Established December 5, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-05) Play in Audi Field (Washington, DC)
League/conference affiliations
XFL (2020–2023)
East Division (2020)
North Division (2023)
United Football League (2024–present)
XFL Conference (2024–present)
Current uniform
Team colors
Red, white, silver[1]
Personnel
Owner(s)
Fox Corporation (50%), Dany Garcia, Dwayne Johnson, RedBird Capital Partners (50%)
Head coach
Reggie Barlow
Team history
DC Defenders (2020–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (1)
XFL North: 2023
Playoff appearances (1)
XFL: 2023
Home stadium(s)
Audi Field (2020, 2023–present)
The DC Defenders are a professional American football team based in Washington, D.C. The Defenders compete in the United Football League (UFL). The team was founded by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment and is owned and operated by Dwayne Johnson's Alpha Acquico and Fox Corporation. The Defenders play their home games at Audi Field. The Defenders have a regular season record of 12–3 (.800), the second-highest win percentage among UFL teams as of its 2024 season. They were also the top team in the 2023 XFL, boasting a 9–1 record and scoring 49 more points than the next closest team, the St. Louis Battlehawks.[2][3]
^"DC Defenders' uniforms, helmet". XFL.com (Press release). December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
^Reineking, Jim (13 May 2023). "2023 XFL championship game: TV, live stream info for DC Defenders vs. Arlington Renegades". USA Today. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^Haage, Anthony (25 March 2023). "UFL Title Odds for 2024 - Birmingham Favored to Three-Peat". Gambling Sites. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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title winners Arlington Renegades and the North Division title winners DCDefenders. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EDT and was aired on ABC. The game was the...
for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the DCDefenders of the XFL. After being ranked a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Jackson...
Field and are led by head coach Mike Nolan. With a 22-9 victory over the DCDefenders in Week 7, the Panthers surpassed their win total from last season with...
points at home. They got their first win of the XFL season against the DCDefenders, shutting them out 25–0 to advance to 1–3. In week 5, they blew an 18-point...
season, winning 23–3. The next week, however, they were shut out by the DCDefenders 27–0. They stumbled again in week 3, losing to the St. Louis BattleHawks...
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