Steve Mariucci was fired as head coach of the
Detroit Lions along with two offensive assistants, and defensive coordinator
Dick Jauron was named as interim coach for the remainder of the 2005 season, three days after reports from the Detroit Free Press and
WJBK-TV.
Indianapolis Colts 26,
Pittsburgh Steelers 7: The Colts'
Peyton Manning hits his favorite receiver,
Marvin Harrison, for an 80-yard touchdown on the Colts' first play from scrimmage, and they never look back as they go to 11–0. The Colts defense holds the Steelers to 197 total yards.
Golf:
Fred Funk won a total of $925,000 (
US) and fifteen skins in the annual
Skins Game event in
La Quinta, California. Defending champion
Fred Couples, who has won more money than anyone else in the event's history, giving him the nickname "Mr. Skins", is shut out, along with
Annika Sörenstam, the latter for the second straight year.
Tiger Woods, winner of three skins and $75,000 on Day One, was second.
Chicago Bears 13,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10: The Bears' defense holds an opponent to 10 or fewer points for the eighth time this season as Chicago wins its seventh-straight game.
San Diego Chargers 23,
Washington Redskins 17 (OT): LaDainian Tomlinson rushes for 184 yards and three touchdowns, including a 32-yard touchdown run to tie the game and a 41-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage in overtime.
Seattle Seahawks 24,
New York Giants 21 (OT): After
Jay Feely misses three attempts at game-winning field goals, Josh Brown hits for the Seahawks from 36 yards. The Giants'
Jeff Feagles sets an NFL record by appearing in his 283rd consecutive game.
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Notre Dame 38,
Stanford 31: The Irish win the last game at
Stanford Stadium before an extreme makeover to reduce capacity and make it a more football-friendly facility, and become eligible for the
BCS.
Brady Quinn throws for 432 yards and three touchdown passes, two of them to
Jeff Samardzija, and Darius Walker runs for 190 yards and the winning TD.
Sumo Wrestling:
Asashoryu Akinori wins his eighty-third bout of the year and clinches the championship in the November basho (tournament), sweeping all six basho in 2005 and winning his seventh basho in a row. All are new records.
Scotland 10–29
New Zealand: Behind two tries from
Rico Gear, the All Blacks complete their "
Grand Slam" over all four
Home Nations. This is the first Grand Slam since
Australia pulled off the feat in 1984, and the first for the All Blacks since 1978.(BBC)
Roberto Heras faces a two-year ban from the sport after a Spanish laboratory confirmed that he had used the banned drug
EPO at the 2005
Vuelta a España. Heras will be stripped of his victory at the Vuelta, with runner-up
Denis Menchov elevated to first place.
(BBC)
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Texas 40,
Texas A&M 29: The 'Horns avoid an upset and will take on
Big 12 North champion
Coloradoin Houston December 3, who got in the service entrance even though they lost to
Nebraska, 30–3.
(3)
LSU 19,
Arkansas 17: The win by the Tigers clinched the
SEC West title and a date with
Georgia on December 3
in Atlanta.
(24)
Wisconsin 41,
Hawai'i 24: Wisconsin head coach
Barry Alvarez' final regular season game as the coach of the Badgers was a success, thanks to Brian Calhoun's 133 yards rushing in the first half as part of a 149-yard performance.
West IndiesbatsmanBrian Lara becomes the second player in Test cricket history to score 11,000 runs, as he finishes the first day of the third Test against
Australia at 202 not out, 11 runs behind the current Test record holder
Allan Border.
(Cricinfo)
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West Virginia 45,
Pittsburgh 13: In the
Backyard Brawl, the Mountaineers rout the Panthers
at home. WVU quarterback Pat White rushes for 220 yards and two touchdowns, and throws for a third, while
Steve Slaton adds 179 yards and two TDs on the ground.
Group B:
Lokomotiv Moscow 4–2
Brøndby: Brøndby suffer a backlash from Loko's disappointment at finishing third in the
Russian Premier League last weekend, missing out on next year's Champions League.
(8)
Gonzaga 109, (12)
Michigan State 103 (3 OT): In a triple-overtime classic, Maurice Ager scores a career-high 36 points for the Spartans, but is trumped by
Adam Morrison's tournament-record 43 as the Zags go to 3–0 and advance to the finals of the
Maui Invitational.
