Category: XFLs (1993-2020)

June 5, 2021

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.

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June 4, 2021

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, 2021

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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January 2, 2021

XFL 2001

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Eastern Division
*Orlando Rage	10	8	2	0	213	185	.800
*Chicago Enforcers	10	5	5	0	186	184	.500
New York / New Jersey Hitmen	10	4	6	0	132	145	.400
Birmingham Thunderbolts	10	2	8	0	131	239	.200
Western Division
*Los Angeles Xtreme	10	7	3	0	235	136	.700
*San Francisco Demons	10	5	5	0	156	161	.500
Memphis Maniax	10	5	5	0	164	166	.500
Las Vegas Outlaws	10	4	6	0	169	143	.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

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

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Last Updated: 2 January 2021

December 31, 2020

Alliance of American Football 2019

Alliance of American Football Logo [Ref: 3]

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Conference
Orlando Apollos	8	7	1	0	236	136	.875
Birmingham Iron	8	5	3	0	165	133	.625
Memphis Express	8	2	6	0	152	194	.250
Atlanta Legends	8	2	6	0	88	213	.250
Western Conference
San Antonio Commanders	8	5	3	0	158	154	.625
Arizona Hotshots	8	5	3	0	186	144	.625
San Diego Fleet	8	3	5	0	158	161	.375
Salt Lake Stallions	8	3	5	0	135	143	.200

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
10.02.2019	San Antonio Commanders	15	San Diego Fleet	6
10.02.2019	Orlando Apollos	40	Atlanta Legends	6
10.02.2019	Birmingham Iron	26	Memphis Express	6
11.02.2019	Arizona Hotshots	38	Salt Lake Stallions	22
	Week 2
16.02.2019	Birmingham Iron	12	Salt Lake Stallions	9
17.02.2019	Memphis Express	18	Arizona Hotshots	20
17.02.2019	San Antonio Commanders	29	Orlando Apollos	37
18.02.2019	San Diego Fleet	24	Atlanta Legends	12
	Week 3
23.02.2019	Salt Lake Stallions	23	Arizona Hotshots	15
24.02.2019	Orlando Apollos	21	Memphis Express	17
24.02.2019	Atlanta Legends	12	Birmingham Iron	28
25.02.2019	San Diego Fleet	31	San Antonio Commanders	11
	Week 4
02.03.2019	Memphis Express	26	San Diego Fleet	23
03.03.2019	Salt Lake Stallions	11	Orlando Apollos	20
03.03.2019	Birmingham Iron	11	San Antonio Commanders	12
04.03.2019	Arizona Hotshots	11	Atlanta Legends	14
	Week 5
09.03.2019	Birmingham Iron	14	Orlando Apollos	31
10.03.2019	San Diego Fleet	27	Salt Lake Stallions	25
10.03.2019	Atlanta Legends	23	Memphis Express	20
11.03.2019	Arizona Hotshots	25	San Antonio Commanders	29
	Week 6
2019	Atlanta Legends	6	San Antonio Commanders	37
2019	Orlando Apollos	17	Arizona Hotshots	22
2019	Salt Lake Stallions	22	Memphis Express	9
2019	San Diego Fleet	29	Birmingham Iron	32
	Week 7
2019	Atlanta Legends	6	Orlando Apollos	36
2019	Memphis Express	31	Birmingham Iron	25
2019	Arizona Hotshots	32	San Diego Fleet	15
2019	San Antonio Commanders	19	Salt Lake Stallions	15
	Week 8
2019	Birmingham Iron	17	Atlanta Legends	9
2019	Memphis Express	31	Orlando Apollos	34
2019	Salt Lake Stallions	8	San Diego Fleet	3
2019	San Antonio Commanders	6	Arizona Hotshots	23
	Week 9
2019	Atlanta Legends		Salt Lake Stallions
2019	Arizona Hotshots		Birmingham Iron
2019	San Antonio Commanders		Memphis Express
2019	Orlando Apollos		San Diego Fleet
	Week 10
2019	Memphis Express		Atlanta Legends
2019	Orlando Apollos		Birmingham Iron
2019	San Diego Fleet		Arizona Hotshots
2019	Salt Lake Stallions		San Antonio Commanders

Alliance of American Football Results [Ref: 2]

About

The Alliance of American Football was a AAA (2nd Level) American Football League, which unusually for the time, managed to start the season, although it filed for bankruptcy after 8 of ten weeks, with Orlando Apollos (7-1) and Birmingham Iron (5-3) in the Eastern Conference, and San Antonio Commanders (5-3) and Arizona Hotshots (5-3) in the Western Coference, in Playoff spots.

