“THE SCOREBOARD”
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 4 SCORES
ADAMS CENTRAL 39, JAY COUNTY 8
ANDREAN 28, MUNSTER 0
BATESVILLE 55, RUSHVILLE 20
BEECH GROVE 26, SCECINA 14
BLACKFORD 14, ELWOOD 7, OT
BLOOMINGTON NORTH 31, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 14
BLUFFTON 36, WOODLAN 7
BOONE GROVE 50, CALUMET CHRISTIAN 14
BOONVILLE 35, NORTH KNOX 6
BROWN COUNTY 57, IRVINGTON PREP 0
BREBEUF JESUIT 69, GUERIN CATHOLIC 62
BROWNSBURG 45, AVON 15
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 54, SALEM 12
BYRON CENTRAL (MICH.) 54, HAMMOND MORTON 28
CALUMET 26, HIGHLAND 14
CARROLL (FLORA) 24, DELPHI 21
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 31, FW BISHOP DWENGER 3
CASCADE 49, WEST CENTRAL 0
CASTLE 42, EVANSVILLE HARRISON 7
CATHEDRAL 31, BISHOP CHATARD 7
CENTER GROVE 42, BEN DAVIS 19
CENTERVILLE 21, WINCHESTER 7
CHESTERTON 28, LAPORTE 7
CHURUBUSCO 24, EASTSIDE 12
CLINTON PRAIRIE 34, TRI-CENTRAL 24
CLOVERDALE 71, SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL 0
COLUMBIA CITY 37, HUNTINGTON NORTH 21
COLUMBUS EAST 62, JENNINGS COUNTY 7
COLUMBUS NORTH 14, RONCALLI 0
CONCORD 24, NORTHRIDGE 17
CROWN POINT 42, LAKE CENTRAL 14
DANVILLE 38, HAMILTON HEIGHTS 7
EAST CENTRAL 49, FRANKLIN COUNTY 13
EAST NOBLE 35, DEKALB 0
EASTBROOK 28, ALEXANDRIA 27
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 35, TAYLOR 20
EASTERN GREENE 59, MITCHELL 26
EDGEWOOD 40, OWEN VALLEY 9
ELKHART 35, SOUTH BEND RILEY 2
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 40, VINCENNES LINCOLN 7
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 41, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 13
EVANSVILLE REITZ 28, EVANSVILLE NORTH 12
FAIRFIELD 48, CULVER ACADEMY 33
FISHERS 37, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 35
FLOYD CENTRAL 50, SEYMOUR 29
FOREST PARK 44, TECUMSEH 0
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 20, COVINGTON 18
FREMONT 47, PARK TUDOR 29
FW BISHOP LUERS 20, FW WAYNE 14
FW NORTH 49, FW CONCORDIA LUTHERAN 20
FW SNIDER 35, FW SOUTH 14
GARRETT 41, LAKELAND 27
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 28, PENDLETON HEIGHTS 14
GREENWOOD 40, MOORESVILLE 27
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 49, EDINBURGH 0
GRIFFITH 55, WHITING 0
HAGERSTOWN 62, UNION COUNTY 0
HAMMOND CENTRAL 35, SHORTRIDGE 0
HANOVER CENTRAL 48, LOWELL 21
HARRISON (WL) 51, RICHMOND 14
HERITAGE 38, SOUTH BEND ADAMS 22
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 63, EASTERN HANCOCK 33
HERITAGE HILLS 48, SOUTH SPENCER 0
HOBART 41, KANKAKEE VALLEY 23
HOMESTEAD 40, FW NORTHROP 0
JASPER 41, EVANSVILLE BOSSE 0
JEFFERSONVILLE 30, LOUISVILLE FERN CREEK (KY.) 27
JIMTOWN 22, JOHN GLENN 14
KNIGHTSTOWN 46, UNION CITY 32
KNOX 26, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 3
KOKOMO 49, ANDERSON 12
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 56, TWIN LAKES 21
LAFAYETTE JEFF 43, MUNCIE CENTRAL 14
LAPEL 42, INDIAN CREEK 12
LAVILLE 13, BREMEN 12
LAWRENCE NORTH 62, NORTH CENTRAL 10
LAWRENCEBURG 70, GREENSBURG 3
LEBANON 42, NORTH MONTGOMERY 0
LEO 42, NEW HAVEN 13
LINTON-STOCKTON 42, SULLIVAN 20
LOGANSPORT 54, BENTON CENTRAL 0
LOUISVILLE TRINITY (KY.) 35, CARMEL 23
LUTHERAN 49, COVENANT CHRISTIAN 8
MACONAQUAH 62, WHITKO 0
MADISON 52, CARROLL COUNTY (KY.) 14
MADISON-GRANT 48, OAK HILL 24
MARTINSVILLE 39, DECATUR CENTRAL 38
MCCUTCHEON 42, MARION 32
MERRILLVILLE 27, PORTAGE 13
MILAN 41, SWITZERLAND COUNTY 14
MISHAWAKA 35, NORTHWOOD 19
MISHAWAKA MARIAN 27, SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 0
MISSISSINEWA 47, FRANKTON 0
MONROE CENTRAL 35, TRI 26
MONROVIA 35, TRITON CENTRAL 21
MT. VERNON (POSEY) 28, WASHINGTON 17
NEW ALBANY 22, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 12
NEW CASTLE 28, SHELBYVILLE 7
NEW PALESTINE 56, MT. VERNON 8
NORTH DAVIESS 38, PRINCETON 20
NORTH DECATUR 27, SHENANDOAH 7
NORTH HARRISON 35, CHARLESTOWN 6
NORTH JUDSON 46, NORTH MIAMI 0
NORTH POSEY 34, TELL CITY 14
NORTH PUTNAM 52, CRAWFORDSVILLE 21
NORTHEASTERN 47, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 0
NORTHFIELD 35, SOUTHWOOD 34
NORTHVIEW 49, WEST VIGO 7
NORTHWESTERN 64, LEWIS CASS 55
NORWELL 55, BELLMONT 0
PAOLI 47, PERRY CENTRAL 0
PARKE HERITAGE 39, ATTICA 0
PENN 44, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 6
PERU 48, WABASH 14
PIKE 53, SOUTHPORT 7
PIONEER 63, CASTON 6
PLAINFIELD 35, PERRY MERIDIAN 12
PLYMOUTH 31, GOSHEN 3
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 42, CENTRAL NOBLE 20
PROVIDENCE 45, CLARKSVILLE 6
PURDUE POLY 26, NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL 0
RIVER FOREST 35, GARY WEST 0
RIVERTON PARKE 40, SEEGER 6
ROCHESTER 36, MANCHESTER 0
SCOTTSBURG 56, CORYDON CENTRAL 21
SHERIDAN 43, CLINTON CENTRAL 26
SILVER CREEK 13, EASTERN (PEKIN) 7
SOUTH DEARBORN 41, CONNERSVILLE 0
SOUTH DECATUR 49, CRAWFORD COUNTY 16
SOUTH NEWTON 48, NORTH NEWTON 13
SOUTH PUTNAM 41, GREENCASTLE 14
SOUTH VERMILLION 48, NORTH VERMILLION 6
SOUTH WARREN (KY.) 34, GIBSON SOUTHERN 31
SOUTHMONT 40, FRANKFORT 0
SOUTHRIDGE 53, PIKE CENTRAL 7
SPEEDWAY 29, CARDINAL RITTER 23, OT
SPRINGS VALLEY 55, WEST WASHINGTON 15
TECH 21, TINDLEY 6
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 41, TERRE HAUTE NORTH 22
TIPTON 31, WESTERN 7
TRI-COUNTY 36, NORTH WHITE 12
TRITON 48, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) 12
VALPARAISO 20, MICHIGAN CITY 14
VINCENNES LINCOLN 40, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 7
WARREN CENTRAL 35, LAWRENCE CENTRAL 0
WARSAW 56, WAWASEE 6
WASHINGTON (INDIANAPOLIS) 40, LAKE STATION 12
WES-DEL 51, SOUTHERN WELLS 6
WEST LAFAYETTE 34, RENSSELAER CENTRAL 7
WEST NOBLE 35, ANGOLA 10
WESTERN BOONE 21, TRI-WEST 17
WESTFIELD 38, NOBLESVILLE 18
WHEELER 44, HAMMOND NOLL 13
WHITELAND 27, FRANKLIN 14
WINAMAC 22, CULVER 14
YORKTOWN 28, DELTA 14
ZIONSVILLE 35, FRANKLIN CENTRAL 21
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL REPORTED SCORES
BORDEN 3 HAUSER 0
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 3 VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 0
ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 3 HAMILTON 0
MORGAN TWP. 3 KOUTS 2
INDIANA DEAF 3 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 1
WESTVILLE 3 TRI TOWNSHIP 0
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 3 NEW WASHINGTON 0
COMMUNITY BAPTIST 3 SOUTH BEND CAREER 0
CASTLE 2 CHAMPAGNE CENTRAL 0
CASTLE 2 LIBERTYVILLE 0
INDIANA BOYS SOCCER REPORTED SCORES
RISING SUN 3 JAC CEN DEL 3
SEVEN OAKS CLASSICAL 8 TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN 0
PROVIDENCE CRISTON REY 8 SETON CATHOLIC 1
COLUMBUS NORTH 2 CARMEL 0
FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY 2 BETHANY CHRISTIAN 2
INDIANA GIRLS SOCCER REPORTED SCORES
KOUTS 1 HEBRON 0
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 3
#14 KANSAS STATE 31 #20 ARIZONA 7
UNLV 23 KANSAS 20
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14
12 P.M. | NO. 4 ALABAMA AT WISCONSIN | FOX
12 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT NO. 17 MICHIGAN | BIG TEN NETWORK
12 P.M. | NO. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE AT TULSA | ESPN2
12 P.M. | NO. 16 LSU AT SOUTH CAROLINA | ABC
12 P.M. | LOUISIANA TECH AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK
12 P.M. | CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT ILLINOIS | PEACOCK
12 P.M. | MEMPHIS AT FLORIDA STATE | ESPN
12 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT MIAMI (OH) | ESPNU
12 P.M. | NORTH TEXAS AT TEXAS TECH | FS1
12 P.M. | CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE AT SAINT FRANCIS (PA) | NEC FRONT ROW
12 P.M. | LEHIGH AT LIU | NEC FRONT ROW
12 P.M. | NORTH GREENVILLE AT THE CITADEL | ESPN+
12 P.M. | MERCYHURST AT ROBERT MORRIS | ESPN+
12:30 P.M. | MARIST AT LAFAYETTE | ESPN+
12:45 P.M. | NO. 24 BOSTON COLLEGE AT NO. 6 MISSOURI | SEC NETWORK
1 P.M. | MASSACHUSETTS AT BUFFALO | CBS SPORTS NETWORK
1 P.M. | DELAWARE AT NORTH CAROLINA A&T | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | STONY BROOK AT FORDHAM | ESPN+
1 P.M. | WESTERN ILLINOIS AT ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | GEORGETOWN AT SACRED HEART | ESPN+
1 P.M. | VIRGINIA-LYNCHBURG AT PRESBYTERIAN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | COASTAL CAROLINA AT TEMPLE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT RICHMOND | FLOSPORTS
2 P.M. | HOLY CROSS AT BRYANT | FLOSPORTS
2 P.M. | IDAHO STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA | ESPN+
2 P.M. | DUQUESNE AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | STETSON AT FURMAN | ESPN+
3 P.M. | WAGNER AT DELAWARE STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | MOREHEAD STATE AT MONTANA | ESPN+
3 P.M. | MOREHOUSE AT HOWARD | CNBC
3:30 P.M. | NO. 18 NOTRE DAME AT PURDUE | CBS
3:30 P.M. | NO. 9 OREGON AT OREGON STATE | FOX
3:30 P.M. | BALL STATE AT NO. 10 MIAMI | ACC NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | TULANE AT NO. 15 OKLAHOMA | ESPN
3:30 P.M. | VMI AT GEORGIA TECH | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | TEXAS A&M AT FLORIDA | ABC
3:30 P.M. | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT MICHIGAN STATE | BIG TEN NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | NEVADA AT MINNESOTA | BIG TEN NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | WASHINGTON STATE AT WASHINGTON | PEACOCK
