{"id":276734,"date":"2026-05-03T03:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276734\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T03:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:59:19","slug":"renegades-see-rough-stretch-continue-in-low-scoring-loss-to-defenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276734\/","title":{"rendered":"Renegades see rough stretch continue in low-scoring loss to Defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2026\/03\/24\/5-things-to-know-about-the-2026-dallas-renegades-new-name-new-coach-same-quarterback\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Renegades<\/a> just can&#8217;t seem to find their footing after an undefeated start to the 2026 UFL season.<\/p>\n<p>After falling behind\u00a0early, the Renegades couldn&#8217;t overcome various struggles in a 24-6 loss to the DC Defenders on Saturday at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. DC scored all 24 of its points before halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Renegades quarterback Austin Reed went 22 for 41 through the air for 258 yards, one passing touchdown and an interception. Reed started the season on a hot streak, but has seen his play slow down over the last three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas couldn&#8217;t slow down DC&#8217;s passing attack Saturday. Defenders quarterback Jordan Ta&#8217;amu completed 71% of his passes, throwing for 227 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.\u00a0Ta&#8217;amu threw his first touchdown of the day with 6:24 left in the first quarter, finding Keller Timber Creek product Erik Ezukanma for a 7-yard touchdown connection.<\/p>\n<p>Ta&#8217;amu built on his strong start with two passing touchdowns in the second quarter. The Renegades scored their only touchdown in the third quarter, when Reed found Tyler Vaughns for a 14-yard score.<\/p>\n<p>The Renegades now sit at 3-3 on the season, ranking fourth in the UFL standings. The Renegades will look to end their losing streak next Saturday, when they face the Birmingham Stallions on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Dallas Renegades just can&#8217;t seem to find their footing after an undefeated start to the 2026 UFL season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1638,102,104,103,93809],"class_list":["post-276734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-brief","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-tp-xfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}