This will be my 2nd attempt at creating a journal for a league. The United Continental Football League (UCFL*) is a completely fictional league made up of teams from the Modern era of the NFL (Buffalo Bills, MInnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens), classic NFL Teams (58 Baltimore Colts, 66 Green Bay Packers, 67 Oakland Raiders, 1973 Cincinatti Bengals, 1987 New Orleans Saints), USFL (Boston Breakers, Houston Gamblers, Denver Gold, Pittsburgh Maulers, Washington Federals, Chicago Blitz, Arizona Wranglers, Tampa Bay Bandits), WFL (Florida Blazers, So. Cal Sun, Philadelphia Bell, Detroit Wheels, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Storm), WLAF (Orlando Thunder, Ohio Glory, San Antonio Riders, Sacramento Surge, Birmingham Fire, New York-New Jersey Knights), and the XFL (NY/NJ Hitmen, Memphis Maniax, Los Angeles Xtreme, Las Vegas Outlaws).
The UCFL is divided into 2 Conferences (Continental, and Union) with 4 divisions each (Metro, Dixie, Pacific, Mid-Atlantic; Capital, Heartland, Sierra, Confederate
For simplicity sake the Continental Conference is the same as the NFL's AFC, with the Metro division =AFC East, Dixie=AFC South, Pacific=AFC West, and Mid-Atlantic=AFC North. The same is true for the Union which will be the NFC for Madden purposes, with Capital=NFC East, Heartland=NFC North, Sierra=NFC West, and Confederate=NFC South
The UCFL is a 32 team league. The teams (and the NFL Teams they replace are as follows):
Continental Metro Division
2016 Buffalo Bills (replaces Default Bills)
Orlando Thunder (replaces Miami Dophins)
Boston Breakers (replaces NE Patriots)
NY/NJ Hitmen (replaces the NY Jets)
Continental Dixie
Flordia Blazers (replaces Jaguars)
Memphis Maniax (replaces Titans)
Houston Gamblers (replaces Texans)
1958 Baltimore Colts (replaces Indianapolis and plays in Baltimore)
Continental Pacific
Las Vegas Outlaws (replaces Chiefs)
So. Cal Sun (replaces Chargers)
Denver Gold (replaces Broncos)
1967 Oakland Raiders (replaces Default Raiders)
Continental Mid-Atlantic
1973 Cincinatti Bengals (replaces default Bengals)
Ohio Glory (replaces Browns)
Pittsburgh Maulers (replace Steelers)
2016 Baltimore Ravens (replaces default Ravens)
Union Capital
San Antonio Riders (replaces Cowboys)
New York-New Jersey Knights (replaces Giants)
Philadelphia Bell (replaces Eagles)
Washington Federals (replaces Redskins)
Union Heartland
Detroit Wheels (replaces Lions)
Chicago Blitz (replaces Bears)
2016 Minnesota Vikings (replaces default Vikings)
1966 Green Bay Packers (replaces default Packers)
Union Sierra
Sacramento Surge (replaces 49ers)
Los Angeles Xtreme (replaces Rams)
Portland Storm (replaces Seahawks)
Arizona Wranglers (replace Cardinals)
Union Confederate
Tampa Bay Bandits (replaces Bucs)
Charlotte Hornets (replace Panthers)
1987 New Orleans Saints (replaces default Saints)
Birmingham Fire (replaces Falcons)
At first all the rosters will be the actual teams. Of course that will change as the league progressess. I wanted to add some other teams like the Montreal Machine or even teams from NFL Europa but since this is my second attempt i wanted to keep a league structure that is familiar with everyone..Hence most of the teams have actual NFL counterparts. Others just made sense for substitution (ie Surge for the 49ers, Riders for Cowboys, and Maniax for Titans).
I will be tracking stats for Passing (Not just QBs, but I have see HBs attempt passes), Rushing, Receiving, Kicking (FGs and PATs), Punting, Offense (Pancakes and Sacks Allowed) and Total Defense. Also I will post weekly standings for each division.
Season 1 will be based off the 2007 NFL season and be 17 weeks with a 4 week Pre-season (No HOF game).
