Westmeath Minotaurs

The Westmeath Minotaurs are a amateur American football club based in Mullingar. The Minotaurs compete as a member club of American Football Ireland (AFI). The team plays its home games at Shay Murtagh Park, the home ground of Mullingar Rugby Club. It sponsors Senior and Youth tackle football, as well as flag football.
The Minotaurs were founded in 2011. and began Senior kitted football play in 2013 as a member of Division 1. They won promotion to the Premier Division in 2022 with a Division 1 Bowl win over the University of Limerick Vikings.
The flag football team began play in 2014, and won the first ever Emerald Bowl to become Irish flag football champions in 2015. In 2022 they won Glas Bowl III to win promotion back to the flag Premier Division.
The club celebrated its tenth anniversary competitive season in 2022.
In 2022, the Senior Kitted Team defeated the Philadelphia Blue Flame by a score of 15-8 in an international friendly. Then in 2023, they won their first ever game in the Premier Division, the highest level division in AFI, over the Craigavon Cowboys, 38-0
==Seasons==
===Senior Kitted===
Legend 	Legend
Pct 	The team's winning percentage for the season
dagger 	Shamrock Bowl champions
double-dagger	Division 1 champions
* 	Division championship appearance
^ 	Playoff appearance
 Westmeath Minotaurs Senior Kitted record by season
Season	League	Division 	Regular season 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season 	Postseason results 	Head coach 	
Season	League	Division 	Finish 	Wins 	Losses 	Ties 	Winning percentage	Postseason results 	Head coach 	
2013 	AFI 	Division 1 	7th 	1 	6 	1 	1|6|1 	 	Paddy Lally 	
2014 	AFI 	Division 1 	3rd 	4 	4 	0 	4|4 	 	Paddy Lally 	
2015 	AFI 	Division 1 	6th 	0 	8 	0 	0|8 	 	Paddy Lally 	
2016 	AFI 	Division 1 	4th^ 	4 	4 	0 	 	Forfeited Semifinal (at Admirals) 	Diarmaid Hyland 	
2017 	AFI 	Division 1 	5th 	3 	5 	0 	3|5 	 	Paddy Lally 	
2018 	AFI 	Division 1 	3rd^ 	6 	2 	0 	 	Lost Wild Card (Rhinos) 13-3 	Conor Brennan 	
2019 	AFI 	Division 1 	2nd* 	6 	2 	0 	6|2 	Won Semifinal (Eagles) 27-22
Lost IAFL-1 Bowl (vs. Cowboys) 28-27	Conor Brennan 	
2020 	AFI 	Division 1 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	Bill Dougherty 	Season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2021 	AFI 	Division 1 	- 	2 	0 	0 	2|0 	 	Bill Dougherty 	Season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. Two friendly games were scheduled when restrictions were lifted.
2022 	AFI 	Division 1double-dagger	1stdouble-dagger	7 	1 	0 	7|1 	Won Semifinal (Vipers) 41-6
Won Division 1 Bowl (vs. Vikings) 16-13	Bill Dougherty 	Promoted to Premier Division after season.
2023 	AFI 	Premier Division 	6th 	2 	6 	0 	2|6 	 	Bill Dougherty 	
2024 	AFI 	Premier Division 	8th 	0 	8 	0 	0|8 	 	Adam Corcoran 	
Totals	Totals	Totals 	Totals 	39 	49 	1 	39|49|1 	All-time regular season record (2013–2024) 	All-time regular season record (2013–2024) 	
Totals	Totals	Totals 	Totals 	3 	3 	— 	3|3|0 	All-time postseason record (2013–2024) 	All-time postseason record (2013–2024) 	
Totals	Totals	Totals 	Totals 	42 	52 	1 	42|52|1 	All-time regular & postseason record (2013–2024)	All-time regular & postseason record (2013–2024)	
===Flag===
Legend 	Legend
Pct 	The team's winning percentage for the season
dagger 	Emerald Bowl champions
double-dagger	Glas Bowl champions
* 	Championship appearance
^ 	Playoff appearance
 Westmeath Minotaurs Flag record by season
Season 	League 	Division 	Regular season 	Regular season	Regular season 	Regular season	Regular season 	Postseason results 	
Season 	League 	Division 	Finish 	tooltip|W|Wins	tooltip|L|Losses	tooltip|T|Ties	tooltip|Pct|Winning percentage	Postseason results 	
2014-15	AFI 	Midlands^ 	1st^ 	9 	1 	0 	 	Lost Semifinal (Rebels) 25-15 	
2015 	AFIdagger	Southdagger 	1stdagger 	6 	2 	0 	6|2 	Won Semifinal (at Cowboys) 37-31
Won Summer Final (at Eagles) 27-25
Won Emerald Bowl I (vs. Eagles) 19-13	For this season, the winners of the Winter and Summer finals played each other in the Emerald Bowl.
2015-16	AFI 	Midlands* 	1st* 	8 	0 	0 	8|0 	Won Wild Card (Elks) 39-7
Won Semifinal (Reapers) 27-19
Lost Emerald Bowl III (vs. Cowboys) 36-0	
2016-17	AFI 	West 	2nd 	4 	4 	0 	4|4 	 	
2017 	AFI 	Premier Division 	2nd^ 	5 	2 	1 	5|2|1 	Lost Semifinal (at Eagles) 41-26
Won 3rd Place Game (Cowboys)	
2018 	AFI 	West 	2nd 	6 	4 	0 	6|4 	 	
2019 	AFI 	Premier Division 	9th 	4 	4 	0 	4|4 	 	
2020 	AFI 	Premier Division 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	Season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2021 	AFI 	Division 1 South 	5th 	4 	2 	0 	4|2 	 	
2022 	AFI 	Division 1 Southdouble-dagger	1stdouble-dagger	8 	2 	0 	8|2 	Won Divisional Final (Crusaders) 45-18
Won Glas Bowl III (vs. Knights) 46-12	Promoted to Premier Division after season.
2023 	AFI 	Premier Division South 	5th 	1 	9 	0 	1|9 	 	
Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	66 	33 	1 	66|33|1 	All-time regular season record (2014–2024) 	
Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	8 	3 	— 	8|3|0 	All-time postseason record (2014–2024) 	
Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	74 	36 	1 	74|36|1 	All-time regular & postseason record (2014–2024)	
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