The Graz Giants are an American football team in Graz , Austria founded in 1981. The Giants play in the Austrian Football League and are ten time Austrian Bowl champions. The Giants home games are at ASKÖ Stadium in the Eggenberg district of Graz.
7-610: Inspired by a March 1981 broadcast of the first Austrian football team, the Vienna Ramblocks, Stefan Herdey decided to found an American football team. After an advertisement was placed in a local newspaper, a dozen potential players attended the first meeting and founded the Graz Football Team . That team would be renamed the Graz Giants. The Giants took part in the first game between two Austrian teams, in which they lost 44–12 to
14-574: The Pioneer Bowl . Albany State won, 52–30. The Albany State Golden Rams were named the 2010 SBN Black college Football National Champions . Former Golden Rams players that have played in the NFL include current Indianapolis Colt Grover Stewart , former Golden Rams head coaches Mike White and Dan Land , Steve Carter , Kenneth Gant , Arthur Green , Jeff Hunter , Keyon Nash , Clarence Benford III and Chris Sheffield. Rapper Rick Ross played briefly for
21-822: The Golden Rams during the mid 1990s. The rivalry began in the first meeting of the two schools in 1945, when FVSU beat ASU, 27–21. The two schools did not play each other in 1946 and 1947. While the rivalry between the two teams spans more than half a century, Fountain City Classic officials moved the game to Columbus in 1990 to attract more corporate support. FVSU leads the series 44–39–4. Fort Valley State won their last meeting in 2022, 31–21. 3: 1955, 1959, 1960 16: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2021 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 2003, 2004, 2010 Players that went undrafted but spent at least one season on
28-599: The Ramblocks. With the dissolution of the Ramblocks, the Graz Giants are the oldest existing American football team in Austria. The Giants were the first known team from Europe to win a match against a US college team. In 1991, the Giants defeated Albany State University 32-23 in an exhibition game played August 31, 1991 in the USA. The Giants are ten-time Austrian Bowl Champions having won
35-714: The championship in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2008. In 2016, the Giants won the International Central European Football League CEFL Bowl championship final defeating the Belgrade Vukovi 52-49. The Giants are three-time winners of the EFAF Cup . In the 2002 season, the Giants won the EFAF Cup with a 37–20 victory over the Badalona Dracs , which made the club
42-837: The first European Cup winner in Austrian football history. This was repeated in 2006 with a 37–20 victory against the Eidsvoll 1814s from Norway . In 2007, the Giants won the EFAF Cup for the third time with a 28–26 victory over the Cineplexx Blue Devils from Hohenems . The Giants competed in the European Football League playoffs several times. They failed to reach the Eurobowl championship final game. Albany State Golden Rams football The Albany State Golden Rams football team represents Albany State University (ASU) in
49-715: The sport of American football . The Golden Rams compete in the Division II of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and in the East Division of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). They play their home games at Albany State University Coliseum on the university's Albany, Georgia , campus, and are currently led by coach Quinn Gray Sr. In 2003, the Golden Rams played Fayetteville State in
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