List of DC Defenders seasons

This article is a list of seasons of the DC Defenders, an American football franchise of the UFL. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Defenders' franchise from 2020 to present, including postseason records and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The Defenders franchise was founded in 2018 with the recreation of the league.[1] The team has earned one postseason appearance and competed in the first XFL Championship of the modern era of the league.[2]

Seasons

UFL champions† (2024–present) XFL champions§ (2023) Conference champions* Division champions^ Wild Card berth#
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards Head coaches Pct.
Finish W L
2020 2020 XFL N/a East 1st 3 2 Season Suspended after 5 games due to COVID-19 Pep Hamilton .600
2021 —
2022
2023 2023 XFL N/a North ^ 1st # 9 1 Won Division Finals (Sea Dragons) 37–21
Lost XFL Championship (Renegades) 26–35
Jordan Ta'amu (OPOY)
Reggie Barlow (COTY)
Reggie Barlow .650
2024 2024 UFL XFL N/a 3rd 4 6
2025 2025 UFL † XFL * N/a 2nd # 6 4 Won XFL Conference Championship (at Battlehawks) 36–18
Won UFL Championship (at Panthers) 58–34
Shannon Harris (COTY)
Fred Kaiss (ACOTY)
Shannon Harris .550
2026 2026 UFL N/a N/a 4th # 5 5 Won Semifinals (at Storm) 28–22
Lost United Bowl (vs. Kings) 20–27
Total 27 18 All-time regular season record (2020–2026) .600
4 2 All-time postseason record (2020–2026) .667
30 20 All-time regular season and postseason record (2020–2026) .600
1 division title, 1 UFL Championship

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Allen (August 21, 2019). "The XFL reveals its new team names and logos". CNN. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  2. ↑ "DC Defenders advance to XFL Championship". WTTG. April 30, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.