UFL Championship Sport By The Numbers: Defenders Win with Close to-Excellent Sport

The 2025 UFL Championship Sport was a thriller from begin to end. In the long run, Jordan Ta’amu and the DC Defenders took down Offensive Participant of the 12 months and regular-season MVP Bryce Perkins and the Michigan Panthers, 58-34.

Listed here are the numbers to know after Saturday’s tilt:

6: Shannon Harris was named interim head coach of the Defenders simply six days earlier than the primary recreation of the common season after Reggie Barlow accepted the top teaching place at Tennessee State. That didn’t cease Harris from incomes UFL Coach of the 12 months honors or profitable the 2025 championship title.

11: The Defenders had been almost excellent on offense in Saturday’s title recreation. They’d 11 offensive drives and did not punt as soon as. They scored on their first 10 drives, as they put up eight touchdowns and two subject targets earlier than ending the sport kneeling on the ultimate drive. Total, the high-scoring recreation featured 23 drives and solely had three punts.

46-6: The Panthers had been main 13-6 after the primary quarter, however the recreation turned drastically within the second quarter when the Defenders rolled off 25 unanswered factors. Following a Michigan rating, DC then rolled off one other 21 unanswered factors, finally happening a 46-6 run from the beginning of the second quarter to the beginning of the fourth.

58: The Defenders offered loads of offense within the title recreation, as their 58 factors scored shattered the UFL file for many factors in a single recreation (common or postseason). The earlier file was held by the Arlington Renegades, who put up 47 factors in a regular-season recreation in 2024.

92: The 92 mixed factors between Michigan and DC additionally set a UFL single-game file, breaking the mark set simply final week within the USFL Convention title recreation (73 factors) between Michigan and the Birmingham Stallions.

168: Michigan receiver Malik Turner set a UFL single-game file with 168 receiving yards on 10 catches. He additionally grew to become the primary UFL participant with three receiving touchdowns in a recreation.

190: Whereas the Defenders had the top-ranked passing offense within the league in the course of the common season, their run recreation was an enormous a part of their playoff success. After operating for a season-high 187 yards on the bottom vs. the St. Louis Battlehawks within the XFL Convention title recreation, the Defenders topped that mark with 190 yards on Saturday evening.

338: Whereas it got here in a shedding effort, regular-season MVP QB Bryce Perkins set season highs with 338 passing yards and 4 passing touchdowns on Saturday. Perkins was capable of overcome a late-season ankle damage to assist Michigan put up 44 factors within the Panthers’ USFL Convention title recreation win and 34 factors of their UFL title recreation loss.

390: UFL Championship Sport MVP Jordan Ta’amu set a UFL file with 390 passing yards. The previous Ole Miss QB went 21 for 28 for 390 yards and 4 touchdowns en path to main his crew to the title. He completed the season with 22 touchdowns and solely 5 interceptions over the course of his 11 begins in the course of the season (common and postseason).

1,014: The 2025 UFL Championship Sport was the primary recreation with over 1,000 yards of offense in league historical past. DC’s 580 yards of offense was a single-team file and the sport’s mixed 1,014 yards additionally set a brand new bar for the UFL.

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