Los Angeles Xtreme
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The Only Season
The Los Angeles Xtreme were a short-lived American football team based in Los Angeles, California. The team played its home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the spring of 2001. This team was part of the failed XFL begun by Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Federation and by NBC, a major television network in the United States. They were in the XFL's Western Division with the San Francisco Demons, the Memphis Maniax and the Las Vegas Outlaws. They finished the season in 1st place with a 7-3 record and defeated the Chicago Enforcers in the Playoffs and the San Francisco Demons in the Million Dollar Game with a score of 38-6 to win the league's Championship.
The LA Xtreme were the only champions of the XFL because NBC dropped the XFL concept after the first season due to dismal ratings. Shortly after this, McMahon announced that the league would be dissolved. However, the Xtreme's quarterback, Tommy Maddox, subsequently caught on with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, later leading them into the playoffs in 2001 and 2002. Maddox had also won the XFL's Most Valuable Player award.
Team Leaders
Rushing Yards: 310, Saladin McCullough
Receiving Yards: 656, Jermaine Copeland
Passing Yards: 2186, Tommy Maddox (also league leader)