Its’ place as a AAA Alternative to the National Football League was taken in 2020 by the second incarnation of the XFL. There was also failed attempts in 2020 to start Major League Football and the Freedom Football League. Ian Jones, who was born in Cork, Ireland, was Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Salt Lake Stallions in the AAF in 2019.

Biography of Ian Jones

Ian Jones, Irish-Born GAA Football, Rugby Union and NFL American Football Coach 2010-Present [Reference: 6][Picture Credit: Ian Jones LinkedIn Profile]

Ian Jones, born in Cork, was appointed Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Houston Texans in 2017. He started doing voluntary work, mostly coaching in the GAA while still in College in 2010, where he was Head Strength & Conditioning Coach with Cork GAA (Official) and one other coach, Mark Kilgallon, who is now Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the AFL’s Sydney Swans, saw potential, and got him an Internship at the University of South Carolina, using his contacts with Craig Fitzgerald, whom he had worked with at Harvard University in the mid-2000s.

He worked 12 Hours a Day at USC, seven days a week, 8 hours each day coaching the Football Team.
[1] After two summers at USC he moved on to London Welsh Rugby Union team, and his first Professional Contract. he was surprised at how low-level the set-up was. They had just been promoted to the Premiership, but the budget was small compared the Colleges in the USA, where Stsdiums can seat 110,000 people and there are massively successful alumni who can fund the College Programmes. He decided to phone Fitzgerald again and tell him it was not working out and secured a contract with Penn State College Football Team.

He stayed for three years at Penn State coaching the University’s Football Team as well as being involved in Coaching 30 other sports during his time there, including the College Rugby Team, and the USA Women’s Rugby Squad which also had s base there. While involved with the USA Women’s Rugby Team he got to go to Canadaon Tour with the, and also travel to Wales, England and the World Cup in france in 2014. . By now Fitzgerald had moved on to become a Coach at the Houston Texans. Jones ended up taking a low level position with the Cleveland Browns in 2016, and from there went on to the Houston Texans in 2017, after Fitzgerald called him up when a position became vacant. [1]

At the Texans a typical day stated at 3 A.M. the S&C Staff train at 3:45 AM, At 6 AM they Preview the Day and set up the Weight Room. At 7 AM they train the 30-or-so Rookies (First Year Players). At 8 AM they have a team meeting and 8:30 AM the S&C staff meet for injury/rehab reports. 9 AM they train the five Long Snappers, Kickers and Punters. 10 AM is full practice – Three Hours Long. At 1 PM until 3 PM the non-Rookies are trained individually, staggerred, before they move off to their own individual training. After that it calms down – they eat, review what needs to be done in the Weightroom, look at data from Practice. at 5 or 6 PM another full team meeting and at 7 PM a Final walk-through for the Day. Once the meetings are finished around 8 or 9 PM, that’s the day done. [1]

From the Texans he took up the position of Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Salt Lake Stalions, of the Alliance of American Football, a AAA American Football League, the equivalent of Championship in English Soccer, and from July 2019 to July 2020 was Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance at Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, a multi-sports NCAA College programme position. In December 2019 he took up the position of Head StrengthConditioning Coach at Rugby United in New York, and also the role of Strength and Conditioning Consultant. From June 2018 to August 2020 he was also Head of Physical Performance of USA Rugby and at the same time Physical Performance Consultant.