3:30 P.M. | WEST VIRGINIA AT PITTSBURGH | ESPN2
3:30 P.M. | MORGAN STATE AT OHIO | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | MONMOUTH AT MAINE | FLOSPORTS
3:30 P.M. | TOWSON AT VILLANOVA | FLOSPORTS
4 P.M. | TROY AT IOWA | FS1
4 P.M. | APP STATE AT EAST CAROLINA | ESPNU
4 P.M. | HAMPTON AT NORFOLK STATE | ESPN+
4 P.M. | UALBANY AT IDAHO | ESPN+
4 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA AT PORTLAND STATE | ESPN+
4 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT NORTHERN COLORADO | ESPN+
4:15 P.M. | UAB AT ARKANSAS | SEC NETWORK
4:30 P.M. | NO. 12 UTAH AT UTAH STATE | CBS SPORTS NETWORK
5:30 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT ETSU | ESPN+
6 P.M. | UCONN AT DUKE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | VIRGINIA TECH AT OLD DOMINION | ESPN+
6 P.M. | FIU AT FAU | ESPN+
6 P.M. | UTEP AT LIBERTY | ESPN+
6 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | ESPN+
6 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL AT NORTH CAROLINA | ESPN+
6 P.M. | COLGATE AT AKRON | ESPN+
6 P.M. | GARDNER-WEBB AT CHARLOTTE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | CAMPBELL AT RHODE ISLAND | FLOSPORTS
6 P.M. | WILLIAM & MARY AT WOFFORD | ESPN+
6 P.M. | WESTERN CAROLINA AT ELON | FLOSPORTS
6 P.M. | STONEHILL AT NEW HAMPSHIRE | FLOSPORTS
6 P.M. | WEST GEORGIA AT EASTERN KENTUCKY | ESPN+
6 P.M. | MERCER AT CHATTANOOGA | ESPN+
6 P.M. | DAYTON AT INDIANA STATE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | MERRIMACK AT BUCKNELL | ESPN+
6:30 P.M. | NO. 5 OLE MISS AT WAKE FOREST | THE CW NETWORK
6:30 P.M. | BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | UTSA AT NO. 2 TEXAS | ESPN
7 P.M. | VANDERBILT AT GEORGIA STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | JACKSONVILLE STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT SAN JOSÉ STATE | TRUTV/MAX
7 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | HAWAI’I AT SAM HOUSTON | ESPN+
7 P.M. | SOUTH FLORIDA AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+
7 P.M. | AUSTIN PEAY AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS | ESPN+
7 P.M. | LINDENWOOD AT MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT MURRAY STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | AUGUSTANA (SD) AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | INCARNATE WORD AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
7 P.M. | ALABAMA STATE AT SAMFORD | ESPN+
7 P.M. | ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF AT TENNESSEE STATE | HBCUGO
7 P.M. | SOUTHERN AT JACKSON STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | EDWARD WATERS AT ALCORN STATE | SWAC DIGITAL NETWORK
7 P.M. | NORTH ALABAMA AT UT MARTIN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | GRAMBLING STATE AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | LOUISIANA CHRISTIAN AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | WEBER STATE AT LAMAR | ESPN+
7 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA | ESPN+
7 P.M. | GEORGETOWN (KY) AT ALABAMA A&M | SWAC DIGITAL NETWORK
7:30 P.M. | NO. 1 GEORGIA AT KENTUCKY | ABC
7:30 P.M. | NEW MEXICO AT AUBURN | ESPN2
7:30 P.M. | TOLEDO AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | ESPNU
7:30 P.M. | INDIANA AT UCLA | NBC/PEACOCK
7:30 P.M. | NORTHERN IOWA AT NO. 23 NEBRASKA | BIG TEN NETWORK
7:30 P.M. | AIR FORCE AT BAYLOR | FS1
7:30 P.M. | COLORADO AT COLORADO STATE | CBS
7:30 P.M. | UCF AT TCU | FOX
7:30 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT NORTHWESTERN | BIG TEN NETWORK
7:30 P.M. | INDIANA WESLEYAN AT VALPARAISO | ESPN+
7:45 P.M. | KENT STATE AT NO. 7 TENNESSEE | SEC NETWORK
8 P.M. | MARYLAND AT VIRGINIA | ACC NETWORK
8 P.M. | RICE AT HOUSTON | ESPN+
8 P.M. | UC DAVIS AT SOUTHERN UTAH | ESPN+
8 P.M. | WESTERN OREGON AT CAL POLY | ESPN+
8 P.M. | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT MCNEESE | ESPN+
9 P.M. | BYU AT WYOMING | CBS SPORTS NETWORK
9 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT UTAH TECH | ESPN+
9 P.M. | NICHOLLS AT SACRAMENTO STATE | ESPN+
10:30 P.M. | SAN DIEGO STATE AT CALIFORNIA | ESPN
10:30 P.M. | NEW MEXICO STATE AT FRESNO STATE | TRUTV/MAX
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7
INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
SEPTEMBER 14 AT UCLA 7:30
SEPTEMBER 21 VS. CHARLOTTE TBA
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. MARYLAND TBA
OCTOBER 5 AT NORTHWESTERN TBA
OCTOBER 19 VS. NEBRASKA TBA
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
SEPTEMBER 14 VS. NOTRE DAME 3:30
SEPTEMBER 21 AT OREGON STATE 8:30
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. NEBRASKA 12:00
OCTOBER 5 AT WISCONSIN TBA
OCTOBER 12 AT ILLINOIS TBA
OCTOBER 18 VS. OREGON 8:00
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
SEPTEMBER 14 AT PURDUE 3:30
SEPTEMBER 21 VS. MIAMI (OH) 3:30
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. LOUISVILLE 3:30
OCTOBER 12 VS. STANFORD 3:30
OCTOBER 19 AT GEORGIA TECH TBA
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
SEPTEMBER 14 VS. HANOVER 6:00
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY-LYNCHBURG 1:00
OCTOBER 5 VS. MOREHEAD STATE 1:00
OCTOBER 12 AT DRAKE 1:00 CT
OCTOBER 19 VS. DAYTON 1:00
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
SEPTEMBER 14 AT MIAMI FL 3:30
SEPTEMBER 21 AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN TBA
SEPTEMBER 28 AT JAMES MADISON TBA
OCTOBER 5 VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN TBA
OCTOBER 12 AT KENT STATE TBA
OCTOBER 19 AT VANDERBILT TBA
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
SEPTEMBER 14 VS. DAYTON 6:00
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 1:00
OCTOBER 5 AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2:00
OCTOBER 12 VS. MURRAY STATE 1:00
OCTOBER 19 AT MISSOURI STATE 3:00
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
SEPT. 15: AT GREEN BAY, 1 P.M., FOX
SEPT. 22: VS. CHICAGO, 1 P.M., CBS
SEPT. 29: VS. PITTSBURGH, 1 P.M., CBS
OCT. 6: AT JACKSONVILLE, 1 P.M., CBS
OCT. 13: AT TENNESSEE, 1 P.M., CBS
OCT. 20: VS. MIAMI, 1 P.M., FOX
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
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
NY METS 11 PHILADELPHIA 3
DETROIT 1 BALTIMORE 0
KANSAS CITY 8 PITTSBURGH 3
WASHINGTON 4 MIAMI 1
NY YANKEES 5 BOSTON 4
TORONTO 4 ST. LOUIS 3
TAMPA BAY 3 CLEVELAND 1
ATLANTA 6 LA DODGERS 2
OAKLAND 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 0
CINCINNATI 8 MINNESOTA 4
COLORADO 9 CHICAGO CUBS 5
HOUSTON 5 LA ANGELS 3
MILWAUKEE 9 ARIZONA 1
SEATTLE 5 TEXAS 4
SAN DIEGO 5 SAN FRANCISCO 0
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 6 ROCHESTER 3
WNBA SCORES
WASHINGTON 72 ATLANTA 69
LAS VEGAS 78 INDIANA 74
SEATTLE 83 DALLAS 81
MINNESOTA 83 CHICAGO 66
CONNECTICUT 88 PHOENIX 69
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
WEEK 2 SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, SEPT. 15
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (1:00P FOX)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P CBS)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P FOX)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:25P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (4:25P CBS)
CHICAGO BEARS AT HOUSTON TEXANS 7:20P (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 16
ATLANTA FALCONS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 3 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 23
NEW YORK GIANTS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P CBS)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)
DENVER BRONCOS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:25P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:25P FOX)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P FOX
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 24
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT BUFFALO BILLS (7:30P ESPN)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (8:15P ABC)
WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26
DALLAS COWBOYS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P CBS)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)
DENVER BRONCOS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P CBS)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)
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TENNESSEE TITANS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (7:30P ESPN)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT DETROIT LIONS (8:15P ABC)
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THURSDAY, OCT. 3
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
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NEW YORK JETS VS MINNESOTA VIKINGS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, TOTTENHAM)
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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)
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QUARTERBACK AVERY JOHNSON LEADS NO. 14 KANSAS STATE OVER NO. 20 ARIZONA, 31-7
Avery Johnson passed for two touchdowns, Dylan Edwards returned a punt for a score, and No. 14 Kansas State stopped the nation’s longest winning streak by beating No. 20 Arizona 31-7 in a nonconference game on Friday night in Manhattan, Kan.
