Category: XFLs (1993-2020)

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Spring Football Leagues 1999-2001

The return of outdoor 11-on-11 Spring Football Leagues to USA after a break of seven years if the World League of American Football (1991 to 1992 with USA teams) is to be included, or 14 years since the demise of the United States Football League after the 1985 season, was met with mixed reactions.

The first such league after the WLAF to succeed in playing a down, was the Regional Football League, playing a single season in 1999 with five teams in Southern USA and one in Ohio in the Midwestern USA.

After the RFL of 1999 the Spring Football League of 2000 was founded by three high profile former National Football League (NFL) players. The SFL planned on being a four-team, four-week season with a Championship Game, to test the waters for a full season the following year. The SFL only lasted two weeks as the announcement of the XFL by the owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in conjunction with the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), which had lost its’ contract to show NFL games, put and end to the league in its’ infancy.

The XFL itself was the first Major Outdoor 11-on-11 Football League with a big budget to rival the NFL since the United States Football League of 1983 to 1985 – the first ever Outdoor Spring League. The XFL was launched in a blaze of publicity but ended with a whimper in the ‘Million Dollar Game’ as TV Ratings fell week on week after a big first week.

Regional Football League 1999

RFL Standings 1999

Regional Football League 1999	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pct
*Mobile Admirals	8	6	2	177	98	.750
*Houston Outlaws	8	6	2	148	82	.750
*Mississippi Pride	8	4	4	148	177	.500
*Ohio Cannon	8	3	5	114	121	.375
Shreveport Southern Knights	8	3	5	128	121	.375
New Orleans Thunder	8	2	6	82	198	.250
Totals	48	24	24	797	797	.500

Regional Football League Standings 1999 [Ref: RFL-1]

*Qualify for Playoffs

RFL Playoff Results 1999

RFL 1999	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Date	Playoffs 1st Round		RFL Playoffs 1999
12.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	35	Ohio Cannon	14
12.06.1999	Houston outlaws	27	Mississippi Pride	3
	RFL Bowl I
19.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	14	Houston Outlaws	12
Totals		78		33

Regional Football League Playoffs 1999 [Ref: RFL-2]

Spring Football League 2000

SFL Final Standings 2000

Spring Football League 2000	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pct
*Houston Marshals	2	2	0	56	23	1.000
*San Antonio Matadors	2	2	0	42	16	1.000
Los Angeles Dragons	2	0	2	21	37	.000
Miami Tropics	2	0	2	18	61	.000
Totals	8	4	4	137	137	.500

Spring Football League Standings 2000 [Reference: SFL-2]

Note: *Last two weeks of four-game regular season as well as planned Championship Game were scrapped and Houston Marshals and San Antonio Matadors, both unbeaten on 2-0 were declared Co-Champions.

XFL 2001

XFL Standings 2001

XFL 2001	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Orlando Rage	10	8	2	0	203	185	.800
*Chicago Enforcers	10	5	5	0	186	179	.500
New York / New Jersey Hitmen	10	4	6	0	132	145	.400
Birmingham Thunderbolts	10	2	8	0	136	239	.200
Western Division
*Los Angeles Xtreme	10	7	3	0	235	166	.700
*San Francisco Demons	10	5	5	0	156	161	.500
Memphis Maniax	10	5	5	0	167	166	.500
Las Vegas Outlaws	10	4	6	0	169	143	.400
Totals	80	40	40	0	1384	1384	.500

XFL 2001 Standings Reference: [XFL-1]

XFL Playoff Results 2001

XFL 2001	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Date	Semi-Finals		XFL Playoffs 2001
07.04.2001	Orlando Rage	25	San Francisco Demons	26
08.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	33	Chicago Enforcers	16
	XFL Championship		Million Dollar Game
21.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	24	San Francisco Demons	26
Totals		82		68

XFL 2001 Playoffs [References: XFL-1]

Report

Regional Football League 1999

The Regional Football League styled itself as the Spring Development League of America (NFL Europe was the Official Development League of the NFL with 6 teams in Europe only). It had 5 teams placed in the Southern United States and one in Toledo, Ohio.

The Mobile Admirals (Alabama) won the Championship in the League’s only season, defeating Houston Outlaws 14-12. One team, the Ohio Cannon only played in seven regular season matches, but were still allowed to compete in the Playoffs as the Shrevport Southern Knights, their only rival for the fourth playoff sport forfeited their last match with the Cannon..

Other teams were Shreveport Southern Knights, New Orleans Thunder and Mississippi Pride. The League had no TV coverage, no outstanding players and little press or radio coverage. [Ref: RFL-3] The International Football League of 2000 replaced it as the AAA Spring League in the USA.

Spring Football League 2000

The Spring Football League of 2000 was founded by Ex-NFL players Eric Dickerson (Los Angeles Rams), Bo Jackson (Los Angeles Raiders) Tony Dorsett (Dallas Cowboys) among others. It set a 4-team 4-game schedule for its first season in 2000, to test the waters for a full League and Schedule for 2001.

The first season, dubbed “Festival 2000” only lasted 2 of the 4 game weeks, and the planned Championship Game was scrapped, with the Houston Marshals and San Antonio Matdors, both unbeaten on 2-0 records, declared Co-Champions. The demise of the League was due to the founding of the XFL by the WWF – World Wide Wrestling (now WWE) owners, and the low attendances, more like Junior High School Games than a AAA Pro League.

XFL 2001

Los Angeles Xtreme won the XFL Championship Game – the Million Dollar Game – in 2001, triumphing 38-6 over San Francisco Demons. There were eight teams in the inaugural season of the XFL, five of them in cities without NFL teams: Los Angeles Xtreme, Birmingham Bolts, Orlando Rage, Memphis Maniax and Las Vegas Outlaws.

The XFL of 2001 was the brainchild of Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Entertainment, who was refused a license to buy a Canadian Football League team, and instead decided to bankroll his own league. He gained a Television contract with NBC which had lost the rights to show the NFL, and initially, amid much hype the first weeks rating were good, but slid rapidly before the league went out of existence after one season.

The reasons given for this were numerous – there was too much variation on standard Football Rules, the team names were too violent, referencing either criminality or extreme mental states. The cheerleaders were too much like strippers rather compared with the NFL’s cheerleaders. The League was intended to give fans back Hard Working Class Football as had been seen to have disappeared from the NFL, but the XFL was seen as being too hard, more criminally insane than Working Class, according to First Down, a British American Football Newspaper.

Spring Football Leagues after 2001

Following the demise of the XFL in 2001 the Spring Football schedule consisted of the National Football League Europe League with six teams in the Old Continent, the Women’s Professional Football League (founded 2000), the National Women’s Football Association (founded 2004) and the Independent Women’s Football League (founded 2004 also), as well as the Arena Football League (an Indoor 8v8 Football League on a 50-yard field with two 8 yard-end zones).

This remained the situation in Alternative Spring Professional Gridiron Football Leagues until 2007 when NFL-EL folded and 2009 when big changes happened: the United Football League was founded, and Women’s Football was transformed with the start of the Lingerie Football League (a 7v7 Indoor League), and the replacement of the NWFA and WPFL with the Women’s Football Association – a rival Major Women’s League to the IWFL.

The XFL itself would not return until 2020 with version 2.0 and the small-scale Spring Football Leagues returned in 2011 with the Stars Football League.

XFL Stock Image

**Picture Credit:** XFL- 2/9/20-MetLife Stadium East Rutherford,NJ- Tampa Bay Vipers Defender Mandato. **By Christopher Lyzcen[Shutterstock]**

The above photograph is from a XFL 2.0 match-up between the Tampa Bay Vipers and New York Guardians at the Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 2020.

References

Regional Football League 1999 References

Websites

[RFL-1] Remember the RFL (2014) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/standings [Accessed 18 June 2020]

[RFL-2] Remember the RFL (2014) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/weekly-results [Accessed 4 April 2019]

[RFL-3] Remember the RFL (2014) Remember the RFL Home [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/home [Accessed 4 April 2019]

Spring Football League 2000 References

Websites

[SFL-1] Remember the SFL (2019) History [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/rememberthesfl/history [Accessed 31 December 2019]

[SFL-2] Remember the SFL (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/rememberthesfl/standings [Accessed 31 December 2019]

XFL 2001 References

Websites

[XFL-2] Remember the XFL (2017) XFL Final Standings [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/standings [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[XFL-3] Remember the XFL (2017) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/weekly-results [Accessed 31 December 2019]

Newspapers

[XFL-4] First Down (2001) February to April 2001.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive 2024

First Published: 9 July 2024. Last Updated: 9 July 2024

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved. The Logos and Photos used in this article remain the property of the organisations and individuals which own the copyright and are used here for educational and information purposes only.

