The Mexican National Anthem being played before a match

The National Student Organization of American Football, (in Spanish, ONEFA: Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano) is a Mexican college football league.

American football had been played in Mexico since the early 1920s in different colleges and universities, mainly in Mexico City. In 1928 the first professional championship was played, organized by Jorge Braniff. From the 1920s to the 1970s more universities and colleges joined the championship, and four categories, called fuerzas were created. The First Fuerza became the National League in 1970, and in 1978 it was reorganized under the name ONEFA.

The universities that originally participated in the ONEFA were Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua and Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro.

Today the ONEFA is divided into three categories: Liga Mayor, Liga Intermedia and Liga Juvenil. The most important one is the Liga Mayor, whose championships are organized into three conferences: the Big Six Conference, the Central Conference, and the National Conference.

[edit] Teams

The following teams are members of Liga Mayor. Liga Mayor has 3 conferences: the Big Six, the Central Conference, and the National Conference.

The Big Six Conference (formerly Conferencia de los 12 Grandes)

The Central Conference (Conferencia del Centro)

The National Conference (Conferencia Nacional)
Grupo A

Grupo B

• Enrollment numbers are for all campuses.

[edit] History and Historical records

The following teams have participated in the Big 10 Conference (created in 1991). In 2005 the Conference was renamed the Big 12, adding 2 more teams to the championship. In 2008 the league was divided in 3 Conferences and the Big 12 Conference became Big 6 and Central Conference.

Former teams:

Note: ITESM has different teams because the institution has many campus nationwide. These different teams represent different campus. The same is true for UNAM, and UNAM Acatlán.

[edit] Champions

[edit] External links

• Green Zone - Análisis de Fútbol Americano (Spanish)
• Sportsnet football in Mexico webpage (Spanish)
• ONEFA's official webpage (Spanish)
• Team stats and info from Terra (Spanish)
• Scores and info from ESPN (Spanish)
• tackleo.com - Fútbol americano en español, de México y del mundo (Spanish)
• Pasion por el ovoide - Podcast semanal de Fútbol Americano Colegial (ONEFA) en Mexico, en español (Spanish)
• "Somos Pumas" Unnoficial Page Pumas Acatlán that it gives service to infantile and youthful FBA leagues (Spanish)
• MasFBA - A mexican FBA Blog (Spanish)