CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

AXC

Dakota Blizzard 36
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Buffalo Skull Crushers 43

A dramatic offensive shootout featuring 6 lead changes and 3 ties during the 60 minutes of football. The game also had 1,149 yards of total offense (593 BUF/556 DAK) including 1,021 passing yards. Dakota started off hot taking a 19-8 lead into halftime aided by 2 Buffalo missed fieldgoals before the offensive explosion in the 2nd half where Buffalo outscored Dakota 35-17 to win with a 4th quarter TD pass with 0:20 seconds remaining. Dakota had a 36-29 lead with 2:06 left in the game before Buffalo scored 2 touchdowns in the final 1:49. Buffalo QB Ricardo Dodds threw for 537 yards (3rd Alltume) 5 TD (5th Alltime) and 1 INT while Dakota QB Jason Matson threw for 484 yards (6th Alltime), 3 TD and 1 INT. Buffalo WR Jeff Weir had 11 receptions for 328 yards (1st Alltime) and 3 TD while Dakota had 3 receivers go for over 100 yards.

NXC

Brooklyn Hitmen 14
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Saint Paul Punishers 21

This was a close game for 4 quarters as neither team led by more than 8 points at any time in the game. Saint Paul got off to a 6-0 lead after settling for 2 fieldgoals before Brooklyn took a 7-6 lead into halftime. Brooklyn extended their lead to 14-6 on their 1st possession of the 2nd half before Saint Paul's defense shut down Brooklyn's offense on their next 8 possessions. Brooklyn managed just 27 yards and an interception on those next 8 possessions while Saint Paul's offense managed a touchdown to pull within 14-13 after the Brooklyn interception gave them a short field.

Despite Saint Paul's defense shutting down Brooklyn's offense, the Punishers QB Kenneth Powers threw 3 interceptions on 3 straight drives after the touchdown. The last interception gave Brooklyn the ball 1st and 10 from the Saint Paul 47 yard line with 5:44 left but once again the Saint Paul defense allowed just 2 yards and forced another punt. Pinned at thier own 9, QB Kenneth Powers hit WR John Marrero for a 91 yard TD strike and they added a 2 point conversion to give them a 21-14 lead with just 4:22 remaining.

Brooklyn had one last chance with a 1st and 10 from their 24 yard line with 1:14 remaining and no timeouts. They went on a drive aided by QB Bobby Moreira's 28 pass to WR Henry Humphrey and a pass interference call against Saint Paul giving them a final play from the Saint Paul 20 yard line with 20 seconds left. QB Bobby Moreira hit WR Jerry Jeudy which ended the game 2 yards short of the endzone.

https://xfl.myfootballnow.com/watch/6070#1065513

XFL XIX


Buffalo Skull Crushers 46
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Saint Paul Punishers 20

A rematch from last seasons XFL XVIII
where Buffalo won 31-12.

Buffalo is making their 7th Title game appearance with a record of 3-3 overall but they have won 3 of the last 4.

Saint Paul is making just their 2nd appearance in the Tital game where they lost last season.

The rematch went as the experts predicted as Buffalo becomes the 1st francise in XFL history to win 4 League Titles.

The game remained close in the 1st half and Saint Paul actually took the lead 14-11 with 10:50 left in the 1st half but Buffalo scored 2 touchdowns and tacked on 2 more 2 point conversions to take a 27-14 lead into halftime.

Saint Paul pulled to within 10 points with an early 3rd quarter fieldgoal but Buffalo would score 19 unanswered points to win going away.

Buffalo put up 573 yards (143 rush/430 pass), had 27 1st downs, went 4 for 4 in the redzone while winning the TOP (35:43/24:13).

Buffalo QB Ricardo Dodds went 34/59 for 430 yards, 4 TDs and 2 INTs while 3 WRs had over 100 yards receiving. These players put up these receptions/yards/TD receptions numbers: RB Samuel Baker 8/117/0, WR Jeff Weir 10/112/2 and WR Demaryius Thomas 6/102/2.