January 1, 2024

1991 Major Football Leagues Standings and Playoffs

1991 Major Football League Standings (USA)

1991 National Football League
American Football Conference
	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AFC Eastern Division
*Buffalo Bills	16	13	3	0	458	318	0.813
*New York Jets	16	8	8	0	314	293	0.500
Miami Dolphins	16	8	8	0	343	349	0.500
New England Patriots	16	6	10	0	211	305	0.375
Indianapolis Colts	16	1	15	0	143	389	0.063
AFC Central Division
*Houston Oilers	16	11	5	0	386	251	0.688
Pittsburgh Steelers	16	7	9	0	292	344	0.438
Cleveland Browns	16	6	10	0	293	298	0.375
Cincinnati Bengals	16	3	13	0	263	435	0.188
AFC Western Division
*Denver Broncos	16	12	4	0	304	235	0.750
*Kansas City Chiefs	16	10	6	0	322	255	0.625
*Los Angeles Raiders	16	9	7	0	298	297	0.563
Seattle Seahawks	16	7	9	0	276	261	0.438
San Diego Chargers	16	4	12	0	274	342	0.250
National Football Conference
	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
NFC Eastern
*Washington Redskins	16	14	2	0	485	244	0.875
*Dallas Cowboys	16	11	5	0	342	310	0.688
Philadelphia Eagles	16	10	6	0	285	244	0.625
New York Giants	16	8	8	0	281	297	0.500
Phoenix Cardinals	16	4	12	0	196	344	0.250
NFC Central
*Detroit Lions	16	12	4	0	339	295	0.750
*Chicago Bears	16	11	5	0	299	269	0.688
Minnesota Vikings	16	8	8	0	301	306	0.500
Green Bay Packers	16	4	12	0	273	313	0.250
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	3	13	0	199	365	0.188
NFC Western
*New Orlreans Saints	16	11	5	0	341	211	0.688
*Atlanta Falcons	16	10	6	0	361	338	0.625
San Francisco 49ers	16	10	6	0	393	239	0.625
Los Angeles Rams	16	3	13	0	234	390	0.188

1991 Mid-Continental Football League
	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Dayton Steelers	11	8	3	0	102	62	0.727
*Cleveland Falcons	13	9	4	0	107	92	0.692
Wyandot Chiefs	8	5	3	0	99	91	0.625
Shenango Valley Blasters	10	3	7	0	89	130	0.300

1991 Major Football League Standings [References: see end of Article]

1991 Major Football League Standings (World)

1991 Canadian Football League
	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
CFL Eastern Division
*Toronto Argonauts	18	13	5	0	647	526	26
*Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	9	9	0	516	499	18
*Ottawa Rough Riders	18	7	11	0	522	577	14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	3	15	0	400	599	6
CFL Western Division
*Edmonton Eskimoes	18	12	6	0	671	569	24
*Calgary Stampeders	18	11	7	0	596	552	22
*British Columbia Lions	18	11	7	0	661	587	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	0	606	710	12

1991 World League of American Football
	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
WLAF European Division
*London Monarchs	10	9	1	0	310	121	0.900
*Barcelona Dragons	10	8	2	0	206	126	0.800
Frankfurt Galaxy	10	7	3	0	155	139	0.700
WLAF North American East Division
*New York/New Jersey Knights	10	5	5	0	257	155	0.500
Orlando Thunder	10	5	5	0	242	286	0.500
Montreal Machine	10	4	6	0	145	144	0.400
Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks	10	0	10	0	123	300	0.000
WLAF North American West Division
*Birmingham Fire	10	5	5	0	140	140	0.500
San Antonio Riders	10	4	6	0	176	196	0.400
Sacramento Surge	10	3	7	0	179	254	0.300

1991 Arena Football League
	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Detroit Drive	10	9	1	0	437	262	0.900
*Tampa Bay Storm	10	8	2	0	421	309	0.800
*Denver Dynamite	10	6	4	0	389	365	0.600
*Albany Firebirds	10	6	4	0	427	342	0.600
Dallas Texans	10	4	6	0	286	334	0.400
New Orleans Night	10	4	6	0	314	401	0.400
Orlando Predators	10	3	7	0	321	363	0.300
Columbus Thunderbolts	10	0	10	0	241	460	0.000

1991 Association of American Football of USSR
	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Moscow Bruins (Bears)
*Moscow Swans
Caspian Sphinxes
Kharkov Atlantis
Donetsk Scythians
Minsk Zubrs (Bison)

1991 Major Football League Standings (World) – References: see end of article.

1991 Major Football League Playoffs (USA)

National Football League Playoffs		National Football League Playoffs
National Football Conference Playoffs
Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs	10	Los Angeles Raiders	6
Houston Oilers	17	New York Jets	10
AFC Divisional Playoffs
Denver Broncos	26	Houston Oilers	24
Buffalo Bills	37	Kansas City Chiefs	14
AFC Conference Championship
Buffalo Bills	10	Denver Broncos	7

National Football Conference Playoffs
Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
NFC Wild Card Playoffs
New Orleans Saints	20	Atlanta Falcons	27
Chicago Bears	13	Dallas Cowboys	17
NFC Divisional Playoffs
Washington Redskins	24	Atlanta Falcons	7
Detroit Lions	38	Dallas Cowboys	6
NFC Conference Championship
Washington Redskins	41	Detroit Lions	10

Super Bowl XXVII (AFC v NFC)		@Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
AFC Team		NFC Team
Buffalo Bills	24	Washington Redskins	37

Mid-Continental Football League Playoffs
Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
MCFL Championship Game
Cleveland Falcons	7	Dayton Steelers	0

1991 Major Football League Playoffs (USA) – References: see end of article.

1991 Major Football League Playoffs (World)

Canadian Football League Playoffs
Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Eastern Semi-Final
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26	Ottawa Rough Riders	8
Western Semi-Final
Calgary Stampeders	43	British Columbia Lions	41
Eastern Final
Toronto Argonauts	42	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3
Western Final
Edmonton Eskimoes	36	Calgary Stampeders	38
Grey Cup
Toronto Argonauts	36	Calgary Stampeders	21

World League of American Football Playoffs
Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Semi-Finals
Birmingham Fire	3	Barcelona Dragons	10
New York/New Jersey Knights	26	London Monarchs	42
World Bowl ’91		@Wembley Stadium, London, ENG
London Monarchs	21	Barcelona Dragons	0

Arena Football League Playoffs
Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Semi-Finals
Detroit Drive	37	Albany Firebirds	35
Tampa Bay Storm	40	Denver Dynamite	13
Arena Bowl V
Tampa Bay Storm	48	Detroit Drive	42

Association of American Football of USSR Playoffs
Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Moscow Bruins	Won	Moscow Swans	Lost

1991 Major Football League Playoffs (World) – References: see end of article.

Report

Buffalo Bills, holding the best record in the AFC (13-3) lost their second Super Bowl in succession, defeated 37-24 by Washington Redskins, holders of the best record in the NFC and entire NFL (14-2). For the AFC it was an eighth successive loss in the biggest event in USA sports. The last time an AFC team won the Super Bowl was Los Angeles Raiders’ 38-9 victory over Washington Redskins on 22 January 1984 at Tampa, Florida in Super Bowl XVIII. Following a scoreless first quarter the Redskins scored 17 points in the second quarter and added a second John Riggs run touchdown 16 seconds into the third quarter to take a commanding 24-0 lead. Buffalo hit back later in the third quarter with a field goal and touchdown to reduce the deficit to 14 points, but another Redskins touchdown before the end of the quarter made the score 31-10. Two more field goals by Lohmiller made the score 37-10 in the fourth quarter. The Bills scored two passing touchdowns late in the game to make the score 37-24 at the final whistle. [NFL References: 1-2]

In other leagues, Cleveland Falcons triumphed 7-0 versus Dayton Steelers in the Mid-Continental Football League (MCFL) Championship Game. The MCFL was a new start-up league based in Ohio and Pennsylvania that took the place of any major 11v11 rival outdoor league to the NFL since the demise of the United States Football League following the 1985 season. Following the season Louisville Bulls of Kentucky replaced Wyandot Chiefs in the four-team league. [MCFL References: 1-2]

In the Canadian Football League, the Eastern Division’s Toronto Argonauts emerged victorious with a 36-21 victory over Calgary Stampeders. Calgary had the second-best record in the Western Division (11-7) after Edmonton Eskimoes, with Toronto putting up a 13-5 record to take first in the Eastern Division. Calgary eliminated Edmonton 38-36 in the Western Final and Toronto won 42-3 versus Winnipeg in the Eastern Final. [CFL References: 1]

The National Football League established the World League of American Football (WLAF) to further promote the sport around the World. Beginning in 1991 with ten teams the WLAF was divided into three divisions: European (with teams in London, England, UK; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; and Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany); North American East Division (three teams in USA: New York/New Jersey Knights, NJ; Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks, NC; and Orlando Thunder, FL; plus one team in Quebec, Canada: Montreal Machine) and North American West Division (Three teams in USA: Birmingham Fire, AL; San Antonio Riders, TX; and Sacramento Surge, CA). An imbalance in players allocated by the NFL for development in the WLAF meant no team in the European Division finished with a losing record, and no team in either North American Division finished with a winning record. World Bowl ’91 was won by London Monarchs by 21-0 versus Barcelona Dragons at the hallowed grounds of Wembley Stadium, the home of England’s National Soccer Team. Following the 1991 season the winless Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks were replaced by Ohio Glory in Columbus for 1992. [WLAF References: 1-4]

