Monolith Rhinos 20, Nova Raptors 14

Week 3 · Regular season · round 19 · Thursday 15 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
NVA Nova Raptors	7	7	0	0	14
MNL Monolith Rhinos	3	3	7	7	20

Game recap

Down but not out, the Monolith Rhinos rallied past the Nova Raptors for a 20-14 win in round 19 of Week 3. They trailed by as many as 8 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 10%. It was an upset: before kickoff the engine gave the Rhinos only a 32% chance of winning.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 21-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood with 1:09 left in the first quarter. The Raptors led 14-6 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 26-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor for the Rhinos (1:30 left, 20-14).

The biggest swing of the game came with 1:30 left in the fourth quarter: a 26-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor. It moved the Rhinos' chance of winning from 59% to 84%.

Top performer: Titus Okafor (RB, Rhinos), with 26 carries for 134 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 22 yards. Elsewhere, Valen Falkner (Rhinos) had 13 carries for 98 yards and 1 TD; Hector Quarles (Rhinos) had 7 catches for 65 yards; Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 13 of 23 passing for 166 yards; Omari Fenn (Raptors) had 16 carries for 88 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 Zion Whitaker (Hector Quarles finished with 7 catches for 65 yards). Meanwhile, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Zion Whitaker; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Zion Whitaker finished with 6 catches for 86 yards).

The Rhinos move to 8-10-1 and the Raptors to 6-12-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	NVA-MNL
Q1 1:09	Rhinos	A 21-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	0-3
Q1 0:13	Raptors	A 9-yard touchdown run by Nils Coventry	7-3
Q2 1:54	Rhinos	A 25-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	7-6
Q2 0:09	Raptors	A 22-yard touchdown run by Omari Fenn	14-6
Q3 1:22	Rhinos	A 4-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	14-13
Q4 1:30	Rhinos	A 26-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	14-20

Team stats

	NVA	MNL
Total yards	263	441
Passing yards	166	209
Rushing yards	97	232
Completions	13 of 23	19 of 26
Offensive plays	43	69
Third downs	2 of 7	7 of 11
Fourth downs	0 of 1	0 of 1
Turnovers	0	1
Sacks allowed	3	4
Time of possession	3:59	8:01

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	13/23	166	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Omari Fenn	16	88	1	22
Nils Coventry	1	9	1	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Zion Whitaker	6	86	8
Bram Thorne	5	67	7
Ivo Norcross	1	7	2
Tariq Achebe	1	6	3

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Zane Eriksen	10	0	2
Anders Delacroix	10	0	0
Quentin Norcross	10	0	0
Matteo Draven	9	0	0
Quentin Brennan	4	1	0
Bastien Montague	8	0	0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	19/26	209	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	26	134	1	26
Valen Falkner	13	98	1	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Hector Quarles	7	65	9
Rory Blackwood	6	55	8
Ivo Underwood	3	55	4
Titus Okafor	2	22	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Bram Garrow	0	2	0
Adrien Pellegrini	7	0	1
Nils Sandoval	6	0	0
Bastien Sandoval	6	0	0
Lazlo Zamora	0	1	0
Emeric Hargrove	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	2/2	25	0/0

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