Preseason:
Week 1: 73 Cincinatti Bengals @ Detroit Wheels Thursday August 9 (NFL) 73CIN 23 - DET 20
58 Baltimore Colts @ San Antonio Riders Thursday August 9 (FOX)58BAC 0 - SA 0
Birmingham Fire @ New York Hitmen Friday August 10 BIR 0 - NYH 0
Boston Breakers @ Tampa Bay Bandits Friday August 10 BOS 0 - TBB 0
Buffalo Bills @ 87 New Orleans Saints Friday August 10 (CBS) BUF 0 - 87NO 0
Los Angeles Xtreme @ 2016 Minnesota Vikings Friday August 10 LAX 0 – MIN 0
66 Green Bay Packers @ Pittsburg Maulers Saturday August 11 66GB 0 - PIT 0
Florida Blazers @ Orlando Thunder Saturday August 11 FLA 0 - ORL 0
Las Vegas Outlaws @ Ohio Glory Saturday August 11 LVO 0 - OHI 0
Washington Federals @ Memphis Maniax Saturday August 11 WSH 0 - MPH 0
Chicago Blitz @ Houston Gamblers Saturday August 11 CHI 0 - HOU 0
Charlotte Hornets @ New York Knights Saturday August 11 CHH 0 - NYK 0
Arizona Wranglers @ 67 Oakland Raiders Saturday August 11 ARI 0 - 67OAK 0
Portland Storm @ Southern California Sun Sunday August 12 (NBC) POR 0 - SCS 0
Philadelphia Bell @ 2016 Baltimore Ravens Monday August 13 PHI 0 - BAL 0
Denver Gold @ Sacramento Surge Monday August 13 (ESPN) DEN 0 - SAC 0
Detroit Daily Courier
Dateline Thursday, August 9, 2007
Bengals are loose in the Motor City
It’s the start of a new football league to rival the NFL, when the (73)Cincinatti Bengals led by Ken Anderson come to town to play our very own Detroit Wheels at Rynearson Stadium (The stadium is decked out for the Berlin Thunder).
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Cincinatti Bengals Depth Chart - 2007
Regular Offense
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
WR Isaac Curtis (85) Bob Trumpy (84) Chip Myers (25)
TE Al Chandler (81) Bob Trumpy (84) Bruce Coslet (88)
LT Ed Kezirian (61) John Shinners (64) Rufus Mayes (71)
LG Howard Fest (72) Stan Walters (75) John Shinners (64)
C Tom DeLeone (50) Stan Walters (75) Bob Johnson (54)
RG Stan Walters (75) Tom DeLeone (50) Pat Matson (73)
RT Andrew McDonald (22) John Shinners (64) Vern Holland (76)
WR Tim George (89) Charlie Joiner (18) Bruce Coslet (88)
QB Mike Ernst (17) Greg Cook (12) Ken Anderson (14)
FB Boobie Clark (35) Al Chandler (81) Lenvil Elliott (36)
HB Reece Morrison (26) Essex Johnson (19) Lenvil Elliott (36) Joe Wilson (46)
Base 4-3 Defense
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
LDE Ken Johnson (80) Lee Thomas (78) Royce Berry (82)
LDT Mike Reid (74) Ken Johnson (80) Steve Chromyszak(79)
RDT Lee Thomas (78) Ron Carpenter (70)
RDE Sherman White (83) Ken Johnson (80) Lee Thomas (78)
WLB Ken Avery (51) Jim LeClair (55) Al Beauchamp (58)
MLB Jim LeClair (55) Bill Bergey (66) Ken Avery (51) Doug Adams (52)
SLB Tim Kearney (56) Ken Avery (51) Ron Pritchard (60)
CB Bernard Jackson (23) Bob Jones (32) Ken Riley (13)
SS Bob Jones (32) Hurles Scales (38) Neal Craig (34)
FS Hurles Scales (38) Bennie Blades (21) Tommy Cassonova (37)
CB Lemar Parrish (20) Lyle Blackwood (29)
Special Teams
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
K Dave Lewis (15) Horst Muhlmann (16)
P Horst Muhlmann (16) Dave Lewis (15)
H QB2 QB1
PR Daryl Jones (89) Essex Johnson (19) Tommy Cassonova (37) Bernard Jackson (23)
KR Essex Johnson (19) Tommy Cassonova (37) Lemar Parrish (20) Bernard Jackson (23)
LS Vern Holland (76) Pat Matson (73) Bob Johnson (54)
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Detroit Wheels Depth Chart - 2007
Regular Offense
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
WR Nate Hawkins (36) Jon Henderson (10) Charlie McGee (8)
TE Clark Hoss (80) Joe Scales (85) Bruce Cullen (82)
LT Jim O'Conner (74) James Wright (70) Bennett Edwards (61)
LG Mike Wilson (77) James Wright (70) John Levanti (63)
C Richard Winther (53) James Wright (70) Ted Hand (52)
RG James Wright (70) Mark Ferguson (64) Mike Wilson (77)
RT Dan Sartin (72) Jim O'Conner (74) Dennis Kemp (73)
