2022 USFL season
USFL Week 1 officiating assignments and coverage
The first week of the USFL regular season begins with one game on Saturday night and three games on Sunday.
The first weekend of USFL games begin with a Saturday night game and 3 Sunday games. Crews will officiate two of the games over the weekend. Referees Larry Smith and Bryan Banks will lead their crews in the inaugural week of the re-birth of the USFL.
Scroll down after the game assignments for video and live coverage.
Game assignments
All games are played at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., and times listed are Eastern.
Saturday, April 16
- New Jersey Generals vs. Birmingham Stallions, 7:30 p.m. Fox NBC Peacock — Larry Smith
Sunday, April 17
- Houston Gamblers vs. Michigan Panthers, noon NBC Peacock — Bryan Banks
- Philadelphia Stars vs. New Orleans Breakers, 4 p.m. USA — Larry Smith
- Tampa Bay Bandits vs. Pittsburgh Maulers, 8 p.m. FS1 — Bryan Banks
Crews
Pro Seasons include AAF and XFL.
| Pro Seasons | College Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 19 | Larry Smith | 3 | Big Ten |
| U | 27 | Adam Savoie | 3 | American Athletic |
| DJ | 6 | Ryan Hagan | 1 | SEC |
| LJ | 2 | Quentin Givens | 3 | Big 12 |
| FJ | 80 | Daniel Gautreaux | 3 | SEC |
| SJ | 5 | LaShell Nelson | 2 | Big Ten |
| BJ | 37 | Joe Johnston | 2 | Pac-12 |
| Pro Seasons | College Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 72 | Bryan Banks | 1 | Big Ten |
| U | 65 | Frank Villar | 3 | Pac-12 |
| DJ | 67 | Derek Anderson | 1 | Big 12 |
| LJ | 42 | Tangela Mitchell-Ross | 2 | SWAC |
| FJ | 56 | Jason Ledet | 1 | Big 12 |
| SJ | 88 | Raymond Daniel | 1 | Big Ten |
| BJ | 13 | Martin Hankins | 1 | SEC |
Assigned to all games:
- Replay official: Mike Pereira (from the USFL Replay Center in Los Angeles)
- Supervisor: Ron Baynes
Originally published April 10, 2022. Scroll down for live coverage.
Live coverage
Pereira providing live analysis while conducting a replay review
Measurement timeout
Personal fouls under automatic review
O2O communication carried on-air
Instant grading of officials — is this a good thing?
Awkward moment as Jason Garrett calls upon Mike Pereira (head of officiating) to evaluate a fellow employee on air. A little weird dynamic having the officiating boss also be the network rules analyst
After the commercial break, Pereira obliged with analysis of the missed face mask foul. Yes, there should have been a foul called here, but that’s not the point. Will this evolve into a situation where a former coach gets officiating grievances validated in real time?
Originally tweeted by Fᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ Zᴇʙʀᴀs🇺🇦 (@footballzebras) on April 17, 2022.
