St. Louis Battlehawks vs Houston Roughnecks, 2025 Week 1: Box Score & Game Hub

2025 UFL · Week 1 · Final

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St. Louis Battlehawks beat Houston Roughnecks 31–6.

Team	1	2	3	4	T
STL	6	12	0	13	31
HOU	0	0	0	6	6

Date: Friday, March 28, 2025
Kickoff: 8 PM ET (7 PM CT local)
TV: FOX
Venue: TDECU Stadium
Address: 3874 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004
Weather: Thunderstorm In Vicinity, 70°F, wind 2 mph NE
Referee: Kole Knueppel

Game leaders

STL

HOU

PassingManny Wilkins17/22, 189 yds, 0 TD, 0 INTNolan Henderson7/18, 68 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

RushingJarveon Howard13 car, 115 yds, 1 TDNolan Henderson4 car, 54 yds, 0 TD

ReceivingJahcour Pearson6 rec, 83 yds, 0 TDJustin Hall5 rec, 40 yds, 1 TD

TacklesQwynnterrio Cole4 tkl, 1 INTJeremiah Tyler8 tkl

Team stats

STLHOU

460Total Yards170

187Yards Passing76

273Yards Rushing94

24First downs11

Stat	STL	HOU
Total Plays	64	48
Rushing Plays	41	16
Att - Comp - Int	22-17-0	29-12-2
Sacked - Yds Lost	1-2	3-13
Third Downs	8-12-66%	6-13-46%
Fourth Downs	0-2-0%	0-2-0%
Penalties - Yards	5-60	3-20
Fumbles - Lost	0-0	0-0
Punts - Average	-	4-48.5
Time of Possession	35:33	24:27

Scoring summary

1st quarter

Jacob Saylors 4 run (2-Point Pass Failed)6–0

2nd quarter

Manny Wilkins 1 run (2-Point Run Failed)12–0
FG Rodrigo Blankenship 4815–0
FG Rodrigo Blankenship 3318–0

4th quarter

Manny Wilkins 1 run (1-Point Run Failed)24–0
Jarveon Howard 74 run (Max Duggan 1-Point Run)31–0
Justin Hall 5 pass from Nolan Henderson (2-Point Pass Failed)31–6

Box score

Passing

St. Louis Battlehawks

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Manny Wilkins	22	17	189	8.6	0	0	33	1	2	102.3

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Nolan Henderson	18	7	68	3.8	1	0	19	2	13	68.8
Anthony Brown	11	5	21	1.9	0	2	9	1	0	12.9

Rushing

St. Louis Battlehawks

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Jarveon Howard	13	115	8.85	74	1
Jacob Saylors	16	98	6.12	25	1
Manny Wilkins	8	43	5.38	12	2
Max Duggan	3	12	4.00	15	0
Blake Jackson	1	5	5.00	5	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg
Nolan Henderson	4	54	13.50	33
Anthony Brown	1	20	20.00	20
Kirk Merritt	8	16	2.00	10
Lorenzo Lingard	3	4	1.33	2

Receiving

St. Louis Battlehawks

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	Tar
Jahcour Pearson	6	83	13.83	33	6
Jacob Saylors	4	47	11.75	19	5
Jarveon Howard	3	18	6.00	9	3
Frank Darby	2	32	16.00	20	2
Chase Allen	1	5	5.00	5	1
Jake Sutherland	1	4	4.00	4	1
Hakeem Butler	0	0	0.00	0	1
Blake Jackson	0	0	0.00	0	1
Gary Jennings	0	0	0.00	0	1

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Justin Hall	5	40	8.00	19	1	10
Keke Chism	2	19	9.50	12	0	6
Kirk Merritt	2	5	2.50	4	0	4
Emmanuel Butler	1	16	16.00	16	0	2
Lawrence Keys	1	2	2.00	2	0	4
Cam Sutton	1	7	7.00	7	0	2

Defense

St. Louis Battlehawks

Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Qwynnterrio Cole	1	-2	-2.00	-2	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Lukas Denis	1	0	0.00	0	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Nick Whiteside	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Pita Taumoepenu	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	3	2.0	13.0
Olakunle Fatukasi	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Brandon Sebastian	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Nate Meadors	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	3	0.0	0.0
Chris Jones	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Myles Jones	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Austin Faoliu	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Chris Garrett	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Carson Wells	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Mike Rose	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Freedom Akinmoladun	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Callahan O'Reilly	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Tautala Pesefea	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	1.0	0.0
Kameron Kelly	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Willie Harvey	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Travis Feeney	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Jeremiah Tyler	6	2	8	0.0	0.0
Drew Lewis	5	1	6	0.0	0.0
Marvin Moody	5	1	6	0.0	0.0
Markel Roby	3	2	5	0.0	0.0
Byron Vaughns	2	3	5	0.0	0.0
Leon O'Neal	4	1	5	0.0	0.0
Rayshad Williams	3	2	5	0.0	0.0
Jamir Jones	5	0	5	0.0	0.0
TJ Franklin	3	2	5	0.0	0.0
Damon Arnette	5	0	5	1.0	2.0
Corn Elder	3	1	4	0.0	0.0
Keenan Isaac	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Eyabi Okie-Anoma	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Shawn Preston Jr.	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Marquis Wilson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Olive Sagapolu	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Josh Pederson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Kirk Merritt	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Glen Logan	0	1	1	0.0	0.0

Kicking

St. Louis Battlehawks

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Rodrigo Blankenship	0/0	2/2	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	48	--	6

Houston Roughnecks

None

Punting

St. Louis Battlehawks

None

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Michael Rivers	4	194	48.5	51	0	1	0	33.2	4	61

Kickoff Returns

St. Louis Battlehawks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Blake Jackson	1	17	17.00	17	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Kirk Merritt	4	79	19.75	23	0
Lawrence Keys	1	25	25.00	25	0

Punt Returns

St. Louis Battlehawks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Jahcour Pearson	3	51	17.00	26	0
Blake Jackson	1	10	10.00	10	0

Houston Roughnecks

None

Head-to-head

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

May 24, 2026St. Louis Battlehawks 21 @ Houston Gamblers 15
May 16, 2026Houston Gamblers 23 @ St. Louis Battlehawks 16
May 4, 2024Houston Roughnecks 8 @ St. Louis Battlehawks 22

Depth charts

St. Louis Battlehawks2027 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 2025. Player links go to UFL Blitz career pages where we could match the player.