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2019 Alliance of American Football season
LeagueAlliance of American Football
SportAmerican football
DurationRegular season: February 9 – April 14, 2019 (cancelled April 2, 2019)
Playoffs: April 20–21, 2019 (cancelled)
Championship: April 27, 2019 (cancelled)
Number of games10–game regular season
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)CBS Sports, Turner Sports, NFL Network
Championship Game

The 2019 AAF season is the first season in the history of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). The ten-week regular season began on February 9, 2019, and will be capped with a four-team playoff starting on April 20, and a championship game to be played at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on April 27.[1]

On April 2, multiple sources indicated that Thomas Dundon, controlling owner of the AAF, had followed through on threats made in the previous week and suspended the AAF's operations, against the will of its founders. The league has not publicly confirmed the suspension, nor have any of its television partners.[2][3]

Teams

  Eastern Conference
  Western Conference

The Alliance of American Football has eight teams competing for its inaugural season.

Club City Stadium Head coach
Eastern Conference
Atlanta Legends Atlanta, Georgia Georgia State Stadium Kevin Coyle
Birmingham Iron Birmingham, Alabama Legion Field Tim Lewis
Memphis Express Memphis, Tennessee Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Mike Singletary
Orlando Apollos Orlando, Florida Spectrum Stadium Steve Spurrier
Western Conference
Arizona Hotshots Tempe, Arizona Sun Devil Stadium Rick Neuheisel
Salt Lake Stallions Salt Lake City, Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium Dennis Erickson
San Antonio Commanders San Antonio, Texas Alamodome Mike Riley
San Diego Fleet San Diego, California SDCCU Stadium Mike Martz

Standings

The Orlando Apollos clinched a playoff berth on March 24,[4] and top seed in the Eastern Conference on March 30.[5] The Birmingham Iron clinched a playoff berth on March 31.[6]

2019 Alliance of American Football standings
Eastern Conference
Club W–L PCT CONF PF PA DIFF SOS SOV STK
(x) – Orlando Apollos 7–1 .875 5–0 236 136 100 .406 .375 W2
(x) – Birmingham Iron 5–3 .625 3–2 165 133 32 .406 .300 W1
(e) – Memphis Express 2–6 .250 1–4 152 194 -42 .578 .500 L1
(e) – Atlanta Legends 2–6 .250 1–4 88 213 -125 .609 .438 L3
Western Conference
Club W–L PCT CONF PF PA DIFF SOS SOV STK
San Antonio Commanders 5–3 .625 3–2 158 154 4 .516 .450 L1
Arizona Hotshots 5–3 .625 3–2 186 144 42 .469 .500 W3
San Diego Fleet 3–5 .375 2–3 158 161 -3 .469 .417 L3
Salt Lake Stallions 3–5 .375 2–3 135 143 -8 .547 .417 W1
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

[7]

Schedule

Each team will play a ten-game regular season: six in-conference games (home-and-away against each of the other three teams) and four out-of-conference games (one game against each of the four teams; two home and two away). Weeks 2, 4, 6, and 9 are non-conference games.[8] Each team played one preseason exhibition game against a non-conference opponent. All of the preseason scrimmage games were held January 27th and 28th at the Alamodome, in conjunction with the league's training camp.

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Playoffs

Following the 10-week regular season, the top two teams in each conference will face each other in conference championship games, hosted by the higher seeded team. These semifinals will be held on April 21.[9] The winners will then meet in the league championship game on April 27 at a neutral site, Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Originally, the title game was set for Sam Boyd Stadium near Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] Template:2019 AAF playoffs

Attendance

Announced attendance figures for each home game. In the weekly columns, dashes (—) indicate away games, while bold font indicates the highest attendance of each team.

