Monolith Rhinos 20, Bastion Panthers 19

Week 5 · Regular season · round 15 · Wednesday 28 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
BST Bastion Panthers	3	7	9	0	19
MNL Monolith Rhinos	3	14	0	3	20

Game recap

The Monolith Rhinos held off the Bastion Panthers 20-19 in round 15 of Week 5. The lead changed hands 2 times.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 50-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood with 2:40 left in the first quarter. At the break the Rhinos were up 17-10. Then came the fourth quarter: a 39-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood for the Rhinos (0:56 left, 20-19).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:34 left in the fourth quarter: a sack by Anders Oyelaran. It moved the Rhinos' chance of winning from 59% to 95%.

The standout was Titus Okafor (RB, Rhinos), with 20 carries for 95 yards and 1 TD; 4 catches for 24 yards. Elsewhere, Brandt Kessler (Rhinos) had 16 of 24 passing for 140 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 4 carries for 0 yards; Valen Falkner (Rhinos) had 12 carries for 60 yards; 3 catches for 39 yards; Owen Castillo (Panthers) had 15 of 26 passing for 137 yards, 1 TD; Marcus Thibodeaux (Panthers) had 13 carries for 60 yards; 3 catches for 11 yards.

Before kickoff, the Rhinos' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Hector Quarles; on defense: bracket Julian Asher (Hector Quarles finished with 3 catches for 30 yards). Meanwhile, the Panthers' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Julian Asher; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Julian Asher finished with 3 catches for 24 yards).

The Rhinos move to 7-6-2 and the Panthers to 9-5-1 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down 3 times, converting 1.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	BST-MNL
Q1 2:40	Rhinos	A 50-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	0-3
Q1 1:12	Panthers	A 33-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	3-3
Q2 3:39	Rhinos	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Rory Blackwood (extra point)	3-10
Q2 1:17	Rhinos	A 5-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor (extra point)	3-17
Q2 0:09	Panthers	A 14-yard touchdown pass from Owen Castillo to Emeric Esposito (extra point)	10-17
Q3 3:03	Panthers	A 9-yard touchdown run by Wendell Ashford (extra point missed)	16-17
Q3 0:07	Panthers	A 37-yard field goal by Wendell Yardley	19-17
Q4 0:56	Rhinos	A 39-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	19-20

Team stats

	BST	MNL
Total yards	232	321
Passing yards	137	140
Rushing yards	95	181
Completions	15 of 26	16 of 24
Offensive plays	49	68
Third downs	2 of 9	6 of 12
Fourth downs	0 of 1	1 of 3
Turnovers	2	2
Sacks allowed	2	2
Time of possession	7:38	8:22

Bastion Panthers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Owen Castillo	15/26	137	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Marcus Thibodeaux	13	60	0	14
Wendell Ashford	7	28	1	9
Ulric Thorne	1	7	0	7

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Emeric Esposito	4	57	1	6
Elio Zamora	3	37	0	4
Julian Asher	3	24	0	5
Marcus Thibodeaux	3	11	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Orson Esposito	33	0	1	1
Yannick Coventry	2	1	0	0
Kasimir Varga	5	0	0	0
Quentin Ashford	4	0	0	0
Cassius Kincaid	4	0	0	0
Emeric Kincaid	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Yardley	2/2	37	1/2

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	16/24	140	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	20	95	1	14
Valen Falkner	12	60	0	16
Bram Yardley	6	26	0	9
Brandt Kessler	4	0	0	3

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Valen Falkner	3	39	4
Hector Quarles	3	30	5
Ivo Underwood	3	25	4
Titus Okafor	4	24	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Nils Sandoval	21	0	0
Wendell Bellamy	0	1	0
Anders Oyelaran	0	1	0
Emeric Varga	3	0	0
Emeric Hargrove	2	0	0
Cyrus Varga	2	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	2/2	50	2/2

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 Monolith Rhinos 20, Bastion Panthers 19 on Snapline. More about the teams: Monolith Rhinos · Bastion Panthers.