2020 XFL season
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League | XFL |
Sport | American football |
Duration | Regular season: February 8 – April 12 (planned) February 8 – March 8 (actual) |
Number of games | Regular season: 10 per team (planned) 5 per team (actual) |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, FS1, FS2 |
Best regular season record | Houston Roughnecks (5–0) |
The 2020 XFL season was the first season in the reboot of the XFL, and the second in the history of the XFL brand created and owned by professional wrestling magnate Vince McMahon, coming 19 years after the 2001 XFL season.
The season began on February 8, 2020, with the DC Defenders hosting and defeating the Seattle Dragons. The league planned to have a ten-week regular season through April 12, with division championships April 18 and 19, with the XFL Championship scheduled for April 26 in Houston.[1]
In March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the XFL announced that the league would be cancelling the rest of the season, ahead of the league's suspension of operations and bankruptcy filing a month later.[2]
Teams[]
As with the 2001 XFL, the 2020 XFL operated eight teams, all centrally owned by the league's holding company, Alpha Entertainment LLC, as a single entity. Alpha Entertainment was spun off from WWE to keep the league's finances separate from the professional wrestling enterprise, with McMahon the sole proprietor.[3] Two of the original league's metropolitan areas also received teams in the revival: New York and Los Angeles. All eight teams received new brandings on August 21, 2019: the New York Guardians, DC Defenders, Tampa Bay Vipers, St. Louis BattleHawks, Dallas Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Seattle Dragons, and Los Angeles Wildcats.[4]
Draft[]
The 2020 XFL Draft was held October 15 and 16, 2019, via conference call. Seventy-one players were allocated to each team in separate position drafts: one marquee quarterback allocated by the league to each team, ten skill positions, ten offensive linemen, ten defensive linemen and/or linebackers, ten defensive backs, and thirty players of any position. Due to the structure of the draft, there was no true first overall selection. A supplemental draft was held in late November.[5]
Season structure[]
Preseason[]
Minicamps were held at each team's discretion in December 2019. The Wildcats hosted their minicamp at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas[6] while the Renegades hosted theirs at Arlington High School. The Vipers hosted their minicamp at the renovated Plant City Stadium, which also served as the team's headquarters and practice venue during the season.[7]
The XFL held its training camps in Houston, Texas, from January 4–22, 2020. Each team trained at a different stadium in the city, with the hometown Houston Roughnecks using their game stadium, TDECU Stadium. The other seven were as follows:
- Dallas Renegades: Darrell Tully Stadium
- DC Defenders: Rice Stadium
- LA Wildcats: Alexander Durley Sports Complex
- New York Guardians: Husky Stadium
- St. Louis BattleHawks: W.W. Thorne Stadium
- Seattle Dragons: Delmar Stadium
- Tampa Bay Vipers: George Turner Stadium
The eight teams held informal scrimmages against each other.[8] The league did not initially plan to host exhibition games, but the television networks requested preseason matchups in order to conduct trial runs for their broadcasts. These were held during the day midweek in late January and were closed to the public.
Regular season[]
The league is divided into two divisions, East and West. Each team was given a ten-game schedule with no bye weeks, playing two games against each division rival (one home and one away) and one game against each team in the other division.
