The original USFL lasted from 1982 through 1986. A team by the name of the Pittsburgh Maulers competed in that league’s 1984 season, going 3-15, with two wins over the Washington Federals, who debuted in 1983 and folded after the 1984 season.
A new incarnation of the Maulers, in a new incarnation of the USFL, was set to headline an action-packed day of football yesterday on Easter, the fourth game of the league’s inaugural weekend, with the Birmingham Stallions claiming the first-ever win, followed by victories for the Houston Gamblers and the New Orleans Breakers.
Inclement weather, however, prevented the Maulers from taking the field for the first time in nearly 40 years, their debut delayed to tonight, at 7 PM, the game set to air on F1 inside of Protective Stadium, in the city of Birmingham, where all of the league’s games will be played this year (some late-season games at Legion Field).