The first shutout of the United Football League’s inaugural season secured a third consecutive spring football championship for the Birmingham Stallions Sunday night in St. Louis.

With a 25-0 win over the San Antonio Brahmas in front of an audience of 27,396 at The Dome at America’s Center, Birmingham extended a postseason win streak to six games following two straight USFL championships.

The Stallions finished the inaugural UFL season 11-1 overall and improved to 32-4 all-time under head coach Skip Holtz having outscored playoff opponents 195-99. Birmingham’s lone loss of this season came just 22 days prior to the same San Antonio team which snapped a 15-game win streak that dated back to last season.

Now, the Stallions join the NFL’s Green Bay Packers (1929-31 and 1965-67) and Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Elks (Eskimos 1954-56 and 1978-1982) as the only professional teams to win three straight league titles.

“You have to learn how to compete, then you have to learn how to win but then you have to learn how to handle winning. And that’s probably one of the hardest steps to take,” Holtz said in his postgame press conference. “For me as a coach, my favorite part of coaching is watching a player and a team develop and it has been an incredibly rewarding experience for me and a true blessing from God for giving me the opportunity to be here.”

Regular season MVP Adrian Martinez added to his trophy case by being named the UFL Championship Game MVP with three total touchdowns between 98 passing yards on 13 completions with 1 score on top of 52 rushing yards with 2 touchdowns.

Tom Brady, who was getting his feet wet in the FOX broadcast booth, presented the championship MVP trophy to Martinez who still couldn’t believe it after the game.

“Hard to put into words right now, hasn’t really set in yet but a lot to be thankful for, I kept telling people I don’t know if that was a real moment or not, even Tom Brady himself looked like a wax figure or something,” Martinez said. “Pretty fortunate, a lot to be thankful for. Again, like coach said, playing for the Stallions is a blessing so I’m thankful to be here”

Linebacker Kyahva Tezino led the way defensively with 9 total tackles, including 6 solos, in addition to 2 of the Stallions’ 3 forced fumbles to become the first UFL defender to force multiple fumbles in a single game. Tezino recovered his first one in the second quarter and returned it 17 yards to kill the Brahmas’ last drive of the half.

It was not long ago that he didn’t have a football opportunity but Tezino found it in the UFL.

“It’s a developmental league so all of the mistakes and the write-ups you had in college, you’re able to come here and fix them and prove the people who put those reports out there wrong so it’s just a great opportunity,” Tezino said. “I was driving Amazon trucks, from being nobody to somebody in a matter of a year it just tells you how quick God can change your life in a matter of a month or two.”