Cancellation[]
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate in major American cities, there were concerns in regards to the spread of COVID-19. On March 11, the state of Washington imposed social distancing measures prohibiting the gathering of 250 or more persons. The league initially stated that a Seattle Dragons game against Los Angeles would be held behind closed doors as scheduled.[9] McMahon was planning on defying a similar guideline issued by New Jersey and going ahead with a game between the Houston Roughnecks and New York Guardians at MetLife Stadium with a full crowd, as New Jersey governor Phil Murphy had not made those guidelines mandatory at the time and the league was expecting a large attendance.[10] After the National Basketball Association suspended all games after two players tested positive of the virus, further social distancing measures were announced elsewhere and an unnamed Dragons player developed symptoms of the virus (he later tested positive).[11] The next day, the XFL announced it too canceled the remainder of their regular season.[2]
Playoffs[]
The playoffs were to feature four teams, two from each division. In contrast to the 2001 XFL (which used a crossover approach in which teams faced the opposite division), the 2020 XFL would feature two division games, with the top two teams in each division facing off against each other to determine who represents the division in the XFL Championship.[1]
On February 13, 2020, the XFL formally announced that the name of the game would be the "XFL Championship" (reviving the alternate title of the first XFL Championship, which was also known as the Million Dollar Game) and would be held at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas.[12] The league initially had hoped that the social distancing measures would expire later in the season to allow the championship to be held.[13] Any hope of resuming the season ended on April 10 with the league terminating almost all of its remaining employees and suspending operations.[14]
Standings[]
East Division[15] | |||||||||||||
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Team | W–L | PCT | TD+/- | TD+ | TD- | DIV | PF | PA | DIFF | STK | |||
DC Defenders | 3–2 | .600 | -3 | 9 | 12 | 2–1 | 82 | 89 | -7 | W1 | |||
St. Louis BattleHawks | 3–2 | .600 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1–1 | 97 | 77 | 20 | L1 | |||
New York Guardians | 3–2 | .600 | -1 | 8 | 9 | 1–2 | 79 | 85 | -6 | W2 | |||
Tampa Bay Vipers | 1–4 | .200 | -4 | 11 | 15 | 1–1 | 98 | 115 | -17 | L1 | |||
West Division[15] | |||||||||||||
Team | W–L | PCT | TD+/- | TD+ | TD- | DIV | PF | PA | DIFF | STK | |||
Houston Roughnecks | 5–0 | 1.000 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 3–0 | 158 | 111 | 47 | W5 | |||
Dallas Renegades | 2–3 | .400 | -3 | 9 | 12 | 2–1 | 90 | 102 | -12 | L2 | |||
Los Angeles Wildcats | 2–3 | .400 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 0–2 | 129 | 122 | 7 | W1 | |||
Seattle Dragons | 1–4 | .200 | -3 | 12 | 15 | 0–2 | 87 | 119 | -32 | L3 |
Season schedule[]
Regular season[]
Week 1 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Result | Home team | Stadium | Attendance | Broadcast[16] | Viewership[17] (millions) | |
February 8, 2:00 p.m. ET | Seattle Dragons | 19 | 31 | DC Defenders | Audi Field | 17,163[18] | ABC | 3.30 |
February 8, 5:00 p.m. ET | Los Angeles Wildcats | 17 | 37 | Houston Roughnecks | TDECU Stadium | 17,815[19] | Fox, Fox Deportes | 3.29 |
February 9, 2:00 p.m. ET | Tampa Bay Vipers | 3 | 23 | New York Guardians | MetLife Stadium | 17,634[20] | Fox, Fox Deportes | 3.39 |
February 9, 5:00 p.m. ET | St. Louis BattleHawks | 15 | 9 | Dallas Renegades | Globe Life Park in Arlington | 17,206[21] | ESPN, ESPN Deportes | 2.50 |
Week 2 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Result | Home team | Stadium | Attendance | Broadcast | Viewership[22] (millions) | |
February 15, 2:00 p.m. ET | New York Guardians | 0 | 27 | DC Defenders | Audi Field | 15,031[23] | ABC | 2.13 |
February 15, 5:00 p.m. ET | Tampa Bay Vipers | 9 | 17 | Seattle Dragons | CenturyLink Field | 29,172[24] | Fox, Fox Deportes | 2.32 |
