Forge Bison 17, Meridian Owls 17

Week 2 · Regular season · round 2 · Monday 5 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MRD Meridian Owls	0	7	7	3	17
FRG Forge Bison	7	0	3	7	17

Game recap

The Forge Bison and the Meridian Owls shared the points in round 2 of Week 2, finishing level at 17-17. Neither offense could find the winning score before the final whistle.

The Bison opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito with 0:04 left in the first quarter. It was 7-7 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 42-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (2:09 left, 17-10); a 9-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Ivo Achebe for the Bison (1:21 left, 17-17).

The key moment arrived with 0:03 left in the fourth quarter: a missed 53-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 15% to 73%.

Player of the game: Deacon Mbeki (RB, Bison), with 19 carries for 111 yards; 4 catches for 49 yards. Elsewhere, Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 17 of 34 passing for 169 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; Tariq Esposito (Bison) had 10 carries for 71 yards and 1 TD; Adrien Montague (Bison) had 7 catches for 76 yards; Graham Ashby (Owls) had 19 of 30 passing for 189 yards, 2 TD.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Ivo Achebe finished with 4 catches for 29 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Emeric Brennan finished with 7 catches for 73 yards and 1 TD).

The Bison move to 1-0-1 and the Owls to 0-0-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MRD-FRG
Q1 0:04	Bison	A 2-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito	0-7
Q2 1:18	Owls	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Emeric Brennan	7-7
Q3 1:22	Owls	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Pavel Oyelaran	14-7
Q3 0:20	Bison	A 49-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	14-10
Q4 2:09	Owls	A 42-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	17-10
Q4 1:21	Bison	A 9-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Ivo Achebe	17-17

Team stats

	MRD	FRG
Total yards	272	351
Passing yards	189	169
Rushing yards	83	182
Completions	19 of 30	17 of 34
Offensive plays	47	63
Third downs	5 of 10	6 of 12
Fourth downs	—	1 of 2
Turnovers	2	1
Sacks allowed	3	0
Time of possession	5:08	6:52

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	19/30	189	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	13	79	0	17
Adrien Oyelaran	1	4	0	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Emeric Brennan	7	73	1	8
Pavel Oyelaran	5	54	1	6
Abel Thornbury	3	49	0	6
Soren Oyelaran	3	11	0	6

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Adrien Zamora	6	1	0
Dorian Radcliffe	9	0	1
Adrien Montague	8	0	3
Elio Sandoval	7	0	1
Cyrus Jovanovic	6	0	2
Orson Lachance	5	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	1/1	42	0/0

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	17/34	169	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Deacon Mbeki	19	111	0	25
Tariq Esposito	10	71	1	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Adrien Montague	7	76	0	11
Deacon Mbeki	4	49	0	6
Ivo Achebe	4	29	1	5
Hollis Grant	2	15	0	9

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Lazlo Varga	0	2	0
Dorian Draven	6	0	1
Pavel Coventry	6	0	0
Dorian Oyelaran	5	0	1
Cassius Esposito	4	0	2
Ivo Montague	4	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	1/2	49	0/0

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