On the size of upsets, it would not get way more shocking than a league’s solely winless staff beating its solely unbeaten staff, however that is precisely what occurred in a wild Week 7 within the XFL when the Orlando Guardians shocked the D.C. Defenders. All Orlando quarterback Quinten Dormady did to assist his staff get its first win was SCORE SIX TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS.
And that wasn’t the one shocker. On Sunday, the St. Louis Battlehawks upset the Houston Roughnecks — the third straight loss for Houston after a 4-0 begin. On Friday night time, the Seattle Sea Dragons continued to surge, successful their fifth straight recreation behind a landing from former NFL receiving chief Josh Gordon.
We’ve bought takeaways from all the Week 7 beneath. First, here is a take a look at the scores.
Friday
Seattle Sea Dragons 24, Arlington Renegades 15
Saturday
Vegas Vipers 26, San Antonio Brahmas 12
Orlando Guardians 37, D.C. Defenders 36
Sunday
St. Louis Battlehawks 24, Houston Roughnecks 15
Sunday’s recreation
McCarron stays scorching as Battlehawks prime sinking Roughnecks
A.J. McCarron threw three landing passes with out an interception for the second straight week because the St. Louis Battlehawks received pretty convincingly in a conflict of groups that entered 4-2. Darrius Shepherd caught 7 passes for 70 yards and a TD for St. Louis.
The Houston Roughnecks performed with out beginning quarterback Brandon Silvers, who was inactive because of harm. Cole McDonald struggled in Silvers’ place, going simply 15 of 32 for 106 yards with a TD and an interception.
The Battlehawks made only one subject objective within the recreation, nevertheless it was a doozy. Donny Hageman set the mark for the longest subject objective in XFL historical past at 59 yards.
At 5-2, the Battlehawks now sit only a recreation behind the D.C. Defenders. The drawback for St. Louis: Both losses got here towards D.C. The Battlehawks’ win Sunday underlined the disparity between the 2 divisions, because the North went 4-0 towards the South this week. North groups are now a mixed 18-10 on the season, with South groups 10-18.
Saturday’s video games
Guardians pull off XFL’s largest stunner behind Dormady’s 6 TDs
It occurred on April Fool’s Day, nevertheless it wasn’t a joke. The conflict between the very best and worst groups within the league noticed the 0-6 squad win outright as 9.5-point underdogs, because the D.C. Defenders’ six-game successful streak to start out the season got here to a surprising finish.
The Guardians could not have a good time their 37-36 win till D.C. missed a 63-yard subject objective try on the ultimate play. Orlando pulled out the victory because of quarterback Quinten Dormady, who accounted for all six touchdowns: three speeding and three passing. Dormady went 27-of-34 for 328 yards with the three TD tosses, together with this one to Deddrick Thomas.
XFL speeding chief Abram Smith led the Defenders with 127 yards on the bottom, whereas Chris Blair had 139 receiving yards. D.C.’s loss makes the Seattle Sea Dragons house owners of the league’s longest win streak at 5 video games — and it units up a really fascinating Week 8 showdown, when the Defenders journey to Seattle.
Vipers knock off offensively challenged Brahmas
Jalen McClendon threw for 264 yards and a pair of touchdowns to guide the Vegas Vipers to their second win of the season.
The Brahmas have allowed the fewest factors within the league, however their offense continued to allow them to down because the unit discovered the tip zone simply as soon as. San Antonio’s different landing got here through Fred Brown’s 96-yard kick return — the XFL’s first kick-return TD of the season.
Brown had each Brahmas scores, additionally catching a six-yard TD move from Kurt Benkert.
Friday’s recreation
Sea Dragons roll off fifth straight victory
The Seattle Sea Dragons are on hearth. After dropping their first two video games by a mixed six factors, the Sea Dragons have received 5 straight and now sit only a recreation out of first place within the North.
Ben DiNucci, who performed two seasons with the Cowboys and nonetheless lives within the Dallas space, had an enormous night time towards the Renegades in Arlington, throwing for 266 yards and a landing. The rating was this reference to Josh Gordon, the previous NFL star who had been quiet the previous few weeks, however apparently has woken up.
Jordan Veasy led the Sea Dragons in receiving with 3 catches for 79 yards. Gordon had 3 grabs for 43 yards.
