Pulse Jackals 33, Nova Raptors 13

Week 3 · Regular season · round 5 · Monday 12 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
PLS Pulse Jackals	6	10	10	7	33
NVA Nova Raptors	0	3	7	3	13

Game recap

The Pulse Jackals beat the Nova Raptors 33-13 in round 5 of Week 3. They led by as many as 20 points.

The Jackals opened the scoring with a 23-yard field goal by Roman Zamora with 1:59 left in the first quarter. The Jackals led 16-3 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 38-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross for the Raptors (2:28 left, 26-13); a 5-yard touchdown run by Jace Albright for the Jackals (0:33 left, 33-13).

Player of the game: Jace Albright (RB, Jackals), with 17 carries for 96 yards and 2 TD; 6 catches for 73 yards. Elsewhere, Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 23 of 41 passing for 249 yards, 1 TD; Omari Fenn (Raptors) had 15 carries for 113 yards; 1 catch for 7 yards; Zion Whitaker (Raptors) had 11 catches for 114 yards; Rio Castellanos (Jackals) had 38 of 55 passing for 422 yards, 1 TD; 3 carries for 19 yards.

Before kickoff, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Bram Thorne; on defense: bracket Cassius Achebe (Bram Thorne finished with 5 catches for 56 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Cassius Achebe; on defense: bracket Zion Whitaker (Cassius Achebe finished with 5 catches for 50 yards and 1 TD).

The Raptors move to 2-3 and the Jackals to 2-2-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	PLS-NVA
Q1 1:59	Jackals	A 23-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	3-0
Q1 0:19	Jackals	A 49-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	6-0
Q2 1:37	Jackals	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Cassius Achebe	13-0
Q2 0:44	Jackals	A 50-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	16-0
Q2 0:04	Raptors	A 42-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	16-3
Q3 2:10	Jackals	An 8-yard touchdown run by Jace Albright	23-3
Q3 1:24	Raptors	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Bram Thorne	23-10
Q3 0:48	Jackals	A 40-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	26-10
Q4 2:28	Raptors	A 38-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	26-13
Q4 0:33	Jackals	A 5-yard touchdown run by Jace Albright	33-13

Team stats

	PLS	NVA
Total yards	567	388
Passing yards	422	249
Rushing yards	145	139
Completions	38 of 55	23 of 41
Offensive plays	88	62
Third downs	8 of 15	3 of 11
Fourth downs	1 of 1	1 of 2
Turnovers	1	2
Sacks allowed	6	2
Time of possession	6:48	5:12

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Rio Castellanos	38/55	422	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Jace Albright	17	96	2	21
Fabian Lachance	7	30	0	12
Rio Castellanos	3	19	0	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Tavi Nkemelu	14	179	0	19
Anders Quarles	9	76	0	11
Jace Albright	6	73	0	9
Cassius Achebe	5	50	1	8

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Darius Draven	8	0
Quentin Norcross	7	1
Darius Esposito	6	0
Elio Oyelaran	6	2
Quentin Delacroix	5	0
Orson Castellan	4	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	4/4	50	0/0

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	23/41	249	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Omari Fenn	15	113	14
Nils Coventry	3	14	12
Tariq Achebe	1	12	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Zion Whitaker	11	114	0	17
Bram Thorne	5	56	1	9
Tariq Achebe	3	41	0	5
Ivo Norcross	3	31	0	7

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Anders Delacroix	13	0	0
Bastien Montague	13	0	0
Adrien Brennan	0	3	0
Kasimir Oyelaran	12	0	1
Pavel Quarles	0	2	0
Matteo Draven	7	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Norcross	2/2	42	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 Pulse Jackals 33, Nova Raptors 13 on Snapline. More about the teams: Nova Raptors · Pulse Jackals.