The St. Louis Battlehawks set numerous XFL and UFL attendance records at The Dome at America’s Center last season. (Photo courtesy: XFL Photo)
The United Football League has announced each of its team’s opponents for the upcoming 2025 UFL season.
The original schedule plan was for each team to play a game at home and one on the road against each of the other three teams in its division, then also play one game either at home or on the road against each of the four teams in the other division. That allows for a 10-game regular season schedule for each club.
But in an ironic twist, the St. Louis Battlehawks will have six home games next season. They’ll play at home against XFL Division foes, Arlington, D.C., and San Antonio, and also play homes against USFL Division teams, Birmingham and Michigan.
St. Louis will get an extra home game against San Antonio due to the lack of available home dates for the Brahmas at the Alamodome next spring.
The UFL considered moving the Battlehawks/Brahmas game that was supposed to be played in San Antonio to another location in Texas, but then very quickly re-considered, and decided the best move was to simply move the game to St. Louis and let the teams play at The Dome at America’s Center twice.
“The city of San Antonio and the Alamodome have been tremendous partners with the UFL and the Brahmas,” UFL league president Russ Brandon said. “The Alamodome is such a special place for our fans to watch a Brahmas game, we couldn’t imagine calling anywhere else home in the area.”
St. Louis and San Antonio played three times last season. The first meeting was in San Antonio. Then the teams played the regular season finale and the XFL Conference championship game in St. Louis.
The dates and times for next season’s games have not been determined, but the league did announce the season will begin on March 28.
The St. Louis Battlehawks were 7-3 and tied for first place in the XFL Conference in the regular season, before losing in the conference championship game last season. (Photo: Terrance Williams)
St. Louis will play four road games next season. They will be at Arlington, at D.C., at Houston, and at Memphis.
Below is a home/away breakdown for all eight clubs (italicized teams denote in-conference matchups):
USFL Conference
Birmingham Stallions
Home: Arlington Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas.
Away: D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers, St. Louis Battlehawks.
Houston Roughnecks
Home: Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers, St. Louis Battlehawks.
Away: Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas.
Memphis Showboats
Home: Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, Houston Roughnecks, Michigan Panthers, St. Louis Battlehawks.
Away: Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas.
Michigan Panthers
Home: Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, San Antonio Brahmas.
Away: Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, St. Louis Battlehawks.
XFL Conference
Arlington Renegades
Home: D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas, St. Louis Battlehawks.
Away: Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Memphis Showboats, San Antonio Brahmas, St. Louis Battlehawks.
D.C. Defenders
Home: Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, Memphis Showboats, San Antonio Brahmas, St. Louis Battlehawks.
Away: Arlington Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas, St. Louis Battlehawks.
San Antonio Brahmas
Home: Arlington Renegades, D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats.
Away: Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Michigan Panthers, St. Louis Battlehawks.
St. Louis Battlehawks
Home: Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas (The Battlehawks will host both games against San Antonio in 2025).
Away: Arlington Renegades, D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats.
About the United Football League
The United Football League (UFL) is the premier spring football platform, formed by the merger of the XFL and USFL in 2024 under the combined ownership of Redbird Capital Partners, FOX, Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson.
The UFL has eight teams in Arlington (TX), Birmingham (AL), Detroit (MI), Houston (TX), Memphis (TN), San Antonio (TX), St. Louis (MO), and Washington D.C.