Michigan Panthers vs Houston Roughnecks, 2025 Week 8: Box Score & Game Hub

2025 UFL · Week 8 · Final

Michigan Panthers5-2 entering

Houston Roughnecks3-4 entering

Michigan Panthers beat Houston Roughnecks 30–18.

Team	1	2	3	4	T
MICH	7	7	13	3	30
HOU	3	9	0	6	18

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Kickoff: 1 PM ET (12 PM CT local)
TV: FOX
Venue: TDECU Stadium
Address: 3874 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004
Weather: Partly cloudy, 85°F, wind 10 mph S
Referee: Chris Coyte

Game leaders

MICH

HOU

PassingDanny Etling14/22, 167 yds, 3 TD, 0 INTJalan McClendon30/50, 316 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

RushingToa Taua12 car, 46 yds, 0 TDZaquandre White8 car, 59 yds, 0 TD

ReceivingMalik Turner4 rec, 40 yds, 1 TDJustin Hall11 rec, 88 yds, 1 TD

TacklesArnold Tarpley14 tklRayshad Williams6 tkl

Team stats

MICHHOU

254Total Yards441

159Yards Passing316

95Yards Rushing125

16First downs24

Stat	MICH	HOU
Total Plays	47	75
Rushing Plays	23	25
Att - Comp - Int	22-14-0	50-30-1
Sacked - Yds Lost	2-8	0-0
Third Downs	4-10-40%	7-14-50%
Fourth Downs	0-1-0%	2-4-50%
Penalties - Yards	4-30	6-50
Fumbles - Lost	0-0	1-1
Punts - Average	2-56.0	1-48.0
Time of Possession	25:28	34:32

Scoring summary

1st quarter

FG Chris Blewitt 260–3
Malik Turner 5 pass from Danny Etling (Cole Hikutini 1-Point Pass from Danny Etling)7–3

2nd quarter

Samson Nacua 1 pass from Danny Etling (Toa Taua 1-Point Run)14–3
Keke Chism 33 pass from Jalan McClendon (1-Point Pass Failed)14–9
FG Chris Blewitt 5114–12

3rd quarter

Devin Ross 35 pass from Danny Etling (Toa Taua 1-Point Run)21–12
Keni-H Lovely 55 interception return (1-Point Pass Failed)27–12

4th quarter

FG B.T. Potter 5230–12
Justin Hall 1 pass from Jalan McClendon (3-Point Pass Failed)30–18

Box score

Passing

Michigan Panthers

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Danny Etling	22	14	167	7.6	3	0	35t	2	8	126.3

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jalan McClendon	50	30	316	6.3	2	1	33t	0	0	83.4

Rushing

Michigan Panthers

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg
Toa Taua	12	46	3.83	12
Nate McCrary	6	27	4.50	16
Danny Etling	5	22	4.40	5

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg
Zaquandre White	8	59	7.38	45
Lorenzo Lingard	7	33	4.71	21
Jalan McClendon	9	24	2.67	8
Kirk Merritt	1	9	9.00	9

Receiving

Michigan Panthers

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Malik Turner	4	40	10.00	14	1	6
Devin Ross	2	39	19.50	35t	1	3
Jaylon Moore	2	24	12.00	13	0	3
Toa Taua	1	7	7.00	7	0	2
Cole Hikutini	1	6	6.00	6	0	1
Siaosi Mariner	1	26	26.00	26	0	1
Nate McCrary	1	12	12.00	12	0	3
Gunnar Oakes	1	12	12.00	12	0	1
Samson Nacua	1	1	1.00	1t	1	2

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Justin Hall	11	88	8.00	21	1	16
Keke Chism	4	57	14.25	33t	1	8
Cyril Grayson	4	56	14.00	32	0	6
Kirk Merritt	3	15	5.00	6	0	3
Josh Pederson	3	21	7.00	10	0	6
Emmanuel Butler	3	37	12.33	16	0	5
Lawrence Keys	2	42	21.00	29	0	2
Geor'quarius Spivey	0	0	0.00	0	0	2
Zaquandre White	0	0	0.00	0	0	2

Defense

Michigan Panthers

Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Solo	Ast	Tot
Arnold Tarpley	0	0	0.00	0	0	10	4	14
Kedrick Whitehead	0	0	0.00	0	0	8	0	8
Donavan Mutin	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	3	7
D.J. Miller	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	2	6
Noah Dawkins	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	1	6
Adonis Alexander	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	1	5
Garrett Marino	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	3	5
Ron'Dell Carter	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	2	4
Samson Nacua	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	1	4
Keni-H Lovely	1	55	55.00	55t	1	2	0	2
Akeem Dent	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	2
Taylor Stallworth	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2	2
Benning Potoa'e	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	2
Kenny Willekes	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	2
Kai Nacua	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	2
Ron Stone	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	1
T.J. Carter	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	1
Mika Tafua	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	1
James Neal	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	1
Bryce Torneden	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	1
KiAnte Hardin	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	1

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Rayshad Williams	6	0	6	0.0	0.0
Jamir Jones	5	1	6	2.0	8.0
Corn Elder	4	1	5	0.0	0.0
Xavier Benson	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Markel Roby	4	0	4	0.0	0.0
TJ Franklin	2	2	4	0.0	0.0
Marvin Moody	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Damon Arnette	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
Shawn Preston Jr.	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Olive Sagapolu	0	3	3	0.0	0.0
Christopher Allen	0	2	2	0.0	0.0
Colby Richardson	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Rashod Berry	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Israel Antwine	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Leon O'Neal	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Darrius Moragne	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Jeremiah Tyler	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Drew Lewis	0	1	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	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	1/1	52	46	3

Houston Roughnecks

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Chris Blewitt	0/0	2/2	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	51	--	6

Punting

Michigan Panthers

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Seth Vernon	2	112	56.0	56	0	1	0	42.5	1	27

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Michael Rivers	1	48	48.0	48	0	0	0	-40.0	1	88

Kickoff Returns

Michigan Panthers

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Xavier Malone	4	88	22.00	26	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Cyril Grayson	5	128	25.60	43	0
Lawrence Keys	1	11	11.00	11	0

Punt Returns

Michigan Panthers

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Xavier Malone	1	88	88.00	88	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Lawrence Keys	1	27	27.00	27	0

Head-to-head

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

May 31, 2025Houston Roughnecks 19 @ Michigan Panthers 12
May 26, 2024Michigan Panthers 26 @ Houston Roughnecks 22
Apr 14, 2024Houston Roughnecks 20 @ Michigan Panthers 34

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.