2024 Houston Roughnecks season

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2024 Houston Roughnecks season
Houston roughnecks wordmark.png
OwnerNational Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC, (Fox Sports)
General manager Lionel Vital
Head coach Curtis Johnson
Home field Rice Stadium
Results
Record1–9
Division place4th in USFL Conference
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2024 Houston Roughnecks season was the third season of Houston Roughnecks (2024), an American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team's first season in the United Football League (UFL) after a merger in the offseason between the USFL and the XFL. Under the terms of the agreement, the team consists of the roster and coaching staff of the former USFL's two-season-old Houston Gamblers franchise, taking over the Roughnecks branding and home city previously used by the XFL team with the same name.

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Renovations that began on the Roughnecks' home stadium in 2020 and 2023, TDECU Stadium, following the end of the 2023 University of Houston Cougars football season rendered that stadium unavailable for use for the 2024 season, while the Gamblers had never played in Houston, instead sharing stadiums with their rivals the Birmingham Stallions and Memphis Showboats under the USFL's hub model. The XFL stated that the Roughnecks would remain in Houston during the renovations, potentially at another stadium in the city. [1] Rice Stadium, which hosted games in the USFL's predecessor The Spring League in 2021, and Shell Energy Stadium, home of the Houston Dynamo soccer team, were among the venues the league contacted about hosting the Roughnecks. [2] On February 1, 2024, the league announced that home games would be hosted at Rice Stadium. [3]

Current roster

2024 Houston Roughnecks final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 79 Isaiah Battle T
  • 72 Cam Carter T
  • 74 Avery Gennesy G
  • 75 Shamarious Gilmore G
  • 76 Brandon Haskin T
  • 78 Braylon Jones G
  • 65 Jack Kramer C
  • 77 Justin Redd G

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 20 Jamari Brown SS
  • 29 Corn Elder CB
  • 25 Mister Harriel FS
  •  4 Jimmy Moreland CB
  • 27 Jai Nunn-Liddell CB
  •  9 Colby Richardson CB
  • 31 Markel Roby FS
  • 38 Donald Rutledge Jr. SS
  • 24 Kiondre Thomas CB
  • 21 Rashad Torrence II SS

Special teams

Reserve lists


Rookies in italics
50 active, 6 inactive

Signees to the NFL

PlayerPositionXFL teamDateNFL teamRef.
C. J. Brewer DT Houston Roughnecks May 15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers [4]
Jack Heflin DT Houston Roughnecks May 15 New Orleans Saints [5]

Schedule

All times Central

WeekDayDateKickoffTVOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
ScoreRecord
1SundayMarch 312:00 p.m.ESPN Memphis Showboats 12–180–1 Rice Stadium 9,157
2SundayApril 73:00 p.m.Foxat DC Defenders 18–230–2 Audi Field 15,052
3SundayApril 1411:00 a.m.ABCat Michigan Panthers 20–340–3 Ford Field 6,952
4SundayApril 211:00 p.m.FS1 Arlington Renegades 17–91–3Rice Stadium7,179
5SaturdayApril 276:00 p.m.Fox Birmingham Stallions 9–321–4Rice Stadium6,285
6SaturdayMay 42:00 p.m.Foxat St. Louis Battlehawks 8–221–5 The Dome at America's Center 32,969
7SundayMay 122:00 p.m.ESPN San Antonio Brahmas 12–151–6Rice Stadium6,134
8SaturdayMay 187:00 p.m.ESPN2at Birmingham Stallions28–351–7 Protective Stadium 10,245
9SundayMay 261:30 p.m.FoxMichigan Panthers22–261–8Rice Stadium6,527
10SundayJune 26:00 p.m.Foxat Memphis Showboats12–191–9 Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium 6,039

[6] [7]

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Memphis Showboats

Week 1: Memphis Showboats at Houston Roughnecks – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Showboats960318
Roughnecks030912

at Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas

Game information

Standings

2024 UFL standings
USFL Conference
TeamWLPCTGBTD+/-TD+TD-DIVPFPADIFFSTK
(y) Birmingham Stallions 91.900-1131206–026518085W1
(x) Michigan Panthers 73.7002527224–222818939L1
(e) Memphis Showboats 28.2007-1920392–4188290-102W1
(e) Houston Roughnecks 19.1008-1217290–6158233-75L6
XFL Conference
TeamWLPCTGBTD+/-TD+TD-DIVPFPADIFFSTK
(y) St. Louis Battlehawks 73.700-731245–126020258W1
(x) San Antonio Brahmas 73.700-1224123–319215339L1
(e) DC Defenders 46.4003-224262–4209251-42L1
(e) Arlington Renegades 37.3004-226282–4247249-2W2
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched division; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

Staff

The 2024 coaching staff was announced on February 21, 2024. [8]

Houston Roughnecks staff
Front office
Head coach

Head coach – Curtis Johnson

Offensive coaches
  • Special Teams/Running Backs – Garret Chachere
  • Offensive Line – Bob Connelly
  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Eric Price
 
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Line – Kwahn Drake
  • Defensive Backs – Brett Maxie
  • Assistant Secondary – Zach Shagi
  • Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Chris Wilson
Team operations
  • Quality Control – Jordan Higgins

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