Arizona (2-1) had won nine games in a row but didn’t muster much offense after going up 7-0 on the game’s first possession. Edwards gave Kansas State (3-0) a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter with a 71-yard return, while Johnson was a dual threat, rushing for 110 yards on 17 carries and completing 14 of 23 passes for 156 yards.
Although it was a matchup of Big 12 teams, the result does not count in the league standings. The game was scheduled before Arizona joined the Big 12 this season and kept on the slate as a nonconference clash.
Arizona didn’t do much offensively beyond the passing connection of Noah Fifita to Tetairoa McMillan. Fifita was 26 of 42 passing for 268 yards, with McMillan making 11 receptions for 138 yards.
Fifita threw a costly interception in the second quarter, when he threw late over the middle and was intercepted in the end zone by Keenan Garber, who preserved his team’s 14-7 lead.
Kansas State went up 21-7 with 9:29 to go in the third quarter when Johnson capped a touchdown drive with a 9-yard pass to Brayden Loftin, a score that was set up by a 48-yard completion to Jayce Brown on third-and-12.
DJ Giddens, who ran for 86 yards, scored on a 1-yard run late in the quarter for a 28-7 lead.
Kansas State held Arizona to 324 total yards.
Kansas State answered Arizona’s 14-play touchdown drive on the opening possession with a TD drive that lasted 15 plays, tying the game at 7 late in the first quarter on a 3-yard pass from Johnson to Will Swanson.
K-State missed a chance to add to its 14-7 lead after reaching the Arizona 19 with nine seconds left in the half. Johnson scrambled to keep the next play alive, with the clock running out after a 5-yard gain.
–Field Level Media
UNLV EDGES KANSAS, MOVES TO 3-0 FOR FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS
UNLV’s Kylin James plowed in from 1 yard out on the first play after the two-minute timeout in the fourth quarter, giving the visiting Rebels their first lead of the game in a 23-20 victory over Kansas on Friday night at Kansas City.
UNLV (3-0) won despite quarterback Matthew Sluka posting 86 passing yards, though he ran for 113. The Rebels have won their first three games for the first time since 1984.
Quarterback Jalon Daniels ran for two touchdowns and threw for 153 yards and Devin Neal rushed for 123 yards for the Jayhawks (1-2).
UNLV’s winning drive was a journey, lasting 14 plays and 9 1/2 minutes of game time.
The Rebels converted a 4th-and-1 from the Kansas 2-yard line but were penalized for unnecessary roughness on the play, setting up a 1st-and-10 on the Jayhawks’ 16. Facing a 3rd-and-12, Sluka scrambled for 11 yards before James punched in the winning score on fourth down.
The possession also included Sluka’s fumble that was touched by multiple Kansas players, but ended up back with UNLV.
The Jayhawks couldn’t shake away from the Rebels despite leading most of the game. A 13-play drive that bridged the third and fourth quarters ended with Tabor Allen’s 41-yard field goal that gave Kansas a 20-16 edge with 11:22 remaining.
The Jayhawks scored on their first three possessions for a 17-6 lead, but UNLV struck on the final play before halftime when Sluka connected with Jai’Den Thomas for a 27-yard touchdown pass to make it 17-13.
Daniels ran for an 11-yard score to cap Kansas’ first possession, which covered 81 yards and lasted 12 plays.
In the second quarter, the Jayhawks finished a 94-yard march with Daniels running in from 33 yards out for a 14-3 lead.
UNLV received first-half field goals from 38 and 27 yards from Caden Chittenden. He missed from 51 yards away late in the half after Sluka’s 46-yard run set up a scoring chance.
Chittenden added a 23-yard kick in the third quarter to pull the Rebels within 17-16.
–Field Level Media
WEEK 2 NFL CAPSULES
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (0-1) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | M&T Bank Stadium | Referee: Tra Blake
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: BAL leads series, 8-4 (won 2 of past 3)
Postseason: BAL leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 9/13/21: BAL 27 at LV 33
Postseason: AFC-C 1/14/01: BAL 3 at OAK 16
RAIDERS NOTES:
QB GARDNER MINSHEW completed 25 of 33 atts. (75.8 pct.) for 257 yards & TD vs. INT with 95.1 rating last week in LV debut. Has 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 97.6 rating in 2 career starts vs. Bal. • RB ZAMIR WHITE led team with 44 rush yards in Week 1. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his past 4. • RB ALEXANDER MATTISON had 62 scrimmage yards (43 rec., 19 rush) & had 7th-career TD catch last week in LV debut. • WR DAVANTE ADAMS had 5 catches for 59 yards last week. Has 5+ catches in 8 of his past 9. Has 14 catches for 170 yards (85 per game) & TD in 2 career games vs. Bal. Has 6 rec. TDs in his past 5 vs. AFC North. • WR JAKOBI MEYERS led team with 61 rec. yards in Week 1, his 3rd-straight game with 55+ rec. yards. Had 5 catches for 59 yards in his last game vs. Bal. (11/15/20 w/ NE). • TE BROCK BOWERS had 6 catches for 58 yards last week, both 2nd-most among all rookies in Week 1. • DE MAXX CROSBY had 5 tackles & sack in Week 1. Aims for 3rd in row with sack. Aims for his 8th in row on road with TFL. Had 6 tackles & 2 sacks in only career game vs. Bal. (9/13/21). Leads NFL with 89 TFL since 2019. • DT CHRISTIAN WILKINS had 5 tackles last week in LV debut. Has 5+ tackles in 2 of his past 3 vs. Bal. • LB ROBERT SPILLANE led team with 10 tackles & had TFL in Week 1. Aims for his 5th in row with 6+ tackles. Had 9 tackles & TFL in his last game vs. Bal. (1/1/23 w/ Pit.). • CB NATE HOBBS had PD last week & has PD in 3 of his past 4 on road. • S TRE’VON MOEHRIG had 5 tackles in last meeting.
RAVENS NOTES:
QB LAMAR JACKSON completed 26 of 41 atts. (63.4 pct.) for 273 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs with 90.8 rating & rushed for 122 yards last week, his 14th-career game with 100+ rush yards, most-ever by QB. Has 8 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 123.5 rating over his past 3 reg. season starts. Had 22 TDs (17 pass, 5 rush) vs. 5 INTs with 108.2 rating in 10 home starts last season, incl. playoffs. Totaled 321 yards (235 pass, 86 rush) with 98.6 rating in last meeting. • RB DERRICK HENRY rushed for 46 yards & TD last week in Bal. debut. Has rush TD in 3 of his past 4. Has 252 scrimmage yards (126 per game) & 3 rush TDs in his past 2 vs. LV. Aims for his 4th in row vs. AFC West with rush TD. • RB JUSTICE HILL had career-high 6 catches for 52 yards in Week 1. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 3 of past 4. • TE ISAIAH LIKELY led team with career highs in catches (9) & rec. yards (111) & had rec. TD last week, most catches & rec. yards by any TE in Week 1. Has TD catch in 4 of his past 5 at home, incl. playoffs. • WR ZAY FLOWERS had 6 catches in Week 1. Has rec. TD in 3 of his past 4 at home, incl. playoffs, with 100+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3 at home. • WR RASHOD BATEMAN had 53 rec. yards last week. • DT NNAMDI MADUBUIKE had half sack in Week 1. Had full sack in 7 of 9 reg. season home games last season. • LB ROQUAN SMITH had 7 tackles, TFL & 10th-career INT last week. Aims for his 3rd in row in reg. season with INT. Is 1 of 4 active players with 20+ career sacks (20) & 10+ INTs. Had 10 tackles & PD in his last game vs. LV (10/10/21 w/ Chi.). • LB DAVID OJABO had 3rd-career sack last week. • S MARCUS WILLIAMS had 6 tackles & PD in Week 1. Had 9 tackles in only career game vs. LV (9/21/20 w/ NO).
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (1-0) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Bank of America Stadium | Referee: Brad Rogers
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: CAR leads series, 6-1 (won past 4)
Postseason: —
The Last Time… Regular Season: 9/27/20: CAR 21 at LAC 16 Postseason: –
CHARGERS NOTES:
QB JUSTIN HERBERT completed 17 of 26 atts. (65.4 pct.) for 144 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs with 92.5 rating last week. Had 0 INTs in 5 of 6 road starts last season. Completed 35 of 49 atts. (71.4 pct.) for 330 yards in last meeting. Aims for his 8th in row vs. NFC with 2+ TD passes. • RB J.K. DOBBINS rushed for 135 yards & TD last week in LAC debut, 3rd-most rush yards in NFL in Week 1. Aims for his 3rd in row rush TD. • RB GUS EDWARDS has 7 rush TDs in his past 5 vs. NFC. • WR JOSHUA PALMER had 325 rec. yards (81.3 per game) in 4 road games last season, with 110+ rec. yards in each of past 2. • WR LADD MCCONKEY had 5 catches for 39 yards & TD last week in NFL debut, 1 of 4 rookies with rec. TD in Week 1. • TE HAYDEN HURST had 5 catches in his last game vs. Car. (11/6/22 w/ Atl.). • LB KHALIL MACK led team with 1.5 sacks & had PD & 13th-career FR in Week 1. Aims for his 4th in row with sack. Had 7 sacks & 3 FFs in his final 5 road games last season. Has sack in each of 2 career games vs. Car. Ranks 4th among active players with 103 career sacks. • DE JOEY BOSA had 7 tackles, sack & 16th-career FF last week. Has TFL in 4 of his past 5. Has sack in each of 2 career games vs. Car. • DE MORGAN FOX had half sack in Week 1. • DT POONA FORD had 2 PD & 1st-career INT last week, only INT by DL in Week 1. • LB DENZEL PERRYMAN has 9+ tackles in 2 of 3 career games vs. Car. • S DERWIN JAMES had 7 tackles in Week 1, his 4th-straight game with 7+ tackles. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with PD. • CB ASANTE SAMUEL JR. had 6 tackles last week. Aims for his 5th in row on road with PD.
