Houston Roughnecks

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Houston Roughnecks
Team logo
Founded2018; 3 years ago (2018)
Based inHouston, Texas
Home stadiumTDECU Stadium
Head coachJune Jones
Team presidentBrian Michael Cooper[1]
Owner(s)Alpha Acquico, LLC[2]
  • (RedBird Capital
  • Dwayne Johnson
  • Dany Garcia)
LeagueXFL
DivisionWest[3]
ColorsRed, navy, grey[4]
     
Websitexfl.com/teams/houston
Current sports event 2020 Houston Roughnecks season

The Houston Roughnecks are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is an owned-and-operated member of the new XFL founded by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment and plays its home games at TDECU Stadium.[5]

History[]

Houston joined Seattle, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Tampa Bay and Washington, D.C. as the league's inaugural cities.

Houston has previously hosted several other alternative professional football teams, including the Texans of the World Football League (unrelated to the current NFL team of the same name), Gamblers of the United States Football League, and Thunderbears of the Arena Football League. The city has a long association with commissioner Oliver Luck, who played for the Houston Oilers in the National Football League and previously served as president of Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo; Houston was one of the first cities the league visited in September 2018 in regard to a potential XFL team.[6] The team's imagery and name borrows heavily from the Oilers, including sharing an oil-drilling motif, its derrick logo, and red, white and blue colors (with a darker shade of blue), as well as incorporating the H and star from the Houston Astros' logo and the proportions of the American Athletic Conference A-star logo (the Houston Cougars football team, an American member, shares TDECU Stadium with the Roughnecks, and thus this would allow the A logo painted on the turf to be transformed into the Roughnecks derrick).

Houston has one major league winter sport against which the XFL economically competes, the NBA's Houston Rockets. The team will also have to compete against the MLS's Houston Dynamo in March and April.

On May 13, 2019, June Jones left his position with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to become Houston's head coach.[7] The XFL confirmed the hire May 20.

On February 8, 2020, the Roughnecks defeated the Los Angeles Wildcats in the second game in league history by a score of 37-17.[8]

The Roughnecks are in-state rivals with the Dallas Renegades. Games between the two are marketed as the Texas Throwdown.[9]

Logo Controversy[]

On January 8, 2021, It was revealed that the NFL filed an opposition against the XFL’s trademark application for the Houston Roughnecks logo on December 28, 2020, claiming that the logo was too similar to the Houston Oilers logo. [10] It was then later revealed that the NFL filed another trademark opposition to the Roughneck's secondary logo on behalf of the New England Patriots, claiming that the secondary logo was too similar to the Patriot's current logo.[11] On April 7, 2021, it was revealed that the two logos were abandoned "with prejudice" which means that new applications for the logos could not be made.[12]

Staff[]

Houston Roughnecks staff
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Front office
  • Director of pro personnel – Randy Mueller
  • Assistant director of pro personnel – Will Lewis
  • Director of football operations – Dan Kuhn
Head coach
  • General manager/Head coach – June Jones
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Chris Miller
  • Quarterbacks – Dan Morrison
  • Running backs – Wes Saun
  • Receivers –
  • Offensive line – John Estes
  • Offensive assistant/Special Teams – Dennis McKnight
  
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Ted Cottrell
  • Linebackers – Tom Mason
  • Defensive backs – Derrius Bell
  • Defensive line – Robert Lyles
East Division
DC
NY
STL
TB
West Division
DAL
HOU
LA
SEA

cRoster[]

Houston Roughnecks roster
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Quarterbacks
  •  4 Marcus McDade

Running backs

Wide receivers

  • 13 Raymond Bolden
  •  2 Taivon Jacobs
  • 15 Ryheem Malone
  •  3 Sam Mobley PR
 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

  • 58 Colton Taylor LS
 Reserve lists


Roster updated June 25, 2021
Depth chart
35 active, 5 inactive

→ XFL rosters

References[]

  1. ^ "XFL to name June Jones head coach in Houston". 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ Perry, Mark (August 3, 2020). "More Details On The Rock Purchase Of The XFL, How Many Bidders". XFL News Hub. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "FOX Sports announces 2020 XFL schedule". KMPH. January 7, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Houston Roughnecks' uniforms, helmet". XFL.com (Press release). December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  5. ^ KOMO Staff (5 December 2018). "Seattle chosen as one of 8 inaugural teams for new XFL football league". KOMO.
  6. ^ Berman, Mark (September 5, 2018). XFL tours BBVA Compass Stadium and TDECU Stadium. KRIV. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  7. ^ McClain, John (May 13, 2019). "June Jones to coach Houston's XFL team". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  8. ^ "XFL scores Week 1: Final results, highlights from Saturday's games". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  9. ^ Halliburton, Suzanne (February 29, 2020). "XFL's first rivalry? Houston vs. Dallas is a 'Texas throwdown'". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  10. ^ "NFL Opposes XFL's Trademark for Houston Roughnecks Logo - Gerben Law Firm". www.gerbenlaw.com. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  11. ^ Davis, Josh. "XFL's Houston Roughnecks Secondary Logo Opposed by NFL". Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  12. ^ "Houston Roughnecks Forced to Abandon Logos in Trademark Dispute". Pro Football Newsroom. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

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