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#5 Dakota Blizzard 30
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#4 Buffalo Skull Crushers 7
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Dakota traveled to Buffalo and won to even up their postseason record (7-7) and Alltime record (21-21) against the Skull Crushers.
Dakota had three 1st half drives of over 60 yards but managed only 12 points while Buffalo was shutout in the 1st half after managing just 78 total yards and punting 4 times.
Buffalo would score a TD on the opening drive of the 3rd quarter to cut the lead to 12-7 on a 13 play/75 yard drive but Dakota answered right back on the ensuing drive with a 4 play/75 yard TD of their own to make the score 19-7.
Both teams would punt twice in the 3rd quarter before Dakota would **** a punt and Buffalo took over at the Dakota 48 yard line early in the 4th quarter. Buffalo would go for it on 4th & 8 from the Dakota 46 yard line, down 12 points and they turned the ball over on downs.
Dakota did nothing with the great field position but this time the punt pinned Buffalo at their own 2 yard line with 11:29 remaining and Buffalo down 19-7.
Buffalo would decide to go for it on a 4th & 3 from their own 9 and again they turned the ball over on downs. Three plays later Dakota scored a TD and they converted a 2 point conversion to make the score 27-7 with 9:19 left in the game.
Buffalo would throw 2 interceptions late and Dakota added a fieldgoal for the 30-7 final.
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#6 Houston Roughnecks 3
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#3 Vancouver Vandals 20
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Vancouver hosted Houston and they avenged their 2043 lose to Houston in the postseason with a 20-3 win.
Houston actually scored first on a 57 yard fieldgoal to take an early 3-0 lead but Vancouver answered immediately with a fieldgoal of their own. After forcing a Houston punt, Vancouver would score the first TD of the game to take a 10-3 lead at 9:50 of the 2nd quarter.
The rest of the 1st half saw Houston miss a 42 yard fieldgoal and several punts as the game went into halftime with Vancouver up 10-3.
The 3rd quarter saw the 2 teams exchange 6 punts before Vancouver tacked on a 38 yard fieldgoal with 1:41 left in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 13-3.
Houston would be forced to punt with 0:06 left in the 3rd quarter before Vancouver hit a 75 yard bomb down to the Houston 2 yard line to end the 3rd quarter. 3 plays later, Vancouver scored another TD to make the score 20-3 with 14:50 left in the game.
The rest of the 4th quarter was quiet and Houston threw an interception late which essentially ended the game.
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#7 Kansas City Chaos 32
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#2 Cincinnati Defenders 28
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Kansas City traveled to Cincinnati and finally beat them in the postseason on their 3rd try, 32-28.
Kansas City got the ball first and on the 3rd play from scrimmage they threw an interception to set Cincinnati up at the KC 25 yard line. 3 plays later they hit paydirt to take a 6-0 lead after the failed 2 point conversion.
After a KC punt, Cincinnati drove 13 plays/50 yards and added a 43 fieldgoal to take a 9-0 lead with 6:26 left in the 1st quarter.
KC would take over on their 25 yard line and on 4th & 3 from their own 32 yard line, they decided to go for it and failed, turning the ball over on downs a.d giving Cincinnati the ball at the KC 24 yard line after a 9 yard lose of a sack.
Cincinnati scored another TD, 5 plays later and this time they converted a 2 point conversion making the score 17-0 with 2:03 left in the 1st quarter.
KC finally got the offense going and they scored a TD on a 9 play/75 yard drive but they failed to convert the 2 point conversion making the score 17-6 with 12:13 left in the half.
Cincinnati would add a fieldgoal before KC scored another TD and again failed on the 2 point conversion ti make the score 20-12 with 6:03 left in the half.
Cincinnati was forced to punt on their next drive and KC started from their own 16 yard line with 5:12 left in the half. They drove 14 plays to their own 47 yard line and faced a 4th & 16 with 0:36 left in the half. They rolled the dice and went for it and connected for 17 yards and a 1st down at the Cincinnati 35 yard line. With no timeouts they rushed the Fieldgoal out and kicked a 53 yard fieldgoal as time expired to trim the lead to 20-15 at halftime.
The teams exchanged punts to start the 2nd half before Cincinnati had a 9 play/87 yard TD drive plus they added a 2 point conversion to increase their lead to 28-15 with 7:44 left in the 3rd quarter.
