“THE SCOREBOARD”

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 10 SCOREBOARD

CLASS 4A

SECTIONAL 17

HANOVER CENTRAL 71, EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 30

KANKAKEE VALLEY 52, HIGHLAND 14

NEW PRAIRIE 60, GARY WEST 14

HOBART 38, LOWELL 13

SECTIONAL 18

PLYMOUTH 38, WAWASEE 13

MISHAWAKA 23, NORTHRIDGE 10

SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 35, SOUTH BEND RILEY 0

NORTHWOOD 60, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 28

SECTIONAL 19

EAST NOBLE 45, FW SOUTH 7

LEO 37, DEKALB 6

FW BISHOP DWENGER 38, COLUMBIA CITY 0

FW WAYNE 36, NEW HAVEN 7

SECTIONAL 20

HUNTINGTON NORTH 77, FRANKFORT 8

LOGANSPORT 35, MUNCIE CENTRAL 13

LEBANON 35, CULVER ACADEMY 32

SECTIONAL 21

GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 56, BEECH GROVE 0

PENDLETON HEIGHTS 28, NEW CASTLE 22

YORKTOWN 46, RICHMOND 6

NEW PALESTINE 28, MT. VERNON 14

SECTIONAL 22

MOORESVILLE 52, SHORTRIDGE 14

BISHOP CHATARD 42, CRISPUS ATTUCKS 0

RONCALLI 33, NORTHVIEW 17

BREBEUF JESUIT 50, DANVILLE 49, OT

SECTIONAL 23

SILVER CREEK 40, CONNERSVILLE 20

MARTINSVILLE 56, CHARLESTOWN 0

BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 38, JENNINGS COUNTY 6

GREENWOOD 37, SHELBYVILLE 0

SECTIONAL 24

BOONVILLE 35, WASHINGTON 15

JASPER 59, EVANSVILLE HARRISON 24

EVANSVILLE REITZ 47, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 7

CLASS 3A

SECTIONAL 25

JIMTOWN 37, JOHN GLENN 7

MISHAWAKA MARIAN 35, CALUMET 6

KNOX 48, RIVER FOREST 13

GRIFFITH 61, HAMMOND NOLL 0

SECTIONAL 26

GARRETT 50, LAKELAND 26

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 51, WOODLAN 25

WEST NOBLE 42, ANGOLA 14

FAIRFIELD 48, FW CONCORDIA LUTHERAN34

SECTIONAL 27

WEST LAFAYETTE 49, FRANKTON 7

NORTHWESTERN 49, BENTON CENTRAL 12

TWIN LAKES 31, WESTERN 6

MACONAQUAH 35, PERU 0

SECTIONAL 28

FW BISHOP LUERS 42, NORWELL 7

JAY COUNTY 42, BELLMONT 7

DELTA 54, HERITAGE 14

MISSISSINEWA 28, OAK HILL 3

SECTIONAL 29

HAMILTON HEIGHTS 41, SPEEDWAY 7

GUERIN CATHOLIC 49, WEST VIGO 0

CASCADE 54, CRAWFORDSVILLE 14

TRI-WEST 55, WASHINGTON 16

SECTIONAL 30

FRANKLIN COUNTY 33, RUSHVILLE 19

GREENSBURG 35, PURDUE POLY 8

LAWRENCEBURG 34, SOUTH DEARBORN 8

SECTIONAL 31

SCOTTSBURG 76, OWEN VALLEY 9

NORTH HARRISON 30, CORYDON CENTRAL 7

INDIAN CREEK 35, EDGEWOOD 7

SECTIONAL 32

EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 34, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 14

SOUTHRIDGE 55, MT. VERNON (POSEY) 35

VINCENNES LINCOLN 43, PRINCETON 12

HERITAGE HILLS 35, GIBSON SOUTHERN 18

CLASS 2A

SECTIONAL 33

BREMEN 61, LAKE STATION 0

ANDREAN 41, WHITING 0

WHEELER 13, BOONE GROVE 7, OT

SECTIONAL 34

WESTERN BOONE 56, NORTH PUTNAM 27

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 63, DELPHI 21

NORTH MONTGOMERY 24, SOUTHMONT 21

LEWIS CASS 42, SEEGER 28

SECTIONAL 35

CHURUBUSCO 42, MANCHESTER 23

ADAMS CENTRAL 35, BLUFFTON 7

EASTSIDE 35, WHITKO 7

PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 26, CENTRAL NOBLE 14

SECTIONAL 36

ALEXANDRIA 74,WABASH 48

TIPTON 17, EASTBROOK 7

ROCHESTER 46, ELWOOD 0

EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 35, BLACKFORD 7

SECTIONAL 37

MONROVIA 42, SCECINA 19

CARDINAL RITTER 34, PARK TUDOR 18

LUTHERAN 49, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 7

SECTIONAL 38

LAPEL 43, NORTHEASTERN 36

CENTERVILLE 21, EASTERN HANCOCK 14

TRITON CENTRAL 62, UNION COUNTY 6

SHENANDOAH 30, WINCHESTER 24, OT

SECTIONAL 39

GREENCASTLE 45, PIKE CENTRAL 7

BROWN COUNTY 21, MITCHELL 6

SOUTH VERMILLION 38, NORTH POSEY 36

LINTON 30, SULLIVAN 7

SECTIONAL 40

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 50, SWITZERLAND COUNTY 8

PAOLI 42, EASTERN (PEKIN) 0

TELL CITY 42, CRAWFORD COUNTY 0

SALEM 66, CLARKSVILLE 16

CLASS A

SECTIONAL 41

NORTH JUDSON 71, SOUTH NEWTON 20

CULVER 44, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) 15

BOWMAN ACADEMY AT NORTH NEWTON

LAVILLE 41, WEST CENTRAL 6

SECTIONAL 42

PIONEER 20, CASTON 7

CARROLL (FLORA) 49, FRONTIER 21

TRI-COUNTY 39, NORTH WHITE 0

TAYLOR 35, WINAMAC 12

SECTIONAL 43

TRITON 49, SOUTHWOOD 7

NORTH MIAMI 54, FW BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN 14

FREMONT 35, NORTHFIELD 21

SECTIONAL 44

TRI 55, WES-DEL 0

SOUTH ADAMS 51, UNION CITY 0

MADISON-GRANT 38, MONROE CENTRAL 7

HAGERSTOWN 40, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 0

SECTIONAL 45

COVINGTON 48, ATTICA 7

SOUTH PUTNAM 54, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 7

RIVERTON PARKE 70, PARKE HERITAGE 0

NORTH VERMILLION 48, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) 13

SECTIONAL 46

TINDLEY 18, TRI-CENTRAL 14

SHERIDAN 44, CLINTON CENTRAL 6

CLINTON PRAIRIE 60, IRVINGTON PREP 0

SECTIONAL 47

MILAN 42, KNIGHTSTOWN 20

WEST WASHINGTON 40, SOUTH DECATUR 0

EASTERN GREENE 28, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 27

NORTH DECATUR 71, EDINBURGH 6

SECTIONAL 48

NORTH DAVIESS 22, NORTH KNOX 12

PERRY CENTRAL 20, TECUMSEH 0

PROVIDENCE 35, SPRINGS VALLEY 20

FOREST PARK 36, SOUTH SPENCER 21

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SECTIONAL SCHEDULE

CLASS 6A

SECTIONAL 1

PORTAGE AT CROWN POINT

LAKE CENTRAL AT PENN

SECTIONAL 2

FW SNIDER AT ELKHART

FW CARROLL AT FW NORTHROP

SECTIONAL 3

CARMEL AT ZIONSVILLE

HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) AT WESTFIELD

SECTIONAL 4

FISHERS AT NOBLESVILLE

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT HOMESTEAD

SECTIONAL 5

BROWNSBURG AT AVON

BEN DAVIS AT PIKE

SECTIONAL 6

NORTH CENTRAL VS. CATHEDRAL

LAWRENCE NORTH AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL

SECTIONAL 7

PERRY MERIDIAN AT SOUTHPORT

WARREN CENTRAL AT TECH

SECTIONAL 8

FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT COLUMBUS NORTH

CENTER GROVE AT JEFFERSONVILLE

CLASS 5A

SECTIONAL 9

HAMMOND MORTON AT MUNSTER

HAMMOND CENTRAL AT MERRILLVILLE

SECTIONAL 10

MICHIGAN CITY AT CHESTERTON

LAPORTE AT VALPARAISO

SECTIONAL 11

GOSHEN AT WARSAW

CONCORD AT FW NORTH

SECTIONAL 12

LAFAYETTE JEFF AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS

MCCUTCHEON AT KOKOMO

SECTIONAL 13

WHITELAND AT DECATUR CENTRAL

ANDERSON AT PLAINFIELD

SECTIONAL 14

FRANKLIN AT COLUMBUS EAST

EAST CENTRAL AT SEYMOUR

SECTIONAL 15

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH

BLOOMINGTON NORTH AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH

SECTIONAL 16

NEW ALBANY AT EVANSVILLE NORTH

CASTLE AT FLOYD CENTRAL

CLASS 4A

SECTIONAL 17

KANKAKEE VALLEY AT HANOVER CENTRAL

NEW PRAIRIE AT HOBART

SECTIONAL 18

PLYMOUTH AT MISHAWAKA

NORTHWOOD AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH

SECTIONAL 19

EAST NOBLE AT LEO

FW BISHOP DWENGER AT FW WAYNE

SECTIONAL 20

MARION AT HUNTINGTON NORTH

LOGANSPORT AT LEBANON

SECTIONAL 21

GREENFIELD-CENTRAL AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS

NEW PALESTINE AT YORKTOWN

SECTIONAL 22

MOORESVILLE AT BISHOP CHATARD

RONCALLI AT BREBEUF JESUIT

SECTIONAL 23

MARTINSVILLE AT SILVER CREEK

BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE AT GREENWOOD

SECTIONAL 24

EVANSVILLE BOSSE AT BOONVILLE

EVANSVILLE REITZ AT JASPER

CLASS 3A

SECTIONAL 25

JIMTOWN AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN

GRIFFITH AT KNOX

SECTIONAL 26

GARRETT AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY

FAIRFIELD AT WEST NOBLE

SECTIONAL 27

WEST LAFAYETTE AT NORTHWESTERN

TWIN LAKES AT MACONAQUAH

SECTIONAL 28

FW BISOP LUERS AT JAY COUNTY

DELTA AT MISSISSINEWA

SECTIONAL 29

GUERIN CATHOLIC AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS

CASCADE AT TRI-WEST

SECTIONAL 30

BATESVILLE AT FRANKLIN COUNTY

GREENSBURG AT LAWRENCEBURG

SECTIONAL 31

MADISON AT SCOTTSBURG

INDIAN CREEK AT NORTH HARRISON

SECTIONAL 32

SOUTHRIDGE AT EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

VINCENNES LINCOLN AT HERITAGE HILLS

CLASS 2A

SECTIONAL 33

RENSSELAER CENTRAL AT BREMEN

ANDREAN AT WHEELER

SECTIONAL 34

WESTERN BOONE AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC

LEWIS CASS AT NORTH MONTGOMERY

SECTIONAL 35

CHURUBUSCO AT ADAMS CENTRAL

EASTSIDE AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS

SECTIONAL 36

TIPTON AT ALEXANDRIA

ROCHESTER AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN)

SECTIONAL 37

COVENANT CHRISTIAN AT MONROVIA

LUTHERAN AT CARDINAL RITTER

SECTIONAL 38

CENTERVILLE AT LAPEL

TRITON CENTRAL AT SHENANDOAH

SECTIONAL 39

BROWN COUNTY AT GREENCASTLE

SOUTH VERMILLION AT LINTON

SECTIONAL 40

PAOLI AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL

SALEM AT TELL CITY

CLASS A

SECTIONAL 42

PIONEER AT CARROLL (FLORA)

TRI-COUNTY AT TAYLOR

SECTIONAL 43

SOUTHERN WELLS AT TRITON

NORTH MIAMI AT FREMONT

SECTIONAL 44

SOUTH ADAMS AT TRI

MADISON-GRANT AT HAGERSTOWN

SECTIONAL 45

SOUTH PUTNAM AT COVINGTON

RIVERTON PARKE AT NORTH VERMILLION

SECTIONAL 46

CLOVERDALE AT TINDLEY

SHERIDAN AT CLINTON PRAIRIE

SECTIONAL 47

MILAN AT WEST WASHINGTON

EASTERN GREENE AT NORTH DECATUR

SECTIONAL 48

NORTH DAVIESS AT PERRY CENTRAL

FOREST PARK AT PROVIDENCE

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER

SEMI-STATE

SATURDAY OCTOBER 26

NORTH

1. KOKOMO

1:00 PM ET | CLASS 1A BOYS | BETHANY CHRISTIAN V COVENANT CHRISTIAN

3:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A BOYS | FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN V PARK TUDOR

6:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A GIRLS | PENN V NOBLESVILLE

2. SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH

1:00 PM ET | CLASS 1A GIRLS | WESTVIEW V FAITH CHRISTIAN

3:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A GIRLS | MISHAWAKA MARIAN V HANOVER CENTRAL

6:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A BOYS | CONCORD V HARRISON (WL)

SOUTH

3. EVANSVILLE NORTH

12:00 PM CT | CLASS 1A GIRLS | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN V PROVIDENCE

2:30 PM CT | CLASS 1A BOYS | GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN V NORTHEAST DUBOIS

5:00 PM CT | CLASS 2A BOYS | INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD V EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

4. MARTINSVILLE

1:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A GIRLS | EAST CENTRAL V CENTER GROVE

3:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A GIRLS | BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY V LAWRENCEBURG

6:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A BOYS | SOUTHPORT V BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER SEMI-STATE

SATURDAY OCTOBER 26

NORTH

1. KOKOMO

1:00 PM ET | CLASS 1A BOYS | BETHANY CHRISTIAN V COVENANT CHRISTIAN

3:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A BOYS | FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN V PARK TUDOR

6:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A GIRLS | PENN V NOBLESVILLE

2. SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH

1:00 PM ET | CLASS 1A GIRLS | WESTVIEW V FAITH CHRISTIAN

3:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A GIRLS | MISHAWAKA MARIAN V HANOVER CENTRAL

6:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A BOYS | CONCORD V HARRISON (WL)

SOUTH

3. EVANSVILLE NORTH

12:00 PM CT | CLASS 1A GIRLS | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN V PROVIDENCE

2:30 PM CT | CLASS 1A BOYS | GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN V NORTHEAST DUBOIS

5:00 PM CT | CLASS 2A BOYS | INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD V EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

4. MARTINSVILLE

1:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A GIRLS | EAST CENTRAL V CENTER GROVE

3:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A GIRLS | BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY V LAWRENCEBURG

6:00 PM ET | CLASS 3A BOYS | SOUTHPORT V BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL REGIONALS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 26

NORTH

LAPORTE

4 PM CT | CLASS 1A | SOUTH NEWTON VS FREMONT

7 PM CT | CLASS 4A | CHESTERTON VS PENN

CULVER COMMUNITY

1 PM ET | CLASS 1A | CULVER COMMUNITY VS MARQUETTE CATHOLIC  

4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | JIMTOWN VS BOONE GROVE

NORTHWOOD

4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | WOODLAN VS LAKELAND

7 PM ET | CLASS 3A | NEW PRAIRIE VS NORTHWOOD

HOMESTEAD

1 PM ET | CLASS 4A | HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN VS HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE)

4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | HOMESTEAD VS CARROLL (FORT WAYNE)

SOUTHWOOD

4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | LAPEL VS SOUTHWOOD   

7 PM ET | CLASS 3A | ANGOLA VS WEST LAFAYETTE

NORWELL

1 PM ET | CLASS 1A | DALEVILLE VS FAITH CHRISTIAN

4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | HERITAGE VS NEW CASTLE

TWIN LAKES

4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL VS ILLIANA CHRISTIAN

7 PM ET | CLASS 4A | CROWN POINT VS WARSAW

ELWOOD

1 PM ET | CLASS 1A | SETON CATHOLIC VS ROSSVILLE

4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | WESTERN BOONE VS MUNCIE BURRIS

SOUTH

GREENFIELD-CENTRAL

4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | CENTER GROVE VS BROWNSBURG

7 PM ET | CLASS 4A | YORKTOWN VS LAWRENCE NORTH

CASCADE

1 PM ET | CLASS 3A | NORTHVIEW VS RONCALLI

4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL VS TRI-WEST HENDRICKS

MONROVIA

4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | WINCHESTER VS PARKE HERITAGE

7 PM ET | CLASS 2A | COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDPLS.) VS INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL

BLOOMINGTON NORTH

1 PM ET | CLASS 4A | FLOYD CENTRAL VS BLOOMINGTON NORTH

4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | FRANKLIN COMMUNITY VS CASTLE

LOOGOOTEE

4 PM ET | CLASS 1A | CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA VS LOOGOOTEE

7 PM ET | CLASS 1A | SHAKAMAK VS SPRINGS VALLEY

MITCHELL

1 PM ET | CLASS 2A | BARR-REEVE VS EASTERN (PEKIN)

4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL VS SILVER CREEK

EDINBURGH

4 PM ET | CLASS 1A | INDIANAPOLIS DEAF VS INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN

7 PM ET | CLASS 1A | SOUTH DECATUR VS TRINITY LUTHERAN

JENNINGS COUNTY

1 PM ET | CLASS 2A | BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL VS TECUMSEH

4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | JASPER VS JENNINGS COUNTY

INDIANA CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 26

1. NEW PRAIRIE: GIRLS 10:30 AM CT; BOYS 11:15 AM CT
FEEDER SECTIONALS: HIGHLAND, CHESTERTON, NEW PRAIRIE, ELKHART, RENSSELAER CENTRAL

2. NEW HAVEN (@ HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY): 10:30 AM ET; BOYS 11:15 AM ET
FEEDER SECTIONALS: MANCHESTER, WEST NOBLE, NEW HAVEN, DELTA, MARION

3. BROWNSBURG: GIRLS 10:30 AM ET; BOYS 11:15 AM ET
FEEDER SECTIONALS: LOGANSPORT, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, BEN DAVIS

4. SHELBYVILLE: GIRLS 10:30 AM ET; BOYS 11:15 AM ET
FEEDER SECTIONALS: NOBLESVILLE, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SHELBYVILLE, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER)

5. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (ANGEL MOUNDS): 10:30 AM CT; BOYS 11:15 AM CT
FEEDER SECTIONALS: BROWN COUNTY, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, JASPER, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK 9

FRIDAY, OCT. 25

LOUISVILLE 31 BOSTON COLLEGE 27

NO, 17 BOISE STATE 29 UNLV 24

USC 42 RUTGERS 20

SATURDAY, OCT. 26

12 P.M. | NEBRASKA AT NO. 4 OHIO STATE | FOX

12 P.M. | NO. 12 NOTRE DAME VS. NO. 24 NAVY (IN EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY) | ABC

12 P.M. | WASHINGTON AT NO. 13 INDIANA | BIG TEN NETWORK

12 P.M. | OKLAHOMA AT NO. 18 OLE MISS | ESPN

12 P.M. | GEORGIA TECH AT VIRGINIA TECH | ACC NETWORK

12 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA AT VIRGINIA | CW NETWORK

12 P.M. | CHARLOTTE AT MEMPHIS | ESPNU

12 P.M. | TULANE AT NORTH TEXAS | ESPN2

12 P.M. | BUFFALO AT OHIO | CBSSN

12 P.M. | RICHMOND AT BRYANT | FLOSPORTS

12 P.M. | VALPARAISO AT MARIST | FLOSPORTS

12 P.M. | CORNELL AT BROWN | ESPN+

12 P.M. | CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY | ESPN+

12 P.M. | FORDHAM AT LEHIGH | ESPN+

12 P.M. | MERCYHURST AT SACRED HEART | ESPN+

12:45 P.M. | ARKANSAS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | SEC NETWORK

1 P.M. | GEORGIA STATE AT APPALACHIAN STATE | ESPN+

1 P.M. | MAINE AT RHODE ISLAND | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | TOWSON AT MONMOUTH | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT INDIANA STATE | ESPN+

1 P.M. | BUTLER AT DAVIDSON | ESPN+

1 P.M. | PRESBYTERIAN AT STETSON | ESPN+

1 P.M. | COLGATE AT MERRIMACK | ESPN+

1:30 P.M. | DARTMOUTH AT COLUMBIA | ESPN+

1:30 P.M. | HOLY CROSS AT LAFAYETTE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT MIAMI (OHIO) | ESPN+

2 P.M. | TEMPLE AT EAST CAROLINA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | ELON AT HAMPTON | FLOSPORTS

2 P.M. | SOUTHERN UTAH AT WEST GEORGIA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | EAST TENNESSEE STATE AT WOFFORD | ESPN+

2 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT MURRAY STATE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | SAMFORD AT THE CITADEL | ESPN+

2 P.M. | HOWARD AT NORFOLK STATE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | BUCKNELL AT GEORGETOWN | ESPN+

2:30 P.M. | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT TENNESSEE TECH | ESPN+

3 P.M. | UALBANY AT DELAWARE | FLOSPORTS

3 P.M. | UTAH TECH AT EASTERN KENTUCKY | ESPN+

3 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT UT MARTIN | ESPN+

3 P.M. | GARDNER-WEBB AT SE MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | WESTERN ILLINOIS AT LINDENWOOD | ESPN+

3 P.M. | LAMAR AT NORTHWESTERN STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | MONTANA AT NORTHERN COLORADO | ESPN+

