Forge Bison 33, Pulse Jackals 20

Week 6 · Regular season · round 15 · Wednesday 4 November 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
PLS Pulse Jackals	7	6	0	7	20
FRG Forge Bison	14	16	3	0	33

Game recap

The Forge Bison earned a 33-20 win over the Pulse Jackals in round 15 of Week 6. They led by as many as 20 points.

The Bison opened the scoring with a 9-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito with 2:17 left in the first quarter. At the break the Bison were up 30-13. The fourth quarter brought a 69-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu for the Jackals (2:12 left, 33-20).

The key moment arrived with 2:51 left in the second quarter: a missed extra point. It moved the Bison' chance of winning from 63% to 79%.

The standout was Tariq Esposito (RB, Bison), with 22 carries for 109 yards and 3 TD; 1 catch for 12 yards. Elsewhere, Cole Ramsey (Bison) had 17 of 22 passing for 277 yards; 3 carries for -3 yards; Dorian Thorne (Bison) had 13 carries for 60 yards and 1 TD; 2 catches for 24 yards; Adrien Montague (Bison) had 5 catches for 114 yards; Rio Castellanos (Jackals) had 31 of 46 passing for 425 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 1 carry for 7 yards.

Before kickoff, the Bison' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Ivo Achebe; on defense: bracket Tavi Nkemelu (Ivo Achebe finished with 5 catches for 94 yards). Meanwhile, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Adrien Esposito; on defense: bracket Ivo Achebe (Adrien Esposito finished with 7 catches for 79 yards).

The Bison move to 8-7 and the Jackals to 6-9 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down twice, converting 1.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	PLS-FRG
Q1 2:17	Bison	A 9-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito (extra point)	0-7
Q1 1:39	Jackals	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu (extra point)	7-7
Q1 1:09	Bison	A touchdown on a fumble recovered in the end zone (extra point)	7-14
Q2 3:47	Bison	A 7-yard touchdown run by Tariq Esposito (extra point)	7-21
Q2 2:51	Jackals	A 4-yard touchdown run by Jonas Lachance (extra point missed)	13-21
Q2 1:05	Bison	A 4-yard touchdown run by Dorian Thorne (2-pt try failed)	13-27
Q2 0:05	Bison	A 43-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	13-30
Q3 1:22	Bison	A 36-yard field goal by Gideon Underwood	13-33
Q4 2:12	Jackals	A 69-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu (extra point)	20-33

Team stats

	PLS	FRG
Total yards	508	443
Passing yards	425	277
Rushing yards	83	166
Completions	31 of 46	17 of 22
Offensive plays	64	61
Third downs	5 of 10	6 of 11
Fourth downs	1 of 3	—
Turnovers	3	0
Sacks allowed	7	1
Time of possession	5:19	10:41

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Rio Castellanos	31/46	425	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Jonas Lachance	4	41	1	19
Fabian Lachance	6	35	0	8
Rio Castellanos	1	7	0	7

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Tavi Nkemelu	6	163	2	8
Cassius Achebe	10	138	0	15
Adrien Esposito	7	79	0	8
Anders Quarles	7	42	0	8

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Elio Oyelaran	27	0	1
Quentin Norcross	7	0	0
Darius Esposito	2	1	0
Tariq Coventry	5	0	1
Quentin Achebe	3	0	0
Quentin Delacroix	2	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	0/0	0	2/3

Forge Bison box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Cole Ramsey	17/22	277	0	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tariq Esposito	22	109	3	12
Dorian Thorne	13	60	1	14
Cole Ramsey	3	-3	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Adrien Montague	5	114	6
Ivo Achebe	5	94	5
Hollis Grant	4	33	6
Dorian Thorne	2	24	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Lazlo Varga	0	6	0	0
Pavel Coventry	6	0	1	0
Dorian Oyelaran	8	0	0	0
Yannick Thorne	6	0	0	2
Ivo Montague	5	0	0	0
Dorian Draven	4	0	0	2

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Gideon Underwood	2/2	43	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 33, Pulse Jackals 20 on Snapline. More about the teams: Forge Bison · Pulse Jackals.