The XFL’s innovative rules have produced more than a few memorable highlights this year during the revived league’s comeback season. And, on Saturday, that unique brand of action yielded a moment for the XFL record books courtesy of a historic Week 8 win by the St. Louis Battlehawks.
Thanks to a thrilling 21–17 overtime win over the Vegas Vipers, the Battlehawks made history as the first XFL team to win a game in OT this season. St. Louis’s victory also allowed fans to finally get an exciting first glimpse at the league’s unconventional OT rules.
Unlike the NFL, the XFL gives each team three alternating attempts to convert two-point conversions from their opponent’s five-yard line to decide a winner in the extra period. On Saturday, the Battlehawks, led by quarterback Nick Tiano with starter AJ McCarron out with a shoulder injury, blanked the Vipers, 2-0, to walk away with the big home win.