WR John Embree (89) Clark Hoss (80) Terry Phillips (40)
QB Bubba Wyche (18) Bruce Shaw (12) Ken Pengitore (12)
FB Eugene Teague (30) Sam Scarber (35)
HB Jesse Mims (21) Larry Ratcliff (23) Eugene Teague (30) Billy Sadler (32)
Base 4-3 Defense
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
LDE Ron Fernandes (79) Phil Engle (66) Mike Walker (77)
LDT Don Ratliff (60) Ron Fernandes (79) Carl Taibi (76)
RDT John Skladany (75) Renard Perkins (65)
RDE Phil Engle (66) Don Ratliff (60) Gene Trosch (83)
WLB Rocky Martin (54) Henry Adolfi (58) Michael Taylor (50)
MLB Sam Britts (55) Henry Adolfi (58) Rocky Martin (54) Mike Kuhn (57)
SLB Dick Blanchard (59) Rocky Martin (54) Henry Adolfi (58)
CB Floyd Priester (20) Clyde Glossen (31) Darrell Mossburg (39)
SS Lewis Cook (44) Terry Hoeppner (38) Dave Walker (42)
FS Gary Hudson (34) Lewis Cook (44) Rocky Long (22)
CB Gary Grady (33) Phil Webb (37)
Special Teams
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
K Chuck Collins (11) Eric Guthrie (13)
P Eric Guthrie (13) Chuck Collins (11)
H QB2 QB1
PR Larry Ratcliff (23) Jon Henderson (10) Terry Hoeppner (38) John Embree (89)
KR Larry Ratcliff (23) Jon Henderson (10) Terry Hoeppner (38) John Embree (89)
LS Mark Ferguson (64) Bennett Edwards (61) Dennis Kemp (73)
Final Score 73CIN: 23 – DET: 20
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Madden NFL 08 PC v 4.0 Game Log - 73 Bengals at Wheels
Game Time: Sat Sep 16 18:20:58 2017
Skill Level: Pro
Quarter Length: 5 minute(s)
Slider Human CPU
QB Accuracy 50 50
Pass Blocking 50 50
Receiver Catching 50 50
Running Ability 50 50
Offensive line Run Blocking 50 50
Defensive Awareness 50 50
Defensive line Knockdowns 50 50
Interceptions 50 50
Defensive Break Blocks 50 50
Tackling 50 50
Fieldgoal Length 50 50
Fieldgoal Accuracy 50 50
Punt Length 50 50
Punt Accuracy 50 50
Kickoff Length 50 50
Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 0 mph
Temp: 1 degrees
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
73 Bengals 7 7 6 3 0 23
Wheels 7 3 7 3 0 20
Game Statistics: 73 Bengals Wheels
First Downs 11 14
Third Down Conversions 5 3
Third Downs 8 9
Third Down Percentage 62.5% 33.3%
Fourth Down Conversions 0 0
Fourth Downs 0 0
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 2 3
Offense Redzone TDs 1 2
Offense Redzone FGs 1 1
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 100.0%
Rushing Attempts 17 17
Rushing Yards 151 57
Rushing Average 8.9 3.4
Rushing TDs 2 1
Passing Yards 232 207
Passing Completions 14 17
Passing Attempts 24 27
Completion Percentage 58.3% 63.0%
Passing Average 9.7 7.7
Passing TDs 1 1
Offensive Pass Interceptions 2 0
TOTAL OFFENSE 383 264
Defensive Pass Interceptions 0 2
Punt Return Yards 0 0
Kick Return Yards 114 88
Punts 1 4
Punt Avg 35.0 38.8
Fumbles 0 0
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Penalties 1 1
Penalty Yds 5 10
Turnovers 2 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 09:11 10:49
Individual Stats: Wheels
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Bubba Wyche 10 14 135 71 9.6 1 1 0 29 125.5
Ken Pengitore 7 13 76 53 5.8 0 0 0 34 71.3
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Billy Sadler 7 60 8.5 18 0 0
Jesse Mims 10 -3 -0.2 3 1 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Nate Hawkins 3 52 17.3 34 0 0 6
Jon Henderson 3 49 16.3 29 0 0 22
John Embree 3 42 14.0 22 0 1 8
Charlie McKee 3 42 14.0 18 0 1 0
Terry Phillips 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0
Clark Hoss 1 10 10.0 10 1 1 3
Billy Sadler 2 3 1.5 5 0 0 4
Bruce Cullen 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Eric Gutrhrie 2 2 100 0 2 2 100 0 2 0
Chuck Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Chuck Collins 4 155 38.7 43 0 2 2
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Darrell Mossburg 3 67 22.3 0 25
Larry Ratcliff 1 21 21.0 0 21
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Darrell Mossburg 0 0 0.0 0 0
