The Auténticos Tigres UANL (English: UANL Authentic Tigers ) team represents the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) in college football . The Auténticos Tigres compete in the Jacinto Licea Conference, ONEFA 's top division.
21-595: UANL has won two National Championships: in 1974 and 1977, and six ONEFA championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018). The team plays in the Estadio Gaspar Mass , although occasionally also in the larger Estadio Universitario . Since 2016 Antonio Zamora is the UANL's head coach. UANL played its first American football game on 14 November 1944 against the Gatos Negros team from Monterrey , but
42-536: A crowded Estadio Universitario . Borregos Salvajes had only lost one game during the season, so the championship would be decided in this match. UANL lost 10–48, so both teams ended with an 8–1 record and shared the championship. In 1977 Auténticos Tigres became undefeated champions of the Liga Nacional Colegial with a 7–0 record and after defeating the IPN 's Águilas Blancas 66–0 in the final played in
63-505: Is the UANL's head coach. UANL played its first American football game on 14 November 1944 against the Gatos Negros team from Monterrey , but the team was created and had been training since the last months of 1943 under coach Bernardo Dávila. During these first years the team nickname was Cachorros ( Cubs ). In 1947, however, Tony Corona, a sports writer from El Norte , wrote in an article that UANL "have played with great courage, so they are no longer Cubs, but Tigers, eager to win"; thus
84-577: The Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) in college football . The Auténticos Tigres compete in the Jacinto Licea Conference, ONEFA 's top division. UANL has won two National Championships: in 1974 and 1977, and six ONEFA championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018). The team plays in the Estadio Gaspar Mass , although occasionally also in the larger Estadio Universitario . Since 2016 Antonio Zamora
105-630: The Estadio Universitario . After a multi-year hiatus due to the split of Mexican college football into two leagues, the city's derby—known as the Clásico Regio— was played again in 2016, but at Gaspar Mass instead of the Estadio Universitario, where it had been held in prior years and attracted attendance figures surpassing 40,000. The stadium also hosted the 2016 ONEFA Championship owing to a schedule conflict with
126-594: The IPN 's Águilas Blancas 66–0 in the final played in the Estadio Universitario. In 1978 ONEFA took control of college football in Mexico. 1979 is the last year that Auténticos Tigres took part in any ONEFA competition; the team would come back in the nineties. During the eighties, Auténticos Tigres occasionally played against local and American teams, both in Nuevo León and the United States , mainly in
147-578: The Southwest . Auténticos Tigres came back to the ONEFA for the 1991 season, ending the tournament with a 7–2 record. During the nineties and the early decade of 2000, the team struggled to achieve good results and did not win any championship, under two head coaches: Diego García Miravete, who left the team in 1999 and Edmund Reyes who led the Auténticos Tigres from 2000 to 2005. Pedro Morales
168-570: The Tigres UANL football club that prevented the use of the Estadio Universitario. Games between the various preparatory schools operated by the university are also held at the Estadio Gaspar Mass. In 2016, a brawl broke out between fans from rival prep schools after a game in the stadium, resulting in 20 arrests. Aut%C3%A9nticos Tigres UANL The Auténticos Tigres UANL (English: UANL Authentic Tigers ) team represents
189-626: The 2019 playoffs after finishing the season with a 3–4 record. Estadio Gaspar Mass Estadio Gaspar Mass is an artificial turf stadium in San Nicolás de los Garza , Mexico, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area . It is primarily used for American football and is the home field for the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) Auténticos Tigres . It has a seating capacity of approximately 16,000. The stadium
210-466: The Conferencia del Centro, after defeating Pumas CU . After that, UANL won four more titles under Pedro Morales in 2011, 2012 and 2015. In 2016 Antonio Zamora, who previously played for the UANL as quarterback, replaced Morales as head coach. Zamora led the team to the ONEFA championship in 2016 and again in 2018. Despite becoming a powerhouse in recent years, Auténticos Tigres failed to qualify for
