Washington started week 15 with a rare win over Arizona. Part of the reason might just be how abyssmal Arizona is this year, but the Federals offense fired on all cylinders with offensive player of the week Mike Hohensee tossing 4 touchdowns. In the other game on Saturday, the Breakers easily handled the Stallions to all but punch their ticket to the playoffs.

Sunday brought no surprises with the two best teams in the league, Michigan and Chicago getting wins to keep their exciting race to the finish intact. Philadelphia kept their slim playoff chances alive by beating New Jersey and leaving Generals fans wondering what went wrong this year. In the final game on Monday night, Oakland took care of business against Denver, putting them more or less into the playoffs with another win.

USFL Stat Leaders After Week 15

Week 15 Games

Saturday

Boston Breakers 30, Birmingham Stallions 5

Washington Federals 37, Arizona Wranglers 16

Sunday

Michigan Panthers 28, Los Angeles Express 21

Philadelphia Stars 21, New Jersey Generals 7

Tampa Bay Bandits 20, Chicago Blitz 34

Monday

Denver Gold 0, Oakland Invaders 19

USFL Standings After Week 15

Players of the Week

Offense: Mike Hohensee, QB, Washington Federals. Hohensee offered a single bright spot in an otherwise unforgetable season for the Federals, throwing for 4 touchdowns in a big win over Arizona.

Defense: Kenny Daniel, CD, Oakland Invaders. Daniel racked up 9 tackles and 2 of the team’s five interceptions in leading the defense to a shut out win over the Denver Gold.

Special Teams: Nolan Franz, PR, Boston Breakers. Franz returned 5 punts for 115 yards, gaining an average of 23 yards for his team on special teams.

The USFL ruled this weeked with games every day from Friday to Monday. The Gold started the weekend with a Friday evening win over the Federals. The win keeps their playoff hopes alive if they catch Oakland. Then the Invaders kept their win streak alive over the Generals.

Three games on Sunday saw Los Angeles, Birmigham, and Michigan all win. The Panthers now stand at 14-0 and virtually guaranteed a playoff spot at this point. Chicago finished out the weekend with a thrilling Monday night win over Boston.

USFL Stat Leaders after week 14

Week 14

Friday

Washington Federals 14, Denver Gold 28

Saturday

New Jersey Generals 17, Oakland Invanders 37

Sunday

Arizona Wranglers 23, Los Angeles Express 28

Birmingham Stallions 24, Tampa Bay Bandits 14

Michigan Panthers 23, Philadelphia Stars 16

Monday

Chicago Blitz 24, Boston Breakers 21

Week 14 Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Fred Besana, QB, Oakland Invaders. Besana again put on an MVP display, completing 22 of 32 passes for 379 yards and 4 touchdowns. He is a big reason for the Oakland turnaround and their playoff positioning right now.

Defense: John Corker, LB, Michigan Panthers. Corker recorded 9 tackles, 3 sacks, and 1 forced fumble to lead the defense in their win over the Stars. With only four weeks left in the season, Corker is the clear favorite for league defensive MVP.

Special Teams: Dario Cassarino, P, Boston Breakers. Cassarino punted 5 times for an average of 45.2 yards per punt with one inside of the 20. He is a big reason that the Breakers kept the game so close against Chicago.

Oakland continued to exert their recent dominance over the West division by defeating the Bandits in Tampa Bay to start the week. Offensive Player of the week Arthur Whittingham led the Invaders to their 7th win of the season and helped retain their 2 game lead in the division. Sunday brought 4 games this week. Boston and Washington played a wild one that saw 87 points and over 800 yards of total offense. The Blitz defense kept Herschel Walker out of the end zone for a hard earned win over New Jersey.

The Gold deepened Los Angeles’ slide and positioned themselves in second place in the west if Oakland falters. Philadelphia closed out Sunday with a blowout win of the hapless Wranglers. Then, in the last game on Monday, Michigan won again.