KC responded with a 10 play/75 yard TD drive of their own plus they converted the 2 point conversion to make the score 28-23 with 3:00 left in the 3rd quarter.
The teams exchanged punts to end the 3rd quarter before Cincinnati fumbled on a 2nd & 2 from their own 29 yard line and KC returned the recovered fumble to the Cincinnati 20 yard line. 3 plays later, KC scored the go ahead TD but failed on the 2 point conversion making the score 29-28 KC with 12:02 left in the game.
Cincinnati would start their next drive from their own 25 and MVP QB Gary Fielding was sacked on 2nd & 3rd down which pushed them back to their own 12 yard line. They were forced to punt on 4th & 23 and KC took over at their own 40 yard line. They managed to get within fieldgoal range and added a 45 harder to make the lead 32-28 with 8:36 remaining.
Cincinnati had a 4th & 2 from their own 33 yard line and elected to punt the ball back to KC with 6:32 on the clock and the Cincinnati defense did their job and held KC to a 3 & out where they punted the ball back to Cincinnati with 4:35 left.
Cincinnati again had a 4th & 3 from their own 32 and elected to punt the ball back.to KC with 3:21 on the clock. Again, the Cincinnati defense did their job and forced KC to punt at the 2 minute warning.
Cincinnati started from their own 30 yard line with 1:54 on the clock and and on 4th & 4 from their 36 yard line, they went for it and QB Gary Fielding hit WR Julio Hamilton for 12 yards to keep the drive alive with 1:35 on the clock.
Cincinnati faced a 4th & 3 from the KC 45 yard line when QB Gary Fielding was sacked for the 6th time in the game which ended the game.
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#5 Philadelphia Slayers 20
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#4 Gem City Gangsters 24
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Gem City hosted Philadelphia and snapped an 8 postseason game losing streak with a 24-20 win.
Gem got the ball to start the game and went 3 & out before punting the ball to Philadelphia where they had a 5 play/71 TD drive to take an early 7-0 lead.
Gem City again went 3 & out and punted before Philadelphia converted a 1st down but were also forced punt the ball back to the Gangsters.
Gem City didn't punt on their 3rd possession instead QB Robbie Heath threw an interception to set up Philadelphia at the Gem City 30 yard line.
Philadelphia drove down to the Gem City 6 yard line but the Gangster defense stiffened in the red zone to hold Philadelphia to a 24 yard fieldgoal making the score 10-0 Philadelphia with 4:29 left in the 1st quarter.
Gem City finally got their offense going driving 11 plays/75 yards for a TD of their own to cut the lead to 10-7 with 13:38 left in the half.
The next 3 possessions all ended with punts before Gem City had an 8 play/85 yard TD drive to take a 14-10 lead with 5:46 left in the half.
The first half ended after 3 more possessions ended in punts and Gem City took a 14-10 lead into halftime.
Philadelphia got the ball to begin the 2nd half and promptly had a 3 & out despite completing a 9.5 yard pass on 1st down. They failed to convert on 2nd & 3rd downs and less then 1 yard so they punted on 4th & inches.
Gem City started from their own 17 yard line and had a 15 play/83 yard TD drive to take a 21-10 lead with 6:36 left in the 3rd quarter.
Philadelphia would answer with a 7 play/74 yard TD drive of their own to trim the lead down to 21-17 with 2:25 left in the 3rd quarter.
Gem City had another 3 & out and Philadelphia responded with a short 7 play/30 yard drive which resulted in a 54 yard fieldgoal to cut the lead to 21-20 with 13:34 left in the game.
Gem City started from their own 25 yard line and they needed a drive and they got it when they drove 12 plays/56 yards down to the Philadelphia 9 yard line and on 4th & 6 they kicked a 26 yard fieldgoal to extend the lead to 24-20 with 6:00 left in the game.
The teams exchanged 3 & outs before Philadelphia started from their 19 yard line with 2:23 on the clock and needing a TD to win. They moved the ball out to their 34 yard line but on 2nd & 8, QB Steven Stiner was sacked for a 7 yard lose and they failed to convert on 3rd & 15 & 4th & 15 which ended the game.
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#6 Atlanta Dominators 0
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#3 Providence Islanders 24
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Providence hosted 8× defending Champion Atlanta and snapped a personal 5 game losing streak to Atlanta in the postseason with a 24-0 shutout win.