PANTHERS NOTES:
QB BRYCE YOUNG passed for 161 yards & had 1st-career rush TD in Week 1. Had 90+ rating in 2 of his final 3 home starts in 2023. • RB CHUBA HUBBARD has 50+ scrimmage yards in 12 of his past 13 home games & aims for his 12th in row at home with 50+ scrimmage yards. • WR ADAM THIELEN led team with 49 rec. yards in Week 1. Had 5+ catches in 6 of 8 home games last season. Had 5 catches for 65 yards in his last game vs. LAC (11/14/21 w/ Min.). Has 59 career rec. TDs & can become 3rd undrafted player (Antonio Gates & Rod Smith) since 1967 with 60 career rec. TDs. • WR XAVIER LEGETTE (rookie) had team-high 4 catches in NFL debut last week. • WR DIONTAE JOHNSON had 7 catches for 101 yards & rec. TD in his last game vs. LAC (11/21/21 w/ Pit.). • LB SHAQ THOMPSON led team with 10 tackles & had 2 TFL in Week 1. Had 12 tackles, 2 PD, FF & FR in last meeting. Had INT in last home meeting. • LB JOSEY JEWELL had 7 tackles & PD in team debut last week. Has 5+ tackles in 7 of his 8 career games vs. LAC. Aims for his 4th in row vs. LAC with FR. • LB EKU LEOTA had 1st-career sack & career-high 3 TFL last week. • DE A’SHAWN ROBINSON had career-high 9 tackles in team debut in Week 1. • CB MIKE JACKSON had 7 tackles last week. Had PD in his only career game vs. LAC (10/23/22 w/ Sea.). • CB JAYCEE HORN had 4th-career TFL last week. Has 5+ tackles in 3 of his past 4 at home. • S JORDAN FULLER had 7 tackles in team debut in Week 1. • S XAVIER WOODS had 8 tackles last week. Had 5+ tackles in 5 of his 7 home games in 2023. Aims for his 4th in row at home with TFL.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1-0) AT DALLAS COWBOYS (1-0)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | AT&T Stadium | Referee: Shawn Smith
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: DAL leads series, 18-13 (won 2 of past 3)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/2/21: DAL 27 at NO 17
Postseason: —
SAINTS NOTES:
QB DEREK CARR completed 19 of 23 atts. (82.6 pct.) for 200 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 142.5 rating in Week 1, his 9th-career game with 80+ comp. pct. & 3rd-career game with 140+ rating. Can become 1st player since 2011 (Aaron Rodgers) with 140+ rating in 3 straight games. Has 17 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 123 rating in his past 6 starts. Aims for his 6th in row with 100+ rating & 7th in row with 2+ TD passes. Passed for 373 yards & TD for 101.8 rating in his last start vs. Dal. (11/25/21 w/ LV). • RB ALVIN KAMARA had team-high 5 catches, 110 scrimmage yards (83 rush, 27 rec.) & 55th-career rush TD in Week 1. Has 37 career games with 110+ scrimmage yards, 3rd-most in NFL since 2017. • RB JAMAAL WILLIAMS had 1st rush TD of season last week. • WR CHRIS OLAVE had 5+ catches in 7 of his 9 road games last season. • WR RASHID SHAHEED led team with 73 rec. yards & had 8th-career TD catch in Week 1. Aims for his 3rd in row with rec. TD. • TE FOSTER MOREAU had 14th-career TD catch in Week 1. • DE CAMERON JORDAN had 2 sacks, FF & FR in last road meeting (11/29/18). • DE CHASE YOUNG had 2 TFL & sack in his only career game at Dal. (11/26/20 w/ Was.) & has TFL in 2 of his 3 career games vs. Dal. • DT NATHAN SHEPHERD aims for his 4th in row with TFL. • LB DEMARIO DAVIS had sack in Week 1. Has 9+ tackles in 3 of his past 4 vs. Dal. Has 5+ tackles in 17 of his past 20 road games. • CB ALONTAE TAYLOR had career-high 3 sacks & became 2nd DB (Rodney Harrison) since 1982 with 3 sacks in Week 1. Aims for his 4th in row with PD. • CB PAULSON ADEBO aims for his 6th in row with PD. • S TYRANN MATHIEU had 6th-career FF & 8th-career FR in Week 1.
COWBOYS NOTES:
DALLAS has won 16 straight reg. season home games, longest active streak in NFL & tied-4th longest streak since 2000. • QB DAK PRESCOTT had 2,470 pass yards (308.8 per game) & 23 TDs (22 pass, 1 rush) vs. 3 INTs for 120 rating in 8 reg. season home starts last season. Is 14-0 in his past 14 home starts with 100+ rating in 11 of 14 games. Has 2+ TD passes in 8 of his past 9 at home. • RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT had 72nd-career rush TD last week, 2nd-most among active players. • WR CEEDEE LAMB had 5 catches & 86 scrimmage yards (61 rec., 25 rush) in Week 1 & became 3rd-youngest player ever to reach 400 career catches. Had 73 catches, 1,028 scrimmage yards (128.5 per game) & 9 TDs (8 rec., 1 rush) in 8 home games last season. Aims for his 8th in row at home with TD catch. • WR BRANDIN COOKS had 58th-career rec. TD last week & aims for his 5th in row with rec. TD. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NO with TD catch. Was selected by NO in 1st round (No. 20 overall) of 2014 NFL Draft & had 215 catches for 2,861 yards & 21 TDs (20 rec., 1 rush) in 42 games (2014-16). • LB MICAH PARSONS had 1st sack of season last week. Aims for his 5th in row with TFL. Has 20.5 sacks & 29 TFL in 25 career home games. Had sack in last meeting. • DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE had 2 sacks, 3 TFL & FF last week, his 7th-career game with 2+ sacks. • LB ERIC KENDRICKS had 9 tackles, 2 sacks & his 10th-career INT in Week 1, his 3rd-career game with 2+ sacks. • CB TREVON DIGGS had 2 PD & 19th-career INT last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with INT & 4th in row with PD. Had INT in last meeting.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1-0) AT DETROIT LIONS (1-0)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Ford Field | Referee: Clay Martin
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: DET leads series, 32-28 (Away team won past 4)
Postseason: Series tied, 1-1
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/15/23: DET 20 at TB 6
Postseason: NFC-D 1/21/24: TB 23 at DET 31
BUCS NOTES:
QB BAKER MAYFIELD completed 24 of 30 atts. (80 pct.) for 289 yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 146.4 rating in Week 1, his 5th-career game with a 140+ rating & 6th-career game with 80+ comp. pct. Passed for 349 yards & 3 TDs in 2023 NFC-D at Det. Has 2+ TD passes in 5 of his past 6 starts. • RB RACHAAD WHITE had 6 catches & 106 scrimmage yards (career-high 75 rec., 31 rush) in Week 1. Had 91 scrimmage yards (55 rush, 36 rec.) & TD catch in 2023 NFC-D at Det. Had 890 scrimmage yards (98.9 per game) in 9 road games last season & aims for his 5th in row on road with 90+ scrimmage yards. • RB BUCKY IRVING (rookie) led team with 62 rush yards in NFL debut in Week 1. • WR MIKE EVANS had 2 rec. TDs in Week 1, his 21st-career game with 2+ TD catches. Had 8 catches for 147 yards & TD in 2023 NFC-D at Det. Had 10 catches for 181 yards & 2 rec. TDs in last reg. season road meeting (12/26/20). • WR CHRIS GODWIN led team with 8 catches & 83 rec. yards & had 35thcareer rec. TD last week, 2nd-most rec. TD in franchise history. Has 5+ catches & 65+ rec. yards in each of his 4 reg. season meetings vs. Det. • WR JALEN MCMILLAN (rookie) had 1st-career rec. TD in NFL debut last week. • LB LAVONTE DAVID had 13 tackles, 2 TFL & sack in 2023 NFC-D at Det. & has 2+ TFL in 3 of his past 4 vs. Det., incl. playoffs. Had 5+ tackles in each of his 8 road games last season. • LB JOE TRYON-SHOYINKA had sack & 2nd-career FF last week & aims for his 3rd in row with sack & FF. • S JORDAN WHITEHEAD led team with 8 tackles & had PD in Week 1. Aims for his 3rd in a row at. Det. with PD. • CB JAMEL DEAN had 3 PD in 2023 NFC-D at Det. • CB CHRISTIAN IZIEN had 2nd-career FF last week.