February 16, 3:00 p.m. ET | Dallas Renegades | 25 | 18 | Los Angeles Wildcats | Dignity Health Sports Park | 14,979[25] | ABC, ESPN Deportes | 2.40 |
February 16, 6:00 p.m. ET | St. Louis BattleHawks | 24 | 28 | Houston Roughnecks | TDECU Stadium | 17,103 | FS1 | 1.36 |
Week 3 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Result | Home team | Stadium | Attendance | Broadcast | Viewership[26] (millions) | |
February 22, 2:00 p.m. ET | Houston Roughnecks | 34 | 27 | Tampa Bay Vipers | Raymond James Stadium | 18,117 | ABC | 1.914 |
February 22, 5:00 p.m. ET | Dallas Renegades | 24 | 12 | Seattle Dragons | CenturyLink Field | 22,060 | Fox | 2.051 |
February 23, 3:00 p.m. ET | New York Guardians | 9 | 29 | St. Louis BattleHawks | The Dome at America's Center | 29,554 | ESPN | 1.473 |
February 23, 6:00 p.m. ET | DC Defenders | 9 | 39 | Los Angeles Wildcats | Dignity Health Sports Park | 12,221 | FS1 | 1.004 |
Week 4 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Result | Home team | Stadium | Attendance | Broadcast | Viewership[27] (millions) | |
February 29, 2:00 p.m. ET | Los Angeles Wildcats | 14 | 17 | New York Guardians | MetLife Stadium | 12,116[28] | ABC | 1.558 |
February 29, 5:00 p.m. ET | Seattle Dragons | 16 | 23 | St. Louis BattleHawks | The Dome at America's Center | 27,527[29] | Fox | 1.802 |
March 1, 4:00 p.m. ET | Houston Roughnecks | 27 | 20 | Dallas Renegades | Globe Life Park in Arlington | 18,332[30] | FS1 | 1.113 |
March 1, 7:00 p.m. ET | DC Defenders | 0 | 25 | Tampa Bay Vipers | Raymond James Stadium | 12,249[31] | ESPN2 | 1.030 |
Week 5 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Result | Home team | Stadium | Attendance | Broadcast | Viewership[32] (millions) | |
March 7, 2:00 p.m. ET | Seattle Dragons | 23 | 32 | Houston Roughnecks | TDECU Stadium | 19,773 | ABC | 1.547 |
March 7, 5:00 p.m. ET | New York Guardians | 30 | 12 | Dallas Renegades | GlobeLife Park in Arlington | 15,950 | Fox | 1.497 |
March 8, 3:00 p.m. ET | St. Louis BattleHawks | 6 | 15 | DC Defenders | Audi Field | 16,342 | FS1 | 0.833 |
March 8, 9:00 p.m. ET | Tampa Bay Vipers | 34 | 41 | Los Angeles Wildcats | Dignity Health Sports Park | 12,181 | ESPN | 0.757 |
Canceled games[]
Week 6 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Home team | Stadium | Broadcast | ||||
March 14, 2:00 p.m. ET | Houston Roughnecks | New York Guardians | MetLife Stadium | ABC | ||||
March 14, 5:00 p.m. ET | St. Louis BattleHawks | Tampa Bay Vipers | Raymond James Stadium | FS2 | ||||
March 15, 4:00 p.m. ET | Dallas Renegades | DC Defenders | Audi Field | FS1 | ||||
March 15, 7:00 p.m. ET | Los Angeles Wildcats | Seattle Dragons | CenturyLink Field | ESPN2 |
Week 7 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Home team | Stadium | Broadcast | ||||
March 21, 2:00 p.m. ET | Dallas Renegades | Tampa Bay Vipers | Raymond James Stadium | ABC | ||||
March 21, 5:00 p.m. ET | Los Angeles Wildcats | St. Louis BattleHawks | The Dome at America's Center | Fox | ||||
March 22, 3:00 p.m. ET | New York Guardians | Seattle Dragons | CenturyLink Field | ABC | ||||
March 22, 6:00 p.m. ET | DC Defenders | Houston Roughnecks | TDECU Stadium | FS1 |
Week 8 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Home team | Stadium | Broadcast | ||||
March 28, 2:00 p.m. ET | Tampa Bay Vipers | DC Defenders | Audi Field | ABC | ||||
March 28, 5:00 p.m. ET | St. Louis BattleHawks | New York Guardians | MetLife Stadium | Fox | ||||
March 29, 3:00 p.m. ET | Houston Roughnecks | Los Angeles Wildcats | Dignity Health Sports Park | ABC | ||||
March 29, 6:00 p.m. ET | Seattle Dragons | Dallas Renegades | Globe Life Park in Arlington | FS1 |
Week 9 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Home team | Stadium | Broadcast | ||||
April 2, 8:00 p.m. ET | Dallas Renegades | Houston Roughnecks | TDECU Stadium | Fox | ||||
April 4, 2:00 p.m. ET | DC Defenders | New York Guardians | MetLife Stadium | ABC | ||||
April 5, 12:00 p.m. ET | Tampa Bay Vipers | St. Louis BattleHawks | The Dome at America's Center | ESPN | ||||
April 5, 6:00 p.m. ET | Seattle Dragons | Los Angeles Wildcats | Dignity Health Sports Park | FS1 |
