Citadel Rams 38, Meridian Owls 10

Week 4 · Regular season · round 8 · Tuesday 20 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MRD Meridian Owls	0	3	7	0	10
CTD Citadel Rams	10	14	7	7	38

Game recap

The Citadel Rams dominated from start to finish and beat the Meridian Owls 38-10 in round 8 of Week 4. The Rams led by as many as 28 points.

The Rams opened the scoring with a 48-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow with 2:17 left in the first quarter. The Rams led 24-3 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 6-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Calvin Booker for the Rams (1:06 left, 38-10).

Top performer: Calvin Booker (RB, Rams), with 15 carries for 122 yards and 3 TD; 8 catches for 73 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Augustin Mercer-Hale (Rams) had 24 of 35 passing for 309 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT; 1 carry for -1 yard; Orson Ashford (Rams) had 5 catches for 88 yards; Graham Ashby (Owls) had 18 of 33 passing for 152 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries for 3 yards; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 7 carries for 20 yards; 6 catches for 40 yards.

Before kickoff, the Rams' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Orson Ashford; on defense: bracket Soren Oyelaran (Orson Ashford finished with 5 catches for 88 yards). Meanwhile, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Desmond Ashcroft (Emeric Brennan finished with 5 catches for 20 yards and 1 TD).

The Rams move to 4-3-1 and the Owls to 2-6 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MRD-CTD
Q1 2:17	Rams	A 48-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	0-3
Q1 0:35	Rams	An 8-yard touchdown run by Calvin Booker (extra point)	0-10
Q2 3:08	Rams	A 21-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Ivo Yardley (extra point)	0-17
Q2 1:31	Owls	An 18-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	3-17
Q2 0:29	Rams	A 10-yard touchdown run by Calvin Booker (extra point)	3-24
Q3 2:31	Rams	A 6-yard touchdown run by Calvin Booker (extra point)	3-31
Q3 0:11	Owls	A 5-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Emeric Brennan (extra point)	10-31
Q4 1:06	Rams	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Calvin Booker (extra point)	10-38

Team stats

	MRD	CTD
Total yards	180	464
Passing yards	152	309
Rushing yards	28	155
Completions	18 of 33	24 of 35
Offensive plays	46	62
Third downs	2 of 12	6 of 9
Fourth downs	1 of 1	—
Turnovers	1	3
Sacks allowed	2	4
Time of possession	6:15	9:45

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	18/33	152	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Tobin Marsh	7	20	18
Adrien Oyelaran	2	5	8
Graham Ashby	2	3	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	4	58	0	9
Tobin Marsh	6	40	0	7
Emeric Brennan	5	20	1	6
Soren Oyelaran	2	19	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	19	0	0	0
Dorian Radcliffe	2	0	2	0
Adrien Montague	3	0	1	0
Gideon Quarles	0	2	0	0
Orson Lachance	6	0	0	1
Wendell Bellamy	4	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	1/1	18	1/1

Citadel Rams box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Augustin Mercer-Hale	24/35	309	2	3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Calvin Booker	15	122	3	21
Ulric Draven	7	34	0	10
Augustin Mercer-Hale	1	-1	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Orson Ashford	5	88	0	9
Ivo Yardley	4	79	1	4
Calvin Booker	8	73	1	8
Desmond Ashcroft	7	69	0	11

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bram Brennan	11	0	0	0
Gideon Falkner	6	0	0	0
Pavel Falkner	5	0	0	1
Bastien Yardley	0	0	1	0
Quentin Oyelaran	0	1	0	0
Ulric Falkner	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Garrow	1/1	48	5/5

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