Dallas Birddogs season 29

2044 DSFL Season

(9-5) Lost in SFC Championship Game
Regular Season
Start date	25 September, 2044
End date	19 February, 2045
Conference Champions
DSFL North Champions	Minnesota Grey Ducks
DSFL South Champions	Dallas Birddogs
Playoffs
Ultimini Champions	Minnesota Grey Ducks

The 2044 DSFL Season was the 29th season of the Developmental Simulation Football League and the Dallas Birddogs' 9th season in the league.

The season began on 29 September 2044 with the Dallas Birddogs being beaten by the Kansas City Coyotes 22-28.

The season concluded with the Dallas Birddogs (9-5) losing to the Tijuana Luchadores (9-5) 26-13 in the SFC Championship Game.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	2044-09-01	at Kansas City Coyotes	L 12–28	0-1	Coyote Stadium	Recap
2	2044-09-08	vs London Royals	W 21-47	1–1	The Dog House	Recap
3	2044-09-15	at Portland Pythons	W 13–12	2–1	The Snake Pit	Recap
4	2044-09-22	at Minnesota Grey Ducks	W 48–28	3-1	The Quack Shack	Recap

Regular Season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	2044-09-29	at Kansas City Coyotes	L 22–28	0-1	Coyote Stadium	Recap
2	2044-10-06	at Portland Pythons	L 17-20	0–2	The Snake Pit	Recap
3	2044-10-13	vs Kansas City Coyotes	W 27–37	1-2	The Dog House	Recap
4	2044-10-20	at Norfolk Seawolves	W 36–21	2-2	Norfolksdale Norfolkdome	Recap
5	2044-10-27	at Tijuana Luchadores	W 14–13	3–2	El Santo Coliseo	Recap
6	2044-11-03	vs London Royals	W 24-31	4-2	The Dog House	Recap
7	2044-11-10	vs Minnesota Grey Ducks	L 33-21	4-3	The Dog House	Recap
8	2044-11-17	at Minnesota Grey Ducks	W 59–36	5-3	The Quack Shack	Recap
9	2044-11-24	vs Bondi Beach Buccaneers	W 7–48	6-3	The Dog House	Recap
10	2044-12-01	vs Portland Pythons	W 16–24	7-3	The Dog House	Recap
11	2044-12-08	vs Norfolk Seawolves	W 38–44	8-3	The Dog House	Recap
12	2044-12-15	vs Tijuana Luchadores	L 28–27	8-4	The Dog House	Recap
13	2043-12-17	at London Royals	L 31-34	8-5	Royal Wembley Stadium	Recap
14	2044-12-29	at Bondi Beach Buccaneers	W 30–22	9-5	Emu War Memorial Stadium	Recap

Standings

2044 (S29) SFC South standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	Conf	Div	Str
(1) Dallas Birddogs	9	5	0	.643	442	347	5-2-0	4-3-0	5-1-0	5-1-0	W1
(2) Tijuana Luchadores	9	5	0	.643	343	316	5-2-0	4-3-0	5-1-0	5-1-0	W1
(3) Norfolk Seawolves	3	10	1	.250	322	455	1-5-1	2-5-0	1-5-0	1-5-0	L4
(4) Bondi Beach Buccaneers	2	12	0	.143	237	435	1-6-0	1-6-0	1-5-0	1-5-0	L2

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

2044 (S29) NFC North standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	Conf	Div	Str
(1) Minnesota Grey Ducks	10	4	0	.714	373	252	5-2-0	5-2-0	4-2-0	4-2-0	W3
(2) Kansas City Coyotes	8	5	1	.607	359	329	6-1-0	2-4-1	3-3-0	3-3-0	L1
(3) Portland Pythons	7	7	0	.500	287	227	4-3-0	3-4-0	3-3-0	3-3-0	W3
(4) London Royals	7	7	0	.500	326	328	5-2-0	2-5-0	2-4-0	2-4-0	L1

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

Postseason

The 2044 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 XXVII.

	Conference Finals				Ultimini XXVII
	Kansas City Coyotes	20
	Minnesota Grey Ducks	40
					Tijuana Luchadores	0
					Minnesota Grey Ducks	40
	Tijuana Luchadores	26
	Dallas Birddogs	13

Statistical Leaders

Individual
Passing yards	Ricky Stanzi	3,349
Passing touchdowns	Ricky Stanzi	25
Rushing Yards	Erik Gaare	993
Rushing Touchdowns	Erik Gaare	11
Receiving yards	Ivan Toastovich	1,105
Receiving Touchdowns	Cliff Burton	9
Tackles	Luke Watterson*	120
Interceptions	Charity Beaver, Dash Smith, Richard Mansher & Darius Severance	2
Sacks	LeBron Brady Jr.	9

(*) League Leader