Michigan Panthers vs Memphis Showboats, 2025 Week 1: Box Score & Game Hub

2025 UFL · Week 1 · Final

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Michigan Panthers beat Memphis Showboats 26–12.

Team	1	2	3	4	T
MICH	3	7	7	9	26
MEM	0	3	3	6	12

Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025
Kickoff: 12 PM ET (11 AM CT local)
TV: ESPN
Venue: Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium
Address: 335 South Hollywood Street, Memphis, TN 38104
Weather: Overcast, 69°F, wind 13 mph S
Referee: Adam Savoie

Game leaders

MICH

MEM

PassingBryce Perkins16/19, 163 yds, 1 TD, 0 INTTroy Williams8/11, 104 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT

RushingNate McCrary14 car, 34 yds, 0 TDDeneric Prince10 car, 38 yds, 0 TD

ReceivingMarcus Simms4 rec, 53 yds, 0 TDJonathan Adams6 rec, 93 yds, 1 TD

TacklesFrank Ginda11 tkl, 0.5 skSteele Chambers10 tkl

Team stats

MICHMEM

281Total Yards247

186Yards Passing178

95Yards Rushing69

18First downs16

Stat	MICH	MEM
Total Plays	58	55
Rushing Plays	32	24
Att - Comp - Int	25-20-0	28-18-2
Sacked - Yds Lost	1-7	3-19
Third Downs	6-14-42%	2-9-22%
Fourth Downs	2-2-100%	1-1-100%
Penalties - Yards	4-18	6-59
Fumbles - Lost	2-0	1-0
Punts - Average	3-49.7	4-44.5
Time of Possession	31:40	28:20

Scoring summary

1st quarter

FG B.T. Potter 323–0

2nd quarter

Bryce Perkins 2 run (Bryce Perkins 1-Point Run)10–0
FG Matt Coghlin 5010–3

3rd quarter

FG Matt Coghlin 4510–6
Samson Nacua 25 pass from Bryce Perkins (Matt Colburn 1-Point Run)17–6

4th quarter

FG B.T. Potter 4320–6
Jonathan Adams 6 pass from E.J. Perry (2-Point Pass Failed)20–12
Kai Nacua 20 interception return (1-Point Pass Failed)26–12

Box score

Passing

Michigan Panthers

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Bryce Perkins	19	16	163	8.6	1	0	30	0	0	120.0
Danny Etling	6	4	30	5.0	0	0	12	1	7	78.5

Memphis Showboats

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
E.J. Perry	17	10	93	5.5	1	1	24	2	3	69.0
Troy Williams	11	8	104	9.5	0	1	38	1	16	64.2

Rushing

Michigan Panthers

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Nate McCrary	14	34	2.43	13	0
Matt Colburn	10	32	3.20	7	0
Danny Etling	2	15	7.50	10	0
Bryce Perkins	6	14	2.33	6	1

Memphis Showboats

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg
Deneric Prince	10	38	3.80	16
Jalen Jackson	11	24	2.18	8
E.J. Perry	3	7	2.33	3

Receiving

Michigan Panthers

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Malik Turner	5	40	8.00	12	0	5
Marcus Simms	4	53	13.25	30	0	6
Siaosi Mariner	3	35	11.67	18	0	5
Matt Colburn	2	10	5.00	5	0	2
Samson Nacua	2	35	17.50	25	1	2
Cole Hikutini	1	6	6.00	6	0	1
Nate McCrary	1	6	6.00	6	0	1
Gunnar Oakes	1	7	7.00	7	0	1
Devin Ross	1	1	1.00	1	0	2

Memphis Showboats

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Jonathan Adams	6	93	15.50	38	1	7
Jalen Jackson	2	21	10.50	15	0	2
Kwamie Lassiter II	2	10	5.00	8	0	3
Deneric Prince	2	27	13.50	24	0	4
Jay Jay Wilson	1	8	8.00	8	0	1
Eli Stove	1	9	9.00	9	0	3
Kai Locksley	1	5	5.00	5	0	1
Ryan Izzo	1	10	10.00	10	0	1
Isiah Hennie	1	6	6.00	6	0	2
Dee Anderson	1	8	8.00	8	0	2
Chris Pierce	0	0	0.00	0	0	1

Defense

Michigan Panthers

Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Frank Ginda	0	0	0.00	0	0	6	5	11	0.5	1.0
Kedrick Whitehead	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	4	7	0.0	0.0
Kai Nacua	1	80	80.00	80	1	2	4	6	0.0	0.0
Kenny Willekes	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	1	6	1.0	16.0
Garrett Marino	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	4	6	0.5	1.0
Adonis Alexander	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	1	5	0.0	0.0
Mika Tafua	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	4	1.0	1.0
T.J. Carter	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Noah Dawkins	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Bryce Torneden	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Donavan Mutin	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Javin White	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Arnold Tarpley	1	2	2.00	2	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Tyree Gillespie	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Samson Nacua	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Walter Palmore	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Levonta Taylor	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Keni-H Lovely	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Malik Turner	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0

Memphis Showboats

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Steele Chambers	5	5	10	0.0	0.0
Eli Walker	5	4	9	0.0	0.0
Zeke Vandenburgh	3	6	9	0.0	0.0
Keaton Ellis	4	4	8	0.0	0.0
P.J. Hall	2	4	6	0.0	0.0
Eric Garror	3	3	6	0.0	0.0
Kyree Woods	2	3	5	0.0	0.0
Nasir Player	1	4	5	0.0	0.0
Josiah Bronson	1	3	4	0.0	0.0
Lance Boykin	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Mark Gilbert	0	3	3	0.0	0.0
John Atkins	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Jaylon Allen	2	1	3	1.0	7.0
Owen Roberts	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Nehemiah Shelton	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Amir Riep	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
DaMarcus Mitchell	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Obi Melifonwu	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Izayah Green-May	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Deneric Prince	1	0	1	0.0	0.0

Kicking

Michigan Panthers

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
B.T. Potter	0/0	2/4	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/2	43	58,50	6

Memphis Showboats

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

Punting

Michigan Panthers

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Seth Vernon	3	149	49.7	56	3	0	0	29.7	0	0

Memphis Showboats

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Matt Mengel	4	178	44.5	49	0	2	0	44.2	2	1

Kickoff Returns

Michigan Panthers

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Xavier Malone	3	72	24.00	32	0

Memphis Showboats

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Deneric Prince	5	85	17.00	24	0

Punt Returns

Michigan Panthers

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Xavier Malone	2	1	0.50	8	0

Memphis Showboats

None

Head-to-head

MICH 3–0 MEM in 3 previous UFL meetings (since 2024; team names as of each season).

Apr 18, 2025Memphis Showboats 9 @ Michigan Panthers 27
May 18, 2024Memphis Showboats 18 @ Michigan Panthers 24
Apr 28, 2024Michigan Panthers 35 @ Memphis Showboats 18

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 2025. Player links go to UFL Blitz career pages where we could match the player.