2007 Aztec Bowl game and preview show webcasts available at www.aztecbowl.com
For the 11th consecutive year, the AFCA will send a Division III all-star team to Mexico to battle a team of that counrty's top college players in the 2007 Aztec Bowl on December 8 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Former Widener, Delaware Valley and La Salle Head Coach Bill Manlove returns for his second year as head coach of Team USA. Manlove also served as an assistant coach at the Aztec Bowl from 2002-2004.
The Aztec Bowl is the traditional season-ending game for Mexico’s college football season. The game has been played 36 times since 1947 with the last nine contests featuring the United States-Mexico match-up. The United States is 9-1 in the series and won last year’s game, 28-7, in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
This year’s game will be played at 22,000-seat Estadio Olimpico Universitario on the campus of the University of Chihuahua.
USA Football Teams with AFCA: USA Football, the sport’s national governing body leading its development on a grassroots level, will team with the American Football Coaches Association for the first time to co-sponsor the United States Division III National Team that will face Mexico in the 2007 Aztec Bowl in Chihuahua, Mexico.
USA Football’s involvement is part of its broader international program that includes organizing the first U.S. senior national team in the sport of football earlier this year. That team captured the gold medal at the 2007 World Championship of American Football in Kawasaki, Japan. Five members of the 2006 Aztec Bowl squad — Dustin Allen, Cody Childs, Rick Drushal, Rob Rodriguez and Steve Teeples — were members of that team.
A non-profit organization, USA Football leads the development of youth, high school, and international amateur football. As the national governing body of America’s favorite sport, USA Football, endowed by the NFL and NFL Players Association in 2002, provides programs and resources inspiring participation and further strengthening the quality of the game. For more information, visit www.USAFootball.com.
Aztec Bowl Audio On-Line: Chitwood Sports Media of Jefferson, Texas will again provide a live webcast of the Aztec Bowl in 2007. Along with the game webcast on December 8, announcers Charlie Chitwood and Ned Fratangelo will provide 90-minute preview shows on December 5, 6 and 7. The preview shows will originate from the Team USA hotel and will begin each night at 7:30 p.m. CST.
The preview shows and game webcast can all be accessed via the AFCA’s website at www.afca.com and via the Aztec Bowl website at www.aztecbowl.com. Postgame results will also be available at www.afca.com.
Global Football, a Granbury, Texas company specializing in international sports events and tours, will again organize the event.
Ron Schipper Award
Aztec Bowl Scores and Records: 1997-2006
Aztec Bowl Captains and MVPs: 1997-2006
Aztec Bowl Coaching Staffs: 1997-2006
Past Team USA Aztec Bowl Players:1997-2006
Past Team USA Aztec Bowl Players by School:1997-2006
Aztec Bowl Photos: 2004-2007
2006: USA 28, Mexico 7
2005: USA 53, Mexico 15
2004: USA 23, Mexico 3
2003: Mexico 34, USA 31
2002: USA 15, Mexico 9
2001: USA 37, Mexico 5
2000: USA 27, Mexico 26
1999: USA 44, Mexico 13
1998: USA 40, Mexico 13
1997: USA 42, Mexico 41
