Aztecas
| Aztecas de la Universidad de las Américas Puebla | |
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| University | Universidad de las Américas Puebla (University of the Americas Puebla) |
| Conference | Comisión Nacional Deportiva de Instituciones Privadas (CONADEIP) |
| Athletic director | Eric Fisher |
| Location | Cholula, Puebla |
| Varsity teams | 12 varsity sports |
| Football stadium | "El tempo del Dolor" (The temple of Pain) |
| Arena | "Gimnasio Morris 'Moe' Williams" |
| Nickname | Aztecas (Aztecs) |
| Colors | Dark Green and Dark Orange |
| Website | www |
Aztecas de la UDLAP is the name which receive the representative teams of the Mexican University, the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) of which the most important and famous is a collegiate American football squad, which played in the ONEFA until 2009 and the CONADEIP Premier League beginning in 2010.
In 1947 the team began its life as the American football squad of Mexico City College with the nickname los Aztecas. That same year the squad was admitted into the most important American football conference in Mexico, Liga Mayor. In this conference the team plays against teams with long traditions such as the Pumas Dorados de la UNAM, Águilas Blancas of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Team Education, YMCA and the Military College.
Luis Dias, a brilliant player from UCLA, was named the first coach of the first Aztecas. Next to him, 2 ex-players from the Rose Bowl were added to the staff: Mary Schinitzer as a linemen coach and Len McVicar as backfield coach. That year they reached great levels of excellence, and that year they were called: The Green wave of Mexico City College.
En 1949, the Aztecas recruited great players suchs as Alex Esquivel from Texas. On October 18, 1949, "the Green Wave" had a match against the leader team, the Pumas Dorados de la UNAM. That game was called "The game of the century". In 1949, The Aztecas won their first championship during the "old" Mexican American Football age.
The team then vanished for years until it re-appeared in 1979. During that year the team was restarted by some players who wanted to have a team for the University of the Americas - Puebla. Coach Leonardo Luján Castañón and Coach Leonardo Corror Ferrer took the lead and guided the team through these difficult times.
In 1986 the squad entered the ONEFA, but it was not until 1991 that the championship of the Minor Conference (Conferencia Nacional) was reached and the team was promoted to the Major Category (Conferencia Metropolitana).
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