Larry Ratcliff 1 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Mike Kuhn 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Gene Trosch 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Mossburg 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 1 0 1 0
Sam Britts 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Garry Grady 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Renard Perkins 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dave Walker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Rocky Long 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Lewis Cook 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Phil Webb 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Dick Blanchard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ron Fernandes 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Terry Phillips 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Gary Hudson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Michael Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Priester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 3 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Bennett Edwards 8 0
Dennis Kemp 7 0
Clark Hoss 3 0
John Embree 2 0
John Levanti 2 0
Bruce Cullen 1 0
Ted Hand 1 0
Mark Ferguson 1 0
Jon Henderson 1 0
Individual Stats: 73 Bengals
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Ken Anderson 7 11 156 63 14.1 1 1 1 77 99.6
Mike Ernst 7 13 84 53 6.4 1 0 1 27 41.8
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Reece Morrison 4 103 25.7 70 1 0
Joe Wilson 9 38 4.2 9 1 0
Ken Anderson 2 8 4.0 6 0 0
Boobie Clark 2 2 1.0 2 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Tim George 1 77 77.0 77 1 1 57
Chip Myers 6 68 11.3 23 0 0 6
Bob Trumpy 2 38 19.0 30 0 0 3
Al Chandler 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 0
Isaac Curtis 2 16 8.0 9 0 0 0
Charlie Joiner 2 14 7.0 9 0 0 1
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Horst Muhlmann 1 2 50 0 3 2 66 0 1 0
Dave Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Dave Lewis 1 35 35.0 35 0 0 0
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Tommy Casanova 3 70 23.3 0 29
Essex Johnson 2 44 22.0 0 28
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Essex Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0
Tommy Casanova 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Bob Jones 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Lemar Parrish 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Neal Craig 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Bernard Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Ken Avery 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Al Beauchamp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Royce Berry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ken Riley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Ron Pritchard 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Lyle Blackwood 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0
Tim Kearney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Tim George 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jim LeClair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sherman White 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Steve Chomyszak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ron Carpenter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Hurles Scales 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Chip Myers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Doug Adams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Bennie Blades 3 0
Bob Johnson 3 0
Andrew McDonald 3 0
Reece Morrison 2 0
Bruce Coslet 2 0
Al Chandler 2 0
Vern Holland 2 0
Bob Trumpy 1 0
Rufus Mayes 1 0
John Shinners 1 1
Howard Fest 1 0
Ed Kezirian 1 0
Tom DeLeone 1 0
Charlie Joiner 1 0
Chip Myers 1 0
Stan Walters 0 1
Game Log Ends