21 November 2005 (Monday)
NHL: During a game between the
Detroit Red Wings and the
Nashville Predators, Red Wings star player
Jiri Fischer collapses on the bench and suffers a seizure. The game is postponed. The Predators were leading 1–0 when the incident, which took place during the first period, occurred.
(Yahoo!)
(2)
Texas 76, (13)
West Virginia 75: On the final play of the game with West Virginia down one point and 3.6 seconds to go with the ball, the ball is sent down floor to
Mike Gansey (WVU), who is under the basket, but he is blocked by
LaMarcus Aldridge and Texas survives in the Guardians Classic.
(3)
UConn 77,
Arkansas 68: Connecticut goes to 2–0 against unranked Arkansas who kept it close the entire game, but were never able to break through against UConn's defense. UConn will play
Arizona in the 2nd round of the Maui Invitational.
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Iowa 67, (7)
Kentucky 63: Behind a
double-double from Greg Brunner (17 points, 12 rebounds) and a defense that harasses the Wildcats into 32-percent shooting from the field, the Hawkeyes advance to the final of the Guardians Classic against Texas. In a losing effort, Rekalin Sims leads all scorers with 22 points, and
Rajon Rondo sets a tournament record with 19 rebounds.
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Gonzaga 88, (23)
Maryland 76: Gonzaga goes to 2–0 with the help of
Adam Morrison's 25 points. Gonzaga advances in the
Maui Invitational and will face Michigan State on November 22. Maryland goes to 1–1.
(12)
Michigan State 89,
Chaminade 67: After a very close first half that appeared to be the beginning of another
upset for Michigan State (who had just lost to
Hawaii), the second half featured
Shannon Brown and
Maurice Ager took over for MSU to pull them away from
Division II Chaminade.
Eastern Division:
Montréal Alouettes 33,
Toronto Argonauts 17: Eric Lapointe came off the bench to score three touchdowns in the second half to lead les Als to the upset of the Argos
at Toronto.
Western Division:
Edmonton Eskimos 28,
BC Lions 23: Edmonton quarterback
Ricky Ray led the team to a 21–3 lead, but backup
Jason Maas scored the winning score and held on to the victory. The Eskimos will return to
BC Place Stadium next Sunday (November 27) for the Grey Cup championship game against Montréal.
Chicago Bears 13,
Carolina Panthers 3: Nathan Vasher, who had a 108-yard return of a missed field goal last week for a touchdown, intercepted two passes as "Da Bears" won their sixth straight contest.
Dallas Cowboys 20,
Detroit Lions 7: Marion Barber's two touchdown runs made the Cowboys better prepared for their
Thanksgiving Day classic with a win over the other Turkey Day hosts.
New England Patriots 24,
New Orleans Saints 17: Tom Brady threw for three touchdowns, two ending drives of over 90 yards, but it was Eugene Wilson's late interception of
Aaron Brooks' pass in the final minutes that sealed the win for the Pats.
Denver Broncos 27,
New York Jets 0: Running back Mike Anderson ran for three touchdowns in the Orange Crush's shutout of the Jets, the first for the Jets since 1995.
Speed skating: On the third and final day of the
ISU World Cup meet in the
Utah Olympic Oval, two more world records are broken, as
Shani Davis beats the men's 1000 metre record with 1:07.03 and
Cindy Klassen sets a 1500-metre record for women with a time of 1:51.79 — almost 1.5 seconds better than
Anni Friesinger's previous record, set only minutes earlier during the same race
(TSN.ca)
19 November 2005 (Saturday)
NBA: The
Dallas Mavericks ended the
Detroit Pistons' season-opening eight-game winning streak with a 119–82 blowout of the defending Eastern Conference champions. Josh Howard led the Mavs with 26 points and
Dirk Nowitzki added 23 in the blowout.
Mitchell Bowl: (2)
Saskatchewan Huskies 29, (1)
Laval Rouge et Or 27: Laval missed a two-point conversion with 30 seconds left on the clock, giving Saskatchewan the victory. Saskatchewan advances to the
Vanier Cup for the third time in four years, and avenge a Vanier Cup loss to Laval in 2004 by doing so. It is Laval's first loss in 19 games, dating back to last year.
