SEASONS
2023 BFL SEASON

Check the BFL Seasons page for more details.

All dates are subject to change due to the possibility of NFL affiliates drawn for BFL games playing on different days and/or times. Games in the NFL Week 15 have yet to be scheduled.

2023 BFL Championship will be hosted by the Sherwood Forest Outlaws, city of Nottingham and the East Midlands region.

This will be the final season in which the BFL Championship Game will be played, as from 2024, it will be re-branded as the BFL Bowl.

STANDINGS

2023 NFL Affiliates were announced following the close of the 2022 NFL Season on 8 January 2023.

Final standings will be announced following Week 13 on 5th December 2023.

Top three teams per division qualify for the playoffs.

NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 12 9-3 324 187 137
2 TYNESIDE MARINERS 12 8-4 273 208 67
3 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 12 8-4 285 259 26
4 MANCHESTER DEMONS 12 6-6 328 227 101
5 MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS 12 5-6 212 242 -30
6 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 12 5-7 275 258 17
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SUSSEX PIRATES 12 10-2 329 288 41
2 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 12 9-3 388 220 168
3 THAMES VALLEY THUNDER 12 9-3 352 189 163
4 LONDON MONARCHS 12 6-6 263 242 21
5 WELSH DRAGONS 12 6-6 264 290 -26
6 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 12 4-8 159 292 -133

Reference: 2023 NFL Season Standings

PLAYOFFS

2023 BFL Playoffs were confirmed following the end of the regular season (Week 13) on 04 Deember.

NORTH DIVISION SEMI-FINAL

NFL | WEEK 14 | JAGUARS @ CHIEFS

dec
10

SCO
27 @ 17
TYN

SOUTH DIVISION SEMI-FINAL

NFL | WEEK 14 | 49ers @ Cowboys

dec
10

THV
28 @ 33
BIR

NORTH DIVISION FINAL

NFL | WEEK 15 | JAGUARS @ RAVENS

dec
17

SCO
7 @ 23
CAL

SOUTH DIVISION FINAL

NFL | WEEK 15 | COWBOYS @ EAGLES

dec
17

BIR
10 @ 17
SSX


2023 BFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

CITY GROUND, NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND

NFL | WEEK 16 | RAVENS VS EAGLES

Caledonian Knights (2nd consecutive appearance since 2022)
Sussex Pirates (1st ever appearance)

dec
25

CAL
36 VS 40
(OT)

SSX

OVERTIME

Both teams were drawn 33-33 at the end of regular time, therefore both teams' 1st quarter points were used to decide OT (Caledonian Knights (3) & Sussex Pirates (7)