Week 10 | ||||||||
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Date and time | Away team | Home team | Stadium | Broadcast | ||||
April 9, 8:00 p.m. ET | Los Angeles Wildcats | Dallas Renegades | Globe Life Park in Arlington | Fox | ||||
April 11, 2:00 p.m. ET | Houston Roughnecks | Seattle Dragons | CenturyLink Field | ABC | ||||
April 12 | DC Defenders | St. Louis BattleHawks | The Dome at America's Center | Fox or ESPN | ||||
April 12 | New York Guardians | Tampa Bay Vipers | Raymond James Stadium | Fox or ESPN |
Playoffs[]
Division | ||||||||
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Date and time | Broadcast | |||||||
April 18, 3:00 p.m. ET | Fox | |||||||
April 19, 3:00 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Championship | ||||||||
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Date and time | Stadium | Broadcast | ||||||
April 26, 3:00 p.m. ET | TDECU Stadium | ESPN |
Reference[33]
Star of the Week[]
The Star of the Week is a weekly award given out by the XFL. The XFL selects eight nominees (one from each team) based on who they feel had the best performance, or the performance that had the most impact, of that week in XFL play and the public votes on their choice. The two winners from Saturday and Sunday's polls go against each other, and once again the public votes for the winner.
Week | Player | Position | Team | Ref. |
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Week 1 (Feb. 12) | P. J. Walker (1) | Quarterback | Houston | [34] |
Week 2 (Feb. 19) | Cam Phillips (1) | Wide receiver | Houston | [35] |
Week 3 (Feb. 26) | Cam Phillips (2) | Wide receiver | Houston | [36] |
Week 4 (March 4) | Jordan Ta'amu (1) | Quarterback | St. Louis | [37] |
Week 5 (March 11) | Cam Phillips (3) | Wide receiver | Houston | [38] |
Midseason awards[]
The midseason awards are given out by the XFL at the end of Week 5. These awards are given out first by the league selecting four nominees, and the public votes on who should win. The XFL also selected a mid-season All-XFL Team for the best players at each position.
Award | Player/Coach | Position | Team | Ref. |
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Coach of the Year | June Jones | N/A | Houston | [39] |
Position | Player | Team |
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QB | P. J. Walker | Houston |
HB | Matt Jones | St. Louis |
WR | Cam Phillips | Houston |
Tampa Bay | ||
Nelson Spruce | Los Angeles | |
TE | Donald Parham | Dallas |
OL | Terry Poole | Houston |
Martez Ivey | Tampa Bay | |
Anthony Coyle | New York | |
Sebastian Tretola | Houston | |
Maurquice Shakir | Dallas | |
DL | Cavon Walker | New York |
Will Sutton | Seattle | |
Devin Taylor | Los Angeles | |
Anthony Johnson | DC | |
LB | DeMarquis Gates | Houston |
Steven Johnson | Seattle | |
DB | Tarvarus McFadden | Tampa Bay |
Josh Hawkins | Dallas | |
Deatrick Nichols | Houston | |
Will Hill | St. Louis | |
Kenny Robinson | St. Louis | |
K | Taylor Russolino | St. Louis |
P | Hunter Niswander | DC |
KR/PR | Austin Walter | Dallas |
The Houston Roughnecks had the most number of players on the All-XFL midseason team with 6, with the St. Louis BattleHawks and Dallas Renegades tied for second at four players. The Tampa Bay Vipers had three, and the other four teams with two each.[40]
Statistical leaders[]
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Offense[41] | |||
Passing yards | P. J. Walker | HOU | 1,338 |
Rushing yards | De'Veon Smith | TB | 365 |
Receiving yards | Cam Phillips | HOU | 455 |
Touchdowns | Cam Phillips | HOU | 9 |
Defense[42] | |||
Tackles | Steven Johnson | SEA | 48 |
Sacks | Cavon Walker | NY | 4.5 |
Interceptions | Deatrick Nichols | HOU | 3 |
Special teams[43] | |||
Return yards | John Santiago | SEA | 440 |
Field goals made | Austin MacGinnis | DAL | 10 |
Punting average | Marquette King | STL | 45.7 |
Signees to other professional leagues[]
After the XFL season was cut short on March 12, 2020, players were allowed to sign with National Football League (NFL) or Canadian Football League (CFL) teams beginning on March 22.[44]
NFL signings[]
The following players signed with NFL teams:
