Monolith Rhinos 35, Forge Bison 21

Week 3 · Regular season · round 6 · Tuesday 13 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MNL Monolith Rhinos	14	7	7	7	35
FRG Forge Bison	0	7	14	0	21

Game recap

The Monolith Rhinos earned a 35-21 win over the Forge Bison in round 6 of Week 3. They led by as many as 21 points.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Ivo Underwood with 1:37 left in the first quarter. The Rhinos led 21-7 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Hector Quarles for the Rhinos (0:54 left, 35-21).

The play that tilted the game came with 2:05 left in the fourth quarter: a 1-yard run by Deacon Mbeki on fourth down. It moved the Rhinos' chance of winning from 78% to 91%.

Player of the game: Valen Falkner (RB, Rhinos), with 18 carries for 127 yards and 2 TD. Elsewhere, Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 16 of 25 passing for 189 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT; Deacon Mbeki (Bison) had 14 carries for 89 yards; 5 catches for 65 yards and 1 TD; Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 18 of 20 passing for 200 yards, 3 TD; Titus Okafor (Rhinos) had 22 carries for 89 yards; 2 catches for 8 yards.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Hollis Grant; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Hollis Grant finished with 5 catches for 62 yards and 1 TD). Meanwhile, the Rhinos' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Hector Quarles; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Hector Quarles finished with 8 catches for 86 yards and 1 TD).

The Bison move to 4-2 and the Rhinos to 2-4 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MNL-FRG
Q1 1:37	Rhinos	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Ivo Underwood	7-0
Q1 0:58	Rhinos	A 1-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	14-0
Q2 2:52	Rhinos	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Rory Blackwood	21-0
Q2 1:07	Bison	A 9-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant	21-7
Q3 2:29	Bison	A 16-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Adrien Montague	21-14
Q3 1:28	Rhinos	A 7-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	28-14
Q3 0:22	Bison	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Deacon Mbeki	28-21
Q4 0:54	Rhinos	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Hector Quarles	35-21

Team stats

	MNL	FRG
Total yards	416	342
Passing yards	200	189
Rushing yards	216	153
Completions	18 of 20	16 of 25
Offensive plays	62	50
Third downs	4 of 7	2 of 8
Fourth downs	2 of 2	1 of 4
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	2	4
Time of possession	7:03	4:57

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	18/20	200	3	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Valen Falkner	18	127	2	15
Titus Okafor	22	89	0	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Hector Quarles	8	86	1	8
Rory Blackwood	5	56	1	6
Orson Jovanovic	1	31	0	1
Ivo Underwood	2	19	1	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bastien Sandoval	5	0	1	0
Roman Underwood	8	0	0	0
Cyrus Varga	7	0	0	1
Emeric Hargrove	7	0	0	0
Adrien Pellegrini	5	0	0	1
Anders Oyelaran	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	0/1	0	0/0

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	16/25	189	3	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Deacon Mbeki	14	89	0	29
Tariq Esposito	7	64	0	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Deacon Mbeki	5	65	1	5
Hollis Grant	5	62	1	6
Adrien Montague	4	49	1	10
Ivo Achebe	2	13	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK
Dorian Draven	12	0
Pavel Coventry	9	0
Lazlo Varga	0	2
Ivo Montague	8	0
Dorian Oyelaran	7	0
Soren Garrow	6	0

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