The UFL 1st Round Teams will go Head2Head in the 1st Round of the Playoff which will start on Thursday and run through Sunday afternoon. AFC Playoff history could be made this weekend if the Bruins or Eagles win. It would be the 1st time that a AFC #5 or #6 seed advance to the AFC Championship game. NFC Playoff history could be made this weekend if the StormDevils or Giants win. It would be the 1st time that a NFC #1 or #2 seed advance to the NFC Championship game. If the Roughriders would win it would be the 1st time that a NFC #5 seed advanced to the NFC Championship game. Playoff Appearances: 1st Marlton Giants & Sidney Eagles 2nd Fargo Bruins & Nodak Roughriders 3rd Birmingham Fire, Dakota Panthers, North Dakota Bad Boys & Rockwell StormDevils Full 1st Round: Matchups - Thunder Bowl III Bracket
AFC 1ST ROUND GAMEDAY
#6 Sidney Eagles Mitch Melby 4-8, 0-0 vs #1 North Dakota Bad Boys Mark Erickson Jr. 10-1, 2-2
North Dakota Bad Boys Lead All-Time Regular Season Series: 1-0
GAMEDAY: Week 6 Bad Boys def. Eagles 45-42. The AFC #6 seed has never advanced to the AFC Championship game. The Eagles will be looking to become the 1st AFC #6 seed to advance to the AFC Championship game. The AFC #1 seed has advance to the AFC Championship game the last 2 year. The Bad Boys made it to the AFC Championship game back in 2015.
#5 Fargo Bruins Austin Ebach 5-7, 1-1 vs #2 Dakota Panthers Linda Schmaltz 9-2, 0-1
Fargo Bruins Lead All-Time Regular Season Series: 2-1
GAMEDAY: Week 4 Panthers def. Bruins 42-39 in overtime. This is a rematch of the 2015 AFC Wild-Card game where the Panthers def. Bruins 27-21. This is the 1st time a AFC #5 seed has advanced to the AFC 1st Round. The Bruins will be looking to become the 1st AFC #5 seed to advance to the AFC Championship game. The AFC #2 seed has made it to the AFC Championship game once and that was the Bruins last year.
NFC 1ST ROUND GAMEDAY
#5 NoDak Roughriders Megan Ebach 7-5, 1-1 vs #1 Rockwell StormDevils Jay Smogolski 9-2, 1-2
Rockwell StormDevils Lead All-Time Regular Season Series: 2-1
GAMEDAY Week 6 Roughriders def. StormDevils 36-30. This is a rematch of the 2015 NFC 1st Round game where the Roughriders def. StormDevils 24-21. This is the 1st time a NFC #5 seed has advanced to the NFC 1st Round. The Roughriders will be looking to become the 1st NFC #5 seed to advance to the NFC Championship game. The NFC #1 seed has never advanced to the NFC Championship game. The StormDevils will be looking to become the 1st NFC #1 seed to advance to the NFC Championship game.
#3 Birmingham Fire Jonathan Carlisle 7-5, 6-0 vs #2 Marlton Giants Lou Demian 7-4, 0-0
Marlton Giants Lead All-Time Regular Season Series: 2-0
GAMEDAY: Week 2 Giants def. Fire 51-48. This is the 1st time a NFC #3 seed has advanced to the NFC 1st Round. The Fire will be looking to become the 1st NFC #3 seed to advance to the NFC Championship game. The Fire will be looking to advance to the NFC Championship game for the 3rd straight year. The NFC #2 seed has never advanced to the NFC Championship game. The Giants will be looking to become the 1st NFC #2 seed to advance to the NFC Championship game.
The UFL Teams went Head2Head in the 1st Round of the Playoff which started on Thursday and ran through Sunday afternoon. The Eagles & Giants comeback in the 2nd half to force overtime. The Panthers advance to the AFC Championship game for the 1st time. Deja Vu The Roughriders knock off the Rockwell StormDevils just like 2015. The Giants knock off the 2-Time Thunder Bowl Champions Birmingham Fire in OT. For the 3rd straight year the #1 AFC seed has advance to the AFC Championship game and for the 2nd straight year it will be the #1 & #2 seed battling it out in the AFC Championship game. NFC Playoff History It's the 1st time a #2 & #5 seed have advance to the NFC Championship game. Full 1st Round: Results - Thunder Bowl III Bracket
AFC 1ST ROUND POST-GAME
#1 North Dakota Bad Boys 51 Mark Erickson Jr. 11-1, 3-2 def. overtime #6 Sidney Eagles 48 Mitch Melby 4-9, 0-1
North Dakota Bad Boys Lead All-Time Regular Season Series: 1-0
POST-GAME: The Bad Boys win in overtime with the Ravens 44 points. The Bad Boys advance to the AFC Championship game for the 2nd time.
My congratulations to Lou on a hard fought victory, and also a congratulations to Megan for making the NFC Championship Game. That bit of Wild-Card magic is still going for ya. Shout out to the AFC where the #1 and #2 seeds just provide a great matchup next weekend to see who will represent the AFC in Thunder Bowl 3. As for the Fire, well it's off-season time now, but will be back for season 4 of the UFL.
My congratulations goes out to all the teams this weekend what a great weekend of football. Tho, I'm not sure where the Bruins where looks like your BASS was handed to you. (LoL)
The Fire has been going strong the last 2 year and it looks like it took a Giant to put out the Fire. Hell of a comeback Lou.
After a 0-9 season last year Megan you are off to the NFC Championship what a hell of a turn around.
Congrats to all the winners this weekend i Can’t belive we r down to the final 4 this next weekend it’s been great seeing how this is all Going to unfold great job this weekend everyone