St. Louis BattleHawks safety Kenny Robinson was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft, as the only NFL Draft-eligible player who played in the XFL in 2020.[107]
CFL signings[]
The following players signed with CFL teams:
Player | Position | XFL team | Date | CFL team | Ref. |
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Armanti Edwards | WR | Dallas Renegades | April 10 | Edmonton Eskimos | [108] |
Dontez Byrd | WR | Seattle Dragons | April 13 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [109] |
Joe Powell | SS | St. Louis BattleHawks | April 13 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [109] |
Jalen Saunders | WR | Houston Roughnecks | April 20 | Ottawa Redblacks | [110] |
Trenton Thompson | DT | Team 9 | April 20 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | [111] |
Sergio Castillo | K | Houston Roughnecks | April 21 | BC Lions | [112] |
CB | New York Guardians | May 4 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [113] | |
A. J. Hendy | SS | New York Guardians | May 4 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | [114] |
Brandon Wilds | RB | Tampa Bay Vipers | May 7 | Calgary Stampeders | [115] |
Channing Stribling | CB | Seattle Dragons | May 12 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [116] |
OT | Tampa Bay Vipers | May 13 | Ottawa Redblacks | [117] | |
CB | New York Guardians | May 22 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [118] | |
Doran Grant | CB | DC Defenders | May 28 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [119] |
Mekale McKay | WR | New York Guardians | June 11 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [120] |
Alonzo Russell | WR | St. Louis BattleHawks | July 3 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [121] |
CB | Seattle Dragons | December 8 | Ottawa Redblacks | [122] | |
Obum Gwacham | DE | Tampa Bay Vipers | December 9 | BC Lions | [123] |
RB | Houston Roughnecks | December 10 | BC Lions | [124] | |
LB | New York Guardians | December 14 | Ottawa Redblacks | [125] | |
De'Veon Smith | RB | Tampa Bay Vipers | December 15 | BC Lions | [126] |
Markus Jones | LB | Team 9 | December 17 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | [127] |
OT | Los Angeles Wildcats | December 17 | BC Lions | [122] | |
Teo Redding | WR | New York Guardians | December 18 | Montreal Alouettes | [128] |
Jeremy Clark | CB | Seattle Dragons | December 21 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | [129] |
Sammie Coates | WR | Houston Roughnecks | December 21 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | [129] |
LB | Dallas Renegades | December 28 | Edmonton Football Team | [130] | |
Dejon Allen | G | St. Louis BattleHawks | December 28 | Toronto Argonauts | [131] |
Kent Perkins | G | St. Louis BattleHawks | December 29 | BC Lions | [132] |
WR | Dallas Renegades | December 30 | BC Lions | [133] | |
SS | Tampa Bay Vipers | December 30 | Edmonton Football Team | [134] | |
LB | Dallas Renegades | January 4 | Montreal Alouettes | [135] | |
Derek Dennis | OT | New York Guardians | January 7 | Edmonton Football Team | [136] |
Demetrious Cox | S | New York Guardians | January 15 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [137] |
WR | St. Louis BattleHawks | January 15 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [137] | |
D'Juan Hines | LB | New York Guardians | January 18 | Ottawa Redblacks | [138] |
Jameer Thurman | LB | DC Defenders | January 19 | Calgary Stampeders | [139] |
Philip Nelson | QB | Dallas Renegades | January 22 | Montreal Alouettes | [140] |
Eli Rogers | WR | DC Defenders | January 22 | Montreal Alouettes | [140] |
Nelson Spruce | WR | Los Angeles Wildcats | January 22 | Montreal Alouettes | [140] |
Trae Elston | S | Houston Roughnecks | January 25 | Calgary Stampeders | [141] |
DE | New York Guardians | January 25 | Calgary Stampeders | [141] | |
Tavaris Barnes | DE | DC Defenders | January 27 | Calgary Stampeders | [142] |
CB | Houston Roughnecks | January 30 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [143] | |
Marwin Evans | S | Dallas Renegades | January 30 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [143] |
