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Buffalo Skull Crushers
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Houston Roughnecks (-4)
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BUFFALOPOSTSEASON APEARANCES: 27th
POSTSEASON RECORD: 39-22
ROAD RECORD: 6-7
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: 9-9
XFL TITLE GAME: 4-5
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HOUSTONPOSTSEASON APEARANCES: 14th
POSTSEASON RECORD: 9-13
HOME RECORD: 4-6
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: 0-4
XFL TITLE GAME: 0-0
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HEAD TO HEADREGULAR SEASON: Buffalo (9-4)
Buffalo leads the regular season matchups by 5 games but the record is much closer in Houston (5-3).
POSTSEASON: Split (2-2)
This will be the 5th time these teams have met in the postseason with both teams having 2 wins. The previous 4 matchups all took place in Buffalo so Houston finally gets a home game versus Buffalo in the postseason.
2038 Houston 10 @ Buffalo 17
2039 Houston 26 @ Buffalo 6
2043 Houston 44 @ Buffalo 30
2044 Houston 14 @ Buffalo 21
LAST MATCHUP: 2045 (Week 11)
Buffalo traveled to Houston last season and won 40-25.
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TEAM STATSBUF RUSH OFFENSE: 99.4 (20th)
HOU RUSH DEFENSE: 48.1 (1st)
BUF PASS OFFENSE: 472.7 (1st)
HOU PASS DEFENSE: 219.9 (13th)
BUF TOTAL OFFENSE: 572.1 (1st)
HOU TOTAL DEFENSE: 262.0 (3rd)
BUF SACKS: 27 (29th)
BUF INTERCEPTIONS: 28 (2nd)
BUF TURNOVER MARGIN: -16 (32nd)
HOU RUSH OFFENSE: 133.8 (8th)
BUF RUSH DEFENSE: 93.0 (14th)
HOU PASS OFFENSE: 232.8 (14th)
BUF PASS DEFENSE: 241.6 (21st)
HOU TOTAL OFFENSE: 366.6 (12th)
BUF TOTAL DEFENSE: 333.5 (20th)
HOU SACKS: 35 (21st)
HOU INTERCEPTIONS: 12 (23rd)
HOU TURNOVER MARGIN: +5 (9th)
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BREAKDOWNThis is a matchup between the high flying Buffalo #1 pass & Total offense versus the Houston #3 Total defense. Can Buffalo score enough to outlast Houston or will Buffalo's 32nd ranked turnover margin catch up to them in the big game. The key to the game may come down to who wins 4th down as Buffalo rarely uses their kickers or will Buffalo become more conservative on the road in the Conference Championship game?
Buffalo clearly has the experience edge since this is their 19th AXC Conference Championship game compared to Houston's 5th. Buffalo is 9-9 in the big game while Houston is 0-4 but Buffalo is just 1-5 on the road in the AXC Conference Championship game while Houston is 0-2 at home.
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Atlanta Dominators
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Providence Islanders (-2)
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ATLANTAPOSTSEASON APEARANCES: 17th
POSTSEASON RECORD: 29-9
ROAD RECORD: 5-4
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: 8-2
XFL TITLE GAME: 7-1
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PROVIDENCEPOSTSEASON APEARANCES: 12th
POSTSEASON RECORD: 7-10
HOME RECORD: 5-2
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: 0-1
XFL TITLE GAME: 0-0
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HEAD TO HEADREGULAR SEASON: Split (9-9)
These teams have split 18 games in the regular season but Providence owns a 7-4 edge at home between the two teams.
POSTSEASON: Atlanta (3-0)
Atlanta has owned Providence in the postseason but they have owned everyone the past 5 seasons. Atlanta was home for the previous 3 matchups and Providence finally gets a home game versus Atlanta.
2043 Providence 13 @ Atlanta 35
2044 Providence 0 @ Atlanta 26
2045 Providence 16 @ Atlanta 23
LAST MATCHUP: 2046 (Week 7)
Providence hosted Atlanta earlier thus season and won 23-7.
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TEAM STATSATL RUSH OFFENSE: 159.6 (2nd)
PRI RUSH DEFENSE: 71.4 (8th)
ATL PASS OFFENSE: 332.7 (3rd)
PRI PASS DEFENSE: 203.6 (7th)
ATL TOTAL OFFENSE: 492.3 (2nd)
PRI TOTAL DEFENSE: 267.4 (4th)
ATL SACKS: 57 (5th)
ATL INTERCEPTIONS: 26 (4th)
ATL TURNOVER MARGIN: +7 (6th)
PRI RUSH OFFENSE: 93.7 (23rd)
ATL RUSH DEFENSE: 64.3 (3rd)
PRI PASS OFFENSE: 307.2 (5th)
ATL PASS DEFENSE: 182.3 (1st)
PRI TOTAL OFFENSE: 400.9 (9th)
ATL TOTAL DEFENSE: 242.5 (1st)
PRI SACKS: 54 (6th)
PRI INTERCEPTIONS: 22 (7th)
PRI TURNOVER MARGIN: +6 (7th)
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BREAKDOWNCan anyone beat Atlanta??? They have won 5 straight XFL Titles and after being swept by Memphis in the regular season amidst a change in ownership, they have put it all together as they are making a run at #6.
Providence has lost to Atlanta the last 3 seasons in the postseason including losing last years NXC Conference Championship game but Providence finally gets Atlanta at home where they beat them convincingly 23-7 earlier this season.
Atlanta will be playing their 11th NXC Conference Championship game where they are 8-2 while it's just the 2nd for Providence after losing to Atlanta last year. Atlanta is only 1-2 on the road in the big game so can Providence finally put a stake through the heart of the Dominators?
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