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.
Season 2
In their second season as a professional franchise, the San Antonio Marshals got off to a rocky start, jumping to 4-3 by mid-season. They hoped to right the boat and turn their record around by Week 8 in order to hopefully build enough momentum for a hot start to the playoffs, but despite the efforts of star Quarterback Vincent Draxel, a star Running back duo in Jack Stats and Thomas Mango, star Linebackers Ben Urlacher, and Brian Acolyte, and star Defensive EndBastion Barnhardt, the Marshals would finish the regular season with 7 wins and 7 losses, with a .500 win percentage and a 4-3 record at home. Despite this, they were still able to secure a berth in the playoffs, matching up against the 7-7 Tijuana Luchadores. This game turned out to be a battle for both sides, with the Marshals coming in with an early lead off of a Thomas Mango touchdown run. The Luchadores quickly answered with a touchdown pass from Quarterback Isaac Brown to WRJordan Smith near the end of the first quarter. The Marshals began the second quarter with another touchdown run, this time by Jack Stats, and a few minutes later added onto their lead with a touchdown carry by backup Running back Warin Parry. The Luchadores, now being down 2 scores going into the 3rd quarter, attempted to come back from this deficit, but the Marshals defense held fast, and put up the stops to shut them down going into the 4th. Early on into the 4th, KickerJimmy Darkapple nailed a 41-yard field goal to propel the Marshals lead to 24-7, which is where it would remain for the rest of the game. The Marshals advanced to the Ultimini, where they would be defeated by the 11-3 Portland Pythons, ending their hopes at back-to-back Ultimini wins. They would not dominate the awards ceremony as they had a season prior, with only Jack Stats being nominated for League MVP and Offensive Rookie of the Year, neither of which he ended up winning.