The Arena Football League in 1991 expanded by two teams to eight, with Washington Commandos and Pittsburgh Gladiators leaving the league and replaced by four new teams in Tampa Bay Storm (FL), Orlando Predators (FL), New Orleans Night (LA) and Columbus Thunderbolts (OH). Tampa Bay Storm were immediately successful, winning Arena Bowl V 48-42 versus Detroit Drive. As in all other Major Football Leagues in 1991 the two teams with best records reached the Championship Game. Following the season Thunderbolts relocated to Cleveland (OH) and Cincinnati Rockers (OH), Charlotte Rage (NC), Sacramento Attack (CA) and San Antonio Force (TX) were added for 1992. [AFL References: 1]

A new Football power emerged on the scene in 1991: The USSR. Following glasnost the USSR opened up to American Football and a six-team league was established with teams in Moscow (Bruins and Swans), Caspian Sea Region (Sphinxes), Ukraine (Donetsk Scythians and Kharkov Atlantis) and Belarus (Minsk Zubrs – ‘Bison’). The first and only official Championship of USSR ended with a Moscow Bruins victory over Moscow Swans. After the season the USSR broke up, with Moscow Bears (Bruins) and Krasnoyarsk Siberian Devils competing for Championship of Russia. Kharkov Atlantis and Donetsk Scythians joined newly independent Ukraine’s Football Association and Minsk Zubrs joined Belarus’ Football Association. [AAF USSR References 1-2]

Stock Image

1991 Major Football League References

NFL References [1]
National Football League – 1996 Record and Factbook “Past Standings: 1996” p. 278.
Published by National Football League, Workman Publishing Co., New York

NFL References [2]
National Football League – 1996 Record and Factbook “Super Bowl Summaries” p. 327-329.
Published by National Football League, Workman Publishing Co., New York
MCFL References (1)
Semi-Pro Football -Defunct Leagues: EMCFL (Champs)
https://www.semiprofootball.org/minor/champs/mcfl.htm
[Accessed 1 January 2024]

MCFL References (2)
Semi-Pro Football – Defunct Leagues: EMCFL (1991)
https://www.semiprofootball.org/index.htm
[Accessed 1 January 2024]
CFL References (1)
Canadian Football League – CFL Standings: The 1990s
http://web.archive.org/web/19991108193646/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLArchives/1990s.html
[Accessed 20 January 2023][Archived at the Wayback Machine]
WLAF References (1-3)
Anon. (1991) “Standings” First Down, June 1, 1991, pg. 5
Anon. (1991) “Jon’s too Hort to handle” First Down, June 8, 1991, pg. 4-5
Anglesey, Steve (1991) “Enter the Dragons!” First Down, June 15, 1992, pg. 6-7
WLAF References (4)
World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1991
http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id165.html
[Accessed 23 April 2018]
Arena Football League References (1)
Arena Football League (2016) 2016 Record and Factbook pp. 67-83 / 52.
AAF USSR References (1)
American Football in Russia (2017) History of American Football in USSR and Russia
http://www.americanfootball.ru/Hist_RUS.php
Accessed 24 December 2017
AAF USSR References (2)
Anon. (1991) “Curtain Call” First Down. September 29, 1991. pg. 10.
Published by Mediawatch, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

About this Document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 1 January 2024

You may quote this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. The Logos and Photos used in this article remain the property of the organisations and individuals which own the copyright and are used here for educational and information purposes only. All Rights Reserved.

February 18, 2023October 29, 2023

XFL 2023

Standings

XFL North Division 2023

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	D.C. Defenders	9	1	0.900	298	240	58	W3
2	Seattle Sea Dragons	7	3	0.700	243	177	66	W2
3	St. Louis Battlehawks	7	3	0.700	249	202	47	W1
4	Vegas Vipers	2	8	0.200	184	252	-68	L3

XFL South Division 2023

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Houston Roughnecks	7	3	0.700	247	182	65	W3
2	Arlington Renegades	4	6	0.400	146	194	-48	L2
3	San Antonio Brahmas	3	7	0.300	169	183	-14	L1
4	Orlando Guardians	1	9	0.100	204	310	-106	L3

Please visit XFL website at: https://www.xfl.com/ for Official Standings [Last Accessed 18 February 2023]

Playoff Schedule

XFL Playoffs 2023


Match Day South Division Championship
April 29, 2023 (South Division Championship) 26 - 11 N/A Arlington Renegades vs Houston Roughnecks
Match Day North Division Championship
April 30, 2023 (North Division Championship) 37 - 21 N/A D.C. Defenders vs Seattle Sea Dragons
Match Day XFL Championship
May 13, 2023 (XFL Championship) 26 - 35 N/A D.C. Defenders vs Arlington Renegades

Please visit XFL website at: https://www.xfl.com/ for Official Standings [Last Accessed 10 September 2023]

Regular Season Schedule

XFL 2023


Match Day Week 1
February 18, 2023 (Week 1) 22 - 20 N/A Arlington Renegades vs Vegas Vipers
February 19, 2023 (Week 1) 15 - 18 N/A San Antonio Brahmas vs St. Louis Battlehawks
February 19, 2023 (Week 1) 22 - 18 N/A D.C. Defenders vs Seattle Sea Dragons
Match Day Week 2
February 23, 2023 (Week 2) 18 - 20 N/A Seattle Sea Dragons vs St. Louis Battlehawks
February 25, 2023 (Week 2) 6 - 18 N/A Vegas Vipers vs D.C. Defenders
Match Day Week 3
March 4, 2023 (Week 3) 26 - 30 N/A Vegas Vipers vs Seattle Sea Dragons
March 5, 2023 (Week 3) 34 - 28 N/A D.C. Defenders vs St. Louis Battlehawks
Match Day Week 4
March 11, 2023 (Week 4) 16 - 44 N/A Orlando Guardians vs Houston Roughnecks
March 11, 2023 (Week 4) 15 - 6 N/A Seattle Sea Dragons vs San Antonio Brahmas
March 12, 2023 (Week 4) 24 - 11 N/A St. Louis Battlehawks vs Arlington Renegades
March 12, 2023 (Week 4) 32 - 18 N/A D.C. Defenders vs Vegas Vipers
Match Day Week 5
March 16, 2023 (Week 5) 21 - 14 N/A Seattle Sea Dragons vs Houston Roughnecks
March 18, 2023 (Week 5) 20 - 28 N/A St. Louis Battlehawks vs D.C. Defenders
March 18, 2023 (Week 5) 35 - 32 N/A Vegas Vipers vs Orlando Guardians
Match Day Week 6
March 25, 2023 (Week 6) 19 - 26 N/A Orlando Guardians vs Seattle Sea Dragons
March 25, 2023 (Week 6) 6 - 29 N/A Vegas Vipers vs St. Louis Battlehawks
March 27, 2023 (Week 6) 37 - 26 N/A D.C. Defenders vs Houston Roughnecks
Match Day Week 7
March 31, 2023 (Week 7) 15 - 24 N/A Arlington Renegades vs Seattle Sea Dragons
April 1, 2023 (Week 7) 15 - 24 N/A Houston Roughnecks vs St. Louis Battlehawks
April 1, 2023 (Week 7) 26 - 12 N/A Vegas Vipers vs San Antonio Brahmas
April 2, 2023 (Week 7) 37 - 36 N/A Orlando Guardians vs D.C. Defenders
Match Day Week 8
April 8, 2023 (Week 8) 21 - 17 N/A St. Louis Battlehawks vs Vegas Vipers
April 9, 2023 (Week 8) 33 - 34 N/A Seattle Sea Dragons vs D.C. Defenders
Match Day Week 9
April 15, 2023 (Week 9) 28 - 21 N/A Houston Roughnecks vs Vegas Vipers
April 16, 2023 (Week 9) 28 - 26 N/A D.C. Defenders vs Arlington Renegades
April 16, 2023 (Week 9) 12 - 30 N/A St. Louis Battlehawks vs Seattle Sea Dragons
Match Day Week 10
April 22, 2023 (Week 10) 53 - 28 N/A St. Louis Battlehawks vs Orlando Guardians
April 22, 2023 (Week 10) 28 - 29 N/A San Antonio Brahmas vs D.C. Defenders
April 23, 2023 (Week 10) 28 - 9 N/A Seattle Sea Dragons vs Vegas Vipers
Match Day Week 1
February 18, 2023 (Week 1) 33 - 12 N/A Houston Roughnecks vs Orlando Guardians
Match Day Week 2
February 26, 2023 (Week 2) 12 - 30 N/A Orlando Guardians vs San Antonio Brahmas
February 26, 2023 (Week 2) 23 - 14 N/A Houston Roughnecks vs Arlington Renegades
Match Day Week 3
March 5, 2023 (Week 3) 10 - 9 N/A Arlington Renegades vs Orlando Guardians
March 5, 2023 (Week 3) 22 - 13 N/A Houston Roughnecks vs San Antonio Brahmas
Match Day Week 5
March 19, 2023 (Week 5) 10 - 12 N/A San Antonio Brahmas vs Arlington Renegades
Match Day Week 6
March 26, 2023 (Week 6) 9 - 15 N/A Arlington Renegades vs San Antonio Brahmas
Match Day Week 8
April 8, 2023 (Week 8) 16 - 18 N/A Orlando Guardians vs Arlington Renegades
April 9, 2023 (Week 8) 15 - 17 N/A San Antonio Brahmas vs Houston Roughnecks
Match Day Week 9
April 15, 2023 (Week 9) 25 - 23 N/A San Antonio Brahmas vs Orlando Guardians
Match Day Week 10
April 23, 2023 (Week 10) 9 - 25 N/A Arlington Renegades vs Houston Roughnecks

