Memphis Showboats vs Houston Roughnecks, 2024 Week 1: Box Score & Game Hub

2024 UFL · Week 1 · Final

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Memphis Showboats beat Houston Roughnecks 18–12.

Team	1	2	3	4	T
MEM	9	6	0	3	18
HOU	0	3	0	9	12

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Kickoff: 3 PM ET (2 PM CT local)
TV: ESPN
Venue: Rice Stadium
Address: 6100 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
Weather: Haze, 79°F, wind 19 mph S
Referee: Jeff Heaser

Game leaders

MEM

HOU

PassingCase Cookus23/40, 204 yds, 1 TD, 1 INTJarrett Guarantano16/21, 157 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT

RushingCase Cookus4 car, 16 yds, 0 TDJarrett Guarantano2 car, 22 yds, 1 TD

ReceivingJonathan Adams4 rec, 49 yds, 0 TDKirk Merritt4 rec, 33 yds, 0 TD

TacklesT.J. Neal4 tklReuben Foster6 tkl, 1 INT

Team stats

MEMHOU

228Total Yards174

194Yards Passing131

34Yards Rushing43

17First downs10

Stat	MEM	HOU
Total Plays	62	37
Rushing Plays	19	11
Att - Comp - Int	40-23-1	22-16-0
Sacked - Yds Lost	3-10	4-26
Third Downs	9-15-60%	3-8-37%
Fourth Downs	0-0-0%	0-0-0%
Penalties - Yards	10-65	12-90
Fumbles - Lost	1-1	3-3
Punts - Average	2-38.0	3-23.7
Time of Possession	39:32	20:28

Scoring summary

1st quarter

FG Matt Coghlin 273–0
Christian McFarland 12 fumble return (1-Point Run Failed)9–0

2nd quarter

Vinny Papale 11 pass from Case Cookus (1-Point Pass Failed)15–0
FG JJ Molson 5515–3

4th quarter

FG JJ Molson 4515–6
FG Matt Coghlin 5118–6
Jarrett Guarantano 1 run (3-Point Pass Failed)18–12

Box score

Passing

Memphis Showboats

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Case Cookus	40	23	204	5.1	1	1	33	3	10	69.2

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jarrett Guarantano	21	16	157	7.5	0	0	20	3	22	96.7
Reid Sinnett	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	4	39.6

Rushing

Memphis Showboats

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg
Case Cookus	4	16	4.00	8
Daewood Davis	1	15	15.00	15
Darius Victor	10	3	0.30	4
Titus Swen	4	0	0.00	3

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Jarrett Guarantano	2	22	11.00	21	1
T.J. Pledger	6	15	2.50	5	0
Tiyon Evans	2	5	2.50	3	0
Kirk Merritt	1	1	1.00	1	0

Receiving

Memphis Showboats

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Daewood Davis	7	43	6.14	12	0	10
Darius Victor	5	33	6.60	9	0	5
Vinny Papale	4	36	9.00	11t	1	7
Jonathan Adams	4	49	12.25	17	0	5
Sage Surratt	2	38	19.00	33	0	7
Titus Swen	1	5	5.00	5	0	1
Lee Morris	0	0	0.00	0	0	4
Wes Saxton	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Diondre Overton	0	0	0.00	0	0	1

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	Tar
Kirk Merritt	4	33	8.25	15	5
Isiah Hennie	2	9	4.50	7	2
T.J. Pledger	2	14	7.00	10	2
Anthony Ratliff-Williams	2	17	8.50	12	3
Braedon Bowman	2	23	11.50	13	3
Justin Hall	1	17	17.00	17	1
Tiyon Evans	1	20	20.00	20	1
Keke Chism	1	11	11.00	11	1
Emmanuel Butler	1	13	13.00	13	1

Defense

Memphis Showboats

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
T.J. Neal	4	0	4	0.0	0.0
Kyree Woods	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Greg Reaves	3	0	3	2.0	9.0
Christian McFarland	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Malik Lawal	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Quenton Meeks	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Maximilian Roberts	2	0	2	1.0	10.0
T.J. Green	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
John Atkins	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Dillon Faamatau	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Josiah Bronson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Tyshun Render	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Vontae Diggs	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Delrick Abrams	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Jordan Ferguson	1	0	1	1.0	7.0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Reuben Foster	1	8	8.00	8	4	2	6	0.0	0.0
Donald Rutledge	0	0	0.00	0	3	3	6	0.0	0.0
Corn Elder	0	0	0.00	0	2	3	5	0.0	0.0
Jimmy Moreland	0	0	0.00	0	5	0	5	0.0	0.0
Colby Richardson	0	0	0.00	0	3	1	4	0.0	0.0
Adam Rodriguez	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Toby Johnson	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	3	1.0	7.0
Ja'von Hicks	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Olive Sagapolu	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Keonte Schad	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Ethan Westbrooks	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	1.0	0.0
Carlo Kemp	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Ronheen Bingham	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	1.0	3.0
Jeremiah Tyler	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Gabe Sewell	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Markel Roby	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Jeremiah Johnson	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Marvin Moody	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Glen Logan	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Matt Coghlin	0/0	2/4	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/3	51	56,55	6

Houston Roughnecks

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
JJ Molson	0/0	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/1	55	--	6

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Matt White	2	76	38.0	49	1	1	0	28.0	1	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Hunter Niswander	3	71	23.7	39	0	1	1	15.8	1	8

Kickoff Returns

Memphis Showboats

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Trey Williams	3	87	29.00	33	0
Jonathan Adams	1	10	10.00	10	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Isiah Hennie	2	53	26.50	28	0
Anthony Ratliff-Williams	1	23	23.00	23	0

Punt Returns

Memphis Showboats

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Jarey Elder	1	8	8.00	8	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Isiah Hennie	1	0	0.00	0	0

Head-to-head

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

May 3, 2025Memphis Showboats 20 @ Houston Roughnecks 21
Apr 12, 2025Houston Roughnecks 18 @ Memphis Showboats 17
Jun 2, 2024Houston Roughnecks 12 @ Memphis Showboats 19

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.