Dallas Birddogs season 31

2046 DSFL Season

(9-5) Ultimini XXIX Champions
Regular Season
Start date	30 September, 2046
End date	24 February, 2047
Conference Champions
DSFL North Champions	Minnesota Grey Ducks
DSFL South Champions	Dallas Birddogs
Playoffs
Ultimini Champions	Dallas Birddogs

The 2046 DSFL Season was the 31st season of the Developmental Simulation Football League and the Dallas Birddogs' 11th season in the league.

The season began on 27 September 2046 with the Dallas Birddogs losing to the Tijuana Luchadores 22-20.

The season concluded with the Dallas Birddogs (9-5) beating the Kansas City Coyotes (7-6-1) 20-31 to win Ultimini XXIX.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	2046-08-30	at Tijuana Luchadores	L 16–21	0-1	El Santo Coliseo	Recap
2	2046-09-06	at Bondi Beach Buccaneers	W 32-17	1–1	Emu War Memorial Stadium	Recap
3	2046-09-13	vs Norfolk Seawolves	L 41–38	1-2	The Dog House	Recap
4	2046-09-20	vs Minnesota Grey Ducks	L 32–27	1-3	The Dog House	Recap

Regular Season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	2046-09-27	at Tijuana Luchadores	L 20–22	0-1	El Santo Coliseo	Recap
2	2046-10-04	at Bondi Beach Buccaneers	W 50-17	1–1	Emu War Memorial Stadium	Recap
3	2046-10-11	vs Norfolk Seawolves	W 27–31	2-1	The Dog House	Recap
4	2046-10-18	vs Minnesota Grey Ducks	W 30–35	3-1	The Dog House	Recap
5	2046-10-25	at Portland Pythons	L 24–30	3–2	The Snake Pit	Recap
6	2046-11-01	vs Kansas City Coyotes	W 21-42	4-2	The Dog House	Recap
7	2046-11-08	at London Royals	W 30-27	5-2	Royal Wembley Stadium	Recap
8	2046-11-15	vs Tijuana Luchadores	W 17–27	6-2	The Dog House	Recap
9	2046-11-22	vs Bondi Beach Buccaneers	W 10–37	7-2	The Dog House	Recap
10	2046-11-29	at Norfolk Seawolves	W 34–31	8-2	Norfolksdale Norfolkdome	Recap
11	2046-12-06	at Minnesota Grey Ducks	L 9–36	8-3	The Quack Shack	Recap
12	2046-12-13	vs Portland Pythons	W 21–48	9-3	The Dog House	Recap
13	2046-12-20	at Kansas City Coyotes	L 27-41	9-4	Coyote Stadium	Recap
14	2046-12-27	vs London Royals	L 31–20	9-5	The Dog House	Recap

Standings

2046 (S31) SFC South standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	Conf	Div	Str
(1) Dallas Birddogs	9	5	0	.643	434	361	6-1-0	3-4-0	5-1-0	5-1-0	L2
(2) Norfolk Seawolves	9	5	0	.643	434	360	5-2-0	4-3-0	2-4-0	2-4-0	W4
(3) Tijuana Luchadores	8	6	0	.571	361	321	4-3-0	4-3-0	3-3-0	3-3-0	W3
(4) Bondi Beach Buccaneers	3	11	0	.214	294	463	1-6-0	0-6-0	0-6-0	0-6-0	L2

NOTE: The highest seed in the SFC South (DBD) had home-field advantage in the SFC South Championship Game.

2046 (S31) NFC North standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	Conf	Div	Str
(1) Minnesota Grey Ducks	8	6	0	.571	341	300	6-1-0	2-5-0	4-2-0	4-2-0	W1
(2) Kansas City Coyotes	7	6	1	.536	344	388	4-2-1	3-4-0	3-2-1	3-2-1	L1
(3) Portland Pythons	6	7	1	.464	314	359	4-3-0	2-4-1	3-2-1	3-2-1	L1
(4) London Royals	4	11	0	.267	324	334	2-5-0	2-5-0	1-5-0	1-5-0	W1

NOTE: The highest seed in the NFC North (MIN) had home-field advantage in the NFC North Championship Game.

Postseason

The 2046 DSFL playoffs consist of two rounds; with two conference championships – contested by the winners and the second placed team from each conference. The winners of the conference championship games then played in Ultimini XXIX.

	Conference Finals				Ultimini XXIX
	Kansas City Coyotes	30
	Minnesota Grey Ducks	27
					Kansas City Coyotes	20
					Dallas Birddogs	31
	Norfolk Seawolves	34
	Dallas Birddogs	37

Statistical Leaders

Individual
Passing yards	Ricky Stanzi*	4,644
Passing touchdowns	Ricky Stanzi*	33
Rushing Yards	Beniri T'Chawama	709
Rushing Touchdowns	Beniri T'Chawama	13
Receiving yards	Ivan Toastovich*	1,606
Receiving Touchdowns	Escanor Sama	11
Tackles	Orpheus Czargyros*	112
Interceptions	Sakeem Webb	2
Sacks	Snoo Pee	7

(*) League Leader