Marcelis Branch | S | Tampa Bay Vipers | February 1 | Calgary Stampeders | [144] |
Kahlil Lewis | WR | Houston Roughnecks | February 2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [145] |
Khyri Thornton | DT | St. Louis BattleHawks | February 2 | Toronto Argonauts | [146] |
Treston Decoud | DB | Dallas Renegades | February 3 | Toronto Argonauts | [147] |
CB | Seattle Dragons | February 3 | Montreal Alouettes | [148] | |
Ryan Davis | WR | Tampa Bay Vipers | February 5 | Ottawa Redblacks | [149] |
Taylor Cornelius | QB | Tampa Bay Vipers | February 9 | Edmonton Football Team | [150] |
WR | Tampa Bay Vipers | February 11 | Calgary Stampeders | [151] | |
Reshard Cliett | LB | Dallas Renegades | February 15 | Toronto Argonauts | [152] |
RB | New York Guardians | February 15 | Toronto Argonauts | [152] | |
Tarvarus McFadden | CB | Tampa Bay Vipers | February 15 | Toronto Argonauts | [152] |
Shawn Oakman | DE | Los Angeles Wildcats | February 15 | Toronto Argonauts | [152] |
CB | Tampa Bay Vipers | February 17 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [153] | |
Desmond Lawrence | CB | DC Defenders | February 17 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [153] |
CB | Seattle Dragons | February 17 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [153] | |
Herb Waters | CB | Tampa Bay Vipers | February 17 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [153] |
Kermit Whitfield | WR | Dallas Renegades | February 18 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | [154] |
Kony Ealy | DE | Houston Roughnecks | February 22 | Toronto Argonauts | [155] |
Cameron Artis-Payne | RB | Dallas Renegades | February 23 | Montreal Alouettes | [156] |
Blake Jackson | WR | Houston Roughnecks | February 25 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [157] |
Jalen Tolliver | WR | Tampa Bay Vipers | March 4 | Edmonton Football Team | [158] |
Stansly Maponga | DE | Seattle Dragons | March 9 | Ottawa Redblacks | [159] |
CB | Houston Roughnecks | March 11 | BC Lions | [160] | |
DE | St. Louis BattleHawks | March 11 | Edmonton Football Team | [161] | |
NT | Los Angeles Wildcats | March 11 | Edmonton Football Team | [161] | |
WR | Houston Roughnecks | March 12 | Calgary Stampeders | [162] | |
Trey Williams | RB | Seattle Dragons | March 19 | Calgary Stampeders | [163] |
S | New York Guardinas | March 22 | Montreal Alouettes | [164] | |
De'Ondre Wesley | OT | DC Defenders | April 1 | Edmonton Football Team | [165] |
Casey Sayles | DT | St. Louis BattleHawks | April 5 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [166] |
Prince Charles Iworah | CB | Team 9 | April 7 | Montreal Alouettes | [167] |
Shamarko Thomas | S | DC Defenders | April 19 | Ottawa Redblacks | [168] |
Carlton Agudosi | WR | St. Louis BattleHawks | April 30 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [169] |
Praise Martin-Oguike | DE | Seattle Dragons | June 4 | Ottawa Redblacks | [135] |
OL | DC Defenders | June 9 | Montreal Alouettes | [170] | |
Rashad Ross | WR | DC Defenders | June 9 | Montreal Alouettes | [170] |
WR | Los Angeles Wildcats | June 21 | Ottawa Redblacks | [135] | |
Terry Poole | OT | Houston Roughnecks | June 25 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [171] |
C | Tampa Bay Vipers | June 25 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [135] | |
Dexter McCoil | LB | St. Louis BattleHawks | June 28 | Toronto Argonauts | [172] |
CB | DC Defenders | June 28 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [173] | |
Robert Nelson | CB | St. Louis BattleHawks | June 30 | Montreal Alouettes | [174] |
LB | Seattle Dragons | July 1 | Edmonton Elks | [135] | |
David Rivers | CB | St. Louis BattleHawks | July 9 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | [175] |
Tarean Folston | RB | Tampa Bay Vipers | July 9 | Edmonton Elks | [176] |
CB | Los Angeles Wildcats | July 10 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | [177] |
Attendance[]
Announced attendance figures for each home game. In the weekly columns, dashes (—) indicate away games, while bold font indicates the highest attendance of each team.
