Forge Bison 27, Cortex Foxes 17

Week 6 · Regular season · round 14 · Wednesday 4 November 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTX Cortex Foxes	3	6	0	8	17
FRG Forge Bison	7	7	10	3	27

Game recap

The Forge Bison earned a 27-17 win over the Cortex Foxes in round 14 of Week 6. They led by as many as 18 points.

The Bison opened the scoring with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Nils Brennan with 2:49 left in the first quarter. At the break the Bison were up 14-9. In the fourth quarter: a 43-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood for the Bison (1:50 left, 27-9); a 6-yard touchdown pass from Valen Quarles to Tariq Coventry for the Foxes (1:39 left, 27-17).

The biggest swing of the game came with 2:49 left in the first quarter: a 20-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Nils Brennan. It moved the Bison' chance of winning from 70% to 82%.

The standout was Tariq Esposito (RB, Bison), with 16 carries for 101 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 18 of 25 passing for 182 yards, 2 TD; 3 carries for 3 yards; 1 catch for -2 yards; Dorian Thorne (Bison) had 11 carries for 72 yards; 2 catches for 24 yards; Adrien Montague (Bison) had 3 catches for 57 yards; Ezra Vale (Foxes) had 15 of 24 passing for 142 yards; 2 carries for 10 yards.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Rafe Ellison (Ivo Achebe finished with 5 catches for 41 yards). Meanwhile, the Foxes' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Rafe Ellison; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Rafe Ellison finished with 7 catches for 65 yards).

The Bison move to 7-7 and the Foxes to 7-7 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down once, without success.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTX-FRG
Q1 2:49	Bison	A 20-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Nils Brennan (extra point)	0-7
Q1 1:16	Foxes	A 25-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	3-7
Q2 3:24	Bison	A 12-yard touchdown pass from Cole Ramsey to Hollis Grant (extra point)	3-14
Q2 2:27	Foxes	A 49-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	6-14
Q2 0:37	Foxes	A 45-yard field goal by Wendell Montague	9-14
Q3 3:14	Bison	A 9-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito (extra point)	9-21
Q3 1:12	Bison	A 46-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	9-24
Q4 1:50	Bison	A 43-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	9-27
Q4 1:39	Foxes	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Valen Quarles to Tariq Coventry (2-pt conversion)	17-27

Team stats

	CTX	FRG
Total yards	284	358
Passing yards	224	182
Rushing yards	60	176
Completions	18 of 27	18 of 25
Offensive plays	43	56
Third downs	1 of 9	7 of 13
Fourth downs	0 of 1	1 of 1
Turnovers	0	1
Sacks allowed	4	1
Time of possession	5:58	10:02

Cortex Foxes box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ezra Vale	15/24	142	0	0
Valen Quarles	3/3	82	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Fabian Esposito	7	27	9
Fabian Hargrove	3	23	16
Ezra Vale	2	10	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Cassius Ashford	4	124	0	4
Rafe Ellison	7	65	0	12
Tariq Coventry	3	15	1	4
Zane Montague	1	13	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Roman Zamora	20	0	1
Elio Hargrove	11	0	0
Quentin Draven	0	1	0
Jonas Pellegrini	3	0	0
Elio Garrow	2	0	0
Nils Lachance	2	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Wendell Montague	3/3	49	0/0

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	18/25	182	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tariq Esposito	16	101	1	14
Dorian Thorne	11	72	0	22
Cole Ramsey	3	3	0	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Adrien Montague	3	57	0	3
Ivo Achebe	5	41	0	5
Hollis Grant	5	37	1	11
Nils Brennan	2	25	1	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Dorian Oyelaran	10	0	0
Bram Delacroix	2	2	0
Lazlo Varga	0	2	0
Dorian Draven	4	0	0
Pavel Coventry	3	0	0
Yannick Thorne	2	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	2/2	46	3/3

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 Forge Bison 27, Cortex Foxes 17 on Snapline. More about the teams: Forge Bison · Cortex Foxes.