Ravensburg Razorbacks Explained

Team:Ravensburg Razorbacks
Pixels:235px
Founded:1987
Stadium:Lindenhofstadion
City:Ravensburg
Colors:White and Blue
President:Thomas Prüß (TSB Ravensburg)
Coach:Oliver Billstein
Titles:GFL2 South: 2018, 2019
Website:ifm-razorbacks.de

The Ravensburg Razorbacks are an American football team in Ravensburg Germany. As its greatest success, the club reached the German Football League, the highest level in Germany, by having won the promotion play-off against Kirchdorf Wildcats in the postseason 2019.

History

The Ravensburg Razorbacks were formed in 1987. The team's first name was Lindenberg Razorbacks.[1] It moved to Ravensburg and therefore changed the name to become part of the sports club TSB 1847 Ravensburg. In 1988, the Razorbacks started in the 4th and lowest German league level.[2]

After many not very successful years, the Razorbacks won the championship of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2009 to be promoted to the Regionalliga Mitte (third level). Three years later they won the Regionalliga Mitte and were promoted to the German Football League 2. After returning to the Regionalliga in 2015, they repeated their success and played in the 2016 season again in the GFL2. This time the rise of the team continued. After finishing 5th and 2nd they won the division title of the GFL2 South in 2018. In the subsequent play-offs the Razorbacks fell short of being promoted to the GFL against the Stuttgart Scorpions. One year later the entered again the promotion round as division winners. This time they won twice against the Kirchdorf Wildcats and thus, are qualified to compete in the German Football League in the 2020 season.

Honours

Recent seasons

Year Division Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason
GFL2 (South)2nd 17–7 0.70812 8 1 3422 375
20181st 23–5 0.82114 11 1 2661 414Lost PR: Stuttgart Scorpions (34–72 & 6–48)
20191st 20–4 0.83312 10 0 2433 244Won PR: Kirchdorf Wildcats (40–28 & 58–34)
2020GFL (South)No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic
20215th 10–10 0.50010 5 0 5281 298
20227th 3–17 0.15010 1 1 8270 402
20238th 4–20 0.16712 2 10209 375RR: withdrew against Kirchdorf Wildcats

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RedZone: Razorbacks – Magazin. 6 November 2019.
  2. Web site: 1988 4. Liga Süd. 6 November 2019. German.