Team / Week | 1[21] | 2[25][24] | 3[178][179] | 4 | 5 | Total | Average |
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Dallas Renegades | 17,206 | — | — | 18,332 | 15,950 | 51,488 | 17,163 |
DC Defenders | 17,163 | 15,031 | — | — | 16,342 | 48,536 | 16,179 |
Houston Roughnecks | 17,815 | 17,103 | — | — | 19,773 | 54,691 | 18,230 |
Los Angeles Wildcats | — | 14,979 | 12,211 | — | 12,181 | 39,371 | 13,124 |
New York Guardians | 17,634 | — | — | 12,116 | — | 29,750 | 14,875 |
Seattle Dragons | — | 29,172 | 22,060 | — | — | 51,232 | 25,616 |
St. Louis BattleHawks | — | — | 29,554 | 27,527 | — | 57,081 | 28,541 |
Tampa Bay Vipers | — | — | 18,117 | 12,249 | — | 30,366 | 15,183 |
Total | 69,818 | 76,285 | 81,942 | 70,224 | 64,246 | 334,272 | |
Average | 17,455 | 19,071 | 20,486 | 17,556 | 15,968 | 18,571 |
Broadcasting[]
This was the first year of a three-year agreement with ESPN and Fox Sports to carry all 43 regular season and playoff games.[180][181]
During the regular season, ABC was scheduled to air ten Saturday games, five of them ended up being televised, and four Sunday games, airing only one of the four Sunday games. ESPN was to air five Sunday games, airing only two of them, and ESPN2 was to air two Sunday games, airing only one of the two. Fox was to air seven Saturday games, five of the seven being televised, one Sunday game, which was televised, and two Thursday games, neither being played. Fox's main cable sports network, FS1, was to air nine Sunday games, with only four being played, and FS2 was to air one Saturday game, which was not played. ESPN and Fox were both scheduled to air one semifinal each, and ESPN was to air the championship game. All three never made the air.
Vegas Stats & Information Network produced supplemental "BetCasts" for iHeartRadio for two games each week, which featured commentary from a sports betting perspective.[182]
Viewership[]
In millions of viewers
Broadcaster | 1[17] | 2[22] | 3[183] | 4[27] | 5[32] | Total | Average |
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ABC | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 12.8 | 2.1 |
— | 2.4 | — | — | — | |||
ESPN | 2.5 | — | 1.5 | — | 0.8 | 4.8 | 1.6 |
ESPN2 | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Fox | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 2.4 |
3.4 | — | — | — | — | |||
FS1 | — | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
Total | 12.5 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 37.3 | |
Average | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
One decimal place is shown in table but three decimal places are used in all calculations.
Audio and radio coverage[]
Station | Owner | Platform | Team affiliation | Notes | Ref. |
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National | |||||
ESPN Xtra | ESPN | Sirius XM | None | Simulcast of television audio feeds | [184] |
Fox Sports Radio | Fox Sports | Sirius XM | |||
BetCast by VSiN | Musburger family | iHeartRadio app, web | Gambling-centered audio broadcast | ||
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106.7 WJFK | Entercom | Radio, web, Radio.com app | DC Defenders | Select games over the air, others online-only due to schedule conflicts | [185] |
97.5 KFNC | Gow Media | Radio, web | Houston Roughnecks | [186] | |
PTSMediaSports.com | PTS Media | Web | Houston Roughnecks | Spanish-language broadcast | [187] |
710AM KIRO | Bonneville | Radio | Seattle Dragons | Studio programming only, no live games | [188] |
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