Alliance of American Football - 2019 Inaugural Schedule

[David]

NOTE: With the AAF ceasing operations effective immediately, this schedule will no longer be updated. We will arrange scores from Weeks 1-8, and leave the rest as an archive with records intact to show how things were heading into Week 9 before the league folded.

ORIGINAL POST: The following is the full schedule for the Alliance of American Football's Inaugural 2019 Season.

The Alliance was founded by Charlie Ebersol, son of former NBC Sports (and XFL co-founder) Dick Ebersol, and former NFL general manager Bill Polian. The AAF won't take the path of former leagues like the USFL and the upcoming XFL reboot, instead representing itself as a "feeder system" to the NFL with players who do not make NFL rosters and who opt not to play in the Canadian Football League or arena football leagues.

Although the NFL isn't specifically involved in the league, several former NFL players, including safety Troy Polamalu, wide receiver Hines Ward, and defensive end Justin Tuck are involved in advisory roles.

The league is made up of eight franchises, owned and operated by the league in a single entity business model, and are primarily located in markets with at least one professional sports franchise. The teams include the Arizona (Phoenix) Hotshots, Atlanta Legends, Birmingham Iron, Memphis Express, Orlando Apollos, Salt Lake Stallions, San Antonio Commanders, and San Diego Fleet.

The league's inaugural season will span 10 weeks, beginning one week after Super Bowl LIII on February 9th, and ending the weekend of April 12th. The top two teams from the Eastern and Western Conference will advance to the playoffs. The AAF's championship will be played at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV, scheduled to take place on April 27th. (Update: The Alliance Championship will be played at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The game will still be played April 27th, but in prime time as opposed to the scheduled 1 p.m (EST)/10 a.m (PST) time in Las Vegas).

The game will be different from the NFL, including extra point kicks, as teams have to convert two-point conversions, no kickoffs (drives will start at the team's 25-own yard line, and a 30 second play clock instead of 40.

The league has a television contract with CBS Sports. The inaugural game and the Championship will air on CBS, while the AAF Game of the Week will air on its cable network, CBS Sports Network (CBSSN). TNT wil air one regular season game and one playoff game per season, while the NFL Network will air two games per week. The remaining game will be streamed online on B/R Live. Games on CBS, CBSSN, TNT, and NFL Network will be noted in the schedule when possible.

Each week's games will appear most recent at the top of the post. Final results will be updated following the conclusion of the games and listed in ascending order. All game times are listed in the Pacific Timezone (PST) and are subject to change. Where applicable, click on the final score to view the box score courtesy of NoExtraPoints.com.

Week 1
February 9 - Orlando Apollos (H) 40, Atlanta Legends 6
February 9 - San Antonio Commanders (H) 15, San Diego Fleet 6
February 10 - Birmingham Iron (H) 26, Memphis Express 0
February 10 - Arizona Hotshots (H) 38, Salt Lake Stallions 22

Week 2
February 16 - Birmingham Iron (H) 12, Salt Lake Stallions 9
February 16 - Arizona Hotshots 20, Memphis Express (H) 18
February 17 - Orlando Apollos 37, San Antonio Commanders (H) 29
February 17 - San Diego Fleet (H) 24, Atlanta Legends 12

Week 3
February 23 - Salt Lake Stallions (H) 23, Arizona Hotshots 15
February 23 - Orlando Apollos (H) 21, Memphis Express 17
February 24 - Birmingham Iron 28, Atlanta Legends (H) 12
February 24 - San Diego Fleet (H) 31, San Antonio Commanders 11

Week 4
March 2 - Memphis Express (H) 23, San Diego Fleet 20
March 2 - Orlando Apollos 20, Salt Lake Stallions (H) 11
March 3 - San Antonio Commanders 12, Birmingham Iron (H) 11
March 3 - Atlanta Legends 14, Arizona Hotshots (H) 11

Week 5
March 9 - Orlando Apollos 31, Birmingham Iron (H) 14
March 9 - San Diego Fleet (H) 27, Salt Lake Stallions 25
March 10 - Atlanta Legends (H) 23, Memphis Express 20
March 10 - San Antonio Commanders 29, Arizona Hotshots (H) 25

Week 6
March 16 - Salt Lake Stallions (H) 22, Memphis Express 9
March 16 - Arizona Hotshots 22, Orlando Apollos (H) 17
March 17 - San Antonio Commanders 37, Atlanta Legends (H) 6
March 17 - Birmingham Iron 32, San Diego Fleet (H) 29

Week 7
March 23 - Orlando Apollos 36, Atlanta Legends (H) 6
March 23 - San Antonio Commanders (H) 19, Salt Lake Stallions 15
March 24 - Arizona Hotshots (H) 32, San Diego Fleet 15
March 24 - Memphis Express (H) 31, Birmingham Iron 25 (OT)

Week 8
March 30 - Orlando Apollos 34, Memphis Express (H) 31
March 30 - Salt Lake Stallions (H) 8, San Diego Fleet 3
March 31 - Birmingham Iron (H) 17, Atlanta Legends 9
March 31 - Arizona Hotshots 23, San Antonio Commanders (H) 6

