The new-and-improved spring football league, known as the United States Football League (USFL) kicked off this past weekend from Birmingham, Ala., where all eight teams partook in action on the gridiron.

The eight teams competing in Birmingham in the brand-new league are: The Birmingham Stallions, the Philadelphia Stars, the New Jersey Generals, the Houston Gamblers, the Tampa Bay Bandits, the Pittsburgh Maulers, the Michigan Panthers and the New Orleans Breakers.

Here are scores from the past weekend of the opening week of the season.

Stallions vs. Generals Final Score: 28-24 BHAM Stars vs. Breakers Final Score: 23-17 N.O.

Gamblers vs. Panthers Final Score: 17-12 HOU Maulers vs. Bandits Final Score: 17-3 T.B.

For week 2 of the season, the matchups are listed as follows:

Panthers vs. Generals

Stallions vs. Gamblers

Breakers vs. Bandits

Stars vs. Maulers

The North Division comprises the Stars, Maulers, Panthers and Generals. The South Division will consist of the Stallions, Breakers, Gamblers and Bandits.

The USFL is owned by FOX Sports. The Stallions-Generals game from the past weekend was aired on both FOX and NBC, making it the first scheduled sporting event to air on competing broadcast networks since both CBS and NBC televised Super Bowl I in 1967.

The original USFL existed in the early 80s before eventually folding, as the NFL continued its prominence and dominance as the premier professional football league in America.

According to the Associated Press, most games will be at Protective Stadium, which can hold 45,000 people and has been the home to UAB games since opening in October. Others will be played at Legion Field, an older venue in Birmingham.

Daryl Johnson is serving as executive vice president of football operations for the league, who was a longtime game analyst for the NFL on FOX.