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Nine unanswered points in the fourth by the visitors from LA resulted in a 35-26 defeat before only 11,197 fans at Legion Field. Before sustaining an injury late in the third, Casey Weldon passed for over 300 yards and three touchdown on a nine yard pass to Quincy Jackson on the opening drive, a short pass to James Bostic and an 80-yard bomb to Stepfret Williams.

Just a week removed from a very serious neck injury, Rage qb Jeff Brohm outgunned the Outlaws slinger Ryan Clement at the Florida Citrus Bowl.  Brohm's numbers were impressive to say the least. 13 of 20 for 235 yards and two touchdowns as the boys from Orlando closed in, on clinching a playoff berth. Remaining as the only team that had not tasted defeat in the XFL, Orlando outscored Sin City...

In front of 17,434, Jim Druckenmiller threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Daryl Hobbs with 20 seconds left to give the Memphis Maniax a 29-23 victory over the Chicago Enforcers. The td pass, Druckenmiller's third of the night, capped a 413-yard passing performance by the Memphis quarterback. Charles Jordan caught 10 passes from Druckenmiller for 240 yards. The victory was the first home win of the y...

Week 5 saw two teams the LA Xtreme (2-2) vs the struggling NY/NJ Hitmen (1-3) trying to keep pace with their first place rivals in each one's respective division.  Midway through XFL season fans had already started tuning out in large numbers and by now Vince McMahon was so desperate for ratings that he concocted a stunt (you can see it on my channel) for the following week in which he would...

Backup quarterback Brian Kuklick threw for 207 yards and a touchdown and Jay Taylor kicked a go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter to lead the Orlando Rage to a 21-19 victory over the Memphis Maniax in week 5.  The victory left the Rage (5-0) as the XFL's only undefeated team. Memphis (2-3) has lost all three of its home games.  Kuklick, subbing for starter Jeff Brohm after he was kn...

Week 5 had the Las Vegas Outlaws 3-1 playing the win less Chicago Enforcers 0-4 at historic Soldier Field. More than 15,000 braved the Chicago cold weather to see this exciting game. Most would argue that this was the game that turned things around for the Enforcers and sent the Outlaws into a tail spin.  Coach Ron Meyer turned over the starting job to former Notre Dame QB Kevin McDougal to t...

Date: February 25, 2001, XFL Week: 4  Home Team: San Francisco Demons Visiting Team: Las Vegas Outlaws    Game attendance: 34,000, Stadium: Pac Bell Park TV announcers: Craig Minervini, Bob Golic Network: UPN   The second XFL game at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco drew another near-sellout crowd of about 34,000, but the host Demons lost to the Las Vegas Outlaws, 16-9. &nbsp...

There were almost as many fumbles on the field as there were fans in the stands.  In a rain-soaked XFL game, the Memphis Maniax defeated the Los Angeles Xtreme, 18-12 at the Coliseum.  The Xtreme announced that 18,341 tickets were sold for its second home game, but a crowd estimated at less than 8,000 braved the torrential rains that pelted the Southland.  The Xtreme drew 35,813 for...

Date: February 24, 2001 XFL Week: 4. Home Team: Chicago Enforcers Visiting Team: New York/New Jersey Hitmen Game Time: Game weather: Freezing Drizzle/Fog Referee: Game attendance: 14,856 Stadium: Soldier Field TV announcers: Jim Ross, Jesse Ventura Network: NBC   Week four of the XFL saw these two teams battle for their first win. Both were 0-3 going into the game and desperately needed a win...

Week 3 of the XFL had one undefeated team the Orlando Rage (2-0) going up against the win less NY/NJ Hitmen led by their disliked quarterback Charlie Puleri. The Hitmen held a team only meeting that week where much of the anger was directed towards Puleri. The embattled quarterback who was being booed by the NY/NJ fans was pulled after the first half for backup Wally Richardson. Hitmen Head Coach...

Duane Butler scored on a 98-yard interception return with less than two minutes to play as the Birmingham Bolts beat the Chicago Enforcers 14-3.  The interception was the third turnover by Chicago. The others also came in Birmingham territory, including a fumble by running back John Avery in the first quarter.  Birmingham improved to 2-1, and Chicago dropped to 0-3.  Avery came into...

Jose Cortez kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Los Angeles Xtreme a 12-9 victory over the Las Vegas Outlaws. Cortez also connected from 45, 44 and 36 yards to help Los Angeles win for the second straight week. Las Vegas, which allowed just three points in its first two games, dropped to 2-1 before a crowd of 26,135. Xtreme safety Tinker Keck intercepted Mike Cawley's pass and...

Winter hit the XFL, and the weather beat up the new league and its fans.  Freezing temperatures and 22 mph wind that made it feel like 6 degrees -- and that was at the start of the game -- sent most of the 36,458 fans at the New York-New Jersey Hitmen's home opener to the exits early.  Only about 5,000 hardy fans were left at Giants Stadium when Charles Puleri's fourth-and-14 pass from t...

Jason Kaiser and Kurt Gouveia scored on long fumble returns and Las Vegas' defense also set up a field goal as the Outlaws beat Memphis 25-3 on Sunday night in the XFL.   Kaiser scored on an 80-yard return in the second quarter, and Gouveia had a 100-yarder in the third quarter. The victory left Las Vegas as one of only two XFL teams undefeated through the first two weeks. Orlando is the...

Week 2 of the XFL saw two teams the Chicago Enforcers vs LA Xtreme looking for their first victory of the season. The game went into double overtime with LA coming out on top after trailing most of the game.  The live telecast was interrupted by a power outage at the Coliseum before the game started which affected NBC from showing most of the first quarter. It was still daylight on the west c...

From 2015, Amin and the Vassals review George R. R. Martin’s "The Last Super Bowl" in a spoiler  filled discussion that was recorded before the Super Bowl, which thus explain their pro-Seahawks hopes. Sports are universally beloved. Geographically, athletic competitions take on various forms; the NFL, NBA, MLB are strong in  America; NHL in Canada; Premier League in Europe; and Cricket i...

Mike Panasuk kicked a 33-yard field goal with no time left to give the San Francisco Demons a 15-13 victory over the Los Angeles Xtreme as the XFL made its Bay Area debut in front of a sellout crowd.  Mike Pawlawski was 31-of-47 for 289 yards and threw two touchdowns passes for the Demons in the first professional football game at Pac Bell Park.  Jose Cortez kicked a 25-yard field goal w...

A bold challenge, a fearless experiment and ultimately, a spectacular failure. In 2001, sports entertainment titans Ebersol and McMahon launched the XFL. It was hardly the first time a league had tried to compete with the NFL, but the brash audacity of the bid, combined with the personalities and charisma of Ebersol and McMahon and the marketing behemoths of their respective companies - NBC and WW...

While NBC was televising the NY/NJ Hitmen vs Las Vegas Outlaws nationally, the Chicago Enforcers were taking on the Orlando Rage for the first time ever. This game was a satellite feed which was not shown nationally until NBC decided to go to it in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter due to the Las Vegas game being a blowout.  Note: I edited out the non important stuff. ie: Commentator...

The XFL's opening game took place on February 3, 2001, one year after the concept of the league was announced, and immediately following the NFL's Super Bowl. The first game was between the New York/New Jersey Hitmen and the Las Vegas Outlaws at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. The game ended with a 19-0 victory for the Outlaws, and was watched on NBC by an estimated 14 million viewers. During the t...