Gambit Stallions 17, Citadel Rams 9

Week 5 · Regular season · round 16 · Thursday 29 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
GMB Gambit Stallions	7	7	3	0	17
CTD Citadel Rams	3	6	0	0	9

Game recap

In a tight contest in round 16 of Week 5, the Gambit Stallions beat the Citadel Rams 17-9. The go-ahead score came with 2:21 left in the first quarter.

The Stallions opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run by Cyrus Esposito with 2:21 left in the first quarter. The Stallions led 14-9 at halftime. Nobody scored in the fourth quarter.

The play that tilted the game came with 3:33 left in the second quarter: an 11-yard touchdown pass from Cruz Delaney to Valen Delacroix. It moved the Stallions' chance of winning from 65% to 78%.

Player of the game: Cyrus Esposito (RB, Stallions), with 6 carries for 47 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 8 yards. Elsewhere, Augustin Mercer-Hale (Rams) had 20 of 36 passing for 242 yards, 1 INT; 3 carries for 28 yards; 1 catch for -5 yards; Ulric Draven (Rams) had 6 carries for 62 yards; Orson Ashford (Rams) had 5 catches for 69 yards; Cruz Delaney (Stallions) had 17 of 30 passing for 161 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 4 carries for 24 yards.

Before kickoff, the Rams' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, attack the zones, target Desmond Ashcroft; on defense: bracket Nils Draven (Desmond Ashcroft finished with 6 catches for 65 yards). Meanwhile, the Stallions' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Tristan Faye; on defense: bracket Desmond Ashcroft (Tristan Faye finished with 6 catches for 84 yards).

The Rams move to 5-11 and the Stallions to 8-6-2 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down 3 times, converting 2.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	GMB-CTD
Q1 2:21	Stallions	A 5-yard touchdown run by Cyrus Esposito (extra point)	7-0
Q1 0:54	Rams	A 29-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	7-3
Q2 3:33	Stallions	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Cruz Delaney to Valen Delacroix (extra point)	14-3
Q2 0:33	Rams	A 45-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	14-6
Q2 0:06	Rams	A 34-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	14-9
Q3 1:45	Stallions	A 49-yard field goal by Soren Yardley	17-9

Team stats

	GMB	CTD
Total yards	317	376
Passing yards	161	242
Rushing yards	156	134
Completions	17 of 30	20 of 36
Offensive plays	61	58
Third downs	5 of 10	3 of 9
Fourth downs	1 of 2	1 of 2
Turnovers	2	2
Sacks allowed	4	4
Time of possession	7:48	8:12

Gambit Stallions box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cruz Delaney	17/30	161	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Amos Ridley	15	71	0	12
Cyrus Esposito	6	47	1	17
Cruz Delaney	4	24	0	12
Nils Eriksen	2	14	0	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Tristan Faye	6	84	0	8
Nils Draven	6	35	0	9
Valen Delacroix	2	21	1	2
Cyrus Esposito	1	8	0	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Pavel Falkner	13	0	1	0
Emeric Draven	9	0	0	1
Bram Eriksen	6	0	0	1
Roman Brennan	0	1	0	0
Roman Oyelaran	0	1	0	0
Kasimir Norcross	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Soren Yardley	1/1	49	2/2

Citadel Rams box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Augustin Mercer-Hale	20/36	242	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Ulric Draven	6	62	22
Bastien Hargrove	9	44	19
Augustin Mercer-Hale	3	28	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Orson Ashford	5	69	9
Desmond Ashcroft	6	65	9
Ivo Yardley	4	57	6
Zane Delacroix	3	37	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bram Brennan	20	0	0	1
Darius Esposito	0	2	0	0
Pavel Falkner	7	0	0	1
Cyrus Ingram	6	0	0	1
Valen Oyelaran	0	0	1	0
Cyrus Norcross	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Garrow	3/3	45	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 Gambit Stallions 17, Citadel Rams 9 on Snapline. More about the teams: Citadel Rams · Gambit Stallions.