Houston was the only city with a team in both of those leagues as the Roughnecks competed in the XFL last year and the Gamblers played in the USFL during its two seasons in 2022 and 2023 ...

The XFL and USFL have decided the best way to keep spring football alive is to merge the two leagues. ... Houston may have more unanswered questions than any city affected by this announcement, ...

Houston is the only city with XFL and USFL teams: What's difference in the spring football leagues? By Matt Young, Staff writer Updated April 14, 2023 3:24 p.m.

The new league is a merger between the XFL and USFL, which each had a team in Houston. As part of the merger, the USFL's Houston Gamblers have been rebranded as the Houston Roughnecks.

USFL, XFL in talks on merger for 2024 season By . Mandi Shovlin. Published Sep. 19, 2023, 5:55 p.m. ET. Explore More ... including two franchises currently based in Houston. ...

The Houston Roughnecks were in the XFL but overlapped with the USFL’s Houston Gamblers and will therefore be in the USFL conference. Advertisement.

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No further information has been provided on whether all 16 teams will play in their home cities in 2024 (the XFL and USFL each had a Houston team, but the XFL team actually played in the home city).

The XFL, the third version of the league following a single 2001 season and half of one in 2020, unveiled its eight team markets earlier this week and committed to a Feb. 18, 2023, kickoff ...

He said he hopes the XFL can replicate the excitement that the USFL Gamblers, coached by Jack Pardee with future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly directing the run-and-shoot offense ...

APRIL 9, 2023: The Houston Roughnecks against the San Antonio Brahmas at The Alamo Dome on April 9th, 2023 in San Antonio, TX. (© Alex Bierens de Haan/XFL) ...

The eighth team, the Houston Roughnecks (home venue to be determined), will use the name of Houston’s previous XFL team and the players and staff from Houston’s previous USFL team, the ...