Forge Bison 35, Cortex Foxes 27

Week 2 · Regular season · round 14 · Wednesday 7 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTX Cortex Foxes	10	7	0	10	27
FRG Forge Bison	7	14	7	7	35

Game recap

The Forge Bison won a shoot-out against the Cortex Foxes, 35-27, in round 14 of Week 2. The teams combined for 62 points and 5 lead changes.

The Foxes opened the scoring with a 41-yard field goal by Wendell Montague with 2:15 left in the first quarter. The Bison led 21-17 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 25-yard field goal by Wendell Montague for the Foxes (2:49 left, 28-20); a 12-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant for the Bison (1:47 left, 35-20); a 1-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison for the Foxes (0:10 left, 35-27).

The key moment arrived with 1:55 left in the third quarter: a missed 52-yard field goal by Wendell Montague. It moved the Bison' chance of winning from 51% to 69%.

Top performer: Cole Ramsey (QB, Bison), with 22 of 30 passing for 260 yards, 4 TD. Elsewhere, Tariq Esposito (Bison) had 8 carries for 88 yards; Hollis Grant (Bison) had 6 catches for 99 yards and 2 TD; Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 32 of 44 passing for 337 yards, 1 TD; 3 carries for 18 yards and 1 TD; Rafe Ellison (Foxes) had 14 catches for 143 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Ivo Achebe finished with 5 catches for 46 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Cassius Ashford; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Cassius Ashford finished with 8 catches for 69 yards).

The Bison move to 10-3-1 and the Foxes to 6-8 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTX-FRG
Q1 2:15	Foxes	A 41-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	3-0
Q1 1:33	Bison	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Ivo Achebe	3-7
Q1 0:11	Foxes	A 1-yard touchdown run by Ezra Vale	10-7
Q2 2:17	Bison	A 19-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	10-14
Q2 1:15	Foxes	A 6-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow	17-14
Q2 0:09	Bison	A 10-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki	17-21
Q3 0:40	Bison	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Adrien Montague	17-28
Q4 2:49	Foxes	A 25-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	20-28
Q4 1:47	Bison	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	20-35
Q4 0:10	Foxes	A 1-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison	27-35

Team stats

	CTX	FRG
Total yards	387	433
Passing yards	337	260
Rushing yards	50	173
Completions	32 of 44	22 of 30
Offensive plays	60	62
Third downs	2 of 7	5 of 8
Fourth downs	—	1 of 2
Turnovers	0	1
Sacks allowed	7	1
Time of possession	5:10	6:50

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	32/44	337	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Fabian Esposito	4	21	0	15
Ezra Vale	3	18	1	9
Kian Morrow	2	11	1	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rafe Ellison	14	143	1	18
Cassius Ashford	8	69	0	13
Zane Montague	5	51	0	5
Tariq Coventry	3	42	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Jonas Pellegrini	12	0
Nils Lachance	9	1
Roman Zamora	7	0
Valen Ingram	6	1
Anders Sandoval	5	2
Bram Brennan	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	2/3	41	0/0

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	22/30	260	4	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tariq Esposito	8	88	0	16
Deacon Mbeki	23	85	1	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Hollis Grant	6	99	2	7
Ivo Achebe	5	46	1	8
Adrien Montague	4	43	1	7
Deacon Mbeki	5	39	0	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Lazlo Varga	0	5	0
Pavel Coventry	8	0	1
Anders Radcliffe	0	2	0
Yannick Thorne	6	0	0
Ivo Montague	6	0	0
Soren Garrow	6	0	1

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 Forge Bison 35, Cortex Foxes 27 on Snapline. More about the teams: Forge Bison · Cortex Foxes.