References

Websites

[1] Alliance of American Football (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://aaf.com/standings [Accessed 4 April 2019]

[2] Alliance of American Football (2019) Scores [Internet] Available from: https://aaf.com/scores [Accessed 4 April 2019]

Images

[3] Seeklogo (2019) Alliance of American Football Logo [Internet] Available from: https://seeklogo.com/images/A/alliance-of-american-football-logo-8F9D3F5942-seeklogo.com.jpg [Accessed 11 April 2020]

Websites

[4] Irish Times (2017) Jones’ Road: From coaching GAA to the backroom team of the Houston Texans Friday, September 8, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/jones-road-from-coaching-gaa-to-the-backroom-team-of-the-houston-texans-1.3211694 [Accessed 7 April 2018]

Social Media

[5] Ian Jones LinkedIn (2020) Profile [Internet] Available from: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-jones-735aa01ab [Accessed 30 December 2020

Images

[6] Ian Jones LinkedIn (2020) Profile Picture [Internet] Available from: https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQEcEMKlYmWiLA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/0/1605395567742?e=1614816000&v=beta&t=deF-6Z0ekS7Soo9on_4MB137hgWkme_JtsmQwZ9nkwY[Accessed 31 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rick Kelley & Kim Kelley.

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Last Updated: 11 April 2020

June 18, 2020

Regional Football League 1999

Regional Football League Logo [Ref: 5]

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Mobile Admirals	8	6	2	0	180	98	.750
*Houston Outlaws	8	6	2	0	148	82	.750
*Mississippi Pride	8	4	4	0	150	177	.500
*Ohio Cannon	8	3	5	0	104	111	.375
Shreveport Southern Knights	8	3	5	0	138	123	.375
New Orleans Thunder	8	2	6	0	82	198	.250

Regional Football League Standings 1999 [Ref: 1]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs 1st Round
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

Regional Football League Playoffs 1999 [Ref: 2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
17.04.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	40	Mississippi Pride	0
18.04.1999	Ohio Cannon	17	Houston Outlaws	18
18.04.1999	New Orleans Thunder	14	Mobile Admirals	42
	Week 2
24.04.1999	Mobile Admirals	15	Shreveport Southern Knights	7
24.04.1999	Mississippi Pride	5	Houston Outlaws	28
25.04.1999	Ohio Cannon	34	New Orleans Thunder	0
	Week 3
01.05.1999	Mobile Admirals	10	Houston Outlaws	7
01.05.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	29	Ohio Cannon	13
02.05.1999	New Orleans Thunder	14	Mississippi Pride	30
	Week 4
08.05.1999	Mobile Admirals	23	New Orleans Thunder	6
08.05.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	14	Houston Outlaws	17
08.05.1999	Mississippi Pride	20	Ohio Cannon	17
	Week 5
15.05.1999	Mobile Admirals	36	Mississippi Pride	13
15.05.1999	Houston Outlaws	27	Ohio Cannon	3
16.05.1999	New Orleans Thunder	14	Shreveport Southern Knights	31
	Week 6
22.05.1999	Houston Outlaws	31	New Orleans Thunder	12
22.05.1999	Mississippi Pride	35	Shreveport Southern Knights	10
22.05.1999	Ohio Cannon	20	Mobile Admirals	17
	Week 7
29.05.1999	Mississippi Pride	28	Mobile Admirals	20
30.05.1999	Houston Outlaws	17	Shreveport Southern Knights	7
	New Orleans Thunder	10	Ohio Cannon	0 #
	Week 8
05.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	14	Houston Outlaws	3
05.06.1999	Mississippi Pride	7	New Orleans Thunder	12
	Ohio Cannon	10	Shreveport Southern Knights	0 #

Regional Football League Regular Season Results 1999 [Ref: 2]

Preseason Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Mobile Admirals	2	2	0	0	62	24	1.000
Shreveport Southern Knights	2	2	0	0	44	27	1.000
Houston Outlaws	2	1	1	0	30	20	.500
Mississippi Pride	2	1	1	0	25	26	.500
Ohio Cannon	2	0	2	0	38	62	.000
New Orleans Thunder	2	0	2	0	12	41	.000

Regional Football League Preseason Standings 1999 [Ref: compiled from results in 2]

Preseason Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	PS Week 1
03.04.1999	Houston Outlaws	20	Mississippi Pride	0
03.04.1999	Ohio Cannon	17	Mobile Admirals	34
03.04.1999	New Orleans Thunder	6	Shreveport Southern Knights	16
	PS Week 2
10.04.1999	Mobile Admirals	20	Houston Outlaws	10
10.04.1999	Mississippi Pride	25	New Orleans Thunder	6
10.04.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	28	Ohio Cannon	21

Regional Football League Preseason Results 1999 [Ref: 2]

Report

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: 3] The International Football League of 2000 replaced it as the AAA Spring League in the USA. (see XFL Football Leagues Era (1990-2020) for more on AAA Spring Leagues in the USA from 1990-2020).

