United States Football League

The United States Football League was a professional American football league that played three seasons between 1983 and 1985, in the process presenting the rival National Football League with its greatest competitor since the 1960s version of the American Football League.

Aftermath

Though the NFL would be loath to admit it during the remainder of the 1980s and 1990s, it is widely acknowledged that the USFL had a dramatic impact on the National Football League both on the field and off.

Related Topics:
1980s - 1990s - National Football League

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Almost all of the USFL's on-field innovations were eventually adopted by the older league, and a multitude of star players would go on to very successful careers in the NFL.

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The NFL would also eventually have franchises in some of the markets where the USFL proved fertile or renewed interest in the game, including Arizona (the St. Louis Cardinals moving there in 1988), Baltimore (the Baltimore Ravens joining the league in 1996, with the original Cleveland Browns franchise having moved there), Jacksonville (the Jacksonville Jaguars being awarded as an expansion franchise for the 1995 season), and Tennessee (the Houston Oilers, before making Nashville their permanent home, spent a year in Memphis).

Related Topics:
St. Louis Cardinals - 1988 - Baltimore Ravens - 1996 - Cleveland Browns - Jacksonville Jaguars - 1995 - Tennessee - Houston Oilers - Nashville - Memphis

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The last remaining active USFL players are quarterback Doug Flutie of the New England Patriots and punter Sean Landeta of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Related Topics:
Doug Flutie - New England Patriots - Sean Landeta - Philadelphia Eagles

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