Citadel Rams 38, Onyx Hawks 35

Week 3 · Regular season · round 9 · Tuesday 13 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTD Citadel Rams	0	21	14	3	38
ONX Onyx Hawks	14	7	7	7	35

Game recap

The Citadel Rams came back to beat the Onyx Hawks 38-35 in round 9 of Week 3. They trailed by as many as 14 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 18%.

The Hawks opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown run by Bastian Kole with 2:07 left in the first quarter. It was 21-21 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 29-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow for the Rams (2:24 left, 38-28); a 4-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Lazlo Underwood for the Hawks (1:13 left, 38-35).

The biggest swing of the game came with 3:00 left in the third quarter: Kickoff, 66 yds. It moved the Rams' chance of winning from 41% to 55%.

Top performer: Calvin Booker (RB, Rams), with 16 carries for 92 yards and 2 TD; 6 catches for 67 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Wes Hadley (Hawks) had 23 of 34 passing for 240 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for 14 yards; Bastian Kole (Hawks) had 15 carries for 75 yards and 3 TD; 6 catches for 68 yards and 1 TD; Augustin Mercer-Hale (Rams) had 31 of 46 passing for 349 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT; 1 carry for 4 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for -6 yards; Ulric Draven (Rams) had 6 carries for 44 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Hawks' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Wendell Montague; on defense: bracket Desmond Ashcroft (Wendell Montague finished with 4 catches for 29 yards). Meanwhile, the Rams' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Orson Ashford; on defense: bracket Wendell Montague (Orson Ashford finished with 7 catches for 66 yards).

The Hawks move to 2-6-1 and the Rams to 7-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTD-ONX
Q1 2:07	Hawks	A 10-yard touchdown run by Bastian Kole	0-7
Q1 0:14	Hawks	A 1-yard touchdown run by Bastian Kole	0-14
Q2 2:31	Rams	A 15-yard touchdown run by Calvin Booker	7-14
Q2 1:27	Hawks	An 8-yard touchdown run by Bastian Kole	7-21
Q2 0:51	Rams	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Calvin Booker	14-21
Q2 0:01	Rams	A 4-yard touchdown run by Augustin Mercer-Hale	21-21
Q3 1:49	Rams	A 4-yard touchdown run by Calvin Booker	28-21
Q3 1:05	Rams	A 1-yard touchdown run by Ulric Draven	35-21
Q3 0:27	Hawks	A 13-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Bastian Kole	35-28
Q4 2:24	Rams	A 29-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	38-28
Q4 1:13	Hawks	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Wes Hadley to Lazlo Underwood	38-35

Team stats

	CTD	ONX
Total yards	489	347
Passing yards	349	240
Rushing yards	140	107
Completions	31 of 46	23 of 34
Offensive plays	69	56
Third downs	4 of 7	5 of 10
Fourth downs	1 of 1	1 of 2
Turnovers	3	1
Sacks allowed	0	2
Time of possession	7:14	4:46

Citadel Rams box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Augustin Mercer-Hale	31/46	349	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Calvin Booker	16	92	2	16
Ulric Draven	6	44	1	10
Augustin Mercer-Hale	1	4	1	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Desmond Ashcroft	7	104	0	9
Ivo Yardley	7	98	0	9
Calvin Booker	6	67	1	8
Orson Ashford	7	66	0	12

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Cyrus Ingram	5	1	2
Pavel Falkner	7	0	0
Bastien Yardley	7	0	0
Bram Brennan	6	0	0
Valen Oyelaran	6	0	0
Orson Sandoval	4	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Garrow	1/1	29	0/0

Onyx Hawks box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Wes Hadley	23/34	240	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Bastian Kole	15	75	3	13
Darius Eriksen	3	18	0	13
Wes Hadley	2	14	0	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Bastian Kole	6	68	1	7
Cyrus Garrow	4	49	0	5
Elan Drummond	5	47	0	11
Lazlo Underwood	4	47	1	4

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Elio Brennan	8	1	0
Pavel Pellegrini	11	0	0
Adrien Achebe	4	1	0
Gideon Zamora	8	0	2
Soren Jovanovic	7	0	0
Wendell Garrow	5	0	0

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