Week 9
April 6 - Memphis Express (2-6) at San Antonio Commanders (5-3), 9 a.m. (CBS)
April 6 - San Diego Fleet (3-5) at Orlando Apollos (7-1), 5 p.m. (NFLN)
April 7 - Salt Lake Stallions (3-5) at Atlanta Legends (2-6), 1 p.m. (B/R Live)
April 7 - Birmingham Iron (5-3) at Arizona Hotshots (5-3), 5 p.m. (NFLN)

Week 10
April 12 - San Antonio Commanders at Salt Lake Stallions, 5 p.m. (B/R Live)
April 13 - Atlanta Legends at Memphis Express, 5 p.m. (NFLN)
April 14 - Birmingham Iron at Orlando Apollos, 12:30 p.m. (CBSSN)
April 14 - Arizona Hotshots at San Diego Fleet, 5 p.m. (NFLN)

Conference Championships
Eastern/Western Conference: April 21 - TBA at TBA, 9 a.m (CBS)
Eastern/Western Conference: April 21 - TBA at TBA, 12 p.m. (TNT)

The Alliance Championship
April 27 - TBA vs TBA, 5 p.m. (Frisco, TX) (CBS)



AAF TEAM VENUES
Arizona Hotshots - Sun Devil Stadium; Tempe, Arizona
Atlanta Legends - Georgia State Stadium; Atlanta, Georgia
Birmingham Iron - Legion Field; Birmingham, Alabama
Memphis Express - Liberty Bowl Memorial Staidum; Memphis, Tennessee
Orlando Apollos- Spectrum Stadium; Orlando, Florida
Salt Lake Stallions - Rice-Eccles Stadium; Salt Lake City, Utah
San Antonio Commanders - Alamodome; San Antonio, Texas
San Diego Fleet - San Diego County Credit Union Stadium; San Diego, California


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[Nevadanut]

Looks like the local game for week 1 we're going to get in the Portland area is the Fleet at Commanders. Looks like I'm going to get a chance to check it out.

[David]

Feb 9, 2019 11:02:49 GMT -8 Nevadanut said:

Looks like the local game for week 1 we're going to get in the Portland area is the Fleet at Commanders. Looks like I'm going to get a chance to check it out.

Funny thing is, that's the only game on the schedule that's region specific. Otherwise, all games will be accessible on all networks listed. 

I'm really curious about this league. The NFL clearly wants this league to succeed as a feeder system league, and there's a ton of NFL People involved in this league either in management or coaching. 

[spiderfan]

I enjoyed the Fleet-Commanders game. As someone who has been keeping up with the Alliance since it has been announced, it was satisfying to see it finally come to fruition. I'm for sure gonna be watching Commanders games all year long (I'll probably watch some other games too).

[David]

I'll be watching parts of the other two games tomorrow. Really didn't like the fact the debut was regional, because it would have been nice switching over to see the play of the Atlanta/Orlando game despite it being a blow out. This league definitely has my intrigue.

[spiderfan]

Feb 9, 2019 22:09:05 GMT -8 David said:

I'll be watching parts of the other two games tomorrow. Really didn't like the fact the debut was regional, because it would have been nice switching over to see the play of the Atlanta/Orlando game despite it being a blow out. This league definitely has my intrigue.

Luckily, the rest of the season won't have regional games so that won't be an issue. One thing I forgot to mention was that the crowd in SA was awesome, from the highlights I saw the crowd in Orlando was great too. Loud crowds always make various sporting events more fun IMO and the Alliance is no exception. 

[spiderfan]

The Stallions-Hotshots game was actually pretty entertaining throughout, the Hotshots did eventually pull away which made things less interesting in the latter parts of the game, regardless it was fun to watch. The Express-Iron game wasn't that close, but the great play of the Iron was a pleasant surprise. Christian Hackenberg isn't great, although maybe in the coming weeks he'll play better.

[Nevadanut]

There were some blowouts, but all in all I think a very successful opening weekend.

I saw where the AAF game(s) on CBS pulled in higher ratings than an NBA game last night. That says quite a bit, I would think.

[spiderfan]

Feb 10, 2019 20:45:15 GMT -8 Nevadanut said:

There were some blowouts, but all in all I think a very successful opening weekend.

I saw where the AAF game(s) on CBS pulled in higher ratings than an NBA game last night. That says quite a bit, I would think.

Not just any NBA game, the Thunder-Rockets ABC primetime game. People like football, that is for sure. 

[DiamondThief]

It definitely was a good opening weekend for the league. I think one game had about 30,000 in attendance, but the Arizona-Salt Lake game looked like a very sparse crowd. Hopefully we see those numbers grow.

[David]

Reported attendances.

SD/SA - 27,857
ATL/ORL - 20,191
MEM/BRM - 17,039
SLC/AZ - 11,751

I will say, the Birmingham crowd did sound loud. San Antonio's probably was the best of the crowds by far.