Frankfurt Galaxy Wins European "Super Bowl" Title

They don't officially call it the "Super Bowl" but the European League of Football (ELF) completed its inaugural season with a thrilling 32-30 win by the Frankfurt Galaxy over the Hamburg Sea Devils in the championship game on Sunday in front of over 20,000 fans.

The game came down the final play as Hamburg Kicker Phillip Friis Andersen came up short on a 62-yard field goal attempt.

Frankfurt Galaxy Quarterback Jakeb Sullivan was the game's Most Valuable Player for his role in bringing the Galaxy back in the fourth quarter from a 30-20 deficit.  He scored from the Sea Devil 1-yard line with less than a minute left to give them the go-ahead score.  He finished the game with 311 yards and four touchdowns.

For the complete game recap:  Frankfurt Galaxy post dramatic victory in first-ever ELF Championship Game (americanfootballinternational.com)

The Galaxy finished the season 11-1 while the Sea Devils season finished at 8-4.

The ELF, which is somewhat a rebirth of NFL Europe, has announced that three more teams will join the new league and may add three more for next season.  The Dusseldorf Rhein Fire (Germany), SWARCO (Austria) Raiders Tirol and Vienna (Austria) Vikings.  They will join the Frankfurt (Germany) Galaxy, Barcelona (Spain) Dragons, Berlin (Germany) Thunder, Cologne (Germany) Centurions, Hamburg (Sea Devils), Leipzig (Germany) Kings, Panthers Wroclaw (Poland) and Stuttgart (Germany) Surge.

For more information about the ELF:  European League of Football [Official Site] American Football PRO League in Europe

The Galaxy won four titles in their previous life in NFL Europe in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2006.  Incidentally, they lost the last World Bowl in that league to Hamburg in 2007.