USFL Stat Leaders after Week 12

Week 12

Saturday

Oakland Invaders 30, Tampa Bay Bandits 10

Sunday

Boston Breakers 40, Washington Federals 37

Chicago Blitz 16, New Jersey Generals 12

Los Angeles Express 14, Denver Gold 17

Philadelphia Stars 44, Arizona Wranglers 7

Monday

Birmingham Stallions 17, Michigan Panthers 23

Week 12 Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Arthur Whittington, RB, Oakland Invaders. Whittington only gained 82 yards of total offense, but his efficiency is what gains him this award this week. He scored three touchdowns to lead Oakland to their win and continued first place in the division.

Defense: Eric Scoggins, LB, Los Angeles Express. While the Express failedto win again, Scoggins did his part in the game. He recorded five tackles, 2 sacks, and an interception in the game to keep the score close and give his team a chance to win.

Special Teams: Eric Robinson, KR, Washington Federals. Robinson ensured the wild game in Washington had it all. He returned 3 kickoffs for 160 yards, including a 97 yard touchdown.

Week 11 featured a trio of Monday games with all three first place teams placing. All three won to keep their places atop their division. Boston defeated Denver, Michigan dispatched with New Jersey, and Oakland won a defensive battle against Washington. With seven weeks left in the season, the cream is starting to rise to the top of the league and the playoff picture is becoming more clear.

Before those games, Birmingham ketp a midseason hot streak going by defeating the Los Angeles express. Tampa Bay continued a frustratingly inconsistent season by defeating hapless Arizona. In the other Sunday game, Chicago kept pace with Michigan. If they can just figure out a way to beat the Panthers, they’re the favorites to win the title this year.

USFL Stat Leaders After Week 11

Week 11

Saturday

Los Angeles Express 10, Birmingham Stallions 20

Sunday

Arizona Wranglers 14, Tampa Bay Bandits 34

Chicago Blitz 17, Philadelphia Stars 7

Monday

Denver Gold 17, Boston Breakers 20

New Jersey Generals 14, Michigan Panthers 20

Washington Federals 3, Oakland Invaders 13

Week 11 Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Bobby Hebert, QB, Michigan Panthers. Hebert put on another MVP performance, throwing for over 200 yards and three touchdowns to provide the difference in the Panthers win against New Jersey.

Defense: Ben Needham, LB, Boston Breakers. Needham recorded 14 tackles and a sack and was one of the big reasons for the Breakers overtime win against Denver this week.

Special Teams: Sean Landeta, P, Philadelphia Stars. Philadelphia’s offense struggled against the stout Chicago defense, but Landeta held up his end of bargain, punting 9 times for 444 total yards and a 49.3 average. He pinned Chicago inside the 20 twice and had a long of 66 yards.

Boston and Michigan opened the week with wins to stay in first place in their divisions. Michigan’s win kept them undefeated on the season.It took the NFL several decades to have their first undefeated team. Can the USFL accomplish that feat in year one?

Philadelphia, Oakland, and Chicago all followed with wins on Sunday afternoon and evening. The week concluded with no real surprises as Birmingham took care of New Jersey. The Stallions continue a mid season surge after digging themselves a bit of a hole to begin.

USFL Stat Leaders After Week 10

Week 10

Saturday

Boston Breakers 30, Los Angeles Express 23

Michigan Panthers 59, Arizona Wranglers 24

Sunday

Denver Gold 17, Philadelphia Stars 34

Tampa Bay Bandits 7, Oakland Invaders 15

Washington Federals 7, Chicago Blitz 21

Monday

Birmingham Stallions 13, New Jersey Generals 12

Week 10 Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Bobby Hebert, QB, Michigan Panthers. Hebert went 21 of 31 on passes with almost 350 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Panthers to a record tying scoring performance. The Panthers remained undefeated on the season with the 59-24 victory over Arizona.

Defense: John Corker, OLB, Michigan Panthers. Corker added to his league leading sack total with 2 and forced a fumble on top of 6 tackles in the Panthers win. Unless someone steps up soon, Corker looks to run away with the defensive player of the year.

