Meridian Owls 27, Monolith Rhinos 24

Week 3 · Regular season · round 17 · Thursday 15 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MRD Meridian Owls	7	3	7	10	27
MNL Monolith Rhinos	7	14	0	3	24

Game recap

The Meridian Owls beat the Monolith Rhinos 27-24 in round 17 of Week 3, and they needed every second to do it. The decisive score was a 30-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Emeric Brennan with 0:39 left in the fourth quarter.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner with 1:07 left in the first quarter. At the break the Rhinos were up 21-10. Then came the fourth quarter: a 56-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (2:35 left, 21-20); a 29-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood for the Rhinos (1:17 left, 24-20); a 30-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Emeric Brennan for the Owls (0:39 left, 27-24).

The biggest swing of the game came with 0:39 left in the fourth quarter: a 30-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Emeric Brennan. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 37% to 76%.

Top performer: Graham Ashby (QB, Owls), with 19 of 25 passing for 194 yards, 2 TD; 1 carry for 7 yards. Elsewhere, Titus Okafor (Rhinos) had 28 carries for 140 yards and 2 TD; 1 catch for 4 yards; Rory Blackwood (Rhinos) had 5 catches for 56 yards; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 17 carries for 87 yards; 1 catch for 13 yards; Emeric Brennan (Owls) had 5 catches for 60 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 Abel Thornbury (Hector Quarles finished with 2 catches for 24 yards). Meanwhile, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, throw it more, target Abel Thornbury; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Abel Thornbury finished with 4 catches for 42 yards).

The Rhinos move to 6-10-1 and the Owls to 7-8-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MRD-MNL
Q1 1:07	Rhinos	A 2-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	0-7
Q1 0:11	Owls	A 13-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Soren Oyelaran	7-7
Q2 1:47	Rhinos	A 4-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	7-14
Q2 0:51	Owls	A 44-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	10-14
Q2 0:00	Rhinos	A 4-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	10-21
Q3 1:36	Owls	A 9-yard touchdown run by Adrien Oyelaran	17-21
Q4 2:35	Owls	A 56-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	20-21
Q4 1:17	Rhinos	A 29-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	20-24
Q4 0:39	Owls	A 30-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Emeric Brennan	27-24

Team stats

	MRD	MNL
Total yards	313	402
Passing yards	194	126
Rushing yards	119	276
Completions	19 of 25	12 of 18
Offensive plays	49	67
Third downs	2 of 6	4 of 11
Fourth downs	—	3 of 3
Turnovers	2	2
Sacks allowed	2	6
Time of possession	5:09	6:51

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	19/25	194	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	17	87	0	13
Adrien Oyelaran	2	16	1	9
Pavel Oyelaran	2	9	0	15
Graham Ashby	1	7	0	7

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Emeric Brennan	5	60	1	5
Soren Oyelaran	5	49	1	7
Abel Thornbury	4	42	0	5
Pavel Oyelaran	4	30	0	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Dorian Radcliffe	9	0	1	1
Elio Sandoval	10	0	0	0
Orson Lachance	8	0	0	0
Adrien Montague	8	0	0	1
Dorian Brennan	0	2	0	0
Bastien Delacroix	0	2	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	2/2	56	0/0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	12/18	126	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	28	140	2	13
Valen Falkner	15	136	1	26

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Rory Blackwood	5	56	5
Orson Jovanovic	2	25	2
Hector Quarles	2	24	4
Ivo Underwood	2	17	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Wendell Bellamy	0	2	0
Cyrus Varga	7	0	0
Emeric Hargrove	7	0	0
Nils Sandoval	6	0	1
Emeric Varga	5	0	0
Adrien Pellegrini	5	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	1/1	29	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 Meridian Owls 27, Monolith Rhinos 24 on Snapline. More about the teams: Monolith Rhinos · Meridian Owls.