2021 UFL Season

The 2021 United Football League Season was the eighth season of the United Football League. The season began on February 19, 2021, with the defending United Cup Champion Atlanta Bravehearts defeating AC Central Division-rival St. Louis Eagles 19-16 on the debut of Friday Night Football. The 2021 season put an end to Wednesday Night Football, a concept seeing one weekly game played on Wednesday nights that ran for the three seasons prior. The season also saw the continuation of the 19-game regular season schedule introduced in the prior season. The playoffs began on July 4, 2021 with the renamed Wildcard Round, and concluded on July 18th, 2021 with United Cup 8, hosted in St. Louis, which would find the Pacific Conference Champion Seattle Avengers defeating the Atlantic Conference Champion Connecticut Stampede 34-30, winning their first United Cup in franchise history.
The Texas Watchmen had the best record in the league, finishing the regular season with a 14-5 record, winning the top-seed in the Pacific Conference and a spot in the Pacific Conference Championship Game, which they would lose to the eventual-league champion Seattle Avengers. The Los Angeles Bolts finished the regular season with a league-worst 3-16 record, earning the number one overall pick in the 2021 UFL Draft, which they would use to select Southeastern Louisiana Quarterback Cole Kelley.
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== Regular Season Standings ==
=== Atlantic Conference ===
==== AC Coastal Division ====
Place	Team 	W 	L 	T	Playoff Finish
1 	Connecticut Stampede	14	5 	0	Loss Vs. Seattle in United Cup 8
2 	Orlando Crusaders 	11	8 	0	Loss Vs. Atlanta in Wildcard Round
3 	Baltimore Capitals 	10	9 	0	Did not qualify
4 	New York Sentinels 	5 	13	1	Did not qualify
==== AC Central Division ====
Place	Team 	W 	L 	T	Playoff Finish
1 	Atlanta Bravehearts	13	6 	0	Loss Vs. Connecticut in AC Championship Game
2 	Kansas City Core 	10	9 	0	Did not qualify
3 	Fargo Oilers 	7 	12	0	Did not qualify
4 	St. Louis Eagles 	4 	14	1	Did not qualify
=== Pacific Conference ===
==== PC Coastal Division ====
Place	Team 	W 	L 	T	Playoff Finish
1 	Seattle Avengers 	12	7 	0	Won United Cup 8
2 	Tampa Silverstars	10	9 	0	Did not qualify
3 	Vancouver Outlaws	8 	11	0	Did not qualify
4 	Los Angeles Bolts	3 	16	0	Did not qualify
==== PC Central Division ====
Place	Team 	W 	L 	T	Playoff Finish
1 	Texas Watchmen 	15	4 	0	Loss Vs. Seattle in PC Championship Game
2 	Cincinnati Lynx 	14	5 	0	Loss Vs. Seattle in Wildcard Round
3 	Arizona Copperheads	10	9 	0	Did not qualify
4 	Vegas Demons 	5 	14	0	Did not qualify
== Playoffs ==
=== Wildcard Round ===
==== Atlantic Conference - July 4, 2021 ====
(3) Orlando Crusaders 	17
(2) Atlanta Bravehearts	36
Final 	Final
==== Pacific Conference - July 4, 2021 ====
(3) Cincinnati Lynx 	24
(2) Seattle Avengers	29
Final 	Final
=== Conference Championship Weekend ===
==== Atlantic Conference - July 11, 2021 ====
(2) Atlanta Bravehearts 	35
(1) Connecticut Stampede	48
Final 	Final
==== Pacific Conference - July 11, 2021 ====
(2) Seattle Avengers	27
(1) Texas Watchmen 	10
Final 	Final
=== United Cup 8 - St. Louis, Missouri - July 18, 2021 ===
(2) Seattle Avengers 	34
(1) Connecticut Stampede	30
Final 	Final
== Awards ==
Award 	Player 	Team
UFL Most Valuable Player 	Ross Comis 	Connecticut Stampede
UFL Coach of the Year 	Neal Jack 	Connecticut Stampede
UFL Offensive Player of the Year 	Brandon Singleton	Cincinnati Lynx
UFL Defensive Player of the Year 	Mark Nzeocha 	Texas Watchmen
UFL Rookie of the Year 	Jakob Herres 	Atlanta Bravehearts
UFL Most Improved Player of the Year 	Feleipe Franks 	Cincinnati Lynx
UFL United Cup 8 Most Valuable Player	Ty Gangi 	Seattle Avengers
== Stadiums ==
==== Arizona Copperheads ====
The Copperheads played their first home game at Amkor Stadium in the 2021 Season, having moved out of Chase Field following the 2020 Season in favour of Amkor. With the move, the Copperheads became the first team in the United Football League to have a home stadium built specifically to house their franchise. The home debut of the Arizona Copperheads at Amkor Stadium was a sell out.
==== Cincinnati Lynx ====
The Lynx played their final home game at Paul Brown Stadium in the 2021 Season, moving to the newly-built TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio for the 2022 Season.
==== Tampa Silverstars ====
Though they moved to the stadium in the 2020 Season, the Tampa Silverstars named Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida their official home stadium going forward, and began discussions with the city to expand the stadium during the 2021 Stadium.
==== Vegas Demons ====
The Demons played their final home game at Sam Boyd Stadium in the 2021 Season, opting to play their home games during the 2022 Season in Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nevada amidst Sam Boyd Stadium's closure following the 2021 Season's conclusion.