All Times ET. Please visit XFL website at: https://www.xfl.com/schedule for Official Schedule [Last Accessed 18 February 2023]

Weekly Recaps

Week 1 (18-19 February 2023)

Vegas Vipers travelled to Arlington, Texas to open the 2023 XFL season at the Renegades. Inspite of two first half touchdown passes from Luis Perez to Jeff Badet, building up a 14-3 lead at halftime, Vegas fell behind in the third quarter to a T Laulile Interception Return for touchdown and two T Russolino Field Goals as Arlington Renegades went into the final quarter 15-14 up. Another Luis Perez to Jeff Badet pass intercepted and return for touchdown by De Vante Bausby with just over four minutes to go and subsequent two-point conversion by Deveon Smith left Vegas needing a TD and 2-point conversion to force the game into overtime. Cinque Sweeting caught a 20 TD pass from Luis Perez with 12 seconds remaining but Arlington were left to celebrate after the 2-point conversion attempt failed. [References: 2]

Despite taking the lead early in the first quarter through Cody Latimer’s reception touchdown from Paxton Lynch, Orlando Guardians were to fall 6-24 down by the fourth quarter as Houston Roughnecks rattled off three touchdowns and two field goals in a 24-point scoring streak. Jontre Kirklin and Deontay Burnett both catching touchdown passes from Brandon Silvers and a 27-yard Max Borghi rushing TD left Orlando with a mountain to climb with 10 minutes remaining. Andrew Jameil caught a Quinten Dormady pass for a touchdown to reduce the deficit, but the game was put beyond doubt after Cole McDonald’s five yard rushing Touchdown with three minutes to go. H Duplessis added a third field goal for Houston near the end as the Roughnecks finished the game 33-12 winners. [References: 3]

Despite leading 15-3 with a little over two minutes renmaining San Antonio Brahmas lost their home opener to St. Louis Battlehawks after the Battlehawks drew within three points on Hakeem Butler’s TD reception from A.J. McCarron with 1:25 left in the fourth quarter. Following a successful three-pioint conversion pass from A.J. McCarron to Austin Proehl which brought St. Louis within three points, the Battlehawks were successful with the onside kick before a successful 14 yard pass for touchdown from McCarron to Proehl to wrap up an amazing comeback. [References: 4]

An Interception by Michael Joseph which was returned for a touchdown in the third quarter proved decisive in D.C. Defenders comeback versus Seattle Sea Dragons. With the successful two-point conversion it left the Defenders two-pints behind the Sea Dragons and the home team won the game early in the fourth quarter when Deriq King ran in from five yards out. [References: 5]

Week 2 (23-28 February 2023)

D.C. Defenders and St. Louis Battlehawks were clear leaders in the North Division after Week 2, both teams standing on 2-0 as the Defenders defeated Vegas Vipers 18-6 on a wet and windy night at Las Vegas’ old Baseball stadium, Cashman Field, last used for Professional Football in 1964 when Oakland Raiders played Houston Oilers in the AFL. D.C. went on a 15-point scoring streak in the fourth quarter to haul back a 3-6 deficit and win the game [References: S-6]

St. Louis Battlewhawks joined the Defenders on 2-0 with a 44-yard Field Goal from Donny Hageman to win the game 20-18 versus Seattle Sea Dragons. There has been a long list of 44-yard Field Goal heartbreaks for the Emerald City – In 2019 the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL missed a last second FG to hand the game to St. Louis Rams. Arizona Cardinals also defeated Seattle Seahawks with a 44-yarder in Overtime in 2020 and the Seahawks Jason Myers had made 37 consecutive FGs before missing one from 44-yards. [References: S-6]

In the South Division San Antonio Brahmas moved to 1-1 with a 30-12 defeat of struggling Orlando Guardians. Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish College star Jack Coan passed for three touchdowns in the victory. The game was a homecoming for San Antonio running back Jacques Patrick who starred at a local High School. [References: S-6]

Houston Roughnecks and Arlington Renegades, both 1-0 coming into the game, served up a brilliant game for Texas football fans, as a see-saw battle in Houston, with Renegades 14-11 up at halftime. Cedric Byrd stepped up the pace for the Roughnecks in the second half, however, as the Houston wide receiver put the home town team ahead with a short touchdown catch. After a Renegades FG, Max Borghi ran up the middle for a late TD to seal the win for Houston Roughnecks, 23-14. [References: S-6]

Week 3 (4-5 March 2023)

Three high-octane shootouts and one quieter game greeted fans in week 3 of the XFL. Arlington Renegades moved into second place in the XFL South with a close 10-9 defeat of Orlando Guardians, leaving the Guardians on 0-3. Houston Roughnecks, meanwhile, were firmly in the lead of the South Division after a 22-13 victory over San Antonio Brahmas in the Texas rivalry game which closed out the weekend. Earlier in the weekend, the North Division similarly had a 3-2-1-0 cascade of wins in the Standings with Seattle Sea Dragons improving to 1-2 after a 30-26 defeat of Vegas Vipers in the battle of two winless teams. Meanwhile D.C. Defenders took the spoils at the top end of the table with a 34-28 defeat of St. Louis Battlehawks in a Wild West Shootout of a game between two teams yet to be defeated in 2023. [References: S-7]

Week 5 (16-19 March 2023)

The week started with Seattle Sea Dragons shocking the Houston Roughnecks 21-14 on Thursday night to hand the Texas team their first ever loss. The victory put the Sea Dragons on 3-2, two games behind new Kingpins D.C. Defenders who improved to 5-0 with a 28-20 win at St. Louis Battlehawks, who dropped to 3-2, both teams also playing in the XFL North Division. Also in the North Division Vegas Vipers finally managed to put a W in the win column with a close and high-scoring 35-32 defeat of Orlando Guardians in Nevada. The loss was Orlando’s fifth-straight to start the season and the Florida team prop up the XFL South Division. On Sunday evening Arlington Renegades made the trip South to take on fellow Texans San Antonio Brahmas, winning 12-10 in a low-scoring affair. With the win Arlington move a game closer to South Division leaders Houston on 3-2 and San Antonio drop to 1-4. [References: 1]

Week 6 (25-27 March 2023)

The XFL’s top two teams met in USA’s Capital City – D.C. Defenders triumphed 37-26 at home to Houston Roughnecks to remain the only undefeated team on 6-0 as the Roughnecks slumped to a second-straight defeat after starting the season 4-0. St. Louis Battlehawks and Seattle Sea Dragons both won over bottom-placed teams to improve to 4-2 in the North Division: Seattle winning by a touchdown, 26-19 over Orlando Guardians (0-6), and St. Louis having an easier time in Nevada, winning 29-6 at Vegas Vipers (1-5). In an all-Texas battle in the South Division, San Antonio Brahmas considerably improved their chances of a playoff place with a 15-9 defeat of Arlington Renegades to gain a second win of the season as Arlington dropped to the .500 mark with the loss, and also missed the chance to draw level with Houston at the top of the Division. [References: 1]

Week 7 (31 March-1 April 2023)

With all three teams in the North Division winning besides the undefeated coming into the week D.C. Defenders it left a close race for the Division title with only three games to go in the regular season. Both Seattle Sea Dragons (at Arlington Renegades, 3-4) and St. Louis Battlehawks (at Houston Roughnecks, 4-3) won by the identical scoreline of 24-15 as both teams improved to 5-2. Vegas Vipers gained a second win of the season, 26-12 versus San Antonio Brahmas in Nevada as the Brahmas dropped to 2-5. Meanwhile in the biggest shock of the entire campaign Orlando Guardians, who were winless coming into the game defeated the previously undefeated D.C. Defenders 37-36 in Central Florida. As it stood, Vegas Vipers are the only team eliminated from postseason play after week seven. [References: 1]

Division Championships (29-30 April 2023)

Irish-born punter Dan Whelan kicked a 57-yard punt for D.C. Defenders as the team from USA’s Capitol defeated Seattle Sea Dragons 37-21 in the North Division Championship to reach the XFL Championship Game. Defenders went on to play Arlington Renegades from Texas in the Championship after the Renegades defeated Houston Roughnecks 26-11 in an all-Texas South Division Championship Game. [References: 1-2, S-11, P1-P2]

XFL Championship (13 May 2023)

Irish-born punter Daniel Whelan kicked three punts for a total 158 yards, putting two punts inside the 20 yard line of Arlington and including a long of 64 yards, but was to be disappointed after his D.C. Defenders lost 35-26 to the Renegades in the 2023 XFL Championship Game. [References: 1-2, S-12, P1-P2]

About the 2023 XFL Season

The 2023 XFL season is the third in XFL History, having already played in 2001 and 2020. Seven of the eight teams from 2020 are returning in some form, the exception being Los Angeles Wildcats who were replaced by San Antonio Brahmas. D.C. Defenders, St. Louis Battlehawks and Houston Roughnecks return with the same name and much the same image. Seattle Dragons have been renamed Seattle Sea Dragons, and have adopted orange as their primary colour. Dallas Renegades have been renamed Arlington Renegades after the city where they are based, a satellite city of Dallas. Tampa Bay Vipers have been relocated to Vegas and adopted red and black as their colour-scheme rather than green and lime. New York Guardians have been moved to Orlando and adopted silver and lime as their primary colours. The eight teams are divided into two divisions of four teams each, with top two in each division playing in semi-finals.

