Citadel Rams 35, Cortex Foxes 24

Week 3 · Regular season · round 3 · Monday 12 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTD Citadel Rams	0	14	14	7	35
CTX Cortex Foxes	14	7	0	3	24

Game recap

The Citadel Rams turned the game around and beat the Cortex Foxes 35-24 in round 3 of Week 3. They trailed by as many as 14 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 13%.

The Foxes opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow with 2:41 left in the first quarter. The Foxes led 21-14 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 14-yard touchdown run by Calvin Booker for the Rams (2:34 left, 35-21); a 33-yard field goal by Wendell Montague for the Foxes (1:12 left, 35-24).

The key moment arrived with 1:39 left in the third quarter: a fumble by Kian Morrow, recovered by the defense. It moved the Rams' chance of winning from 49% to 64%.

Player of the game: Augustin Mercer-Hale (QB, Rams), with 19 of 29 passing for 226 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT; 1 carry for 7 yards. Elsewhere, Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 19 of 37 passing for 197 yards, 1 TD; 2 carries for 11 yards; Kian Morrow (Foxes) had 18 carries for 70 yards and 2 TD; 2 catches for 7 yards; Cassius Ashford (Foxes) had 8 catches for 96 yards and 1 TD; Calvin Booker (Rams) had 19 carries for 127 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 5 yards.

Before kickoff, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Rafe Ellison; on defense: bracket Desmond Ashcroft (Rafe Ellison finished with 3 catches for 21 yards). Meanwhile, the Rams' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Desmond Ashcroft; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Desmond Ashcroft finished with 5 catches for 82 yards).

The Foxes move to 1-2 and the Rams to 3-0 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTD-CTX
Q1 2:41	Foxes	A 7-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow	0-7
Q1 2:01	Foxes	A 2-yard touchdown run by Kian Morrow	0-14
Q2 2:12	Rams	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Ivo Yardley	7-14
Q2 0:56	Rams	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Zane Delacroix	14-14
Q2 0:10	Foxes	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Cassius Ashford	14-21
Q3 1:47	Rams	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Orson Ashford	21-21
Q3 1:22	Rams	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Ivo Yardley	28-21
Q4 2:34	Rams	A 14-yard touchdown run by Calvin Booker	35-21
Q4 1:12	Foxes	A 33-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	35-24

Team stats

	CTD	CTX
Total yards	420	325
Passing yards	226	197
Rushing yards	194	128
Completions	19 of 29	19 of 37
Offensive plays	59	64
Third downs	4 of 7	6 of 13
Fourth downs	0 of 1	1 of 3
Turnovers	4	2
Sacks allowed	3	1
Time of possession	6:27	5:33

Citadel Rams box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Augustin Mercer-Hale	19/29	226	4	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Calvin Booker	19	127	1	15
Ulric Draven	7	60	0	18
Augustin Mercer-Hale	1	7	0	7

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Desmond Ashcroft	5	82	0	9
Orson Ashford	4	55	1	7
Ivo Yardley	6	49	2	7
Zane Delacroix	3	35	1	3

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Gideon Falkner	11	1
Orson Sandoval	8	0
Cyrus Ingram	6	2
Bram Brennan	5	2
Valen Oyelaran	5	0
Bastien Yardley	4	0

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	19/37	197	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Kian Morrow	18	70	2	18
Fabian Esposito	5	44	0	12
Ezra Vale	2	11	0	6
Tariq Coventry	1	3	0	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Cassius Ashford	8	96	1	12
Zane Montague	4	54	0	8
Rafe Ellison	3	21	0	8
Tariq Coventry	2	19	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Roman Zamora	9	0	1	1
Bram Brennan	6	0	1	1
Jonas Pellegrini	9	0	0	1
Anders Coventry	0	2	0	0
Nils Lachance	5	0	0	0
Anders Sandoval	4	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	1/1	33	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 Citadel Rams 35, Cortex Foxes 24 on Snapline. More about the teams: Cortex Foxes · Citadel Rams.