Birmingham Stallions
April 1, 2015
United States Football League (1983-1985) Born: May 11, 1982 – USFL founding franchise Folded: August 1986 First Game: March 7, 1983 (L 9-7 vs. Michigan
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Arizona Outlaws
February 8, 2015
The Arizona Outlaws were a pro football team that competed in the third and final season of the United States Football League in the spring of 1985. The team emerged from the merger of the USFL’s Arizona Wranglers and Oklahoma Outlaws franchises in December 1984.
Philadelphia Stars
October 13, 2014
United States Football League (1983-1984) Born: May 11, 1982 – USFL founding franchise Moved: August 22, 1984 (annouced move to Maryland to become the Baltimore
Michigan Panthers
June 1, 2014
The Michigan Panthers were the original champions of the spring season United States Football League during the league’s 1983 debut season. The team launched the pro careers of future NFL stars Bobby Hebert (quarterback) and Anthony Carter (wide receiver), who sparked the Panthers to the USFL title as rookies. The Panthers played in the longest game in a professional football history, a 93-minute triple overtime playoff loss to Steve Young and the Los Angeles Express in June 1984. This also proved to the Panthers final game. The USFL’s planned move to a fall season in 1986 caused the Detroit-based Panthers to merge with the Oakland Invaders ahead of the USFL’s 1985 season in order to avoid going head-to-head with the NFL’s Detroit Lions in 1986.
Washington Federals
January 16, 2014
The Washington Federals were a dreadful early 1980’s entry in the otherwise fondly remembered United States Football League. The Feds went 7-29 over two seasons of play and were famously compared to “a group of untrained gerbils” by exasperated team owner Berl Bernhard. After two seasons in the nation’s capital, the club was sold and packed off to Orlando prior to the USFL’s third and final season in 1985.