Cortex Foxes 31, Monolith Rhinos 20

Week 1 · Regular season · round 6 · Tuesday 29 September 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTX Cortex Foxes	0	7	14	10	31
MNL Monolith Rhinos	10	10	0	0	20

Game recap

The Cortex Foxes came back to beat the Monolith Rhinos 31-20 in round 6 of Week 1. They trailed by as many as 13 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 5%.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Rory Blackwood with 0:53 left in the first quarter. The Rhinos led 20-7 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 2-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Zane Montague for the Foxes (1:44 left, 28-20); a 55-yard field goal by Wendell Montague for the Foxes (0:35 left, 31-20).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:00 left in the third quarter: a fumble by Titus Okafor, recovered by the defense. It moved the Foxes' chance of winning from 42% to 60%.

Top performer: Kian Morrow (RB, Foxes), with 21 carries for 112 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 14 yards. Elsewhere, Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 14 of 20 passing for 184 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; Valen Falkner (Rhinos) had 19 carries for 85 yards; Rory Blackwood (Rhinos) had 9 catches for 148 yards and 1 TD; Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 20 of 33 passing for 191 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT.

The Rhinos move to 1-4-1 and the Foxes to 3-2-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTX-MNL
Q1 0:53	Rhinos	A 16-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Rory Blackwood	0-7
Q1 0:11	Rhinos	A 38-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	0-10
Q2 2:37	Rhinos	A 27-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	0-13
Q2 1:43	Foxes	A 7-yard touchdown run by Fabian Esposito	7-13
Q2 0:31	Rhinos	A 1-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	7-20
Q3 2:33	Foxes	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Zane Montague	14-20
Q3 1:06	Foxes	A 4-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow	21-20
Q4 1:44	Foxes	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Zane Montague	28-20
Q4 0:35	Foxes	A 55-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	31-20

Team stats

	CTX	MNL
Total yards	352	353
Passing yards	191	184
Rushing yards	161	169
Completions	20 of 33	14 of 20
Offensive plays	62	57
Third downs	6 of 10	6 of 10
Fourth downs	1 of 1	—
Turnovers	3	3
Sacks allowed	2	0
Time of possession	5:37	6:19

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	20/33	191	2	3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Kian Morrow	21	112	1	19
Fabian Esposito	6	49	1	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rafe Ellison	9	98	0	14
Cassius Ashford	3	27	0	4
Zane Montague	4	26	2	7
Tariq Coventry	3	26	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Anders Sandoval	7	1	1
Nils Lachance	10	0	0
Elio Hargrove	10	0	2
Roman Zamora	8	0	0
Jonas Pellegrini	7	0	0
Valen Ingram	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	1/1	55	0/0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	14/20	184	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Valen Falkner	19	85	0	12
Titus Okafor	18	84	1	19

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rory Blackwood	9	148	1	12
Hector Quarles	2	24	0	4
Orson Jovanovic	1	10	0	2
Titus Okafor	2	2	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Adrien Pellegrini	8	2	0
Bastien Sandoval	5	1	2
Emeric Hargrove	9	0	0
Roman Underwood	7	0	0
Cyrus Varga	6	0	1
Nils Sandoval	4	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	2/2	38	0/0

Watch the replay

Every play of this game can be replayed on the big screen, with the play calls, the win probability and the commentary: replay Cortex Foxes 31, Monolith Rhinos 20 on Snapline. More about the teams: Monolith Rhinos · Cortex Foxes.