2015 USFL Conference Championships Recap
It will be the Breakers and the Wranglers facing off in Los Angeles for Summer Bowl 2015. That is the news out of this week as New...
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USFL WEEKLY GAME RECAPS
Scores & Stories From This Week's Action
USFL LIVES
4 days ago
2015 USFL Divisional Playoff Recap
Four teams remain in the 2015 USFL Playoffs after four huge divisional games gave us our Conference Championship matchups. This week we...
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USFL LIVES
Nov 15
2015 USFL Wild Card Weekend Recap
Playoff football, is there anything better? The Drama, the pressure, the big plays, and the surprises. Well, we had ourselves a great...
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USFL LIVES
Nov 12
2015 USFL Week 16 Recap: Regular Season Ends with a "Stag"gering Surprise.
The final film in the 2016 parade of Hollywood road & football movies is the lighthearted jab at the 1987 NFL strike, a film about the...
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USFL LIVES
Nov 9
2015 USFL Week 15 Recap: Blitz Top Maulers for 1st Place
A holiday classic and one of the funniest road movies of all time, 1987's :John Hughes classic features the comedic pairing of John Candy...
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USFL LIVES
Nov 6
2015 USFL Week 14 Recap:
A football movie for all of us who like to think of ourselves as members of the player personnel teams, criticizing our favorite team's...
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USFL LIVES
Nov 3
2015 USFL Week 13 Recap: Did you see that?
Road movies tend to be either action thrillers or comedies tied to unlikely pairings of personality, but this week's selection, 1986's...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 31
2015 USFL Week 12 Recap: Three Quarters Down, 1 to Go.
This one is a tough watch, especially if you are one of those men who insists that men should never cry. the story of Bears' halfbacks...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 28
2015 USFL Week 11 Recap: Outlaws Stunned as Tornado rips through Alamodome.
What list of road movies could be complete without a Burt Reynolds film? We initially thought of Cannonball Run, but could not deny the...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 25
2015 USFL Week 10 Recap: Playoff Push Starts Right Here
Back to a story based on true life, when a horrific plane crash all but ends football at Marshall University, it is up to the college...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 22
2015 USFL Week 9 Recap: Find Me a Franchise QB!!
Just when you thought we could not come up with a weirder interpretation of a "road movie" we throw Pee Wee Herman at you. But, while...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 19
2015 USFL Week 8 Recap: Midseason Report
What can we say about this Denzel vehicle that has not already been said? A classic story of race, understanding, and football, An...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 16
2015 USFL Week 7 Recap: Newton, Griffin, Carr Down
One of the great road comedies, National Lampoon follows up Animal House with the 1983 family misadventure of the Griswolds. Starring...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 13
2015 USFL Week 6 Recap: Houston Lone Unbeaten
Burt Reynolds stars in a movie that uses football to talk about corruption and injustice in the penal system. OK, it also has a lot of...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 10
2015 USFL Week 5 Recap: Bulls Win! Bulls Win!
Perhaps not a classic road movie, but you cannot deny that the trip that Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock make is in many...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 7
2015 USFL Week 4 Recap: Dalton Sets League Record
Perhaps the first movie to both celebrate and lampoon the NFL at the same time, "North Dallas Forty" may be about a fictional team in a...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 4
2015 USFL Week 3 Recap: A Season of Surprises
The post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max, where gasoline is a cherished commodity and both heroes and villains race across the desert in...
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USFL LIVES
Oct 1
2015 USFL Week 2 Recap: A Week for the Underdogs
The first football movie to be highlighted on the road to Hollywood is a perfect fit for the week of the underdogs. "Rudy" tells the...
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USFL LIVES
Sep 28
2015 USFL Week 1 Recap: Ohio Stuns Texas in Opener
Our Road & Football film series kicks off with a classic rebel road movie, "Easy Rider". The 1969 film starring Peter Fond and Dennis...
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USFL LIVES
Sep 14
Fantastic Finish as Miraculous Play Gives Blitz Their First Title
Heartbreak for the Texas Outlaws, Jubilation for the Baltimore Blitz as a once-in-a-lifetime play gives Baltimore a stunning victory in...
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USFL LIVES
Sep 11
2014 USFL Conference Championships Recap
We will have a first time USFL Champion. That is the result when you have two first time franchises battling it out in the Summer Bowl,...
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USFL LIVES
Sep 8
2014 USFL Divisional Playoff Report
A six seed makes it to the Conference Title Game, a 1 seed is eliminated, and two players prove just how valuable a franchise quarterback...
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USFL LIVES
Sep 5
2014 USFL Wild Card Weekend Report
This weekend proved to be a tale of two very different days. On Saturday both 6 seeds won on the road, knocking the 3rd seeded division...
