Post by David on Feb 4, 2023 15:03:07 GMT -8
The following is the full schedule for the XFL's 2023 re-launch season.
The XFL returns to action after seeing its inaugural season cut short after five weeks of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in prolonged stay-at-home orders and prohibitions on large gatherings in order to try and control the spread of the virus. As a result, the XFL declared bankruptcy a month later.
The second XFL was owned and funded by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment. Like the predecessor XFL from 2001, the new XFL followed a similar structure with eight teams owned and operated by the league. Unlike the original XFL from 2001, the new league shared the name and trademark, but the new XFL did not rely on professional wrestling inspired figures and entertainment elements.
The assets of the XFL were auctioned off and purchased by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, business partner and former wife Dany Garcia, and RedBird Capital founder Gerry Cardinale. Under the new ownership group, Alpha Acquico, LLC, the XFL announced a new brand identity, streaming its logo.
The league is made up of eight franchises, as stated above, are owned and operated by the league in a single entity business model. Seven of the eight teams return from the 2020 XFL Season.
The DC Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, and St. Louis BattleHawks (now simply Battlehawks without a capital H) remain under their previous monikers, while the Dallas Renegades and Seattle Dragons changed their names to the Arlington Renegades and Seattle Sea Dragons.
Two teams, the New York Guardians and Tampa Bay Vipers, have relocated in 2023. New York has moved to Orlando, Florida as the Orlando Guardians, marking the return of professional football to Orlando since the Orlando Apollos of the short-lived Alliance of American Football in 2019. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay has moved to Las Vegas, Nevada as the Vegas Vipers. Both markets were home to XFL teams in the original XFL back in 2001 (Orlando Rage, Las Vegas Outlaws), though only Orlando will play in the same stadium as its predecessor.
The Los Angeles Wildcats are the only team to have folded, replaced by the San Antonio Brahmas.
The East and West Divisions have been replaced by the North and South Division. DC, Seattle, St. Louis and Vegas make up the North Division, while Arlington, Houston, Orlando, and San Antonio make up the South Division.
The league's comeback season will span 10 weeks, beginning one week after Super Bowl LVII on February 12th, and ending the weekend of April 22nd. Each XFL team will host 5 home games and play 5 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 North and South Divisions will advance to the playoffs, which will consist of an North and South Division Semifinal. The winners of both divisions will advance to the XFL Championship, with the host venue revealed at a later date to take place on May 13th.
The XFL will carry over from 2020 that teams will not have a kicking extra point. The single point after will be replaced by a scrimmage play, which varies in point value depending on how far the scoring team chooses to take the snap from the goal line. A 2 yard attempt would yield 1 point, a 5 yard attempt yields 2 points, and a ten yard attempt yields 3 points. This rule was in the original XFL, adopted during that league's playoffs.
The league has carries over its television contracts with ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, however FOX and FS1 are not returning as FOX partnered with NBC as the broadcast stations for the United States Football League. In its place, FX will also broadcast XFL games. FX will carry 14 games, the majority to be broadcasted over the first seven weeks, while ESPN will carry 11 games, ESPN2 will carry 10 games, ABC will carry 7. ESPN and FX will simulcast the Week 1 game between Orlando and Houston.
During the payoffs, ESPN & ESPN2 will air the North and South Division Semifinals, while ABC will air the XFL Championship.
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.
