The NFL season will come to a close on Sunday night in Miami, and either the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers will be crowned world champions at Hard Rock Stadium. Professional football fans won’t have to wait very long to get a weekend fix, however, as the reborn XFL launches the week after the Super Bowl.
The XFL season will officially kick off on Saturday, February 8th with the Seattle Dragons playing the D.C. Defenders (2 p.m. ET, ABC). Through Week 8 of the 10-week regular season, there will be two nationally televised games on both Saturdays and Sundays, with Thursday games being added in the final two weeks. A four-team playoff will begin on April 18th, and the championship game will be played on April 26th.
It remains to be seen if the XFL can succeed where the AAF failed in 2019, but the XFL’s innovative rule changes should keep things interesting.
Here is the full season schedule, via XFL.com:
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