DC Defenders vs Houston Roughnecks, 2025 Week 9: Box Score & Game Hub

2025 UFL · Week 9 · Final

Houston Roughnecks3-5 entering

Houston Roughnecks beat DC Defenders 24–21.

Team	1	2	3	4	T
DC	9	0	0	12	21
HOU	2	9	13	0	24

Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025
Kickoff: 4 PM ET (3 PM CT local)
TV: FOX
Venue: TDECU Stadium
Address: 3874 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004
Weather: Partly cloudy, 90°F, wind 15 mph SSE
Referee: Michael Vandervelde

Game leaders

HOU

PassingMike DiLiello17/29, 206 yds, 1 TD, 0 INTJalan McClendon21/30, 232 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

RushingDeon Jackson10 car, 57 yds, 1 TDLorenzo Lingard8 car, 80 yds, 1 TD

ReceivingCornell Powell8 rec, 104 yds, 2 TDJustin Hall10 rec, 126 yds, 0 TD

TacklesKiondre Thomas7 tklJa'Quan Sheppard9 tkl

Team stats

DCHOU

456Total Yards331

369Yards Passing224

87Yards Rushing107

23First downs18

Stat	DC	HOU
Total Plays	71	50
Rushing Plays	20	19
Att - Comp - Int	51-31-0	30-21-0
Sacked - Yds Lost	0-0	1-8
Third Downs	8-15-53%	4-11-36%
Fourth Downs	1-1-100%	0-0-0%
Penalties - Yards	4-40	5-30
Fumbles - Lost	3-2	2-0
Punts - Average	3-41.3	5-49.2
Time of Possession	33:24	26:36

Scoring summary

1st quarter

Cornell Powell 44 pass from Jordan Ta'amu (2-Point Pass Failed)6–0
Marvin Moody 0 defensive two-point conversion6–2
FG Matthew McCrane 359–2

2nd quarter

FG Chris Blewitt 289–5
Keke Chism 14 pass from Jalan McClendon (1-Point Pass Failed)9–11

3rd quarter

Keke Chism 13 pass from Jalan McClendon (1-Point Run Failed)9–17
Lorenzo Lingard 3 run (Emmanuel Butler 1-Point Pass from Jalan McClendon)9–24

4th quarter

Deon Jackson 10 run (2-Point Pass Failed)15–24
Cornell Powell 5 pass from Mike DiLiello (3-Point Pass Failed)21–24

Box score

Passing

DC Defenders

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Mike DiLiello	29	17	206	7.1	1	0	53	0	0	92.0
Jordan Ta'amu	22	14	163	7.4	1	0	44t	0	0	101.1

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jalan McClendon	30	21	232	7.7	2	0	46	1	8	114.9

Rushing

DC Defenders

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Deon Jackson	10	57	5.70	13	1
Abram Smith	5	14	2.80	8	0
Mike DiLiello	3	9	3.00	8	0
Jordan Ta'amu	2	7	3.50	8	0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Lorenzo Lingard	8	80	10.00	20	1
Jalan McClendon	9	23	2.56	10	0
Zaquandre White	1	4	4.00	4	0
Kirk Merritt	1	0	0.00	0	0

Receiving

DC Defenders

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Cornell Powell	8	104	13.00	44t	2	13
Chris Rowland	7	76	10.86	21	0	10
Seth Williams	4	22	5.50	12	0	8
Jaydon Mickens	3	17	5.67	8	0	7
Javon Antonio	2	22	11.00	12	0	3
Mason Fairchild	2	19	9.50	14	0	2
Briley Moore	2	29	14.50	25	0	3
Ben Bresnahan	1	53	53.00	53	0	1
Abram Smith	1	13	13.00	13	0	1
Spencer Sanders	1	14	14.00	14	0	1
Deon Jackson	0	0	0.00	0	0	1

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Tar
Justin Hall	10	126	12.60	46	0	13
Keke Chism	3	34	11.33	14t	2	4
Kirk Merritt	2	18	9.00	10	0	2
Cam Sutton	2	19	9.50	13	0	2
Emmanuel Butler	2	24	12.00	16	0	2
Lorenzo Lingard	1	3	3.00	3	0	2
Geor'quarius Spivey	1	8	8.00	8	0	2
Cyril Grayson	0	0	0.00	0	0	2

Defense

DC Defenders

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot	Sack	YdsL
Kiondre Thomas	3	4	7	0.0	0.0
Kelvin Joseph	5	2	7	0.0	0.0
Mohamed Sanogo	1	5	6	0.0	0.0
Shayne Simon	3	3	6	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Johnson	5	0	5	0.0	0.0
Joseph Wallace	3	1	4	1.0	8.0
Deontay Anderson	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Deandre Baker	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
Derick Roberson	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Sam Kidd	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
Brian Abraham	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Michael Ojemudia	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Abram Smith	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
Bryce Thompson	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
Malik Fisher	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Devonnsha Maxwell	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
Matthew McCrane	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Andre Mintze	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
Micah Baskerville	0	0	0	0.0	0.0

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot
Ja'Quan Sheppard	6	3	9
Shawn Preston Jr.	8	1	9
Marvin Moody	3	5	8
Leon O'Neal	6	2	8
Markel Roby	2	4	6
Rayshad Williams	5	0	5
Colby Richardson	3	1	4
Jeremiah Tyler	1	3	4
Glen Logan	0	3	3
Jamir Jones	2	1	3
Xavier Benson	2	1	3
Darrius Moragne	1	1	2
Lorenzo Lingard	2	0	2
Rashod Berry	2	0	2
Christopher Allen	1	1	2
Olive Sagapolu	0	1	1
Cyril Grayson	1	0	1
TJ Franklin	1	0	1
Corn Elder	0	1	1
Israel Antwine	0	1	1

Kicking

DC Defenders

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Matthew McCrane	0/0	1/2	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/1	0/0	35	43	3

Houston Roughnecks

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Chris Blewitt	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	28	--	3

Punting

DC Defenders

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Paxton Brooks	3	124	41.3	52	0	2	0	39.7	1	5

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds
Michael Rivers	5	246	49.2	55	0	1	0	38.4	5	54

Kickoff Returns

DC Defenders

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg
Abram Smith	2	41	20.50	22
Jaydon Mickens	1	18	18.00	18
Seth Williams	1	18	18.00	18

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Cyril Grayson	3	95	31.67	43	0

Punt Returns

DC Defenders

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg
Jaydon Mickens	3	34	11.33	18
Chris Rowland	1	10	10.00	10
Seth Williams	1	10	10.00	10

Houston Roughnecks

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Justin Hall	1	5	5.00	5	0

Head-to-head

DC 2–0 HOU in 2 previous UFL meetings (since 2024; team names as of each season).

Apr 11, 2026Houston Gamblers 7 @ DC Defenders 45
Apr 7, 2024Houston Roughnecks 18 @ DC Defenders 23

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