3 P.M. | PRINCETON AT HARVARD | ESPN+

3 P.M. | TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 21 MISSOURI AT NO. 15 ALABAMA | ABC

3:30 P.M. | NO. 11 BYU AT UCF | ESPN

3:30 P.M. | NO. 20 ILLINOIS AT NO. 1 OREGON | CBS/PARAMOUNT+

3:30 P.M. | TEXAS TECH AT TCU | FOX

3:30 P.M. | MARYLAND AT MINNESOTA | FS1

3:30 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN AT IOWA | BIG TEN NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | RICE AT UCONN | CBSSN

3:30 P.M. | WAKE FOREST AT STANFORD | ACC NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | OKLAHOMA STATE AT BAYLOR | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | SOUTHERN MISS AT JAMES MADISON | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | EASTERN MICHIGAN AT AKRON | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT BALL STATE | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | BOWLING GREEN AT TOLEDO | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | KENT STATE AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | WAGNER AT UMASS | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | UTSA AT TULSA | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NEW HAMPSHIRE AT VILLANOVA | FLOSPORTS

3:30 P.M. | WILLIAM & MARY AT STONY BROOK | FLOSPORTS

3:30 P.M. | WESTERN CAROLINA AT MERCER | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | ALABAMA STATE VS. ALABAMA A&M (IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA) | ESPNU

3:30 P.M. | DELAWARE STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | MORGAN STATE AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL | ESPN+

4 P.M. | OREGON STATE AT CAL | ESPN2

4 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT CAMPBELL | FLOSPORTS

4 P.M. | TARLETON STATE AT AUSTIN PEAY | ESPN+

4 P.M. | VMI AT CHATTANOOGA | ESPN+

4 P.M. | MCNEESE AT NICHOLLS | ESPN+

4:15 P.M. | NO. 5 TEXAS AT NO. 25 VANDERBILT | SEC NETWORK

5 P.M. | NEW MEXICO AT COLORADO STATE | ALTITUDE SPORTS/MW NETWORK

5 P.M. | UL MONROE AT SOUTH ALABAMA | ESPN+

5 P.M. | NORTH ALABAMA AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS | ESPN+

5 P.M. | MISSOURI STATE AT UNI | ESPN+

6 P.M. | WEST VIRGINIA AT ARIZONA | FS1

6 P.M. | SACRAMENTO STATE AT IDAHO STATE | ESPN+

6 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | FLORIDA STATE AT NO. 6 MIAMI (FLA.) | ESPN

7 P.M. | UTAH STATE AT WYOMING | CBSSN

7 P.M. | UTAH AT HOUSTON | ESPN+

7 P.M. | TROY AT ARKANSAS STATE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | UIW AT SE LOUISIANA | ESPN+

7 P.M. | SOUTHERN AT FLORIDA A&M | ESPN+

7 P.M. | HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | ESPN+

7:30 P.M. | NO. 8 LSU AT NO. 14 TEXAS A&M | ABC

7:30 P.M. | NO. 3 PENN STATE AT WISCONSIN | NBC/PEACOCK

7:30 P.M. | MICHIGAN STATE AT MICHIGAN | BIG TEN NETWORK

7:30 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | ESPNU

7:45 P.M. | AUBURN AT KENTUCKY | SEC NETWORK

8 P.M. | KANSAS AT NO. 16 KANSAS STATE | ESPN2

8 P.M. | NO. 22 SMU AT DUKE | ACC NETWORK

8 P.M. | SAN JOSE STATE AT FRESNO STATE | TRUTV/MAX

9 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT IDAHO | ESPN+

10:15 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT COLORADO | ESPN

10:30 P.M. | WASHINGTON STATE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | CBSSN

MIDNIGHT | NEVADA AT HAWAI’I | SPECTRUM SPORTS PPV

INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7

INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3

INDIANA 42 UCLA 13

INDIANA 52 CHARLOTTE 14

INDIANA 42 MARYLAND 28

INDIANA 41 NORTHWESTERN 24

INDIANA 56 NEBRASKA 7

OCTOBER 26 VS. WASHINGTON TBA

NOVEMBER 2 AT MICHIGAN STATE TBA

NOVEMBER 9 VS. MICHIGAN TBA

NOVEMBER 23 AT OHIO STATE TBA

NOVEMBER 30 VS. PURDUE TBA

PURDUE BOILERMAKERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0

NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7

OREGON STATE 38 PURDUE 21

NEBRASKA 28 PURDUE 10

WISCONSIN 52 PURDUE 6

ILLINOIS 50 PURDUE 49 OT

OREGON 35 PURDUE 0

NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTHWESTERN TBA

NOVEMBER 9 AT OHIO STATE TBA

NOVEMBER 16 VS. PENN STATE TBA

NOVEMBER 22 AT MICHIGAN STATE 8:00

NOVEMBER 30 AT INDIANA TBA

NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

NOTRE DAME 23 TEXAS A&M 13

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 16 NOTRE DAME 14

NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7

NOTRE DAME 28 MIAMI OH 3

NOTRE DAME 31 LOUISVILLE 24

NOTRE DAME 49 STANFORD 7

NOTRE DAME 31 GEORGIA TECH 14

OCTOBER 26 AT NAVY 12:00

NOVEMBER 9 VS. FLORIDA STATE 7:30

NOVEMBER 16 VS. VIRGINIA 3:30

NOVEMBER 23 AT ARMY 7:00 (YANKEE STADIUM)

NOVEMBER 30 AT USC TBA

BUTLER BULLDOGS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

BUTLER 40 UPPER IOWA 7

BUTLER 19 MURRAY STATE 17

BUTLER 53 HANOVER 0

BUTLER 63 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY-LYNCHBURG 0

BUTLER 40 MOREHEAD STATE 6

DRAKE 27 BUTLER 17

DAYTON 21 BUTLER 14

OCTOBER 26 AT DAVIDSON 1:00

NOVEMBER 2 VS. STETSON 1:00

NOVEMBER 9 AT VALPO 1:00 CT

NOVEMBER 16 VS. ST. THOMAS 1:00

NOVEMBER 23 AT PRESBYTERIAN 1:00

BALL STATE CARDINALS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

BALL STATE 42 MISSOURI STATE 34

MIAMI FL 62 BALL STATE 0

CENTRAL MICHIGAN 37 BALL STATE 34

JAMES MADISON 63 BALL STATE 7

WESTERN MICHIGAN 45 BALL STATE 42

BALL STATE 37 KENT STATE 35

VANDERBILT 24 BALL STATE 14

OCTOBER 26 VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS TBA

NOVEMBER 5 VS. MIAMI OH TBA

NOVEMBER 12 AT BUFFALO 7:00

NOVEMBER 23 VS. BOWLING GREEN TBA

NOVEMBER 29 AT OHIO TBA

INDIANA STATE SYCAMORES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0

EASTERN ILLINOIS 27 INDIANA STATE 20

INDIANA STATE 24 DAYTON 13

HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 27 INDIANA STATE 24

YOUNGSTOWN STATE 21 INDIANA STATE 14

INDIANA STATE 31 MURRAY STATE 27

MISSOURI STATE 46 INDIANA STATE 21

OCTOBER 26 VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1:00

NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTH DAKOTA 1:00

NOVEMBER 9 AT SOUTH DAKOTA 2:00

COLTS SCHEDULE

HOUSTON 29 INDIANAPOLIS 27

GREEN BAY 16 INDIANAPOLIS 10

INDIANAPOLIS 21 CHICAGO 16

INDIANAPOLIS 27 PITTSBURGH 24

JACKSONVILLE 37 INDIANAPOLIS 34

INDIANAPOLIS 20 TENNESSEE 17

INDIANAPOLIS 16 MIAMI 10

OCT. 27: AT HOUSTON, 1 P.M., CBS

NOV. 3: AT MINNESOTA, 1 P.M., CBS

NOV. 10: VS. BUFFALO, 1 P.M., CBS

NOV. 17: AT N.Y. JETS, 8:20 P.M., NBC PEACOCK

NOV. 24: VS. DETROIT, 1 P.M., FOX

DEC. 1: AT NEW ENGLAND, 1 P.M., CBS

DEC. 15: AT DENVER, 4:25 P.M., CBS

DEC. 22: VS. TENNESSEE, 1 P.M., CBS

DEC. 29: AT N.Y. GIANTS, TBD

JAN. 5: VS. JACKSONVILLE, TBD

WEEK 8 SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, OCT. 27

BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)

TENNESSEE TITANS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P FOX)

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)

GREEN BAY PACKERS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)

ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P FOX)

NEW YORK JETS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)

ATLANTA FALCONS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)

CHICAGO BEARS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:05P FOX)

BUFFALO BILLS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P FOX)

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (4:25P CBS)

CAROLINA PANTHERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:25P CBS)

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)

DALLAS COWBOYS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:20P NBC)

MONDAY, OCT. 28

NEW YORK GIANTS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)

WEEK 9 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCT. 31

HOUSTON TEXANS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)

SUNDAY, NOV. 3

DALLAS COWBOYS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)

DENVER BRONCOS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)

MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P FOX)

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P CBS)

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)

CHICAGO BEARS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)

DETROIT LIONS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)

LOS ANGELES RAMS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:20P NBC)

MONDAY, NOV. 4

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)

MLB PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

WORLD SERIES

DODGERS 6 YANKEES 3 (10)

SATURDAY, OCT. 26

GAME 2: NYY @ LAD (FOX)

MONDAY, OCT. 28

GAME 3: LAD @ NYY (FOX)

TUESDAY, OCT. 29

GAME 4: LAD @ NYY (FOX)

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30

GAME 5^: LAD @ NYY (FOX)

FRIDAY, NOV. 1

GAME 6^: NYY @ LAD (FOX)

SATURDAY, NOV. 2

GAME 7^: NYY @ LAD (FOX)

(^IF NECESSARY)

NBA SCORES

ORLANDO 116 BROOKLYN 101

TORONTO 115 PHILADELPHIA 107

CLEVELAND 113 DETROIT 101

ATLANTA 125 CHARLOTTE 120

NEW YORK 123 INDIANA 98

HOUSTON 128 MEMPHIS 108

CHICAGO 133 MILWAUKEE 122

GOLDEN STATE 127 UTAH 86

LA LAKERS 123 PHOENIX 116

NEW ORLEANS 105 PORTLAND 103

NHL SCORES

VEGAS 6 OTTAWA 4

NY ISLANDERS 4 NEW JERSEY 3 OT

NASHVILLE 3 CHICAGO 2

EDMONTON 4 PITTSBURGH 0

MLS PLAYOFFS

MIAMI 2 ATLANTA 1

TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES

WORLD SERIES-GAME ONE

FREDDIE FREEMAN’S WALK-OFF SLAM LIFTS DODGERS IN WORLD SERIES OPENER

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman hit a game-ending grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-3 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday to win Game 1 of the World Series.

Trailing 3-2 in the 10th, the Dodgers got a one-out walk from Gavin Lux, followed by an infield single from Tommy Edman off Jake Cousins (0-1). Both runners advanced on Shohei Ohtani’s foulout to left field. Mookie Betts was walked intentionally before Freeman launched a first-pitch fastball from Nestor Cortes into the seats in right field.

It was shades of Kirk Gibson’s game-winning home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series after he hobbled to the plate on a leg injury. Freeman, who hit his grand slam, has been dealing with a sprained right ankle in the playoffs.

Freeman joined Gibson and Joe Carter (1993 Toronto Blue Jays) as the only players to hit walk-off homers with their team trailing in a World Series game — though Freeman is the first to end a World Series game with a grand Slam.

The Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled, stole second and third and scored on Anthony Volpe’s groundout in the top of the 10th inning off Blake Treinen (1-0) to give New York a brief 3-2 lead.

Giancarlo Stanton crushed a two-run home run in the sixth inning and right-hander Gerrit Cole gave up one run on four hits over six-plus innings for New York.

Game 2 is set for Saturday at Los Angeles between teams meeting in the World Series for the record 12th time and the first time since 1981.

Cole and the Dodgers’ Jack Flaherty Flaherty were locked into a pitchers’ duel until the fifth, when Enrique Hernandez got the Dodgers started with a one-out triple into the right field corner. Will Smith followed with a sacrifice fly to right field for a 1-0 lead.

The Yankees broke through against Flaherty in the sixth. Juan Soto led off with a single and Stanton hit a towering home run to left field for a 2-1 lead.

After the Dodgers failed to score in the sixth and seventh innings despite getting a runner to third base with less than two outs, the Dodgers tied it in the eighth. Ohtani doubled with one out against Tommy Kahnle and went to third when second baseman Gleyber Torres booted the throw back to the infield. Betts followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the score 2-all.

With two outs in the ninth inning against the Dodgers’ Michael Kopech, Torres’ drive to the top of the wall in left that was ruled a double on fan interference. The Dodgers walked Soto before Treinen retired Judge on a popup.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

WOODY MARKS (3 TDS), USC BLAST PAST RUTGERS

Woody Marks rushed for three touchdowns, Miller Moss passed for two scores and rushed for a third, and Southern California snapped a Big Ten Conference losing streak while outscoring Rutgers 42-20 on Friday night in Los Angeles.

USC (4-4, 2-4 Big Ten) pounced on the visiting Scarlet Knights early, building a 21-3 lead less than 15 minutes into the contest. Marks started the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown plunge to cap the Trojans’ opening drive of 77 yards.

It was the first of four consecutive USC drives that ended in touchdowns.

After Rutgers (4-4, 1-4) scored on a 26-yard field goal by Jai Patel, Makai Lemon returned the kickoff 80 yards to set up the USC offense at the Scarlet Knights’ 20-yard line. Four plays later, Marks punched in his second score, also from 1 yard out.

The kickoff return was part of a standout night for Lemon, who caught four passes for 134 yards. Forty of those yards came on a touchdown connection with Moss just before the end of the third quarter, as USC shut the door on a Rutgers’ comeback attempt.

The Scarlet Knights, who lost their fourth straight game, cut their initial deficit down to a single possession earlier in the third period when Athan Kaliakmanis capped a seven-play, 86-yard drive with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Christian Dremel. A successful two-point conversion pass play brought the score to 28-20, but Rutgers’ next four possessions ended in two punts and two turnovers on downs.

In the meantime, USC scored on Moss’ 7-yard touchdown run and then scoring pass to Lemon. Moss also scored in the second quarter on an 11-yard completion to Kyle Ford.

Moss finished 20-of-28 passing for 308 yards. Marks rushed for 94 yards on 15 carries, punctuating his three-touchdown night with a 22-yard scoring run late in the second quarter.

Kaliakmanis went 27-of-47 for 313 yards. Kyle Monangai ran 18 times for 86 yards, while Antwan Raymond carried 15 times for 36 yards. Raymond scored on a 3-yard run in the second quarter.

Dymere Miller led Rutgers with 11 receptions for 131 yards.

NFL NEWS

MIAMI’S TAGOVAILOA CLEARS CONCUSSION PROTOCOL, WILL MAKE 1ST START SINCE WEEK 2 SUNDAY VS CARDINALS

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol and will play against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. It’s his first start since being concussed in Week 2.

The Dolphins designated Tagovailoa to return to practice on Monday after he spent about a month on injured reserve after suffering his third concussion of his NFL career on Sept. 12.

Tagovailoa has since met with numerous medical experts who deemed it safe for him to play football again, according to the team. He needed to clear the NFL’s five-step return-to-play process, which came after he participated in practices and took contact without exhibiting concussion symptoms.

Tagovailoa was examined after Thursday’s practice by an independent neurological consultant, who cleared him to play Sunday, coach Mike McDaniel said.

“Words can’t describe how excited I get for all players that have opportunities that I know they don’t take for granted,” McDaniel said Friday. “It’s very exciting from a human perspective as a coach for this team.”

Tagovailoa was concussed when he collided with Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin when he ran for a first down and initiated the contact by lowering his shoulder into Hamlin instead of sliding. Tagovailoa said Monday that he has been symptom-free since a day after being diagnosed with the concussion.

DARNOLD, O’CONNELL NOT BLAMING MISSED FACE MASK CALL AS REASON WHY VIKINGS LOST TO RAMS

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Minnesota quarterback Sam Darnold didn’t blame the officials for a missed face mask call when he was sacked for a safety late in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s 30-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

Instead, Darnold lamented the situation that pinned the Vikings deep in the first place.

“The facemask — it is what it is,” Darnold said. “I thought we could’ve done a lot to not put ourselves in the situation that we were in. We just have to continue to play better and not put ourselves in that situation to begin with.”

The Vikings got the ball at their own 5-yard line with 1:46 remaining after Rams punter Ethan Evans’ 41-yard kick landed out of bounds on the left sideline.

Darnold missed connecting with Jordan Addison on first down. On second-and-10, Darnold got a couple clean seconds in the pocket before Byron Young barreled past left guard Blake Brandel and took down Darnold for a safety, putting the game out of reach.

Referee Tra Blake said in a pool report that he and umpire Carl Paganelli — the two officials closest to the play — did not have a clear view.

Blake said the officiating crew discussed the play after the Vikings brought up Young’s infraction, but no one was able to clearly see it.

EDGE RUSHER HAASON REDDICK WILL MAKE HIS JETS DEBUT SUNDAY AGAINST PATRIOTS

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Haason Reddick is set to make his New York Jets debut Sunday against the New England Patriots.

Interim coach Jeff Ulbrich announced Friday that Reddick will play after the team liked what it saw from the star edge rusher in practice this week.

Reddick ended his lengthy contract holdout when he reported to the team on Monday and was removed from the reserve/did not report list.

The Jets were granted a two-game roster exemption by the NFL. That gave New York two games to assess Reddick while not needing to activate him and make a corresponding roster move. But it appears Reddick will be ready to go Sunday — even if it’s just for a few snaps.

Ulbrich said Wednesday the Jets needed to be “diligent” with Reddick the rest of the week to assess his fitness. But the team was optimistic Reddick would make his debut against the Patriots.

PANTHERS RULE OUT WRS DIONTAE JOHNSON, ADAM THIELEN

Bryce Young will be minus two top targets when he gets back under center for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

On Friday, receivers Diontae Johnson (rib) and Adam Thielen (hamstring) were ruled out for the Week 8 game at Denver.

Quarterback Andy Dalton, who started the past five games after replacing Young, is listed as doubtful against the Broncos due to a sprained right thumb sustained in a car accident on Tuesday.

Johnson, 28, leads the Panthers (1-6) in receptions (30), targets (58), receiving yards (357) and receiving touchdowns (three).

Thielen, 34, will miss his fifth straight game. The two-time Pro Bowl selection has eight catches for 109 yards and one TD.

Young’s available wide receivers against the Broncos (4-3) include rookies Xavier Legette and Jalen Coker along with David Moore and Jonathan Mingo.

BILLS RULE OUT WR CURTIS SAMUEL, LB TERREL BERNARD VS. SEAHAWKS

The Buffalo Bills have ruled out wide receiver Curtis Samuel, linebacker Terrel Bernard and rookie defensive tackle DeWayne Carter for Sunday’s road game against the Seattle Seahawks.

Samuel (pectoral) and Bernard (ankle) did not practice Wednesday and Thursday, while Carter (wrist) was limited both days.

“We were trying to see how (Carter) was able to deal with things,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said Friday. “He’s going to end up having to get surgery, so he’s going to be out multiple weeks.”

McDermott said there’s “a good chance” that Carter ends up on injured reserve, but the Bills “don’t know if we’re there yet.”

The coach didn’t think Samuel would be placed on IR. “It may be more than one week,” McDermott said. “We’re just taking it one week at a time.”

The Bills are 5-2, and the Seahawks are 4-3.

Samuel, 28, has played as a reserve in seven games and has 12 receptions on 18 targets for 92 yards in his first season with Buffalo.

He has 329 career receptions for 3,475 yards and 22 touchdowns in 98 games (58 starts) for Carolina (2017-20), Washington (2021-23) and Buffalo. The Panthers selected Samuel in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Ohio State.

Bernard, 25, has played five games (all starts) this season and has 32 tackles, three tackles for loss and one interception. The Bills picked him in the third round of the 2022 draft out of Baylor. He has 197 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 10 quarterback hits, four interceptions and four fumble recoveries.

Carter, 23, was a third-round selection in the 2024 draft out of Duke. He has started two of seven games and has nine tackles, including three for loss, and two QB hits.

COMMANDERS QB JAYDEN DANIELS PRACTICES, GAME-TIME DECISION VS. BEARS

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels practiced Friday for the first time since an injury to his ribs forced him out of Washington’s Week 7 win over the Carolina Panthers.

Daniels did not practice Wednesday or Thursday and was deemed a game-time decision for Sunday, when the Commanders (5-2) duel with the Chicago Bears (4-2) and rookie No. 1 pick Caleb Williams. Williams, the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner at Southern California, was selected one spot ahead of Daniels, the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner at LSU, in the 2024 draft.

Commanders coach Dan Quinn said the team won’t make a call on Daniels’ game status until gauging his recovery from Friday’s workout. Backup Marcus Mariota would get the call if Daniels is unable to run the offense.

“Jayden was able to practice (Friday),” Quinn said. “We followed the plan really that we set at the start of the week. … Think crawl, walk, run.

“We will assess how he responds to the work that we did over the next 48 hours, but we really pushed it today. We’ll make the best decision for him and the team.”

Mariota jumped into the captain’s seat to guide the Commanders to a 40-7 win against Carolina. Daniels left the game after an opening-drive field goal and didn’t return. He was hurt on a 46-yard run to open the first drive of the game for Washington and had three carries for 50 yards.

Mariota, who has appeared in 92 career games, shares Daniels’ penchant for tucking the ball and running. He had 11 carries for 34 yards last week and completed 18 of 23 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns.

Daniels has 66 rushing attempts — for 372 yards and four touchdowns — this season, and the Commanders could be weighing whether to expose Daniels to another hit to the ribs as a ballcarrier.

