By Danielle Daniels 
*Stallions are 31-4 over the last three seasons under head coach Skip Holtz dating back to the USFL.
*Birmingham owns a 10-1 record heading into this year’s title game
*Birmingham roared back from a 15-point deficit to defeat the Michigan Panthers, 31-18, in the USFL Conference Championship Game at home, a contest that had six turnovers in the third quarter.
*Birmingham is making their third consecutive spring football championship game appearance, winning both of the USFL championships as part of the original league over the Philadelphia Stars in 2022 and the Pittsburgh Maulers in 2023.
*The San Antonio Brahmas finished their second overall season under head coach Wade Phillips, going 7–3 and advancing to the XFL Conference championship against the St. Louis Battlehawks. The Brahmas led wire-to-wire behind a rushing attack that amassed over 200 yards, upsetting the Battlehawks on their home field, 25–15, to secure their first-ever XFL Conference Championship
*San Antonio will be the second consecutive Texas-based team to appear in a spring football championship game. The Arlington Renegades won the 2023 XFL title as part of a rebooted league
*Wade Phillips will also be seeking his first outright championship as a head coach. With the Denver Broncos as their defensive coordinator in 2015, the team won Super Bowl 50.
*Wade Phillips will celebrate his 77th birthday on June 21
*The Brahmas won the previous game between these two teams earlier this year, an 18-9 victory over the Stallions in San Antonio
*San Antonio is led by a stingy defense, holding teams to a league-best 15.3 points a game. And have given up over 20 points just one time this season
OTHER GAME INFORMATION
at The Dome at America’s Center • St. Louis, Missouri
- Date: Sunday, June 16, 2024
- Game time: 5:00 p.m. EDT
- TV announcers (Fox): Curt Menefee (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Brock Huard (sideline reporter)
INFORMATION COMPILED FROM UFL, WIKIPEDIA COMMONS, TV, RADIO, SOCIAL MEDIA AND STAFF REPORTS
