Meridian Owls 24, Forge Bison 3

Week 5 · Regular season · round 2 · Monday 26 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MRD Meridian Owls	14	0	7	3	24
FRG Forge Bison	0	3	0	0	3

Game recap

It was one-way traffic in round 2 of Week 5: the Meridian Owls routed the Forge Bison 24-3. The Owls led by as many as 21 points.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 27-yard touchdown run by Fabian Delacroix with 2:30 left in the first quarter. At the break the Owls were up 14-3. The fourth quarter brought a 37-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (0:35 left, 24-3).

The biggest swing of the game came with 2:30 left in the first quarter: a 27-yard touchdown run by Fabian Delacroix. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 50% to 68%.

The standout was Pavel Oyelaran (WR, Owls), with 4 catches for 54 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 18 of 30 passing for 172 yards; 1 carry for 14 yards; Tariq Esposito (Bison) had 5 carries for 42 yards; 1 catch for 14 yards; Ivo Achebe (Bison) had 7 catches for 79 yards; Graham Ashby (Owls) had 12 of 17 passing for 133 yards, 2 TD; 1 carry for -1 yard.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Abel Thornbury (Ivo Achebe finished with 7 catches for 79 yards). Meanwhile, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, target Emeric Brennan; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Emeric Brennan finished with 1 catch for 4 yards).

The Bison move to 0-1-1 and the Owls to 2-0 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down 3 times, without success.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MRD-FRG
Q1 2:30	Owls	A 27-yard touchdown run by Fabian Delacroix (extra point)	7-0
Q1 0:12	Owls	An 11-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Tobin Marsh (extra point)	14-0
Q2 3:03	Bison	A 46-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	14-3
Q3 2:55	Owls	A 29-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Pavel Oyelaran (extra point)	21-3
Q4 0:35	Owls	A 37-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	24-3

Team stats

	MRD	FRG
Total yards	253	275
Passing yards	147	186
Rushing yards	106	89
Completions	15 of 23	20 of 33
Offensive plays	46	52
Third downs	5 of 10	2 of 9
Fourth downs	—	0 of 3
Turnovers	0	2
Sacks allowed	2	6
Time of possession	8:44	7:16

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	12/17	133	2	0
Zane Norcross	3/6	14	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Adrien Oyelaran	7	52	0	14
Tobin Marsh	12	28	0	11
Fabian Delacroix	1	27	1	27
Graham Ashby	1	-1	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Pavel Oyelaran	4	54	1	5
Abel Thornbury	5	51	0	6
Tobin Marsh	2	20	1	2
Zane Hargrove	1	9	0	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	13	0	0	1
Wendell Achebe	0	2	0	0
Dorian Brennan	0	2	0	0
Orson Lachance	6	0	0	0
Adrien Zamora	1	0	1	0
Elio Sandoval	5	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	1/1	37	3/3

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	18/30	172	0	0
Roman Delacroix	2/3	14	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Tariq Esposito	5	42	14
Deacon Mbeki	7	33	13
Cole Ramsey	1	14	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Ivo Achebe	7	79	10
Nils Brennan	4	35	4
Hollis Grant	4	31	8
Adrien Montague	4	27	8

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Dorian Oyelaran	12	0	0
Yannick Thorne	6	0	0
Anders Radcliffe	0	1	0
Cassius Esposito	4	0	1
Soren Garrow	4	0	1
Ivo Falkner	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	1/1	46	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 Meridian Owls 24, Forge Bison 3 on Snapline. More about the teams: Forge Bison · Meridian Owls.