EDITOR’S NOTE: A passel of photos by The Football Beat’s Jacob Lucas from the UFL’s San Antonio at Memphis game on Saturday, April 6, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. San Antonio made a late comeback and won the game, 20-19, using a handful of the rules the league has implemented that are different, including earning another offensive possession by going for a fourth-and-12 at their own 28-yard-line after scoring just before that. Both teams are 1-1 after week two.
San Antonio wide receiver Marquez Stevenson (5) hauls in a pass against the Memphis Showboats on Saturday. Stevenson and the Brahmas staged a big, and late, comeback Saturday to beat Memphis, 20-19, at Simmons Bank Stadium in Memphis. It was the Brahmas’ first-ever United Football League (UFL) victory. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THE FOOTBALL BEAT.COM)
Brahmas wide receiver Justin Smith (right ,and below) makes a catch. The Brahmas trailed the Showboats, 19-8, late in the game, scored a touchdown, got the ball back under the UFL’s alternative possession rule, and scored again with just three seconds left to win the contest. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
A San Antonio fan with a “Go Brahmas” sign, at Saturday’s San Antonio-Memphis game at Memphis’ Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Several San Antonio fans were in attendance for the Brahmas’ game Saturday in Memphis. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Memphis coach John DeFilippo during the game. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Check out this guy. For anyone who doesn’t recognize him, that’s “Deestroying,” real name Donald De La Haye, the San Antonio Brahmas kicker who doubles as a YouTube sensation, with all the tricks he can do with a football. De La Haye’s earnings were one of the things that sparked the NCAA’s current name-image-likeness (NIL) rules. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Memphis wide receiver Vinny Papale strides onto the field. Papale, who went to college and played for Delaware, is the son of former Philadelphia Eagles player of the same name, the player who earned his roster spot at a tryout, and whose career was chronicled in the 2006 film Invincible, that starred Mark Wahlberg. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Memphis quarterback Case Cookus (background) receives the snap. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
San Antonio outside linebacekr Garrett Nelson (91), formerly of Nebraska, just before a play, as teammate Jacob Sykes (93), a defensive lineman, looks to the sideline for the defensive call. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Cookus gets ready to release a pass. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Memphis punter Mike White boots the ball. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Fans interact with Memphis Showboats mascot Skipper. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
San Antonio quarterback Chase Garbers (14) is used to wearing those colors: he played his college football at Cal. Garbers led the Brahmas to a 20-19 comeback win in week two of UFL play on Saturday. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
Cody Latimer (3), the former NFL receiver, was on the scoring end of the winning touchdown pass from Garbers in this photo. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS – THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
