Dallas Renegades
Current season
Logo Uniforms
Basic info
Established	December 5, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-12-05)
Stadium	Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas
Colors	Light blue, black, red[1]
Website	www.theufl.com/teams/arlington
Personnel
Owner(s)	League owned
General manager	Rick Mueller
Head coach	Bob Stoops
Team history
Arlington Renegades (2023–2025) Dallas Renegades (2020, 2026–present)
Home fields
Choctaw Stadium (2020, 2023–2025) Toyota Stadium (2026–)
League / conference affiliations
XFL (2020–2023) West Division (2020) South Division (2023) United Football League (2024–present) XFL Conference (2024–2025)
Championships
League championships: 1† Pre-UFL championships: 1 XFL championships:2023
Conference championships: 1 XFL:2023
Division championships: 0
† – Includes both the USFL championships and the XFL championships prior to the 2024XFL–USFL merger
Playoff appearances (1)
XFL:2023

TheDallas Renegades are a professionalAmerican football team based inFrisco, Texas. The Renegades compete in theUnited Football League (UFL). The team was founded as the Dallas Renegades byVince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment, before being renamed to theArlington Renegades by current owners and operators by Alpha Acquico, controlled by actorDwayne Johnson, andFox Corporation. The name reverted to the Dallas Renegades ahead of the 2026 UFL season. The Renegades play their home games atToyota Stadium, having previously played atChoctaw Stadium inArlington.

In 2023, The Renegades had a regular season record of 4–6, yet they won both of their playoff games, and were crowned XFL Champions. They were part of the XFL/USFL merger in 2024.

On December 5, 2018, Dallas was announced as one of eight cities that would join the newly reformed XFL, as well asSeattle,Houston,Los Angeles,New York,Tampa Bay, andWashington, DC.^[2] On February 7, 2019,Bob Stoops, the longtime head coach of theOklahoma Sooners football team, was hired as the Dallas team's head coach. Stoops was the XFL's first head coaching hire.^[3][4] On April 23, 2019, Stoops namedChris Woods as his defensive coordinator.^[5] On May 16, 2019, Stoops namedHal Mumme as his offensive coordinator.^[6] The team name and logo were revealed on August 21, 2019, as well as the teams uniforms on December 3, 2019.^[7]

On October 15, 2019, The Renegades announced their first player in team history, being assigned former NFL quarterbackLandry Jones.^[8]

Dallas lost their first game, against the St. Louis BattleHawks, by a 15–9 final. KickerAustin MacGinnis tallied all of the Renegade points via field goals, but Dallas' failure to reach the end zone came back to haunt them, as St. Louis scored nine unanswered fourth quarter points to erase a slim deficit. LinebackerTegray Scales had 13 Dallas tackles, three for a loss. The Renegades picked up their first win on the road, a 25–18 triumph over the Los Angeles Wildcats. Running backCameron Artis-Payne reached the end zone three times on two touchdowns and a one-point conversion. His final score, a 17-yard scoring run in the penultimate minute, was the final blow in a fourth quarter that saw the two teams combined for 34 points. Another road victory awaited the Renegades in Week 3, as they topped the Seattle Dragons 24–12. Two MacGinnis field goals sandwiched a 65-yard touchdown pass fromLandry Jones toDonald Parham in a fourth quarter that saw Dallas break a 12–12 tie. Parham reached the end zone twice over the afternoon. The XFL announced that the remainder of the2020 XFL season had been cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The team finished with a 2–3 record. On April 10, 2020, the XFL suspended operations, with all employees, players and staff terminated.^{[citation needed]}

On August 3, 2020, it was reported that a consortium led byDwayne "The Rock" Johnson,Dany Garcia, and Gerry Cardinale (through Cardinale's fund RedBird Capital Partners) purchased the XFL for $15 million just hours before an auction could take place; the purchase received court approval on August 7, 2020.^[9][10] The XFL hiredBob Stoops as a Head Coach on April 13, 2022, with the expectation that he would be coaching Dallas.^[11] On July 24, 2022, the return of a Dallas XFL franchise was confirmed, this time being known as "Arlington" instead of "Dallas", as well as the hiring of Bob Stoops.^[12] On October 31, 2022, the XFL officially announced that the Renegades name would be returning, with a brand new logo. The team went 4–6 in the 2023 season, but made the playoffs as the second team in the South Division. After beating theHouston Roughnecks in the South Division playoff game, it won the2023 XFL Championship Game over the 10–1D.C. Defenders by a score of 35–26.

