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Fox Nation host Abby Hornacek reports live from Memphis, Tennessee with the Fox Sports field operations and engineering Vice President Brad Cheney to preview the second season of USFL football.
There are three undefeated teams left through the first two weeks of the 2023 United States Football League season after the dust settled on Sunday night.
The New Orleans Breakers, Birmingham Stallions and Michigan Panthers all improved to 2-0 with victories. It was the Stallions who had the most dominating victory of the weekend.
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Birmingham Stallions quarterback Alex McGough against the Memphis Showboats on April 22, 2023, at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The defending champions trounced the Memphis Showboats, 42-2. Alex McGough got the start at quarterback and was 21-of-28 with 301 yards and four touchdown passes. Each of the four touchdowns went to different receivers – Jace Sternberger, Davion Davis, Myron Mitchell and Thaddeus Moss. Running back Zaquandre White rushed for two touchdowns.
Birmingham had 463 total yards and Memphis only had 183 yards.
The Breakers dropped the Gamblers, 38-31, thanks to McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s drive with under 1 minute to play. He threw a 34-yard pass to Lee Morris to get to the Gamblers’ 14-yard line. Then, it was Wes Hillis who scored on the next play.
Bethel-Thompson had two touchdown passes and 251 passing yards on the day. Hillis had three touchdowns on the ground.
New Orleans Breakers quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson against the Houston Gamblers on April 22, 2023, at Protective Stadium in Birmingham. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Gamblers quarterback Kenji Bahar had three touchdown passes in the loss. Justin Hall caught two of them and Anthony Ratliff-Williams had the other. Hall finished with eight catches for 110 yards.
On Sunday night, the Panthers and Josh Love got the better of the Philadelphia Stars and Case Cookus 24-10.
Love had 174 passing yards, a touchdown pass and two interceptions. But Reggie Corbin delivered on the ground with 151 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Corbin had a 52-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.
Reggie Corbin of Michigan Panthers runs the ball against the Philadelphia Stars at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on April 23, 2023, in Canton, Ohio. (Jason Miller/USFL/Getty Images)
In the other Sunday game, the New Jersey Generals defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers 20-3. The Generals forced three turnovers while Dakota Prukop and Darius Victor had touchdowns in the game.
The Maulers and the Showboats are the only winless teams in the USFL. The Generals are 1-1 on the season.
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Here’s what’s on tap for Week 3.
- April 29: Birmingham Stallions vs. New Orleans Breakers (12:30 p.m. ET; USA)
- April 29: Houston Gamblers vs. Memphis Showboats (7 p.m. ET; FOX)
- April 30: Philadelphia Stars vs. Pittsburgh Maulers (Noon ET; NBC/Peacock)
- April 30: Michigan Panthers vs. New Jersey Generals (4 p.m. ET; FOX)
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