| 2024 Houston Roughnecks season | |
|---|---|
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| Owner | National Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC, (Fox Sports) |
| General manager | Lionel Vital |
| Head coach | Curtis Johnson |
| Home field | Rice Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 1–9 |
| Division place | 4th in USFL Conference |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 2024 Houston Roughnecks season was the third season of Houston Roughnecks (2024), an American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team's first season in the United Football League (UFL) after a merger in the offseason between the USFL and the XFL. Under the terms of the agreement, the team consists of the roster and coaching staff of the former USFL's two-season-old Houston Gamblers franchise, taking over the Roughnecks branding and home city previously used by the XFL team with the same name.
Renovations that began on the Roughnecks' home stadium in 2020 and 2023, TDECU Stadium, following the end of the 2023 University of Houston Cougars football season rendered that stadium unavailable for use for the 2024 season, while the Gamblers had never played in Houston, instead sharing stadiums with their rivals the Birmingham Stallions and Memphis Showboats under the USFL's hub model. The XFL stated that the Roughnecks would remain in Houston during the renovations, potentially at another stadium in the city.[1] Rice Stadium, which hosted games in the USFL's predecessor The Spring League in 2021, and Shell Energy Stadium, home of the Houston Dynamo soccer team, were among the venues the league contacted about hosting the Roughnecks.[2] On February 1, 2024, the league announced that home games would be hosted at Rice Stadium.[3]
- ^ https://twitter.com/XFL_PR/status/1683862174022742017
- ^ Mitchell, Mike (2024-01-04). "UFL President Reveals League's Future Plans, Schedule, Vision". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ Zuvanich, Adam (2024-02-02). "Houston Roughnecks of United Football League to play home games at Rice Stadium". Houston Public Media. Retrieved 2024-02-02.