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==Championship games==
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!Date || colspan=2|Winning Team || colspan=2|Losing Team || colspan=2|Location || Attendance || MVP || Television
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|July 17, 1983 || '''[[Michigan Panthers]]''' || '''24''' || [[Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars|Philadelphia Stars]] || 22 || [[Mile High Stadium]] || [[Denver, Colorado]] || 50,906 || [[Bobby Hebert]] ||ABC
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|July 15, 1984 || '''[[Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars|Philadelphia Stars]]''' || '''23''' || [[Arizona Wranglers]] || 3 || [[Tampa Stadium]] || [[Tampa, Florida]] || 52,662 || [[Chuck Fusina]] || ABC
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|July 14, 1985 || '''[[Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars|Baltimore Stars]]''' || '''28''' || [[Oakland Invaders]] || 24 || [[Giants Stadium]] || [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]] || 49,263 || [[Kelvin Bryant]] || ABC
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The 1985 game was originally to be played at the [[Pontiac Silverdome]], but after the Panthers merged with Oakland, the game was awarded to Giants Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19831020&id=6jRTAAAAIBAJ&pg=7280,2552862|title=The Deseret News|via=Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=November 22, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322100045/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19831020&id=6jRTAAAAIBAJ&pg=7280,2552862|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hwpZAAAAIBAJ&pg=5745,1451191&dq=new+jersey+to+host+usfl+championship+game&hl=en|title=The Evening Independent|via=Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=November 22, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322100043/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hwpZAAAAIBAJ&pg=5745,1451191&dq=new+jersey+to+host+usfl+championship+game&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

Had there been a 1986 season, the championship game was scheduled to be played at Jacksonville's [[Gator Bowl Stadium]] on February 1, 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/1986sked.htm|title=1986 USFL Schedule|website=www.oursportscentral.com|access-date=June 23, 2012|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142756/http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/1986sked.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19841019&id=wvUaAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016,3683450|title=Daily News|via=Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=November 22, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322100045/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19841019&id=wvUaAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016,3683450|url-status=live}}</ref>

The USFL's championship trophy had a silver USFL-logoed helmet with a gold facemask, mounted on a marble base by a swooping silver armature. On the base were mounted gold plaques with the names and scores of the teams in the USFL Championship Games. Like the [[National Hockey League|NHL's]] [[Stanley Cup]] and the [[Canadian Football League|CFL's]] [[Grey Cup]], but unlike the NFL's [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] for their Super Bowl championship game, it was loaned to the winning team for one year rather than a new trophy being made each year for the winning team to keep. After the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars won the final USFL championship in 1985, General Manager [[Carl Peterson]] kept the trophy, and donated it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/hall-of-fame-receives-usfl-championship-trophy/ |title=Hall Of Fame Receives USFL Championship Trophy |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=June 28, 2019 |website=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205125547/https://www.profootballhof.com/hall-of-fame-receives-usfl-championship-trophy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>