XFL Photo (2020)

References

[1] XFL (2023) 2023 League Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/schedule [Accessed 9 April 2023][Print Schedule at: https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltc7f51537c5999ea8/blt502e44053a17fe3a/XFLLEAGUESCHED23_1SHEET.pdf ][Accessed 18 February 2023][Last Accessed 10 September 2023]

[2] XFL (2023) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/standings [Accessed 9 April 2023]

[S-2] XFL (2023) 202302001 Vegas at Arlington [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/games/2302001-VGS-at-ARL [Accessed 18 February 2023]

[S-3] XFL (2023) 202302002 Orlando at Houston [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/games/2302002-ORL-at-HOU [Accessed 18 February 2023]

[S-4] XFL (2023) 2302003 St. Louis at San Antonio [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/games/2302003-STL-at-SA [Accessed 20 February 2023]

[S-5] XFL (2023) 2302004 Seattle at D.C. [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/games/2302004-SEA-at-DC [Accessed 20 February 2023]

[S-6] XFL (2023) XFL Rewind: Week 2 Blog by Josh Lewis, 28 February 2023 [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/xfl-rewind/week-2 [Accessed 2 March 2023]

[S-7] XFL (2023) XFL Rewind: Week 3 Blog by Josh Lewis, 06 Mar 2023 [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/xfl-rewind/week-3 [Accessed 9 March 2023]

[S-8] XFL (2023) XFL Rewind: Week 4 Blog by Josh Lewis, 13 Mar 2023 [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/xfl-rewind/week-4 [Accessed 16 March 2023]

[S-11] XFL (2023) 2023 North Division Championship – Seattle Sea Dragons 21 DC Defenders 37 [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/games/2303001-NorthChamp-SEA-at-DC [Accessed 10 September 2023]

[S-12] XFL (2023) 2023 Championship – Arlington Renegades 35 DC Defenders 26 [Internet] Available from: h https://www.xfl.com/games/2303003-Champ-ARL-at-DC [Accessed 10 September 2023]

Player References

[P-1] RTE Online, 2023-08-29 (2023) Green Bay Packers take a punt on Irish-born Dan Whelan [Internet] Available from: https://www.rte.ie/sport/us-sport/2023/0829/1402335-green-bay-packers-take-a-punt-on-whelan/ [Accessed 10 September 2023]

[P-2] MSN / Journal.ie (2023) ‘Proud moment for the School’ – Excitement in Bray as former student chases NFL history [Internet] Available from: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sports/nfl/proud-moment-for-the-school-excitement-in-bray-as-former-student-chases-nfl-history/ar-AA1ga5ec [Accessed 10 September 2023]

Logo References

[L-X1] XFL (2023) Arlington_Renegades_Mastersheet_Renegade_Lockup [Internet] Available from: https://res.cloudinary.com/xfl-production/image/upload/c_thumb,w_128,g_face/v1675657573/xfl-prod/logos/Arlington_Renegades_Mastersheet_Renegade_Lockup.png [Accessed 9 April 2023]

[L-X2] XFL (2023) DC_Defenders_Mastersheet_Defenders_Lockup [Internet] Available from: https://res.cloudinary.com/xfl-production/image/upload/c_thumb,w_128,g_face/v1675657573/xfl-prod/logos/DC_Defenders_Mastersheet_Defenders_Lockup.png [Accessed 9 April 2023]

[L-X3] XFL (2023) Houston_Roughnecks_Mastersheet_Roughnecks_Lockup [Internet] Available from: https://res.cloudinary.com/xfl-production/image/upload/c_thumb,w_128,g_face/v1675657573/xfl-prod/logos/Houston_Roughnecks_Mastersheet_Roughnecks_Lockup.png [Accessed 9 April 2023]

[L-X4] XFL (2023) Orlando_Guardians_Mastersheet_Guardians_Lockup [Internet] Available from: https://res.cloudinary.com/xfl-production/image/upload/c_thumb,w_128,g_face/v1675657573/xfl-prod/logos/Orlando_Guardians_Mastersheet_Guardians_Lockup.png [Accessed 9 April 2023]

[L-X5] San Antonio Brahmas Facebook (2022) Profile Picture, October 31, 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/XFLBrahmas/photos/a.108127215315874/137042252424370 [Accessed 9 April 2023][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/313398847_137042249091037_9104381537955930824_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=hMdwiO4qmUIAX_OBOpU&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AfCq7u4MGmsAg38ijxc5pAwvwKGcWbZnU22bzZlyZOl44w&oe=6438AEC2 ][Accessed 9 April 2023]

[L-X6] XFL (2023) Seattle_SeaDragons_Mastersheet_Sea_Dragons_Lockup [Internet] Available from: https://res.cloudinary.com/xfl-production/image/upload/c_thumb,w_128,g_face/v1675657573/xfl-prod/logos/Seattle_SeaDragons_Mastersheet_Sea_Dragons_Lockup.png [Accessed 9 April 2023]

[L-X7] XFL (2023) STL_Battlehawks_MasterSheet_Battlehawk_Lockup [Internet] Available from: https://res.cloudinary.com/xfl-production/image/upload/c_thumb,w_128,g_face/v1675657573/xfl-prod/logos/STL_Battlehawks_MasterSheet_Battlehawk_Lockup.png [Accessed 9 April 2023]

[L-X8] XFL (2023) Vegas_Vipers_Mastersheet_Vipers_Lockup [Internet] Available from: https://res.cloudinary.com/xfl-production/image/upload/c_thumb,w_128,g_face/v1675657573/xfl-prod/logos/Vegas_Vipers_Mastersheet_Vipers_Lockup.png [Accessed 9 April 2023]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Los Mysterio and all at Everything Football

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All American Football League 2008

All American Football League Logo [References: 1]

Teams

All American Football League 2008

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
0	Team Alabama	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Team Arkansas	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Team Florida	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Team Michigan	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Team Tennessee	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Team Texas	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0

Home Stadiums

Team	Stadium
Team Alabama	Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Team Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Arkansas
Team Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida
Team Michigan	Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Team Tennessee	Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee
Team Texas	Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas

All American Football League 2008 Stadiums

Team Head Coaches and First Draft Pick

Team	Head Coach	First Draft Pick
Team Alabama	Mike Jones (former Frankfurt Galaxy, NFL Europa)	Josh Sewell (Nebraska, C)
Team Arkansas	Ron Calgacgi
Team Florida	Shane Matthews
Team Michigan	Tom Montes (former Assistant Coach of Detroit Lions, NFL)
Team Tennessee	Andy Kelly
Team Texas	John Jenkins (former University of Houston Coach)

All American Football League Coaches and First Draft Picks.

About the All American Football League 2008

The All American Football League was headquartered in Atlanta. Georgia and intended to start play in 2008 as a compliment to both the National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), playing by NCAA rules. It had six teams located in Major Stadiums, mostly in the South of the United States of America (Houston, Little Rock, Knoxville, Gainesville, Birmingham) with one team in the Midwest (Detroit, Michigan). Teams were named after the State they were located in but had no nicknames, instead being known as Team Alabama, Team Arkansas, Team Florida, Team Michigan, Team Tennessee and Team Texas.

The draft went ahead on January 26th 2008 as planned, with the opening game scheduled for April 2008, but on March 13th, 2008 the League gave a press release announcing the postponement of the start date until 2009. The arrival of the United Football League which played from 2009 to 2011 may have been the factor which ended the All American Football League before it started, as the AAFL never got off the ground.

References

[1] Angelfire (2008) aafllogo [Internet] Available from: https://www.angelfire.com/ia3/coltsnflrules/images/aafllogo.jpg [Accessed 20 October 2021]

[2] Angelfire (2008) All American Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.angelfire.com/ia3/coltsnflrules/allamericanfootballleague.htm [Accessed 20 October 2021]

[3] AI (2008) All American Football League Draft Underway [Internet] Available from: https://www.al.com/spotnews/2008/01/all_american_football_league_d.html [Accessed 20 October 2021]

[4]AAFL Wayback Machine (2008) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080726171055/http://allamericanfootballleague.com/teams.php [Accessed 20 October 2021]

[5] AAFL Wayback Machine (2008) Press Release: AAFL Postpones Inaugural season until 2009 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20081029063130/http://www.allamericanfootballleague.com/2009SeasonPR.php [Accessed 20 October 2021]

Acknowledgents

Thanks to Martha Griffin

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United Football League 2022

United Football League Logo [References: 14]

Standings

United Football League North Division 2022

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
0	Pittsburgh Pioneers	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Richmond Iron Horses	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Virginia Beach Destroyers	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0

United Football League South Division 2022

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
0	Atlanta Wildcats	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Birmingham Steeldawgs	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Mississippi Mudcats	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0

United Football League Mid-West Division 2022

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
0	Chicago Blue Bombers	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Kansas City Kapitals	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	St. Louis Stampede	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0

United Football League Central Division 2022

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
0	Arkansas Twisters	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Baton Rouge Redsticks	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
0	Houston Bighorns	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0

About the United Football League (2022)

The United Football League (2022) claims to be a revival of the UFL of 1961 – the first league to use that name – UFL is also the name of a league which existed from 2009 to 2011. They were all AAA (Minor / Developmental) Leagues of the NFL and this league also claims to be a AAA Alternative to the National Football League (NFL).

