USFL Week 2 recap: Stallions dominate Showboats; Reggie Corbin has electric touchdown run in win

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There are three undefeated groups left by the primary two weeks of the 2023 United States Football League season after the mud settled on Sunday night time.

The New Orleans Breakers, Birmingham Stallions and Michigan Panthers all improved to 2-0 with victories. It was the Stallions who had essentially the most dominating victory of the weekend.

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Birmingham Stallions quarterback Alex McGough in opposition to the Memphis Showboats on April 22, 2023, at Protecting Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)

The defending champions trounced the Memphis Showboats, 42-2. Alex McGough received the beginning at quarterback and was 21-of-28 with 301 yards and 4 landing passes. Every of the 4 touchdowns went to totally different receivers – Jace Sternberger, Davion Davis, Myron Mitchell and Thaddeus Moss. Working again Zaquandre White rushed for 2 touchdowns.

Birmingham had 463 complete yards and Memphis solely had 183 yards.

The Breakers dropped the Gamblers, 38-31, because of McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s drive with below 1 minute to play. He threw a 34-yard cross to Lee Morris to get to the Gamblers’ 14-yard line. Then, it was Wes Hillis who scored on the subsequent play.

Bethel-Thompson had two landing passes and 251 passing yards on the day. Hillis had three touchdowns on the bottom.

New Orleans Breakers quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson in opposition to the Houston Gamblers on April 22, 2023, at Protecting Stadium in Birmingham. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)

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Gamblers quarterback Kenji Bahar had three landing passes within the loss. Justin Corridor caught two of them and Anthony Ratliff-Williams had the opposite. Corridor completed with eight catches for 110 yards.

On Sunday night time, the Panthers and Josh Love received the higher of the Philadelphia Stars and Case Cookus 24-10.

Love had 174 passing yards, a landing cross and two interceptions. However Reggie Corbin delivered on the bottom with 151 speeding yards and two touchdowns. Corbin had a 52-yard landing run within the fourth quarter to place the sport out of attain.

Reggie Corbin of Michigan Panthers runs the ball in opposition to the Philadelphia Stars at Tom Benson Corridor of Fame Stadium on April 23, 2023, in Canton, Ohio. (Jason Miller/USFL/Getty Photographs)

Within the different Sunday recreation, the New Jersey Generals defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers 20-3. The Generals pressured three turnovers whereas Dakota Prukop and Darius Victor had touchdowns within the recreation.

The Maulers and the Showboats are the one winless groups within the USFL. The Generals are 1-1 on the season.

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Right here’s what’s on faucet for Week 3.