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Cincinnati Defenders 6
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Pittsburgh Blitzkrieg 30
Pittsburgh continued their recent dominance over division rival with their 7th straight win versus Cincinnati to advance to their 3rd AXC Conference Championship game.
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Kansas City Chaos 37
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Dakota Blizzard 27
Kansas City beat perennial contender Dakota for the 2nd time this season to advance to the franchise's first AXC Conference Championship game.
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Philadelphia Slayers 3
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Atlanta Dominators 22
The Atlanta Dominators continued their dominance with their 14th straight postseason win & 31st consecutive win dating back to Week 5 of the 2044 where Philadelphia beat them 26-20 in Philly. Atlanta has also won 33 straight home games dating back to Week 11 of the 2042 season where they lost to Arizona 14-12. Atlanta advances to their 10th NXC Conference Championship game.
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Memphis Maniacs 13
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Providence Islanders 21
Providence beat Memphis who many believed was the 2nd best team behind Atlanta to advance to their first NXC Conference Championship game.
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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPTwo teams make the Conference Championship game for the first time bringing the total up to 26 of 32 teams playing in a Conference Championship game in the 28 year history of the XFL.
That leaves Indiana, New York, New England, Miami, Daytona in the AXC and only Montana in the NXC yet to play in a Conference Championship game. In fact, those 6 teams have just 4 combined wins in the postseason. 1 each for Indiana, New York, New England & Miami and Montana & Daytona have no postseason wins with Daytona the only francise never to reach the postseason.
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Kansas City Chaos
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Pittsburgh Blitzkrieg (-8)
KANSAS CITYPLAYOFF RECORD: 4-6
HOME: 3-3
AWAY: 1-3
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: 0-0
XFL CHAMPIONSHIP: 0-0
PITTSBURGHPLAYOFF RECORD: 9-15
HOME: 7-8
AWAY: 2-7
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-1
XFL CHAMPIONSHIP: 0-1
HEAD TO HEADPOSTSEASON
This will be the first time these two plays have met in the postseason. Pittsburgh is 1-1 in Conference Championship games including 1-0 at home where they won 2 seasons ago in 2043.
REGULAR SEASON
Pittsburgh is 7-3 Alltime versus Kansas City including 3-2 at home. They have only played twice in the past 5 seasons and Pittsburgh won both games. You have to go back to 2038 for the last time KC beat Pitt and that was in Kansas City.
LAST MATCHUP
2044 Week 12
Pittsburgh 26 @ Kansas City 0
These teams haven't played since last season and Kansas City has shown they are a completely different team under new ownership. Pittsburgh is the clear favorite but KC has shown they can compete with anyone this season.
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Providence Islanders
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Atlanta Dominators (-8)
PROVIDENCEPLAYOFF RECORD: 5-9
HOME: 3-2
AWAY: 2-7
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: 0-0
XFL CHAMPIONSHIP: 0-0
ATLANTAPLAYOFF RECORD: 23-9
HOME: 15-4
AWAY: 3-4
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: 7-2
XFL CHAMPIONSHIP: 6-1
HEAD TO HEADPOSTSEASON
This is the 3rd meeting between these two teams in the postseason in the last 3 seasons. Atlanta won both matchups at home in the divisional round.
2043 Providence 13 @ Atlanta 35
2044 Providence 0 @ Atlanta 26
Atlanta is undefeated at home in the Conference Championship game going 6-0 including the last 4 straight.
REGULAR SEASON
Atlanta is 9-8 Alltime versus Providence in the regular season including 5-2 at home.
LAST MATCHUP
2045 Week 15
Providence 14 @ Atlanta 22
They played 4 weeks ago and Atlanta jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the game before Providence came back to make the score 19-14 with 2:28 left in the game. Providence failed to recover the onside kick which resulted in a tack on fieldgoal. In all fairness, Atlanta had nothing to play for but it should give Providence some confidence they can stay in the game.
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