Quinn insisted he’ll play if he withstands a return to practice Friday, but the team won’t have the answer until Sunday.

“How does your body respond from really getting pushed to go? I would say that’s what we need to see,” Quinn said. “The testing is ongoing to get to that spot, but it was a good day.”

REPORTS: RAVENS’ ROQUAN SMITH FINED FOR TACKLE ON BUCS’ CHRIS GODWIN

The NFL is fining Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith $16,833 for the hit he delivered that left Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin with a season-ending ankle injury, multiple outlets reported Friday.

Godwin suffered a dislocated left ankle in the Ravens’ 41-31 victory over the Bucs on Monday night. Per reports, the NFL ruled Smith brought down the receiver with an illegal hip-drop tackle.

CBS Sports reported that Smith’s action was at least the ninth hip-drop tackle this season, though entering Week 8, none had been penalized.

Godwin, who is set to become a free agent in 2025, had seven receptions for 65 yards Monday prior to the injury that occurred with less than a minute to play.

He has an NFL-leading 50 catches for 576 yards — third most in the league — and five touchdowns in seven games.

The Bucs placed him on injured reserve earlier this week.

Godwin, 28, posted a message on Instagram earlier Friday, thanking fans and telling them that he will put in the hard work to return.

“It’s tough to put into words the range of emotions over the last few days. I’m disappointed that I can’t be out there with my brothers going to battle. I’m saddened that my wife and family had to endure watching another gruesome injury. And I’m frustrated that a strong start to the season was cut short,” he wrote.

“We don’t always get to know ‘why’, but that rarely matters anyway,” he continued. “Adversity reveals our true character and I look forward to the opportunity to display mine throughout this process. Just another storm, but trust that sunshine is on the other side. Be back soon! Back to Work!”

WEEK 8 NFL CAPSULES

Philadelphia Eagles (4-2) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-4), 1 p.m. ET
If Saquon Barkley’s mission was to prove the value of the running back position, he’s on the right path. He had 176 yards rushing on 17 carries with a touchdown in a 28-3 rout of his former team, the New York Giants, last weekend in New Jersey. Barkley ranks third in the NFL with 658 rushing yards, trailing only the Baltimore Ravens’ Derrick Henry (873) and the San Francisco 49ers’ Jordan Mason (667). Barkley’s total is the most ever by a Philadelphia running back through six games. He has three games of at least 100 yards rushing this season and is second in rushing yards per game (109.7), trailing only Henry (124.7). Cincinnati takes a shot at slowing Barkley and QB Jalen Hurts with a fully healthy defensive line that showed well against the Giants and Cleveland Browns the past two weeks. Joe Burrow and his deep receiving corps give the Bengals one of the best passing attacks in the NFL. Cincinnati receivers have 31 total touchdowns since the start of last season. Philadelphia’s defense has not allowed a touchdown in back-to-back games, a feat not achieved since the 2017 season. It’s the longest streak in the NFL since New England turned the trick in the first three games of the 2019.

Baltimore Ravens (5-2) at Cleveland Browns (1-6), 1 p.m. ET
Lamar Jackson’s next stop on his MVP repeat tour is Cleveland, where the Dawg Pound is singing the blues. QB Deshaun Watson (Achilles) is done for the season and Jameis Winston steps in behind a fragile offensive line as head coach Kevin Stefanski offloads play-calling chores to Ken Dorsey. Dorsey preached physical football, a hint there could be more of RB Nick Chubb in his second game back from a 2023 knee injury. The Ravens are running over, around and through opponents at a baffling clip this season. They’ve averaged 35 points per game since starting the season 0-2 and RB Derrick Henry has proved a worthy sidekick to Jackson. Henry leads the NFL in rushing (873) and Jackson has 21 pass plays of 20-plus yards with 15 TD passes. Jackson also has 455 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The Browns haven’t scored 20 points in a game this season and have 11 total touchdowns.

Tennessee Titans (1-5) at Detroit Lions (5-1), 1 p.m. ET
The encore to a 47-9 blowout of the Dallas Cowboys was just as impressive for Detroit. The Lions handed the Minnesota Vikings their first loss of the season, 31-29 last week on Jake Bates’ 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds remaining. QB Jared Goff completed 83.5 percent of his passes over the past four games while throwing for nine touchdowns and getting intercepted once. Goff went 22 of 25 for 280 yards and two touchdown passes against the Vikings. The Titans are in a state of upheaval. They traded wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chiefs and linebacker Ernest Jones IV to the Seattle Seahawks this week as they look to shed salary and accumulate draft picks. Will Levis (shoulder) is unlikely to start, meaning a second consecutive week with Mason Rudolph operating the Titans’ offense. He completed 25 of 40 passes for 215 yards and one touchdown with one interception in a 34-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills last week.

Arizona Cardinals (3-4) at Miami Dolphins (2-4), 1 p.m. ET
The Dolphins own the least productive offense in the NFL, but they feel one player could make a big difference. QB Tua Tagovailoa returns from injured reserve to find an offense he might not recognize. The Dolphins are worst in the NFL with 11.7 points per game, a slide that began when Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in Week 2 against the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa returned to practice on Wednesday and was a limited performer, but he’s expected to play. Miami scored 40 total points in the four games Tagovailoa missed. Receiver Tyreek Hill said his QB’s return almost moved him to tears. That might be because of the dropoff in production. Hill and Jaylen Waddle combined for 191 receptions, 2,813 yards and 17 scoring receptions last season. They have 46 catches, 563 yards and one score through six games this season. The Cardinals arrive after a win over the Chargers in which RB James Conner had a season-best 152 yards from scrimmage. Conner rushed for 504 yards and three touchdowns in the first seven games. QB Kyler Murray scrambled for a 44-yard touchdown in the contest. He has 325 yards and two scores on the ground while passing for 1,331 yards, nine touchdowns and three interceptions.

New York Jets (2-5) at New England Patriots (1-6), 1 p.m. ET
“Soft” is not a label any team wants, especially from its own head coach. But the Patriots drew that tag from Jerod Mayo after being run over by the Jacksonville Jaguars and RB Tank Bigsby in London last week. The Jets have lost four in a row since beating New England 24-3 in Week 3. Mayo said he’s confident an inspired bunch will show up for the Patriots, who might not face Aaron Rodgers (knee, hamstring). New York also is out to turn things around after a 37-15 setback against the Pittsburgh Steelers last week pushed its losing streak to four games. Star wideout Davante Adams, acquired in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders on Oct. 15, was reunited with Rodgers, but he hauled in just three catches for 30 yards.

Atlanta Falcons (4-3) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3), 1 p.m. ET
Only four teams in the NFL have created three-and-out defensive stops less often than the Falcons, who hit the road trying to overtake the Buccaneers for the NFC South lead. Tampa is reeling from a painful loss to the Baltimore Ravens last week. Top receivers Chris Godwin (ankle) and Mike Evans (hamstring) were hurt in the game and won’t be back any time soon, leaving QB Baker Mayfield to find new ways to move the chains. He depended on TE Cade Otton against the Ravens but said he also trusts his young, relatively untested receivers stepping into larger roles. The Falcons have 1,844 passing yards this season and the Buccaneers are 28th in the NFL in pass defense. QB Kirk Cousins is finding WR Drake London frequently. He has 44 receptions (third in the NFL) and is third in the league in total targets (62). Opposing wide receivers have 98 receptions against the Buccaneers, fourth-most in the NFL.

Green Bay Packers (5-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (2-5), 1 p.m. ET
The Packers are picking up the defensive intensity and had four sacks of C.J. Stroud to beat the Texans 24-22 last week. Green Bay has allowed 54 points during its current three-game winning streak, helping the Packers stay in the mix in a solid NFC North. The Jaguars beat New England in their second of two consecutive games in London last week. Trevor Lawrence was not sacked while completing 15 of 20 passes for 193 yards and a touchdown. He’ll aim for the same efficiency against the Packers, while Jacksonville continues to lean into a newfound strength: running the ball. Tank Bigsby has become a problem for defenses and rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries against the Patriots. Containing QB Jordan Love is a concern for a Jacksonville defense that has allowed the second-most TD passes (43) in the NFL since the start of last season. During the same stretch, Love has a league-leading 47 TD passes.

Indianapolis Colts (4-3) at Houston Texans (5-2), 1 p.m. ET
DT DeForest Buckner is back for the Colts just in time to test Houston’s leaky pass protection. Under constant duress at Green Bay last week, C.J. Stroud threw for just 86 yards — a good quarter for Stroud most games — and absorbed four sacks in a 24-22 setback. Stroud still is hitting 66.4 percent of his passes for 1,663 yards and 10 touchdowns with four interceptions. Stefon Diggs has 42 catches to lead the team, but Houston has to play without Nico Collins (club-best 567 yards in five games). The absence of Collins is welcome news for the Colts. In a season-opening 29-27 victory last month in Indianapolis, Collins bagged six catches for 117 yards. The Colts are trending in the right direction in the standings and the injury report. Not only have they won consecutive games, including last week’s 16-10 decision over Miami, but it appears they might get running back Jonathan Taylor (ankle) back after a three-game absence. Indianapolis is the only team in the NFL to have every game decided by one score in 2024.

New Orleans Saints (2-5) at Los Angeles Chargers (3-3), 4:05 p.m. ET
The telling number for the Saints during a five-game losing streak isn’t injuries, but run defense. That just happens to be the preferred mode of movement for the Chargers. Through their past three games, the Saints allowed 641 rushing yards on an average of 5.9 yards per carry while missing a combined 24 tackles. J.K. Dobbins, who has 95 carries for 478 yards and three touchdowns this season, leads the Chargers’ ground game. Much of that production came in the first two games, however, and Los Angeles has been limited to 61 or fewer rushing yards in three of its past four contests. With the running game in a rut, the Chargers aired it out in a loss to the Cardinals last week. Justin Herbert posted a season-high 349 passing yards. The Chargers are preparing to face Saints rookie Spencer Rattler, with injured quarterback Derek Carr (oblique) out for a third consecutive week. Rattler has completed 47 of 75 passes for 415 yards with one touchdown and two picks in losses against the Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Buffalo Bills (5-2) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3), 4:05 p.m. ET
DK Metcalf (knee) is no sure thing for Seattle, which shifts the attention of the Bills’ defense to stopping the run. But Seahawks QB Geno Smith is willing to throw underneath to Tyler Lockett and outside to RB Kenneth Walker III to move the chains. Walker and Seattle running backs are third in the NFL with 7.1 targets per game this season. Buffalo’s offense looked crisp in the first game for WR Amari Cooper with the Bills. QB Josh Allen could benefit from the quick-separating route-runner after posting a 79 percent stop rate when pressured in the first seven games. Seattle is fourth in the NFL in quarterback pressures, creating pocket collapse on 32.1 percent of passing plays this season. Cooper, acquired in the middle of last week from Cleveland, had four catches for 66 yards and a touchdown in his debut with Buffalo last Sunday.

Carolina Panthers (1-6) at Denver Broncos (4-3), 4:25 p.m. ET
Bryce Young returns to the starting lineup for the Panthers, but not exactly by Carolina’s choice. His replacement, Andy Dalton, was in a car accident Wednesday and won’t be available. Now the Panthers face the NFL’s leader in pass-rush pressure with a quarterback battling crises of confidence and calm in the pocket. Denver has turned around its season sharply by leaning on a stronger running game. Carolina is 29th in the league, allowing 136.4 yards per game on the ground. The Panthers are pointing to defensive playmakers as a reason they can stick around in what can be a challenging road environment. But the team is 1-12 on the road the past two seasons. The Broncos are winless since the start of last season when they have more than one turnover (0-9). That’s part of the reason Broncos rookie RB Audric Estime was carrying a football around the facility — and everywhere else — this week.

Kansas City Chiefs (6-0) at Las Vegas Raiders (2-5), 4:25 p.m. ET
A revolving door at the skill positions for the Chiefs spun once more this week, but there’s great optimism around the acquisition of WR DeAndre Hopkins. A three-time All-Pro with a minuscule drop rate and reputation for winning in jump-ball situations, Hopkins could play three days after his first practice with the Chiefs. That’s good news with previous purported No. 1 receivers Hollywood Brown (shoulder), Rashee Rice (knee) and JuJu Smith-Schuster (hamstring) all out and the Chiefs already leaning on September pickup Kareem Hunt as RB1. It might not matter against the Raiders, who subtracted their own No. 1 receiver – Davante Adams – and are shuffling quarterbacks looking for a spark. There’s one matchup edge for the Raiders’ offense to exploit featuring TE Brock Bowers. Kansas City is worst in the NFL covering tight ends with 7.2 catches per game allowed. The Raiders lead the NFL in tight end targets with 11.0 per game.

Chicago Bears (4-2) at Washington Commanders (5-2), 4:25 p.m. ET
A matchup of high-performing rookies and the top two players drafted in 2024 might not come to fruition. Caleb Williams, in a homecoming to the region he grew up in, has the Bears in playoff contention while No. 2 pick Jayden Daniels has helped to propel the Commanders to the lead in the NFC East. Daniels (ribs) didn’t practice Wednesday or Thursday and would be replaced by well-seasoned Marcus Mariota if the Commanders hold their rookie out of this game. Mariota played in his 92nd career game last week and completed 18 of 23 passes with two TDs. Williams has been a major threat outside the pocket and brings plenty of firepower. But he’s been noticeably weaker on the road early in the season with a 68.4 passer rating, 26th among qualified quarterbacks in 2024. Washington’s approach, regardless of the QB, has been to win with the run. The Commanders have the fourth-highest run rate in the league at 56.2 percent, setting up shots downfield to WR Terry McLaurin.

Dallas Cowboys (3-3) at San Francisco 49ers (3-4), 8:20 p.m. ET
Dak Prescott described his performance to date as “average” with the Cowboys entering a critical stretch in the schedule. Eleven turnovers have handicapped the offense, and Dallas’ defense isn’t the same without injured pass rushers Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence. Minus the menacing Parsons rushing from all angles, the Cowboys have only five takeaways. Dallas heads to San Francisco coming out of the bye week trying to replicate the three-INT game from the Kansas City Chiefs against Brock Purdy and the 49ers last week. Purdy has nine touchdowns, seven interceptions and no sure things at wide receiver. Brandon Aiyuk (knee) was lost for the season, Deebo Samuel started the week in the hospital with a respiratory infection and Jauan Jennings (hip) wasn’t in position to step up last week, when rookie Ricky Pearsall came off of IR and caught three passes in his pro debut. Dallas knows Purdy has other weapons, even without RB Christian McCaffrey, considering he threw three TD passes to TE George Kittle when these teams met on a Sunday night last October. San Francisco sails into the bye week after this one, with Dallas staring at this pre-Thanksgiving gauntlet: at Falcons, vs. Eagles, vs. Texans (MNF), at Commanders.

NBA NEWS

NBA ROUNDUP: KNICKS CRUSH PACERS IN BOUNCE-BACK WIN

Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 26 points and Karl Anthony-Towns posted a double-double Friday night for the host New York Knicks, who shut down Tyrese Haliburton and rolled to a 123-98 win over the Indiana Pacers.

Towns and fellow newcomer Mikal Bridges both bounced back from their rough Knicks debuts by scoring 21 points each. Towns added 15 rebounds and Bridges had five assists. The duo had just 28 points combined on Tuesday in a 132-109 loss to the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics.

New York limited the Pacers to just 3-of-30 shooting from 3-point range three nights after yielding an NBA-record-tying 29 3-pointers to the Celtics.

Bennedict Mathurin scored a team-high 20 points off the bench for the Pacers, whose 3-point shooting percentage was their worst since Jan. 19, 2018. Haliburton was held scoreless in just under 26 minutes, going 0-for-8 from the field and 0-for-7 from long distance.

Raptors 115, 76ers 107

Scottie Barnes scored 27 points as Toronto defeated visiting Philadelphia. Jakob Poeltl added 19 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots and Jonathan Mogbo had 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Raptors, who have split their first two games of the season.

Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 28 points for the 76ers, who have lost their first two games of the season. Tyrese Maxey added 24 points, Kyle Lowry had 14, and Andre Drummond and Caleb Martin scored 11 apiece.

Joel Embiid (left knee management) and Paul George (left knee bone bruise) did not play for Philadelphia, while Immanuel Quickley (right pelvic contusion), RJ Barrett (shoulder), Kelly Olynyk (back) and Bruce Brown (knee) did not play for Toronto.

Magic 116, Nets 101

Franz Wagner scored 29 points to lead six Orlando players in double figures and the host Magic pulled away in the third quarter to beat Brooklyn.

Paolo Banchero added 15 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Banchero and Franz Wagner combined for 19 of Orlando’s 32 points in the third. Jalen Suggs, Anthony Black and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope finished with 10 points apiece, and Wendell Carter Jr. grabbed 11 rebounds.

Cam Thomas scored 24 for the Nets, who are 0-2 in consecutive seasons for the first time in their NBA history. Dennis Schroder added 20 points for Brooklyn, which shot 42.2 percent but also committed 31 fouls after committing 32 in its season opener on Wednesday in Atlanta.

Hawks 125, Hornets 120

Trae Young poured in 38 points while stuffing the stat sheet, carrying Atlanta to a wire-to-wire win over visiting Charlotte.

Young hit five 3-pointers (on 14 attempts), dished out 10 assists, grabbed eight rebounds, nabbed four steals and committed seven turnovers. De’Andre Hunter supplied 24 points and seven boards for the Hawks.

Miles Bridges netted 27 points and Tre Mann chipped in 17 off the bench for the Hornets.

Cavaliers 113, Pistons 101

Dean Wade and Donovan Mitchell scored 19 points apiece and host Cleveland spoiled J.B. Bickerstaff’s return to the city by beating Detroit.

Jarrett Allen had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Evan Mobley supplied 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals for the Cavaliers. Bickerstaff coached Cleveland to the Eastern Conference semifinals last season but was dismissed after Cleveland was eliminated from the playoffs. He was hired by Detroit over the summer.

Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 33 points and six assists, but he also committed nine of Detroit’s 22 turnovers. Jaden Ivey had 22 points and Malik Beasley scored 13 points off the bench.

Warriors 127, Jazz 86

Buddy Hield continued his torrid start with a game-high 27 points, Stephen Curry went for 20 and Golden romped past Utah in Salt Lake City.

Andrew Wiggins snatched a game-high 13 rebounds and scored 10 points and Trayce Jackson-Davis contributed 12 points and nine boards, helping the Warriors go 2-0 on their season-opening road trip. Golden State routed the Portland Trail Blazers 140-104 on Wednesday.

John Collins put up 14 points, Lauri Markkanen had 13, Keyonte George and Collin Sexton logged 12 apiece, and Jordan Clarkson managed 11 for the Jazz, who completed a winless two-game homestand that began with a 126-124 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.

Rockets 128, Grizzlies 108

Tari Eason scored 13 points off the bench, including a pair of 3-pointers during a 22-2 run in the third quarter, as Houston defeated visiting Memphis.

Jalen Green led seven Rockets in double figures with 22 points. Jabari Smith Jr. registered 14 points and 16 rebounds, and Alperen Sengun had 16 points and 15 rebounds for Houston. Green also totaled six rebounds, four assists and three steals. He made 4 of 8 3-pointers.

Ja Morant led the Grizzlies with 24 points, while Desmond Bane added 17. Rookie Zach Edey had 13 points and nine rebounds. Memphis shot just 14 for 46 after the intermission.

Bulls 133, Bucks 122

Coby White scored a team-high 35 points on 12-for-20 shooting with seven 3-pointers, helping Chicago past host Milwaukee for its first win of the season.

Zach LaVine added 25 points, while Nikola Vucevic tallied 22 points and 10 boards. Josh Giddey added 17 points and nine assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 38 points and added 11 rebounds and five assists. Damian Lillard poured in 28 points.

Trailing by a point at halftime, Chicago opened the second half on a 16-8 run, capped by Vucevic’s 3-pointer with 7:34 left in the third.

Lakers 123, Suns 116

Anthony Davis scored 35 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Austin Reaves added 26 points and eight assists as Los Angeles rallied from a sluggish start to beat visiting Phoenix.

The Lakers improved to 2-0 to open a season for the first time since the 2010-11 season. Davis joined Jerry West and Elgin Baylor as the third Laker all time with back-to-back 35-point-plus games to open a season.

Kevin Durant scored 30 points to lead the Suns. Booker added 23 points and Bradley Beal chipped in 15 points and nine assists. Tyus Jones, who dished eight assists without a turnover in his Phoenix debut on Wednesday vs. the Clippers, scored 14 points but had two turnovers on Friday.

Pelicans 105, Trail Blazers 103

Brandon Ingram drained a 17-foot jumper with 5.2 seconds left and Herbert Jones blocked Anfernee Simons’ driving attempt just before the buzzer as New Orleans notched a comeback victory at Portland.

Jordan Hawkins scored 15 of his team-best 24 points in the fourth quarter for the Pelicans, who recovered from a 16-point, second-quarter deficit. Ingram had 21 points and eight rebounds, CJ McCollum scored 20 points and Zion Williamson had 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists.

Jerami Grant scored 34 points but just had two in the fourth quarter when Portland was outscored 30-19. Simons registered 24 points and seven assists.

NHL NEWS

NHL ROUNDUP: LATE FLURRY LIFTS KNIGHTS PAST SENATORS

Tomas Hertl, Keegan Kolesar and Ivan Barbashev all scored with less than four minutes remaining in the third period Friday to rally the Vegas Golden Knights past the Ottawa Senators 6-4 in Las Vegas.

Nicolas Roy and Nicolas Hague also tallied goals for the Golden Knights, while Adin Hill stopped 35 of the 39 shots he faced.

