After 26 seasons without a title the New Orleans Second Line won their 4th Ultimus championship in a game against the Baltimore Hawks which they won 37-27. Congratulations. Before we take a look how the team got here a quick run thru the teams history. The team started the league as the Las Vegas Legion (2017-2020) before the move to New Orleans for the 2021 season. Since the move to New Orleans the team made the playoffs seven times winning it all 3 times. But ever since the Ultimus win in the season 21 the team was looking for the next championship. They cam close in season 26 + 27 but lost both of the Ultimus championship games. But now in season 48 of the ISFL the team can finally raise the championship trophy again after the win against the Baltimore Hawks when the party in downtown New Orleans began and is still going on.
The Second Line ended the season with a 12-4 record which was the league best record (tied with the Cape Town Crash) winning the regular season in the ASFC one game ahead of Arizona. The season started strong for the Second Line with 8 wins in the first nine games dropping only a game in week 5 against the Cape Town Crash, a 19-14 loss. After loosing consecutive games in week 10 (at Austin 16-29) and 11 (at Yellowknife 17-37) the team won 4 of the last 5 games finishing the season with the 12-4 record mentioned above.
In the division championship game the opponent were the Orange County Otters who came in #4 in the ASFC with an 8-8 record and the game was won by the score of 34-23. In the conference championship game the Second Line faced #2 Arizona Outlaws and the defense held the Outlaws to 2 FGs to win the game 27-6 and advance to the Ultimus champion ship game against the NSFC champion Baltimore Hawks who beat the Cape Town Crash in the NSFC championship game 20-13. In the Ultimus championship game the Hawks looked for a long time as the team who will won it all and after three quarters the game score was 27-10 in favor of the Hawks. But two TDs in the early goings of the 4th quarter made the score 27-24 and the Second Line was back in the game. After a punt from the Hawks on their next possession the Second Line moved the ball to the Baltimore 7 yard line and kicked a game tying FG from 24 yards. After a 3-and-out series by the Hawks the Second Line got the ball back in their hands with 1:39 on the clock and the game tied at 27-27. The drive started on the Hawks 40-yard line and after 5 consecutive rushing plays the ball was on the 9-yard line. With a pass play resulting in a TD from QB Octavio Speedings to TE Bread Bowl the score was 34-27 with 1:05 on the clock. 4 incomplete passes later with a turnover on downs the Second Line took the game away with a 33-yard FG and only 0:30 left on the clock. They also forced the Hawks to take all of their timeouts in that drive. Unable to convert a first down the Hawks turned the ball over again with 0:04 left and the party began.
The Ultimini champion for season 2063 are the Tijuana Luchadores. After winning back to back championships in seasons 2053 + 2054 the Luchadores appeared in 5 of the last eight season playoffs and had not really a convincing season this time around finishing with a 7-6-1 record. This was good enough for second place in the southern division of the DSFL behind the Norfolk Seawolves who finished the season with an 8-6 record. The conference championship game between the Seawolves and the Luchadores was showing the team was hot at the right time. Even though the score for the game was 18-13 Tijuana but the box score showed the clear dominance from the Luchadores over the Seawolves. 459-226 were the total yards for the teams.
The opponent in the Ultimini championship game were the Minnesota grey Ducks who won the conference championship game in the northern division in a huge upset against the London Royals who had the league best record for the regular season with 12-2 but lost to the Grey Ducks the conference championship game 24-33.
This gave us the Ultimini game between the 7-7 Minnesota Grey Ducks and the 7-6-1 Luchadores of Tijuana.
Looking back at the Luchadores regular season the season started with wins and losses alternating thru the first 5 games with the game in week 6 ending in a tie 30-30 against Bondi Beach. With a loss in week 7 the halftime record for the Luchadores was 3-3-1. The second half of the season started with 4 wins but ended with 3 consecutive losses ending the regular season with a 7-6-1 record. In the Ultimini championship game the Luchadores had a great start scoring the first 13 points of the game but saw the Grey Ducks closing in on them when they scored a a FG and a TD before the first half was over. The half time score was 13-10 Luchadores. The possessions in the third quarter ended in punt, punt, missed FG, interception and interception but no score. and the score was still 13-10 when the fourth quarter started. In the fourth quarter the Grey Ducks had to punt again before the Luchadores could not convert a 4th down and 3 on the Minnesota 38-yard line. The next possession for the Grey Ducks ended in a lost fumble on the Tijuana 32-yard line. With 6:51 left in the game the next Tijuana possession lasted for almost 5 minutes and ended in a 15-yard TD pass from QB Puddles O'Duck to RB Brandon Johnson and the score was 20-10 with two minutes left in the game. On their last posession of the game the Grey Ducks turned the ball over on downs when they tried a 4th and 10 on the Tijuana 35-yard line. With 0:46 left in the game and Minnesota out of time outs the Luchadores knelt the ball down for 2 plays and ran out the clock taking home thw championship.