References

[1] United Football League (2022) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.uflfootball.com/stats#/422/standings?season_id=3537 [Accessed 28 September 2021]

Logo References

[2] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-137440-pittsburgh-pioneers-1629494688197840460-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-137440-pittsburgh-pioneers-1629494688197840460-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[3] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-143251-richmond-iron-horses-1631637959711627246-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-143251-richmond-iron-horses-1631637959711627246-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[4] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-140549-virginia-beach-destroyers-1630317335897777959-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-140549-virginia-beach-destroyers-1630317335897777959-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[5] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-140547-atlanta-wildcats-1630313449556272150-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-140547-atlanta-wildcats-1630313449556272150-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[6] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-143254-birmingham-steeldawgs-1631638889071910830-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-143254-birmingham-steeldawgs-1631638889071910830-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[7] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-140927-mississippi-mudcats-1630423108059211322-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-140927-mississippi-mudcats-1630423108059211322-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[8] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-136051-chicago-blue-bombers-1629393275450820328-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-136051-chicago-blue-bombers-1629393275450820328-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[9] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-137392-kansas-city-kapitals-1629488473257403031-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-137392-kansas-city-kapitals-1629488473257403031-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[10] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-140548-saint-louis-stampede-1630313667751541473-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-140548-saint-louis-stampede-1630313667751541473-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[11] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-141044-arkansas-twisters-1630442888237971682-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-141044-arkansas-twisters-1630442888237971682-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[12] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-142309-baton-rouge-redsticks-1631129039191289827-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-142309-baton-rouge-redsticks-1631129039191289827-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[13] United Football League (2022) team-logo_url-143252-houston-bighorns-1631638247862776135-large [Internet] Available from: https://img.shiftstats.com/0e1452fb-43d9-4ccf-a801-69be5b2ed0d4/team-logo_url-143252-houston-bighorns-1631638247862776135-large.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

[14] United Football League (2022) 1628586208-grid [Internet] Available from: https://digitalshift-assets.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/pw/74d5d60d-554c-4ad6-ac2f-1efac76a9e62/p-1ae88ec1-44e1-4143-bb33-fe39bac0390d/1628586208-grid.png [Accessed 28 September 2021]

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XFL Schedule and Match Reports 2001

Standings

XFL Eastern Division 2001

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Orlando Rage	4	0	1.000	107	61	46	W4
2	NY/NJ Hitmen	2	2	0.500	44	49	-5	W1
3	Birmingham Bolts	1	3	0.250	52	74	-22	L1
4	Chicago Enforcers	0	4	0.000	64	99	-35	L4

XFL Western Division 2001

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Las Vegas Outlaws	3	1	0.750	71	24	47	W1
2	Los Angeles Xtreme	2	2	0.500	73	74	-1	L1
3	San Francisco Demons	2	2	0.500	51	58	-7	L1
4	Memphis Maniax	2	2	0.500	49	72	-23	W1

Schedule

Note: Please Click on individual game scores to view match reports and scorers for those games

XFL Regular Season 2001


Match Day Week 1
February 3, 2001 (Week 1) 15 - 10 N/A San Francisco Demons vs Los Angeles Xtreme
February 3, 2001 (Week 1) 33 - 29 N/A Orlando Rage vs Chicago Enforcers
February 4, 2001 (Week 1) 20 - 22 N/A Birmingham Bolts vs Memphis Maniax
February 4, 2001 (Week 1) 19 - 0 N/A Las Vegas Outlaws vs NY/NJ Hitmen
Match Day Week 2
February 10, 2001 (Week 2) 26 - 14 N/A Orlando Rage vs San Francisco Demons
February 10, 2001 (Week 2) 39 - 32 N/A Los Angeles Xtreme vs Chicago Enforcers
February 11, 2001 (Week 2) 3 - 27 N/A Memphis Maniax vs Las Vegas Outlaws
February 11, 2001 (Week 2) 19 - 12 N/A NY/NJ Hitmen vs Birmingham Bolts
Match Day Week 3
February 17, 2001 (Week 3) 12 - 9 N/A Los Angeles Xtreme vs Las Vegas Outlaws
February 17, 2001 (Week 3) 13 - 6 N/A San Francisco Demons vs Memphis Maniax
February 18, 2001 (Week 3) 14 - 3 N/A Birmingham Bolts vs Chicago Enforcers
February 18, 2001 (Week 3) 12 - 18 N/A NY/NJ Hitmen vs Orlando Rage
Match Day Week 4
February 24, 2001 (Week 4) 0 - 13 N/A Chicago Enforcers vs NY/NJ Hitmen
February 24, 2001 (Week 4) 30 - 6 N/A Orlando Rage vs Birmingham Bolts
February 25, 2001 (Week 4) 9 - 16 N/A San Francisco Demons vs Las Vegas Outlaws
February 25, 2001 (Week 4) 12 - 18 N/A Los Angeles Xtreme vs Memphis Maniax

Report

In the first of a new series on Eirball, relive important, significant and exciting seasons from years gone by week-by-week on a daily basis. For the next Fortnight Eirball shall provide the reader each day with a weeks match reports and video footage of the XFL 2001, the brainchild of World Wrestling Federation’s Vince McMahon, which was ultimately doomed to failure but initially caught the fans attention with its message of fun and extreme football, in contrast to what was portrayed as the “boring” “No Fun League” (NFL).

Week 1 Recap

Vince McMahon was seen in Las Vegas before the Opening Kickoff of the 2001 XFL season, its’ first ever, fine-tuning details, as Las Vegas Outlaws deteated New York/New Jersey Hitmen 19-0 before 30,389 fans. The Cheerleaders in Hotpants and Push-Up Bustiers competed for the fans attention with the Football on the Field before 1000ft TV Screens inside the Stadium, and the Helmet Cam was first used to give fans a new perspective and get deep into the action. The second half of the game dragged as the teams traded punts, however and the Cheerleaders seemed to some fans to be more worth watching.

In San Francisco, the home team Demons defeated Los Angeles Xtreme 15-13 at Pacific Bell Park in a game that was most remebered for a season-ending injury before kickoff to one of the players as instead of the coin toss two players dashed 20 yards to centre field to try and gain possesion of the football which was placed there. The unfortunate player had his shoulder disclocated in the scramble for the ball, ending his season before a ball was kicked. In other matches Orlando Rage defeated Chicago Enforcers 33-29 at Citrus Field in Florida in front of 33,603 spectators and Memphis Maniax won by the slender margin of 22-20 before 35,311 at Legion Field in Birmingham Alabama, in a Deep South rivalry with the Bolts.

The TV ratings war was won, which was important for both Vince McMahon who was refused a CFL franchise, and NBC who had lost their license to broadcast the NFL, It proved shortlived, howver, as it appealed mostly to an 18-24 year old male category, in contrast to the NFL’s family friendly atmosphere. The following weeks as shall be seen the ratings and attendances dropped off for the ill-fated adventure, which was brought back in 2020 for a second season.

Week 2 Recap

Again most of the talk surrounding the XFL was about the spectacle surrounding the Football, in the stands and the cheerleaders, fireworks, blaring music and in the opening home game of the season in Los Angeles for the Xtreme a hot tub with bikini-clad women, party-tent and rowdy fans hurling beer cans at each other.

On Saturday the 10th of February, the LA game saw the Xtreme win in overtime 39-32 against the Chicago Enforcers, the nerwspaper reporter neglecting to mention all but the opening and closing touchdowns of the match as Tommy Maddox, the former UCLA Bruins star quarteback threw for four touchdowns. Also on Saturday, Orlando Rage won 26-14 at home in the Citrys Bowl versus San Francisco Demons, with the attendance noticably down on the previous weekend, by as much as 11,500.

Sunday saw the temperature drop and the attendance likewise in New Jersey as the New York / New Jersey Hitmen opened their home schedule in freezing temperatures and 22 mph winds, which made the surface like ice and contributed to five turnovers. of over 35,000 fans at the match only 5,000 braved it out until the end. The final game of the weekend was a 19-3 win for Las Vegas Outlaws in Memphis against the Maniax as Las Vegas remained only one of two teams on a 2-0 record, Orlando Rage being the other .

