DC Defenders vs San Antonio Brahmas, 2024 Week 1: Box Score & Game Hub

2024 UFL · Week 1 · Final

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San Antonio Brahmas beat DC Defenders 27–12.

Team	1	2	3	4	T
DC	3	6	3	0	12
SA	7	13	0	7	27

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Kickoff: 12 PM ET (11 AM CT local)
TV: ESPN
Venue: Alamodome
Address: 100 Montana Street, San Antonio, TX 78203
Weather: Overcast, 72°F, wind 12 mph S
Referee: Bryan Banks

Game leaders

PassingJordan Ta'amu25/45, 235 yds, 0 TD, 1 INTChase Garbers19/25, 158 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

RushingCam'Ron Harris8 car, 21 yds, 0 TDAnthony McFarland9 car, 47 yds, 0 TD

ReceivingTyrone Scott4 rec, 87 yds, 0 TDJontre Kirklin8 rec, 61 yds, 1 TD

TacklesMalik Fisher7 tkl, 1.0 skJordan Williams10 tkl

Team stats

DCSA

253Total Yards270

209Yards Passing195

44Yards Rushing75

16First downs14

Stat	DC	SA
Total Plays	62	51
Rushing Plays	13	23
Att - Comp - Int	45-25-1	27-20-0
Sacked - Yds Lost	4-26	1-3
Third Downs	5-14-35%	1-8-12%
Fourth Downs	0-1-0%	3-4-75%
Penalties - Yards	9-66	7-70
Fumbles - Lost	1-0	1-1
Punts - Average	3-39.0	3-51.0
Time of Possession	32:30	27:30

Scoring summary

1st quarter

Anthony McFarland 28 pass from Chase Garbers (John Lovett 1-Point Run)0–7
FG Matthew McCrane 503–7

2nd quarter

Jontre Kirklin 4 pass from Chase Garbers (Justin Smith 1-Point Pass from Chase Garbers)3–14
FG Matthew McCrane 346–14
FG Matthew McCrane 489–14
Alex Mollette 40 pass from Brad Wing (2-Point Pass Failed)9–20

3rd quarter

FG Matthew McCrane 2812–20

4th quarter

Chase Garbers 5 run (John Lovett 1-Point Run)12–27

Box score

Passing

DC Defenders

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jordan Ta'amu	45	25	235	5.2	0	1	43	3	23	60.9
Deondre Francois	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0

San Antonio Brahmas

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Chase Garbers	25	19	158	6.3	2	28t	1	3	118.4
Jontre Kirklin	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Brad Wing	1	1	40	40.0	1	40t	0	0	158.3

Rushing

DC Defenders

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg
Cam'Ron Harris	8	21	2.62	5
Jordan Ta'amu	3	10	3.33	5
Pooka Williams	1	9	9.00	9
Keke Coutee	1	4	4.00	4

San Antonio Brahmas

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Anthony McFarland	9	47	5.22	20	0
John Lovett	10	13	1.30	7	0
Marquez Stevenson	1	9	9.00	9	0
Chase Garbers	3	6	2.00	5t	1

Receiving

DC Defenders

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	Tar
Keke Coutee	4	14	3.50	13	4
Brandon Smith	4	47	11.75	15	7
Tyrone Scott	4	87	21.75	43	6
Briley Moore	4	28	7.00	12	4
Alex Ellis	3	28	9.33	17	6
Kelvin Harmon	3	27	9.00	12	6
Pooka Williams	2	0	0.00	6	3
Cam'Ron Harris	1	4	4.00	4	2
Chris Rowland	0	0	0.00	0	3

San Antonio Brahmas

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Jontre Kirklin	8	61	7.62	17	1	9
Marquez Stevenson	5	40	8.00	12	0	6
Justin Smith	2	13	6.50	14	0	3
Alizé Mack	1	0	0.00	0	0	1
Anthony McFarland	1	28	28.00	28t	1	3
Alex Mollette	1	40	40.00	40t	1	1
John Lovett	1	9	9.00	9	0	2
Cody Latimer	1	7	7.00	7	0	1

Defense

DC Defenders

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Malik Fisher	4	3	7	1.0	3.0
Anthony Hines	2	5	7	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Johnson	6	1	7	0.0	0.0
Michael Joseph	7	0	7	0.0	0.0
D.J. Swearinger	4	1	5	0.0	0.0
T.J. Barnes	1	3	4	0.0	0.0
Joseph Wallace	1	3	4	0.0	0.0
Santos Ramirez	1	3	4	0.0	0.0
Francis Bernard	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Ferrod Gardner	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Trent Harris	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Reggie Northrup	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Deandre Baker	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Derick Roberson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Anthoula Kelly	1	0	1	0.0	0.0

San Antonio Brahmas

Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Jordan Williams	0	0	0.00	0	3	7	10	0.0	0.0
Jordan Mosley	0	0	0.00	0	4	4	8	0.0	0.0
Tavante Beckett	0	0	0.00	0	4	3	7	0.0	0.0
Jalen Tabor	0	0	0.00	0	5	2	7	0.0	0.0
Darius Phillips	1	88	88.00	88	3	3	6	0.0	0.0
A.J. Hendy	0	0	0.00	0	4	2	6	0.0	0.0
Delontae Scott	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	3	0.5	2.0
Wyatt Ray	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	1.5	17.0
Caeveon Patton	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	0.5	1.5
Corey Mayfield	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Bryce Thompson	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Jalen Dalton	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Nate Wieland	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Joel Iyiegbuniwe	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Prince Emili	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.5	1.5
Taron Vincent	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Tim Ward	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	1.0	4.0
Garrett Nelson	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0

Kicking

DC Defenders

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Matthew McCrane	0/0	4/4	0/0	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	50	--	12

San Antonio Brahmas

None

Punting

DC Defenders

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Paxton Brooks	3	117	39.0	47	0	1	0	36.3	2	8

San Antonio Brahmas

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Brad Wing	3	153	51.0	53	0	2	0	39.3	3	35

Kickoff Returns

DC Defenders

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Pooka Williams	5	122	24.40	38	0

San Antonio Brahmas

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Brycen Alleyne	3	53	17.67	21	0
Anthony McFarland	2	52	26.00	28	0

Punt Returns

DC Defenders

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Pooka Williams	3	35	11.67	29	0

San Antonio Brahmas

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Marquez Stevenson	2	8	4.00	9	0

Head-to-head

DC 2–1 SA in 3 previous UFL meetings (since 2024; team names as of each season).

May 9, 2025DC Defenders 32 @ San Antonio Brahmas 24
Apr 20, 2025San Antonio Brahmas 24 @ DC Defenders 18
May 5, 2024San Antonio Brahmas 12 @ DC Defenders 18

Depth charts

DC Defenders2027 roster & depth chart

Depth charts are UFL Blitz's unofficial projection of the current roster.

Sources: schedule, final score, line score by quarter, weather and officials from theufl.com; team stats, player box score and scoring summary from footballdb.com. Kickoff times are Eastern. Team names are as they were in 2024. Player links go to UFL Blitz career pages where we could match the player.