Uteck Bowl: (3)
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 31, (10)
Acadia Axemen 10: Laurier quarterback Ryan Pyear throws four touchdown passes, three of them to receiver Bryon Hickey, in the victory. It is only the second time since Laurier changed its name from Waterloo Lutheran that the Golden Hawks advance to the Vanier Cup.
England 19–23
New Zealand: The All Blacks stay on course for a potential "Grand Slam" over all four
Home Nations, but must hold on as they play almost all of the last 24 minutes a man down, as three of their players are
sin-binned in succession.(BBC)
(1)
Southern California 50, (16)
Fresno State 42: Reggie Bush keeps the Trojans' winning streak alive with a
Pac-10 record 516 all-purpose yards. An epic back-and-forth battle ends with a late SoCal interception by Darnell Bing.
(4)
LSU 40,
Ole Miss 7: JaMarcus Russell's two touchdown passes lead the Bayou Bengals one step closer to a date with
Georgia in the
SEC title game, and only
Arkansas on Friday (November 25) stands in their way.
(6)
Notre Dame 34,
Syracuse 10: In an easy Irish win,
Brady Quinn becomes the first Notre Dame quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a season, and also becomes the school's all-time leader in career passing yardage.
(7)
Virginia Tech 52,
Virginia 14: The Hokies keep their BCS hopes alive by winning the
Commonwealth Cup. Cedric Humes runs for three touchdowns and
Marcus Vick throws for two, even after some vandalism by unknown forces placing a "T" next to Virginia's logo at midfield of
Scott Stadium.
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Auburn 28, (8)
Alabama 18: The Tigers take a 21–0 first-quarter lead and never look back, winning their fourth consecutive
Iron Bowl. Auburn's defense holds Alabama to 41 yards rushing and sacks Tide quarterback
Brodie Croyle 11 times.
(9)
Ohio State 25, (17)
Michigan 21: Antonio Pittman's last-minute 3-yard touchdown seals a Buckeye victory.
Troy Smith throws for 301 yards.
(10)
Oregon 56,
Oregon State 14: The
Civil War left the Beavers in a fog — no pun intended — as the Ducks roll all over them
at home, and post 50 points on the scoreboard for the first time in this rivalry.
(14)
Georgia 45,
Kentucky 14: The Bulldogs clinch the
SEC East and the spot up the road in
Atlanta for the title game in their backyard December 3.
D.J. Shockley throws four touchdown passes.
Vanderbilt beats rival
Tennessee 28–24
in Knoxville, the Commodores' first win over the Volunteers since 1982 and their first in Knoxville since 1975. This also assures that the Vols, ranked third nationally in the preseason, will not be eligible for a bowl this season.
Speed skating: Two world records are broken on the second day of the
ISU World Cup meet in the Utah Olympic Oval.
Joji Kato of Japan breaks the 500 m record with a time of 34.30 seconds, beating
Hiroyasu Shimizu's old record by two hundredths of a second, while
Chad Hedrick's week-old 5000m record is beaten by
Sven Kramer, who skated 6:08.78.
(AP)[permanent dead link]
18 November 2005 (Friday)
Football:
Manchester United and 34-year-old team captain
Roy Keane announce that they are parting company with immediate effect "by mutual agreement". Keane's contract was due to expire next summer, but he hit the headlines earlier this month when he criticised many teammates by name for lack of effort in an unaired interview on MUTV. The club has offered Keane a
testimonial in recognition of his 12½ years' service to the club.
(MUFC)
Speed skating:
Chad Hedrick sets his second world record in six days at the 1500 metres at the ISU World Cup event in the Utah Olympic Oval. With a time of 1:42.78, he beat the previous record set by fellow American
Shani Davis by just over half a second. Davis finished second at the event.
(AP)[permanent dead link]
The
English Premier League settles its TV rights dispute with the
Commission of the European Union. From the 2007–08 season, rights to live matches will be offered in six packages, and no one broadcaster will be allowed to buy all six. How this will affect the League's income compared to the £1 billion it currently receives for
Sky's exclusive deal is unknown.
