Pulse Jackals 25, Citadel Rams 17

Week 6 · Regular season · round 21 · Friday 6 November 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
CTD Citadel Rams	7	3	7	0	17
PLS Pulse Jackals	0	14	8	3	25

Game recap

In a tight contest in round 21 of Week 6, the Pulse Jackals beat the Citadel Rams 25-17. The lead changed hands 3 times.

The Rams opened the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Bastien Hargrove with 1:53 left in the first quarter. At the break the Jackals were up 14-10. The fourth quarter brought a 33-yard field goal by Roman Zamora for the Jackals (2:17 left, 25-17).

The biggest swing of the game came with 0:13 left in the third quarter: a 15-yard touchdown pass from Anders Ingram to Tavi Nkemelu. It moved the Jackals' chance of winning from 51% to 80%.

Player of the game: Tavi Nkemelu (WR, Jackals), with 5 catches for 79 yards and 2 TD. Elsewhere, Anders Ingram (Jackals) had 21 of 26 passing for 234 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT; 6 carries for 10 yards; Fabian Lachance (Jackals) had 13 carries for 104 yards; 1 catch for 21 yards; Adrien Esposito (Jackals) had 1 carry for 27 yards; 6 catches for 77 yards; Augustin Mercer-Hale (Rams) had 28 of 35 passing for 303 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries for 25 yards.

Before kickoff, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, throw it more, target Tavi Nkemelu; on defense: bracket Desmond Ashcroft (Tavi Nkemelu finished with 5 catches for 79 yards and 2 TD). Meanwhile, the Rams' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Orson Ashford; on defense: bracket Tavi Nkemelu (Orson Ashford finished with 6 catches for 61 yards).

The Jackals move to 9-12 and the Rams to 8-12-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	CTD-PLS
Q1 1:53	Rams	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Bastien Hargrove (extra point)	7-0
Q2 3:26	Jackals	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Anders Ingram to Jonas Lachance (extra point)	7-7
Q2 2:29	Rams	A 38-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	10-7
Q2 0:35	Jackals	A 50-yard touchdown pass from Anders Ingram to Tavi Nkemelu (extra point)	10-14
Q3 2:08	Rams	A 54-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Ivo Yardley (extra point)	17-14
Q3 0:13	Jackals	A 15-yard touchdown pass from Anders Ingram to Tavi Nkemelu (2-pt conversion)	17-22
Q4 2:17	Jackals	A 33-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	17-25

Team stats

	CTD	PLS
Total yards	416	396
Passing yards	303	234
Rushing yards	113	162
Completions	28 of 35	21 of 26
Offensive plays	58	56
Third downs	5 of 10	5 of 10
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	2	1
Sacks allowed	3	5
Time of possession	9:17	6:43

Citadel Rams box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Augustin Mercer-Hale	28/35	303	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Ulric Draven	14	75	12
Augustin Mercer-Hale	3	25	14
Bastien Hargrove	2	12	14
Zane Delacroix	1	1	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Ivo Yardley	6	126	1	8
Desmond Ashcroft	8	64	0	8
Orson Ashford	6	61	0	10
Bastien Hargrove	3	25	1	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT
Bram Brennan	20	0	0
Nils Quarles	2	3	0
Orson Sandoval	4	1	0
Valen Oyelaran	0	0	1
Pavel Falkner	4	0	0
Quentin Oyelaran	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Garrow	1/1	38	2/2

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Anders Ingram	21/26	234	3	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Fabian Lachance	13	104	22
Adrien Esposito	1	27	30
Jonas Lachance	5	21	12
Anders Ingram	6	10	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Tavi Nkemelu	5	79	2	7
Adrien Esposito	6	77	0	6
Cassius Achebe	5	32	0	6
Fabian Lachance	1	21	0	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Elio Oyelaran	23	0	1	1
Quentin Achebe	5	0	0	1
Darius Draven	5	0	0	0
Darius Esposito	4	0	0	0
Quentin Delacroix	4	0	0	1
Anders Eriksen	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	1/1	33	2/2

Watch the replay

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