Shreveport Southern Knights in action [Ref: 4]

References

Websites

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

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

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

Images

[4] Remember the RFL (2014) Knights1 [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/_/rsrc/1324780142980/gallery/Knights1.gif?height=131&width=200 [Accessed 4 April 2019]

[5] Remember the RFL (2014) rfl [Internet] Available from: https://26c2b5dd-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/remembertherfl/helmets/rfl.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7co_-I0u6CsE2tnmDhMkSyOOa04P6e96dxdYhIX1SbuBBek6ubQl3-Ox5zfaC5CsUyuv_C11K4-aSnzdpxi_4HUuvdzGdWwafEE27KYtdHByMdglRfHjBljv1VbCrfVWBOFiorFTH5OttYaQGykuP2Mobt-VNQolQy_PBnR2knzuQ15Wrtw2b7-CK7hsIi2hYb0WCie9qyFgAgW9xfJVkm-6haEFSA%3D%3D&attredirects=0 [Accessed 4 April 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rick Kelley & Kim Kelley.

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Last Updated: 18 June 2020

June 8, 2020

FXFL Fall Experimental Football League 2014

FXFL Logo [Ref: 10]

Final Standings 2014

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Brooklyn Bolts	4	4	0	0			1.000
Omaha Mammoths	4	3	1	0			.750
Florida Blacktips	2	0	2	0			.000
Boston Brawlers	4	0	4	0			.000

FXFL 2014 Standings [Reference: Compiled from Results in: 1-9]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
09.10.2014	Omaha Mammoths	41	Boston Brawlers	18
	Week 2
15.10.2014	Omaha Mammoths	20	Florida Blacktips	19
16.10.2014	Brooklyn Bolts	27	Boston Brawlers	20
	Week 3
27.10.2014	Brooklyn Bolts	15	Omaha Mammoths	13
	Week 4
31.10.2014	Boston Brawlers	L	Brooklyn Bolts	W
	Week 5
06.11.2014	Omaha Mammoths	10	Boston Brawlers	8
08.11.2014	Brooklyn Bolts	26	Florida Blacktips	13

FXFL 2014 Standings [Reference: 1-9]

Report

Brooklyn Bolts went 4-0 winning the FXFL Fall Experimental Football League in 2014. Omaha Mammoths came second with a 3-1 Won-Loss Record, and Blacktips and Boston Breakers both lost all their games.

About

The FXFL or Fall Experimental Football League was a AAA American Football League which drew crowds in the region of 1,500 (Omaha Mammoths v Blacktips, 16 October 2014]

It operated for two seasons, with one team, the Blacktips, playing a half schedule, away from home, both seasons (although named Florida Blacktips). Brooklyn Bolts were the top team both seasons. It was related to The Spring Football League (2017 to Present), a similar showcase league playing a limited schedule.

References

You Tube

[1] You Tube | FXFL Football Channel (2014) FXFL Presented by Nivea Men Boston at Omaha Highlights, Nov 6, 2014 [0:09] [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSIejJnIa_U [Accessed 24 January 2020]

[2] You Tube | FXFL Football Channel (2014) FXFL Highlights presented by NIVEA MEN – Blacktips at Brooklyn, Nov 8, 2014 [2:01][Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq_-zc-K2DM [Accessed 24 January 2020]

[3] You Tube | FXFL Football Channel (2014) FXFL Highlights Brooklyn at Boston – Halloween Night, Nov 1, 2014 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lo4sB_VeQI [Accessed 24 January 2020]

