2023 Birmingham Stallions season

2023 Birmingham Stallions season
2023 Birmingham Stallions season
Owner	National Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC, (Fox Sports)
General manager	Zach Potter
Head coach	Skip Holtz
Home field	Protective Stadium
Results
Record	8–2
Division place	1st in South Division
Playoff finish	Won Division Finals (vs. New Orleans Breakers) 47–22 ; Won USFL Championship (vs. Pittsburgh Maulers) 28–12
	← 2022; Birmingham Stallions; 2024 →;

The 2023 season was the Birmingham Stallions second season in the United States Football League and their second under head coach, Skip Holtz and first under general manager Zach Potter. The Stallions successfully defended their championship title this season after winning the 2023 USFL Championship Game.

Draft

2023 Birmingham Stallions draft
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	7	Kadeem Telfort	Offensive tackle	UAB
2	14	Quinton Barrow	Offensive tackle	Grand Valley State
3	22	Malik Cunningham	Quarterback	Louisville
4	30	Derius Davis	Wide receiver	TCU
5	38	Zeke Vandenburgh	Defensive end	Illinois State
6	47	Colby Sorsdal	Offensive tackle	William & Mary
7	55	Grant DuBose	Wide receiver	Charlotte
8	63	Mark Evans II	Offensive guard	Arkansas Pine-Bluff
9	71	B. J. Thompson	Defensive end	Stephen F. Austin
10	79	Starling Thomas	Defensive back	UAB

Personnel

Roster

**2023 Birmingham Stallions roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 2 Alex McGough 18 Jalen Morton 3 Kyle Sloter Running backs (RB) 11 C. J. Marable 23 Ricky Person Jr. 4 ZaQuandre White Wide receivers (WR) 85 Deon Cain 8 Michael Dereus 13 Davion Davis 16 Adrian Hardy 1 Josh Johnson 19 Peyton Ramzy 14 Austin Watkins Tight ends (TE) 86 Thaddeus Moss 80 La'Michael Pettway 12 Jace Sternberger		Offensive linemen (OL) 69 Cohl Cabral C 74 O'Shea Dugas T 77 Derwin Gray T 76 Darius Harper T 63 Matt Kaskey G 77 Ryan Pope T 65 Cole Schneider T 79 Tre'Vour Wallace-Simms G Defensive linemen (DL) 50 Keyshon Camp DT 94 Darrion Daniels DE 95 Khalil Davis DT 96 Willie Henry DT 47 Joe Ozougwu DE 78 Jordan Thompson DE 99 Dondrea Tillman DE 97 Willie Yarbary DT		Linebackers (LB) 40 Brody Buck LB 51 Damon Lloyd LB 35 Rashad Smith ILB 57 Elijah Sullivan OLB 33 Scooby Wright ILB Defensive backs (DB) 29 Brian Allen CB 26 Nate Brooks CB 22 Lorenzo Burns CB 7 T. J. Carter CB 23 Matt Hankins CB 36 Nate Holley S 5 Christian McFarland S 21 Bryan Mills CB 9 Tyree Robinson S 27 JoJo Tillery S Special teams 10 Brandon Aubrey K 41 Ryan Langan LS 15 Colby Wadman P				Reserve -- Mark Fields CB (DNR) 44 Bobby Holly FB (IR) 90 Joe Jackson DE (Susp.) 67 Jahmir Johnson T (IR) 81 Myron Mitchell WR (IR) 55 Jonathan Newsome DE (IR) 59 Quentin Poling LB (Susp.) 25 Bo Scarbrough RB (IR) 6 J'Mar Smith QB (IR) 17 Marlon Williams WR (IR) Rookies in italics 50 active, 10 reserve

Staff

**2023 Birmingham Stallions staff**
	Front office General manager – Zach Potter Head coaches Head coach/Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks – Skip Holtz Offensive coaches Running backs – Larry Kirksey Wide receivers – Mike Jones Offensive line – Neil Callaway			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/Linebackers – John Chavis Defensive line – Marty Long Defensive backs – Bob Shoop Assistant defensive backs - Daric Riley

Schedule

Regular season

Week	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Result	Record	TV	Venue	Recap
1	April 15	7:30 p.m.	vs. New Jersey Generals	W 27–10	1–0	Fox	Protective Stadium	Recap
2	April 22	7:00 p.m.	vs. Memphis Showboats	W 42–2	2–0	Fox	Protective Stadium	Recap
3	April 29	12:30 p.m.	vs. New Orleans Breakers	L 31–45	2–1	USA	Protective Stadium	Recap
4	May 7	6:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh Maulers	W 24–20	3–1	FS1	Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium	Recap
5	May 13	4:00 p.m.	vs. Houston Gamblers	L 20–27	3–2	Fox	Protective Stadium	Recap
6	May 20	4:00 p.m.	at Michigan Panthers	W 27–13	4–2	Fox	Ford Field	Recap
7	May 27	4:00 p.m.	at New Orleans Breakers	W 24–20	5–2	Fox	Protective Stadium	Recap
8	June 3	3:00 p.m.	vs. Philadelphia Stars	W 27–24	6–2	NBC	Protective Stadium	Recap
9	June 11	1:00 p.m.	at Houston Gamblers	W 38–15	7–2	NBC, Peacock^[a]	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium	Recap
10	June 18	4:00 p.m.	at Memphis Showboats	W 27–20	8–2	Fox	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium	Recap

Bold indicates divisional opponent.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. New Jersey Generals

Week 1: Birmingham Stallions vs New Jersey Generals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Generals	0	10	0	0	10
Stallions	7	10	7	3	27

at Protective Stadium

Date: April 15
Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
Referee: Adam Savoie
TV announcers (Fox): Curt Menefee, Joel Klatt and Brock Huard

Game information

First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Top passers Top rushers Top receivers

Standings

South Division
#	view talk edit	W	L	PCT	GB	DIV	PF	PA	STK
1	(y) Birmingham Stallions	8	2	.800	-	4–2	287	196	W5
2	(x) New Orleans Breakers	7	3	.700	1	4–2	237	184	W3
3	(e) Houston Gamblers	5	5	.500	3	2–4	223	236	L2
4	(e) Memphis Showboats	5	5	.500	3	2–4	190	213	L2
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched division; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

Postseason

Round	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Result	Record	TV	Recap
Division Finals	June 25	7:00 p.m.	vs. New Orleans Breakers	W 47–22	1–0	Fox	Recap
USFL Championship	July 1	8:00 p.m.	vs. Pittsburgh Maulers	W 28–12	2–0	NBC	Recap

Notes

^ Game coverage started on Peacock and NBC joined the game in progress.^[1]

References

^ "Due to the possibility of severe weather in Memphis, the start time for Sunday's USFL game between the @USFLGamblers and @USFLStallions at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium has been changed to 1PM ET/12PM CT. @NBCSports will start game coverage streaming on @peacock. Coverage of the Gamblers-Stallions game will switch to NBC at the conclusion of Sunday's French Open Men's Final".

[2] Game coverage started on Peacock and NBC joined the game in progress.^[1]

[1] "Due to the possibility of severe weather in Memphis, the start time for Sunday's USFL game between the @USFLGamblers and @USFLStallions at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium has been changed to 1PM ET/12PM CT. @NBCSports will start game coverage streaming on @peacock. Coverage of the Gamblers-Stallions game will switch to NBC at the conclusion of Sunday's French Open Men's Final".

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