The 2023 USFL season was the second season of the United States Football League. The regular season started on April 15 and ended on June 18. The postseason began on June 24 and ended with the 2023 USFL Championship Game on July 1. The league expanded the locations their teams play to four total stadiums, adding Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, and Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. With the league beginning its second season on April 15, the USFL became the first American spring league since the World League of American Football to complete its first season and return for a second. This ended up being the USFL's last season before it merged with the XFL to form the United Football League. On the field, it was the Birmingham Stallions leading the way with the best record in the league at 8-2, finishing one game ahead of the New Orleans Breakers (7-3) in the South Division. In the North Division, it was the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Michigan Panthers finishing with a tie at 4-6 atop the division, and would qualify for the playoffs. The Philadelphia Stars would also finish at 4-6, but would be disqualified from the playoffs due to tie-breakers. In the first round of the playoffs it was the Pittsburgh Maulers over the Michigan Panthers 31-27, and the Birmingham Stallions rolling over the New Orleans Breakers 47-22, setting up the match-up for the 2023 USFL Championship game. The 2023 USFL Championship Game was played on July 1, 2023, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio between the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Birmingham Stallions, eventually crowning Birmingham the champion of the league for the second year in a row. The game featured the number one defense in the league in Pittsburgh facing off against the number one offense in the league in Birmingham. After going up 3–0, the Maulers would fall after Alex McGough threw touchdown passes to Davion Davis and Deon Cain, the eventual MVP, and would never lead again. The Maulers would add additional field goals, though their continued lack of success on the offensive side of the ball would ultimately be the reason they lost the game. The Stallions eventually won the game 28-12 to repeat as USFL Champions.