Week 5 of the XFL season has a Thursday night game, a Saturday night doubleheader and a Sunday night game.
The referee assignments are listed below and their crews are shown in the tables with the replay official and ball spotter. XFL officials do not have uniform numbers.
All times are Eastern.
Game assignments
Thursday, March 16
- Houston Roughnecks at Seattle Sea Dragons, 10:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ — Jason Autrey
Saturday, March 18
- DC Defenders at St. Louis Battlehawks, 7 p.m. FX ESPN+ — Francisco Villar
- Orlando Guardians at Vegas Vipers, 10 p.m. FX ESPN+ — Mike Vandervelde
Sunday, March 19
- Arlington Renegades at San Antonio Brahmas, 9 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN+ — Jeff Heaser
Crews
Replay officials and ball spotters are listed with the crews.
| Pro League Yrs | Conference | Crew | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Jason Autrey | 1 | SEC | |
| U | William Thomas | 2 | ACC | |
| DJ | Andy Warner | 2 | Big 12 | |
| LJ | Cat Conti | 1 | Big 12 | |
| FJ | Eric Hartman | 3 | American Athletic | |
| SJ | Sean Petty | 1 | SEC | |
| BJ | Justin Staehr | 1 | Big Ten | |
| RO | Steve Kovac | Seattle | ||
| X | Charles Giles | Seattle |
| Pro League Yrs | Conference | Crew | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Francisco Villar | 4 | Pac-12 | |
| U | Chris Snead | 3 | SEC | |
| DJ | Dale Keller | 4 | Pac-12 | |
| LJ | Kole Knuepell | 1 | Big Ten | |
| FJ | Karina Tovar | 1 | ACC | |
| SJ | Milton Britton | 1 | ACC | |
| BJ | Fred Dimpfel | 1 | ACC | |
| RO | Eric Oliver | St. Louis | ||
| X | Austin Hill | St. Louis |
| Pro League Yrs | Conference | Crew | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Michael Vandervelde | 1 | Big 12 | |
| U | Amanda Sauer | 5 | Big Ten | Heaser |
| DJ | Rod Ammari | 3 | Pac-12 | |
| LJ | Darren Deckard | 1 | Big 12 | |
| FJ | Conor Clougherty | 1 | ACC | |
| SJ | Raymond Tate | 1 | SEC | |
| BJ | David Ross | 3 | Pac-12 | |
| RO | Brian Brown | Las Vegas | ||
| X | Eddie Garcia | Las Vegas |
| Pro League Yrs | Conference | Crew | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Jeff Heaser | 3 | ACC | |
| U | Krystle Apellaniz | 1 | Mountain West | Vandervelde |
| DJ | Cravonne Barrett | 4 | Pac-12 | |
| LJ | Steven Matarante | 2 | ACC | |
| FJ | Kendall Smith | 1 | MAC | |
| SJ | Gabriel DeLeon | 1 | Big 12 | |
| BJ | Peter Buchanan | 1 | ACC | |
| RO | Brian Jones | San Antonio | ||
| X | Austin Wright | San Antonio |
This officiating is a joke.
Just watched a ponytail throw a holding penalty on a WR executing a perfect stalk block … negating a TD run. People that never played football should not officiate it.
Bad joke
Salty person above