Linus Ullmark, who missed the Senators’ past four games with a strain injury, made 22 saves in the loss. Adam Gaudette scored twice, while Drake Batherson and Claude Giroux each added one goal and one assist for Ottawa.

Hertl tied the score at 4-4 on the power play when he slid a feed from Mark Stone through the legs of Ullmark with 3:11 left. Kolesar scored one minute later to give Vegas the lead, before Barbashev tacked on an empty-netter for his second goal of the game and seventh of the season.

Predators 3, Blackhawks 2

Brady Skjei scored the go-ahead goal at 13:07 of the third period and visiting Nashville rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Chicago.

Skjei took a return pass from Tommy Novak at the point and scored a power-play goal on a wrist shot through traffic from the top of the left circle. Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist for the Predators, who have won two straight after opening with five losses. Filip Forsberg also scored, Alexandre Carrier had two assists, and Juuse Saros made 27 saves for the victory.

Craig Smith and Connor Bedard scored for the Blackhawks, who have lost three straight, all at home. Petr Mrazek stopped 31 shots.

Islanders 4, Devils 3 (OT)

Bo Horvat scored the game-winner in overtime and Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves to lift New York over New Jersey in Newark, N.J.

Horvat one-timed a cross-ice feed from Mathew Barzal past Jake Allen at 1:08. With Allen pulled for the extra attacker late in the third period, Jesper Bratt forced the extra frame when he lifted a puck over Sorokin from the side of the net at 18:31.

Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, and Anders Lee had a goal. Bratt had a goal and an assist, Nico Hischier and Curtis Lazar also scored, and Allen made 26 saves for New Jersey, which has lost four straight (0-2-2).

Oilers 4, Penguins 0

Evan Bouchard collected one goal and one assist and goaltender Stuart Skinner recorded his first shutout of the season as host Edmonton beat Pittsburgh.

Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Mattias Ekholm also scored, while Viktor Arvidsson collected three assists in the victory. Skinner made 27 saves to net his fifth career shutout for the Oilers.

Joel Blomqvist stopped 46 shots in a valiant effort for the Penguins, who have lost four consecutive games overall and seven straight to Edmonton.

GOLF NEWS

STEVEN ALKER MATCHES CAREER-BEST ROUND TO LEAD SIMMONS BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

New Zealand’s Steven Alker carded a bogey-free, 10-under-par 62 to secure the first-round lead at the inaugural Simmons Bank Championship on Friday in Little Rock, Ark.

Alker matched his lowest 18-hole score on the Champions Tour by racking up eight birdies before finishing the round with an eagle on the par-5 18th. The 53-year-old slipped past South Africa’s Ernie Els for first place in the projected Charles Schwab Cup standings.

“You want to try to go low out here, just keep pedal to the metal and just try to shoot the best score,” Alker said. “You look at the leaderboard and you saw 7s and 8s and thought just try to keep going.”

The top 36 players in the standings after Sunday’s final round at Pleasant Valley Country Club will advance to next month’s Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix.

Fuji’s Vijay Singh climbed from 34th to 15th in the projected standings after shooting an 8-under 64 to close the first round alone in second place, two shots behind Alker.

Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn, South Africa’s Retief Goosen and Jason Caron each carded a 65 to finish in a three-way tie for third at 7-under. All three golfers are currently projected to finish in top 36, with Caron soaring 18 spots to No. 35.

“I mean, I’m not trying to think of too much out there, to be honest. I’m not trying to get too far ahead of myself,” Caron said. “I know this is kind of like — I don’t want to say it’s a free week, but kind of feels that way a little bit because there’s really nothing to lose for me regardless.”

Scott Dunlap, who entered Friday No. 36 in the standings, struggled to a 3-over 75. He projects to slip to No. 40 if his current position holds. South Korea’s Charlie Wi is in line to remain the first one out of the top 36 after shooting a 2-under 70.

Alker found his groove early, posting seven birdies through 11 holes. After a string of pars, Alker birdied No. 17 before a splendid iron shot set up an eagle putt that punctuated his career day.

“It’s one of those rounds you just want to keep going. You want to go to the first tee and just keep playing, Alker said. “It was nice to finish that way. Got it going early, hit a lot of iron shots close today, gave myself a lot of chances. That’s the difference between the last few weeks, so I was pleased about that.”

The Simmons Bank Championship replaces the TimberTech Championship, which was held in Boca Raton, Fla. The 2023 TimberTech champion, Padraig Harrington of Northern Ireland (67), is tied for ninth with Billy Andrade and Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita.

NICO ECHAVARRIA SEIZES TWO-STROKE LEAD AT ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP

Nico Echavarria’s second straight 64 Friday put the Colombian ahead by two strokes at 12-under after two rounds at the Zozo Championship in Chiba, Japan.

Echavarria carded seven birdies and a bogey to grab the 36-hole lead for the first time on the PGA Tour. His score of 128 at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club matched the tournament’s 36-hole record set by Tiger Woods in 2019.

“I’ve never had a lead after 36 holes,” said Echavarria, who played at the University of Arkansas.

His lone win on the PGA Tour was last year at the Puerto Rico Open.

“I’ve had it after 54, but never after 36, so it’s good to be in this position,” he added. “There’s got to be some pressure. Hopefully a good round tomorrow can keep me in the lead or around the lead. And how I said yesterday — the goal is to be close with nine holes to go.”

First-round leader Taylor Moore shot a 3-under 67 on Friday and is tied for second at 10-under with Justin Thomas, who capped his bogey-free 64 with an eagle at the par-5 18th hole.

Thomas is looking to break a two-year winless drought.

“I felt like I had some pretty good scoring opportunities there on the front nine and to only be 1-under was, I don’t want to say disappointing, but felt like closer to the higher end of what I could have or should have shot,” Thomas said. “I know how this place is if you drive it well and I have a lot of confidence in how I was driving it.

“Just tried to keep putting it in the fairway and attack from there.”

Ireland’s Seamus Power posted the lowest round of the week with a bogey-free 62. He collected four straight birdies on holes Nos. 4-7 and four more birdies on the back nine.

With his career-best round on the PGA Tour, Power moved to 9-under and a three-way tie for fourth place with Eric Cole (67 on Friday) and Taiwan’s C.T. Pan (66).

Rickie Fowler (64) climbed into a tie for seventh place with Max Greyserman (68) at 8-under.

Fowler, who tied for second in the event in 2022, is a crowd favorite because of his mother’s Japanese roots.

“It would be amazing to win here,” Fowler said. “Came close a few years ago.”

Defending champion Collin Morikawa (67) is eight shots back of the leader and Xander Schauffele, who shot a 65 on his 31st birthday, is 10 shots behind.

MAJA STARK (66) ATOP CROWDED LEADERBOARD AT MAYBANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Maja Stark shot a second consecutive round of 66 to take the 36-hole lead at the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Swede collected seven birdies and a bogey at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, driven by consecutive birdies from No. 10 to 13. She carded par on the five remaining holes to take a one-shot lead at 12-under 132 for the tournament.

“It went very well. I think I was pretty solid off the tee,” Stark said. “Had a lot of short irons. Then it was — I’ve been struggling a bit with my putting this whole year, but I feel like I really had an easier time seeing the lines here than I usually do.”

Four players are one shot back at 11-under, and two more two shots back.

Players had to battle weather on Friday, with conditions reaching 91 degrees and a two-hour delay in the afternoon.

Stark, 24, is seeking her second LPGA Tour win and first since 2022. She has three top-10 finishes in her past 18 starts, including back-to-back second-place finishes in April.

Over the first two rounds, she is first with 14 birdies.

But she has an eager group of players one shot back: Marina Alex (64 on Friday), South Koreans Narin An (67) and Haeran Ryu (69), and Wei-Ling Hsu (68) from Taipei.

Alex posted a bogey-free round that included six birdies and an eagle on No. 17 to catapult from 26th place after the first round.

She spent the past three weeks at home in Florida, working with her coaches, and said the time away was valuable.

“The season is super long. This will already have been my 20th event, so depending on how the rest of the season plays out, could be upwards of 25. That’s a lot of golf,” she said.

“I mean, I think that players are playing a lot more and so it’s good to be mindful of taking a little time off.”

South Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi (66) and Ruoning Yin of China (67) sit two shots back.

First-round leader Mao Saigo on Japan slid to T13 after a 74 on Friday, following her opening-round 63.

NASCAR NEWS

TYLER REDDICK, CHRISTOPHER BELL LOOK TO MAKE MAGIC IN MIAMI

Last week’s Round of 8 opener in Las Vegas strengthened Joey Logano’s unlikely pursuit of a third NASCAR Cup Series championship after a mediocre regular season.

It also left a pair of Toyota drivers who were strong favorites going into the postseason with some work ahead of them.

For 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick, his points position in the standings was turned upside down, much like how his No. 45 Camry wound up in a wreck. When he retired in 35th, his title hopes skidded to a halt for a moment.

Now riding sixth among the eight drivers as the series goes to Homestead-Miami Speedway for Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400, Reddick is 30 points behind fourth-place William Byron, who leads fifth-place Denny Hamlin by 27 points.

It’s certainly not an ideal spot for Reddick. The regular-season champ was one of the odds-on favorites to claim his first title for team owners Michael Jordan and Hamlin.

With a reputation as a hard-nosed driver — Chris Buescher would vouch for that after Darlington’s Southern 500 — the 28-year-old Reddick said he had to make the risky move he did at Vegas if he wanted any chance of getting up front.

“Yeah, you just have to be aggressive on restarts. It’s how the Next Gen racing has been from the beginning,” said Reddick, who did win Stage 1 for 10 bonus points. “I needed to make the decision earlier when I saw (Martin Truex Jr. and Chase Elliott) sliding to be more conservative to avoid an incident — just not who I am, but it is unfortunate.

“We are going to have to be perfect here on out, probably.”

In four career Cup starts at Homestead, the Californian has impressed with three top-five runs, but he will likely need to be better than his 11.0 average finish there to gain ground in the standings.

To Christopher Bell’s chagrin, last Sunday’s 400-miler wasn’t a 270-lapper instead of the scheduled 267. On fresher tires and with a faster ride, he probably just needed another lap or two to pass Logano’s Ford for a berth in the title race.

The defending Homestead winner, Bell has high expectations for the season’s 34th race and will be a popular pick among bettors.

If dejection, anger and determination can somehow manifest themselves into a stout No. 20 Camry over 267 circuits in South Florida, Bell’s chances of repeating this weekend are likely strong.

Following his runner-up showing in the Nevada desert, the typically reserved Bell was clearly shaken — angry at having the best car (155 laps led) but losing on fuel strategy plus disappointed at wasting a chance to put himself in Phoenix’s Championship 4 field.

Yet the 29-year-old Oklahoman finds himself in a better place than a year ago.

When he arrived south of Miami in 2023, Bell was two points on the bad side of the divide. Currently, he’s 42 points above it, slotting second overall to Logano and in the best shape to advance on points — and at least one driver will.

“I feel pretty refreshed and ready to go get after it at Homestead now,” he said after a couple of days to cool off.

Always be wary of a former track winner, especially one who, deep down, is surely bitter over the past race’s outcome and has retribution in mind.

The Round of 8 field should be aware for whom this Bell tolls.

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COLTS FOOTBALL

CAPSULE: INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (4-3) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (5-2)

Sunday, October 27, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | NRG Stadium | Referee: Brad Allen

All-Time Series History

Regular Season: IND leads series, 32-12-1 (Away team won 5 of past 6)

Postseason: IND leads series, 1-0

The Last Time…

Regular Season: 9/8/24: HOU 29 at IND 27

Postseason: AFC-WC 1/5/19: IND 21 at HOU 7

COLTS NEWS:

last week, 3rd-career game with 50+ rush yards. Aims for 3rd in row with 0 INTs. Is 3-0 in his past 3 starts. Totaled 268 yards (season-high 212 pass, 56 rush) & 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush) with 101.2 rating in Week 1 meeting. • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR has 100+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his past 6, incl. each of past 3. Has TD in 9 of his past 10. Has 950 scrimmage yards (135.7 per game) & 9 TDs (8 rush, 1 rec.) in 7 career games vs. Hou., with TD in each game. • RB TYLER GOODSON rushed for 51 yards & 1st TD of season last week. Aims for 4th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. • WR MICHAEL PITTMAN led team with 63 rec. yards in Week 7. Aims for 3rd in row on road with TD catch. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Hou. with 4+ catches. • WR ALEC PIERCE has 55+ rec. yards & TD catch in 2 of 3 road games this season. Had 125 rec. yards & TD catch in Week 1 meeting. Has 125+ rec. yards & rec. TD in 2 of 3 games vs. division in 2024. • WR JOSH DOWNS has 7+ catches & 65+ rec. yards in 3 of past 4. Aims for his 4th in row on road with 6+ catches. • LB E.J. SPEED aims for his 13th in row with 6+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Hou. with 10+ tackles. Has 4 TFL in his past 3 vs. Hou. • LB ZAIRE FRANKLIN had season-high 16 tackles & 2nd FF of season last week. Is 1 of 2 in NFL (Logan Wilson) with 8+ tackles in 7 games this season. Had 8 tackles in Week 1 meeting. Leads NFL with 76 tackles in 2024. • LB GRANT STUARD led team with career-high 18 tackles & had TFL in Week 7, tied for most tackles by any player in a game this season. • DE LAIATU LATU (rookie) had 2nd sack of season last week. • S NICK CROSS had 9 tackles last week & leads all DBs with 69 tackles in 2024.

TEXANS NOTES:

QB C.J. STROUD is 3-0 with 936 pass yards (312 per game) & 101.4 rating in 3 home starts this season. Aims for his 7th in row at home with 90+ rating & 3rd in row at home with 325+ pass yards. Has 2 TD passes, 0 INTs & 100+ rating in each of 3 career starts vs. Ind. Has 13 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 113.3 rating in 7 career starts vs. division. • RB JOE MIXON led team with 124 scrimmage yards (115 rush, 9 rec.) & had season-high 2 rush TDs last week, 10th-career game with 2+ rush TDs. Has 115+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his 4 games this season & 4 of his past 5 overall. Has TD in 5 of his past 6. Has 630 scrimmage yards (126 per game) in 5 career games vs. Ind., incl. season-high 178 scrimmage yards (159 rush, 19 rec.) & rush TD in Week 1 meeting. Ranks 3rd in NFL with 121 scrimmage yards per game in 2024. • WR STEFON DIGGS is 1 of 5 in NFL with 5+ catches in 6+ games this season. Has 65+ rec. yards in 4 of past 5. Has 2 rec. TDs in each of his past 2 games vs. Ind., incl. in Week 1 meeting. • WR TANK DELL had 7 catches for 72 yards & TD in last home meeting. Has 5+ catches, 50+ rec. yards & rec. TD in 3 of 4 career games vs. division. • DE DANIELLE HUNTER aims for 3rd in row with sack. Had PD in Week 1 meeting. • DE WILL ANDERSON aims for 4th in row with TFL & 3rd in row with sack. Had TFL in Week 1 meeting. Ranks tied-6th in NFL with 6.5 sacks this season. • DT TIM SETTLE had 2 TFL & 3rd sack of season in Week 7. • LB NEVILLE HEWITT led team with season-high 9 tackles & 2 PD & had 1st INT of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 6+ tackles. • S CALEN BULLOCK (rookie) aims for 3rd in row with INT. Has PD in 4 of past 5. Had INT in Week 1 meeting. Ties for lead among rookies with 3 INTs in 2024. • CB DEREK STINGLEY had 6 tackles, TFL & PD last week. Aims for 5th in row with PD.

INDIANA PACERS

GAME REWIND: PACERS 98, KNICKS 123

Game Recap

The Indiana Pacers suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night in the Big Apple.

In a matchup between two Eastern Conference Semifinalists from last season, the New York Knicks (1-1) never trailed at the end of any quarter in a 123-98 win over the Pacers (1-1) at Madison Square Garden.

After leading by a single point at the end of the first quarter, New York shot 66.7 percent in the second frame to lead 61-45 at halftime. The Knicks didn’t let off the gas from there, outscoring the Pacers 34-19 in the third quarter – to lead by as many as 33 points – before cruising to the win in the final frame.

The Knicks outshot the Pacers 52.4 to 49.4 percent overall, including shooting 12-for-27 from 3-point range while the Blue & Gold went a ghastly 3-for-30 from deep.

New York’s starters outscored Indiana’s first five 102-31 on the night.

Knicks guard Jalen Brunson led all scorers with 26 points on 10-for-19 shooting, Karl-Anthony Towns logged 21 points and 15 rebounds, Mikal Bridges finished with 21 points and five assists, and Josh Hart had 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Bennedict Mathurin topped the Pacers with 20 points on 8-for-13 shooting, Myles Turner had 13 points and seven rebounds, and Pascal Siakam and Jarace Walker each chipped in 12 points. Pacers All-NBA guard Tyrese Haliburton struggled offensively for a second straight game, finishing with no points on 0-for-8 shooting and five assists in 26 minutes.

“I’ve got to be better and I will be better,” Haliburton said. “At the end of the day it’s a bad game and a loss, and we move on.”

Four Knicks players had double-digit points at halftime, led by 12 points each by Brunson and Towns. Siakam had all 12 of his points at the break, as the Blue & Gold were outshot 55.8 to 42.9 percent in the first half.

In a tight first quarter featuring six ties and three lead changes, the Knicks led 25-24.

The Pacers shot 50 percent as a team but made just 1-for-5 from 3-point range and had five turnovers, while the Knicks made 45 percent of their shots in the opening frame. The longest run was just five points.

Indiana’s second unit, led by seven points on 3-for-4 shooting from Mathurin, outscored New York’s second unit 13-0 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, New York went on a 27-10 run to build a cushion. The Knicks also limited the Pacers to just 37.5 percent shooting in the period

The back-and-forth beginning continued into the second frame until a 14-2 run, featuring five points from Cam Payne, four by Brunson and a 3-pointer by Hart, gave the Knicks a 48-37 lead with 4:07 left in the half. The Pacers went 1-for-8 shooting during the stretch.

Out of a Pacers timeout, Aaron Nesmith scored on an offensive putback before Siakam threw down a dunk to narrow the score to seven points and prompt a Knicks timeout.

In the final 2:49 of the half, however, the Knicks strung together a 13-4 scoring spree to lead by 16 points at the break, with Towns burying a three with 5 seconds left to take momentum into the locker room.

The hot shooting continued for the Knicks in the third quarter, as a 23-9 run at the end of the period gave them a 95-64 run heading into the final frame. Brunson poured in 13 points on 4-for-5 shooting, as the Pacers failed to mount any kind of big scoring stretch.

In the fourth quarter, the Pacers emptied their bench early while the Knicks kept their starting unit in until there was about 5:30 left in the game.

Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said the team needs to be better on both ends of the floor with the stretch of tough games coming up.

“We weren’t moving the ball — it was stuck on one side of the floor too frequently. Our inability to not get stops took us out of transition, and bad things at one end fed into bad things at the other consistently,” Carlisle said. “It’s a game of very small margins to begin with, and we just weren’t good enough after the first quarter.”

The Pacers will return home Sunday to host the Philadelphia 76ers for Opening Night presented by Kroger.

Inside the Numbers

Indiana was outscored 70-40 in the second and third quarters combined.

The Pacers bench outscored the Knicks’ second unit 67-21.

New York assisted on 19 baskets and the Pacers had 28 dimes as a team.

The Knicks finished 23-for-29 from the free throw line and the Pacers made 13 of 20 tries from the charity stripe.

Indiana finished with 15 turnovers while New York had 11 giveaways.

In the paint, the Pacers outscored the Knicks 70-54.

You Can Quote Me on That

“A lot of the first quarter was encouraging. Compete level, edge, all that kind of stuff was good. Then we allowed transgressions on offense to affect us defensively, and it and it snowballed a bit. … It was just a difficult night after the first quarter. We didn’t play with enough consistent edge. We didn’t play with enough consistent ball movement. And defensively, the rebounding was a big issue again. They played with more force, and we needed to play with more force.” — Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle on the loss

“We’ve got to fight and claw for everything at this point in the season. These first 10 or 12 games are as tough as anybody schedule in the league. We’ve got to make it about the collective group, who we are, and what we’re trying to stand for.” — Carlisle on looking ahead

“I thought Tyrese did a very good job of keeping his emotion motions in check and just continuing to try to play. Sometimes you have nights like that in the NBA. … Nights like this are going to happen to the best players in the world. We’ve all got to take our medicine from this tonight, and come back on Sunday and do better.” — Carlisle on Haliburton’s rough start

“I think it’s about us. I think we can score on anybody, we don’t care who is out there.” — Andrew Nembhard on the offensive struggles in the game

“They’re a good defensive team, they have a lot of guys that can stay in front of the ball. … I felt like a majority of (the threes) were good looks. I don’t want to take anything away from what they’re doing. Respect to them. Like I said, it’s a really good team and they’re going to be in our conference and in our league. But we’re missing shots. We’ll be alright.” — Tyrese Haliburton on the loss

“I didn’t think we were that poor defensively. We just missed a ton of shots. It starts with me. Again, I’m not tripping. The great thing about it is tomorrow we’re going to play, I’m going to get in the gym and shoot. We’re all going to shoot, and we’re going to be ready to go on Sunday.” — Haliburton on the loss

Stat of the Night

The Pacers finished 3-for-30 shooting from 3-point range on Friday night in New York.

Noteworthy

Pacers rookie Johnny Furphy, the 35th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, played in his first NBA game on Friday.

Pacers backup center Isaiah Jackson returned to the rotation on Friday after missing Tuesday’s game at Detroit due to a right groin strain.

First-year Pacer James Wiseman had a successful surgery on his left Achilles tendon on Thursday night in New York. The timetable for his return is to be determined.