LIONS NOTES:
QB JARED GOFF passed for TD vs. INT for 85 rating in Week 1. Passed for 287 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 103.5 rating in 2023 NFC-D vs. TB. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. TB with 350 pass yards & 2+ TDs. Has 100+ rating in 5 of his past 6 home games, incl. playoffs. • RB JAHMYR GIBBS had 74 scrimmage yards (40 rush, 34 rec.) & rush TD in Week 1. Has scrimmage TD in 8 of his past 9, incl. playoffs. Had 114 scrimmage yards (74 rush, 40 rec.) & rush TD in 2023 NFC-D vs. TB. RB DAVID MONTGOMERY rushed for 91 yards & TD in Week 1. Aims for his 5th in row with rush TD. Has 40+ rush yards & TD in 6 of his past 7 home games. • WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN has 100+ rec. yards & TD in 4 of his past 5 games. Has 6+ catches & 75+ rec. yards in 7 of his past 8 home games. Had 8 catches for 77 yards & TD in 2023 NFC-D vs. TB. • WR JAMESON WILLIAMS had a career-high 121 rec. yards & TD in Week 1, his 1st-career 100-yard game • TE SAM LAPORTA had 9 catches for 65 yards in 2023 NFC-D vs. TB. • DL AIDAN HUTCHINSON had sack in Week 1 and has sack in 5 of his past 6 games, incl. playoffs. Had sack in 2023 NFC-D vs. TB. • LB ALEX ANZALONE led the team with 13 tackles and a career-high 3 TFL. Had 9 tackles, 2 PD & TFL in last reg. season meeting. • LB JACK CAMPBELL aims for his 3rd in row at home with 7+ tackles & TFL. • CB CARLTON DAVIS had 10 tackles in Det. debut last week. Had 363 tackles, 79 PD, 12 TFL & 9 INTs in 85 games with TB (2018-23). • DB BRIAN BRANCH had 9 tackles, 2 TFL & sack in 2023 NFC-D vs. TB. Aims for 4th in row with TFL, incl. playoffs. • S KERBY JOSEPH had 6 tackles, PD & INT in Week 1.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (0-1) AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Lambeau Field | Referee: Shawn Hochuli
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: IND leads series, 27-26 (won past 3)
Postseason: GB leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/22/20: GB 31 at IND 34
Postseason: 12/25/65: IND 10 at GB 13
COLTS NOTES:
QB ANTHONY RICHARDSON passed for 212 yards & 2 TDs vs. INT with 101.2 rating & rushed for 56 yards & TD last week. Is 4th QB in NFL history with rush TD in 4 of 1st 5 career starts (King Hill, Cam Newton, Kordell Stewart). Has 2+ TD passes & 50+ rush yards in 2 of his past 3 starts. Aims for his 4th in row with 95+ rating. • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR rushed for 48 yards & TD in Week 1, his 7th-straight game with TD, longest active steak in NFL. Had 114 scrimmage yards (90 rush, 24 rec.) in last meeting. • WR ALEC PIERCE led team with career-high 125 rec. yards & had 5th-career rec. TD last week. Has 55+ rec. yards & rec. TD in 2 of his past 3. • WR MICHAEL PITTMAN had 8+ catches & 55+ rec. yards in each of his 7 road games last season. Had 66 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • WR ASHTON DULIN had 54-yard TD catch in Week 1. • WR JOSH DOWNS can make season debut. Was 1 of 5 rookie WRs with 65+ catches (68) & 750+ rec. yards (771) in 2023. • DT DEFOREST BUCKNER had 6 tackles & 1.5 sacks last week. Aims for his 4th in row with sack. Has FR in each of his past 2 vs. GB, incl. playoffs. • DE KWITY PAYE had sack in Week 1. Has 0.5+ sacks in 4 of his past 5 on road. • DE TYQUAN LEWIS had 6 tackles & sack last week. Has TFL in 6 of his past 7. • LB E.J. SPEED had 10 tackles in Week 1, his 5th-straight game with 10+ tackles. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with TFL. • LB ZAIRE FRANKLIN had 82 tackles (11.7 per game) in 7 road games last season. • S NICK CROSS led team with career-high 14 tackles last week, 3rd-most in NFL in Week 1 and most among DBs. • S JULIAN BLACKMON had career-best 13 tackles in Week 1. Had 5 tackles & FF in last meeting.
PACKERS NOTES:
QB MALIK WILLIS was selected in 3rd round of the 2022 NFL Draft (No. 86 overall) by Ten. Has 234 pass yards & rush TD in 3 career starts. • RB JOSH JACOBS had 104 scrimmage yards (84 rush, 20 rec.) in GB debut in Week 1. Aims for 3rd in row vs. Ind. with scrimmage TD. Aims for his 8th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. • WR JAYDEN REED had 4 catches, career-high 171 scrimmage yards (careerhigh 138 rec., 33 rush) & 2 TDs (1 rec., 1 rush) last week, most rec. yards in NFL in Week 1. Has scrimmage TD in 4 of last 5 games. Aims for 3rd in row at home with 50+ rec. yards. • WR ROMEO DOUBS had 4 catches for 50 yards in Week 1 & and aims for 4th in row, incl. playoffs with 50+ rec. yards. • WR CHRISTIAN WATSON aims for his 5th in row with rec. TD. Has 85+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 3 games. • DL KENNY CLARK has 0.5+ sacks in each of his past 3 home games. Had sack & TFL in last meeting. • DL RASHAN GARY had sack in Week 1. Aims for 3rd in row with TFL & PD. • LB QUAY WALKER has 7+ tackles in 8 of his past 9 home games. Aims for 4th in row with TFL. Has 237 career tackles, the 2nd-most among players who entered NFL in 2022. • CB JAIRE ALEXANDER had 4 tackles, 2 PD & INT in Week 1. Aims for 3rd in row at home with PD. Had 6 tackles & 2 PD in last meeting. • S XAVIER MCKINNEY had INT in GB debut last week. Alexander & McKinney were 1 of 4 pairs of DBs each with INT Week 1. • S JAVON BULLARD had team-high tying 11 tackles in NFL debut last week.
CLEVELAND BROWNS (0-1) AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | TIAA Bank Field | Referee: Adrian Hill
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: JAX leads series, 12-7 (CLE won past 2)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/10/23: JAX 27 at CLE 31
Postseason: —
BROWNS NOTES:
QB DESHAUN WATSON is 6-0 with 10 TDs (8 pass, 2 rush) vs. 2 INTs & 97.6 rating in 6 career starts vs. Jax., with 0 INTs in 5 of 6 games & 105+ rating in each of past 3. • RB JEROME FORD led team with 69 scrimmage yards (44 rush, 25 rec.) with career-high 6 catches & rush TD last week. Has TD in 3 of his past 4. Had 82 scrimmage yards (51 rush, 31 rec.) & 5 catches in last meeting. • WR AMARI COOPER had 614 rec. yards (87.7 per game) in 7 road games last season. Had 7 catches for 77 yards in last meeting. • WR JERRY JEUDY had 12th-career TD catch last week in Cle. debut. Aims for his 3rd in row with rec. TD. Had 6 catches for 63 yards & TD in only career game vs. Jax. (10/30/22 w/ Den.). • TE DAVID NJOKU led team with 44 rec. yards in Week 1. Had 6 catches in 3 of final 4 road games last season. Had 6 catches for 91 yards & career-high 2 TDs in last meeting. • DE MYLES GARRETT had sack & 18th-career FF last week. Had TFL in last meeting. Needs half sack to tie J.J. Watt (102 games) as 3rd-fastest player to reach 90 career sacks since 1982. • DE ZA’DARIUS SMITH had sack in Week 1. Had sack & PD in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. Jax. with sack. • DT DALVIN TOMLINSON had sack last week. • LB JEREMIAH OWUSU-KORAMOAH had 9 tackles & PD in Week 1. Aims for 10th in row with 6+ tackles. Has 5 PD in his past 4. Had 8 tackles & 2 TFL in last meeting. • CB DENZEL WARD had 3 PD last week, 1 of 2 in NFL (Brian Branch) with 3 PD in Week 1. Had 5 PD in 5 road games last season. • S JUAN THORNHILL had 9 tackles & TFL in Week 1.
JAGS NOTES:
QB TREVOR LAWRENCE passed for 162 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs with 97.7 rating last week. Aims for his 4th in row at home with 0 INTs. Passed for 257 yards & 3 TDs in last meeting. • RB TRAVIS ETIENNE had 59 scrimmage yards (44 rush, 15 rec.) & rush TD last week. Has TD in 2 of his past 3. Had 72 scrimmage yards (37 rec., 35 rush) & rush TD in last meeting. • RB TANK BIGSBY led team with career-high 73 rush yards in Week 1. • WR GABE DAVIS led team with 62 rec. yards last week in Jax. debut. Had 5 catches for 68 yards in only career game vs. Cle. (11/20/22 w/ Buf.). • WR BRIAN THOMAS JR. had 4 catches for 47 yards & TD last week in NFL debut, 1 of 4 rookies with TD catch in Week 1. • WR CHRISTIAN KIRK had 5 catches for 75 yards & TD in his last game vs. Cle. (10/17/21 w/ Ari.). • TE EVAN ENGRAM tied career high in catches (11) & rec. TDs (2) with 95 rec. yards in last meeting. • DE JOSH HINES-ALLEN had PD last week. Had 9 sacks in 9 home games last season. Had 5 tackles & 2 TFL in last meeting. • DE TRAVON WALKER had 6 tackles & 2 sacks in Week 1, 2nd-career 2-sack game. Aims for his 6th in row with sack. Has 0.5+ sacks in 8 of his past 9. • DE ARIK ARMSTEAD had sack last week in Jax. debut. Has 0.5+ sacks in 5 of his past 6. Has TFL in each of 3 career games vs. Cle. • LB FOYESADE OLUOKUN led team with 11 tackles & had TFL & PD in Week 1, 33rd-straight game with 6+ tackles. Had 7 tackles & TFL in last meeting. • LB DEVIN LLOYD had 9 tackles & TFL last week, 15th-straight game with 5+ tackles. Had 11 tackles & FR in last meeting.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (1-0) AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1-0)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | U.S. Bank Stadium | Referee: Brad Allen
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: MIN leads series, 23-20-1 (Home team won past 6)
Postseason: SF leads series, 5-1 (won past 4)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/23/23: SF 17 at MIN 22
Postseason: NFC-D 1/11/20: MIN 10 at SF 27
49ERS NOTES:
QB BROCK PURDY has 23 TDs (22 pass, 1 rush) vs. 5 INTs for 110 rating in 11 career road starts. Has 2+ TD passes & 120+ rating in 4 of his past 5 on road. • RB CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY can make season debut. Had 1,144 scrimmage yards (127.1 per game) in 9 road games last season & has 15 TDs (10 rush, 5 rec.) in 13 road games with SF. Had rush TD & rec. TD in last meeting. • RB JORDAN MASON had career-high 147 rush yards & 5th-career rush TD in Week 1, most rush yards in NFC & 2nd-most rush yards in NFL in Week 1. • WR DEEBO SAMUEL had 77 scrimmage yards (54 rec., 23 rush) & 20th-career rush TD in Week 1. Had 9 TDs (5 rec. 4 rush) in 8 road games last season & aims for his 6th in row on road with TD. Had 2 rush TDs in his only career game vs. Min. (11/28/21). • WR BRANDON AIYUK has rec. TD in 4 of his past 5 road games. • WR JAUAN JENNINGS had 5 catches for team-high 64 rec. yards last week. Had 5 catches for 54 yards in last meeting. • TE GEORGE KITTLE has 50+ rec. yards in 4 of his past 6 on road. Aims for his 3rd in row at Min. with 5+ catches & 75+ rec. yards. • DL NICK BOSA aims for his 3rd in row vs. Min. with TFL. Has 36 TFL in 34 career road games, including TFL in 7 of his past 8 on road. • DL LEONARD FLOYD had sack in SF debut last week. Has 9 TFL in 7 career games vs. Min. • DL MALIEK COLLINS had 7th-career FR in SF debut last week. • LB FRED WARNER had 12th-career FF last week. Aims for his 3rd in row at Min. with 10+ tackles, TFL & PD. • LB DE’VONDRE CAMPBELL has 62 tackles (8.9 per game) in 7 career games vs. Min. • CB CHARVARIUS WARD had 15 PD & 5 INTs in 9 road games last season. Aims for his 7th in row on road with PD.
