Memphis Showboats 2024 UFL Team Review
In 2024, the Memphis Showboats won their regular season opener and finale. In between, they lost all eight games. The Showboats did manage to salvage some pride with their home win over the Houston Roughnecks to avoid the basement of the USFL Division. Still, the season was an unqualified disappointment that ended with more questions than answers. Attendance at Showboat games was dreadful, and the UFL leadership expressed its concerns early in the campaign. Memphis is a questionable franchise as far as the future of the UFL is concerned.
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Memphis Showboats Team Review
The Memphis Showboats have a record of 2-8. The Showboats are in 3rd place in the UFL USFL Division standings. On offense, Memphis ranks 8th for total yards, 8th for rushing, 8th for passing, and 7th for scoring. On defense, Memphis ranks 8th for total yards, 6th for rushing,8th for passing, and 8th for scoring. Last week, the Showboats won 19-12 against the Houston Roughnecks.
Darius Victor scored two rushing touchdowns, and the Memphis Showboats’ defense made a huge late-game stop as the Showboats defeated the Houston Roughnecks 19-12 on Sunday night at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. The victory in the season finale for Memphis (2-8) snapped an eight-game losing streak and bookended a season that started with a win over Houston and ended with a win over Houston (1-9).
Houston trailed 12-9 late in the third quarter but looked to have taken the lead when Markel Roby intercepted Memphis quarterback Josh Love and took it all the way back to the end zone. A penalty negated the return for a touchdown during the return. The Memphis defense held Houston to a field goal early in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 12-12.
On the ensuing possession, the Showboats took over at their own 47-yard line and drove 53 yards for the go-ahead score. Love passed for 44 yards on the drive, and Victor hit paydirt from 2 yards out for his second score of the game. A Love-to-Daewood Davis pass for the one-point conversion left Memphis with a 19-12 lead and 6:10 remaining in the contest.
Memphis led 6-3 at the intermission in a battle of field goals. The Showboats’ Matt Coghlin was 2-for-2 in the first half, including a 46-yarder on the last play of the first half to give Memphis the lead at halftime.
The Showboats pushed their lead to 12-3 on a 2-yard Victor TD run with 5:55 remaining in the third quarter. Houston answered on its next possession with a 61-yard march capped by a Kirk Merritt 1-yard TD run. J.J. Molson’s early fourth-quarter field goal tied it at 12-12.
Victor rushed for 54 yards on ten carries and scored both the Showboats’ touchdowns. Love was 20-of-29 for 152 yards with one interception. Jonathan Adams paced the Memphis receiving corps with six receptions for 59 yards. Henderson led Houston with 43 yards rushing and 232 yards passing. Houston out-gained Memphis 323-203, but the Showboats’ defense found stops when they needed them. Memphis held Houston on 4th-and-2 from the Showboat 8-yard line in the first quarter and on 4th-and-3 on the final Roughnecks possession of the game.
As head coach John DeFilippo departs for an uncertain future, they will wonder what could have been.
2024 Memphis Showboats UFL Schedule
| WEEK |
DATE |
MATCHUP |
TIME/TV |
RESULT |
RECORD |
| Week 1 |
March 31 |
at Houston Roughnecks |
3 PM / ESPN |
W 18-12 |
1-0 |
| Week 2 |
April 6 |
vs. San Antonio Brahmas |
12 PM / ESPN |
L 19-20 |
1-1 |
| Week 3 |
April 13 |
at Birmingham Stallions |
7 PM / FOX |
L 14-33 |
1-2 |
| Week 4 |
April 20 |
at St. Louis Battlehawks |
12:30 PM / ABC |
L 17-32 |
1-3 |
| Week 5 |
April 28 |
vs. Michigan Panthers |
3 PM / FOX |
L 18-35 |
1-4 |
| Week 6 |
May 4 |
vs. Birmingham Stallions |
12 PM / ABC |
L 21-39 |
1-5 |
| Week 7 |
May 11 |
at Arlington Renegades |
1 PM / ESPN |
L 23-47 |
1-6 |
| Week 8 |
May 18 |
at Michigan Panthers |
4 PM / FOX |
L 18-24 |
1-7 |
| Week 9 |
May 26 |
vs. D.C. Defenders |
2:30 PM / FOX |
L 21-36 |
1-8 |
| Week 10 |
June 2 |
vs. Houston Roughnecks |
7 PM / FOX |
W 19-12 |
2-8 |
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