Special Teams: Tim Mazzetti, K, Boston Breakers. Mazzetti kicked a perfect game, 3-3 on field goals and extra points for 12 points on the week.

Philadelphia opened week 9 with a convincing win over Tampa Bay. The Stars continue to keep their playoff and east division hopes alive, but the later it gets into the season, the more likely it is that Philly fans get their hearts broken this year.

Then on Sunday, Michigan kept winning, this time in impressive fashion over the east division leaders Boston. Birmingham, Chicago, and Denver all won close games, too. Denver’s win put them into a three way tie with Oakland and Los Angeles for the division lead.

Speaking of Oakland, after an inconsistent start, the Invaders appear to have found their stride and are the team to watching over the next few weeks in the west division. Thanks to all the fans for their support over the first half of the season and can’t wait to see what happens next.

USFL stat leaders after week 9

Week 9

Saturday

Philadelphia Stars 27, Tampa Bay Bandits 13

Sunday

Birmingham Stallions 16, Washington Federals 13

Chicago Blitz 17, Los Angeles Express 6

Michigan Panthers 24, Boston Breakers 14

New Jersey Generals 9, Denver Gold 10

Monday

Arizona Wranglers 14, Oakland Invaders 17

Week 9 Standings

Note: The extended standings got lost in the same ether as the team stats on the leaders page. Apologies.

Players of the Week

Offense: Jim Smith, WR, Birmingham Stallions. Jim caught 7 passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns in Birmingham’s win over the Federals. The win put the Stallions over .500 for the first time this year and thinking about a possible playoff spot.

Defense: Doug Greene, S, Washington Federals. Greene did all he could to keep the Federals in the game with 5 tackles and two interceptions. Unfortunately, they ended up on the wrong end of result this time.

Special Teams: Anthony Carter, WR/KR, Michigan Panthers. In addition to catching 9 passes for 73 yards, Carter returned a punt 54 yards for a touchdown and helped the Panthers secure a 9-0 record to start the season.

Saturday brought two games this week. The Denver Gold defeated the Arizona Wranglers behind defensive player of the week David Dumars. Then Michigan just kept winning, running their undefeated streak to 8 by beating the LA Express. LA remained in first in spite of the loss.

Sunday saw three close contests with the most significant being the Breakers 3 point win over Philadelphia to keep sole possession of the east division lead. Chicago closed out the week with a huge win over the New Jersey Generals. Come back next week to see where things stand at the halfway point of the season.

USFL Stat Leaders After Week 8

Week 8

Saturday

Denver Gold 39, Arizona Wranglers 10

Los Angeles Express 14, Michigan Panthers 31

Sunday

Boston Breakers 24, Philadelphia Stars 21

Oakland Invaders 13, Birmingham Stallions 16

Tampa Bay Bandits 19, Washington Federals 23

Monday

New Jersey Generals 7, Chicago Blitz 38

Week 8 Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Billy Taylor, RB, Washington Federals. Taylor gained over 150 yards of total offense and scored two touchdowns to help Washington defeat the Tampa Bay Bandits.

Defense: David Dumars, S, Denver Gold. Dumars nabbed two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown and tallied 6 tackles in Denver’s thrashing of the Wranglers.

Special Teams: Frank Corral, K, Chicago Blitz. Corral went 8-9 on field goals including a long of 47 to propel Chicago over Generals on Monday night and stay in the playoff hunt.

Philadelphia kicker David Trout put on a show on Saturday, scoring 19 points as the Stars defeated the Invaders to open up Week 7. Sunday brought 4 close contests, including a battle for the Central lead, won by the Michigan Panthers. They now have a 2 game advantage over the Blitz.

The Tampa Bay Bandits closed out the week with a win over the West leading Los Angeles Express. LA now only leads Oakland by one for the division. The playoff race is tightening as we head into Week 8 in the USFL. Several important contests on the schedule for next week, including the game of the week between Philadelphia and Boston.

