Vector Strikers 28, Cortex Foxes 27

Week 1 · Regular season · round 16 · Friday 2 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTX Cortex Foxes	7	3	3	14	27
VEC Vector Strikers	0	14	7	7	28

Game recap

The Vector Strikers edged the Cortex Foxes 28-27 in a one-score game in round 16 of Week 1. The go-ahead score came with 1:14 left in the second quarter.

The Foxes opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison with 2:13 left in the first quarter. The Strikers led 14-10 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 3-yard touchdown run by Yannick Whitlock for the Strikers (2:31 left, 28-13); a 2-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison for the Foxes (1:02 left, 28-20); a 20-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison for the Foxes (0:09 left, 28-27).

Top performer: Nico Saint-Clair (WR, Strikers), with 17 catches for 249 yards and 2 TD. Elsewhere, Dax Holloway (Strikers) had 30 of 47 passing for 450 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT; Teo Briggs (Strikers) had 15 carries for 88 yards; 2 catches for 7 yards; Elio Falkner (Strikers) had 7 catches for 139 yards; Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 16 of 33 passing for 176 yards, 3 TD.

The Strikers move to 11-3-2 and the Foxes to 5-9-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTX-VEC
Q1 2:13	Foxes	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison	7-0
Q2 2:37	Strikers	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Nico Saint-Clair	7-7
Q2 1:14	Strikers	A 9-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Nico Saint-Clair	7-14
Q2 0:18	Foxes	A 35-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	10-14
Q3 2:38	Strikers	A 14-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Bastien Kincaid	10-21
Q3 1:42	Foxes	A 50-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	13-21
Q4 2:31	Strikers	A 3-yard touchdown run by Yannick Whitlock	13-28
Q4 1:02	Foxes	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison	20-28
Q4 0:09	Foxes	A 20-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison	27-28

Team stats

	CTX	VEC
Total yards	348	571
Passing yards	176	450
Rushing yards	172	121
Completions	16 of 33	30 of 47
Offensive plays	69	68
Third downs	5 of 15	5 of 10
Fourth downs	1 of 1	2 of 2
Turnovers	1	5
Sacks allowed	7	1
Time of possession	6:44	5:12

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	16/33	176	3	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Kian Morrow	19	123	0	24
Fabian Esposito	10	49	0	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rafe Ellison	11	123	3	21
Tariq Coventry	2	20	0	3
Kian Morrow	2	17	0	3
Zane Montague	1	16	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Anders Sandoval	11	2	1
Jonas Pellegrini	4	2	1
Elio Hargrove	10	0	1
Roman Zamora	6	0	0
Nils Lachance	6	0	0
Valen Ingram	4	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	2/2	50	0/0

Vector Strikers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Dax Holloway	30/47	450	3	4

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Teo Briggs	15	88	0	14
Yannick Whitlock	5	33	1	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Nico Saint-Clair	17	249	2	25
Elio Falkner	7	139	0	13
Bastien Kincaid	4	55	1	6
Teo Briggs	2	7	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Jonas Ingram	9	0	0
Fabian Thorne	0	2	0
Lazlo Jovanovic	0	2	0
Jonas Ashford	0	2	0
Cyrus Whitlock	6	0	1
Anders Delacroix	6	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 Vector Strikers 28, Cortex Foxes 27 on Snapline. More about the teams: Vector Strikers · Cortex Foxes.