Forge Bison 36, Citadel Rams 24

Week 2 · Regular season · round 20 · Thursday 8 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
FRG Forge Bison	7	12	7	10	36
CTD Citadel Rams	7	7	10	0	24

Game recap

The Forge Bison came back to beat the Citadel Rams 36-24 in round 20 of Week 2. They trailed by as many as 7 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 13%.

The Rams opened the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Desmond Ashcroft with 2:01 left in the first quarter. At the break the Bison were up 19-14. The fourth quarter brought a 48-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood for the Bison (2:27 left, 29-24); a 19-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant for the Bison (0:10 left, 36-24).

The play that tilted the game came with 2:23 left in the second quarter: a safety. It moved the Bison' chance of winning from 48% to 66%.

Player of the game: Hollis Grant (WR, Bison), with 9 catches for 137 yards and 3 TD. Elsewhere, Augustin Mercer-Hale (Rams) had 23 of 30 passing for 260 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 1 carry for 5 yards and 1 TD; Calvin Booker (Rams) had 8 carries for 58 yards; 3 catches for 19 yards; Desmond Ashcroft (Rams) had 8 catches for 91 yards and 1 TD; Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 23 of 27 passing for 274 yards, 4 TD.

Before kickoff, the Rams' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Orson Ashford; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Orson Ashford finished with 5 catches for 60 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Desmond Ashcroft (Ivo Achebe finished with 4 catches for 50 yards).

The Rams move to 13-5-2 and the Bison to 14-4-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	FRG-CTD
Q1 2:01	Rams	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Desmond Ashcroft	0-7
Q1 0:25	Bison	A 20-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	7-7
Q2 2:23	Bison	A safety	9-7
Q2 1:27	Bison	A 16-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	16-7
Q2 0:41	Rams	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Orson Ashford	16-14
Q2 0:03	Bison	A 48-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	19-14
Q3 2:00	Rams	A 5-yard touchdown run by Augustin Mercer-Hale	19-21
Q3 1:02	Bison	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Nils Brennan	26-21
Q3 0:14	Rams	A 45-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	26-24
Q4 2:27	Bison	A 48-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	29-24
Q4 0:10	Bison	A 19-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	36-24

Team stats

	FRG	CTD
Total yards	446	352
Passing yards	274	260
Rushing yards	172	92
Completions	23 of 27	23 of 30
Offensive plays	59	46
Third downs	4 of 7	2 of 5
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	3	2
Time of possession	7:02	4:58

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	23/27	274	4	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Deacon Mbeki	18	93	0	17
Tariq Esposito	11	79	0	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Hollis Grant	9	137	3	9
Ivo Achebe	4	50	0	6
Nils Brennan	4	32	1	4
Deacon Mbeki	4	30	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Pavel Coventry	3	0	1
Ivo Falkner	0	2	0
Cassius Esposito	7	0	0
Yannick Thorne	6	0	0
Dorian Oyelaran	6	0	0
Ivo Montague	5	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	2/2	48	0/0

Citadel Rams box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Augustin Mercer-Hale	23/30	260	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Calvin Booker	8	58	0	12
Ulric Draven	4	29	0	21
Augustin Mercer-Hale	1	5	1	5
Zane Delacroix	1	0	0	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Desmond Ashcroft	8	91	1	11
Orson Ashford	5	60	1	6
Ivo Yardley	4	47	0	4
Zane Delacroix	3	43	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Bastien Yardley	11	0	0
Pavel Falkner	10	0	0
Cyrus Ingram	8	0	0
Nils Quarles	0	2	0
Valen Oyelaran	7	0	1
Bram Brennan	7	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Garrow	1/1	45	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 Forge Bison 36, Citadel Rams 24 on Snapline. More about the teams: Citadel Rams · Forge Bison.