Empire Football League

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Empire Football League

Sport	American football
Founded	1969
No. of teams	11
Country	United States Canada
Current champions	Albany Metro Mallers
Official website	Official Site

The Empire Football League (EFL) is a semi-professional American Football league that operates franchises based primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. The league has been in existence since 1969.

Since 1969, there have been many franchises that have come and gone and have existed in many other locations besides New York and Pennsylvania, including Vermont, Connecticut, Quebec, and Ontario.

The league attempts to promote Football at an amateur level and does help to prepare players who desire to play organized Football at a national or international level. The league's most dominant team has been the Scranton Eagles who have won a record 11 championships.

1 Franchises (as of 2007)
- 1.1 Northern Division
- 1.2 Southern Division
2 Champions
3 External links

[edit] Franchises (as of 2007)

[edit] Northern Division

Ottawa Deacon Demons
Châteauguay Titans
Lake City Stars of Plattsburgh
Vermont Ice Storm
St. Lawrence Valley Trailblazers

[edit] Southern Division

Amsterdam Zephyrs
Scranton Eagles
Broome County Dragons
Watertown Red & Black

[edit] Champions

[edit] External links

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Professional gridiron football leagues

Year	Champion team	Defeated team
1969	Hudson Falls Greenjackets	(no game)
1970	Tri-Cities Jets	Hudson Vikings
1971	Lackawanna County Eagles (9-1-0)	Tri-Cities Jets (9-1-0), 26 to 13 (@ Scranton, 10/30/71)
1972	Tri-Cities Jets {11-0-0)	Lackawanna County Eagles (9-2-0) (@ Binghamton)
1973	Oneonta Indians	(no game)
1974	Glove Cities Colonials	(no game)
1975	Oneonta Indians	Albany Metro Mallers
1976	Hudson Falls Greenjackets	Albany Metro Mallers
1977	Troy Uncle Sammies	Glove Cities Colonials
1978	Troy Uncle Sammies	Hudson Falls Greenjackets
1979	Albany Metro Mallers	Troy Uncle Sammies
1980	Watertown Red & Black	Troy Uncle Sammies
1981	Binghamton Jets	Glens Falls Greenjackets
1982	Scranton Eagles	Glens Falls Greenjackets
1983	Scranton Eagles	Glens Falls Greenjackets
1984	Scranton Eagles	Glens Falls Greenjackets
1985	Syracuse Express	Glens Falls Greenjackets
1986	Scranton Eagles	Syracuse Express
1987	Scranton Eagles	Albany Metro Mallers
1988	Scranton Eagles	Ottawa Bootleggers
1989	Albany Metro Mallers	Scranton Eagles
1990	Scranton Eagles	Albany Metro Mallers
1991	Scranton Eagles	Montreal Voyaguers
1992	Newburgh Raiders	Scranton Eagles
1993	Newburgh Raiders	Scranton Eagles
1994	Scranton Eagles	Newburgh Raiders
1995	Newburgh Raiders	Syracuse Storm
1996	Newburgh Raiders	Columbia County Colts
1997	Binghamton Jets	Capitaland Thunder
1998	Kingston Panthers	Connecticut Chiefs
1999	Scranton Eagles	Kingston Panthers
2000	Syracuse Vipers	Scranton Eagles
2001	Syracuse Vipers	Scranton Eagles
2002	Orange County Bulldogs	Glen Falls Greenjackets
2003	Glens Falls Greenjackets	Watertown Red & Black
2004	Glens Falls Greenjackers	Albany Metro Mallers
2005	Albany Metro Mallers 33	Orange County Bulldogs 0
2006	Albany Metro Mallers 39	Watertown Red & Black 0