
Game 1 of Week 5 in the XFL season saw the first major upset. The Seattle Sea Dragons defeated the formally undefeated Houston Roughnecks 21 – 14 in a late-night game at Lumens Field. The Sea Dragons are now 3 – 2. Roughnecks still stay atop the South Division at 4 – 1. Houston was 5 and 0 in the XFL 2020 season under now Seattle Offensive Coordinator June Jones.
Results
Team | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
SEA | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
The Roughnecks struggled to get anything going on offense until the 4th quarter. Brandon Silvers suffered from overthrown balls and critical drops throughout the game. He finished with 227 yards on 47 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
As a team, the Roughnecks rushed for 52 yards. Brycen Alleyne had 5 carries for 35 yards. Max Borghi had 6 carries for just 12 yards but scored 1 touchdown.
Justin Smith led receivers with 3 catches for 63 yards on 4 targets and 1 touchdown. Travell Harris had 5 catches for 58 yards on 6 targets. Jontre Kirklin went down early with a shoulder injury. No word on his status for week 6.
The Sea Dragons won despite a subpar game from Ben DiNucci. He finished with 209 yards on 32 attempts with 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions. He did go up against the best defense in the XFL.
The Sea Dragons running game did well against the top rated Roughnecks defense with 88 yards for the game and 2 touchdowns.
Ben DiNucci rushed for 33 yards on 4 carries. Both DiNucci and Darius Bradwell score touchdowns.
Jahcour Pearson has entered the XFL MVP talk. He had 5 catches for 82 yards and 8 targets. Damion Willis had 5 catches for 61 yards on 8 targets and 1 touchdown.
HOU
Player | Position | Pass. CMP | Pass. ATT | Pass. YDS | Pass. TD | Pass. INT | Rush. ATT | Rush. YDS | Rush. TD | Rec. Targets | Rec. YDS | Rec. | Rec. TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brandon Silvers | QB | 25 | 47 | 227 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brycen Alleyne | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Max Borghi | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
Nick Holley | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Ben Putman | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
Cedric Byrd | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
Deontay Burnett | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 0 |
Jontre Kirklin | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Justin Smith | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 3 | 1 |
Travell Harris | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 5 | 0 |
Hunter Duplessis | K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 25 | 47 | 227 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 46 | 227 | 25 | 1 |
SEA
Player | Position | Pass. CMP | Pass. ATT | Pass. YDS | Pass. TD | Pass. INT | Rush. ATT | Rush. YDS | Rush. TD | Rec. Targets | Rec. YDS | Rec. | Rec. TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben DiNucci | QB | 17 | 32 | 209 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darrius Bradwell | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morgan Ellison | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T.J. Hammonds | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Damion Willis | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 61 | 5 | 1 |
Jahcour Pearson | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 82 | 5 | 0 |
Jordan Veasy | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
Josh Gordon | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
Juwan Green | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
Dominik Eberle | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 17 | 32 | 209 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 88 | 2 | 28 | 208 | 16 | 1 |
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