Munich Cowboys
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| Founded | 1979 |
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| League | German Football League |
| Based in | Munich, Germany |
| Stadium | Dantestadion |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| President | Werner L. Maier |
| Head coach | James Craig |
| Championships | German Bowl: 1993 Ladies Bowl: 2005, 2006 |
| Division titles | GFL South: 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001 |
| Website | www.munich-cowboys.de/ |
The Munich Cowboys are an American football team based in Munich, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Ansbach Grizzlies, is one of the oldest in Germany. The team refers to itself as The Grand Old Team of the South.
The club has one national championship to its name, winning the German Bowl in 1993. As of 2015, the club has played more GFL games then any other team, 405, followed by the Berlin Adler with 378, one of only three other teams with more than 300 league games. The Cowboys have played 35 out of a possible 38 seasons at the highest level of the game in Germany, more than any other club.
American football in Munich dates back to 1975 when local football enthusiasts met with soldiers of the US Army to play the game. In 1979, the Munich Cowboys club was formed.
In 1979, the Cowboys became a founding member of the American Football Bundesliga, renamed the German Football League in 1999, together with the Frankfurter Löwen, Düsseldorf Panther, Ansbach Grizzlies, Berlin Bears and Bremerhaven Seahawks.
The Cowboys made their first appearance in the national championship game, the German Bowl, in 1992, but lost the game to the Düsseldorf Panther by a point.
The 1993 season saw the club's greatest success. It reached the German Bowl once more, this time against the Cologne Crocodiles. Playing at home in Munich, the Cowboys where 7-20 behind at half time but managed to equalise 29-29 at the end of regular time. The team then turned the game around and defeated the Crocodiles 42-36 to win their first, and as of 2014, only national championship.
After an era of lesser success, the team came close to reaching the German Bowl once more in 2000 and 2001 when, on both occasions, Munich lost to the Braunschweig Lions in the semi-finals.
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