Nova Raptors 36, Monolith Rhinos 0

Week 5 · Regular season · round 19 · Thursday 29 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
NVA Nova Raptors	3	10	9	14	36
MNL Monolith Rhinos	0	0	0	0	0

Game recap

It was one-way traffic in round 19 of Week 5: the Nova Raptors routed the Monolith Rhinos 36-0. The Raptors led by as many as 36 points.

The Raptors opened the scoring with a 26-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross with 0:06 left in the first quarter. The Raptors led 13-0 at halftime. Then came the fourth quarter: a 13-yard touchdown pass from Darius Ashford to Bram Thorne for the Raptors (1:15 left, 29-0); an 8-yard touchdown pass from Darius Ashford to Tariq Achebe for the Raptors (0:11 left, 36-0).

The play that tilted the game came with 1:35 left in the second quarter: a 3-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Ivo Norcross. It moved the Raptors' chance of winning from 72% to 86%.

Player of the game: Bram Thorne (WR, Raptors), with 7 catches for 118 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Titus Okafor (Rhinos) had 10 carries for 56 yards; 2 catches for 13 yards; Valen Falkner (Rhinos) had 9 carries for 45 yards; 3 catches for 20 yards; Axel Stroud (Raptors) had 17 of 29 passing for 208 yards, 1 TD; 1 carry for 6 yards; Omari Fenn (Raptors) had 13 carries for 102 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 Zion Whitaker (Hector Quarles finished with 2 catches for 19 yards). Meanwhile, the Raptors' game plan was on offense: quick game vs the blitz, attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Zion Whitaker; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Zion Whitaker finished with 7 catches for 70 yards).

The Rhinos move to 8-8-3 and the Raptors to 10-9 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down twice, converting 1.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	NVA-MNL
Q1 0:06	Raptors	A 26-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	3-0
Q2 1:35	Raptors	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Axel Stroud to Ivo Norcross (extra point)	10-0
Q2 0:19	Raptors	A 43-yard field goal by Adrien Norcross	13-0
Q3 1:54	Raptors	A 6-yard touchdown run by Tariq Achebe (extra point)	20-0
Q3 0:33	Raptors	A safety, Brandt Kessler sacked in the end zone	22-0
Q4 1:15	Raptors	A 13-yard touchdown pass from Darius Ashford to Bram Thorne (extra point)	29-0
Q4 0:11	Raptors	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Darius Ashford to Tariq Achebe (extra point)	36-0

Team stats

	NVA	MNL
Total yards	401	186
Passing yards	229	67
Rushing yards	172	119
Completions	19 of 31	12 of 20
Offensive plays	63	44
Third downs	7 of 12	0 of 6
Fourth downs	—	0 of 2
Turnovers	0	3
Sacks allowed	3	2
Time of possession	9:40	6:20

Nova Raptors box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Axel Stroud	17/29	208	1	0
Darius Ashford	2/2	21	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Omari Fenn	13	102	0	19
Nils Coventry	12	62	0	9
Axel Stroud	1	6	0	6
Tariq Achebe	2	3	1	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Bram Thorne	7	118	1	8
Zion Whitaker	7	70	0	8
Ivo Norcross	4	33	1	6
Tariq Achebe	1	8	1	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Anders Delacroix	21	0	0
Quentin Norcross	3	0	1
Quentin Brennan	1	0	1
Zane Eriksen	4	0	0
Pavel Sandoval	0	1	0
Adrien Varga	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Norcross	2/2	43	4/4

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	8/13	60	0	2
Matteo Oyelaran	4/7	7	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Titus Okafor	10	56	12
Valen Falkner	9	45	18
Bram Yardley	2	11	7
Brandt Kessler	1	7	7

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Valen Falkner	3	20	6
Hector Quarles	2	19	2
Ivo Underwood	2	18	3
Titus Okafor	2	13	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Nils Sandoval	23	0	0
Anders Oyelaran	1	2	0
Roman Underwood	6	0	0
Cyrus Varga	4	0	0
Wendell Bellamy	0	1	0
Emeric Varga	3	0	1

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 Nova Raptors 36, Monolith Rhinos 0 on Snapline. More about the teams: Monolith Rhinos · Nova Raptors.