Granite Grizzlies 27, Cipher Lynx 14

Week 2 · Regular season · round 13 · Wednesday 7 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CPH Cipher Lynx	7	0	0	7	14
GRZ Granite Grizzlies	10	10	7	0	27

Game recap

The Granite Grizzlies beat the Cipher Lynx 27-14 in round 13 of Week 2. They led by as many as 20 points.

The Grizzlies opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown pass from Reid Callahan to Marlon Esquivel with 2:43 left in the first quarter. At the break the Grizzlies were up 20-7. In the fourth quarter: a 16-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Ezekiel Hart for the Lynx (2:20 left, 27-14).

The biggest swing of the game came with 0:37 left in the second quarter: a fumble by Bram Pellegrini, recovered by the defense. It moved the Grizzlies' chance of winning from 65% to 80%.

Player of the game: Marlon Esquivel (WR, Grizzlies), with 9 catches for 88 yards and 3 TD. Elsewhere, Reid Callahan (Grizzlies) had 22 of 32 passing for 250 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT; Jonah Whitfield (Grizzlies) had 27 carries for 99 yards; 2 catches for 24 yards; Bastien Lachance (Grizzlies) had 5 catches for 57 yards; Kai Navarro (Lynx) had 24 of 38 passing for 250 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT; 4 carries for 21 yards.

Before kickoff, the Grizzlies' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Yannick Ingram; on defense: bracket Luca Benedetti (Yannick Ingram finished with 3 catches for 40 yards). Meanwhile, the Lynx' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, throw it more, target Bram Pellegrini; on defense: bracket Bastien Lachance (Bram Pellegrini finished with 7 catches for 70 yards and 1 TD).

The Grizzlies move to 7-6 and the Lynx to 8-5 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CPH-GRZ
Q1 2:43	Grizzlies	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Reid Callahan to Marlon Esquivel	0-7
Q1 1:53	Lynx	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Bram Pellegrini	7-7
Q1 0:58	Grizzlies	A 22-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini	7-10
Q2 2:51	Grizzlies	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Reid Callahan to Marlon Esquivel	7-17
Q2 0:00	Grizzlies	A 46-yard field goal by Tariq Pellegrini	7-20
Q3 1:03	Grizzlies	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Reid Callahan to Marlon Esquivel	7-27
Q4 2:20	Lynx	A 16-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Ezekiel Hart	14-27

Team stats

	CPH	GRZ
Total yards	362	374
Passing yards	250	250
Rushing yards	112	124
Completions	24 of 38	22 of 32
Offensive plays	60	67
Third downs	1 of 6	3 of 11
Fourth downs	1 of 1	0 of 1
Turnovers	6	1
Sacks allowed	2	3
Time of possession	5:09	6:51

Cipher Lynx box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Kai Navarro	24/38	250	2	3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Ezekiel Hart	11	54	16
Zane Lachance	2	25	15
Kai Navarro	4	21	9
Orson Achebe	2	17	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Luca Benedetti	9	98	0	14
Bram Pellegrini	7	70	1	9
Ezekiel Hart	3	34	1	3
Zane Lachance	4	30	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Wendell Kincaid	7	0	1	0
Gideon Jovanovic	12	0	0	0
Valen Garrow	8	0	0	1
Jonas Sandoval	8	0	0	0
Hector Coventry	0	2	0	0
Jonas Ingram	6	0	0	1

Granite Grizzlies box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Reid Callahan	22/32	250	3	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Jonah Whitfield	27	99	0	17
Fabian Norcross	5	25	0	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Marlon Esquivel	9	88	3	12
Bastien Lachance	5	57	0	7
Fabian Brennan	3	41	0	4
Yannick Ingram	3	40	0	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bram Bellamy	5	0	2	0
Wendell Draven	8	0	1	1
Ivo Zamora	0	2	0	0
Adrien Jovanovic	7	0	0	0
Dorian Whitlock	6	0	0	1
Cassius Castellan	5	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Pellegrini	2/2	46	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 Granite Grizzlies 27, Cipher Lynx 14 on Snapline. More about the teams: Granite Grizzlies · Cipher Lynx.