2025 Houston Roughnecks season

The 2025 Houston Roughnecks season is 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 will play 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.

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	3–4
Division place	3rd in USFL Conference
Uniform
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Current roster

Houston Roughnecks roster

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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 15 Lawrence Keys III 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 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  3 Chris Blewitt K 45 Marco Ortiz LS 47 Mike Rivers P

Reserve lists 39 J. J. Molson K (IR) Roster updated May 6, 2025 50 active, 1 reserve(s)

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			Space City Financial Stadium
9	Sunday	May 25	3:00 p.m.	Fox	DC Defenders			Space City Financial Stadium
10	Saturday	May 31	2:00 p.m.	ESPN	at Michigan Panthers			Ford Field

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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
Michigan Panthers	5	2	.714	–	8	22	14	2–1	181	135	46	W2
Birmingham Stallions	5	2	.714	–	3	15	12	3–1	144	107	37	W2
Houston Roughnecks	3	4	.429	2	1	15	14	2–2	122	138	-16	L1
(e) Memphis Showboats	1	6	.143	4	-5	11	16	1–4	103	148	-45	L2
XFL Conference
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	TD+/-	TD+	TD-	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK
St. Louis Battlehawks	5	2	.714	–	2	16	14	2–2	150	114	36	W3
DC Defenders	5	2	.714	–	1	19	18	3–1	163	157	6	W1
Arlington Renegades	3	4	.429	2	1	14	13	2–2	146	117	29	L3
(e) San Antonio Brahmas	1	6	.143	4	-11	11	22	1–3	95	188	-93	L3
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched conference; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention