Cortex Foxes 14, Monolith Rhinos 13

Week 2 · Regular season · round 21 · Friday 9 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MNL Monolith Rhinos	0	3	7	3	13
CTX Cortex Foxes	0	7	0	7	14

Game recap

The Cortex Foxes beat the Monolith Rhinos 14-13 in round 21 of Week 2, and they needed every second to do it. The decisive score was a 7-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Cassius Ashford with 0:42 left in the fourth quarter.

The Foxes opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Tariq Coventry with 2:43 left in the second quarter. The Foxes led 7-3 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 45-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood for the Rhinos (2:37 left, 13-7); a 7-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Cassius Ashford for the Foxes (0:42 left, 14-13).

The key moment arrived with 0:26 left in the fourth quarter: an incomplete pass on fourth down. It moved the Foxes' chance of winning from 46% to 82%.

Player of the game: Ezra Vale (QB, Foxes), with 16 of 27 passing for 147 yards, 2 TD; 6 carries for 26 yards. Elsewhere, Kian Morrow (Foxes) had 12 carries for 114 yards; 2 catches for 8 yards; Zane Montague (Foxes) had 5 catches for 52 yards; Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 13 of 22 passing for 171 yards; Titus Okafor (Rhinos) had 33 carries for 122 yards and 1 TD; 6 catches for 69 yards.

Before kickoff, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Rafe Ellison; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Rafe Ellison finished with 4 catches for 48 yards). Meanwhile, the Rhinos' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Hector Quarles; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Hector Quarles finished with 2 catches for 25 yards).

The Foxes move to 10-11 and the Rhinos to 10-11 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MNL-CTX
Q2 2:43	Foxes	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Tariq Coventry	0-7
Q2 0:23	Rhinos	A 54-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	3-7
Q3 0:38	Rhinos	A 1-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	10-7
Q4 2:37	Rhinos	A 45-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	13-7
Q4 0:42	Foxes	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Cassius Ashford	13-14

Team stats

	MNL	CTX
Total yards	311	301
Passing yards	171	147
Rushing yards	140	154
Completions	13 of 22	16 of 27
Offensive plays	65	54
Third downs	3 of 14	3 of 10
Fourth downs	2 of 4	1 of 1
Turnovers	0	1
Sacks allowed	2	6
Time of possession	7:09	4:51

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	13/22	171	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	33	122	1	24
Valen Falkner	8	18	0	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Titus Okafor	6	69	7
Ivo Underwood	4	64	7
Hector Quarles	2	25	5
Orson Jovanovic	1	13	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Anders Oyelaran	0	3	0
Emeric Hargrove	7	0	1
Adrien Pellegrini	6	0	0
Cyrus Varga	6	0	2
Bastien Sandoval	5	0	0
Emeric Varga	4	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	2/3	54	0/0

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	16/27	147	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Kian Morrow	12	114	19
Ezra Vale	6	26	8
Fabian Esposito	3	14	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Zane Montague	5	52	0	7
Rafe Ellison	4	48	0	7
Cassius Ashford	3	23	1	8
Tariq Coventry	2	16	1	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Roman Zamora	12	0	0	0
Jonas Pellegrini	8	0	0	0
Valen Ingram	8	0	0	0
Anders Sandoval	7	0	0	0
Bram Brennan	7	0	0	0
Nils Lachance	6	0	0	0

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