Forge Bison 42, Cortex Foxes 21

Week 3 · Regular season · round 14 · Wednesday 14 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTX Cortex Foxes	14	0	0	7	21
FRG Forge Bison	7	14	14	7	42

Game recap

The Forge Bison overwhelmed the Cortex Foxes 42-21 in round 14 of Week 3. The Bison led by as many as 28 points. The Bison were clear favourites before kickoff (79%), and they delivered.

The Foxes opened the scoring with a 6-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow with 2:06 left in the first quarter. At the break the Bison were up 21-14. Then came the fourth quarter: a 4-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki for the Bison (1:13 left, 42-14); an 11-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison for the Foxes (0:16 left, 42-21).

Top performer: Deacon Mbeki (RB, Bison), with 25 carries for 116 yards and 2 TD; 6 catches for 81 yards. Elsewhere, Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 18 of 23 passing for 252 yards, 2 TD; Tariq Esposito (Bison) had 14 carries for 95 yards and 2 TD; Ivo Achebe (Bison) had 4 catches for 74 yards; Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 23 of 34 passing for 244 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT; 3 carries for 14 yards and 1 TD.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Ivo Achebe finished with 4 catches for 74 yards). Meanwhile, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Cassius Ashford; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Cassius Ashford finished with 6 catches for 59 yards).

The Bison move to 7-7 and the Foxes to 3-10-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTX-FRG
Q1 2:06	Foxes	A 6-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow	7-0
Q1 1:03	Bison	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	7-7
Q1 0:05	Foxes	A 5-yard touchdown run by Ezra Vale	14-7
Q2 2:08	Bison	A 2-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito	14-14
Q2 0:51	Bison	A 10-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito	14-21
Q3 1:56	Bison	A 4-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki	14-28
Q3 0:12	Bison	A 16-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	14-35
Q4 1:13	Bison	A 4-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki	14-42
Q4 0:16	Foxes	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison	21-42

Team stats

	CTX	FRG
Total yards	358	463
Passing yards	244	252
Rushing yards	114	211
Completions	23 of 34	18 of 23
Offensive plays	55	63
Third downs	3 of 9	6 of 9
Fourth downs	2 of 4	1 of 3
Turnovers	3	1
Sacks allowed	5	1
Time of possession	4:36	7:24

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	23/34	244	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Kian Morrow	11	84	1	20
Fabian Esposito	2	16	0	9
Ezra Vale	3	14	1	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Zane Montague	6	78	0	6
Cassius Ashford	6	59	0	11
Tariq Coventry	4	54	0	4
Rafe Ellison	5	30	1	10

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Nils Lachance	10	0
Roman Zamora	9	0
Valen Ingram	8	0
Bram Brennan	8	0
Jonas Pellegrini	8	1
Elio Hargrove	4	0

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	18/23	252	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Deacon Mbeki	25	116	2	19
Tariq Esposito	14	95	2	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Deacon Mbeki	6	81	0	6
Ivo Achebe	4	74	0	5
Hollis Grant	5	55	2	5
Nils Brennan	3	42	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bram Delacroix	0	3	0	0
Ivo Montague	9	0	0	1
Cassius Esposito	9	0	0	1
Yannick Thorne	3	0	1	1
Dorian Oyelaran	3	0	1	0
Dorian Draven	5	0	0	0

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