Rekubit Exchange:When does UFL start? 2024 season of merged USFL and XFL kicks off March 30

The Rekubit Exchange2024 UFL season will kick off on Saturday, March 30 when the 2023 champions of the USFL — the Birmingham Stallions — and XFL — the Arlington Renegades — meet at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Later in the day, the Michigan Panthers will host the St. Louis Battlehawks at Ford Field.

In all, each team will play a 10-game regular-season schedule. The top two teams in each conference will play in the conference championship games on June 8-9. The UFL championship game will be played on June 16.

UFL games will be broadcast on ABC, FOX, ESPN, ESPN2 and FS1, and can be streamed on ESPN+ or the Fox Sports app depending on which network broadcasts the games.

What is the UFL?

The UFL is a merger between two competing spring professional football leagues, the USFL and XFL.

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The recreated USFL — with team names harkening back to its 1980s ancestor — opened play in April 2022 with all eight teams headquartered and playing home games in Birmingham, Alabama. For the 2023 season, the league expanded its home stadium footprint.

Dany Garcia and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson purchased the XFL out of bankruptcy for $15 million and rebooted the 2020 version of the league. The XFL was successfully able to complete its first season in 2023.

The new, merged league was announced on Dec. 31, 2023.

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What are the UFL teams for the 2024 season?

USFL Conference

• Birmingham Stallions
• Houston Roughnecks
• Memphis Showboats
• Michigan Panthers

XFL Conference

• Arlington Renegades
• D.C. Defenders
• San Antonio Brahmas
• St. Louis Battlehawks

UFL 2024 schedule

Week 1

Saturday, March 30

• Birmingham Stallions at Arlington Renegades, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
• St. Louis Battlehawks at Michigan Panthers, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, March 31

• D.C. Defenders at San Antonio Brahmas, noon ET (ESPN)
• Memphis Showboats at Houston Roughnecks, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Week 2

Saturday, April 6

• San Antonio Brahmas at Memphis Showboats, noon ET (ESPN)
• Arlington Renegades at St. Louis Battlehawks, 8 p.m. ET (ABC)

Sunday, April 7

• Birmingham Stallions at Michigan Panthers, noon ET (ESPN)
• Houston Roughnecks at D.C. Defenders, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)

Week 3

Saturday, April 13

• D.C. Defenders at Arlington Renegades, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
• Memphis Showboats at Birmingham Stallions, 7 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, April 14

• Houston Roughnecks at Michigan Panthers, noon ET (ABC)
• St. Louis Battlehawks at San Antonio Brahmas, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)

Week 4

Saturday, April 20

• Memphis Showboats at St. Louis Battlehawks, 12:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
• D.C. Defenders at Birmingham Stallions, 7 p.m. ET (FOX)
• Michigan Panthers at San Antonio Brahmas, 7 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, April 21

• Arlington Renegades at Houston Roughnecks, 2 p.m. ET (FS1)

Week 5

Saturday, April 27

• San Antonio Brahmas at Arlington Renegades, 7 p.m. ET (FOX)
• Birmingham Stallions at Houston Roughnecks, 7 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, April 28

• St. Louis Battlehawks at D.C. Defenders, noon ET (ESPN)
• Michigan Panthers at Memphis Showboats, 3 p.m. ET (FOX)

Week 6

Saturday, May 4

• Birmingham Stallions at Memphis Showboats, noon ET (ABC)
• Houston Roughnecks at St. Louis Battlehawks, 3 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, May 5

• Arlington Renegades at Michigan Panthers, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
• San Antonio Brahmas at D.C. Defenders, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)

Week 7

Saturday, May 11

• Memphis Showboats at Arlington Renegades, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
• St. Louis Battlehawks at Birmingham Stallions, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, May 12

• Michigan Panthers at D.C. Defenders, noon ET (ESPN)
• San Antonio Brahmas at Houston Roughnecks, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Week 8

Saturday, May 18

• Memphis Showboats at Michigan Panthers, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)
• Houston Roughnecks at Birmingham Stallions, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Sunday, May 19

• D.C. Defenders at St. Louis Battlehawks, noon ET (ABC)
• Arlington Renegades at San Antonio Brahmas, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)

Week 9

Saturday, May 25

• St. Louis Battlehawks at Arlington Renegades, noon ET (ABC)
• Birmingham Stallions at San Antonio Brahmas, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)

Sunday, May 26

• D.C. Defenders at Memphis Showboats, 2:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
• Michigan Panthers at Houston Roughnecks, 2:30 p.m. ET (FOX)

Week 10

Saturday, June 1

• Michigan Panthers at Birmingham Stallions, noon ET (ESPN)
• San Antonio Brahmas at St. Louis Battlehawks, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)

Sunday, June 2

• Arlington Renegades at D.C. Defenders, noon ET (ABC)
• Houston Roughnecks at Memphis Showboats, 7 p.m. ET (FOX)

Conference championships

Saturday, June 8

• Teams TBD, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)

Sunday, June 9

• Teams and time TBD (FOX)

UFL championship game

Sunday, June 16

• Conference championship winners, 5 p.m. ET (FOX)