Post by David on Jan 20, 2022 17:07:28 GMT -8
The following is the full schedule for the lone season of the original XFL's Inaugural 2001 Season.
The XFL was operated as a joint venture between the World Wrestling Federation and NBC, with the predominant figureheads being Vince McMahon (WWF) and Dick Ebersol (NBC). The league was promoted as having fewer rules and rougher play than the NFL.
The league was made up of eight franchises that were owned and operated by the league in a single entity business model. The teams include the Birmingham Thunderbolts, Chicago Enforcers, Las Vegas Outlaws, Los Angeles Xtreme, Memphis Maniax, New York/New Jersey Hitmen, Orlando Rage, and the San Francisco (originally San Jose) Demons. Birmingham, Chicago, New York/New Jersey, and Orlando up the East Division, while Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, and San Francisco made up the West Division.
3 of the 8 XFL teams were located in NFL markets, with Chicago and New York/New Jersey playing NFL stadiums while San Francisco played at Pacific Bell Park, the baseball stadium for the San Francisco Giants.
The league's inaugural season spanned 10 weeks, beginning one week after Super Bowl XXXV on February 3rd, and ending the weekend of April 7th. Each XFL team will hosted 5 home games and play 5 in road games. The schedule will feature home-and-home series against division rivals, and one game against each team in the other division.
At the end of the season, the top two teams from the East and West Divisions advanced to the playoffs. However, to avoid having teams play each other three times in a season, the league set up the semifinal round of the playoffs to feature teams from the opposite divisions. As a result, the East and West Champions would face the runner-up teams of the opposite league. The winners of those games would advance to the XFL Championship, marketed as the "Million Dollar Game," at the host city of the highest remaining seed.
Due to low television ratings, the 2001 XFL season would be the only season of the league as the XFL would cease operations a month after the Championship game. The XFL would be reincarnated in 2018 by Vince McMahon, with less emphasis on wrestling-inspired features and entertainment and more emphasis as being a serious spring football league. The reincarnated XFL made its debut in 2020, but was cancelled midway through the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each week's game appears from the start of the league's season through the Million Dollar Game. Where applicable, click on the final score to view the box score (box scores credited to All-XFL.com).
Week 1
Sat., February 3 - Las Vegas Outlaws (H) 19, New York/New Jersey Hitmen 0
Sat., February 3 - Orlando Rage (H) 33, Chicago Enforcers 29
Sun., February 4 - Memphis Maniax 22, Birmingham Thunderbolts (H) 20
Sun., February 4 - San Francisco Demons (H) 15, Los Angeles Xtreme 13
Week 2
Sat., February 10 - Los Angeles Xtreme (H) 39, Chicago Enforcers 32 (2OT)
Sat., February 10 - Orlando Rage (H) 26, San Francisco Demons 14
Sun., February 11 - Birmingham Thunderbolts 19, New York/New Jersey Hitmen (H) 12
Sun., February 11 - Las Vegas Outlaws (H) 25, Memphis Maniax 3
Week 3
Sat., February 17 - Los Angeles Xtreme 12, Las Vegas Outlaws (H) 9
Sat., February 17 - San Francisco Demons 13, Memphis Maniax (H) 6
Sun., February 18 - Birmingham Thunderbolts (H) 14, Chicago Enforcers 3
Sun., February 18 - Orlando Rage 18, New York/New Jersey Hitmen (H) 12
Week 4
Sat., February 24 - New York/New Jersey Hitmen 13, Chicago Enforcers (H) 0
Sat., February 24 - Orlando Rage (H) 30, Birmingham Thunderbolts 6
Sun., February 25 - Las Vegas Outlaws 16, San Francisco Demons (H) 9
Sun., February 25 - Memphis Maniax 18, Los Angeles Xtreme (H) 12
Week 5
Sat., March 3 - Los Angeles Xtreme 22, New York/New Jersey Hitmen (H) 7
Sat., March 3 - San Francisco Demons (H) 39, Birmingham Thunderbolts 10
Sun., March 4 - Chicago Enforcers (H) 15, Los Vegas Outlaws 13
Sun., March 4 - Orlando Rage 21, Memphis Maniax (H) 19
Week 6
Sat., March 10 - Orlando Rage (H) 27, Las Vegas Outlaws 15
Sat., March 10 - Memphis Maniax (H) 29, Chicago Enforcers 23
Sun., March 11 - New York/New Jersey Hitmen 20, San Francisco Demons (H) 12
Sun., March 11 - Los Angeles Xtreme 35, Birmingham Thunderbolts (H) 26
Week 7
Sat., March 17 - New York/New Jersey Hitmen (H) 16, Memphis Maniax 15
Sat., March 17 - Las Vegas Outlaws (H) 34, Birmingham Thunderbolts 12
Sun., March 18 - Los Angeles Xtreme (H) 31, Orlando Rage 6
Sun., March 18 - Chicago Enforcers (H) 25, San Francisco Demons 19
Week 8
Sat., March 24 - Los Angeles Xtreme (H) 35, Las Vegas Outlaws 26
Sat., March 24 - San Francisco Demons (H) 21, Memphis Maniax 12
Sun., March 25 - Orlando Rage (H) 17, New York/New Jersey Hitmen 12
Sun., March 25 - Chicago Enforcers (H) 13, Birmingham Thunderbolts 0
Week 9
Sat., March 31 - Chicago Enforcers 23, New York/New Jersey Hitmen (H) 18
Sat., March 31 - Orlando Rage 29, Birmingham Thunderbolts 24
Sun., April 1 - Memphis Maniax (H) 27, Los Angeles Xtreme 12
Sun., April 1 - San Francisco Demons 14, Las Vegas Outlaws (H) 9
Week 10
Sat., April 7 - Los Angeles Xtreme (H) 24, San Francisco Demons 0
Sat., April 7 - Memphis Maniax 16, Las Vegas Outlaws (H) 3
Sun., April 8 - New York/New Jersey Hitmen 22, Birmingham Thunderbolts 0
Sun., April 8 - Chicago Enforcers (H) 23, Orlando Rage 6
XFL Semifinals
Semifinal: Sat., April 14 - #2 (West) San Francisco Demons 26, #1 (East) Orlando Rage (H) 25
Semifinal: Sun., April 15 - #1 (West) Los Angeles Xtreme (H) 33, #2 (East) Chicago Enforcers 16
Million Dollar Game (XFL Championship)
Sun., April 21 - Los Angeles Xtreme (H) 38, San Francisco Demons 6
XFL TEAM VENUES
Birmingham Thunderbolts - Legion Field; Birmingham, Alabama
Chicago Enforcers - Soldier Field; Chicago, Illinois
Las Vegas Outlaws - Sam Boyd Stadium; Whitney, Nevada
Los Angeles Xtreme - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; Los Angeles, California
Memphis Maniax- Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium; Memphis, Tennessee
New York/New Jersey Hitmen - Giants Stadium; East Rutherford, New Jersey
Orlando Rage - Citrus Bowl; Orlando, Florida
San Francisco Demons - Pacific Bell Park; San Francisco, California
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