UFL Championship Game The UFL Championship Game is an American football game held annually to determine the champion of the United Football League . The game has been played annually since the UFL ' s first season in 2009 , and involves the first and second place teams in the league ' s single - division standings playing one week after the conclusion of the UFL ' s regular season at a pre - determined site . The winner of the game is awarded the William Hambrecht Trophy . History . On October 13 , 2007 , the United Football League announced it would hold its inaugural championship game over Thanksgiving weekend in 2008 . The league had originally used the name " United Bowl " for the contest , but was unable to gain rights from United Indoor Football or its successor , the Indoor Football League , to use the name ( the IFL continues to use the United Bowl name ) . In March 2008 , the league chose Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas to hose the 2008 title game on the day after Thanksgiving . When the inaugural season was postponed to 2009 , the game was moved to the corresponding date in 2009 and kept in Las Vegas . The first UFL Championship Game , played on November 27 , 2009 , involved the Florida Tuskers , who had just finished a perfect 6 - 0 regular season , against the 2nd place team , the home - standing Las Vegas Locomotives . The Locos , thanks to a 33 - yard field goal by Graham Gano in overtime , defeated the Tuskers by a 20 - 17 score . The game holds a distinction of being the UFL ' s first ever overtime game . The second UFL Championship Game as held on November 27 , 2010 at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha , Nebraska . The game site was not determined until after October 18 , 2010 ( after the 5th week of the regular season ) , with the UFL taking " advance ticket and merchandise sales , energy for all events prior to the season starting , and team record " into consideration for site selection . ( After Omaha was selected , the league moved the game date to the Saturday after Thanksgiving to avoid conflicts with a Nebraska Cornhuskers home game that Friday . ) The game was be a rematch of 2009 ; both the Las Vegas Locomotives and Florida Tuskers finished the regular season with 5 - 3 records . Las Vegas once again won the title with a three - point margin of victory over Florida , with the final score being 23 - 20 in favor of Las Vegas . Both of the first two UFL Championship Games have been held on Thanksgiving weekend ( and coincidentally on the same date , November 27 ) . Prior to the 2010 game , league commissioner Michael Huyghue revealed that the league ' s season start would move to August beginning in 2011 ; to accommodate , the 2011 Championship Game would be moved up to October so that it would still be played one week after the regular season ' s conclusion . Additionally , it is yet to be seen what the format for the game will look like , either the same 1st - vs - 2nd format or a game involving division champions should the league expand to at least 8 teams and split into divisions . Broadcasting . Versus has broadcast both UFL Championship Games to date , with Doug Flutie handling color commentary for both games and pared with play - by - play announcers Dave Sims ( 2009 ) and Craig Minervini ( 2010 ) . William Hambrecht Trophy . The winner of the UFL Championship Game is awarded William Hambrecht Trophy , which is named in honor of Bill Hambrecht , a co - founder of the UFL and co - owner of the Las Vegas Locomotives . The 2009 edition of the trophy was an arcing silver star ( resembling the star on the UFL ' s logo ) emerging from an upward arcing base . A new Hambrecht Trophy was unveiled in 2010 ; it stands 38 inches in height , is topped by a 3D silver - plated UFL football , and features plaques honoring past and future UFL champions .