In September 2023,Axios reported that the XFL was in advanced talks with the USFL to merge the two leagues prior to the start of their 2024 seasons.^[13] On September 28, 2023, the XFL and USFL announced their intent to merge with details surrounding the merger to be announced at a later date.^[14] The merger would also require regulatory approval.^[15] In October 2023 the XFL filed a trademark application for the name"United Football League".^[16] On November 30, 2023, Garcia announced via herInstagram page that the leagues had received regulatory approval for the merger and were finalizing plans for a "combined season" to begin March 30, 2024.^[17] The merger was made official on December 31, 2023.^[18]

The Renegades logo, nicknamed "Billy the Bandit" since 2025, had been reduced to secondary status after 2023 following the rebrand to Arlington Renegades, but returned as the primary helmet logo in 2025.

On October 7, the UFL announced that the team would be moving from Choctaw Stadium toToyota Stadium inFrisco; as a result of the team no longer playing in Arlington, the team will return to its original brand as the Dallas Renegades.^[19]

The Renegades have won one XFL Championship and one South Division Championship, both in 2023.

The Renegades were in-state conference rivals with the San Antonio Brahmas. The teams had split series. However, following the UFL's 2026 realignment, the series has ended due to theBrahmas folding.

The Renegades are also in-state out of conference rivals with the Houston Gamblers, having always shared a league with a Houston-based team. Games between the Renegades and theHouston Roughnecks, one of the XFL's first major rivalries to develop, were marketed as theTexas Throwdown.^[20]

The Renegades and Defenders have met three times, DC leads the series 2–1. The two were scheduled to meet in Week 6 of the2020 XFL season, but the league ceased operations one week before the game due toCOVID-19 concerns. The first official meeting of the two teams occurred during Week 9 of the2023 XFL regular season atAudi Field. DC won the game 28-26 when the game ended in overtime afterJordan Ta'amu completed a pass to wide receiverJosh Hammond for the sole 2 point play scored by either team. This however, would not be the last meeting of the season for the two out-of-division rivals. After successfully winning the XFL South Division title as underdogs, the Renegades found themselves up against the XFL North Division Champion DC Defenders once again in the2023 XFL Championship Game at theAlamodome inSan Antonio. Arlington quickly found itself with a 17–0 lead with 4:54 left in the second quarter. By the end of the game, Renegades QuarterbackLuis Perez would throw for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns. The Renegades would finish the game never trailing DC, winning the game 35-26 and their first XFL title in franchise history. This would also mark the first win over Jordan Ta'amu for the franchise as well, reaching this feat on the third meeting of the quarterback and the Renegades franchise.

The two teams have met three times, with St. Louis winning all meetings in the series. The team, then the Dallas Renegades, first met the Battlehawks in each franchises inaugural game during the Week 1 of the2020 XFL season. The game was played at Globe Life Park (NowChoctaw Stadium). St. Louis would win the 15–9 on the back of future familiar Renegades foeJordan Ta'amu. The teams met for the second time during Week 4 of the2023 XFL season, this time atThe Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, falling short to the Battlehawks once again. The Renegades/Battlehawks rivalry had someheat for indirect reasons, in part because of the Renegades' qualifying for the playoffs with a losing record in 2023 while the Battlehawks, who were three games ahead of Arlington in the overall standings, had tied with Seattle for the last playoff spot but had lost out on it because of tiebreakers.^[21]

• Defunct teams in light gray.

Regular season –As of June 2, 2025

Postseason

Most games as starting quarterback

The Renegades and theNFL'sDallas Cowboys are currently the two professional outdoor football teams that play in theDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Dallas was previously home to the NFL'sDallas Texans in 1952 and theAmerican Football League'sDallas Texans from 1960 to 1962. Other outdoor professional outdoor football teams included the Dallas Rockets andFort Worth Braves of theTexas Football League which folded midway through the 1971 season. The metro area has been represented by numerousindoor teams, such as theArena Football League'sDallas Texans,Fort Worth Cavalry,Dallas Desperados andDallas Vigilantes, and theAllen Wranglers and Texas Revolution. It entered a relatively crowded sports market to share with theNHLDallas Stars,NBADallas Mavericks,WNBADallas Wings,MLBTexas Rangers,MLSFC Dallas,NLLPanther City Lacrosse Club, andMLRDallas Jackals

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