Up Next

The Pacers host the Philadelphia 76ers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Opening Night presented by Kroger on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 3:30 PM ET.

INDIANA FOOTBALL

GAME NOTES VS. WASHINGTON

HOOSIERS NOTES:

SETTING THE SCENE • Indiana will host Washington on Saturday afternoon at noon ET at Memorial Stadium (52,626) on BTN and will host ESPN’s College GameDay pregame show. It will be the first time that Indiana has had the show for its full Saturday treatment. • Indiana leads the all-time series 2-1, winning one game in Bloomington and one in Seattle. Washington won the last matchup, defeating the Hoosiers, 38-13, in Seattle. • The matchup with Washington will be the first since 2003 and the first time in Bloomington since 1978. It will also be the first time that the two programs will play each other as conference foes.

NEWS & NOTES • Indiana enters the game with a 7-0 record after defeating Nebraska (10/19), 56-7, in Week 8. This is Indiana’s second time in program history starting a season 7-0 (2024, 1967). • Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 7-0 record. • Indiana’s crowd of 53,082 for the Nebraska win marks the fourth-largest crowd in program history and the largest since Nov. 17, 1979 (53,202). • The Indiana defense forced five turnovers, three interceptions and two fumbles and turned those into 28 points. • Senior running back Justice Ellison went for 105 rushing yards on nine carries with two touchdowns. His two rushing scores marked six consecutive weeks with a touchdown. The last Hoosier with six-straight weeks is Tevin Coleman in 2014 (Week 1, 3-7), which was part of a 15- game streak that spanned the 2013-14 seasons.  • Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 32-straight games with his 28-yard reception in the second quarter against Nebraska. He recorded three catches for 65 yards and one touchdown.  • Junior Aiden Fisher led the Hoosiers with 11 tackles, marking the seventh time in his career logging double-digit tackles and the third time as a Hoosier. Fisher is tied for third in the Big Ten with 66 total tackles in 2024. • Redshirt junior defensive lineman Mikail Kamara owns at least one tackle in all 30 career appearances and at least a half tackle for loss in 27 of 30 career games. • Indiana’s rushing touchdown in the first quarter was the first rushing score allowed by Nebraska’s defense all season. IU finished with five rushing scores in the game and have 28 rushing touchdowns, the most in a season since 2014 (29; 12 games). • With 215 yards rushing, Indiana snapped a streak of 13-straight games in which Nebraska didn’t allow a 200-yard rushing game (249; Michigan, 2023). The 215 yards were more than double what the Huskers had allowed on average entering the game (84.2 ypg). • IU is one of six teams nationally to have scored first in each of its games played (Indiana, Army, Ole Miss, Boise State, Memphis, Illinois) and is one of two teams to not trail in a game this season (Army). • Indiana’s 56 points extended its own program record of six consecutive games of scoring 40-plus points, and with its double-digit win extended its longest streak of double-digit wins in program history at seven-straight games. • Through Week 8, Indiana is the only FBS program to not allow a first quarter point in 2024.

WASHINGTON NOTES:

THE GAME: The Washington football team (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) travels to Bloomington, Ind., to take on undefeated and No. 13-ranked Indiana (7-0, 4-0) at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 9:00 a.m. PT / noon ET and the game will air on Big Ten Network. Bloomington will also play host to ESPN College Gameday on Saturday. Washington, coming off an off week, hasn’t played at Indiana since 1978, and has only faced the Hoosiers three times in the two programs’ histories. Following the Indiana trip, Washington returns home for its first Husky Stadium game in nearly a month, Nov. 2 vs. USC – Washington’s Homecoming game. QUICK HITTERS: Washington ranks No. 3 in FBS in pass efficiency defense, No. 8 in total defense, and No. 16 in scoring defense … UW opponents are averaging 4.70 yards per pass attempt and 4.44 per play, No. 2 and No. 8 in FBS, respectively … among active FBS players, UW QB Will Rogers III ranks No. 1 in career attempts (2,088) and completions (1,454); and No. 2 in passing yards (14,135), TDs (107) and completion percentage (.696) … Rogers is just the 14th player in FBS history to pass for 14,000-plus yards … UW RB Jonah Coleman is tied for No. 3 in FBS with 34 scrimmage plays of 10 yards or longer, and tied for second with 27 rushes of 10-plus yards … WR Denzel Boston leads the Big Ten and is No. 2 in FBS with nine touchdown receptions … nine receiving TDs is tied for 8thmost in UW single-season history … Washington has won 18 consecutive home games, longest in modern school history (the longest, 45 games, was from 1908-1917, part of UW’s NCAA-record 64-game unbeaten streak) … 34 players made their Husky debut in the Weber State game, including nine true freshmen … four more players saw their first UW action vs. EMU … UW has just three turnovers through six games … only one FBS team with six games played this season has fewer … not counting the four-game 2020 season, the Huskies have won 10 or more games in five of the last seven seasons … Washington is 76-29 since the end of the 2015 season, and 29-6since the end of 2021 … the current UW roster includes players who list hometowns from 19 different states, as well as in Germany and Canada … UW’s 109-man roster entering the year includes 25 true freshmen, 20 redshirt freshmen, 16 sophomores, 27 juniors, and 21 seniors … the Husky roster includes five players in their sixth season at UW: DL Jacob Bandes, RB Cameron Davis, S Kamren Fabiculanan, LB Drew Fowler, and LB Alphonzo Tuputala … those five are playing for their fourth different head coach in 2024. TELEVISION: The Washington-Indiana game will air on Big Ten Network, with Guy Haberman, Yogi Roth, and Rhett Lewis calling the action. For more information on how to watch, go to btn.com/watch-live/.

HUSKIES vs. HOOSIERS HISTORY: Washington and Indiana have played just three times in the two programs’ histories. Indiana holds a 2-1 advantage, with a pair of victories in the 1970s. UW’s lone win in the series came in Seattle in 2003. Here’s a brief look at those three games: Sept. 25, 1976 • Indiana 20, Washington 13 • Husky Stadium The first UW-Indiana game came in the third game (for both teams) of the 1976 season, in Seattle. Indiana, under fourth-year head coach Lee Corso, took the early lead on a 19-yard run from quarterback Terry Jones, but a touchdown run from Ron Rowland and a Steve Robbins field goal gave UW a short-lived, 10-6 lead, before a one-yard rushing TD from Hoosiers running back Ric Enis gave the visitors a 13-10 advantage at halftime. Despite 121 rushing yards from Rowland, and 101 from Robin Earl, Washington managed only a field goal in the second half, tying the score at 20-20. Enis’ second score, in the fourth, proved the game-winner for Indiana. Sept. 23, 1978 • Indiana 14, Washington 7 • Memorial Stadium Two years after the first meeting, the 15th-ranked Huskies traveled to Bloomington for another week-three matchup. The Huskies were 1-1 following a 10-7, season-opening loss to UCLA and a 31-2 win over Kansas. The 1978 Rose Bowl Champions were upset by the Hoosiers, 14-7, as Corso employed a defensive, ball-control strategy to take down the Huskies. In the second quarter, Indiana’s Mike Harkrader opened the scoring with a one yard scoring run. In the fourth, IU tacked on seven more, on a two-yard run from Darrick Burnett, who finished with 117 rushing yards. UW’s lone score came with 6:33 left in the game, on a five-yard pass from Tom Porras to Spider Gaines. Sept. 6, 2003 • Washington 38, Indiana 13 • Husky Stadium After a tumultuous offseason that included the firing of head coach Rick Neuheisel in June, Washington had opened the 2003 season at defending national champion and No. 2-ranked Ohio State (a 28-9 loss) under new head coach Keith Gilbertson. One week later, the Huskies welcomed Indiana, under second-year coach Gerry DiNardo. UW opened the scoring with a 23-yard TD pass from Cody Pickett to Charles Frederick, but Indiana got a two-yard TD run from Chris Taylor and a field goal to take a 10-7 lead in the second. At halftime, an Evan Knudson field goal had tied the score at 10-10. The Huskies’ offense then exploded in the third quarter, posting four touchdowns after an IU field goal had broken the tie. Pickett connected with Reggie Williams for a 70-yard touchdown, and then Shelton Sampson scored on rushes of six and four yards, before another Pickett-to-Williams pass (six yards this time) with two seconds left in the third, wrapped up the scoring. Pickett passes for 290 yards, while IU was limited to 284 yards of total offense. RECENT vs. RANKED TEAMS: Washington has won 11 of its last 12 games vs. ranked opponents (AP Top 25), with the lone loss coming vs. No. 1 Michigan in the CFP title game last January. Those 11 wins include just four home victories, along with three neutral-site wins, and four on the road. Eight of the 11 wins have come vs. opponents ranked No. 13 or better, and five have come against top-10 foes.

INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER

MATCH CENTRAL: INDIANA AT NEBRASKA

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s soccer will close out the regular-season against Nebraska on Sunday at Hibner Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:05 p.m. ET on B1G+.

ABOUT THE CORNHUSKERS

Sarah Weber leads the team with 21 points on nine goals and three assists. Weber has also scored three gamewinning goals for the Huskers. Reese Snowden has also added four goals along with two gamewinners. Goalkeeper CeCe Villa holds a 1.80 GAA with 44 saves on the year and a .773 save percentage. She holds a 4-5-0 record on the season.

LAST TIME OUT

The Hoosiers faced a tough loss against Minnesota after falling 3-0 in Minneapolis last Sunday.

The Golden Gophers found the back of the net early in the 13th minute and added two second half goals including a penalty goal in the 84th minute to seal the match.

ABOUT THE HOOSIERS

• IU has scored 27 goals on 25 assists this season, averaging 1.69 goals per game with 13.8 shots a game.

• 20 different Hoosiers have scored and/or recorded an assist this season.

• Freshman forward Layla Sirdah leads the team with seven goals and six assists. She holds a .571 shots on goal percentage and has netted two gamewinners.

• Sophomore midfielder Elle Britt leads the team with 39 shots on the season. She has also scored three goals with one assist.

• Senior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg has six victories and four shutouts on the season. In her career, Gerstenberg has started in 66 matches, tallied 30 shutouts and made 183 saves.

INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER

NO. 22 HOOSIERS BEAT NO. 15 BRUINS

LOS ANGELES — No. 22-ranked Indiana men’s soccer (8-3-5, 6-1-2 B1G) made the most of its trip out west, defeating No. 15 UCLA (6-4-5, 3-3-3 B1G) Friday (Oct. 25) night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium for its fifth-straight victory.

With the win over the Big Ten Conference newcomer, Indiana gained three points in the league table and moved into the first place with 20 points from a 6-1-2 conference record. The Hoosiers have a chance to clinch a share of the regular season title with a win and Ohio State draw or defeat on Tuesday.

Graduate forward Justin Weiss’ fourth goal in three games and senior forward Samuel Sarver’s fourth of the year were enough to beat the Bruins in a 2-1 result.

KEY MOMENTS

• 25′ – A Josh Maher pass from midfield found junior defender Quinton Elliot past his marker on the right wing. Cutting in, Elliot passed inside to Weiss, who scored with a right-footed finished across his body.

• 38′ – UCLA saw three shots in and around the box blocked in a 10-second sequence. After recycling, the ball was played through to Bruin senior defender Pablo Greenlee. Senior goalkeeper JT Harms got fingertips to Greenlee’s shot to push it into the post before leaping on the rebound.

• 60′ – After leaping to push a shot over the bar, Harms collected the resulting corner. Seeing Sarver making a run, Harms booted the ball right into the forward’s path. Sarver dribbled diagonally past his defender as scored into the bottom left corner.

• 65′ – UCLA cut into the deficit as graduate midfielder Edrey Caceres fired a rocket into the side netting.

NOTABLES

• Indiana extended its unbeaten streak to eight games, in which the Hoosiers have a 6-0-2 record. IU has scored 22 goals in that stretch – an average of 2.75 goals per game. The 2-1 victory extends Indiana’s run of multi-goal performances to eight matches, its longest such streak since 1997.

• Amid that run, Indiana is 6-0-1 during the month of October. Over the last four years, Indiana is 23-4-6 (.788) in the month of October. IU owns a 314-56-41 (.814) October record all-time.

• The Hoosiers are 3-1-2 against ranked opponents this season, winning its last three Top 25 matchups.

• Indiana improved to 12-8-0 against the Bruins all-time and has won six of the last seven meetings. The Hoosiers have won the last three meetings in Los Angeles.

• Weiss, the reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, scored his fourth goal in three games.

• Sarver has scored in consecutive matches and has totaled five G/A in as many games. His 11 points in conference play ranks tied for No. 2 in the Big Ten.

• Elliot, the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, has totaled four G/A in three games.

• Harms earned his first-career assist with his contribution to Sarver’s goal.

UP NEXT

Indiana will host Northwestern on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium, its final Big Ten Conference match of the regular season.

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

GAME NOTES VS. NAVY

NOTRE DAME NOTES:

Saturday will mark the 97th meeting between Notre Dame and the Naval Academy. • Notre Dame and Navy met every season from 1927 through 2019 until the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted what was the longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry in college football and the third-longest uninterrupted rivalry overall in college football history. • This rivalry is unique for its longevity and for the sites in which the series has been played. In addition to Dublin in 2023, Notre Dame and Navy have met all over the United States, including Notre Dame Stadium (38 games) Baltimore (23), Cleveland (11), Philadelphia (nine), New Jersey (seven, eight including 2024), Maryland, (twice), San Diego, Orlando and Jacksonville. Navy has never hosted the Irish for a true home game in the series. • Notre Dame’s 44-game win streak in the series from 1963 through 2007 remains the longest win streak between two annual opponents in college football history. Navy ended the streak in 2007, which sparked the Midshipmen to three victories in four series meetings between 2007 and 2010. Since 2010, Notre Dame is 11-1 against Navy and have won six-straight. • Senior quarterback Riley Leonard ranks second among all active FBS quarterbacks in career rushing touchdowns with 29, including three in the first half alone at Purdue. He owns 10 rushing touchdowns in 2024, becoming the third Notre Dame quarterback to rush for double-digit touchdowns in a season (Brandon Wimbush, 14 in 2017, DeShone Kizer, 10 in 2015). • Graduate safety Xavier Watts has been named a Midseason All-American by Associated Press and The Sporting News. He has totaled 10 interceptions on his career. He is the 19th Notre Dame player to intercept 10 or more passes in a career and is tied for 12th (with six other players) on the all-time list for career interceptions in program history.

IRISH ITEMS – BY THE NUMBERS 2nd Leading the nation in interceptions with seven in 2023 and earning national defensive player of the week honors twice, Xavier Watts became the second Notre Dame player to win the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s best defensive player (Manti Te’o won the award in 2012). Watts was just the third Notre Dame player to lead the nation in interceptions in 2023, picking off seven passes. He is the first Irish player to pace the country since Mike Townsend intercepted 10 passes in 1972. Tony Carey (eight) also led the country in interceptions in 1964. Watts added interceptions in the wins over No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 15 Louisville and Georgia Tech to make 10 on his career. 2 Notre Dame is one of just two FBS programs (Auburn) that have three or more receivers who were the leading receiver (either in yards or receptions) on an FBS roster in 2023: Tight end Mitchell Evans (led Notre Dame with 29 receptions); wide receiver Jayden Harrison (led Marshall with 410 receiving yards); and wide receiver Kris Mitchell (led FIU in both receptions and yards – 64 receptions for 1,118 yards). 2 Senior quarterback Riley Leonard owns 29 rushing touchdowns for his career, including three in the first half at Purdue, and two vs. Miami (OH) and Georgia Tech. He ranks second among all active FBS quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns (Dillon Gabriel – 30). With three rushing touchdowns in a single game at Purdue, Leonard is one of two Power 4 quarterbacks to achieve the feat so far this season, one of just eight FBS quarterbacks to do so, and one of two FBS quarterbacks to do so in a single half. 3-24 Notre Dame held two-straight opponents to 3-24 on third down (Miami 2-12, Purdue 1-12), the best back-to-back two-game total since 2021 (Cincinnati 2-12, Wisconsin 1-14). Those are the two best back-to-back two-game stretches since data is available starting in 1996. 5 Notre Dame is one of just five programs in the Power 4 with eight or more wins over each of the last four seasons, joined by Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and NC State. 5th Notre Dame finished the 2023 season ranked fifth in FBS for total defense (276.3), the program’s best effort since 1980 (4th). The Irish also led the nation in pass efficiency defense (97.09). 5 Notre Dame’s defense is one of the best in the nation, ranking fifth in scoring defense (11.9), sixth in team passing efficiency defense (96.77), 10th in total defense (279.0), 10th in defensive touchdowns (2), 10th in fourth down defense (0.300), 11th in third down defense (.292), 12th in passing yards allowed (165.9), 12th in first downs defense (107), 15th in passes intercepted (9) and 17th in red zone defense (0.733). 9 The victory over Louisville is the ninth-ranked win of the Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame. The 23-13 win at No. 20 Texas A&M was his eighth victory over a ranked opponent. Only Frank Leahy (10 such wins) earned more ranked victories in his first three years on the Irish sidelines. In 2023, the 40-8 Sun Bowl victory over No. 21 Oregon State not only earned Freeman his first campaign with 10 victories, it also was his team’s seventh victory over an Associated Press-ranked team in his first two years leading the program – breaking Terry Brennan’s previous program record of six in 1954 and 55. 14th The Irish finished the 2023 season ranked 14th in the Associated Press poll, marking the seventh-straight campaign and 10 of the last 12 Notre Dame has appeared in the final AP ranking. That seven-season final AP ranking streak is the best run for the Notre Dame program since the Irish finished in the AP Top 25 11 consecutive seasons from 1964-74.

TWO-DEEP TIDBITS – OFFENSE • Jayden Thomas entered 2023 season as Notre Dame’s leading returning receiver and served in that role in the first four games of the year, catching 12 passes for over 180 yards and a touchdown. • Beaux Collins led the Irish receivers at Texas A&M and snagged a pivotal 20- yard contested catch to keep the game-winning drive alive. He also led Irish receivers vs. Northern Illinois. He recorded 91 receptions for 1,290 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1,578 offensive snaps over 32 games (27 starts) at Clemson from 2021-23. He broke out late in his true freshman season with 31 catches for 407 yards and three touchdowns • Jaden Greathouse was the first Irish true freshman wideout to catch two touchdown passes in his first-career game (against Navy in 2023). His five touchdown catches during a rookie campaign are the most for a Notre Dame true freshman since 2016. • Jayden Harrison was a first-team All-American as a kick returner at Marshall last season, tying for the FBS lead with two kick return touchdowns in 2023. In 2023, Harrison played in all 13 games for Marshall (started four), totaling 28 receptions for 410 yards (14.6 yards per reception) and a touchdown. • Kris Mitchell, a transfer from FIU, led CUSA and ranked in the Top 20 nationally in receiving yards in 2023 (1,118 – 18th nationally) and receiving yads per game (93.2 – 13th nationally). Mitchell owns 100 career receptions for 1,663 yards and 11 touchdowns. • KK Smith – Smith began his time at Notre Dame recovering from an injury. His hard work over 2023 Fall allowed Smith to return to practice during bowl prep and make his Notre Dame debut in the Sun Bowl victory over Oregon State. • Jordan Faison joined the Notre Dame football team as a walk on and made his collegiate athletics debut at No. 25 Louisville in 2023, and was put on football scholarship. He would end the season with 19 catches for 322 yards and four touchdowns, capping the year by earning Sun Bowl MVP honors with five catches for 115 yards and a touchdown. • Notre Dame’s offensive line presents some new faces in 2024 with the departures of NFL Draftees Joe Alt and Blake Fisher. Pat Coogan, Ashton Craig, Billy Schrauth, Tosh Baker, Rocco Spindler and Charles Jagusah own starting experience. Jagusah and Craig have both been ruled out for the 2024 season. Irish linemen Aamil Wagner, Sam Pendleton and Anthonie Knapp all made their first-career starts at No. 20 Texas A&M. • Mitchell Evans had a breakout season in 2023 before being sidelined with an injury. He played in eight games as a junior, starting seven, and ended the season as the team’s top receiving target, averaging 52.8 yards per game. Through those eight games, Evans totaled 29 receptions for 422 yards and a touchdown during the season, averaging 14.6 yards per catch. With Evans’ injury, Cooper Flanagan and Eli Raridon saw action in 2023, each scoring a touchdown, and will look to have an increased role in 2024. • Riley Leonard is the only Power 4 quarterback this season to rush for 100+ yards in multiple games, one of just four FBS quarterbacks this season to achieve the feat and one of only three FBS quarterbacks to do so in consecutive games. He enters his senior season and first with Notre Dame coming off a Duke career as one of the ACC’s premier quarterbacks. See page 18 for more on Leonard • Steve Angeli made the most of his first-career start in the 2023 Sun Bowl completing 15 of 19 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns. Prior to that game, he went 19-for-25 passing with four touchdowns in seven relief appearances. • With the departure of NFL Draft pick Audric Estimé, Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price are poised to lead the Irish running backs in 2024.

TWO-DEEP TIDBITS – DEFENSE • Joshua Burnham finished the 2023 season with 18 tackles, four tackles-forloss and a sack. Junior Tuihalamaka appeared in all 13 games in 2023 while posting 10 tackles. Jordan Botelho and Boubacar Traore suffered seasonending injuries. • Rylie Mills was named a 2024 team captain and was a disruptive force on the Irish defensive line in 2023. See page 17 for more information on Mills. • Howard Cross III established himself as one of the top playmaking interior defensive lineman in the country during the 2023 season. See page 16 for more information on Cross. Donovan Hinish appeared in nine games in 2023 and posting a career-best four stops in the win over Central Michigan. • RJ Oben transferred from Duke in the offseason with 34 career starts and 50 games played. Entering Notre Dame, he had posted 67 tackles on his career, with 14.5 sacks (loss of 91 yards), five forced fumbles, two passes defended and an interception. Bryce Young is a four-star true freshman and was an Adidas All-American as a high school senior. • Jack Kiser leads a linebacker room with young talent. A team captain, Kiser will make a run for the Notre Dame career games played record. See page 17 for more information on Kiser. Jaiden Ausberry appeared in four regular-season games in 2023, preserving his eligibility. Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is a highlytouted five-star linebacker who was a finalist for the high school Butkus Award in 2023. He posted a career-high seven tackles vs. Northern Illinois. Drayk Bowen appeared in 12 games in 2023 (missing one contest with an injury) and recorded 14 stops and a forced fumble. Jaylen Sneed appeared in all 13 games in 2023, totaling 14 tackles, five QB hurries and two PBU • Jordan Clark joins the Irish from Arizona State with 22 career starts and 39 games played. Throughout his college career, he has snagged three interceptions (one for a touchdown) and 139 tackles (101 solo) with 6.5 TFL and 20 passes defended. • Adon Shuler notched his first-career interception in the 23-13 victory at No. 20 Texas A&M. He showed his playmaking ability late in the 2023 season, posting all six career tackles in the final three games of the year. A preferred walk-on, Luke Talich quickly established himself as a special teams mainstay during his freshman season in 2023. • True freshmen Karson Hobbs, Leonard Moore and Kennedy Urlacher have impressed in preseason camp. Moore and Urlacher both garnered one four-star ranking through recruitment. Moore made his college football debut at No. 20 Texas A&M, and his first-career start vs. No. 15 Louisville, leading the team with seven tackles. He also posted seven tackles in his second start, at Georgia Tech. See page 18 for more on Moore. • Christian Gray started his first-career game in the 23-13 win at No. 20 Texas A&M. He saw action in 12 games and made 11 tackles in 2023. He intercepted his first career pass against Pittsburgh and finished the year with a career-best three tackles in the Sun Bowl victory over Oregon State. • Xavier Watts started off the year strong with an interception in the 23-13 victory at No. 20 Texas A&M. He was the first Notre Dame player to intercept multiple passes in back-to-back games in 2023. Watts won the Bednarik Award and was a unanimous All-American. See page 15 for more on Watts. Rod Heard II spent his prior career at Northwestern, where he amassed 31 starts and 46 games played with 182 tackles, 11 for loss, two sacks and two interceptions, as well as 10 passes defended, five forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

NAVY NOTES:

OPENING KICK • #24 / #24 Navy (6-0) and #12 / #11 Notre Dame (6-1) meet for the 97th time on the gridiron when the two square off on Saturday afternoon (12 noon) at MetLife Stadium (82,500) in East Rutherford, N.J. Saturday’s contest is being televised by ABC and is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union and Navy Mutual. • Navy is looking for its first 7-0 start to a season since 1978 and just its fifth in program history (1926 when Navy won the National Championship, 1934, 1960 and 1978). • Notre Dame enters Saturday having won 5-straight games which is tied for the 13th-longest streak in in the country. Navy has won 6-consecutive games which is tied for the 7th-longest streak in the country. • Navy is 2-0 all-time at MetLife Stadium, upsetting Notre Dame 35-17 in 2010 and beating Army 17-13 in 2021. • Notre Dame leads the all-time series against Navy 82-13-1 and has won 6 in a row against the Mids. Navy last defeated Notre Dame in 2016, 28-27, in Jacksonville, Fla. • Navy and Notre Dame are two of the winningest college football programs in history. Notre Dame’s 954 all-time wins are tied with Texas for the 4th most among schools on the FBS level, while Navy’s 744 wins are tied with Arkansas for 24th. • Navy is 1 of just 10 FBS teams who enters this weekend undefeated. With its 6 wins, the Mids are bowl eligible for the first time since 2019. • Navy is 1 of just 3 teams (Army, Indiana) in the FBS to have won every game this season by double figures. • Saturday marks the first time that both teams enter the game ranked in the Associated Press top 25 since 2019 when #21 Navy lost to #16 Notre Dame 52-20 in South Bend. Navy last beat a ranked Notre Dame team in 2009 when the Mids stunned #19 Notre Dame 23-21 in South Bend. • Navy has beaten a ranked Notre Dame team just 4 times in the history of the series (2009, 1957, 1944 and 1936). • Navy already owns a win over a ranked team this year (defeated #22 Memphis, in the coaches poll, 56-44). The last time Navy beat two ranked opponents in the same year was 1958, when the Mids beat #8 Rice 20-7 and #14 Michigan 20-14. • This week is just the 26th time in the last 50 years Navy has been ranked in the Associated Press poll. The Mids were ranked 6 times in both 2015 and 2019. Navy went from 1980 to 2003 without being ranked and again from 2005 to 2014. • Navy, picked 11th in the 14-team AAC preseason poll, is currently in second place with a 4-0 record and owns a win over preseason favorite Memphis. The Mids play 3 of the top-4 teams in the preseason poll (Memphis, Tulane, South Florida). • Navy’s 269 points in the first-6 games of the year are 57 more than it scored in all 12 games last year (212). • Navy has scored a touchdown on the 1st play of a drive 5 times this fall, which is the 3rd most in the FBS. • Navy is averaging 274.8 rushing yards per game this fall, the 4th-best average in the FBS and the program’s best since 2019 when it averaged a school-record 360.5 rushing yards per game. • Navy is 23-23 in the red zone this year with 22 of those scores resulting in touchdowns (Navy’s first 20 red zone trips resulted in touchdowns before settling for a field goal last week against Charlotte). Last year, the Mids were tied for 130th in the country in red zone offense, scoring just 14 touchdowns on 29 attempts. Navy is 1 of 5 teams that are perfect in the red zone this year. • Navy is coming off a 51-17 win over a Charlotte in a game that saw Navy take a 38-0 lead with 10:24 left in the second quarter. It’s the 2nd time this year the Mids have scored 50 points in a game (56 vs. Memphis). It’s the 1st time since 2019 Navy has scored 50 or more points in multiple games in the same season. • Eli Heidenreich (Jr. / Snipe) or Alex Tecza (Jr. / FB), who grew up in Pittsburgh and have known each other since the 1st grade, have scored a touchdown for Navy in 13 of the last 16 games dating back to the 2023 season. Tecza scored on the first-3 drives of the game last Saturday against Charlotte. • The Navy defense forced 5 turnovers against Charlotte, the most since forcing 5 against Houston in 2019. Navy’s 4 interceptions were the most since that same Houston game. • Lane III made his 36th-consecutive start at safety for the Mids against Charlotte, which is the longest active streak for a safety in the FBS and second longest by a player in the secondary. Lane III also has 3 forced fumbles this year, tied for the 4th most in the FBS. Last week, Sporting News named him to the Midseason All-America Team.

NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER

MATCH 15 PREVIEW: CAL

SOUTH BEND, Ind. –Notre Dame will end the regular season on the road, as it has two ACC tests remaining on the schedule. The Irish travel out west for their first ever conference clash with Cal at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 27. The match will be streamed on ACCNX.

NOTRE DAME vs. CAL
Location: Berkeley, Calif. | Edwards Stadium
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THE CAL SERIES

• The Irish and Bears will meet on the pitch for the fourth time on Sunday.

• Notre Dame is unbeaten in the all-time series against Cal, going 2-0-1.

• The Irish have outscored Cal by a combined score of 7-1 in the series, recording two clean sheets in the process.

• The Irish defeated the Bears in the most recent matchup, winning by a score of 5-0 in Bloomington during the 2016 campaign on Sept. 4.

• Sunday’s match will be the first that is played outside the state of Indiana in the series between the two sides.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Irish attack erupted for five goals in the second half in a 5-0 win over UIC in the regular-season home finale.

• Both Sebastian Green and Wyatt Lewis registered the first brace of their career, each scoring two goals.

• Jack Flanagan scored the opener for the Irish and now has four on the season, ranking second on the team in goals.

• Collin Travasos made two saves and the backline limited the UIC scoring opportunites resulting in a clean sheet.

MATTHEW ROOU: THE GOAL SCORING MACHINE

• Senior forward Matthew Roou enters Sunday’s match tied for third in the country in goals with 12 on the season.

• Roou is in the best form of his career, scoring 11 goals over his last nine outings,  including back-to-back hat tricks during the stretch.

• The forward became the first Notre Dame men’s soccer player since Kevin Lovejoy in 1979 to record multiple hat tricks in a season.

• Roou came through in the clutch in Notre Dame’s 2-1 win over Clemson, scoring the winner in the 86th minute to give the Irish the win.

• The senior is one of two players at the men’s DI level to register two hat tricks during the 2024 season, joining Massachusetts’ Alec Hughes.

• Roou scored a goal from the spot in the season opener against Akron.

• The talisman now has 78 career points off 33 goals and 12 assists.

• Roou is currently  12th on the ND all-time goal scoring list and is one goal away from tying Pat Szanto for 11th (34).

BRYCE BONEAU: 2024 CAPTAIN

• Bryce Boneau is the captain for this year’s Fighting Irish team.

• Boneau is a senior midfielder from Texas and was selected to the 2024 ACC Preseason Watch List.

• The skipper leads the Irish in assists with a career-high eight on the season.

• Boneau’s average of .57 assists per match ranks first in the ACC.

• Boneau scored four goals and added seven assists last season as a center midfielder and has four goals and 15 assists in his Notre Dame career.

• Boneau was selected by Nashville SC in the third round of the 2024 MLS SuperDraft with the 75th overall pick.

BALANCED ATTACK

• Thirteen different players have found the back of the net for the Irish this season (Roou, Flanagan, Genenbacher, Boneau, J. Bartlett, Spicer, Dunphy, Baffour, Shaul, N. Bartlett, Ferguson, Green, Lewis).

• Fourteen returning Irish players registered at least one point in their Notre Dame career, as the team returned 85 points from last year.

• Ten players that scored a goal during the 2023 campaign are back on this year’s team.

• Senior Matthew Roou is the top returning goal scorer on the 2024 squad after firing in a career-high 10 goals during his junior campaign.

HERE TO ASSIST

• Notre Dame ranks second in the ACC in assists per game, averaging 2.29 on the year.

• Bryce Boneau paces the Irish with eight assists while KK Baffour has dished out four and Sebastian Green, Mitch Ferguson and Ian Shaul have each added three.

• All three of Green’s assists came in the win over Chicago State, tying the junior for the national lead for most assists in a game at the men’s DI level.

•  The Irish dished out 48 assists last season, ranking sixth in the country for total assists.

STRONG STARTS

• Notre Dame has made a habit of jumping out to an early lead this season, as the Irish have scored the opening goal in 10 of 14 matches in 2024.

• Four of the 10 opening goals came within the first 20 minutes of play.

•The quickest goal to start a match came from Bryce Boneau in the seventh minute in the win over Louisville.

• The Irish are outscoring teams 12-3 over the opening 45 minutes of play this season.

2023 SEASON REWIND

• Notre Dame had one of its most successful seasons in program history last year, finishing with an appearance in the College Cup Final.

• The Irish were dominant in the ACC, claiming the Coastal Division crown and earning the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament after going undefeated in regular season conference play with a record of 6-0-2.

• Notre Dame finished the season with a record of 13-3-6 but two of the draws resulted in the Irish advancing in the NCAA Tournament in shootouts.

• The Fighting Irish defeated Kentucky (2-0) in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament before moving past Western Michigan (0-0) and Indiana (1-1) to make the College Cup.

• Notre Dame then defeated Oregon State (1-0) in the semifinal before falling to Clemson (1-2) in the final.

NOTRE DAME HOCKEY

KNUBLE’S FOUR-POINT NIGHT ELEVATES IRISH TO 4-1 VICTORY

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame hockey team got back in the win column with another convincing 4-1 Friday night victory, this time at home over Long Island University. The Irish and Sharks faced off in just their second-ever tilt Friday evening inside Compton Family Ice Arena with Cole Knuble’s four-point night lifting the Irish to the win.

Brennan Ali had a breakaway chance less than 90 seconds into play but his shot dragged a bit too long and was sent wide by the Sharks’ netminder. Zach Plucinski picked up the rebound attempt from atop the far circle but rang his shot off the pipe as the game remained scoreless early.

The Irish were called for the game’s first infraction, an interference call deep in the defensive zone. Notre Dame successfully killed off the call and returned to full strength in a 0-0 tie.

LIU dumped the puck from deep in their zone and a race to the puck resulted in another interference call against the Irish. Once again, Notre Dame was successful on the kill and returned to five-on-five hockey with the game scoreless.

Axel Kumlin gave the Irish the 1-0 lead in the final minute of the opening period after he fired a shot top shelf for his first in an Irish sweater.

The two teams came out firing in the second period but it was the Irish whistled with the first penalty of the frame, their third interference call against of the night. Again, the Irish were successful on the kill and allowed LIU just two shots on goal during the man-advantage.

Cole Knuble extended the Irish lead with his team-best fifth goal of the season at 6:57 of the second period.

The Sharks were called for their first penalty of the game, holding the stick, at 11:37 of the second stanza and the Irish powerplay unit saw its first opportunity of the night.

LIU killed off their first penalty of the night but were called moments after the kill for roughing and the Irish powerplay unit got right back on the ice. This time they took advantage of the man-up opportunity with Danny Nelson burying his third goal of the season to make it 3-0 Irish. The Sharks challenged the call on the ice but a brief review determined the goal stood, with assists to Knuble and Blake Biondi.

Less than a minute after the team’s third goal of the night, a tussle at the blue line sent an Irish defender to the box for a five-minute major. The Irish killed off the remaining minutes of action in the second to carry the 3-0 lead into the locker room for the second intermission.

With 1:46 left on the kill to start the third period, LIU capitalized just 31 seconds into the frame with a baseball swing behind the net that trickled into the net. The Irish managed to kill off the rest of the major infraction to keep the lead at two goals early in the final period.

Ian Murphy scored his first official goal with the Irish halfway through the final period of regulation to cap off the 4-1 victory for the Irish.

Notre Dame improved to 4-1-0 on the season while Owen Say registered his third consecutive 1.00 goal-against night to improve to 3-0 between the pipes. Stopping 38 of 39 shots faced in the contest, the junior netminder tallied his most saves in the crease with the Irish Friday night and improved his save percentage over three games played to .969.

GOALS

Junior defenseman Axel Kumlin lit the lamp for the first time in an Irish sweater Friday night. His shot from atop the near circle sailed over the glove of Daniel Duris in the LIU net to give the Irish the opening goal. Michael Mastrodomenico and Cole Knuble each tallied assists on the play.

Ian Murphy picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and skated it into the zone where he found Knuble tagging back onside. The sophomore center then grabbed the puck in the offensive zone and backhanded a shot through the five-hole of the LIU goalie.

Danny Nelson beat the LIU’s netminder Noah Rupprecht to the loose puck in the crease to make it a 3-0 Irish lead. The powerplay goal was assisted by Blake Biondi and Cole Knuble.

Graduate forward Ian Murphy wrapped up the scoring with a wrister fired top shelf to make it a 4-1 content just over halfway through the third. His line mates Justin Janicke and Knuble were each credited with assists.

KEY STATS

With a career-best four points Friday night of a goal and three assists, Cole Knuble is the first Irish skater to hit double digit points this season. His five goals and five assists in five games played is a team best across the board.

The three assists for the sophomore center is also a career-best.

Two Irish skaters net their first goals in a Notre Dame sweater Friday evening as Axel Kumlin opened the scoring at 19:30 of the first period before Ian Murphy closed out the scoring halfway through the third to give the Irish the 4-1 win.

Owen Say stopped 38 saves Friday night against the Sharks, allowing just one goal against for a .974 save percentage.

Graduate blueliner Zach Plucinski blocked a team high five shots in the contest, contributing to the team’s 18 blocked shots on the evening.

With six shots on goal Friday night, Danny Nelson led the team in the category, capitalizing once on the powerplay for his third goal of the season.

The Irish top line of Knuble, Janicke and Murphy led the team with a plus-three on-ice-rating.

Notre Dame’s top-two line centers combined to go 30-12 from the faceoff dot Friday, including 18 draw wins from D. Nelson to give the Irish the edge in the circle. While shorthanded, the Irish won six faceoff draws to maintain possession.

UP NEXT

The Irish and Sharks close out the regular season series Saturday night with a 6:05pm puck drop. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and take part in the team’s annual Hocktoberfest celebration from 4-6pm on the front lawn outside Compton Family Ice Arena.

NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL

IRISH SUFFER DEFEAT AT #12 SMU

DALLAS – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-9, 2-7 ACC) fell to No. 12 SMU (15-5, 7-2 ACC) in straight sets (18-25, 19-25, 16-25) on Friday night on the road in the first ever matchup between the two programs.

Phyona Schrader paced the Irish offense, finishing with eight kills, nine assists, six digs and a block while hitting .368 on the evening.

 The match started by the two sides trading points, as the hosts held a slim 6-5 lead early in the first frame. SMU then used a 5-0 run to open up an 11-5 advantage.

The Irish were able to fight back, trimming the lead to two at 15-13 midway through the set off a kill from Schrader but the Mustangs controlled the remainder of the set and took the opener by a score of 25-18

SMU carried its momentum into the second stanza, jumping out to an early 9-3 lead. The Mustangs led by as many as seven before the Irish chipped away at the lead, making it a four-point score at 21-17. However, SMU closed out the set, taking it by a tally of 25-19 to go in front 2-0 in the match.

The Irish drew level with the Mustangs early in the third set at 5-5 courtesy of a kill from Mallory Bohl. Unfortunately for Notre Dame, the hosts then won seven of the next eight points to take a 12-6  lead in the frame. SMU went on to win the set by a score of 25-16 to win the match in three sets.

The Irish are back in action on Sunday, Oct. 27 as they face the No. 1 Pitt Panthers in Pittsburgh at 1:00 pm. ET. The match will air on ACCNX.

BUTLER VOLLEYBALL

BUTLERVB OFFENSE SHUT DOWN IN LOSS AT ST. JOHN’S

QUEENS, N.Y. — The Bulldog offense was shut down by St. John’s losing in three sets (12-25, 16-25, 11-25). Cora Taylor led the team with 19 assists and six digs.

St. John’s 25-12

Butler began the match in a close battle after a solo block from Abby Maesch made the score 3-4. The Red Storm would extend their lead to 7-3 before consecutive service aces from Elise Ward brought the score back within a point at 8-9. St. John’s then used a 9-0 spurt to storm out to a 24-11 lead and eventually closing out the set at 25-12.

St. John’s 25-16

Butler took their only lead of the match after a kill from Laiya Ebo helped kick off Set 2. The Red Storm then continued to put on the pressure flying out to a 12-3 lead. Kills from Elise Ward would cut the deficit to seven points at 20-13. However, the lead proved to be too steep as the Bulldogs would soon fall 25-16 in the second set.

St. John’s 25-11

Butler kept the score close to begin Set 3 after a block from Grace Boggess brought the score to 3-4. Kills from Ward and Destiny Cherry kept the score within two points at 12-10. The Red Storm then caught fire going on an 11-0 spurt to blow the score open at 23-10 and eventually claiming the match at 25-11.

Inside The Box Score

Cora Taylor collected 19 assists, six digs and one block

Alaleh Tolliver tied for a team-high five kills along with five digs

Destiny Cherry recorded five kills and two blocks

Up Next

The Bulldogs will head to Villanova, Pa. to close out weekend against the Wildcats beginning at 7 PM ET

IU INDY WOMEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S SOCCER TO HONOR SENIOR CLASS AT 2024 HOME FINALE

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis women’s soccer team will honor its eight member senior class following Saturday’s regular season home finale as the Jaguars host Oakland University (3-12-2, 2-6 HL) at 1:00 p.m. on ESPN+. The Jaguars come in tied for fifth in the Horizon League standings with 11 points with two regular season games to play. The top six teams make the Horizon League Tournament with the Nos. 3 and 4 seeds hosting quarterfinals contests on Sunday, Nov. 3. 

Sophomore Caroline Kelley continues to pace a balanced Jaguar offensive attack with five goals while junior Emma Frey has four goals and four assists. Both Hannah Roberson and Cassie Rodriguez have three goals apiece while graduate transfer Maia Ransom has a team-high five assists. Senior Ashton Kudlo has been strong in goal with a 1.67 goals against average and .771 save percentage. She matched her career-high with 12 saves in a recent loss to Milwaukee, surpassing 200 in her collegiate career in the process. 

The defensive core of Sarah HensonKatie Hoog and Kailyn Smith has continued to shine along the back line with Hoog leading the trio with 1,380 minutes played. 

The Jaguars will recognize eight seniors at the conclusion of Saturday’s match as Emma AntoineMakenna CollinsEmily KeckAbbey Renner, Kudlo, Ransom, Roberson, and Rodriguez will be honored. Antoine, who had a team-high 10 assists last season, has been limited to just two appearances this season due to injury while Collins, who missed nearly all of last season due to injury, had her season come to a premature end because of injury. Renner has also missed significant time this season due to injury, but recently returned to action.

A victory on Saturday, coupled with either a Purdue Fort Wayne draw or defeat would clinch a postseason berth.  

HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS

SchoolCPTSConfCPct.OverallPct.Streak
Milwaukee227-0-1.9388-6-2.562W4
Northern Kentucky196-1-1.8129-6-1.594W4
Detroit Mercy175-1-2.7507-7-2.500L1
Robert Morris123-2-3.5624-5-6.467T1
IU Indy113-3-2.5004-9-3.344L1
Wright State113-3-2.5005-8-2.400W1
Purdue Fort Wayne93-5.3758-8-1.500L1
Green Bay92-4-3.3894-7-5.406T1
Oakland62-6.2503-12-2.235L4
Youngstown State62-6.2504-10-2.312L3
Cleveland State62-7.2222-13-1.156W2


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Junior midfielder Emma Frey was featured on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays twice last week with a pair of strikes. Against Green Bay, she converted a well devised free kick off a back heel pass from Cassie Rodriguez for the game’s first goal in the 4-1 victory. At NKU, she drilled a shot off the underside of the crossbar from nearly 35 yards from goal for the team’s lone score. 

SCOUTING OAKLAND
Oakland is 3-12-2 overall and 2-6 in Horizon League play. The Golden Grizzlies are 1-7-1 away from home on the season and has been outscored 34-10 on the season. Frankie Mudd has a team-high three goals while Isabella Bierod has a team-high two assists. In goal, Julia Zangerl has a 1.83 goals against average and .710 save percentage in her 16 appearances (15 starts). 

SERIES RESULTS
The Jaguars are 4-20-1 all-time against Oakland and just 2-9-1 in the 12 meetings in Indianapolis. Oakland defeated the Jaguars 2-1 in Indy last season, scoring twice after the Jaguars had scored the game’s first goal in the 28th minute. 

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will wrap up the regular season on Wednesday (Oct. 30) at Purdue Fort Wayne at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN+. 

BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF

SMITH STAYS HOT; CARDINALS TIED IN FOURTH THROUGH ONE ROUND IN BAHAMAS

NASSAU, Bahamas – Carter Smith stayed hot Friday for the Ball State men’s golf team, and his 11th-place standing through 18 holes leads three Cardinals golfers in the top 13 at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational. Smith shot 3-under par 69 to pace Ball State, and seniors Braxton Kuntz and Ali Khan each shot 2-under 70 to keep the Cardinals (280) within striking distance of third-place Maryland (276), second-place Houston (272) and current leader Charleston (271). Mid-American Conference rival Northern Illinois (280) is tied with Ball State in fourth place.

The Cardinals, in fact, were the only one of 12 teams to post six golfers at par or better.

Smith (69) finished in second place two weeks ago in Little Rock, Arkansas, with an 11-under par score over 54 holes to match the best tournament finish of his career, relative to par. Counting his final round at the Badger Invitational on Oct. 1, he has shot five consecutive rounds at par or lower.

With Kuntz (70) and Khan (70) only a stroke behind, the Cardinals scored well as a team to pace among tournament frontrunners. Senior Kash Bellar (71) was another stroke behind at 1-under, putting Ball State’s four scoring golfers below par. Gavin Hare (72) finished at even par and fellow freshman Happy Gilmore (71), playing as an individual, was 1-under.

“I’m very happy with our start down here,” said Cardinals golf mentor Mike Fleck after seeing his team post its best opening round this fall. “It’s awesome to see the under-par rounds and to have all six guys at even par or better validates the depth we have. I’m especially excited to see our veterans all post red numbers. It looks like the numbers the next two days will continue to trend under par so we’ve got to be ready to attack tomorrow’s round with a scoring mentality.”

Second-round play on the par-72, 6,943-yard track at The Ocean Golf Course resumes Saturday morning with another 8 a.m. ET shotgun start. The final round commences with another 8 a.m. shotgun start on Sunday..

Ball State Individual Results, 18 holes

No. 1 Carter Smith (69): 33-36—69 (-3, 11th)

No. 2 Braxton Kuntz (70): 34-36—70 (-2, 13th)

No. 3 Ali Khan (70): 33-37—70 (-2, 13th)

No. 5 Kash Bellar (71): 36-35—71 (-1, 20th)

No. 4 Gavin Hare (72): 36-36—72 (E, 28th)

Individual Happy Gilmore (71): 34-37—71 (-1, 20th)

BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL

VOLLEYBALL SOARS PAST NIU IN STRAIGHT SETS

DEKALB, Ill. – – The Ball State women’s volleyball team turned in another impressive offensive performance Friday evening, turning in a .337 (46-11-104) hitting percentage to earn a 3-0 (25-20, 25-13, 25-19) sweep over Northern Illinois at Victor E. Court.

It was the Cardinals’ (13-8; 6-4 Mid-American Conference) fourth best attacking effort of the season, and the third time the team has hit at least .330 since transitioning to a 6-2 offense five matches ago.

“Our offensive success has been a combination of many different components and all necessary for our success,” head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said. “The 6-2 is definitely a team system and having everyone buying in and doing their part in the system has been huge.”

Overall, the Ball State offense featured the lone two attackers in double figures on the night, with junior opposite Madison Buckley scoring a match-high 12 kills, followed by 10 from freshman outside Carson Tyler. Buckley also boasted the best individual attack percentage among players with double-digit attempts at .550 (12-1-20).

Next on the offensive front for the Cardinals were redshirt sophomore outside Aniya Kennedy, sophomore middle Gwen Crull and graduate middle Aayinde Smith with six kills apiece. Smith would also lead all players with five total blocks, while Crull added four.

Combined, the Ball State defense tallied 9.0 total blocks for a 3.0 blocks-per-set average to help limit the Huskies (3-17; 1-9 MAC) to a .095 (30-20-105) rate of success.

“Having a strong blocking presence puts so much more pressure on the opponents and is a big part of our game,” Phillips added. “We have a lot of physical players and we are continuing to learn how to execute our system, and that’s helping us continue to build.”

A solid backcourt effort also played into the defensive effort, with the Cardinals registering 47 total digs. Leading the way was senior setter Megan Wielonski who collected a team-high 11 digs to go along with a match-best 24 assists for her 63rd career double-double.

Sophomore setter Lindsey Green also dished out 11 assists on the night, while collecting five digs.

Meanwhile, Wielonski also served up two of Ball State’s four aces, raising her career total to 176 which is 15 shy of the program record of 191 set by Stacy Jordan (1982-85).

On the Huskies side of the net, Charli Atiemo collected a team-high nine kills, while Crew Hoffmeier was credited with a match-best 13 digs.

Ball State and Northern Illinois will battle again Saturday afternoon with a 5 p.m. (ET) / 4 p.m. (CT) first serve back at Victor E. Court.

“We’re really focusing on the back half of the season being our half,” Phillips added. “We have to keep growing and finish each weekend getting better and better if we want to reach our end goals.”

EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL FACES TIFFIN IN EXHIBITION GAME ON SATURDAY

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In the first and only exhibition game of the preseason, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team welcomes Tiffin University to the Ford Center on Saturday for a 1 p.m. game.

It will be the first opportunity for fans to see the 2024-25 Purple Aces squad.  A solid nucleus or returning players join six newcomers to the team.  Leading the way for the returners from last year are Tanner Cuff, Joshua Hughes, and Cam Haffner.  Cuff contributed in all facets of the game in his first season at UE.  He completed the year averaging 7.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

As a freshman, Hughes led the team with 38 blocked shots while registering 6.6 PPG.  Haffner made the start in 16 games while finishing third on the team with 33 3-point makes.

Evansville’s newcomers include Gabriel Pozzato, Kaia Berridge, Tayshawn Comer, Connor Turnbull, Ramondo Battle II, and Trent Hundley.

UE looks to build on a breakout 2023-24 season that saw the program make its first postseason appearance since 2015.  Earning 17 victories, the Aces posted their highest win total since 2017-18 and picked up their first Arch Madness win since 2017, defeating Illinois State in St. Louis.  The team won its first six games, the first Evansville team to do so since the 1964-65 NCAA National Championship squad.

Tiffin is led by first-year head coach Desmond Balentine, brother of current UE assistant coach D.J. Balentine.  He spent two seasons on the coaching staff with the Dragons before his elevation to the head coaching position.  The Dragons were 18-12 last season.

UINDY CROSS COUNTRY

GLVC CHAMPIONSHIPS ON DECK FOR CROSS COUNTRY SATURDAY

INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy men’s and women’s cross country teams prepare to compete in the Great Lakes Vally Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The meet will take place on Illinois Springfield’s campus in Springfield, Ill.

The men will take on the course first at 10:30 a.m. ET with an 8K race, the women follow with a 6K at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Last year the UIndy men’s and women’s teams finished seventh and sixth, respectively. Senior Tom Saint-Juvin earned all-conference honors on the men’s side with his top-20 finish.  For the women, junior Emma Gaston will lead the pack of Greyhounds. In 2023, Gaston placed 64th overall at the conference championships.

WABASH FOOTBALL

GAME PREVIEW: WABASH VS. KENYON

Wabash faces Kenyon College in North Coast Athletic Conference football action on Saturday, October 26, at 1 p.m. at Little Giant Stadium.

The Little Giants enter the game with a 5-1 overall record and a spotless 4-0 mark in NCAC contests. Kenyon is 4-3 with a 3-2 NCAC record.

Wabash enters the weekend tied with DePauw for first place in the NCAC standings with four games remaining in the regular season. The Little Giants play the top-five conference teams over the next four weeks, with games against Kenyon, Denison (4-1 NCAC), Wittenberg (2-1 NCAC), and DePauw (4-0 NCAC) on the horizon.

Wabash is 18-1 in its 19 previous meetings versus Kenyon. The two teams first met in Gambier, Ohio, in 1942, with Kenyon claiming a 7-0 victory. The Little Giants won the next 18 contests, including all 13 NCAC games between the two squads since first playing as conference foes in 2002. Wabash is 9-0 at home versus Kenyon and earned a 49-25 victory in the last game played at Little Giant Stadium in 2022.

LAST WEEK

Wabash scored 28 points in the first half and outscored Hiram 28-7 in the second half to claim a 56-7 victory in the final North Coast Athletic Conference meeting between the two schools. Kannon Chase scored on a five-yard run and two-yard pass reception to stake the Little Giants to a 14-0 lead in the first period. Connor Thompson added a pair of touchdown catches to go with rushing touchdowns by Xavier Tyler and Cole Dickerson, along with the first career rushing TD for Tanner Brooks. Brand Campbell completed 13 of 20 passes for 137 yards and three scores.

The Little Giants’ defense limited Hiram to 163 yards of total offense (65 rushing, 106 passing) and intercepted three passes. Michael Hegwood returned a pick 29 yards for a score in the third quarter, and freshmen Nick Page and Tanner Crouch both posted their first collegiate interceptions.

TO THE HOUSE

Hegwood’s interception extended the Little Giants’ defensive streak to seven consecutive games with a pick dating back to last year’s Monon Bell Classic against DePauw. It also marked the first time since 2016 that a Wabash player returned an interception for a touchdown since Ryan Walters ’18 posted a 26-yard return for a score against Oberlin. The Little Giants returned two interceptions for touchdowns against Oberlin in 2016, with Austin Brown ’17 adding a 53-yard INT return for a TD earlier in the contest.

BY THE NUMBERS

Wabash has scored 50 or more points in its last three football games, starting with a 55-19 victory at Wooster. The Little Giants followed with a 52-0 road win at Oberlin and last Saturday’s 56-7 home victory against Hiram. Wabash put together three consecutive 50-point games last season against Kenyon, Wittenberg, and Hiram after defeating Oberlin 59-6 in the second week of the season. The Little Giants have never scored 50 or more points in four consecutive games in the program’s 137 seasons.

The Little Giants are second in the conference and 28th in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 40.8 points per game.

Tyler turned in the third 100-yard rushing game of the season Saturday with a 176-yard effort on 19 carries against Hiram. He ranks 18th among Division III players and leads the conference with an average of 110.7 yards per game. Tyler enters Saturday’s game against Kenyon with a career- and conference-best 664 rushing yards.

Quarterback Brand Campbell ranks second in the NCAC and 18th among Division III quarterbacks in completion percentage at 69.8 percent. He has completed 60 of 86 pass attempts for 780 yards and 12 touchdowns with one interception through five games. Campbell is tied for second in the conference in touchdown passes and second in passing efficiency with a rating of 189.7.

Junior kicker Brody Rucker is fourth in scoring in the conference, averaging 7.8 points per game. He is second in the NCAC in field goals with a 5-for-5 season performance for an average of 0.8 field goals per game. Rucker is one of six players in Division III that have not missed a field goal attempt this season.

SCOUTING THE OWLS

Kenyon comes to Little Giant Stadium enjoying its best start to a season since 2013. The Owls are 4-3 under third-year head coach Ian Good and are trying to finish at least .500 for the first time since a 6-4 season in 2012.

Kenyon’s defense has been its calling card through the first six games of the 2024 campaign. The Owls are second in the North Coast Athletic Conference and 26th in Division III in total offense allowed, holding opponents to 248.1 yards a game. Kenyon has limited opponents to 15.4 points a game, third-best in the NCAC and 39th among DIII programs. The Owls’ red-zone defense has been superb, with opposing teams only scoring 56.3 percent of the time, ninth-best in the nation, and second-best behind Wabash at 50 percent in the conference.

Sophomore safety Dominic Simpson leads the Kenyon defense with 53 tackles, including 39 solo stops. Freshman linebacker Andrew Conney has 46 tackles and 19 solos with 8-1/2 tackles for losses totaling 31 yards. Junior defensive end Andy Canonico has a team-best 4-1/2 sacks for 34 yards. The Owls have 19 sacks for 132 yards as a team. Kenyon has also recorded eight interceptions this season with three from sophomore safety Jackson McCullough.

Senior quarterback Park Penrod is third among conference quarterbacks with 1,263 passing yards. He has completed 114 of 237 passes with six touchdowns and eight interceptions. Sophomore wideout Brendon Comerford is the top receiver with 26 catches for 236 yards. Junior Dylan Carlquist adds 22 catches for 300 yards and two touchdowns to the receiving corps.

Drake Lewis, a senior running back, averages 53.3 yards per game on the ground, carrying the football 88 times for 320 yards and four scores. Penrod has scored five rushing touchdowns on 64 attempts with an average of 6.6 yards per carry.

INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES

INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/

EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/

WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/

FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/

ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/

ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index

TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index

BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/

DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/

HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/

MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/

HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/

OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx

ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index

IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/

IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/

IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/

PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/

INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx

GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/

ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/

GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/

HOY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php

TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/

VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index

NUMBERS IN SPORTS

10 – 32 – 2 – 61 – 23

October 26, 1960 – AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Washington, D.C. for 1961

October 26, 1968 – Striker Antal Dunai, Number 10 scored twice as Hungary outpaced Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men’s football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

October 26, 1982 – In MLB news, Philadelphia Phillies Number 32, Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards

October 26, 1985 – Doug Harvey’s Number 2 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens

October 26, 1993 –  NFL announced a new expansion team, the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte

October 26, 1997 – Baseball World Series: Florida beats Cleveland Indians, 3-2 in Game 7 at Pro Player Stadium, Miami for Marlins first-ever title; MVP: Florida pitcher Number 61, Liván Hernández

October 26, 2000 – World Series: NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 4-2 in Game 5 at Shea Stadium to win “Subway Series”; Yankees 3rd straight title; MVP was Yankees’s shortstop Number 2, Derek Jeter

October 26, 2005 – World Series: Chicago beats Houston, 1-0 in Game 4 at Minute Maid Park to sweep Astros and win White Sox first title in 88 years; MVP: Chicago outfielder Number 23, Jermaine Dye

October 26, 2018 – Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer

FOOTBALL HISTORY

Early Pro Rivalry Almost Ends Professional Football

October 26, 1906 – from profootballhof.com The two best teams in professional football were arch rivals the Canton Bulldogs and the Massillon Tigers. That season they played twice splitting the head to head meetings. The second meeting however was for the Ohio League Championship in which the Tigers secured victory. The fierce rivalry caused the two teams to overpay for talent to better themselves against the other and almost caused each club to go broke. That coupled with a betting scandal made pro football in all of Ohio have declining interest from the communities. Learn more about this in our interview with Gregg Ficery and the Massillon Tigers as well as our episode on Joe Carr with Chris Willis.

Deacons largest Upset

October 26, 1946 – Knoxville, Tennessee – They Wake Forest Demon Deacons knocked off the highest-ranked opponent in the football program’s history when they defeated the  No. 4 in the nation Tennessee Volunteers 19-6. The website godeacs.com has a great recount of the game. The Wake Forest line was a block of granite against the Tennessee running attack. Bob Leonetti and Ed Royston, guards; Boyd Allen, center; and Sidney Martin, tackle, refused to let the Vol backs loose for any damaging gains. The Deacon forwards also were terrific in rushing Vol passers.

The Deacons scored first in the opening period, and then came back in the third period to register two quick touchdowns to ice the ball game after the Vols had scored their lone marker in the second period to tie the score at 6-6.

12 Sacks !!!

October 26, 1980 -Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland – The visiting St. Louis Cardinals defense got after the Baltimore Colts QB Bert Jones and sacked him an NFL record tying 12 times! According to an f64sports blog post, Card’s defensive end Curtis Greer dropped Jones an unofficial 4-½ times in the contest. It was not the first time had recorded 12 sacks in an NFL game but it was however the first time an NFL defense had sacked the same player 12 times in one game!

Gamecock Comeback

October 26, 2013 – In an unbelievable comeback, the University of South Carolina upset of the 5th ranked University of Missouri 27-24.  The Gamecocks found themselves trailing the heavily favored Mizzou squad 17-0 in the fourth quarter. USC quarterback Connor Shaw was banged up and had flu-like symptoms according to an article in the postandcourier.com website, but he spearheaded a fierce comeback surge for South Carolina. Earlier in the week Shaw admitted to having a partial tear in his LCL and a few days prior to kick off he had the flu so head coach Steve Spurrier did not let him start the game and the team took the field with Dylan Thompson under center. After watching Dylan struggle through the first 3 quarters, Spurrier turned Shaw and asked him if he could go and the youngster responded by getting the Gamecocks to tie the Tigers and take the game into overtime. The Carolina victory came in the second OT session when Mizzou tried to tie the score once more, but their kick banged off of the upright to fall away from its mark, allowing the underdog USC team to claim victory.

HOF Birthdays

Joe Guyon

October 26, 1892 – White Earth, Minnesota  – Joe Guyon was Jim Thorpe’s teammate at Carlisle and from there he moved on to be an All-American tackle at Georgia Tech in 1918 and also saw a National Championship with the Jackets in 1917. In professional football though according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s bio on the great player, he was a triple threat halfback that played in the NFL for the Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians,  Kansas City Cowboys, Oorang Indians, the Rock Island Independents and the New York Football Giants. He helped the Giants claim the NFL Championship in 1927. The amazing thing is that he played on all of these teams and accomplished so much in just 8 seasons in the League. The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted Joe Guyon in the entry class of 1966.

The Passing Innovator, Sid Gillman

October 26, 1911 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Sid Gillman who played college ball at Ohio State was born.  In the very first Chicago College All-Star game in 1934 legendary player Bronko Nagurski leveled Gillman and it set Sid’s mind that coaching may be the safer and wiser career option in pro football.  Gillman according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame is quoted as saying: “The Big plays come from the pass. God bless those runners, because they give you the first down, give you the ball control and keep your defense off of the field, but if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass.” This summed up the Gillman coaching legacy that lasted for 18 seasons in the AFL and NFL.  Sid’s LA and San Diego Chargers offense set the AFL’s offensive centric style of play apart from the 3 yards and cloud of dust mentality of the NFL in the 1960’s. The Chargers even won the 1963 AFL Championship.  After the merger Gillman still had success,as he as the AFC’s 1974 Coach of the Year. The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted Sid Gillman in the entry class of 1983

Sam Francis

October 26, 1913 – Dunbar, Nebraska – Sam Francis a fullback from the University of Nebraska came into this world. Francis was a great player, he ended up being the runner up to winning the Heisman Trophy after the 1936 season for his fine play. Earlier in 1936 Sam finished 4th in the Shot put at the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. Sam Francis was ushered into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1977. Francis was the first overall pick in the 1937 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, but the Eagles traded his rights to the Chicago Bears soon after where he played for four seasons. Later he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Brooklyn Dodgers before attending the University of Iowa to go for his masters and also serving in the US Army during World War II.

Jim Weatherall

October 26, 1929 – Graham, Texas – Marked the birth of Oklahoma tackle, Jim Weatherall. Per the biography post on Jim on footballfoundation.org, Weatherall was a consensus All- America in 1950 and a unanimous All-America in 1951. Jim had a nine- year pro career that spanned from 1954 all the way to the 1962 season playing in the CFL with Edmonton, and then the NFL with the likes of Philadelphia, Washington, and Detroit. Jim Weatherall was summoned to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.

Les Richter

October 26, 1930 – Fresno, California – Les Richter, a former guard, kicker and linebacker from the University of California from 1949 until 1951 was born. The National Football Foundation tells us that Richter was a 6-2, 230-pound bulldozer on offense and an aggressive, single-minded scrimmage line protector on defense. His greatness was recognized with a deluge of awards that began with the team captain and included the Andy Smith Award for most time played, membership in the All-Time All-Pacific Coast Team, East-West Shrine and College All-Star games, a Most Valuable Player citation, Helms Hall of Fame and, best of all, All-America honors by United Press, Associated Press, International News Service and other recognized selectors. The NFF voted Les Richter into their College Football Hall of Fame in the year 1982.

Tony Casillas

October 26, 1963 – Tulsa, Oklahoma – Defensive tackle Tony Casillas that played for the Oklahoma Sooners came into this world. Tony was a big part of the Sooners 1985 National Championship team. The NFF’s website tells us  that Tony was a two-time consensus First Team All-America selection and that Casillas became only the second Sooner ever to win the Lombardi Award after the 1985 season, which is given to the nation’s top lineman. In 2004 the National Football Foundation selected Tony Casillas to enter the exclusive club of the College Football Hall of Fame. Tony was picked in  the 1986 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Twice named an All-Pro, he played 13 seasons in the NFL with three different teams and won two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

1911    With a seven-run seventh inning in Game 6, the A’s win the World Series, coasting to an easy 13-2 victory over the Giants win the World Series. Outfielder Danny Murphy leads Philadelphia with four hits, and Chief Bender goes the distance to get the win.