[4] You Tube | FXFL Football Channel (2014) FXFL Highlights Presented by NIVEA MEN- Omaha at Brooklyn, Oct 27, 2014 [5:13] [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0-i0pUU4XU [Accessed 24 January 2020]

[5] You Tube | FXFL Football Channel (2014) FXFL Week #2 Boston at Brooklyn, Oct 16, 2014 [0:02][Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll58VNJBOTU [Accessed 24 January 2020]

[6] You Tube | FXFL Football Channel (2014) FXFL Opening Night Recap – National TV, Oct 9, 2014 [0:03][Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHPasGcAnMs [Accessed 24 January 2020]

[7] You Tube | Jeff Buss (2019) FXFL Omaha @ Brooklyn (October 24, 2014), Dec 31, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jps0DsyZ23A [Accessed 24 January 2020]

[8] You Tube | cflvideo1964 (2015) FXFL 2014 BOSTON BRAWLERS AT OMAHA MAMMOTHS, Apr 4, 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8FcOGnV4Dg [Accessed 24 January 2020]

Internet Archive

[9] Omaha World-Herald | Wayback Machine (2014) Missed extra point helps Mammoths survive [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20151128214125/http://www.omaha.com/sports/missed-extra-point-helps-mammoths-survive/article_a54427f4-55d4-5806-aaaf-726c8b899a62.html [Accessed 24 January 2020]

Images

[10] FXFL | Wayback Machine (2016) FXFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20160129203021im_/http://nebula.wsimg.com/711d1b30ebf4524942d1be671325df74?AccessKeyId=B5844B09487E75DCA4FF&disposition=0&alloworigin=1%5BAccessed 24 January 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michael O’Callaghan

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June 5, 2020

American Patriot League 2018-2020

American Patriot League Logo-Website Header Combo [Ref: 6]

Teams

North / West (Liberty Division?)	South (Freedom Division?)
Canton (Ohio)	Daytona Beach (Florida)
Ypsilanti (Michigan)	Mobile (Alabama)
Sacramento (California)	Shreveport (Louisiana)
???	Houston (Texas)

American Patriot League Teams 2018-2020 [Ref: 1]

Management

Role	Name
Managing Director	Keon Lattimore
Managing Director	Marques Ogden
Managing Director	Bob Golic
Director of Football Operations	David Holloway

American Patriot League Teams 2018-2020 [Ref: 4]

Report

The American Patriot League was founded in 2018 by the World Professional Football Association with the intention of starting an 8-team spring league, with teams playing a 14-game regular season, followed by three rounds of playoffs culminating in the Championship game, to be held in the city of Canton, Ohio, where the National Football League was founded in 1920.

The teams were to be in Daytona Beach (Florida), Mobile (Alabama), Houston (Texas), Shreveport (Louisiana), Sacramento (California), Canton (Ohio) and Ypsilanti (Michigan) with an eighth team to be announced as of 5 June 2020. Teams were to be arranged in two Divisions: Liberty and Freedom.

There had been no updates on the site or social media since a post on Facebook on January 18, 2019, announcing teams 5 and 6 (Houston and Canton). The management team included former NFL Players Bob Golic (13 years NFL) and Marques Ogden (5 years NFL).

References

Websites

[1] American Patriot League (2020) APL Teams [Internet] Available from: https://aplfootball.us/teams [Accessed 20 May 2020]

[2] American Patriot League (2020) APL Championship [Internet] Available from: https://aplfootball.us/championship [Accessed 20 May 2020]

[3] American Patriot League (2020) APL Info [Internet] Available from: https://aplfootball.us/about [Accessed 20 May 2020]

[4] American Patriot League (2020) APL Management [Internet] Available from: https://aplfootball.us/about/management [Accessed 20 May 2020]

Social Media

[5] American Patriot League | Facebook (2020) Home [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/americanpatriotleague/ [Accessed 20 May 2020]

Images

[6] American Patriot League (2020) combo-header [Internet] Available from: https://aplfootball.us/assets/gfx/combo-header.png [Accessed 20 May 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rick Kelley & Kim Kelley.