Week 3 Recap

Three dull games with little in the way of scores were made up for by the Sunday Night game in Giants Stadium, New Jersey, where the Football kept the 20,000 fans in the Stadium until the end unlike the previous week where the dull football, many mistakes and fireworks, gyrating cheerleaders and microphones on players failed to do. This sent a message to the XFL – the fans wanted Real Football, not gimmicks.

On Saturday Los Angeles Xtreme defeated Las Vegas Outlaws courtesy of four Jose Cortes Field Goals, winning 12-9, as Las Vegas Outlaws defense, which had only let in three points in its first twio matches failed to make up for their lack of Offensive output. Outlaws’ Back-up quarterback Mike Cawley, who stepped in for the injured Ryan Clement was sacked seven times during the match. San Francisco also had a late come-from-behind win, 13-6 versus Memphis Maniax, whicxh dropped Memphis to 1-2 and left thewe Demons on 2-1 in a three-way tie for first place in the West Conference with LA Xtreme and Las Vegas Outlaws.

Sunday’s fare was little better in Birmingham, as temperatures dropped to 40 degrees fahrenheit and the attendance did likewise, down to 17,582 from the 30,000 on the Bolts home opening night. Duane Butler scored a timely 98 yard Interception Return for a Touchdown with less than two minutes remaining to give the Bolts a 12-3 win. The final game was the game of the week in Giants Stadium, which despite a field like ice and freezing temperatures, Orlando Rage kept the fans in their seats with a fourth quarter comeback which saw them rally from 12-3 down to win 18-12.

Week 4 Recap

The Media attention was again on the XFL for all ther wrong reasons in Week 4, with TV Ratings dropping to 2.9 for the Saturday match-up between New York / New Jersey Hitmen and Chicago Enforcers, which finished 13-0 at Soldier Field in the Windy City for the visitors. On opening night in week 1, the Ratings had been 10.3, then dropped to 5.1 and 3.8 before a new low of 2.9 this week, meaning only 2.9 % of households in the 49 major markets tuned in.

The Orlando Rage continued on winning ways, defeating Birmingham Thunderbolts (a.k.a Bolts) 30-6 in Orlando, as they remained the only unbeaten team on 4-0. The win put a two-game cushion between them and the second-placed Bolts in the East Conference. Chicago remained winless after losing the battle of the two 0-3 teams.

In the West Conference, Las Vegas Outlaws took over sole ownership of first with a 16-9 win in San Francisco versus the Demons, thanks to the Quarterbacking of Mark Grieb, who had been a Masters student in Stanford University two weeks previously. Having asked his department for permission to finish his quarter of studies and play at the same time they gave him their blessing. In Los Angeles attendance was a third of what it was for their opening home game as the Memphis Maniax triumphed 18-12 to bring Maniax level with both LA and San Francisco on 2-2, one game behind the Outlaws.

Logo References

[1] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Xtreme_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Xtreme_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

Logo references

[2] Las Vegas Outlaws Wayback Machine (2001) oultaws_logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010301185743im_/http://www.lasvegasoutlaws.com/images/oultaws_logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[3] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Xtreme_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Xtreme_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[4] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Maniax_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Maniax_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[5] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Demons_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Demons_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[6] Birmingham Pro Sports (2021) logo birmingham thunderbolts [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/birminghamthunderbolts/logo%20birmingham%20thunderbolts.jpg [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[7] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Enforcers_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Enforcers_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[8] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Hitman_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Hitman_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[9] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Rage_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Rage_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

References

Newspapers

[10] First Down (2001) XFL February 8-14, 2001. pg. 22

[11] First Down (2001) XFL February 15-21, 2001. pg. 20

[12] First Down (2001) XFL February 22-28, 2001. pg. 14

[13] First Down (2001) XFL March 1-7, 2001. pg. 14

[14] First Down (2001) XFL March 8-14, 2001. pg. 16

[15] First Down (2001) XFL March 15-21, 2001. pg. 16

[16] First Down (2001) XFL March 22-28, 2001. pg. 16

[17] First Down (2001) XFL March 29-April 4, 2001. pg. 17

[18] First Down (2001) XFL April 5-11, 2001. pg.

[19] First Down (2001) XFL April 12-18, 2001. pg.

REFERENCES

IMAGES

[20] Birmingham Thunderbolts (2001) XFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.birminghamprosports.com/birminghamthunderbolts/logo%20xfl.jpg [Accessed 20 July 2019]

WEBSITES

[21] Remember the XFL (2017) XFL Final Standings [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/standings [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[22] Remember the XFL (2017) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/weekly-results [Accessed 31 December 2019]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Donie, Nigs, Ian Breathnach, Alan Gray, Mark Mahon, Mark, Denis Culhane, Willie Winters

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 August 2021

June 5, 2021October 29, 2023

United Football League 2011

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Virginia Destroyers (C)	4	3	1	0	105	63	.750
Las Vegas Locomotives (P)	4	3	1	0	83	67	.750
Omaha Nighthawks	4	1	3	0	62	96	.250
Sacramento Mountain Lions	4	1	3	0	80	104	.250

Reference: [3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Consolation Game
21.10.2011	Omaha Nighthawks	19	Sacramento Mountain Lions	25
	Championship Game
21.10.2011	Virginia Destroyers	17	Las Vegas Locomotive	3

Reference: [3]

Regular Season

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
15.09.2011	Omaha Nighthawks	13	Virginia Destroyers	23
17.09.2011	Sacramento Mountain Lions	17	Las Vegas Locomotives	23
	Week 2
24.09.2011	Virginia Destroyers	34	Las Vegas Locomotives	17
	Week 3
01.10.2011	Sacramento Mountain Lions	30	Omaha Nighthawks	33
	Week 4
07.10.2011	Virginia Destroyers	28	Sacramento Mountain Lions	6
08.10.2011	Las Vegas Destroyers	30	Omaha Nighthawks	10
	Week 5
15.10.2011	Sacramento Mountain Lions	27	Virginia Destroyers	20
15.10.2011	Omaha Nighthawks	6	Las Vegas Locomotives	13

[References: 2]

Report

For the third season of the United Football League the league dropped back down to four teams with the loss of Florida Tuskers and Hartford Colonials but with the addition of new team Virginia Destroyers based in Virginia Beach. With a limited schedule of four games each plus one guaranteed post-season game per team, the Virginia Destroyers and Las Vegas Locomotives both reached the Championship Game on 3-1 records. This time Las Vegas Locomotives lost the title game 3-17, its’ first time losing a Championship Game. Sacramento Mountain Lions won the Consolation Game 25-19 versus Omaha Nighthawks 25-19 in overtime.

References

Images

[1] United Football League | Internet Archive (2012) UFL Shield [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20121029043349im_/http://ufl-football.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Logos/UFL_Shield.png[Accessed 13 August 2019]

Internet Archive

[2] United Football League | Internet Archive (2011) Schedule 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20111026023511/http://www.ufl-football.com/schedule [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 5 June 2021

June 4, 2021October 29, 2023

United Football League 2010

UFL 2010

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Las Vegas Locomotives (C)	8	5	3	0	174	142	.625
Florida Tuskers (P)	8	5	3	0	213	186	.625
Sacramento Mountain Lions	8	4	4	0	169	164	.500
Hartford Colonials	8	3	5	0	169	194	.375
Omaha Nighthawks	8	3	5	0	113	202	.375

Reference: [2]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Championship Game
27.10.2010	Las Vegas Locomotives	23	Florida Tuskers	20

Reference: [2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
18.09.2010	Hartford Colonials	27	Sacramento Mountain Lions	10
18.09.2010	Las Vegas Locomotives	20	Florida Tuskers	27
	Week 2
24.09.2010	Omaha Nighthawks	27	Hartford Colonials	26
25.09.2010	Sacramento Mountain Lions	24	Florida Tuskers	20
	Week 3
30.09.2010	Florida Tuskers	17	Las Vegas Locomotives	20
02.10.2010	Omaha Nighthawks	18	Sacramento Mountain Lions	17
	Week 4
08.10.2010	Las Vegas Locomotives	22	Omaha Nighthawks	10
09.10.2010	Hartford Colonials	20	Florida Tuskers	33
	Week 5
15.10.2010	Sacramento Mountain Lions	3	Las Vegas Locomotives	26
16.10.2010	Hartford Colonials	14	Omaha Nighthawks	19
	Week 6
21.10.2010	Florida Tuskers	17	Sacramento Mountain Lions	21
23.10.2010	Las Vegas Locomotives	24	Hartford Colonials	21 (OT)
	Week 7
28.10.2010	Omaha Nighthawks	10	Las Vegas Locomotives	24
30.10.2010	Sacramento Mountain Lions	26	Hartford Colonials	27
	Week 8
05.11.2010	Florida Tuskers	31	Omaha Nighthawks	14
06.11.2010	Las Vegas Locomotives	24	Sacramento Mountain Lions	27
	Week 9
11.11.2010	Florida Tuskers	41	Hartford Colonials	7
13.11.2010	Sacramento Mountain Lions	41	Omaha Nighthawks	3
	Week 10
19.11.2010	Omaha Nighthawks	10	Florida Tuskers	27
20.11.2010	Hartford Colonials	27	Las Vegas Locomotives	14

[References: 2]

Report

The second season of the resurrected United Football League in 2010 saw an expansion into the Midwest with the addition of Omaha Nighthawks (Nebraska). The Hartford Colonials replaced the New York Sentinels and the California Redwoods moved from San Jose to Sacramento renaming themselves the Mountain Lions. The League was also far more competitive with Las Vegas Locomotives and Florida Tuskers (Orlando) both reaching the Championship Game on 5-3 records, Florida after a 27-10 victory in Omaha which consigned the Nighthawks to bottom spot on 3-5. Hartford also finished 3-5 with a win at home to Las Vegas Locomotives on the last day of the season. Sacramento Mountain Lions finished 4-4 the week before with a huge 41-3 victory over Omaha but their slim hopes were dashed on the Final week when they had to watch on with a bye week. The Championship Game itself was also close as Las Vegas Locomotives won by 3 points against Florida Tuskers for the second time in as many seasons defeating the Tuskers 23-20 with a fourth quarter safety sealing the victory.