(BBC)
German
match-fixing scandal: Disgraced referee
Robert Hoyzer, 26, is
jailed for two years and five months after admitting fixing or trying to fix nine matches by judge Gerti Kramer. The prosecution had asked for a two-year
suspended sentence for Hoyzer; however, Kramer said she was sending him up the river because his crimes were "adult acts" of serious weight. Another banished referee, Dominik Marks, who denied involvement, was also convicted and received a suspended sentence of eighteen months as the prosecution had asked for a two-year jail sentence.
Croatian Ante Sapina, who led the
betting ring involved, was jailed for two years and eleven months, while his brothers Filip and Milan Sapina received suspended sentences, Filip's suspended sentence is for 16 months, while Milan will have a one-year suspended sentence. According to the indictment, Sapina made
€700,000 from one match, for which Hoyzer received €67,000 ($78,300
US) and a television set. Marks was accused of receiving €37,000 for his involvement in four matches.
(BBC)
Rugby union: The
International Rugby Board (IRB) decide that the
2011 Rugby Union World Cup will be held in New Zealand. At a meeting in
Dublin the IRB delegates viewed presentations from the three bidding nations, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. South Africa dropped out after the first round of voting and New Zealand received a majority of votes in the second round. New Zealand previously co-hosted the inaugural
1987 Rugby Union World Cup.
(NZPA)
Bahrain 0 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago win their first-ever appearance at the World Cup Finals via a 2–1 aggregate score, though neither side looked like that they would be anything but easy targets for the major nations.
Australia 1 – 0
Uruguay: Australia wins the
penalty shootout 4–2 to reverse their play-off defeat by Uruguay four years ago.
Mark Schwarzer saves two Uruguay shots, and
John Aloisi fires in the clincher to send the Socceroos back to the World Cup for the first time since 1974.
European playoffs, second leg:
Slovakia 1 – 1 SpainSpain advances on a 6–2 aggregate scoreline.
Turkey 4 – 2 Switzerland: In a pulsating match, Turkey almost recover from their first leg two-goal deficit and conceding a second minute penalty, with a
hat-trick by
Tuncay, but Switzerland qualify on the
away goals rule. Things turn ugly after fights break out between players in the tunnel leading to the locker room at match's end.
Czech Republic 1 – 0
Norway: Petr Čech's clutch goalkeeping and
Tomas Rosicky's 35th-minute goal leads the Czechs to bounce the Norwegians from the competition and clinch the final spot for Germany 2006, winning 2–0 on aggregate.
The
players union and the owners agreed to toughen penalties on the use of
steroids and other illegal drugs, such as
amphetamines. Under the new plan, the first suspension will be for 50 games, the second offense 100 games, and the third will be a lifetime ban, with reinstatement appeals two years after the original punishment. In addition, random testing year round as well as tests during spring training and the regular season were made mandatory.
Ned Coletti, who began in baseball as a beat writer for the Philadelphia Journal in 1980, following the world championship season of the
Philadelphia Phillies, was named the new general manager of the
Los Angeles Dodgers, coming from their archrival nemesis the
San Francisco Giants where he served as assistant general manager.
Dallas Cowboys 21,
Philadelphia Eagles 20: Roy Williams, the man who ended
Terrell Owens' season eleven months earlier with a horse-collar tackle on the suspended Eagles wide receiver, returned a
Donovan McNabb interception 46 yards for the game-winning touchdown to complete a comeback from 13 points down, and in the process, may have all but ended the Eagles' season.
Edmonton Eskimos 33,
Calgary Stampeders 26: Backup quarterback
Jason Maas helped the Eskimos recover from being down 23–12. Starting quarterback
Ricky Ray did not throw a touchdown pass, extending his dubious streak to six games. The Eskimos will face the
BC Lions next Sunday in the Western Division Final
in Vancouver.
MLS Cup Final at
Pizza Hut Park,
Frisco, Texas:
Los Angeles Galaxy 1,
New England Revolution 0 (
aet): Guillermo Ramírez scores the match's only goal in the third minute of stoppage time during the first half of extra time. For the Galaxy, it's their second MLS cup title, both of which came against the Revs, and both of which came with the match's only goal scored in extra time.
