Battlehawks shining ahead of playoffs highlights UFL storylines from Week 10

St. Louis Battlehawks head coach Anthony Becht achieved the two biggest goals that he set before the start of the 2025 UFL season — make the playoffs and win home games. 

After finishing the regular season on a six-game winning streak and with a UFL-best 8-2 record, the Battlehawks won't have to leave the city of St. Louis as they continue their quest to win a championship.

St. Louis hosts the DC Defenders on Sunday in the XFL Conference Championship Game on FOX, and the winner will compete for the UFL title against either the Birmingham Stallions or the Michigan Panthers, who will face off earlier in the day in the USFL Conference Championship Game. Both the XFL and UFL championships will take place at The Dome at America’s Center. The Battlehawks averaged a league-best 30,000 fans at home games this season.

"We’re incredibly grateful to be in this position, and we’re excited for next week’s game in St. Louis," Becht said. 

Becht sat the majority of his starters, including QB Max Duggan and RB Jacob Saylors, in a narrow Week 10 victory over the Defenders. In the other postseason game, the defending champion Stallions host the Panthers. Birmingham crushed the Memphis Showboats on the road in Week 10, while the Panthers fell to the Houston Roughnecks at home.

Elsewhere, the Arlington Renegades scratched back to the .500 mark with a win over the San Antonio Brahmas.

Here’s a look at other storylines from Week 10:

Crowder led a Birmingham defense that forced two turnovers, totaled three sacks and held Memphis to 201 total yards in the final game of the regular season. The Stallions' standout linebacker was responsible for both takeaways, as he became the first player in UFL history to account for two pick-sixes in a single