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The joint league that was formed after the merging of the USFL and XFL, the United Football League, will launch its inaugural season in 2024. The Birmingham Stallions and Arlington Raiders will play the league's first game of the season on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at 1 p.m. ET.
The USFL and XFL announced last year that they will combine to form the UFL, a brand-new professional springtime football league. Following quiet seasons, the two leagues first declared their intention to combine in September 2023.
Several spring football competitions, including the AAF, XFL, USFL, and currently the UFL, have been established since 2019.
Each of the eight teams in the league have been scheduled to compete in ten games during the regular season this year.
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The UFL calendar this year includes games that will air on ESPN, ABC, and FOX, including the championship game on June 16. On June 8 and 9, there will be two Conference Championship games in the playoffs between the sides with the most successful records in their respective conferences. The UFL Championship Game is scheduled for June 16 of the following week.
Full list of teams who will feature in UFL 2024
The eight teams that make up the United Football League are four from the XFL and four more from the USFL.
The two best teams in each division will advance to the conference championship games, making four UFL teams eligible for the postseason. The teams and head coaches of the teams who will play in the league this season are listed below.
USFL Conference
Head Coach: Skip Holtz
Memphis Showboats
Head Coach: John DeFilippo
Head Coach: Mike Nolan
Houston Roughnecks
Head Coach: Curtis Johnson
XFL Conference
San Antonio Brahmas
Head Coach: Wade Phillips
Arlington Renegades
Head Coach: Bob Stoops
St. Louis BattleHawks
Head Coach: Anthony Becht
DC Defenders
Head Coach: Reggie Barlow
Who owns the UFL?
The USFL and XFL ownership groups make up equal portions of the UFL ownership structure. The co-owners of the UFL are Fox Sports (embodied by the chief executive officer Eric Shanks) and ESPN (embodied by chairman Jimmy Pitaro), along with Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Gerry Cardinale of RedBird Capital Partners, the proprietors of the XFL.
Staff members from the two combined organizations will operate the UFL. Former XFL CEO and president Russ Brandon will lead the league, while former USFL director of football affairs Daryl Johnston will serve in the same capacity in the UFL.
