian Football League Ireland Nexventur Premiership Women 2022-0000010000
Home-0000000000
 Total 001110030000
Comp
0
0
Att
0
0
Yds
0
111
Rec
0
0
Rec Yds
0
0
TD
0
3
Int
0
0
Lng
0
0
Fum
0
0
Lost
0
0

Recap

 

Scoring

BLI – Hayden Davis TD Run  (George Neill PAT) 0-7

BLI – Hayden Davis TD Run (George Neill PAT) 0-14

BLI – Damien McHugh 15yd TD Run (George Neill 2XP) 0-22

References

[25] Anon. (1987) “Big Blitz” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, June 29, 1987. Pg. 16. Past Editions of the Belfast Telegraph are Available to view on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [Accessed 8 December 2021]

[12] Britball Now (2016) Results Section [1987] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 23 March 2017]

Venue

Goodyear, Craigavon