Dan Schachner: Last News

Katcy Stephan Everything’s ready for the big game this Sunday: treats, poop bags, pee pads and all. No, not that game. The Puppy Bowl is back again for its 20th year, featuring sports’ most revered face-off between Team Ruff and Team Fluff.

Puppy Bowl 2025 and are now su-paw-stars: Team Fluff.The 21st installment of the beloved rescue animal event saw Team Ruff and Team Fluff face off in Puppy Bowl XXI on Sunday. Team Fluff took home the win with a close score of 68-66.

Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 9.But there’s another big game to watch — and it involves the cutest puppies who are all adoptable.The Post spoke to Dan Schachner, the referee of this year’s game, who revealed several behind-the-scenes secrets of the playful competition, including what happens when the pups from Team Ruff and Team Fluff have accidents on the field — which, he said, is inevitable.“How we deal with it — because again, we’re trying to show all sides of dogs — is we scoop it up, clean it up as quickly as possible,” Schachner explained earlier this week. “We have a team that’s almost like a NASCAR pit crew that comes in and just quickly scoops it up.

Willem Dafoe are among the celebs in the 2025 spots. Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar will rock the halftime performance, along with special guest SZA. The game airs beginning at 6 p.m.

Puppy Bowl 2025 referee Dan Schachner revealed behind-the-scenes secrets about the annual event that happens right before the Super Bowl — including how they handle the furry competitors inevitably having mishaps on the field.“Every single year we try to not get delayed by it,” he exclusively told The Post. “It’s very easy to call a delay of game.”“There’s many different euphemisms we can use like pooch puddle or fertilizing of the field, tinkle on the 20, turd and long,” he continued. “There’s a lot of ways that we can describe it in a funny way.

Puppy Bowl XXI.Maxx was dumped at an animal shelter last year, probably by a breeder who deemed him “unsellable” due to a malformed front leg, which the shelter was forced to amputate, according to the Nevada SPCA.Now, the plucky pooch will join 142 other rescue dogs in Discovery’s annual showcase, in which rescue pups from around the country will “compete” on a miniature football field while their human counterparts make dog piles in New Orleans when the Kansas City Chiefs face off against the Philadelphia Eagles. A shelter staff member drove Maxx 2,500 miles to a New York TV studio to record the paw-stigious event, which aims to raise awareness for rescue animals.The spotted spectacle — which had more than 13 million viewers last year — features two squads of rescue dogs (“Team Fluff” and “Team Ruff”) chasing balls, toys and one another as human referee Dan Schachner calls “penalties” for infractions like fighting (“unnecessary ruffness”) and pooping on the turf (“excessive fertilization”).“We named him Maxx after Max Crosby from the Las Vegas Raiders,” Nevada SPCA director Lori Heeren told The Post.

ruff match!The winner of the 2024 Puppy Bowl was officially decided on Sunday, when Team Ruff managed to overtake Team Fluff hours before the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Fransisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. In a very close game, Team Ruff eked out a narrow victory over Team Fluff, with 72 points to 69.

Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, Team Ruff will face Team Fluff at the 2024 Puppy Bowl.For the 20th year, the Puppy Bowl is back, hosting a record-breaking 131 dogs from 73 shelters across the country battle for the Lombarky Trophy. Six pups with special needs will also be competing this year. The three-hour matchup airs hours before the Super Bowl and aims to raise awareness about adopting pets from shelters and rescuing abandoned animals.“Puppies are taking over the show’s production by operating the cameras and lighting, directing from the control room, and stage managing on the studio floor,” Warner Bros.

Discovery+, just before the human 2022 Super Bowl. “These are not trained puppies,” long-time Puppy Bowl referee Dan Schachner told The Post. “These are dogs in their purest form.”This year was the largest competition yet, with more than 100 dogs from 63 shelters in 33 states, including a pup from Hawaii.

Dan Schachner told The Post. “These are dogs in their purest form.”But the annual puppy palooza serves a larger paw-pose: to find these furry friends a forever family.In fact, the Puppy Bowl has always had a 100% adoption rate.“Every Puppy Bowl ends with every single dog being adopted,” Schachner, who has refereed the big game for 11 years, said.

annual Puppy Bowl.These competing canines are ready to ruff each other up — albeit playfully — in an event nearly as big as the human Super Bowl.Who cares that the Los Angeles Rams will take on the Cincinnati Bengals? The real focus is on Rob Gronchowski and Ted D. Bear going snout to snout in Sunday’s bowl game.The two teams, Ruff and Fluff, are vying for the “Lombarky” trophy, the highest honor of any canine championship.“It’s like a zoo when you’re watching the Puppy Bowl, it’s a little bit of everything,” Puppy Bowl referee Dan Schachner told The Post.For another year, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg will bark the play-by-plays of the slobbery extravaganza.There’s only one rule in Puppy Bowl: drag a toy into the end zone to score a touchdown.