Decked-out BattleHawks fans cheer team to victory

Eric Casey from St. Louis wore some medals with colored ribbons on his white football jersey, a white Battlehawks helmet with a bright blue mohawk on top, and large customized wings, "These are BattleHawk wings that are articulated. Call me Major General Mohawk - not to be confused with with Jayhawks from Kansas - that's for the President. Full wings, full battle gear, highly-decorated. As you can see, I'm Major General Mohawk."

#KaKaw pic.twitter.com/CttRIHO0MN

— Ben Boyd (@BenBoydKMOX) February 23, 2020

Sandy Brady also dressed-up, "We're ready to go with the face gear (a blue bird mask), the feathers, the wings. Kaw and order man, kaw and order."

First @XFLBattleHawks touchdown! KA-KAAAAAAWWW! #KaKaw #ClearedToEngage pic.twitter.com/8gf86CR7lc

— Tom Franklin (@TomFranklinKMOX) February 23, 2020

As one fan put it, the costumes resembled a cross between Game of Thrones and a bird sanctuary.

Nearly 30,000 attended the home opener, won by the BattleHawks 29-9.

The kick return so tricky we just HAVE to see it again! --Joe Powell's house call is your @SchnuckMarkets play of the game! --#ForTheLoveOfFootball x #ClearedToEngage pic.twitter.com/Rl2ev1yzU7

— St. Louis BattleHawks (@XFLBattleHawks) February 24, 2020

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