Team / Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Average
San Antonio Commanders 27,857 29,176 — — — — 30,345 23,504 — 110,882 27,721
Orlando Apollos 20,191 — 20,394 — — 18,358 — — 58,943 19,648
San Diego Fleet — 20,019 14,789 — 20,823 20,986 — — — 76,617 19,154
Birmingham Iron 17,039 17,319 — 6,539 13,310 — — 17,328 — — 71,535 14,307
Memphis Express — 11,980 — 13,621 — — 13,758 12,417 — 51,776 12,944
Atlanta Legends — — 10,717 — 10,829 10,619 11,416 — — 43,581 10,895
Arizona Hotshots 11,751 — — 8,865 9,351 — 9,760 — — 39,727 9,932
Salt Lake Stallions — — 10,412 9,302 — 8,150 — 8,405 — 36,269 9,067
Total 76,838 78,494 56,312 38,327 54,313 58,113 65,279 61,654     489,330  
Average 19,210 19,624 14,078 9,582 13,578 14,528 16,320 15,414       15,292

Updated through games of March 31, 2019.
Source: [10]

Awards

Players of the week

Week Offensive Defensive Special teams Ref.
Player Pos. Team Player Pos. Team Player Pos. Team
1 John Wolford QB Arizona Hotshots Terence Garvin LB Orlando Apollos Nick Novak K Birmingham Iron [11]
2 Garrett Gilbert QB Orlando Apollos Keith Reaser CB Orlando Apollos Jamar Summers CB Birmingham Iron [12]
3 Ja'Quan Gardner RB San Diego Fleet A. J. Tarpley LB San Diego Fleet Colton Schmidt P Birmingham Iron [13]
4 Kenneth Farrow RB San Antonio Commanders Drew Jackson LB Memphis Express Austin MacGinnis K Memphis Express [14]
5 Logan Woodside QB San Antonio Commanders Kameron Kelly CB San Diego Fleet Younghoe Koo K Atlanta Legends [15]
6 L'Damian Washington WR Birmingham Iron Karter Schult DE Salt Lake Stallions Greg Ward Jr. PR San Antonio Commanders [16]
7 John Wolford QB Arizona Hotshots DeMarques Gates OLB Memphis Express Joseph Zema P San Antonio Commanders [17]
8 TBA TBA TBA  

Officials

The league uses the eight-official system, also seen in NCAA college football. There are six officiating crews, staffed with officials from FBS conferences.[18]

Referees[18]
No. Name FBS Conference
2 Reggie Smith Big 12
9 Tra Blake ACC
10 John O’Neill Big Ten
19 James Carter SEC
81 Brandon Cruse Big 12
84 Jeff Heaser ACC

The officiating crews include one former NFL official—Jimmy DeBell, a back judge on the Smith crew—and three former NFL players: Nate Jones (side judge, Cruse crew), Terry Killens (umpire, Blake crew), and Mike Morton (umpire, Cruse crew).[18]

Broadcasting

CBS Sports, Turner Sports and NFL Network serve as the Alliance's broadcast partners for the 2019 season. The CBS Sports deal was announced at the time the league launched, while the Turner Sports and NFL Network contracts were announced less than two weeks before the season began.[19]

  • CBS Sports carried the two inaugural games (February 9) regionally via the CBS broadcast network, and will have the championship game broadcast nationwide on the same network. CBS subsequently added one conference championship game on April 21, and one Week 9 regular season game, making the network's AAF schedule five games in 2019.[20] CBS Sports Network carries a game of the week throughout the regular season on Sunday afternoons, except Week 9.[9]
  • The Turner Sports contract includes one regular season game (February 16) and a conference championship game on TNT, and a Saturday afternoon game of the week on Bleacher Report's live streaming service, B/R Live. The network has the option to move games to TNT—TNT picked up three additional midseason Saturday afternoon games from B/R Live. B/R Live added a Sunday afternoon game for Week 9 from CBS Sports Network as a result of CBS carrying the Saturday afternoon game.[9] In Week 10, B/R Live will carry the league's one game of the season played on a Friday,[21] as there is only a single Saturday game that week.
  • NFL Network carries the remainder of the league's games, a Saturday night and Sunday night game each week.

