2011 UFL season

2011 United Football League season
Regular season
DurationSeptember 15, 2011 – October 15, 2011
2011 UFL Championship Game
DateOctober 21, 2011
SiteVirginia Beach Sportsplex, Virginia Beach, Virginia
ChampionVirginia Destroyers
Runner-upLas Vegas Locomotives

The 2011 UFL season was the third season of the United Football League (UFL). The season, which was affected by franchise shifts and schedule delays due in part to the UFL's lingering financial issues (as well as a failure to capitalize on the National Football League's player lockout),[1][2][3] began on September 15, 2011, and would have run through October 28, with a championship game set for the following weekend. The regular season was abandoned after the games of October 15 (with two weeks remaining), and the championship game moved up to October 21,[4] when the Virginia Destroyers claimed their first UFL title by defeating the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Locomotives 17-3 at Virginia Beach Sportsplex.[5]

  1. ^ "Financial problems force UFL to delay start of season". CBSSports.com. July 19, 2011.
  2. ^ "Letter from Commissioner Huyghue". United Football League. July 19, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.
  3. ^ Smith, Michael David (July 20, 2011). Jim Fassel: UFL misread the NFL lockout. Pro Football Talk. Retrieved July 20, 2011
  4. ^ "Source: UFL press release from 10/17/2011". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  5. ^ Robinson, Tom (October 22, 2011). Virginia Destroyers capture UFL title in 17-3 victory Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved October 22, 2011.