The Second Line ended the season with a 12-4 record which was the league best record (tied with the Cape Town Crash) winning the regular season in the ASFC one game ahead of Arizona. The season started strong for the Second Line with 8 wins in the first nine games dropping only a game in week 5 against the Cape Town Crash, a 19-14 loss. After loosing consecutive games in week 10 (at Austin 16-29) and 11 (at Yellowknife 17-37) the team won 4 of the last 5 games finishing the season with the 12-4 record mentioned above.
In the division championship game the opponent were the Orange County Otters who came in #4 in the ASFC with an 8-8 record and the game was won by the score of 34-23. In the conference championship game the Second Line faced #2 Arizona Outlaws and the defense held the Outlaws to 2 FGs to win the game 27-6 and advance to the Ultimus champion ship game against the NSFC champion Baltimore Hawks who beat the Cape Town Crash in the NSFC championship game 20-13. In the Ultimus championship game the Hawks looked for a long time as the team who will won it all and after three quarters the game score was 27-10 in favor of the Hawks. But two TDs in the early goings of the 4th quarter made the score 27-24 and the Second Line was back in the game. After a punt from the Hawks on their next possession the Second Line moved the ball to the Baltimore 7 yard line and kicked a game tying FG from 24 yards. After a 3-and-out series by the Hawks the Second Line got the ball back in their hands with 1:39 on the clock and the game tied at 27-27. The drive started on the Hawks 40-yard line and after 5 consecutive rushing plays the ball was on the 9-yard line. With a pass play resulting in a TD from QB Octavio Speedings to TE Bread Bowl the score was 34-27 with 1:05 on the clock. 4 incomplete passes later with a turnover on downs the Second Line took the game away with a 33-yard FG and only 0:30 left on the clock. They also forced the Hawks to take all of their timeouts in that drive. Unable to convert a first down the Hawks turned the ball over again with 0:04 left and the party began.
The Ultimini champion for season 2063 are the Tijuana Luchadores. After winning back to back championships in seasons 2053 + 2054 the Luchadores appeared in 5 of the last eight season playoffs and had not really a convincing season this time around finishing with a 7-6-1 record. This was good enough for second place in the southern division of the DSFL behind the Norfolk Seawolves who finished the season with an 8-6 record. The conference championship game between the Seawolves and the Luchadores was showing the team was hot at the right time. Even though the score for the game was 18-13 Tijuana but the box score showed the clear dominance from the Luchadores over the Seawolves. 459-226 were the total yards for the teams.
The opponent in the Ultimini championship game were the Minnesota grey Ducks who won the conference championship game in the northern division in a huge upset against the London Royals who had the league best record for the regular season with 12-2 but lost to the Grey Ducks the conference championship game 24-33.
This gave us the Ultimini game between the 7-7 Minnesota Grey Ducks and the 7-6-1 Luchadores of Tijuana.
Looking back at the Luchadores regular season the season started with wins and losses alternating thru the first 5 games with the game in week 6 ending in a tie 30-30 against Bondi Beach. With a loss in week 7 the halftime record for the Luchadores was 3-3-1. The second half of the season started with 4 wins but ended with 3 consecutive losses ending the regular season with a 7-6-1 record. In the Ultimini championship game the Luchadores had a great start scoring the first 13 points of the game but saw the Grey Ducks closing in on them when they scored a a FG and a TD before the first half was over. The half time score was 13-10 Luchadores. The possessions in the third quarter ended in punt, punt, missed FG, interception and interception but no score. and the score was still 13-10 when the fourth quarter started. In the fourth quarter the Grey Ducks had to punt again before the Luchadores could not convert a 4th down and 3 on the Minnesota 38-yard line. The next possession for the Grey Ducks ended in a lost fumble on the Tijuana 32-yard line. With 6:51 left in the game the next Tijuana possession lasted for almost 5 minutes and ended in a 15-yard TD pass from QB Puddles O'Duck to RB Brandon Johnson and the score was 20-10 with two minutes left in the game. On their last posession of the game the Grey Ducks turned the ball over on downs when they tried a 4th and 10 on the Tijuana 35-yard line. With 0:46 left in the game and Minnesota out of time outs the Luchadores knelt the ball down for 2 plays and ran out the clock taking home thw championship.
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