VIKINGS NOTES:
• QB SAM DARNOLD passed for 208 yards & 2 TDs vs. INT for 113.2 rating in Week 1. Had 3rd-highest comp. pct. in NFL (79.2). Spent 2023 season with SF & had 189 yards & TD vs. 0 INT for 96.5 rating in only start (1/7/24). • RB AARON JONES had team-high 109 scrimmage yards (94 rush, 15 rec.) & rush TD in Min. debut last week. Aims for his 3rd in row, incl. playoffs, vs. SF & 7th in row overall, incl. playoffs, with 100+ scrimmage yards. • WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON has 50+ rec. yards in each of his last 5 & rec. TD in 3 of his last 4 games. Had 4 catches for 83 yards in his only career game vs. SF (11/28/21). Has 396 catches for 5,958 yards & at 25 years & 91 days old on Sunday, can become youngest player ever to 6,000 rec. yards & 3rdyoungest player ever to reach 400 catches. • WR JORDAN ADDISON had 7 catches for career-high 123 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting • LB ANDREW VAN GINKEL had sack and INT in Min. debut in Week 1, 2nd-career INT-TD & 3rd career defensive TD. • LB PATRICK JONES II led team and tied career-high with 2 sacks in Week 1. • LB IVAN PACE aims for his 3rd home game in row with 9+ tackles. • LB DALLAS TURNER (rookie) had sack in NFL debut last week. • CB BYRON MURPHY led team with 9 tackles & had TFL & PD in Week 1. • S HARRISON SMITH had 35th career INT in Week 1, most among active players. • CB STEPHON GILMORE has 140 PD in 166 career games, 2nd-most among active players. Has PD in 3 of his 4 career games vs. SF. • S CAMRYN BYNUM aims for 4th in row at home with 8+ tackles. Had 9 tackles, 2 PD & 2 INTs in last meeting. • S JOSH METELLUS aims for 8th in row at home with 5+ tackles. Aims for his 3rd in row with PD.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (1-0) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1-0)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Gillette Stadium | Referee: Carl Cheffers
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: SEA leads series, 10-8
Postseason: NE leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 9/20/20: NE 30 at SEA 35
Postseason: SB XLIX 2/1/15: NE 28 vs. SEA 24
SEAHAWKS NOTES:
QB GENO SMITH had 9th-career game with both TD pass & rush TD in Week 1. Had TD pass in 3 of his 4 career starts vs. NE. Had 2+ TD passes & 95+ rating in each of his final 3 road starts last season. • RB KENNETH WALKER rushed for 103 yards & TD last week, his 7th-career game with 100+ rush yards. Aims for his 7th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. • WR ZACH CHARBONNET had 1st-career rec. TD last week. • WR DK METCALF had 6 rec. TDs in his final 5 road games last season. Had 92 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • WR TYLER LOCKETT led team with 6 catches & 77 rec. yards last week. Had 50+ rec. yards in 7 of his 9 road games last season. Had 7 catches for 67 yards & rec. TD in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. NE with 65+ rec. yards. • DE LEONARD WILLIAMS aims for his 5th in row on road with TFL. • LB BOYE MAFE had sack & 2 TFL in Week 1, his 2nd-career game with 2+ TFL. • LB TYREL DODSON had 10 tackles, TFL & PD in team debut in Week 1, his 3rd-career game with 10+ tackles. Had TFL in 5 of his final 6 road games with Buf. in 2023. • LB JEROME BAKER had 5 tackles, TFL & 1st-career FR last week. Has 5+ tackles in each of his 12 career games vs. NE. • LB DERICK HALL had 1st-career sack last week. • CB DEVON WITHERSPOON had 7 tackles & PD last week. Has PD in 7 of his 8 career road games. • CB RIQ WOOLEN had 2 PD & 9th-career INT last week. Has 16 PD in 17 career road games. • S JULIAN LOVE led team with 12 tackles & had 10th-career INT & 4th-career FF last week, his 8th-career game with 10+ tackles.
PATS NOTES:
QB JACOBY BRISSETT completed 15 of 24 atts. (62.5 pct.) for 121 yards & rushed for 32 yards last week. Passed for 157 yards & TD in only career start vs. Sea. (10/1/17 w/ Ind.). • RB RHAMONDRE STEVENSON rushed for 120 yards & TD last week, 5th-most rush yards in NFL in Week 1. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 4 of his past 5. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NFC with rush TD. • RB ANTONIO GIBSON has 201 scrimmage yards (100.5 per game) in 2 career games vs. Sea., with TD catch in his last game (11/12/23 w/ Was.). • WR DEMARIO DOUGLAS has 50+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 5 at home. • WR K.J. OSBORN had 3 catches last week in NE debut. • TE HUNTER HENRY had 4 rec. TDs in 8 home games last season. • TE AUSTIN HOOPER had 31 rec. yards last week in NE debut. Had 6 catches for 65 yards & TD in his last game vs. Sea. (10/27/19 w/ Atl.). • DE KEION WHITE led team with career-high 2.5 sacks & had 1st-career FF last week, 1 of 4 player in NFL with 2+ sacks & FF in Week 1. • LB JA’WHAUN BENTLEY led team with 12 tackles & had half sack in Week 1. Aims for 5th in row with 7+ tackles & 3rd in row with 0.5+ sacks. • LB JAHLANI TAVAI had TFL & PD last week. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3. • CB CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ has PD in each of 2 career home games. • CB JONATHAN JONES had PD last week & has PD in 4 of his past 5. • CB MARCUS JONES had 4 tackles & 3rd-career FR last week. • S KYLE DUGGER had 6 tackles, FF & PD in Week 1. Aims for his 8th in row with 5+ tackles. Has PD in 3 of his past 4 & FF in 2 of his past 3. • S JABRILL PEPPERS had 6 tackles last week. Had 5 tackles, 2 PD & sack in only career game vs. Sea. (12/6/20 w/ NYG).
NEW YORK JETS (0-1) AT TENNESSEE TITANS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Nissan Stadium | Referee: Alan Eck
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: TEN leads series, 24-20-1 (NYJ won 3 of past 4)
Postseason: TEN leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/3/21: TEN 24 at NYJ 27
Postseason: AFC-WC 12/29/91: NYJ 10 at HOU 17
JETS NOTES:
QB AARON RODGERS passed for 167 yards & TD vs. INT last week. Has 14 TDs (12 pass, 2 rush) vs. 4 INTs with 99.7 rating in 5 career starts vs. Ten., with 2+ TD passes in each of past 4. Has 115.1 rating in his past 6 starts vs. AFC South. • RB BREECE HALL led team with 93 scrimmage yards (54 rush, 39 rec.) with 5 catches & had 10th-career rush TD last week. Has 600 scrimmage yards (150 per game) & 5TDs (4 rush, 1 rec.) over his past 4 games overall. • WR GARRETT WILSON had 6 catches for 60 yards in Week 1. Has 5+ catches in 3 of his past 4. • WR ALLEN LAZARD had 6 catches for team-high 89 rec. yards & 2 TDs last week, 2nd-career 2-TD game & was 1 of 3 players in NFL (Stefon Diggs, Mike Evans) with 2 rec. TDs in Week 1. Had 5 catches for 57 yards in his last game vs. Ten. (11/17/22 w/ GB). • WR MIKE WILLIAMS had 8 catches for 83 yards in his last game vs. Ten. (9/17/23 w/ LAC) & has 55+ rec. yards in 3 of 4 career games vs. Ten. • DL QUINNEN WILLIAMS had 7 tackles & 2 sacks in last meeting. • DL MICHAEL CLEMONS had sack last week. • LB QUINCY WILLIAMS had 6 tackles & PD in Week 1, 10th-straight game with 5+ tackles. Had 12 tackles, 2 TFL, sack & PD in last meeting. • LB C.J. MOSLEY had 9 tackles last week, 5th-straight game with 6+ tackles. Had 13 tackles & sack in last meeting & has 0.5+ sacks in 2 of his past 3 vs. Ten. • CB SAUCE GARDNER had PD & 1st-career sack last week. Aims for 4th in row with PD. Has 33 career PD, 3rd-most among all players since entering NFL in 2022. • S TONY ADAMS led team with career-high 12 tackles & had PD & 1st-career sack last week. Has PD in 3 of his past 4. Adams & Gardner only pair of DB teammates each with sack in Week 1.
