Cipher Lynx 28, Monolith Rhinos 24

Week 3 · Regular season · round 8 · Tuesday 13 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MNL Monolith Rhinos	7	10	0	7	24
CPH Cipher Lynx	7	0	7	14	28

Game recap

The Cipher Lynx beat the Monolith Rhinos 28-24 in round 8 of Week 3, and they needed every second to do it. The decisive score was a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Luca Benedetti with 0:10 left in the fourth quarter. The Lynx were clear favourites before kickoff (72%), and they delivered.

The Lynx opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Hart with 2:33 left in the first quarter. At the break the Rhinos were up 17-7. Then came the fourth quarter: a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Pavel Thorne for the Lynx (2:01 left, 21-17); a 9-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Ivo Underwood for the Rhinos (1:25 left, 24-21); a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Luca Benedetti for the Lynx (0:10 left, 28-24).

The key moment arrived with 0:25 left in the fourth quarter: a sack by Hector Coventry. It moved the Lynx' chance of winning from 16% to 55%.

Top performer: Luca Benedetti (WR, Lynx), with 12 catches for 119 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Kai Navarro (Lynx) had 25 of 43 passing for 266 yards, 2 TD; 2 carries for 12 yards; Ezekiel Hart (Lynx) had 11 carries for 52 yards and 2 TD; 1 catch for 8 yards; Bram Pellegrini (Lynx) had 5 catches for 72 yards; Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 16 of 21 passing for 240 yards, 2 TD; 3 carries for 18 yards.

Before kickoff, the Lynx' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Luca Benedetti; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Luca Benedetti finished with 12 catches for 119 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 Luca Benedetti (Hector Quarles finished with 5 catches for 54 yards).

The Lynx move to 5-3 and the Rhinos to 2-6 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MNL-CPH
Q1 2:33	Lynx	A 7-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Hart	0-7
Q1 1:31	Rhinos	A 5-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	7-7
Q2 2:40	Rhinos	A 26-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	10-7
Q2 0:14	Rhinos	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Ivo Underwood	17-7
Q3 0:19	Lynx	A 1-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Hart	17-14
Q4 2:01	Lynx	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Pavel Thorne	17-21
Q4 1:25	Rhinos	A 9-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Ivo Underwood	24-21
Q4 0:10	Lynx	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Kai Navarro to Luca Benedetti	24-28

Team stats

	MNL	CPH
Total yards	404	362
Passing yards	240	266
Rushing yards	164	96
Completions	16 of 21	25 of 43
Offensive plays	66	60
Third downs	5 of 12	4 of 9
Fourth downs	1 of 2	0 of 1
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	5	0
Time of possession	7:15	4:45

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	16/21	240	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	24	92	0	19
Valen Falkner	13	54	1	13
Brandt Kessler	3	18	0	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rory Blackwood	5	81	0	6
Ivo Underwood	4	54	2	5
Hector Quarles	5	54	0	7
Orson Jovanovic	1	32	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Nils Sandoval	8	0
Emeric Hargrove	7	0
Emeric Varga	6	0
Roman Underwood	5	1
Cyrus Varga	4	2
Adrien Pellegrini	4	2

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	1/1	26	0/0

Cipher Lynx box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Kai Navarro	25/43	266	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Ezekiel Hart	11	52	2	10
Orson Achebe	3	18	0	8
Zane Lachance	1	14	0	17
Kai Navarro	2	12	0	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Luca Benedetti	12	119	1	18
Bram Pellegrini	5	72	0	9
Pavel Thorne	5	42	1	6
Zane Lachance	2	25	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Hector Coventry	0	3	0
Jonas Ingram	11	0	1
Gideon Jovanovic	10	0	0
Valen Garrow	9	0	0
Orson Hargrove	0	2	0
Jonas Sandoval	7	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 Cipher Lynx 28, Monolith Rhinos 24 on Snapline. More about the teams: Cipher Lynx · Monolith Rhinos.