USFL Week 3 officiating assignments

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The USFL enters its third week with two crews working the four games. James Carter and crew will debut this weekend, and the other crew will be working their second weekend of the season. There is a substitution this weekend for the crew that is normally headed by referee Bryan Banks. Larry Smith (pictured above) will substitute this weekend for Banks, although there will be a second swap between Carter and Smith for the Sunday games. Banks is scheduled to work Week 4.

Game assignments

All games are played at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., and times listed are Eastern.

Saturday, April 30

• Tampa Bay Bandits vs. Houston Gamblers, 4 p.m. Fox — James Carter
• Birmingham Stallions vs. New Orleans Breakers, 8 p.m. Fox — Larry Smith (Bryan Banks crew)

Sunday, May 1

• Pittsburgh Maulers vs. Michigan Panthers, 2:30 p.m. USA — Larry Smith (Carter crew)
• New Jersey Generals vs. Philadelphia Stars, 8 p.m. Peacock — James Carter (Banks crew)

Crews

Pro Seasons include AAF, XFL, and NFL.

			Pro Seasons	College Conference
R	10	James Carter	3	SEC
U	3	Brandon Cruse	3	Big 12
DJ	47	Robin DeLorenzo	3	Big Ten
LJ	21	Max Causey	3	Pac-12
FJ	29	Jimmy DeBell	10	[former NFL official]
SJ	9	Tuta Salaam	1	Big 12
BJ	24	Tra Boger	1	SEC

Bryan Banks’ crew is listed below.

			Pro Seasons	College Conference
R	19	Larry Smith	3	Big Ten
U	65	Frank Villar	3	Pac-12
DJ	67	Derek Anderson	1	Big 12
LJ	42	Tangela Mitchell-Ross	2	SWAC
FJ	56	Jason Ledet	1	Big 12
SJ	88	Raymond Daniel	1	Big Ten
BJ	13	Martin Hankins	1	SEC

Assigned to all games:

• Replay official: Mike Pereira (from the USFL Replay Center in Los Angeles)
• Supervisor: Ron Baynes

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