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The Porto Alegre Pumpkins are an American football team based in
Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...
, Rio Grande do Sul,
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. The team competes in the
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. The Pumpkins were founded in 2005. They were the first team founded in Rio Grande do Sul. They were the winners of the state championship in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.


History


Foundation


No pads

*Campeonato Gaúcho 2008 *Campeonato Gaúcho 2010 The second edition of the state championship began with a convincing victory against the team of Esteio Buriers on 14 March, followed by a 26-20 win against the other team from Porto Alegre, ensuring the title of "Capital Division" the championship, still counting with a thrilling victory against the Santa Maria Soldiers with the winning touchdown being converted by Vinicius Bergmann with 2 seconds to the end of the match, which ended at 19-16. In the next stage, the semifinals, the opponent would again Esteio Buriers, which included strengthening Keke Gant, athlete of the American
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. A close match was won 20-19, which guaranteed them a trip to the final, which would be played at the home team's best campaign, Santa Cruz do Sul Chacais, reissuing the 2008 final. On 19 September, the Estádio dos Plátanos, the day after the match against Timbo Rhinos by LBFA, the athletes of Pumpkins, even with the pains of the previous day war, held the fort attack his greatest rival, with a touchdown and Vinicius Bergmann, the 2nd quarter has secured the state championship and happy back home.


"Full Pads"

As part of the project team and the growth of the sport in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2010 the team made the effort to buy his first equipment, aiming at the participation of LBFA 2010, the first edition of the National Football League. Despite the difficulties and lack of support, the athletes of the team were able to purchase enough helmets and shoulder pads so they could on August 28 debut not only in the league but also host the first match of the Sport as it should be practiced. The adversary was at the time Barigüi Crocodiles, which would be in December, champion of "Southern Conference" of LBFA and vice Brazilian champion. Despite the 26-07 defeat by the team made history when, in the 2nd quarter of the starting Running Back Jamal, shirt 23, breached the lines of defense of Paraná team and scored the first touchdown in the history of American Football gaucho. Although the team's participation in the tournament has not done justice to the story of successes and victories of Pumpkins, this paved way for the growth of the sport, prompting other teams to equip. In 2011, the most classic of sports in the Rio Grande was repeated for the first time by a national competition and equipped as the Santa Cruz do Sul Chacais also joined LBFA for the season, the Pumpkins contest for second time .


Competições

Until the 2010 season, the team played in the Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Americano, in the form "nopads", however, with the migration to the modality that uses the equipment, the Pumpkins left the competition that followed the old way. In the same year the team joined the Brazilian Football League, tournament remains the main competition of the season team.


Titles

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Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...
: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 * Divisão Capital: 2010 * Portobowl: 2009 * CSFA - Leste: Vice Campeão 2012


References

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External links

- https://web.archive.org/web/20120106071955/http://www.wix.com/futebolamericano/pumpkins American football teams in Brazil Sports in Porto Alegre 2005 establishments in Brazil American football teams established in 2005