Atlanta got the ball to start the game and after a 10 play/38 yard drive K Larry Thompson not 2× ALLPRO & 8× Champion K Doyle Allen missed a 56 yard fieldgoal.
That gave Providence the ball at their own 44 yard line and they drove down to the Atlanta 10 yard line where they settled on a 28 yard fieldgoal to take a 3-0 lead with 5:03 left in the 1st quarter.
After punts on the next 3 combined possessions, Providence had a 6 play/47 yard TD drive to take a 10-0 lead with 10:26 left in the half.
A couple more punts plus a Providence QB William Powers interception took us to halftime with Providence ahead 10-0.
Providence got the ball to start the 2nd half and after both teams punted, Providence had a 7 play/51 yard TD drive to increase the lead to 17-0 with 7:16 left in the 3rd quarter.
In the 4th quarter, Providence scores another TD to put the game away and Atlanta K Larry Thompson missed a 56 yard fieldgoal late in the 4th quarter which preserved the shutout for Providence as the reign of the Atlanta Dominators finally comes to an end!
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#7 Brooklyn Hitmen 6
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#2 Memphis Maniacs 31
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Memphis hosted Brooklyn and handled the Hitmen 31-6 to advance to the Division round.
Memphis got the ball to begin the game and scored a FG then TD on their first possessions while Brooklyn went 3 & out to give Memphis a 10-0 lead with 4:39 left in the 1st quarter.
Brooklyn responded with a fieldgoal before forcing a Memphis 3 & out but Brooklyn ended up punting themselves on the next drive followed by another Memphis punt.
Brooklyn QB Bruce Shadrick was intercepted on the 2nd play of their next drive giving Memphis the ball at the Brooklyn 13 yard line. 3 plays later Memphis scored a TD to extend their lead to 17-3 with 3:05 left in the half which was the score at halftime.
Brooklyn got the ball to start the 2nd half and went 3 & out before Memphis scored another TD making the score 24-3 with 7:51 left in the 3rd quarter which essentially ended the game.
Brooklyn would kick another fieldgoal after a Memphis QB John Bennett interception but Memphis would tack on another TD to finish the game with a 31-6 win.
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DIVISION ROUNDAXCOf the 4 AXC teams remaining only Dakota has won an XFL Title. Vancouver has made the XFL Tilte game twice while Kansas City & Daytona are looking for their first trip to the big game.
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Kansas City (-1)
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Daytona
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In the off-season, these 2 owners traded owners as McBolt55 took ownership of Daytona, a francise which had never made the postseason while Voryzover took ownership of Kansas City after 20 years of futility in Daytona.
Just a script out of Hollywood, these 2 francises will meet in the divisional round where each owner is more responsible for drafting players from their opponents then the team they currently own.
Amazingly, one of these francises will be going to the AXC Conference Championship game for the first time for Daytona or the 2nd time for Kansas City.
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Dakota
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Vancouver (-7)
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After a 1 year absence, Dakota is back in the postseason and travel to Vancouver who they have met 5 times in the postseason.
Dakota is 5-0 versus Vancouver in the postseason but only 1 of those games was in Vancouver way back in 2018, the first season of the XFL.
Vancouver is looking to make their 3rd AXC Conference Championship game while Dakota is looking to make their 19th trip which would tie Buffalo for the most in league history.
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NXCOf the 4 teams remaining in the NXC only Gem City (2) & Phoenix (1) have won a XFL Title. Memphis has appeared in the game 1 team while Providence is looking for their first trip to the big game.
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Gem City
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Phoenix (-9)
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Gem City snapped an 8 game postseason losing streak to reach the Division round where they will travel to Phoenix.
These 2 teams have met twice in the postseason where they gave split the previous 2 meetings. Phoenix then Arizona won way back in 2018 the first season if the XFL where Gem City beat Phoenix at home in 2040 which was their last victory in the postseason before their 8 game losing streak.
Phoenix is looking to make their 5th trip to the NXC Conference Championship game while Gem City is looking to make their 4th trip to the game.
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Providence
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Memphis (E)
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Providence finally slayed the dragon that was Atlanta but their reward is a trip to Memphis in the divisional round.
These 2 teams have met twice in the postseason with the 2 teams splitting the first 2 matchups. Memphis traveled to Providence in 2027 and won while Providence hosted Memphis in 2045 and won.
Providence is looking to make their 4th NXC Conference Championship game while Memphis is also looking to make their 4th trip to the game.
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