231-412: The Estadio Universitario. In 1978 ONEFA took control of college football in Mexico. 1979 is the last year that Auténticos Tigres took part in any ONEFA competition; the team would come back in the nineties. During the eighties, Auténticos Tigres occasionally played against local and American teams, both in Nuevo León and the United States , mainly in the Southwest . Auténticos Tigres came back to
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#1732797813680252-445: The ONEFA for the 1991 season, ending the tournament with a 7–2 record. During the nineties and the early decade of 2000, the team struggled to achieve good results and did not win any championship, under two head coaches: Diego García Miravete, who left the team in 1999 and Edmund Reyes who led the Auténticos Tigres from 2000 to 2005. Pedro Morales was appointed head coach in 2006. In 2009 Auténticos Tigres won their third championship in
273-597: The Tigres joined the newly established Liga Nacional Colegial (National College League), alongside squads from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Toros Salvajes Chapingo and their rivals Borregos Salvajes . In the seventies, with the creation of the Tigres UANL football club, head coach Cayetano Garza then added the Auténticos to the team's nickname to differentiate his varsity team from
294-548: The Universiada Nacional in 2015, an event hosted by the UANL, adding improved lighting and a new artificial turf surface. It has primarily served as the home venue of the Auténticos Tigres, though larger matches, including playoff games and contests against the Tigres' local rival Borregos Salvajes from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education , have traditionally been played at
315-431: The last game, Auténticos Tigres faced rivals Borregos Salvajes ITESM in a crowded Estadio Universitario . Borregos Salvajes had only lost one game during the season, so the championship would be decided in this match. UANL lost 10–48, so both teams ended with an 8–1 record and shared the championship. In 1977 Auténticos Tigres became undefeated champions of the Liga Nacional Colegial with a 7–0 record and after defeating
336-475: The professional football club, stating that the American football team were the true representatives of UANL, because they were all students, unlike the football side. Then the team became known as Auténticos Tigres The 1974 Liga Nacional Colegial season was played as a round-robin tournament and the UANL team had won all its matches. In the last game, Auténticos Tigres faced rivals Borregos Salvajes ITESM in
357-422: The team was created and had been training since the last months of 1943 under coach Bernardo Dávila. During these first years the team nickname was Cachorros ( Cubs ). In 1947, however, Tony Corona, a sports writer from El Norte , wrote in an article that UANL "have played with great courage, so they are no longer Cubs, but Tigers, eager to win"; thus the team's nickname changed from Cachorros to Tigres. In 1969,
378-409: The team's nickname changed from Cachorros to Tigres. In 1969, the Tigres joined the newly established Liga Nacional Colegial (National College League), alongside squads from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Toros Salvajes Chapingo and their rivals Borregos Salvajes . In the seventies, with the creation of the Tigres UANL football club, head coach Cayetano Garza then added the Auténticos to
399-404: The team's nickname to differentiate his varsity team from the professional football club, stating that the American football team were the true representatives of UANL, because they were all students, unlike the football side. Then the team became known as Auténticos Tigres The 1974 Liga Nacional Colegial season was played as a round-robin tournament and the UANL team had won all its matches. In
420-433: Was appointed head coach in 2006. In 2009 Auténticos Tigres won their third championship in the Conferencia del Centro, after defeating Pumas CU . After that, UANL won four more titles under Pedro Morales in 2011, 2012 and 2015. In 2016 Antonio Zamora, who previously played for the UANL as quarterback, replaced Morales as head coach. Zamora led the team to the ONEFA championship in 2016 and again in 2018. Despite becoming
441-441: Was inaugurated on 24 August 1979 and originally had a capacity of 10,000. It is named in honor of Gaspar Mass Martínez (1916–1999), considered "one of the pioneers of American football in Nuevo León " and coach of several different UANL teams over the years. In 2005, the stadium's capacity was expanded to 16,000 with the addition of seats in the south end zone, a project that cost 11 million pesos. Renovations took place prior to
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