USFL Stars

RIP Philadelphia Stars Version 2: 2022-2023. USFL and XFL Merge into United Football League. Philly Not Included.

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Published01 Jan 2024

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Well, the Philadelphia Stars are gone once again. Like their 1980’s predecessor, the Stars have not survived the latest set of moves with the USFL. The United States Football League and XFL have officially combined creating the newest incarnation of the United Football League and the Stars are not part of it.

The teams forming the new league include the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions, Memphis Showboats, and Michigan Panthers. The XFL’s contingent includes the Arlington Renegades, D.C. Defenders, St. Louis Battlehawks, and San Antonio Brahmas. The Houston Roughnecks are the leagues final team, they’re actually the USFL’s Gamblers renamed after the XFL’s Houston team. The move is likely to capitalize on the strong Houston Oilers-like imagery of the Roughnecks.

The latest version of the Stars won the 2022 North Division Championship defeating the New Jersey Generals, 19-14. They would go on to drop a heartbreaker to Birmingham in the USFL Championship Game, 33-30. Unlike the first version of the Stars, this iteration never played a game in the city of Philadelphia due to the USFL’s “hub city” setup.

 

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And with that, this is the last time this here site will be covering the USFL/XFL/UFL. It’s been a wild ride (not really).