"Those who stay will be Champions."  Bo Schembechler

GO FOR THE GOLD WINNERS AND LOSERS

From 1981 to the Present



The USCFL's answer to the Super Bowl is known as "The Go for the Gold Game". Our League is divided into two conferences, the Atlantic Conference and the Pacific Conference. Each conference is further divided into two divisions; for the Atlantic Conference, those divisions are known as the Northern and the Southern Divisions, while the Pacific Conference has the Central and the Western Divisions. Each year, each division champion and eight wild card teams (four from each conference) square off in the League's playoffs. All four division champions get a first round bye. The first week of the post-season is the wild card weekend. The winners of the wild card games then advance to play the division champions in the Conference semi-finals, the winners of which advance to the Conference Championship game. The Conference Champions then meet each other in the Go for the Gold. In the early years of this League, there was year-round play, meaning that there could be as many as four Go for the Gold games in a single year and a champion's reign was only for three months. Then in 1988, the schedule was arranged so there were only two seasons in any one calendar year. The League adopted its current one season per calendar year in 1994. Below is a listing of the Go for the Gold winning and losing teams through the years.


GAME YEAR WINNER LOSER
I 1981 Five's A Mob (1) The Pink Panther (4)
II 1982 Five's A Mob (1) Scooby-Doo (2)
III 1982 The Smurfs (10) Scooby-Doo (2)
IV 1983 Five's A Mob (1) The Muppets (3)
V 1983 Woody Woodpecker (4) The Smurfs
VI 1983 Woody Woodpecker (4) The Smurfs
VII 1983 The Muppets (3) Woody Woodpecker (4)
VIII 1984 The Jetsons (2) (10) Q*Bert (1) (10)
IX 1984 The Peanuts Gang (4) The Muppets (3)
X 1984 Five's A Mob (1) Josie and the Pussycats (2) (10)
XI 1985 Five's A Mob (1) The Smurfs
XII 1985 Five's A Mob (1) The Flintstones (2)
XIII 1985 Tom & Jerry (1) The Smurfs
XIV 1986 Scooby-Doo (2) Strawberry Shortcake (7)
XV 1986 Woody Woodpecker (4) Mighty Mouse (4)
XVI 1986 Five's A Mob (1) Popeye (4)
XVII 1987 The Pink Panther (4) The Peanuts Gang (4)
XVIII 1987 Bugs Bunny (5) Woody Woodpecker (4)
XIX 1987 The Peanuts Gang (4) The Muppets (3)
XX 1988 Five's A Mob (1) The Muppets (3)
XXI 1988 Scooby-Doo (2) The Transformers
XXII 1989 She-Ra (6) The Pink Panther (4)
XXIII 1989 Five's A Mob (1) The Little Rascals (1)
XXIV 1990 She-Ra (6) The Smurfs
XXV 1990 He-Man (6) She-Ra (6)
XXVI 1991 Five's A Mob (1) He-Man (6)
XXVII 1991  Disney All-Stars Bugs Bunny (5)
XXVIII 1992 Thundercats (7) Woody Woodpecker (4)
XXIX 1993 Five's A Mob (1) The Smurfs
XXX 1994 Scooby-Doo (2) The Transformers
XXXI 1995 Five's A Mob (1) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1) (10)
XXXII 1996 The Transformers Five's A Mob (1)
XXXIII 1997 Disney All-Stars Classic Cartoon All-Stars
XXXIV 1998 Hanna-Barbera All Stars The Smurfs
XXXV 1998 Five's A Mob (1) Classic Cartoon All-Stars
XXXVI 1999 The Smurfs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (7)
XXXVII 2000 The Peanuts Gang (4) Warner Bros. All-Stars
XXXVIII 2001 Five's A Mob (1) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1)
XXXIX 2002 Five's A Mob (1) The Transformers
XL 2003 Five's A Mob (1) Five's A Mob Legends (1)
XLI 2004 Five's A Mob (1) The Smurfs
XLII 2005 Five's A Mob Legends (1) Hanna-Barbera All-Stars
XLIII 2006 (8) The Smurfs Fox All-Stars (10)
XLIV 2007 (9) The Smurfs  Hanna-Barbera All Stars
XLV 2008 Warner Bros. All-Stars Star Trek
XLVI 2009 (11) Jim Henson All-Stars Disney All-Stars

Footnotes: (1) Team no longer exists.   (2) Team absorbed into the Hanna Barbera All-Stars.   (3) Now known as the Jim Henson All-Stars.  (4) Team absorbed into the Classic Cartoon All-Stars.   (5) Now known as the Warner Bros. All-Stars.  (6) He-Man and She-Ra teams merged to form what is now known as The Masters of Power.  (7) Team absorbed into the 80's All-Stars.  (8) First Gold for the Gold game webcast. (9) First Gold for the Gold game audio webcast. (10) Indicates a team playing in their first Go For The Gold Game in their first tournament/season. (11) First ever podcast of a Go For The Gold Game,

Before Go For The Gold VIII was played, there were no conferences, cities or divisions. When twelve teams joined the USCFL all at once in the fall of 1983, the Atlantic and Pacific Conferences were established along with divisions and city assignments. Teams in red were Atlantic Conference Champions while the teams in blue were Pacific Conference Champions.

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