The Birmingham Stallions (2-1) hosted the Arlington Renegades (2-1) on Friday night from Protective Stadium where they unveiled their 2024 UFL Championship banner.
The defenses from both teams did a good job while the offenses were not good at all. The players on offense were missing their assignments, catches, bad passes, not seeing the field, and committing lots of penalties. The Stallions were penalized 10 times and Arlington was penalized four times.
These results led to it being all field goals for the majority of the game with Arlington leading 9-3 until late in the fourth quarter when Birmingham quarterback Matt Corral threw a game-winning 20-yard touchdown pass to Cade Johnson plus getting the extra point made it 10-9 with 26 seconds left. Birmingham’s defense held off Arlington to come away with a 10-9 win.
Birmingham had 308 yards in total offense led by quarterback Matt Corral completing 19 of 41 passes (46.3%) for 255 yards, one touchdown, one interception, and four carries for 24 yards. Running back C.J. Marable had nine carries for 15 yards, and Ricky Person Jr. had five carries for 14 yards.
Wide receiver Cade Johnson led the team in receiving yards making three catches for 63 yards, and one touchdown, while Jordan Thomas made two catches for 44 yards. Kicker Harrison Mevis made one field goal for 42 yards. The defense made 64 tackles, seven tackles for loss, three sacks, two pass breakups, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.
Arlington had 251 yards in total offense led by quarterback Luis Perez completing 25 of 37 passes (67.6%) for 203 yards. Running back Kalen Ballage led the rushers with 16 carries for 41 yards, while Dae Dae Hunter had six carries for 29 yards.
Tight end Sal Cannella led the receivers making five catches for 47 yards, while Tyler Vaughns made five catches for 40 yards, and Deontay Burnett made four catches for 30 yards. Kicker Lucas Havrisik made 3 of 3 field goals with a long of 33 yards. The defense made 44 tackles, two tackles for loss, one interception, seven pass breakups, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.
Next week, the Arlington Renegades host the St. Louis Battlehawks on Saturday at 12:30 pm on ABC, and the Birmingham Stallions visit the Houston Roughnecks on Saturday at 7 pm on Fox. Purchase UFL tickets today on StubHub and Viagogo.
