Forge Bison 24, Cortex Foxes 20

Week 4 · Regular season · round 14 · Wednesday 21 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTX Cortex Foxes	0	13	7	0	20
FRG Forge Bison	0	14	10	0	24

Game recap

The Forge Bison edged the Cortex Foxes 24-20 in a one-score game in round 14 of Week 4. The lead changed hands 3 times. The Bison were clear favourites before kickoff (69%), and they delivered.

The Foxes opened the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison with 3:54 left in the second quarter. At the break the Bison were up 14-13. Nobody scored in the fourth quarter.

The key moment arrived with 0:53 left in the third quarter: Extra point good. It moved the Bison' chance of winning from 57% to 74%.

The standout was Deacon Mbeki (RB, Bison), with 20 carries for 137 yards and 1 TD; 5 catches for 54 yards. Elsewhere, Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 19 of 23 passing for 216 yards, 2 TD; 3 carries for -3 yards; Ivo Achebe (Bison) had 9 catches for 95 yards and 2 TD; Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 21 of 27 passing for 226 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT; 6 carries for 37 yards; Kian Morrow (Foxes) had 14 carries for 77 yards; 1 catch for 11 yards.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Ivo Achebe finished with 9 catches for 95 yards and 2 TD). Meanwhile, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Cassius Ashford; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Cassius Ashford finished with 7 catches for 82 yards).

The Bison move to 7-6-1 and the Foxes to 6-6-2 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down twice, converting 1.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTX-FRG
Q2 3:54	Foxes	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison (2-pt try failed)	6-0
Q2 2:35	Bison	A 6-yard touchdown run by Deacon Mbeki (extra point)	6-7
Q2 1:43	Foxes	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Zane Montague (extra point)	13-7
Q2 0:22	Bison	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Ivo Achebe (extra point)	13-14
Q3 2:05	Bison	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Ivo Achebe (extra point)	13-21
Q3 0:53	Foxes	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Ezra Vale to Rafe Ellison (extra point)	20-21
Q3 0:07	Bison	A 47-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	20-24

Team stats

	CTX	FRG
Total yards	375	393
Passing yards	226	216
Rushing yards	149	177
Completions	21 of 27	19 of 23
Offensive plays	53	56
Third downs	6 of 8	5 of 9
Fourth downs	0 of 1	1 of 1
Turnovers	1	1
Sacks allowed	2	2
Time of possession	6:05	9:55

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	21/27	226	3	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Kian Morrow	14	77	15
Ezra Vale	6	37	15
Fabian Esposito	3	27	11
Tariq Coventry	1	8	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rafe Ellison	7	86	2	7
Cassius Ashford	7	82	0	10
Zane Montague	5	38	1	6
Kian Morrow	1	11	0	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Roman Zamora	26	0	0
Anders Sandoval	5	0	1
Anders Coventry	0	1	0
Quentin Draven	0	1	0
Elio Hargrove	3	0	0
Jonas Pellegrini	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	0/1	0	2/2

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	19/23	216	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Deacon Mbeki	20	137	1	27
Tariq Esposito	8	43	0	9
Cole Ramsey	3	-3	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Ivo Achebe	9	95	2	9
Deacon Mbeki	5	54	0	7
Hollis Grant	2	36	0	2
Adrien Montague	3	31	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Dorian Oyelaran	25	0	0
Soren Garrow	2	0	1
Pavel Coventry	5	0	0
Ivo Falkner	0	1	0
Ivo Montague	4	0	0
Lazlo Varga	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	1/1	47	3/3

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, Cortex Foxes 20 on Snapline. More about the teams: Forge Bison · Cortex Foxes.