The 2025 UFL postseason was thrilling, and simply two groups stay — the Michigan Panthers and the DC Defenders.
The Panthers took down the defending champion Birmingham Stallions within the USFL Conference Championship Game on Sunday, 44-29, adopted by the Defenders pulling out a 36-18 win over the powerhouse St. Louis Battlehawks within the XFL Conference Championship Game.
Listed here are the numbers to know forward of the upcoming UFL title sport on Saturday:
2: St. Louis completed the common season with the perfect document within the league however noticed its championship hopes dashed within the convention title sport for the second consecutive season. Highway groups went 2-for-2 this weekend.
3: After main the league in speeding touchdowns within the common season with six, Michigan RB Toa Taua saved it rolling within the playoffs with 85 speeding yards and a season-high three scores within the Panthers’ double-digit win in Birmingham.
4: Birmingham’s quest for a fourth consecutive spring soccer title beneath head coach Skip Holtz — Birmingham had gained back-to-back USFL titles in 2022 and 2023 earlier than taking the inaugural UFL crown final yr — got here to an finish on Sunday. The loss additionally snapped a seven-game profitable streak in opposition to Michigan that dated again to 2022.
5: The Defenders’ protection dominated up entrance within the upset over the Battlehawks. The Defenders had 5 sacks and 9 tackles for loss within the win, as head coach Blake Williams’ group managed the sport from begin to end.
15: Whereas it got here in a shedding effort, Battlehawks All-UFL linebacker Willie Harvey stuffed the stat sheet in opposition to the Defenders with 15 whole tackles — probably the most by any participant in a single sport this season — and a sack.
24: The Panthers will tackle the Defenders within the 2025 UFL Championship Sport on Saturday. The 2 groups met in Week 6 of the common season, with the Panthers handing the Defenders their worst lack of the yr, 38-14, in Detroit.
44: The 44 factors scored by Michigan had been probably the most Birmingham has allowed in a UFL sport and the second most it has allowed in 4 years of spring soccer; the defunct New Orleans Breakers scored 45 in opposition to the Stallions in 2023.
73: Michigan and Birmingham’s 73 mixed factors is probably the most (common or postseason) in a sport in UFL historical past.
100: St. Louis’ offense this season was predicated on its run sport. It completed the common season averaging a league-best 144 speeding yards per sport. Nonetheless, DC was the one crew that discovered cease it, because it was the one crew to carry the Battlehawks beneath 100 speeding yards in a sport. What’s extra, the Defenders did it twice — of their Week 3 win in St. Louis and the playoff win on Sunday.
272: After sitting out the ultimate three video games of the common season with an ankle damage, Panthers All-UFL QB Bryce Perkins confirmed no ailing results within the win over Birmingham. He accomplished 80% of his passes (20 of 25) and had 272 whole yards of offense to go along with two whole touchdowns.
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