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 |
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 |
Report
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.
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
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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Last Updated: 2 January 2021
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