2023 XFL Playoffs
XFL Championship
Sat., May 13 - Arlington Renegades 35, DC Defenders 26 - (San Antonio, TX)
Divisional Championships
South Final: Sat., April 29 - #2 Arlington Renegades 26, #1 Houston Roughnecks (H) 11
North Final: Sun., April 30 - #1 DC Defenders (H) 37, #2 Seattle Sea Dragons 21
Final Regular Season Standings
Regular Season
Week 10
Sat., April 22 - St. Louis Battlehawks (H) 53, Orlando Guardians 28
Sat., April 22 - DC Defenders 29, San Antonio Brahmas (H) 28
Sun., April 23 - Houston Roughnecks 25, Arlington Renegades (H) 9
Sun., April 23 - Seattle Sea Dragons (H) 28, Vegas Vipers 9
Week 9
Sat., April 15 - Houston Roughnecks (H) 28, Vegas Vipers 21
Sat., April 15 - San Antonio Brahmas (H) 25, Orlando Guardians 23
Sun., April 16 - DC Defenders (H) 28, Arlington Renegades 26 (OT)
Sun., April 16 - Seattle Sea Dragons 30, St. Louis Battlehawks (H) 12
Week 8
Sat., April 8 - St. Louis Battlehawks (H) 21, Vegas Vipers 17 (OT)
Sat., April 8 - Arlington Renegades 18, Orlando Guardians (H) 16
Sun., April 9 - Houston Roughnecks 17, San Antonio Brahmas (H) 15 (OT)
Sun., April 9 - DC Defenders 34, Seattle Sea Dragons (H) 33
Week 7
Fri., March 31 - Seattle Sea Dragons 24, Arlington Renegades (H) 15
Sat., April 1 - Vegas Vipers (H) 26, San Antonio Brahmas 12
Sat., April 1 - Orlando Guardians (H) 37, DC Defenders 36
Sun., April 2 - St. Louis Battlehawks 24, Houston Roughnecks (H) 15
Week 6
Sat., March 25 - Seattle Sea Dragons 26, Orlando Guardians (H) 19
Sat., March 25 - St. Louis BattleHawks 29, Vegas Vipers (H) 6
Sun., March 26 - San Antonio Brahmas 15, Arlington Renegades (H) 9
Mon., March 27 - DC Defenders (H) 37, Houston Roughnecks 26
Week 5
Thu., March 16 - Seattle Sea Dragons (H) 21, Houston Roughnecks 14
Sat., March 18 - DC Defenders 28, St. Louis Battlehawks (H) 20
Sat., March 18 - Vegas Vipers (H) 35, Orlando Guardians 32
Sun., March 19 - Arlington Renegades 12, San Antonio Brahmas (H) 10
Week 4
Sat., March 11 - Houston Roughnecks 44, Orlando Guardians (H) 16
Sat., March 11 - Seattle Sea Dragons (H) 15, San Antonio Brahmas 6
Sun., March 12 - St. Louis Battlehawks (H) 24, Arlington Renegades 11
Sun., March 12 - DC Defenders (H) 32, Vegas Vipers 18
Week 3
Sat., March 4 - Seattle Sea Dragons 30, Vegas Vipers (H) 26
Sun., March 5 - DC Defenders (H) 34, St. Louis Battlehawks 28
Sun., March 5 - Arlington Renegades (H) 10, Orlando Guardians 9
Sun., March 5 - Houston Roughnecks (H) 22, San Antonio Brahmas 13
Week 2
Thu., February 23 - St. Louis Battlehawks 20, Seattle Sea Dragons (H) 18
Sat., February 25 - DC Defenders 18, Vegas Vipers (H) 6
Sun., February 26 - San Antonio Brahmas 30, Orlando Guardians (H) 12
Sun., February 26 - Houston Roughnecks (H) 23, Arlington Renegades 14
Week 1
Sat., February 18 - Arlington Renegades (H) 22, Vegas Vipers 20
Sat., February 18 - Houston Roughnecks (H) 33, Orlando Guardians 12
Sun., February 19 - St. Louis Battlehawks 18, San Antonio Brahmas (H) 15
Sun., February 19 - DC Defenders (H) 22, Seattle Sea Dragons 18
XFL TEAM VENUES
Arlington Renegades - Choctaw Stadium; Arlington, Texas
DC Defenders - Audi Field; Washington D.C.
Houston Roughnecks - TDECU Stadium; Houston, Texas
Orlando Guardians- Camping World Stadium; Orlando, Florida
San Antonio Brahmas - Alamodome; San Antonio, Texas
Seattle Sea Dragons - Lumen Field; Seattle, Washington
St. Louis Battlehawks - The Dome at America's Center; St. Louis, Missouri
Vegas Vipers - Cashman Field; Las Vegas, Nevada
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