Minnesota Vikings 24,
New York Giants 21: It wasn't technically
Christmas, but the Vikings had many happy returns, becoming the first team to return a kickoff (Koren Robonson's 86-yard second half kickoff return), punt (Mewelde Moore's 71 yard punt return) and interception (Darren Sharper's 92-yard pickoff return) for touchdowns in the same game.
Paul Edinger hits a 46-yard field goal with 19 seconds left to win the game.
Chicago Bears 17,
San Francisco 49ers 9: The longest play in NFL history,
Nathan Vasher's 108-yard return of a missed field goal, puts the Bears ahead to stay. The embarrassing 49ers offense completed the grand total of one pass on a very windy day.
Carolina Panthers 30,
New York Jets 3: The struggling Jets turn the ball over six times, including four
Brooks Bollinger interceptions, two picked off by Ken Lucas, and a third by Will Weatherspoon was returned for 35 yards for a touchdown. As for the Panthers' cheerleaders after last week's incident in a Tampa bar, insert your own joke here.
Green Bay Packers 33,
Atlanta Falcons 25: Samkon Gado, a
Nigerian who was the Packers' practice-squad running back when the season started, rushes for 103 yards and two touchdowns and catches a touchdown pass as the Pack upset the Falcons in the
Georgia Dome.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36,
Washington Redskins 35: With 58 seconds left,
Jon Gruden opts to attempt a two-point conversion after a blocked PAT kick was nullified by a Redskins offside penalty following
Chris Simms' 36-yard touchdown pass to Edell Shepherd.
Mike Alstott blasts through the logjam at the goal line for the winning points.
Pittsburgh Steelers 34,
Cleveland Browns 21: Hines Ward becomes the Steelers' all-time leader in pass receptions, passing
John Stallworth in the blowout at
Heinz Field. The Browns'
Leigh Bodden returns a blocked field goal 59 yards for a touchdown, marking the first time in NFL history that an interception, a punt, a kickoff, a missed field goal attempt and a blocked field goal attempt were returned for touchdowns in the same day.
England 26–16
AustraliaTries from
Ben Cohen and
Mark Cueto, plus a strong performance by the English forwards, send the Wallabies to their seventh consecutive Test defeat.
Scotland 19–23
Argentina Los Pumas come back from a 16–6 second-half deficit at
Murrayfield, winning thanks to a converted penalty try in the 70th minute.
Jewett Trophy: (10)
Acadia Axemen 69,
St. Francis Xavier X-Men 6: The Axemen break the record for the largest score and the largest winning margin in Jewett Trophy history as Chris Judd and Eric Nielsen connected for four touchdowns.
(5)
LSU 16, (4)
Alabama 13 (OT): JaMarcus Russell hits Dwayne Bowe with an 11-yard touchdown in overtime to end the Crimson Tide's bid for a perfect season. The Bayou Bengals now control their own destiny in the
SEC's Western Division with games against
Ole Miss and
Arkansas left.
(15)
Auburn 31, (9)
Georgia 30: After the Tigers complete a pass for 62 yards on fourth and ten, John Vaughn hits a 20-yard field goal with six seconds left.
(10)
Ohio State 48, (25)
Northwestern 7: The Buckeyes pile up 322 rushing yards prepping for next week's showdown against Michigan.
(11)
Oregon 34,
Washington State 31: Dennis Dixon and Brady Leaf (
Ryan's brother) combine for 296 passing yards for the Ducks, who win on a last-second, 19-yard field goal from Paul Martinez.
South Carolina 30, (12)
Florida 22: Steve Spurrier upsets the team he coached for twelve seasons. This is also the Gamecocks' first win over the Gators since 1939.
(14)
UCLA 45,
Arizona State 35: The Bruins bounce back from last week's humiliation with the help of 510 yards and five touchdown passes from Drew Olson.
Clemson 35, (17)
Florida State 14: The "Bowden Bowl" sees son
Tommy's Tigers squad defeat his father
Bobby's Seminoles team thanks to a 269-yard, three-touchdown performance by Charlie Whitehurst.
(18)
TCU 51,
UNLV 3: The Horned Frogs go 8–0 in their first
Mountain West Conference season, holding the Rebels to five yards rushing in their regular-season finale.
