USFL Week 2 recap: Stallions dominate Showboats; Reggie Corbin has electrical landing run in win

There are three undefeated groups left via the primary two weeks of the 2023 United States Football League season after the mud settled on Sunday evening.

The New Orleans Breakers, Birmingham Stallions and Michigan Panthers all improved to 2-0 with victories. It was the Stallions who had probably the most dominating victory of the weekend.

Birmingham Stallions quarterback Alex McGough towards the Memphis Showboats on April 22, 2023, at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Images)

The defending champions trounced the Memphis Showboats, 42-2. Alex McGough received the beginning at quarterback and was 21-of-28 with 301 yards and 4 landing passes. Each of the 4 touchdowns went to totally different receivers – Jace Sternberger, Davion Davis, Myron Mitchell and Thaddeus Moss. Running again Zaquandre White rushed for 2 touchdowns.

Birmingham had 463 complete yards and Memphis solely had 183 yards.

The Breakers dropped the Gamblers, 38-31, because of McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s drive with below 1 minute to play. He threw a 34-yard go to Lee Morris to get to the Gamblers’ 14-yard line. Then, it was Wes Hillis who scored on the following play. 

Bethel-Thompson had two landing passes and 251 passing yards on the day. Hillis had three touchdowns on the bottom.

New Orleans Breakers quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson towards the Houston Gamblers on April 22, 2023, at Protective Stadium in Birmingham. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Images)

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Gamblers quarterback Kenji Bahar had three landing passes within the loss. Justin Hall caught two of them and Anthony Ratliff-Williams had the opposite. Hall completed with eight catches for 110 yards.

On Sunday evening, the Panthers and Josh Love received the higher of the Philadelphia Stars and Case Cookus 24-10.

Love had 174 passing yards, a landing go and two interceptions. But Reggie Corbin delivered on the bottom with 151 speeding yards and two touchdowns. Corbin had a 52-yard landing run within the fourth quarter to place the sport out of attain.

Reggie Corbin of Michigan Panthers runs the ball towards the Philadelphia Stars at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on April 23, 2023, in Canton, Ohio. (Jason Miller/USFL/Getty Images)

In the opposite Sunday sport, the New Jersey Generals defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers 20-3. The Generals pressured three turnovers whereas Dakota Prukop and Darius Victor had touchdowns within the sport.

The Maulers and the Showboats are the one winless groups within the USFL. The Generals are 1-1 on the season.

Here’s what’s on faucet for Week 3.

• April 29: Birmingham Stallions vs. New Orleans Breakers (12:30 p.m. ET; USA)
• April 29: Houston Gamblers vs. Memphis Showboats (7 p.m. ET; FOX)
• April 30: Philadelphia Stars vs. Pittsburgh Maulers (Noon ET; NBC/Peacock)
• April 30: Michigan Panthers vs. New Jersey Generals (4 p.m. ET; FOX)