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April 15, 2020

Fan Ownership League 2001

Proposed FOL Cities

FOL Cities

Seattle

Philadelphia

New Orleans

Washington DC

Fan Ownership League [Ref: 1]

Report

The Fan Ownership League was a brief attempt by United States Football League founder Dave Dixon to start another Major League / AAA rival American Football League to the NFL.

It had four planned cities: Seattle, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Washington DC, but the emergence of another rival league, the International Football Federation, saw the two leagues consider merging, although it was a third league, the XFL, with its multi-million dollar NBC TV contract which put an end to both leagues.

References

[1] Remember the IFF (2020) Home [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertheiff/home [Accessed 15 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ed Murphy

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April 11, 2020

Stars Football League 2011-2013

Stars Football League Logo [Ref: 1]

Stars FL 2011

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
New Orleans Jazz	2	2	0	0	36	15	4
Daytona Beach Racers	1	1	0	0	31	28	2
Michigan Coyotes	1	0	1	0	6	21	0
Ft. Lauderdale Barracudas	2	0	2	0	37	46	0

Stars Football League Standings 2011 [Ref: Compiled from results in: 3-5]

Note: The Results of 3 matches currently unknown

Stars FL 2012

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
*Daytona Beach Racers	2	2	0	0	22	9	4
+Ft. Myers Swampdogs	2	1	1	0	23	16	2
+Ft. Lauderdale Barracudas	2	0	2	0	0	20	0

Stars Football League Standings 2012 [Ref: Compiled from Results in: 6-8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
14.07.2012	Ft. Lauderdale Barracudas	21	Ft. Myers Swampdogs	10
	SFL Championship Game		Presidents Cup I
28.07.2012	Ft. Lauderdale Barracudas	14	Daytone Beach Racers	16

Stars Football League Playoffs 2012 [Ref: 9-11]

Stars FL 2013

	P	W	L	T	Pts
*Miami Ironmen	3	3	0	0	6
*Ft. Lauderdale Barracudas	3	2	1	0	4
*Pompano Beach Swampdogs	3	1	2	0	2
Daytone Beach Racers	3	0	3	0	1

Stars Football League Final Standings 2013 [Ref: Compiled from results in: 12-16]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
02.07.2013	Pompano Beach Swamp Dogs	12	Ft. Lauderdale Barracudas	8
02.07.2013	Miami Ironmen	14	Daytona Beach Racers	0
	SFL Championship Game		President’s Trophy II
06.07.2013	Miami Ironmen	21	Pompano Beach Swampdogs	6

Stars Football League Playoffs 2013 [Ref: 17-19]

Report

The 2011 Stars Football League played 6 matches between 4 teams from 3 states [Ref: 5]. There was no Championship Game in the inaugural season, which was wrapped up in front of 1,900 fans at Tad Gormley Stadium, City Park, New Orleans, when the hometown Jazz beat the Michigan Coyotes 21-6. [Ref: 5]

The second Stars Football League season in 2012 featured three teams in Southern Florida, playing a 2-game schedule each, with all three teams making the Playoffs. The Fort Lauderdale Barracudas, taking homefield advantage in the Semi-Final, beat the Ft. Myers Swampdogs 21-10, to advance to the first Stars Football League Championship Game, which was also held in Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Ft. Lauderdale. [Ref: 6-9]

Having failed to score during the regular season, the Barracudas again put up a much better showing in the President’s Trophy Championship Game, but this time fell short, with the Daytona Beach Swampdogs winning 16-14. [Ref: 9-11]

The Stars Football League expanded to 4 teams for the 2013 season, adding the Miami Ironmen. The Ft. Myers Swampdogs moved to Pompano Beach, also Florida.

