2025 Houston Roughnecks season

2025 Houston Roughnecks season
Owner	National Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC, (Fox Sports)
General manager	Will Lewis
Head coach	Curtis Johnson
Home stadium	Space City Financial Stadium
Results
Record	5–5
Conference place	3rd in USFL Conference
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Uniform
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The 2025 Houston Roughnecks season was the fourth season for the Houston Roughnecks as a professional American football franchise and the second season in the United Football League (UFL). ^{[1] [2]} The Roughnecks played their home games at the renovated and renamed Space City Financial Stadium and head coach Curtis Johnson will return, ^[3] but general manager Lionel Vital retired at the end of the last season, so the team hired Will Lewis to be his replacement. ^[4] The Roughnecks improved on their 1-9 record from last season with a 27–3 win over the San Antonio Brahmas in Week 5.

The Roughnecks had an 1–3 start, and went 4–2 to finish the season, tying the Houston Gamblers from 2023 for the best record in team history.

The biggest lowlight of the season came in Week 7 against the Birmingham Stallions where they blew a 25–6 lead, which is the biggest blown lead in UFL history. After a 30–18 loss to the Michigan Panthers the following week, the Roughnecks were eliminated from playoff contention.

Roster

2025 Houston Roughnecks roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 13 Anthony Brown 14 Nolan Henderson  8 Jalan McClendon Running backs (RB) 27 Lorenzo Lingard 22 Kirk Merritt  6 ZaQuandre White Wide receivers (WR) 18 Emmanuel Butler  3 Keke Chism  7 Cyril Grayson 11 Justin Hall 16 Marcus Simms 19 T.J. Vasher Tight ends (TE) 86 Josh Pederson 10 Geor'Quarius Spivey 89 Cam Sutton

Offensive linemen (OL) 66 Noah Atagi G 78 Zach Banner T 79 Isaiah Battle T 75 T. J. Bradley T 74 Avery Gennesy G 73 Samuel Jackson G 54 Avery Jones C 65 Jack Kramer C Defensive linemen (DL) 95 Israel Antwine DT  4 Tashawn Bower DE 96 T.J. Franklin DE 97 Glen Logan DT 92 Darrius Moragne DT 94 Olive Sagapolu DT

Linebackers (LB)  2 Christopher Allen OLB 30 Xavier Benson ILB 43 Rashod Berry OLB 44 Jamir Jones OLB 20 Drew Lewis ILB 28 Marvin Moody ILB 63 Lonnie Phelps OLB 33 Jeremiah Tyler OLB Defensive backs (DB) 26 Damon Arnette CB 29 Corn Elder CB 24 Keenan Isaac CB 25 Armani Marsh CB  1 Leon O'Neal Jr. FS 12 Shawn Preston Jr. SS  9 Colby Richardson CB 31 Markel Roby SS 21 Ja'Quan Sheppard CB 23 Rayshad Williams CB Special teams (ST)  3 Chris Blewitt K 45 Marco Ortiz LS 47 Mike Rivers P

Reserve 15 Lawrence Keys III WR (IR) Rookies in italics 50 active, 1 reserve

Staff

2025 Houston Roughnecks staff

Front office General manager – Will Lewis Head coaches Head coach – Curtis Johnson Offensive coaches Pass game coordinator/quarterbacks - Eric Price Running backs/special teams - Garrett Chachere Run game coordinator/offensive line - Tom Cable Offensive Quality Control - Jordan Higgins

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Chris Wilson Defensive line – Kwahn Drake Defensive backs/special teams – Brett Maxie Defensive quality control - Zach Shagi

Schedule

All times Central

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	TV	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
						Score	Record
1	Friday	March 28	7:00 p.m.	Fox	St. Louis Battlehawks	6–31	0–1	Space City Financial Stadium	7,124
2	Sunday	April 6	11:00 a.m.	ESPN	at Arlington Renegades	9–11	0–2	Choctaw Stadium	9,582
3	Saturday	April 12	1:30 p.m.	ESPN	at Memphis Showboats	18–17	1–2	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium	4,753
4	Saturday	April 19	6:00 p.m.	Fox	Birmingham Stallions	16–23	1–3	Space City Financial Stadium	6,613
5	Sunday	April 27	2:00 p.m.	ESPN	at San Antonio Brahmas	27–3	2–3	Alamodome	14,427
6	Saturday	May 3	11:00 a.m.	ABC	Memphis Showboats	21–20	3–3	Space City Financial Stadium	4,134
7	Sunday	May 11	11:00 a.m.	ABC	at Birmingham Stallions	25–33	3–4	Protective Stadium	4,744
8	Saturday	May 17	12:00 p.m.	Fox	Michigan Panthers	18–30	3–5	Space City Financial Stadium	4,007
9	Sunday	May 25	3:00 p.m.	Fox	DC Defenders	24–21	4–5	Space City Financial Stadium	6,684
10	Saturday	May 31	2:00 p.m.	ESPN	at Michigan Panthers	19–12	5–5	Ford Field	16,014

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Standings

2025 UFL standings v t e
USFL Conference
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	TD+/-	TD+	TD-	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK
(y) Birmingham Stallions	7	3	.700	–	8	28	20	5–1	244	167	77	W2
(x) Michigan Panthers	6	4	.600	1	8	30	22	3–3	245	198	47	L2
(e) Houston Roughnecks	5	5	.500	2	0	22	22	3–3	183	201	-18	W2
(e) Memphis Showboats	2	8	.200	5	-13	15	28	1–5	148	246	-98	L2
XFL Conference
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	TD+/-	TD+	TD-	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK
(y) St. Louis Battlehawks	8	2	.800	–	7	26	19	4–2	231	163	68	W6
(x) DC Defenders	6	4	.600	2	3	28	25	4–2	225	224	1	L2
(e) Arlington Renegades	5	5	.500	3	4	23	19	3–3	229	168	61	W2
(e) San Antonio Brahmas	1	9	.100	7	-17	14	31	1–5	136	274	-138	L6
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched conference; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

References

1. France, Chandler (June 20, 2024). "Houston Roughnecks finish inaugural UFL season with worst record, second worst attendance". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
2. Williams, Eric (June 19, 2024). "UFL 2024: Year 2 evolution to include more innovation, player development". Fox Sports. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
3. "Houston Roughnecks To Play 2025 UFL Season At University of Houston's TDECU Stadium". theUFL.com. September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
4. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2025/01/02/houston-roughnecks-schedule-tdecu-stadium-return.html
5. "2025 Houston Roughnecks Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved June 26, 2023.