DC Defenders vs Memphis Showboats, 2024 Week 9: Box Score & Game Hub

2024 UFL · Week 9 · Final

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DC Defenders beat Memphis Showboats 36–21.

Team	1	2	3	4	T
DC	6	16	8	6	36
MEM	0	7	0	14	21

Date: Sunday, May 26, 2024
Kickoff: 2:30 PM ET (1:30 PM CT local)
TV: FOX
Venue: Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium
Address: 335 South Hollywood Street, Memphis, TN 38104
Weather: Partly cloudy, 85°F, wind 23 mph SSW
Referee: Derek Anderson

Game leaders

MEM

PassingJordan Ta'amu20/24, 237 yds, 2 TD, 2 INTJosh Love9/14, 105 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

RushingDarius Hagans11 car, 46 yds, 0 TDDarius Victor14 car, 98 yds, 1 TD

ReceivingKeke Coutee5 rec, 69 yds, 0 TDJonathan Adams5 rec, 73 yds, 0 TD

TacklesMontae Nicholson7 tkl, 1 INTLamont McPhatter9 tkl, 1.0 sk

Team stats

DCMEM

431Total Yards231

263Yards Passing105

168Yards Rushing126

27First downs13

Stat	DC	MEM
Total Plays	71	43
Rushing Plays	38	20
Att - Comp - Int	30-23-2	21-13-2
Sacked - Yds Lost	3-14	2-15
Third Downs	8-13-61%	3-8-37%
Fourth Downs	1-1-100%	0-0-0%
Penalties - Yards	3-25	4-21
Fumbles - Lost	0-0	0-0
Punts - Average	2-39.5	5-45.4
Time of Possession	34:29	25:31

Scoring summary

1st quarter

Chris Rowland 35 pass from Jordan Ta'amu (2-Point Pass Failed)6–0

2nd quarter

Keke Coutee 6 run (Kaden Smith 2-Point Pass from Jordan Ta'amu)14–0
Darius Victor 6 run (Jonathan Adams 1-Point Pass from Josh Love)14–7
Alex Ellis 15 pass from Jordan Ta'amu (Jordan Ta'amu 2-Point Run)22–7

3rd quarter

Jordan Ta'amu 1 run (Kaden Smith 2-Point Pass from Jordan Ta'amu)30–7

4th quarter

Vinny Papale 14 pass from Josh Love (2-Point Pass Failed)30–13
Jalan McClendon 4 run (1-Point Run Failed)36–13
Josh Love 1 run (Jonathan Adams 2-Point Pass from Josh Love)36–21

Box score

Passing

DC Defenders

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jordan Ta'amu	24	20	237	9.9	2	2	35t	3	14	100.9
Jalan McClendon	6	3	40	6.7	0	0	20	0	0	71.5

Memphis Showboats

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Josh Love	14	9	105	7.5	1	2	48	1	6	71.1
Troy Williams	7	4	15	2.1	0	0	6	1	9	62.2

Rushing

DC Defenders

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Darius Hagans	11	46	4.18	9	0
Cam'Ron Harris	13	43	3.31	12	0
Jordan Ta'amu	4	38	9.50	22	1
Keke Coutee	3	17	5.67	7	1
Jalan McClendon	5	14	2.80	13	1
Chris Rowland	2	10	5.00	9	0

Memphis Showboats

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Darius Victor	14	98	7.00	26	1
Titus Swen	4	19	4.75	8	0
Josh Love	2	9	4.50	8	1

Receiving

DC Defenders

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Brandon Smith	6	52	8.67	14	0	7
Keke Coutee	5	69	13.80	20	0	5
Alex Ellis	3	28	9.33	15t	1	3
Chris Rowland	3	49	16.33	35t	1	3
Tyrone Scott	3	52	17.33	22	0	5
Kaden Smith	2	22	11.00	11	0	2
Briley Moore	1	5	5.00	5	0	1
Vyncint Smith	0	0	0.00	0	0	4

Memphis Showboats

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Jonathan Adams	5	73	14.60	48	0	7
Vinny Papale	3	26	8.67	14t	1	6
Darius Victor	2	3	1.50	4	0	2
Daewood Davis	1	3	3.00	3	0	2
Sage Surratt	1	4	4.00	4	0	2
Jay Jay Wilson	1	11	11.00	11	0	1
Lee Morris	0	0	0.00	0	0	1

Defense

DC Defenders

Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Montae Nicholson	1	2	2.00	2	4	3	7	0.0	0.0
Gareon Conley	1	0	0.00	0	3	1	4	0.0	0.0
Mohamed Sanogo	0	0	0.00	0	3	1	4	0.0	0.0
Derick Roberson	0	0	0.00	0	1	3	4	0.0	0.0
Anthoula Kelly	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	4	0.0	0.0
Deontay Anderson	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	3	1.0	9.0
Isaiah Johnson	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Anthony Hines	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Andre Mintze	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Ferrod Gardner	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Niles Scott	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Tyrone Scott	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Kevin Atkins	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Reggie Northrup	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Santos Ramirez	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Deandre Baker	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
T.J. Barnes	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Cam'Ron Harris	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Darius Hagans	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Brandon Smith	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Vyncint Smith	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Liam Fornadel	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0

Memphis Showboats

Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Lamont McPhatter	0	0	0.00	0	6	3	9	1.0	5.0
Kyree Woods	0	0	0.00	0	7	0	7	0.0	0.0
Anthony Butler	0	0	0.00	0	6	1	7	0.0	0.0
Jordan Ferguson	0	0	0.00	0	5	1	6	1.0	2.0
DJ Daniel	1	0	0.00	0	5	0	5	0.0	0.0
T.J. Neal	0	0	0.00	0	4	1	5	0.0	0.0
T.J. Green	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	5	0.0	0.0
Quenton Meeks	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	4	1.0	7.0
Tyshun Render	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Jarey Elder	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	4	0.0	0.0
Vontae Diggs	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Delrick Abrams	1	10	10.00	10	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Greg Reaves	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
John Atkins	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Josiah Bronson	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Daylon Mack	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
P.J. Hall	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Cyrus Habibi-Likio	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Jay Jay Wilson	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0

Punting

DC Defenders

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Paxton Brooks	2	79	39.5	51	0	0	0	36.5	1	6

Memphis Showboats

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Matt White	5	227	45.4	59	0	1	0	34.8	2	53

Kickoff Returns

DC Defenders

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Chris Rowland	3	97	32.33	37	0

Memphis Showboats

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Titus Swen	4	88	22.00	38	0

Punt Returns

DC Defenders

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Chris Rowland	2	53	26.50	45	0

Memphis Showboats

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Vinny Papale	1	6	6.00	6	0

Head-to-head

DC 1–0 MEM in 1 previous UFL meeting (since 2024; team names as of each season).

Apr 5, 2025Memphis Showboats 12 @ DC Defenders 17

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.