TITANS NOTES:
QB WILL LEVIS totaled 163 yards (127 pass, 36 rush) in Week 1. Had 6 TDs (5 pass, 1 rush) vs. INT with 93.5 rating in 4 home starts last season. • RB TONY POLLARD had 94 scrimmage yards (82 rush, 12 rec.) & rush TD last week in Ten. debut. Aims for his 3rd in row with rush TD. Had 109 scrimmage yards (72 rush, 37 rec.) & 7 catches in his last game vs. NYJ (9/17/23 w/ Dal.). • RB TYJAE SPEARS led team with 4 catches in Week 1. • WR CALVIN RIDLEY led team with 50 rec. yards last week in Ten. debut. Has 50+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4. • WR DEANDRE HOPKINS had 5 rec. TDs in 9 home games last season. Has 21 catches for 419 yards (139.7 per game) & 5 TDs in 3 career games vs. NYJ, with 115+ rec. yards & TD in each game. Leads all active players in career catches (929) & rec. yards (12,363). • WR TYLER BOYD had 4 catches for 105 yards & TD in his last game vs. NYJ (9/25/22 w/ Cin.). Aims for his 4th in row vs. NYJ with 4+ catches, 55+ rec. yards & rec. TD. • TE CHIG OKONKWO had 5th-career TD catch last week. • DT JEFFERY SIMMONS had TFL in Week 1 & has TFL in 3 of his past 4. Had 4.5 sacks in 6 home games last season. Had TFL in last meeting. • LB HAROLD LANDRY had 6 tackles & sack last week. Has sack in 3 of his past 4. Had 7 tackles, 3 TFL & sack in last meeting, • S AMANI HOOKER had 6 tackles, 2 PD & FF in Week 1. Aims for his 4th in row with 5+ tackles. Has 5 PD in his past 4. • S JAMAL ADAMS can make Ten. debut. Had 5 tackles, PD & sack in only career game vs. NYJ (12/13/20 w/ Sea.). Was No. 6 overall pick by NYJ in 2017 NFL Draft. • S QUANDRE DIGGS has INT in 2 of 3 career games vs. NYJ.
NEW YORK GIANTS (0-1) AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Northwest Stadium | Referee: Scott Novak
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: NYG leads series, 107-70-5 (won past 3)
Postseason: Series tied, 1-1
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/19/23: NYG 31 at WAS 19
Postseason: NFC-C 1/11/87: WAS 0 at NYG 17
GIANTS NOTES:
QB DANIEL JONES had 201 yards (186 pass, 15 rush) in Week 1. Has 5-1-1 record in 7 career starts vs. Was., with 11 TDs (10 pass, 1 rush) vs. 3 INTs for 98 rating. Aims for his 3rd in row at home vs. Was. with 70+ rush yards. • RB DEVIN SINGLETARY had 52 scrimmage yards (37 rush, 15 rec.) in team debut last week. Has 166 scrimmage yards (83 per game) & rush TD in 2 career games vs. Was. • WR MALIK NABERS had 5 catches for 66 yards in NFL debut last week, most rec. yards among NFL rookies in Week 1. • WR WAN’DALE ROBINSON had team-high 6 catches & 58 scrimmage yards (44 rec., 14 rush) in Week 1. Aims for his 4th in row with 5+ catches. • WR DARIUS SLAYTON had 82 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • LB BRIAN BURNS aims for his 3rd in row vs. Was. with sack. • LB KAYVON THIBODEAUX has 5.5 sacks, 7 TFL, FF & FR-TD in 4 career games vs. Was. & aims for his 5th in row vs. Was. with sack. • DL DEXTER LAWRENCE had sack & PD last week, his 22nd-career sack. Has TFL in 4 of his past 5 vs. Was. Aims for his 5th in row vs. Was. with 0.5+ sacks. • LB BOBBY OKEREKE had 6th-career FR in Week 1. Had 14 tackles & 2 FFs in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. Was. with 11+ tackles. Had 7+ tackles in 8 of his 9 road games last season. • LB DARIUS MUASAU (rookie) had 6 tackles, TFL & 1st-career INT in NFL debut in Week 1. • CB DEONTE BANKS had 3rd-career TFL last week. • CB ADOREE’ JACKSON aims for his 4th in row vs. Was. with PD. • CB DRU PHILLIPS (rookie) had 1st-career FF in NFL debut last week. • S TYLER NUBIN (rookie) led team with 7 tackles in NFL debut last week.
COMMANDERS NOTES:
QB JAYDEN DANIELS passed for 184 yards with 93.1 rating & rushed for 88 yards & 2 TDs in NFL debut last week, 2nd-most rush yards by QB in 1stcareer game in SB era & 2nd QB in SB era with 2 rush TDs in 1st-career game. • RB BRIAN ROBINSON had 89 scrimmage yards (49 rec., 40 rush) & 1st rush TD of season in Week 1. Had 132 scrimmage yards in last meeting (73 rush, 59 rec.) & has 100+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his 4 career games vs. NYG. • RB AUSTIN EKELER had 62 scrimmage yards (52 rec., 10 rush) in team debut last week. Has 32 career games with 50+ rec. yards, 3rd-most among RBs since 2017. Had 84 scrimmage yards (67 rush, 17 rec.) & rush TD in his last game vs. NYG (12/12/21 w/ LAC). • WR TERRY MCLAURIN has 61 catches (6.8 per game) for 783 yards (87 per game) & 3 rec. TDs in 9 career games vs. NYG, incl. 5+ catches in 8 of 9 games. • TE ZACH ERTZ has TD catch in 5 of his past 6 vs. NYG. Aims for his 7th in row vs. NYG with 6+ catches. • LB BOBBY WAGNER led team with 10 tackles & 3 TFL in Week 1 & has 82 career games with 10+ tackles, most among all players since 2000. Had 17 tackles & 2 sacks in his last game vs. NYG (10/2/23 w/ Sea.). Aims for his 5th in row vs. NYG with TFL. • DT JONATHAN ALLEN had 1.5 sacks in last meeting. Aims for his 5th in row vs. NYG with TFL. • DT DARON PAYNE had 3 sacks & 4 TFL in his past 4 vs. NYG. • DE DORANCE ARMSTRONG aims for his 5th in row vs. NYG with sack. • DE CLELIN FERRELL had sack in team debut last week. • LB FRANKIE LUVU had 10 tackles & career-high 4 TFL in his last game vs. NYG (9/18/22 w/ Car.).
LOS ANGELES RAMS (0-1) AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 4:05 PM ET | State Farm Stadium | Referee: John Hussey
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: LAR leads series, 48-40-2 (won 4 of past 5)
Postseason: LAR leads series, 2-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/26/23: LAR 37 at ARI 14
Postseason: NFC-WC 1/17/22: ARI 11 at LAR 34
RAMS NOTES:
QB MATTHEW STAFFORD passed for 317 yards & TD vs. INT in Week 1, his 63rd career 300-yard game, tied with HOFer Dan Marino for 8th-most all-time. Aims for his 4th start in row with 300+ pass yards. Has 19 TDs vs. 3 INTs for 109.3 rating in his past 9 starts vs. Ari., incl. 4 TD passes & 121.1 rating in last meeting. Has 4,868 career completions & can surpass Eli Manning (4,895) for 10th-most all-time. • RB KYREN WILLIAMS had rush TD in Week 1 & aims for his 5th in row with rush TD. Has 10 TDs (8 rush, 2 rec.) in his past 7 on road. Had 362 scrimmage yards (181 per game) & 3 TDs (2 rec., 1 rush) in 2 games vs. Ari. in 2023 & aims for his 3rd in row with 150+ scrimmage yards & TD. • WR COOPER KUPP had career-high tying 14 receptions for 110 yards & rec. TD in Week 1, tied-3rd most catches in Week 1 all-time & his 12th-career game with 10+ catches. Since 2019, has 29 games with 100+ rec. yards, tied 2ndmost in NFL. Has TD catch in 5 of his past 6. • WR TYLER JOHNSON tied his career high with 5 catches & had career-high 79 rec. yards in Week 1. • LB BYRON YOUNG had 1st sack of season last week & aims for his 4th in row with sack. • LB JARED VERSE (rookie) had 1st-career sack in NFL debut last week. • DE KOBIE TURNER had 2 sacks in last meeting. • S JOHN JOHNSON had 15th-career INT last week. Had 2 PD in last meeting. • S QUENTIN LAKE led team with career-high 10 tackles last week. Had FR in his last game vs. Ari. (10/15/23). • S KAMREN CURL had 5 tackles in team debut last week. Had 10 tackles, TFL & PD in his last game vs. Ari. (9/10/23 w/ Was.).