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USFL LIVES
Sep 2
2014 USFL Week 16 Recap: Thunder & Glory Fall, Bandits & Outlaws Prevail in Season Finales
The final week of the season sees 4 teams lock up playoff berths, 5 teams nab division titles, and two very disappointed squads miss out...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 30
2014 USFL Week 15 Recap: Stars Rising Once Again, Wranglers Look to Recapture the Magic
Fifteen weeks down, only one to go and we still don’t know who the top seeds in either conference will be. The injuries to Culpepper and...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 27
2014 USFL Week 14 Recap: Culpepper & Flacco Both Go Down, Shaking Up Playoff Picture.
Week 14 saw some huge performances, tight games, tough losses, and big wins. It saw the first club in the West lock up a playoff spot,...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 24
2014 USFL Week 13 Recap: Playoff Spots Secured by Four Eastern Clubs
Four teams locked in playoff berths this week, all from the Eastern Conference. We also saw a change at the top of the NE Division, where...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 21
2014 USFL Week 12 Recap: Gamblers & Outlaws Tied Up in SW Showdown
Huge games across the league as we saw division foes square off in San Antonio, Philadelphia, and Seattle. The Monarchs and Dragons...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 18
2014 USFL Week 11 Recap: Divisional Foes Knock Off Bandits & Outlaws
It was a week defined by upsets of the two frontrunners in the league. Divisional foes Denver and Atlanta took it to the Outlaws and the...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 15
2014 USFL Week 10 Recap: Bandits & Outlaws Standing Strong
A good week for the favorites as 11 of 14 favorites got the W they sought. That said, the three upsets are where the excitement was as...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 12
2014 USFL Week 9 Recap: Baltimore Rising.
Philadelphia drops their second in a row as Baltimore downs a Stars team missing two of their key offensive weapons. Tampa Bay and Texas...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 9
2014 USFL Midseason (Week 8) Report
We have reached the midway point of the USFL season and what do we know? We know parity is very real, but that at least 3 teams have...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 6
2014 USFL Week 7 Recap: LA Tops Oakland in Must Win Outing
Call it Desperation Week as teams at or near the bottom of the standings, knowing there backs were against the wall, stood up and took a...
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USFL LIVES
Aug 3
2014 USFL Week 6 Recap: Stallions Edge Wranglers with 21-Point 4th Quarter.
A big week for blowouts as we saw 5 games with a 14-point or larger margin, including some lopsided divisional games with statement...
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USFL LIVES
Jul 31
2014 USFL Week 5 Recap: Arizona Upends Texas in Statement Game
Week six saw a huge showdown in the desert as Arizona faced off against Texas, A clash for the top of the Pacific division between...
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USFL LIVES
Jul 28
2014 USFL Week 4 Recap: Outlaws, Bandits, Blitz, Generals Celebrate Strong 1st Quarter
Week 4 witnessed some amazing action, including one of the greatest comebacks in USFL history as Tampa Bay wiped out a 22-point deficit...
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USFL LIVES
Jul 25
2014 USFL Week 3 Recap: Texas Tussle & Concerns About Gore in Arizona
A fun week of USFL action with several close games, a couple of upsets, and some huge performances. We are beginning to see some trends...
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USFL LIVES
Jul 22
2014 USFL Week 2 Recap: Without Gutierrez, Stars Crushed by New Jersey
Week two of the USFL and we are already down to only 4 unbeatens as parity reigns over the league. Four unbeatens, five winless clubs...
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USFL LIVES
Jul 19
2014 USFL Week 1 Recap: Manziel Mania in Effect in Dallas
Two overtime games, 7 games where the final score was a 1-score margin, and a lot of good defense, just what you might expect for the...
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USFL LIVES
Jul 6
2013 Summer Bowl Recap: Wranglers Outlast Stars In Overtime for First USFL Title
It was everything the USFL and its fans could have wanted out of a title game; two top seeds, the best of each conference, engaged in a...
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USFL LIVES
Jul 3
2013 USFL Conference Championships Recap
The One Seeds prevail and set up one of the most anticipated Summer Bowl matchups in memory. It will be the Philadelphia Stars,...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 30
2013 USFL Divisional Playoffs Recap
They say the cream rises to the top, and that appears to have happened in the USFL in 2013. All four of the 1 and 2 seeds won their home...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 27
2013 USFL Wild Card Playoff Recap
Playoff football. What else needs to be said? We had 3 of 4 homestanding favorites win, but it was not a cake walk to be sure. Wild...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 24
2013 USFL Week 16 Recap: Gold, Express, Fire & Stallions Complete the Playoff Field
We have our 2013 playoff field after an exciting week of play-in games has led to three of four Wild Card positioned teams retaining...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 21
2013 USFL Week 15 Recap: When a Tie is a Win.
A wild week that saw one of the week’s most important games for playoff position end in a tie, a tie that actually helped both teams...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 18
2013 USFL Week 14 Recap: Houston Shocks Arizona To End Unbeaten Season
The Wranglers go down for the first time this year as Houston figures out a way to put them off their game and holds on to end the...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 15
2013 USFL Week 13 Recap: Three More Lock Up Playoff Bids
A big week for the playoff hunt as our total number of berths awarded jumps from 2 to 5 with the additions of Oakland, Washington, and...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 12
2013 USFL Week 12 Recap: Arizona & Philly Lock Up Spots.
Week 12 was a week defined by rivalry upsets. Baltimore knocked off Washington, while Dallas snapped a 9-game losing streak to surprise...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 9
2013 USFL Week 11 Recap:
A good week for Charlotte, Los Angeles, and Oakland, disappointing for Ohio, Atlanta, and Nashville. Tough sledding for Las Vegas...
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USFL LIVES
Jun 6
2013 USFL Week 10 Recap: Upsets Tighten Playoff Races
For as long as the USFL has had a 16-game season, Week 10 has been seen as the start of the playoff run. By this time in the season we...
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