Iowa 20, (19)
Wisconsin 10: The Hawkeyes spoil
Barry Alvarez' final regular season home game as Wisconsin coach as the Badgers muster only nineteen rushing yards.
(21)
Michigan 41,
Indiana 14: The Wolverines run up all their points in the first half, warming up for next week's big home game against The Ohio State University.
Iowa State 30, (22)
Colorado 16: In a game delayed due to a real
tornado warning, the Cyclones scored two defensive touchdowns and kept their
Big 12 North hopes alive.
Virginia 27, (24)
Georgia Tech 17: The Cavaliers blow a 17-point lead but hold on to win and knock the Yellow Jackets out of the
ACC Coastal Division race.
Football: German club
F.C. Hansa Rostock successfully sue three
streakers who invaded their pitch during a match in 2003. The
German FA fined Hansa €20,000 for failing to keep their fans under control, but the club has now recouped its losses. The streakers intend to appeal.
(Reuters)[dead link]
The
Philadelphia Eagles, who had suspended
Terrell Owens without pay for the previous night's game against the
Washington Redskins, announce that they will suspend him for three additional games without pay, and then deactivate him once the suspension ends. The
NFL Players' Association will file a grievance and ask for a prompt hearing.
(AP/Yahoo!)
Kansas City Chiefs 27,
Oakland Raiders 23: Starting on his own 28-yard line with 1:45 to go,
Trent Green leads Kansas City on a game-winning drive that ends with a one-yard
Larry Johnson touchdown run with one second left in the game.
New York Giants 24,
San Francisco 49ers 6: The Giants hold the 49ers to 138 total yards and five first downs. Brandon Jacobs scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to seal the win.
Australia (435 & 289–2
d) complete a four-day victory over the
West Indies (210 & 129) by 379 runs in the first Test of the 3-Test series.
Ricky Ponting scores
centuries in both innings, while
Shane Warne and
Brett Lee gets five-fors in the first and second innings respectively.
Nathan Bracken takes career-best figures in the second innings, with four for 48, while only one West Indies batsman passes 50 in any innings –
Devon Smith, with 88 in the first. West Indies captain
Shivnarine Chanderpaul states that this was "probably the worst we've had so far."
(Cricinfo)(Cricinfo interview)
Eastern Conference Final:
New England Revolution 1,
Chicago Fire 0: Clint Dempsey scores the match's only goal in the fourth minute. A controversial moment occurred near the end of the game when Chicago thought they had leveled the score by Gonzalo Segaras, but referee Terry Vaughn disallowed it as assistant referee George Gerner rules Segaras was offside, leading to the
sending off of Fire player Andy Herron for abusive language and a scuffle after the final whistle blew at midfield. The Revs will now face the Galaxy in the MLS Cup final on November 13 in
Frisco, Texas in a rematch of the 2002 final, which the Galaxy won in extra time 1–0.
World Middleweight Armwrestling Champion Chris Coletti will suffer a massive stroke in 2 days at his home.
5 November 2005 (Saturday)
NFL: The
Philadelphia Eagles suspend their superstar
wide receiverTerrell Owens indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the team." This came after an Owens interview with
ESPN in which he criticized the Eagles for not publicly recognizing his 100th career receiving touchdown two weeks ago, and also said the Eagles would be undefeated if
Brett Favre were their
quarterback instead of
Donovan McNabb.
(AP/Yahoo!)For an update, see listing for 7 November.
(1)
Southern California 51,
Stanford 21 The Trojans score on each of their first seven possessions in the first half, with
Matt Leinart throwing for four touchdowns.
(2)
Texas 62,
Baylor 0 Ramonce Taylor rushes for three touchdowns and catches a TD pass, and
Vince Young has 351 yards of total offense in a Longhorns rout.
(5)
Miami (Florida) 27, (3)
Virginia Tech 7 The Hurricanes defense forced
Marcus Vick into throwing two interceptions and forced a total of six turnovers in an easy win
in Blacksburg, taking the lead in the
ACC Coastal Division. The loss drops the Hokies to 8–1 and leaves Southern California, Texas and Alabama as the only undefeated teams in Division I-A.
