The '''San Antonio Marshals''' are a [[wp:Professional football (gridiron)|professional]] [[wp:American football|American football]] franchise based in [[wp:San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]. The Marshals currently compete in the [[Developmental Simulation Football League]] (DSFL) as a member club of the league's [[DSFL Southern Conference]] (DSFL South) which currently only has one division. The franchise was established in {{dsfly|3}} as one of the original DSFL teams. The Marshals have won the [[DSFL Championship Game|Ultimini]] twice – in {{dsfly|3}} and {{dsfly|6}}.
The '''San Antonio Marshals''' are a [[wp:Professional football (gridiron)|professional]] [[wp:American football|American football]] franchise based in [[wp:San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]. The Marshals currently compete in the [[Developmental Simulation Football League]] (DSFL) as a member club of the league's [[DSFL Southern Conference]] (DSFL South) which currently only has one division. The franchise was established in {{dsfly|3}} as one of the original DSFL teams. The Marshals have won the [[DSFL Championship Game|Ultimini]] twice – in {{dsfly|3}} and {{dsfly|6}}.
The San Antonio Hawks franchise was established in the year 2018 (S3), the DSFL's inaugural season, by kckolbe, a highly controversial but nonetheless prominent figure in the NSFL. They came out to a hot start in their first ever season as a professional franchise, led by their star rookie QuarterbackJameis Christ, star Running BackJohn Goose, hard-hitting rookie LinebackersBarrick Acolyte and Brian Kelly, and their ball-hawking CornerbackIsaiah Rashad, the Marshals were able to finish the regular season with 9 wins and 5 losses (5-2 at home) and with a comfortable berth in the playoffs and home-field advantage. In their first matchup of the 2017 DSFL playoffs, the Marshals faced the Kansas City Coyotes, a team that had amassed a 7-7 record in the regular season. The Coyotes came out to an early lead in the first quarter, with Patrick Greene nailing a 43-yard field goal to make the score 0-3, shutting out the Marshals for the rest of the quarter. This would be their best defensive performance of the game. Jameis Christ came out firing early into the second, throwing a touchdown pass to Sean Strong, with John Goose scoring on a touchdown later into the quarter, making the score 14-3 by the end of the second quarter. Going into the second half, the Coyotes knew that they were losing badly, and needed a quick score to narrow the gap. Patrick Greene nailed another 40+ yard field-goal to shorten the Marshal's lead to one score, which they quickly responded to, with Christ throwing a touchdown pass to Joseph Tkachuk to extend the lead to two scores once more, at 28-6. The Coyotes quickly retaliated with a field goal, but this was the last time they'd score in this game. The Marshals finished off the Coyotes with another rushing touchdown from Goose, capped off with a pick-6 from Rashad (despite a missed extra-point from Jimmy Darkapple) and left the stadium with a 41-9 win, and a shot at being the inaugural champions of the DSFL, the first team ever to win the Ultimini. They were able to accomplish exactly this in the next game, nearly shutting out the Orange County Otters (with the exception of a 47 yard field-goal by their kicker, Jason Jerek) and putting up 19 points off of a stellar kicking perfomance by Darkapple, and with the addition of a 1-yard rushing touchdown by Goose, they became the first-ever DSFL Ultimini Champions. At the conclusion of the season, the Marshals dominated and nearly swept the awards ceremony, with John Goose being named the League MVP, Offensive MVP, and Playoff MVP, while Barrick Acolyte took home the Defensive MVP award, capping off a magnificent and historical season of football by the San Antonio Marshals.