2024 Texas Watchmen Season

2024 PCF Champions. 2024 PCF Central Division Champions.
The 2024 Texas Watchmen Season is the eleventh season of the Watchmen as a club in the Valiant Football League, and the third season under head coach Corey Hetherman. It is the eleventh season of the Watchmen playing their home games at the Alamodome.
The Watchmen started the season undefeated, winning the first four games of the year to start the season 4-0 before suffering their first loss at home in Week 5 against the Baltimore Capitals. Following a Week 16 victory over the Angel City Swans, the Watchmen secured a winning season. Following a Week 19 victory over rivals the Cincinnati Lynx, the Watchmen became the second team to clinch a postseason berth- one week after the Atlanta Bravehearts did the same. Despite losing on Sunday Night Football against the Vancouver Outlaws in Week 20, the Watchmen secured a spot in the Qualifying Finals Round. In Week 21, with a victory over division rivals Arizona Copperheads, the Watchmen would clinch both the PCF Central Division Championship and the PCF Conference Championship- the first in their history, and earning a top-two seed in the playoffs. With a Week 22 victory over the Seattle Avengers, the Watchmen would secure the first seed in the league for the first time in club history, and would become the first team in VFL history to secure the top seed in the league one year after holding the first overall pick in the previous year's draft. 
The Watchmen would enter Opening Finals Round hosting the St. Louis Eagles in the Qualifying Finals, where they would fall short 34-37, being forced to host in the Semifinals Round against the New York Sentinels, where they would win in a 47-28 blowout to advance to the Preliminary Finals Round. 
Last Season 	Next Season
2023 Texas Watchmen	2025 Texas Watchmen
==Schedule==
Week 	Date 	Opponent 	Result 	Record 	Venue
1 	Sunday, 25 February 2024	at Big Sky Black Bears 	W 38-20 	1-0 (4 points) 	Washington-Grizzly Stadium
2 	Sunday, 3 March 2024 	Angel City Swans 	W 27-17 	2-0 (8 points) 	Alamodome
3 	Friday, 8 March 2024 	at Arizona Copperheads 	W 50-43 	3-0 (12 points) 	Amkor Stadium
4 	Saturday, 16 March 2024 	at Orlando Crusaders 	W 38-17 	4-0 (16 points) 	Inter&Co Stadium
5 	Saturday, 23 March 2024 	Baltimore Capitals 	L 19-24 	4-1 (16 points) 	Alamodome
6 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week
7 	Sunday, 7 April 2024 	New York Sentinels 	W 16-7 	5-1 (20 points) 	Alamodome
8 	Friday, 12 April 2024 	St. Louis Eagles 	W 40-34 (OT)	6-1 (24 points) 	Alamodome
9 	Sunday, 21 April 2024 	Cincinnati Lynx 	W 34-7 	7-1 (28 points) 	Alamodome
10 	Sunday, 28 April 2024 	Vancouver Outlaws 	L 28-38 	7-2 (28 points) 	Alamodome
11 	Saturday, 4 May 2024 	Tampa Silverstars 	L 41-45 	7-3 (28 points) 	Alamodome
12 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week
13 	Sunday, 19 May 2024 	at Tampa Silverstars 	W 30-16 	8-3 (32 points) 	Al Lang Stadium
14 	Saturday, 25 May 2024 	Seattle Avengers 	W 27-16 	9-3 (36 points) 	Alamodome
15 	Sunday, 2 June 2024 	at Connecticut Stampede	L 14-29 	9-4 (36 points) 	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
16 	Sunday, 9 June 2024 	at Angel City Swans 	W 41-35 	10-4 (40 points)	Dignity Health Sports Park
17 	Saturday, 15 June 2024 	Big Sky Black Bears 	W 17-3 	11-4 (44 points)	Alamodome
18 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week 	Bye Week
19 	Sunday, 30 June 2024 	at Cincinnati Lynx 	W 24-17 	12-4 (48 points)	TQL Stadium
20 	Sunday, 7 July 2024 	at Vancouver Outlaws 	L 16-23 	12-5 (48 points)	BC Place
21 	Friday, 12 July 2024 	Arizona Copperheads 	W 26-20 	13-5 (52 points)	Alamodome
22 	Saturday, 20 July 2024 	at Seattle Avengers 	W 30-23 	14-5 (56 points)	Lumen Field
Qualifying Finals Round 	Saturday, 3 August 2024 	St. Louis Eagles 	L 34-37 	 	Alamodome
Semifinals Round 	Sunday, 11 August 2024 	New York Sentinels 	W 47-28 	 	Alamodome
Preliminary Finals Round	Sunday, 18 August 2024 	Atlanta Bravehearts 	TBD 	 	Alamodome