(4)
Alabama 17,
Mississippi State 0 The Tide return a fumbled kickoff and an interception for TDs, and their defense holds the Bulldogs to 103 total yards.
(6)
LSU 24,
Appalachian State 0: JaMarcus Russell threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bayou Bengals past the Division I-AA Mountaineers.
Arizona 52, (7)
UCLA 14: The Bruins are humiliated
in Tucson by the Wildcats, who score the first 28 points and never look back. Arizona rushed for 320 yards, with Mike Bell and Gilbert Harris combining to rush for 269 yards.
(8)
Notre Dame 41,
Tennessee 21 The Fighting Irish become bowl-eligible thanks to three
Brady Quinn TD passes and two
Tom Zbikowski return TDs (a punt and an interception).
NC State 20, (9)
Florida State 15 The Wolfpack are paced to the
road upset by Andre Brown's 179 rushing yards and a defense that intercepts three FSU passes. Nonetheless, the Seminoles clinch the ACC Atlantic Division due to Boston College's loss to North Carolina, and will play in the conference championship on December 3 in
Jacksonville, Florida.
(10)
Penn State 35, (14)
Wisconsin 14: The Nittany Lions all but clinch the
Big Ten ConferenceBCS bowl bid, routing the Badgers
in University Park as Badgers' QB John Stocco was sacked nine times by the Penn State defense. The reason that it is the "BCS" berth is because the
Rose Bowl serves as the BCS National Championship game this year.
(12)
Ohio State 40,
Illinois 2: Troy Smith threw for three touchdowns and Antonio Pittman ran for the other two n a rout of the Fighting Illini.
(13)
Florida 49,
Vanderbilt 42 (2 OT) Although Vandy quarterback Jay Cutler made a fourth-quarter comeback to tie the game at 35–35, he was intercepted by Reggie Lewis in the second overtime as the Gators pulled one out
at home.
(15)
Oregon 27, (23)
Cal Berkeley 20 (OT): Brady Leaf's four-yard TD pass to James Finley in overtime was the difference for the Ducks.
(16)
Texas Tech 52,
Texas A&M 17 Cody Hodges passes for 409 yards as the Red Raiders and their run-and-shoot offense dominate the Aggies
at home.
(17)
Auburn 49,
Kentucky 27 The Tigers rush for 384 yards and five TDs in a rout of the
homestanding Wildcats.
North Carolina 16, (19)
Boston College 14: Wallace Wright returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a TD and Connor Barth kicked three field goals, propelling the home team to an upset of the Eagles.
(21)
Fresno State 45,
San Jose State 7 The Bulldogs roll thanks to a great performance from quarterback Paul Pinegar who threw for 374 yards and 3 TD passes.
(25)
Colorado 41,
Missouri 12 Lawrence Vickers rushed for four TDs as the Buffaloes and Mason Crosby kicked a pair of field goals including a 56 yarder. They have all but clinched the
Big 12 North.
France 26–16
Australia Les Bleus send the Wallabies crashing to their sixth consecutive Test defeat, their worst streak since 1969. Wallabies captain
George Gregan takes sole possession of the all-time lead for national team
caps in the sport's history with his 115th appearance.(BBC)
Western Conference Final:
Los Angeles Galaxy 2,
Colorado Rapids 0: The Galaxy, fourth in the West at the start of this postseason, reaches their fifth MLS Cup Final in franchise history, winning once in 2002.
Landon Donovan scores both of L.A.'s goals. What would've been Colorado's only goal of the match in the 34th minute was taken away after referee Brian Hall blew the whistle while the ball was in the air to deal with pushing and shoving in the box.
(24)
Louisville 42,
Pittsburgh 20 Michael Bush runs for 113 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Cardinals to the win. Louisville defensive end
Elvis Dumervil sets an NCAA record by forcing his ninth fumble of the season.
Cricket:
Sri Lanka tour of India: A team effort, with five men making above 35 and
Rahul Dravid top-scoring with 63, sees
India chase 262 to win against
Sri Lanka.
Ajit Agarkar takes five wickets for 44 runs, his second best bowling figures of his
ODI career, and 87 from
Marvan Atapattu was not enough to help his team avoid the loss. India takes an unassailable 4–0 lead in the 7-match series.
(Cricinfo)