Monolith Rhinos 24, Cortex Foxes 22

Week 1 · Regular season · round 12 · Thursday 1 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTX Cortex Foxes	3	6	10	3	22
MNL Monolith Rhinos	7	3	7	7	24

Game recap

It came down to the final moments in round 12 of Week 1: the Monolith Rhinos edged the Cortex Foxes 24-22. The decisive score was a 5-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Orson Jovanovic with 0:15 left in the fourth quarter. The result went against the odds, which had the Rhinos at 36% before kickoff.

The Foxes opened the scoring with a 39-yard field goal by Wendell Montague with 1:07 left in the first quarter. At the break the Rhinos were up 10-9. In the fourth quarter: a 48-yard field goal by Wendell Montague for the Foxes (1:36 left, 22-17); a 5-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Orson Jovanovic for the Rhinos (0:15 left, 24-22).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:15 left in the fourth quarter: a 5-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Orson Jovanovic. It moved the Rhinos' chance of winning from 42% to 80%.

Player of the game: Orson Jovanovic (WR, Rhinos), with 6 catches for 78 yards and 2 TD. Elsewhere, Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 16 of 27 passing for 217 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; Valen Falkner (Rhinos) had 21 carries for 105 yards; Rory Blackwood (Rhinos) had 4 catches for 72 yards; Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 10 of 25 passing for 124 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.

The Rhinos move to 6-5-1 and the Foxes to 4-6-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTX-MNL
Q1 1:07	Foxes	A 39-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	3-0
Q1 0:29	Rhinos	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Orson Jovanovic	3-7
Q2 2:32	Foxes	A 27-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	6-7
Q2 1:08	Rhinos	A 28-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	6-10
Q2 0:31	Foxes	A 50-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	9-10
Q3 2:25	Foxes	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Tariq Coventry	16-10
Q3 1:26	Rhinos	A 9-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	16-17
Q3 0:29	Foxes	A 44-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	19-17
Q4 1:36	Foxes	A 48-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	22-17
Q4 0:15	Rhinos	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Orson Jovanovic	22-24

Team stats

	CTX	MNL
Total yards	272	410
Passing yards	124	217
Rushing yards	148	193
Completions	10 of 25	16 of 27
Offensive plays	48	67
Third downs	2 of 9	7 of 11
Fourth downs	—	1 of 1
Turnovers	2	4
Sacks allowed	3	0
Time of possession	4:32	7:27

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	10/25	124	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Kian Morrow	16	128	0	17
Fabian Esposito	4	20	0	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Zane Montague	3	35	0	4
Cassius Ashford	1	32	0	2
Rafe Ellison	3	31	0	15
Tariq Coventry	3	26	1	4

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Nils Lachance	13	0	0
Jonas Pellegrini	7	1	1
Elio Hargrove	9	0	0
Roman Zamora	6	0	0
Bram Brennan	6	0	2
Anders Sandoval	5	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	5/5	50	0/0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	16/27	217	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Valen Falkner	21	105	0	14
Titus Okafor	19	88	1	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Orson Jovanovic	6	78	2	9
Rory Blackwood	4	72	0	11
Ivo Underwood	3	36	0	3
Hector Quarles	3	31	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Adrien Pellegrini	9	0	1	1
Cyrus Varga	6	0	0	2
Nils Sandoval	4	0	0	0
Anders Oyelaran	0	1	0	0
Bram Garrow	0	1	0	0
Wendell Bellamy	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	1/2	28	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 Monolith Rhinos 24, Cortex Foxes 22 on Snapline. More about the teams: Monolith Rhinos · Cortex Foxes.