The Daytona Beach Racers, defending champions, were unable to repeat, losing all three regular season matches and losing to expansion side Miami Ironmen in the Playoffs. The Swampdogs defeated Ft. Lauderdale Barracudas 12-8 in the other Semi-Final. The Ironmen, who had gone 3-0 during the Regular Season, went all the way, completing a perfect season, winning the President’s Trophy II, 11-6 over Pompano Beach Swampdogs in the Championship Game. [Ref: 13-20]

About

The Stars Football League was a Professional Spring Football League that played from 2011 to 2013, primarily in Florida, but also in 2011 in New Orleans (Louisiana) and Michigan. It is notable for introducing a 1-2-3 Rule after touchdowns, whereby Conversions are worth 1 Point if Kicked, or 2 Points if Passed or Ran into the Endzone from 2 Yards out, and 3 Points if Passed or Ran into the Endzone from 10 Yards out. [Ref: 2]. In 2013 the 1-2-3 Point Rule became a 1234 Point Rule with 4 Points awarded for Passing or Running the ball into the endzone from 20 Yards out. [Ref: 12]

References

Images

[1] Stars Football League (2010) Stars Football League Logo [Internet] Available from:https://starsfootballleague.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sflLogo.jpg [Accessed 11 April 2020]

Websites

[2] Stars Football League (2011) SFL ANNOUNCES 1-2-3 RULE AFTER TOUCHDOWNS [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/sfl-announces-1-2-3-rule-touchdowns/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[3] Stars Football League (2011) FOOTBALL HISTORY WAS MADE WHEN THE JAZZ-BARRACUDA GAME WAS TIED USING THE SFL’S UNIQUE 1-2-3 RULE. [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/jazz-barracuda-game-tied-sfl-unique-1-2-3-rule/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[4] Stars Football League (2011) DAYTONA BEACH RACERS BEST FT. LAUDERDALE BARRACUDAS 31-28. [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/daytona-beach-racers-ft-lauderdale-barracudas-31-28/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[5] Stars Football League (2011) SFL WRAPS UP FIRST SEASON THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ 21; THE MICHIGAN COYOTES 6. [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/playing-spring-years-come/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[6] Stars Football League (2012) FT. MYERS SWAMP DOGS BEATS THE FT. LAUDERDALE BARRACUDAS [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/ft-meyers-swamp-dogs-beats-ft-lauderdale-barracudas/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[7] Stars Football League (2012) DAYTONA BEACH RACERS RECORDS 1ST VICTORY OF THE YEAR [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/daytona-beach-racers-records-1st-victory-year/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[8] Stars Football League (2012) THE DAYTONA BEACH RACERS DEFEATS THE FT. LAUDERDALE BARRACUDAS [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/daytona-beach-racers-beat-ft-lauderdale-barracudas/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[9] Stars Football League (2012) THE FT. LAUDERDALE BARRACUDAS DEFEAT THE FT. MYERS SWAMP DOGS [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/ft-lauderdale-barracudas-defeat-ft-meyers-swamp-dogs/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[10] Stars Football League (2012) SFL’S FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/2572/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[11] Stars Football League (2012) THE SFL PRESIDENT’S CHAMPION TROPHY [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/sfl-presidents-champion-trophy/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[12] Stars Football League (2011) SFL GOES TO NEW 1234 POINT RULE [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/sfl-new1234-point-rule/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[13] Stars Football League (2013) SFL 2013 SCHEDULE FINALIZED [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/sfl-2013-schedule-finalized/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[14] Stars Football League (2013) THE SWAMPDOGS AND IRONMEN VICTORIOUS IN WEEK 1 [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/racers-ironmen-victorious-week-1/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[15] Stars Football League (2013) MIAMI IRONMEN LEAD STANDINGS AFTER DECISIVE VICTORY OVER DAYTONA [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/miami-ironmen-lead-standings/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[16] Stars Football League (2013) PLAYOFF SCHEDULE FINALIZED [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/playoff-playoff-schedule-finalized/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[17] Stars Football League (2013) TEAM INFO – DAYTONA BEACH RACERS [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/team-info/daytona-beach-racers/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[18] Stars Football League (2013) MIAMI HEADED TO PRESIDENTS CUP GAME [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/miami-headed-presidents-cup-game/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[19] Stars Football League (2013) THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL PRESIDENTS CUP [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/news/stage-set-annual-presidents-cup/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

[20] Stars Football League (2013) TEAM INFO – POMPANO BEACH SWAMPDOGS [Internet] Available from: http://starsfootballleague.com/team-info/gm-head-coach-ft-myers-swampdogs-football-club/ [Accessed 11 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tim Leadingham and Rebecca Martin

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