USAFE Continental SC France District 1956
| P | W | L | T | |
| Toul Tigers | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Etain Pioneers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Evreux Normans | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Dreux Plainsmen | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Laon Rangers | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| SHAPE Indians | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Chaumont Mudhens | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Chambley Desert Rats | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Chateuroux Sabres | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Bordeaux Cardinals | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
USAFE Continental SC France District 1957
| P | W | L | T | |
| Toul Tigers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Etain Pioneers | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| SHAPE Indians | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Laon Rangers | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Dreux Plainsmen | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Chambley Desert Rats | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Evreux Normans | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Chaumont Mudhens | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Phalsbourg Falcons | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Chateauroux Sabres | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
USAFE Continental SC France District 1958
| P | W | L | T | |
| Laon Rangers | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Toul Tigers | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Evreux Normans | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| SHAPE Indians | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Chateauroux Sabres | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Phalsbourg Falcons | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Chaumont Mudhens | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Dreux Plainsmen ## | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Note: # Withdrew after fifth loss, remaining two games forfeited.
USAFE Continental SC France District 1959
| P | W | L | T | |
| SHAPE Indians | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Laon Rangers | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Toul Tigers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Chateauroux Sabres | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Evreux Normans | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Phalsbourg Falcons | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dreux Plainsmen | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
USAFE Continental SC France District 1960
| P | W | L | T | |
| SHAPE Indians | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Laon Rangers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Chateauroux Sabres | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Dreux Plainsmen | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Toul Tigers | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Report
The United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) Continental Sports Conference France District title was won by Toul Tigers (1956 to 1957), Laon Rangers again (1958) and SHAPE Indians (1959 to 1960), after which the France District was merged into the Continental Sports Conference along with the teams based in Germany.
The United States Air Force in Europe Football League (USAFE – pronounced “You-Safe”) was the League for Air Force Personnel stationed at Cold War Military Bases in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy & Greece.
There were three Conferences: UK Sports Conference, Continental Sports Conference (Germany & France) and Mediterranean Sports Conference (Italy & Greece). While the MSC was a competitive Conference, the Finals were usually played between the Winners of the UKSC and the CSC.
Following the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the USAFE Football League was discontinued and the only US Military Football now played in the UK is High School Football at Lakenheath, London Central (High Wycombe), Alconbury & Menwith Hill. [1]
The United States ARmy EURope played a separate League (USAREUR). [6]
The Ramstein Rams, Alconbury Spartans, Burtonwood Bullets & Weathersfield Raiders of the UK Sports Conference except the RamsteinR Rams (Continental Sports Conference) all played matches in Ireland, including one at Croke Park in aid of the Irish Red Cross. [3-7]
References
Bibliography
[1] Crawford, Russ (2016) “Le Football: A History of American Football in France”. pg. 87-110. Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & Lincoln.
[2] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 103-105. Published by the author.
[3] Lensmen Photographic Archive (2012) . “The 1950s Ireland in Pictures”. pg. 36. The O’Brien Press Ltd. Dublin, Ireland.
Newspapers
[4] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.
[5] Anon. (1954) . “Photo caption”. Northern Whig. 18 November 1954. pg. 6.
[6] Anon. (1966) . “Rams bring 45 ‘Rough Scrappers”. Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 1966. pg. 18.
Articles
[7] Magee, Damian. “English Beer and American Football: Exporting American Football as a Cultural Commodity to the British Isles.” Irish Journal of American Studies, vol. 7, 1998, pp. 121–148. JSTOR, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30002410.
Images
[8] USAFE Football (2020) USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5 [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/USAFE-Football-Coin_Hat-5.jpg [Accessed 18 July 2020]
[9] USAFE Football (2019) CSC Sports Patch [Internet] Available from: http://www.usafefootball.com/CSC-Sports-Patch.jpg [Accessed 8 November 2019]
Newspapers
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.
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