Forge Bison 24, Bastion Panthers 17

Week 3 · Regular season · round 23 · Friday 16 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
BST Bastion Panthers	3	7	0	7	17
FRG Forge Bison	0	10	14	0	24

Game recap

The Forge Bison came back to beat the Bastion Panthers 24-17 in round 23 of Week 3. They trailed by as many as 10 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 16%.

The Panthers opened the scoring with a 29-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley with 1:14 left in the first quarter. It was 10-10 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 12-yard touchdown run by Wendell Ashford for the Panthers (2:49 left, 24-17).

The biggest swing of the game came with 0:00 left in the second quarter: a 10-yard run by Marcus Thibodeaux. It moved the Bison' chance of winning from 37% to 54%.

Player of the game: Deacon Mbeki (RB, Bison), with 18 carries for 138 yards and 1 TD; 3 catches for 28 yards. Elsewhere, Tariq Esposito (Bison) had 11 carries for 66 yards and 2 TD; Hollis Grant (Bison) had 5 catches for 39 yards; Marcus Thibodeaux (Panthers) had 20 carries for 100 yards; 1 catch for 10 yards; Elio Zamora (Panthers) had 1 carry for 5 yards; 4 catches for 47 yards.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Julian Asher (Ivo Achebe finished with 3 catches for 37 yards). Meanwhile, the Panthers' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, target Emeric Esposito; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Emeric Esposito finished with 2 catches for 24 yards).

The Bison move to 12-11 and the Panthers to 14-7-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	BST-FRG
Q1 1:14	Panthers	A 29-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	3-0
Q2 2:30	Panthers	A 7-yard touchdown run by Wendell Ashford	10-0
Q2 1:38	Bison	A 32-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	10-3
Q2 0:16	Bison	A 2-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito	10-10
Q3 1:29	Bison	A 1-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito	10-17
Q3 0:38	Bison	A 7-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki	10-24
Q4 2:49	Panthers	A 12-yard touchdown run by Wendell Ashford	17-24

Team stats

	BST	FRG
Total yards	302	338
Passing yards	114	130
Rushing yards	188	208
Completions	11 of 18	14 of 23
Offensive plays	49	57
Third downs	2 of 5	4 of 11
Fourth downs	—	2 of 3
Turnovers	2	0
Sacks allowed	1	4
Time of possession	5:35	6:25

Bastion Panthers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Owen Castillo	11/18	114	0	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Marcus Thibodeaux	20	100	0	15
Wendell Ashford	9	83	2	20
Elio Zamora	1	5	0	20

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Elio Zamora	4	47	4
Elio Bellamy	3	28	4
Emeric Esposito	2	24	7
Marcus Thibodeaux	1	10	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Hector Whitlock	8	0	0
Yannick Coventry	0	2	0
Kasimir Varga	7	0	2
Elio Lachance	7	0	1
Cassius Kincaid	6	0	0
Bram Zamora	6	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Yardley	1/1	29	0/0

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	14/23	130	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Deacon Mbeki	18	138	1	26
Tariq Esposito	11	66	2	15
Cole Ramsey	1	4	0	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Hollis Grant	5	39	10
Ivo Achebe	3	37	5
Deacon Mbeki	3	28	3
Adrien Montague	1	18	2

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Cassius Esposito	8	1	1
Soren Garrow	4	1	0
Dorian Oyelaran	8	0	0
Yannick Thorne	7	0	0
Dorian Draven	5	0	1
Pavel Coventry	4	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	1/1	32	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 Forge Bison 24, Bastion Panthers 17 on Snapline. More about the teams: Forge Bison · Bastion Panthers.