Axiom Falcons 31, Monolith Rhinos 20

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

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
AXM Axiom Falcons	7	7	10	7	31
MNL Monolith Rhinos	3	10	0	7	20

Game recap

The Axiom Falcons took care of the Monolith Rhinos 31-20 in round 9 of Week 3. They led by as many as 11 points.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 38-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood with 1:24 left in the first quarter. The Falcons led 14-13 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 13-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor for the Rhinos (1:41 left, 24-20); an 11-yard touchdown pass from Callum Reyes to Ivo Thorne for the Falcons (0:32 left, 31-20).

The biggest swing of the game came with 3:00 left in the third quarter: Kickoff, 66 yds. It moved the Falcons' chance of winning from 52% to 67%.

The standout was Milo Sterling (WR, Falcons), with 13 catches for 200 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 9 of 15 passing for 112 yards; 1 carry for 25 yards; Titus Okafor (Rhinos) had 23 carries for 122 yards and 2 TD; 2 catches for 19 yards; Callum Reyes (Falcons) had 33 of 44 passing for 390 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT; Pavel Pellegrini (Falcons) had 10 carries for 70 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Rhinos' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Hector Quarles; on defense: bracket Milo Sterling (Hector Quarles finished with 2 catches for 18 yards). Meanwhile, the Falcons' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Milo Sterling; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Milo Sterling finished with 13 catches for 200 yards and 1 TD).

The Rhinos move to 2-7 and the Falcons to 4-2-3 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	AXM-MNL
Q1 1:24	Rhinos	A 38-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	0-3
Q1 0:24	Falcons	A 14-yard touchdown pass from Callum Reyes to Ivo Thorne	7-3
Q2 2:43	Rhinos	A 47-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	7-6
Q2 1:31	Falcons	A 3-yard touchdown run by Pavel Pellegrini	14-6
Q2 0:42	Rhinos	A 3-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	14-13
Q3 2:07	Falcons	A 16-yard touchdown pass from Callum Reyes to Milo Sterling	21-13
Q3 0:50	Falcons	A 39-yard field goal by Bastien Radcliffe	24-13
Q4 1:41	Rhinos	A 13-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	24-20
Q4 0:32	Falcons	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Callum Reyes to Ivo Thorne	31-20

Team stats

	AXM	MNL
Total yards	526	297
Passing yards	390	112
Rushing yards	136	185
Completions	33 of 44	9 of 15
Offensive plays	76	50
Third downs	7 of 13	2 of 10
Fourth downs	1 of 2	0 of 1
Turnovers	2	1
Sacks allowed	4	2
Time of possession	7:03	4:57

Axiom Falcons box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Callum Reyes	33/44	390	3	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Pavel Pellegrini	10	70	1	18
Idris Vaughn	16	48	0	12
Gideon Hargrove	2	18	0	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Milo Sterling	13	200	1	17
Ivo Thorne	10	129	2	13
Nils Achebe	7	54	0	8
Gideon Hargrove	3	7	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Emeric Montague	9	0	1
Ivo Eriksen	8	0	0
Elio Sandoval	8	0	0
Roman Lachance	6	0	0
Fabian Bellamy	0	1	0
Anders Zamora	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Bastien Radcliffe	1/1	39	0/0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	9/15	112	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	23	122	2	22
Valen Falkner	9	38	0	15
Brandt Kessler	1	25	0	25

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Rory Blackwood	3	33	6
Orson Jovanovic	1	25	2
Titus Okafor	2	19	2
Hector Quarles	2	18	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Emeric Varga	7	0	1	0
Adrien Pellegrini	11	0	0	0
Bastien Sandoval	9	0	0	1
Nils Sandoval	9	0	0	0
Emeric Hargrove	8	0	0	0
Bram Garrow	0	2	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	2/2	47	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 Axiom Falcons 31, Monolith Rhinos 20 on Snapline. More about the teams: Monolith Rhinos · Axiom Falcons.