USFL Stat Leaders After Week 7

Week 7 Scores

Saturday

Philadelphia Stars 25, Oakland Invaders 7

Sunday

Boston Breakers 16, Arizona Wranglers 21

Chicago Blitz 9, Michigan Panthers 10

Denver Gold 11, Birmingham Stallions 23

Washington Federals 7, New Jersey Generals 20

Monday

Los Angeles Express 7, Tampa Bay Bandits 24

Week 7 Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Bobby Lane, Quarterback, Birmingham Stallions. Lane led the Stallions to a huge win over the Denver gold. He went 15-21 passing with two touchdowns and also added one on the ground for Birmingham. The win kept the Stallions’ playoff hopes alive.

Defense: John Corker, LB, Michigan Panthers. Corker led the way in a defensive battle of the top two teams in the Central and, maybe, even the whole USFL. He recorded 10 tackles and 3 sacks in the Panthers win to pull 2 games ahead of their division rival Chicago Blitz.

Special Teams: David Trout, K, Philadelphia Stars. Trout went 6-6 on field goals and added an extra point, to score a single game record of 19 points and proved to be the difference in the Stars win over the Invaders.

Denver won the only Saturday game this week, defeating Tampa Bay by a touchdown. On a busy Sunday with 4 games, Birmingham started the day by shocking the previously unbeaten Blitz. Michigan, Boston, and Los Angeles all stayed in first place in their respective divisions with wins.

Washington and Arizona ended the week’s slate with an exciting game that was close until the closing minutes. The league closes out the first third of their season in a convincing fashion and have showed fans some great football over these six weeks. Keep joining us every week as we look to end this first season strong.

USFL Stats Leaders After Week 6

Week 6 Scores

Saturday

Tampa Bay Bandits 10, Denver Gold 17

Sunday

Birmingham Stallions 24, Chicago Blitz 10

Michigan Panthers 17, New Jersey Generals 7

Oakland Invaders 9, Boston Breakers 29

Philadelphia Stars 19, Los Angeles Express 30

Monday

Arizona Wranglers 20, Washington Federals 24

Week 6 Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Richard Crump, RB, Boston Breakers. Crump showed that he can also be a dual threat. He combined for 88 yards rushing and receiving and both ran a touchdown in and caught one.

Offense: Craig James, RB, Washington Federals. James led the Federals offense with 86 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. His contribution is a key reason for the Federals exciting win on Monday night.

Defense: Emmanuel Thompson, DB, Birmingham Stallions. Thompson was a big reason for the Stallions upset win over the Blitz. He made 6 tackles and 2 interceptions in the game.

Special Teams: Woodrow Wilson, KR, Boston Breakers. Early in the year, we predicted that Wilson would break one sooner or later. He proved us right in this game, returning 4 kicks for 159 yards and a 98 yard touchdown.

Standings

Eastern Division	W	L	T	PF	PA
Boston	4	1	0	145	101
Philadelphia	3	2	0	137	91
New Jersey	2	3	0	124	125
Washington	0	5	0	108	185
Central Division	W	L	T	PF	PA
Michigan	5	0	0	138	83
Chicago	5	0	0	161	59
Tampa Bay	2	3	0	92	114
Birmingham	1	4	0	59	104
Western Division	W	L	T	PF	PA
Oakland	3	2	0	108	95
Los Angeles	3	2	0	107	103
Denver	1	4	0	85	119
Arizona	1	4	0	51	136

Players of the Week

Offense: Kelvin Bryant, RB, Philadelphia. Bryant rushed for 120 yards and 4 touchdowns in Philadelphia’s record setting 59 point performance against Washington this week.

Offense: Herschel Walker, RB, New Jersey. Walker gained almost 200 yards of total offense this week to help the Generals defeat the Wranglers. Proving himself a two way player, he added a touchdown each rushing and receiving.

Defense: Ed Smith, OLB, Chicago. Smith terrorized the Bandits offense, with 13 tackles, 4 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, and an interception.

Special Teams: Eric Robinson, KR, Washington. Robinson returned two kicks for 98 yards and a touchdown as one of the bright spots in the Federals loss to the Stars.