Each AAF team has a local radio partner, ensuring that all games are carried on the radio in some form. Sirius XM Radio carries a game of the week package.[22]

Local radio coverage
Team Station Affiliation Ref.
Arizona Hotshots KDUS (AM) NBC Sports Radio [23]
Atlanta Legends WCNN (AM) Dickey Broadcasting [24]
Birmingham Iron WERC (AM) iHeartMedia [25]
Memphis Express KWNW (FM) iHeartMedia [26]
Orlando Apollos WTKS-FM iHeartMedia [27]
Salt Lake Stallions KALL (AM) ESPN Radio [28]
San Antonio Commanders KZDC (AM & FM) ESPN Radio [29]
San Diego Fleet KLSD (AM) / KOGO (AM) Fox Sports Radio [30]

References

  1. ^ a b "AAF shifts title game from Vegas to Frisco, Texas". ESPN. AP. March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "AAF to immediately suspend operations". ESPN. ESPN. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  3. ^ Rovell, Darren (April 2, 2019). "Rovell: AAF Suspending Football Operations Immediately". The Action Network. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Florio, Mike (March 24, 2019). "Orlando Apollos clinch AAF playoff berth". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Apollos Beat Express in Wild Game, will Host Conference Title Game". AAF.com. March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  6. ^ Kercheval, Ben (March 31, 2019). "AAF Week 8 scores, highlights, updates: Birmingham Iron earn playoff berth behind defense, special teams". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  7. ^ https://aaf.com/standings
  8. ^ "2019 Inaugural Season Regular Season Schedule". aaf.com.
  9. ^ a b c "AAF 2019 schedule and scores: Dates, times, TV channel, streaming, every game for the entire season". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  10. ^ Talbot, Damond (March 31, 2019). "AAF Attendance Report for Week 8, Pretty good week even with the folding news". nfldraftdiamonds.com. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  11. ^ "The Alliance announces Week 1 Players of the Week". aaf.com. February 12, 2019.
  12. ^ Balzer, Howard (February 19, 2019). "The Alliance announces Week 2 Players of the Week". aaf.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  13. ^ Balzer, Howard (February 26, 2019). "Pair of Fleet stars headline Week 3 Players of the Week honors". aaf.com. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  14. ^ Balzer, Howard (March 5, 2019). "Farrow II, Jackson, MacGinnis named Players of the Week". aaf.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  15. ^ Balzer, Howard (March 12, 2019). "Players Of The Week: Woodside, Kelly and Koo stand tall". aaf.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  16. ^ Balzer, Howard (March 19, 2019). "Washington, Schult and Ward earn Players of the Week nod". aaf.com. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  17. ^ "Wolford, Gates and Zema are players of the week". aaf.com. March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  18. ^ a b c Austro, Ben (February 7, 2019). "Officiating crews for the 2019 AAF season". footballzebras.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  19. ^ "Alliance partners with top media companies for inaugural season". aaf.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  20. ^ Feldman, Jacob (March 14, 2019). "CBS Adds More Alliance of American Football Games to Broadcast Schedule". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  21. ^ "San Antonio Commanders at Salt Lake Stallions". live.bleacherreport.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  22. ^ "Hear gridiron greats battle in the new Alliance of American Football". Sirius XM Radio. February 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  23. ^ "Arizona Hotshots". nbcsports1060.com. 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  24. ^ "'680 The Fan' To Carry Atlanta Legends Football Games". insideradio.com. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  25. ^ Contes, Brandon (February 7, 2019). "WERC to Serve as Flagship for Birmingham Iron". sportsradiopd.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  26. ^ Greer, Jarvis (December 14, 2018). "Local radio station tabbed as Memphis Express home". WMC-TV. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  27. ^ Lundine, Susan (December 4, 2018). "Orlando Apollos pro football team snags radio deal with iHeart Media". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  28. ^ Contes, Brandon (January 31, 2019). "ESPN 700 Partnering with Salt Lake AAF Team". sportsradiopd.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  29. ^ "San Antonio Commanders Announce ESPN San Antonio 1250 AM/94.5 FM as Official Radio Partner". ESPN San Antonio. KZDC Radio. January 7, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  30. ^ Goldberg, Jeff (February 6, 2019). "XTRA 1360 to be Fleet's flagship station in 2019". aaf.com. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

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