Category: UFL

Birmingham Stallions quarterback Adrian Martinez threw for over 300 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another in a 33-14 home win over Memphis on Saturday night, in week three of United Football League play. (Photo courtesy of AL.COM)
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UFL week 3 roundup (except Arlington-D.C.)

The Birmingham Stallions got their championship rings – the final championship rings ANYBODY will get from the USFL – on Friday. And then they won big on Saturday. The Stallions got a 33-14 win in front of the home crowd

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Arlington-DC photo gallery

EDITOR’S NOTE: A gallery of outstanding photos from the UFL’s Arlington-D.C. Defenders game Saturday, April 13, by The Football Beat’s own Dennis Jacobs. D.C. won the game, 29-28, with a late comeback, and on a 49-yard kick as time expired

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San Antonio coach Wade Phillips tries on a fan's sombrero after the Brahmas staged a big, and late, comeback Saturday to beat Memphis, 20-19, at Simmons Bank Stadium in Memphis. It was the Brahmas' first-ever United Football League (UFL) win. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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UFL: San Antonio at Memphis photo gallery

EDITOR’S NOTE: A passel of photos by The Football Beat’s Jacob Lucas from the UFL’s San Antonio at Memphis game on Saturday, April 6, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. San Antonio made a late comeback and won the game, 20-19,

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Members of the San Antonio Brahmas found their fans for a celebration immediately after beating Memphis, 20-19, by scoring two touchdowns with less than a minute left on Saturday. San Antonio trailed the entire game, and trailed at the end of the third quarter, 16-0. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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San Antonio stuns Memphis in final minute

MEMPHIS, Tenn.  – What a finish for the United Football League’s official Memphis debut. Unfortunately, it was not to the liking of the hometown crowd. In the first instance of innovative UFL rules coming into play, the San Antonio Brahmas

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks to a youth football team just before kickoff of Saturday's Birmingham-Arlington UFL opener in Arlington. Johnson, a partner in the ownership of the new spring league, welcomed fans to Choctaw Stadium for the first UFL game. The 10-game season continues on Sunday. (Photo by JENNA LUCAS - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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UFL standings, stats after week 1

EDITOR’S NOTE: This selection not only updates the United Football League’s standings after the first week of play (Saturday, March 30 and Sunday, March 31), but also gives you the UFL’s week two schedule (Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April

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Birmingham cornerback Mark Gilbert (28) is congratulated by teammates after an interception late in Saturday's contest in Arlington against the Renegades, the very first United Football League game. Birmingham won, 27-14, the season opener for both teams. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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Stallions shine in win at Arlington

ARLINGTON – If past performances are any indication, if you didn’t have the two-time USFL champion Birmingham Stallions as your preseason favorite in the first-ever season of the United Football League, maybe you should honestly reconsider. Former Ole Miss quarterback

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Birmingham Stallions quarterback Matt Corral (2) is hunted by Arlington linebacker Willie Taylor III (50) in Saturday's UFL season opener at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington. Birmingham won, 27-14. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - ETBLITZ.COM)
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Notes: UFL debuts to fanfare

ARLINGTON – “Today is truly Day 1 of the The United Football League (UFL) officially,” said UFL CEO/president Russ Brandon. Brandon, who along with Dani Garcia, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s ex-wife and his longtime business manager, and now his partner

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks to an Arlington-area football team prior to kickoff of the Arlington Renegades-Birmingham Stallions game at Choctaw Stadium, the first-ever game under the UFL banner. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS)
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UFL, welcome to the sports world

The United Football League kicked off in Arlington, officially, on Saturday, with the home-team Renegades hosting the Birmingham Stallions. The UFL, of course, is the merger, or marriage, of former spring leagues the United States Football League (USFL) and the

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St. Louis Battlehawks quarterback A.J. McCarron is back for a second season, this time with the franchise as a part of the UFL, a new spring football league that has four games this weekend. (Photo courtesy of TOTALBAMAMAG.com)
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We’re live, bud: UFL kicks off Saturday

The dawn of a new professional sports league becomes a reality on Saturday, when the United Football League – the result of the merger of the XFL and the United States Football League – makes its debut with four games

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