1940    Tigers’ slugging left fielder Hank Greenberg (.340, 41, 150) is named the American League’s Most Valuable Player, with Indian hurler Bob Feller (27-11, 2.61) finishing second. Having won the award in 1935 as a first baseman, ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ becomes the first player to win another MVP playing a different position.

1946    Westbrook Pegler, a syndicated columnist, becomes the first to question in print the off-field association of Leo Durocher with actor George Raft and others allegedly tied to gamblers. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s expose of the Dodgers manager will start a series of events leading to the ‘Lip’s’ one-year suspension in 1947.

1949    The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, infused with some major league players, complete an 11-game trip to American-occupied Japan, drawing over half a million spectators to the games played at Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. Lefty O’Doul, the team’s 52-year-old skipper, personally asked by General Douglas McArthur to organize the first post-war peacetime cultural exchanges between the two nations due to his warm relationship with the Asian country, will be enthusiastically greeted by the Japanese fans, including Emperor Hirohito and Prince Akihito.

1950    The BBWAA selects Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto (.324, 7, 66) as the American League MVP. The ‘Scooter,’ who receives 16 of 23 first-place votes, easily outpoints runner-up Boston’s Billy Goodman, the first player without a regular position to receive consideration for the prestigious award.

1950    After asking him to leave the organization, Walter O’Malley succeeds Branch Rickey as president of the Dodgers. In an act to defy O’Malley, who had offered to buy Rickey’s stake to become the majority owner, pays more when ‘the Mahatma’ offers shares to a friend for a million dollars, a deal the new president believes but can’t prove, to be as “fraudulent as a four-dollar bill.”

1960    After his family operated the team in Washington since his dad, Clark Griffith, took over as manager of the club in 1912, Calvin Griffith, president of the Senators, decides to move his club to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to become the Twins. Baseball awards the District of Columbia, an expansion team that will start next season to fill the void, placating the lawmakers who spoke of examining baseball’s anti-trust exemption should the national pastime leave the nation’s capital.

1960    In a move designed to jump ahead of the National League in the expansion race, the American League grants franchises to Washington and Los Angeles and okays the Senators’ move to Minnesota. The decision to place a new team in Washington is partly political because the owners fear the nation’s lawmakers, upset about losing the American League’s oldest club, will threaten baseball’s anti-trust exemption.

1980    Former Yankee and Tiger skipper Ralph Houk comes out of his two-year retirement to manage the Red Sox. The ‘Major’ will compile a 312-282 (.525) won-loss record, but his team will not make a postseason appearance during his four-year tenure in Boston.

1982    The Phillies’ 37-year-old southpaw Steve Carlton (23-11, 3.10) wins the Cy Young Award for an unprecedented fourth time. In one of the worst trades in baseball history, Philadelphia swapped Rick Wise for “Lefty,” also the winner of the prestigious prize hurling for Philadelphia in 1972, 1977, and 1980.

1985    In Game 6 of the World Series, Don Denkinger’s controversial ninth-inning call at first base enables the Royals to beat the Cardinals, 2-1, allowing Dane Iorg to hit a two-run walk-off single. Jorge Orta is called safe but appears out when first baseman Jack Clark’s throw to Todd Worrell, covering the bag, clearly beats him and extends the Fall Classic to a decisive Game 7 that Kansas City will win to capture its first World Championship.

1995    Onboard the space shuttle Columbia, Commander Ken Bowersox throws the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 of the World Series. The ceremony, transmitted from space via satellite and shown to the Indians and Braves fans at Jacobs Field, continues with an animation sequence on the scoreboard that ends with a ball that appears to fly in and land in center field.

1996    After two stunning defeats at home, 12-1 and 4-0 losses, to start the series, the Yankees win the next four games to clinch their first World Series since 1978 with a 3-2 victory in the Bronx over the defending World Champs Braves. The Fall Classic victory will be the first title of four in five years for the Bronx Bombers.

1997    With two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7, Edgar Renteria singles home Craig Counsell, giving the Florida Marlins their first World Series title with a 3-2 win over the Indians. The five-year-old Marlins become the youngest expansion team to win the Fall Classic.

1998    Potential free-agent All-Star catcher Mike Piazza signs the most lucrative contract in major league history when he agrees to terms with the Mets. The seven-year deal is worth over $91 million and includes having a suite on road trips and a luxury box for Shea Stadium’s home games.

1999    Chad Curtis leads off the tenth inning with his second home run of the game, giving the Yankees a dramatic 6-5 walk-off victory over the Braves and a commanding 3-0 lead in the World Series. The outfielder becomes the 11th player to end a Fall Classic game with a round-tripper when he goes deep off Atlanta reliever Mike Remlinger.

2000    Derek Jeter becomes the first player to win the All-Star Game and the World Series MVP honors in the same season. The Yankee shortstop hit .409, and his nine hits included two doubles, a triple, and a pair of home runs in the Bronx Bombers’ five-game victory over the Mets in the Fall Classic.

2000    In Game 5 at Shea Stadium, the Yankees win their third consecutive World Series, the fourth title in five years, and record their 26th championship by defeating the Mets, 4-2. Luis Sojo’s ninth-inning two-out, tie-breaking single off starter Al Leiter is the decisive hit.

2000    Joe Torre becomes the fifth skipper to win four World Series championships when the Bronx Bombers beat the Mets to win the Fall Classic. The future Hall of Fame skipper joins Joe McCarthy (7), Casey Stengel (7), Connie Mack (5), and Walter Alston (4), who are all enshrined in Cooperstown.

2002    When Russ Ortiz, who is tossing a 5-0 shutout, strikes out Garret Anderson to begin the seventh inning of Game 6, the Giants appeared destined to win their first World Series since 1954. The Angels, scoring six times in the seventh and eighth innings, rally from the large deficit and stage the biggest comeback for a team facing elimination in the Fall Classic, beating the Giants, 6-5.

2003    Citing disagreements with team owner George Steinbrenner, Don Zimmer resigns as the Yankees’ bench coach. ‘Popeye,’ a close friend of skipper Joe Torre, will be named Senior Baseball Advisor for the Devil Rays before the 2004 season begins.

2004    Curt Schilling becomes the first starting pitcher to win a World Series for three teams. In addition to his Game 2 Red Sox victory over the Cardinals, his 8-2 lifetime postseason record includes wins for the Phillies (1993) and Diamondbacks (2001).

2004    Before Game 3 of the World Series, Edgar Martinez receives the Roberto Clemente Award, an honor given to the player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement, and the individual’s contribution to his team. The Mariners designated hitter, a native of Puerto Rico, like the award’s namesake, is involved in Parent Project/Muscular Dystrophy, Children’s Hospital, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

2005    Willie Harris scores the game’s only run in the eighth inning as Jermaine Dye, the series MVP, singles the pinch-hitter home, giving the White Sox a 1-0 victory over the Astros and the team its first World Championship since 1917. An American League team sweeps its National League opponent for the second consecutive year.

2005    White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen becomes the first foreign-born manager to win a World Series as the ‘Wizards of Ozzie’ sweep the Astros in the Fall Classic. The 41-year-old Venezuelan is also the youngest pilot to win a World Championship.

2005    Bobby Valentine becomes the first foreign manager to win the Japan Series in the 70-year history of Japanese baseball. Former Rangers and Mets skipper leads the Chiba Lotte Marines to their first league championship in 31 years when they sweep the Hanshin Tigers.

2005    Tadahito Iguchi becomes the first Japanese native to win a World Series ring when the White Sox sweep the Astros to win their first Fall Classic in 88 years. In January, the 30-year-old Fukuoka Daiei Hawks’ second baseman signed with Chicago as a free agent.

2007    The MLB Players Trust and Yahoo! Sports name Dmitri Young the National League Comeback Player of the Year. The big first baseman, released by the Tigers early last season due to both on and off-the-field issues, joined the Nationals as a non-roster player and became an All-Star selection for Washington, finishing the season with a .320 batting average, the tenth best in the circuit.

2007    The MLB Players Trust and Yahoo! Sports announce the selection of Devil Rays’ first baseman Carlos Pena as the American League Comeback Player of the Year. After missing most of the past two seasons and being told he wouldn’t make the team this year, the first baseman set Tampa Bay’s single-season records for homers, RBIs, and walks.

2008    The Hank Aaron Award, given annually to the top offensive player in each league, is presented to Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis (.312, 29, 115) and Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez (.289, 27, 111). The honor was established in 1999 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Hall of Fame outfielder surpassing Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record.

2008    In the Phillies’ 10-2 rout of the Rays in Game 4 at Citizen Bank Park, right-hander Joe Blanton hits a home run, marking only the 15th time in World Series history that a pitcher has homered. Ken Holtzman was the last hurler to accomplish the feat when he went deep off Andy Messersmith in 1974.

2009    Tony La Russa agrees to a one-year contract to return for his 15th season as the Cardinals manager. The Redbirds have appeared in the postseason eight times under their 65-year-old skipper, including the 2006 World Championship.

2009    The Padres formally introduced 35-year-old Jed Hoyer as the team’s new general manager. The former assistant to Boston’s GM, Theo Epstein, replaces Kevin Towers, who held the position in San Diego for 14 seasons.

2009    Mark McGwire will join his former manager, Tony La Russa, on the Cardinals’ bench as the team’s hitting coach, replacing Hal McRae. The one-time single-season home run champ, who damaged his reputation by refusing to answer questions about steroids during a congressional hearing in 2005, had La Russa as his skipper in 15 of the 16 years he played in the major leagues in Oakland and St. Louis.

2010    The Nationals notify Jim Riggleman he will be returning as the team’s manager next year. Washington finished last in the National League East for the third consecutive season but improved by ten games in the win column, finishing with 69 victories.

2013    With runners on second and third with one out, Jon Jay’s grounder results in Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia easily throwing out Yadier Molina at the plate. After making the tag at home, Boston backstop Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s errant throw to third base causes third baseman Will Middlebrooks to collide with Allen Craig, who had gone to third and appears out trying to score, but an infielder’s interference call gives the Cardinals an unusual 5-4 walk-off victory in the first World Series game to ever end on an obstruction call.

2014    At AT&T Park, Madison Bumgarner hurls a complete game, blanking the Royals on four hits in Game 6 of the World Series, 5-0. The southpaw’s victory, giving the Giants a 3-2 edge, is the first shutout thrown by a starter in the Fall Classic since Josh Beckett accomplished the feat for the Marlins at Yankee Stadium in 2003 and the first for the franchise since 1962 when Jack Sanford whitewashed New York in 1962.

2014    Cardinal rookie Oscar Taveras, who participated in seven postseason games with St. Louis earlier in the month, dies in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic. The 22-year-old outfielder, who batted .320 and slugged .516 as a minor leaguer, was considered by many to be a ‘can’t miss prospect.’

2016    The Cubs’ 5-1 decision over the Indians at Progressive Field marks the team’s first World Series game victory since 1945. The Chicago win hands Cleveland’s skipper Terry Francona his first loss in ten Fall Classic contests.

2018    Game 3 of the World Series finally ends with Max Muncy’s walk-off home run, giving the Dodgers a 3-2 victory over Red Sox in the 18th inning. The seven-hour-and-twenty-minute Chavez Ravine contest establishes a new longevity record for the length of a game, tied for the longest in terms of innings, and took longer to play than the entire 1939 World Series.

2021    In Game 1 of the Fall Classic, Jorge Soler goes deep on the third pitch of the game off Astros’ starter Framber Valdez, becoming the first player to hit a home run in his first plate appearance of the World Series. The 29-year-old Braves designated hitter’s round-tripper gets the team off to fast start in their 6-2 victory of Houston at Minute Maid Park.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Oct. 26

1907 — Jim Thorpe makes his Carlisle (Pa.) debut dazzling a crowd of 22,800 in a 26-6 defeat of No. 4 Penn at Philadelphia’s Franklin Field. Thorpe rushes, returns kicks and does all the kicking in putting on a one-man show.

1951 — Joe Louis loses his last fight, an eighth-round TKO to Rocky Marciano at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Marciano knocks Louis down with a left hook in the eighth round. Louis gets to one knee at the count of three and takes an eight-count before getting up. Marciano ends the fight with a right that sends Louis through the ropes and onto the ring apron. Louis’ career record is 66-3 with 52 knockouts.

1968 — Brooks Dawson of Texas-El Paso completes 17 of 24 passes for 304 yards in the final 10:21 of the fourth quarter as the Miners beat Brigham Young 31-25.

1968 — Boxer George Foreman beats Ionas Chepulis of the Soviet Union for the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the Mexico Olympic Games.

1970 — Muhammad Ali returns to the ring after a 2 1/2-year layoff, due to his refusal to be drafted into the United States Army. Fighting in Atlanta, Ali opened a cut over Jerry Quarry’s left eye with a right hand in the third round, causing the fight to be stopped before the start of the fourth round.

1980 — The St. Louis Cardinals sack quarterback Baltimore quarterback Bert Jones 12 times in a 17-10 victory.

1982 — Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton became the first pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards

1990 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the NHL first player to reach the 2,000-point plateau when he helps set up a goal by Tomas Sandstrom at 14:32 of the first period of the Los Angeles Kings’ game at Winnipeg.

2000 — The New York Yankees become the first team in more than a quarter-century to win three straight World Series championships, beating the New York Mets 4-2. The Yankees match the Oakland Athletics’ three in a row from 1972-74, and win their fourth title in five years.

2002 — Volponi, a 43-1 long shot, finds room along the rail and blows past the fading Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner War Emblem to take the Breeders’ Cup Classic by 6½ lengths ahead of Medaglia d’Oro.

2006 — Ryan Miller stops 29 shots as Buffalo beats the New York Islanders 3-0 to win its 10th straight game. The win matches the best start in NHL history, tying the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs.

2012 — The NHL cancels all its games through the end of November because of the labor dispute between owners and players.

2013 — Octavias McKoy runs for 455 yards, setting an NCAA record for all-divisions, as Division III Western Connecticut State beats Worcester State 55-35. McKoy scores five touchdowns in the game and breaks the rushing record previously held by Dante Brown of Marietta College. Brown ran for 441 on Oct. 5, 1996 against Baldwin-Wallace.

2014 — Serena Williams wins the WTA Tour Finals for the third straight year and fifth time overall, beating Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0. Williams joins Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf as the only players to have won five titles in the season-ending championship.

2014 — Ben Roethlisberger is 40 for 49 for 522 yards and six touchdown passes in Pittsburgh’s 51-34 win over Indianapolis. Roethlisberger became the first player in NFL history with two 500-yard passing games — 503 yards vs. Green Bay on Dec. 20, 2009.

2014 — Abby Wambach scores four goals and the World Cup-bound United States beat Costa Rica 6-0 for its fifth CONCACAF Women’s Championship title.

2018 — The longest World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 minutes) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with a Max Muncy walk-off home run.

TV SPORTS SATURDAY

MLB PLAYOFFSTIME ETTV
World Series Game 2: New York at Los Angeles8:08pmFOX
NBA REGULAR SEASONTIME ETTV
Los Angeles Clippers at Denver Nuggets5:00pmNBATV
Bally Sports SoCal
ALT
Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons7:00pmNBCS-BOS
Bally Sports Detroit
Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Wizards7:00pmBally Sports Ohio
MNMT
Miami Heat at Charlotte Hornets7:00pmBally Sports Sun
Bally Sports Southeast
Oklahoma City Thunder at Chicago Bulls8:00pmBally Sports Oklahoma
CHSN
Orlando Magic at Memphis Grizzlies8:00pmNBATV
Bally Sports Southeast
Bally Sports Florida
Toronto Raptors at Minnesota Timberwolves8:00pmTSN
Bally Sports North
Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs8:30pmSCHN
Bally Sports Southwest
Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns10:00pmKMPX
AFSN
Sacramento Kings at Los Angeles Lakers10:30pmNBATV
NBCS-CA
Spectrum
NHL REGULAR SEASONTIME ETTV
Detroit at Buffalo1:00pmBally Sports Detroit
MSG-BUF
Minnesota at Philadelphia1:00pmBally Sports North
NBC Sports Philadelphia
Utah at Los Angeles4:00pmUtah 16
Bally Sports West
Toronto at Boston7:00pmSportsnet
NESN
St. Louis at Montreal7:00pmSportsnet
Bally Sports Midwest
Washington at Tampa Bay7:00pmMNMT
Bally Sports Sun
Anaheim at NY Rangers7:00pmVictory+
MSG
Winnipeg at Calgary7:00pmSportsnet
Florida at NY Islanders7:30pmScripps
MSGSN
Columbus at Nashville8:00pmBally Sports Ohio
Bally Sports South
Chicago at Dallas8:00pmVictory+
NBC Sports Chicago
Pittsburgh at Vancouver10:00pmATTSN-PIT
Sportsnet
San Jose at Vegas10:00pmNBC Sports Califorina
Scripps
Carolina at Seattle10:00pmBally Sports South
Prime Seattle
COLLEGE FOOTBALLTIME ETTV
Texas at Vanderbilt
Missouri at Alabama
LSU at Texas A&M
West Virginia at Arizona
Utah at Houston
Texas Tech at TCU
BYU at UCF
Kansas at Kansas State
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech12:00pmACCN
Oklahoma at Ole Miss12:00pm
Charlotte at Memphis12:00pm
Tulane at North Texas12:00pm
Buffalo at Ohio12:00pmCBSSN
Washington at Indiana12:00pmBTN
Nebraska at Ohio State12:00pmFOX
Notre Dame vs Navy12:00pm
North Carolina at Virginia12:00pmThe CW
Arkansas at Mississippi State12:45pmSECN
Georgia State at Appalachian State1:00pmESPN+
Temple at East Carolina2:00pmESPN+
Central Michigan at Miami (OH)2:00pmESPN+
Illinois at Oregon3:30pmCBS
Paramount+
Bowling Green at Toledo3:30pmESPN+
Maryland at Minnesota3:30pmFS1
NIU at Ball State3:30pmESPN+
Kent State at Western Michigan3:30pmESPN+
Eastern Michigan at Akron3:30pmESPN+
Wagner at UMass3:30pmESPN+
Southern Miss at James Madison3:30pmESPN+
UTSA at Tulsa3:30pmESPN+
Oklahoma State at Baylor3:30pmESPN+
Northwestern at Iowa3:30pmBTN
Wake Forest at Stanford3:30pmACCN
Rice at UConn3:30pmCBSSN
Oregon State at California4:00pmESPN2
New Mexico at Colorado State5:00pmMWN
ULM at South Alabama5:00pmESPN+
Utah State at Wyoming7:00pmCBSSN
Troy at Arkansas State7:00pmESPN+
Florida State at Miami (FL)7:00pmESPN
Penn State at Wisconsin7:30pmNBC
Peacock
Michigan State at Michigan7:30pmBTN
Auburn at Kentucky7:45pmSECN
SMU at Duke8:00pmACCN
San Jose State at Fresno State8:00pmtruTV
Max
Cincinnati at Colorado10:15pmESPN
Washington State at San Diego State10:30pmCBSSN
Nevada at Hawaii11:59pmSpectrum
MOTORSPORTSTIME ETTV
NASCAR Truck: Truck Playoff Race at Homestead-Miami12:00pmFS1
Xfinity: Xfinity Series Race at Homestead-Miami3:00pmNBC
GOLFTIME ETTV
DP World Tour: Genesis Championship10:00amGOLF
LPGA Tour: Maybank Championship6:30pmGOLF
PGA Tour: ZOZO Championship11:00pmGOLF
SOCCERTIME ETTV
La Liga: Real Valladolid vs Villarreal8:00amESPN+
Fubo
Serie A: Genoa vs Bologna9:00amCBSSN
Paramount+
Fubo
Serie A: Napoli vs Lecce9:00amCBSSN
Paramount+
Fubo
Bundesliga: Augsburg vs Borussia Dortmund9:30amESPN+
Bundesliga: RB Leipzig vs Freiburg9:30amESPN+
Bundesliga: Stuttgart vs Holstein Kiel9:30amESPN+
Bundesliga: St. Pauli vs Wolfsburg9:30amESPN+
EPL: Aston Villa vs AFC Bournemouth10:00amUSA
Peacock
Fubo
EPL: Brentford vs Ipswich Town10:00amPeacock
EPL: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers10:00amPeacock
EPL: Manchester City vs Southampton10:00amPeacock
La Liga: Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alavés10:15amESPN+
Fubo
Ligue 1: Angers SCO vs Saint-Étienne11:00amFanatiz
beIN Sports
Serie A: Bologna vs Milan12:00pmParamount+
Fubo
EPL: Everton vs Fulham12:30pmNBC
Peacock
Fubo
Bundesliga: Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen12:30pmESPN+
La Liga: Las Palmas vs Girona12:30pmESPN+
Fubo
Ligue 1: Reims vs Brest1:00pmFanatiz
beIN Sports
Serie A: Atalanta vs Hellas Verona2:45pmParamount+
Fubo
La Liga: Real Madrid vs Barcelona3:00pmESPN+
Fubo
Ligue 1: Lens vs Lille3:00pmFanatiz
beIN Sports
Liga MX: León vs Querétaro7:00pmVIX
Liga MX: Pumas UNAM vs Cruz Azul8:00pmTUDN
Fubo
Liga MX:Tigres UANL vs Pachuca10:00pmFubo
Liga MX:Atlas vs Tijuana10:05pmTUDN
VIX