2020 XFL season

2020 XFL season
LeagueXFL
SportAmerican football
DurationRegular season:
February 8 – April 12 (planned)
February 8 – March 8 (actual)
Number of gamesRegular season:
10 per team (planned)
5 per team (actual)
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, FS1, FS2
Best regular season recordHouston Roughnecks (5–0)
East championsNot awarded
  East runners-upNot awarded
West championsNot awarded
  West runners-upNot awarded
2020 XFL Championship
VenueTDECU Stadium, Houston, Texas
ChampionsNot awarded
  Runners-upNot awarded
Finals MVPNot awarded
Seasons
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The 2020 XFL season was the first season in the reboot of the XFL, and the second in the history of the XFL brand created and owned by professional wrestling magnate Vince McMahon, coming 19 years after the 2001 XFL season.

The season began on February 8, 2020, with the DC Defenders hosting and defeating the Seattle Dragons. The league planned to have a ten-week regular season through April 12, with division championships April 18 and 19, with the XFL Championship scheduled for April 26 in Houston.[1]

In March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the XFL announced that the league would be canceling the rest of the season, ahead of the league's suspension of operations and bankruptcy filing a month later.[2]

  1. ^ Pederson, Erik (October 22, 2019). "XFL Schedule: ABC, Fox & Their Cable Outlets Set 10-Week Regular Season Dates Plus Playoffs". Deadline. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "XFL Statement". XFL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.