Birmingham Stallions defeat San Antonio Brahmas

Birmingham defense suffocates San Antonio

The championship was a matchup of the league’s two best defenses. The Brahmas led the league in allowing 15.3 points and 256.7 yards per game, but the Stallions finished second in both stats, allowing 18 points per game with 259.5 yards per game. San Antonio led the league with 32 sacks, while Birmingham led the league with 32 takeaways.

In the title game, the Stallions’ defense prevailed, dominating the Brahmas’ offense from start to finish to pitch its first shutout of the UFL season. San Antonio was limited to 208 total yards. He had just 52 rushing yards after rushing for 213 in last week’s XFL Conference Championship. Brahma averaged just 3.3 yards per rush and 6.5 yards per completion. They batted three times, losing two of them.

Kyahva Tezino has a huge game

Linebacker Kyahva Tezino had a phenomenal game for the Stallions. The San Diego State product led the team with nine total tackles (six solo, three assisted) and forced two fumbles, recovering one.

The two forced fumbles came on back-to-back defensive backs with timeouts in between. The forced fumble and fumble recovery came on the final play of the second half when Tezino stripped the ball from Calvin Turner and fell on it to end the half. On San Antonio’s first offensive play of the second half, Tezino hit the ball from Kirklin to put the Stallions in the red zone.