Spring football history
USFL 2022 Stats
Standings plus every published player and team stat for each UFL season and the XFL and USFL seasons before it, by category, with all-time career totals.
USFL 2022 Year in Review
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The USFL returned in 2022 with eight teams and a 10-week regular season. Every regular-season game was played in Birmingham, Alabama (Protective Stadium and Legion Field), with the playoffs and final in Canton, Ohio. New Jersey and Birmingham both went 9–1 to win the North and South divisions, and Philadelphia and New Orleans (both 6–4) took the other playoff spots. Tampa Bay’s Jordan Ta’amu led the league with 2,014 passing yards, New Orleans’ Jordan Ellis led in rushing (596 yards), MVP KaVontae Turpin led in receiving (540 yards) and Houston’s Chris Odom led with 12.5 sacks. Birmingham won the first championship 33–30 over Philadelphia in Canton; backup quarterback Alex McGough’s touchdown pass to game MVP Victor Bolden Jr. put the Stallions ahead with just over three minutes left.
USFL awards
- Most Valuable PlayerKaVontae Turpin
NJ · WR · source - Offensive Player of the YearDarius VictorNJ · RB · source
- Defensive Player of the YearChris Odom
HOU · DE · source - Coach of the YearMike RileyNJ · HC · source
- Sportsman of the YearMatt Colburn II
PHI · RB · source
Sources: theusfl.com MVP and awards announcement (archived); USFL release via OurSports Central; FOX Sports championship recap; Wikipedia: 2022 USFL season; season records and stat totals from the standings and stat tables on this page. Only awards announced by the USFL are listed.
Source: player stats from FOX Sports USFL team stats pages (2022 regular season), with footballdb.com for scoring, field-goal distances and the Tampa Bay Bandits; team stats from footballdb.com USFL team stats (2022); standings from Wikipedia: 2022 USFL season; title game from Wikipedia: 2022 USFL Championship Game. Player stats from FOX Sports (the USFL’s broadcast and stats partner) team pages; scoring, field goals by distance and the full Tampa Bay Bandits stat lines (FOX lists no Bandits player rows) from footballdb.com. For Tampa Bay players, games played/started come from FOX’s league-wide 2022 stat tables (which list the Bandits under Memphis) where the player can be matched unambiguously; otherwise, and for tackles for loss, passes defended and forced fumbles, they are not published (shown as “–”). All 2022 games were played in Birmingham, Alabama (Protective Stadium and Legion Field) apart from the playoffs and final in Canton, Ohio. W/L and points for/against from Wikipedia; points cross-checked against footballdb team scoring totals (6 of 8 teams identical). The two differences (New Orleans +4 points for, Michigan +4 against) are the overtime points in New Orleans’ 31–27 overtime win over Michigan on May 28, 2022 — counted in the final score but not credited to any player. Regular season only; team names are as they were that season. Averages and percentages are computed from the published totals. Not published by the sources for this season, so not shown: Penalties.