References

Internet Archive

Images

Internet Archives

[2] United Football League | Internet Archive (2011) Schedule 2010 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20110609043730/http://www.ufl-football.com/schedule [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill.

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Last Updated: 4 June 2021

June 4, 2021October 29, 2023

United Football League 2009

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Florida Tuskers (C)	6	6	0	0	183	92	1.000
Las Vegas Locomotive (P)	6	4	2	0	167	100	.667
California Redwoods (P)	6	2	4	0	105	134	.333
New York Sentinels	6	0	6	0	56	185	.000

Reference: Compiled from results in : 2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Championship Game
27.11.2009	Florida Tuskers	17	Las Vegas Locomotive	20 (OT)

Reference: [2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
08.10.2009	Las Vegas Locomotives	30	California Redwoods	17
10.10.2009	Florida Tuskers	35	New York Sentinels	13
	Week 2
14.10.2009	Las Vegas Locomotives	15	Florida Tuskers	29
17.10.2009	California Redwoods	24	New York Sentinels	7
	Week 3
24.10.2009	Florida Tuskers	34	California Redwoods	7
	Week 4
29.10.2009	New York Sentinels	13	California Redwoods	20
30.10.2009	Florida Tuskers	27	Las Vegas Locomotives	24
	Week 5
04.11.2009	New York Sentinels	10	Las Vegas Locomotives	41
	Week 6
12.11.2009	New York Sentinels	6	Florida Tuskers	24
14.11.2009	California Redwoods	10	Las Vegas Locomotives	16
	Week 7
19.11.2009	California Redwoods	27	Florida Tuskers	34
20.11.2009	Las Vegas Locomotives	41	New York Sentinels	7

[References: 2]

Report

The United Football League played its first season in 2009, styling itself as a development league for the National Football League (NFL). The 2009 season featured four teams: Las Vegas Locomotives, Florida Tuskers (Orlando), California Redwoods (San Jose) and New York Sentinels with each of the games during the regular season going according to form. Florida Tuskers won the Regular Season Championship with a 6-0 record, Las Vegas joined them in the Championship game with a 4-2 record. California Redwoods had a chance to overhaul Las Vegas on the penultimate week of the season but lost 10-16 in the crucial match-up with the Locomotives, dropping the Redwoods to 2-4 for the season after they lost another close encounter with Florida in their last match. New York Sentinels lost all six games. The Championship Game proved to be a thriller with Las Vegas Locomotives shocking the Florida Tuskers 20-17 in overtime.

References

Internet Archive

Images

Internet Archive

[2] United Football League | Internet Archive (2010) Schedule 2009 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20100102212241/http://www.ufl-football.com/schedule [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill

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Last Updated: 4 June 2021

January 2, 2021July 9, 2024

XFL 2001

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Eastern Division
*Orlando Rage	10	8	2	0	203	185	.800
*Chicago Enforcers	10	5	5	0	186	179	.500
New York / New Jersey Hitmen	10	4	6	0	132	145	.400
Birmingham Thunderbolts	10	2	8	0	136	239	.200
Western Division
*Los Angeles Xtreme	10	7	3	0	235	166	.700
*San Francisco Demons	10	5	5	0	156	161	.500
Memphis Maniax	10	5	5	0	167	166	.500
Las Vegas Outlaws	10	4	6	0	150	133	.400

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
07.04.2001	Orlando Rage	25	San Francisco Demons	26
08.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	33	Chicago Enforcers	16
	XFL Championship		Million Dollar Game Los Angeles, CA
21.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	24	San Francisco Demons	26

[References: 1]

Regular Season Results

DAte	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
03.02.2001	Chicago Enforcers	29	Orlando Rage	23
03.02.2001	NY / NJ Hitmen	0	Las Vegas Outlaws	19
04.02.2001	Birmingham Bolts	20	Memphis Maniax	22
04.02.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	13	San Francisco Demons	15
	Week 2
10.02.2001	Chicago Enforcers	32	Los Angeles Xtreme	39 2ot
10.02.2001	San Francisco Demons	14	Orlando Rage	26
11.02.2001	NY / NJ Hitmen	12	Birmingham Bolts	19
11.02.2001	Memphis Maniax	3	Las Vegas Outlaws	25
	Week 3
17.02.2001	Las Vegas Outlaws	9	Los Angeles Xtreme	12
17.02.2001	Memphis Maniax	6	San Francisco Demons	13
18.02.2001	Chicago Enforcers	3	Birmingham Bolts	19
18.02.2001	NY / NJ Hitmen	12	Orlando Rage	18
	Week 4
24.02.2001	Chicago Enforcers	0	NY / NJ Hitmen	13
24.02.2001	Birmingham Bolts	6	Orlando Rage	30
25.02.2001	San Francisco Demons	9	Las Vegas Outlaws	16
25.02.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	12	Memphis Maniax	18
	Week 5
03.03.2001	NY / NY Hitmen	7	Los Angeles Xtreme	22
03.03.2001	Birmingham Bolts	10	San Francisco Demons	39
04.03.2001	Memphis Maniax	19	Orlando Rage	21
04.03.2001	Las Vegas Outlaws	13	Chicago Enforcers	15
	Week 6
10.03.2001	Las Vegas Outlaws	15	Orlando Rage	27
10.03.2001	Chicago Enforcers	23	Memphis Maniax	29
10.03.2001	San Francisco Demons	12	NY / NJ Hitmen	20
10.03.2001	Birmingham Bolts	26	Los Angeles Xtreme	35
	Week 7
17.03.2001	Memphis Maniax	15	NY / NJ Hitmen	16
17.03.2001	Birmingham Bolts	12	Las Vegas Outlaws	34
18.03.2001	Orlando Rage	6	Los Angeles Xtreme	31
18.03.2001	San Francisco Demons	19	Chicago Enforcers	25
	Week 8
24.03.2001	Las Vegas Outlaws	26	Los Angeles Xtreme	35
24.03.2001	Memphis Maniax	12	San Francisco Demons	21
25.03.2001	NY / NJ Hitmen	12	Orlando Rage	17
25.03.2001	Birmingham Bolts	0	Chicago Enforcers	13
	Week 9
31.03.2001	NY / NJ Hitmen	18	Chicago Enforcers	23
31.03.2001	Birmingham Bolts	24	Orlando Rage	29
01.04.2001	Los Angeles Xtreme	12	Memphis Maniax	27
01.04.2001	Las Vegas Outlaws	9	San Francisco Demons	14
	Week 10
07.04.2001	San Francisco Demons	0	Los Angeles Xtreme	24
07.04.2001	Las Vegas Outlaws	3	Memphis Maniax	16
08.04.2001	Birmingham Bolts	0	NY / NJ Hitmen	22
08.04.2001	Orlando Rage	6	Chicago Enforcers	23

[References: 3]

Report

References

Images

[2] Birmingham Thunderbolts (2001) XFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.birminghamprosports.com/birminghamthunderbolts/logo%20xfl.jpg [Accessed 20 July 2019]

Websites

[2] Remember the XFL (2017) XFL Final Standings [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/standings [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[3] Remember the XFL (2017) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/weekly-results [Accessed 31 December 2019]

Newspapers

[4] First Down (2001) February to April 2001.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Donie, Nigs, Ian Breathnach, Alan Gray, Mark Mahon, Mark, Denis Culhane, Willie Winters

About this document

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Last Updated: 2 January 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts
1	Belfast Blitzers	9	1	0.900	449	47	402
2	Dublin Tornadoes	6	4	0.600	121	164	-43
3	Carrickfergus Cougars	4	6	0.400	99	126	-27
4	Coleraine Chieftains	1	9	0.100	58	234	-176
5	East Side Jets	1	9	0.100	10	284	-274

Date	Event	Time/Results	Venue	Article	Match Day
1987-09-12 06:09:23September 12, 1987	Belfast Blitzers vs Craigavon Cowboys	20 - 28		Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-13 14:00:10September 13, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Belfast Giants	43 - 0	Drogheda Rugby Club, Drogheda, Co. Louth	Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-26 15:00:18September 26, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Craigavon Cowboys	43 - 25	North Rugby Club, Ormeau Road, Belfast	Recap	Shamrock Bowl II