CARDS NOTES:
QB KYLER MURRAY had TD pass & 91.1 rating with 57 rush yards in Week 1, his 20th-career game with 50+ rush yards. Had 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) in last meeting. Has 300+ pass yards in 2 of his past 3 vs. LAR. • RB JAMES CONNER rushed for 50 yards & TD in Week 1. Has TD in 6 straight games, 2nd-longest active streak in NFL. Has 2 rush TDs in 3 of his 5 career games vs. LAR. • RB DEEJAY DALLAS had 96-yard KR-TD, his 1st-career KR-TD & 1st Week 1 KR-TD in NFL since 2018 (Jakeem Grant & Darius Jennings). • TE TREY MCBRIDGE had 5 catches in Week 1. Had 7 catches for 60 yards in last meeting & has 7+ catches in 4 of his past 5 home games. • WR GREG DORTCH led team with 6 catches & 47 rec. yards last week. Had TD catch in last meeting. • WR MICHAEL WILSON had 4th-career rec. TD last week. • LB KYZIR WHITE led team with 11 tackles & had TFL in Week 1, his 16th-career game with 10+ tackles. Had TFL in 4 of his 5 home games last season. Had sack in his last game vs. LAR (10/15/23) & aims for his 3rd in row vs. LAR with 7+ tackles & TFL. • DL ROY LOPEZ had 3rd-career sack & 1st-career FF last week. • DL JUSTIN JONES had 4th-career FR in team debut last week. • S BUDDA BAKER had 10 tackles last week, his 27th-career game with 10+ tackles, most among active DBs & 2nd-most among DBs since 2000. Has 5+ tackles in 8 of his past 9 vs. LAR. • S JALEN THOMPSON had INT in last meeting & has 5+ tackles in 7 of his 8 career games vs. LAR. • CB KEI’TREL CLARK had 1st-career sack last week. Had 9 tackles in last meeting.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1-0) AT DENVER BRONCOS (0-1)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 4:25 PM ET | Empower Field at Mile High | Referee: Clete Blakeman
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: DEN leads series, 15-10-1 (Home team won past 5)
Postseason: DEN leads series, 5-3 (won 4 of past 5)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/10/21: DEN 19 at PIT 27
Postseason: AFC-D 1/17/16: PIT 16 at DEN 23
STEELERS NOTES:
QB RUSSELL WILSON passed for 3,070 yards & 26 TDs for 98 rating with Den. in 2023. • QB JUSTIN FIELDS completed 17 of 23 atts. (73.9 pct.) for 156 yards with 0 INTs & 91.9 rating & had 57 rush yards last week, 19th career game with 50+ rush yards, 5th-most among QBs in 1st 4 seasons. Set or tied career highs in comp. pct. (80), pass yards (335), TDs (4) & passer rating (132.7) in his only career start vs. Den. (10/1/23 w/ Chi.). • RB NAJEE HARRIS had 79 scrimmage yards (70 rush, 9 rec.) last week. Has rush TD in 2 of last 3 road games & aims for 5th in row with 75+ scrimmage yards. Had 142 scrimmage yards (122 rush, 20 rec.) & rush TD in last meeting. • RB JAYLEN WARREN has 50+ scrimmage yards in 6 of last 7 road games, incl. playoffs. • WR GEORGE PICKENS had 6 catches for 85 yards last week. Has 65+ scrimmage yards in 3 of last 4 road games, incl. playoffs. • LB T.J. WATT was 1 of 2 in NFL (Khalil Mack)with sack & FR in Week 1. Has 97.5 career sacks in 105 games & can become 4th player since 1982 with 100+ sacks in 1st 8 seasons. Needs 2.5 sacks in next 7 games to become 2ndfastest player to reach 100 sacks since 1982. • LB PATRICK QUEEN has 2 TFL in 2 career games vs. Den. • LB ALEX HIGHSMITH had PD last week. • DT CAMERON HEYWARD has 0.5+ sacks in 3 of last 4 games vs. Den. & has 3 PD in last 3 games vs. Den. • CB JOEY PORTER JR. has 5 PD in last 7 road games. • S MINKAH FITZPATRICK led team with 7 tackles last week. Has 5+ tackles in 4 of last 5 games, incl. playoffs. Has 16 tackles & TFL in 2 career games vs. Den.
BRONCOS NOTES:
QB BO NIX had rush TD in NFL debut last week. Was 1 of 3 rookie QBs to start in Week 1, becoming 4th season with 3+ rookie QBs to start in Week 1. • RB JAVONTE WILLIAMS had 86 scrimmage yards (61 rush, 25 rec.) in last meeting. Led team with 510 scrimmage yards (430 rush, 80 rec.) at home in 2023. • WR COURTLAND SUTTON has 200 scrimmage yards (66.7 per game) & rec. TD in 3 career games vs. Pit. Led team with 4 rec. TDs at home in 2023. • WR JOSH REYNOLDS led team with 45 rec. yards last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 40+ rec. yards at home. Has 80 scrimmage yards (40 per game) & TD catch in 2 career games at home vs. AFC North. • WR DEVAUGHN VELE (rookie) led team with 8 catches in NFL debut last week. • WR MARVIN MIMS JR. returned 3 kickoffs for 69 yards & 5 punts for 47 yards in Week 1. • TE ADAM TRAUTMAN had rec. TD in last game vs. AFC North (11/26/23 vs. Cle.). • LB ALEX SINGLETON had 9 tackles, TFL, PD & 21-yard INT-return, 3rd-longest in NFL last week. • LB JONATHON COOPER led team with 2 sacks in Week 1. Has sack in 4 of last 5 games. Had 2 tackles in last meeting. • DE JOHN FRANKLIN-MYERS had TFL last week. • DE ZACH ALLEN had TFL last week. • CB PAT SURTAIN II had 6 tackles & PD last week. Has 4+ tackles in each of his last 4 games & PD in last 3. Had PD in last meeting. Has 37 career PD, most among 2021 NFL Draft class. • CB RILEY MOSS led team with 12 tackles last week.
CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-1) AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1-0)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 4:25 PM ET | GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium | Referee: Alex Kemp
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: CIN leads series, 17-15 (Home team won past 5)
Postseason: Series tied, 1-1
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/31/23: CIN 17 at KC 25
Postseason: AFC-C 1/29/23: CIN 20 at KC 23
BENGALS NOTES:
QB JOE BURROW completed 21 of 29 atts. (72.4 pct.) for 164 yards last week, with 0 INTs. Aims for his 4th road start in row with 100+ rating. Is 2-0 with 7 TDs (6 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs & 138.8 rating in 2 career reg. season starts vs. KC. Needs 3 TD passes for 100th-career TD pass. • RB ZACK MOSS had 61 scrimmage yards (44 rush, 17 rec.) & 15th-career rush TD in Cin. debut last week. Has TD in 2 of his past 3. Had 92 scrimmage yards (career-high 55 rec., 37 rush) in his last game vs. KC (10/10/21 w/ Buf.). • WR JA’MARR CHASE led team with 6 catches for 62 yards in Week 1. Has 6 rec. TDs in his past 5 road games. Has 533 rec. yards (106.6 per game) & 4 rec. TDs in 5 career games vs. KC, incl. playoffs. • WR TEE HIGGINS can make season debut. Had 42 catches for 656 yards & 5 TDs in 12 games last season, 4th-straight season with 5+ rec. TDs since entering NFL in 2020. Has TD catch in 2 of his past 3 vs. KC, incl. playoffs. • TE MIKE GESICKI has 2 rec. TDs in 2 career games vs. KC. • DE TREY HENDRICKSON had 9 sacks & 3 FFs in 8 road games last season, with 0.5+ sacks in each game & a full sack in 7 games. Had sack & FF in last meeting. Since 2020, ranks 3rd in NFL with 53 sacks. • LB LOGAN WILSON led team with 13 tackles & had 6th-career FF last week. Aims for his 15th in row with 5+ tackles. Has 36 tackles (7.2 per game) in 5 career games vs. KC, incl. playoffs. • LB GERMAINE PRATT had 8 tackles, TFL & PD in Week 1. Has 20 tackles, FF & FR in 4 career games vs. KC, incl, playoffs. • CB DAX HILL had 8 tackles, sack & PD last week, 10th-straight game with 5+ tackles. Had 6 tackles & TFL in last meeting. • S GENO STONE had PD last week in Cin. Debut.
CHIEFS NOTES:
QB PATRICK MAHOMES completed 20 of 28 atts. (71.4 pct.) for 291 yards & TD with 101.9 rating last week, 4th-straight game with 95+ rating, incl. playoffs. Surpassed HOFer Len Dawson (28,507) for most career pass yards in KC history. Has 13 TDs (12 pass, 1 rush) vs. 3 INTs with 107.2 rating in 6 career starts vs. Cin., incl. playoffs. • RB ISIAH PACHECO had 78 scrimmage yards (45 rush, 33 rec.) & rush TD in Week 1, 6th-straight game with 75+ scrimmage yards, incl. playoffs. Has TD in 8 of past 9, incl. playoffs. Had career-high 165 scrimmage yards (130 rush, 35 rec.) & rec. TD in last meeting. Has 332 scrimmage yards (110.7 per game) in 3 career games vs. Cin., incl. playoffs. • TE TRAVIS KELCE has 50+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4 vs. Cin., incl. playoffs. Needs rec. TD to surpass Jason Witten (74) for 5th-most rec. TD by TE in NFL history. • WR RASHEE RICE led team with 7 catches for 103 yards last week, 4thcareer 100-yard game, incl. playoffs. Aims for 4th in row at home with 100+ rec. yards, incl. playoffs. Had 5 catches for 127 yards in last meeting. • WR XAVIER WORTHY (rookie) had 68 scrimmage yards (47 rec., 21 rush) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in NFL deut last week, becoming 3rd WR ever with rush TD & rec. TD in 1st-career game. • WR HOLLYWOOD BROWN can make season & KC debut. Has 6 rec. TDs in 6 career games vs. Cin. • DT CHRIS JONES had sack & FF in Week 1. Aims for his 5th in row at home with 0.5+ sacks, incl. playoffs. Has 4 TFL & 3 sacks in his past 2 vs. Cin., incl, playoffs. • LB NICK BOLTON had 7 tackles & PD last week. Had 13 tackles in last meeting. • CB JAYLEN WATSON led team with career-high 11 tackles & had PD last week. • S JUSTIN REID aims for his 9th in row with 6+ tackles. Had career-best 2 sacks in last meeting.
CHICAGO BEARS (1-0) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1-0)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 8:20 PM ET | NRG Stadium | Referee: Land Clark
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: HOU leads series, 4-2 (Home team won past 3)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 9/25/22: HOU 20 at CHI 23
Postseason:
BEARS NOTES:
CHICAGO earned Week 1 victory after trailing by 17 points. • QB CALEB WILLIAMS became 1st rookie QB selected No. 1 overall to win Week 1 start since 2002 (David Carr). • RB D’ANDRE SWIFT has 779 scrimmage yards (97.4 per game) in 8 career primetime games, incl. 75+ scrimmage yards in 7 of 8 games. Has 5 rush TDs in 5 career games vs. AFC South. • WR KEENAN ALLEN has 17 receptions for 218 yards (109 per game) & 2 TDs in 2 career games vs. Hou. Has 5+ catches & 65+ rec. yards in each of his past 6 SNF games. • WR DJ MOORE had 8 catches for 126 yards in his last game vs. Hou. (9/23/21 w/ Car.). Has 125+ rec. yards in 4 of his past 5 primetime games on road. • DL MONTEZ SWEAT has sack in 3 of his past 4 road games. Had 2 sacks & 2 TFL in only career game vs. Hou. (11/20/22 w/ Was.). • LB T.J. EDWARDS had 15 tackles in Week 1, tied for most in NFL last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 10+ tackles. PD in 4 of past 5 road games. • LB TREMAINE EDMUNDS had INT in his last game vs. Hou. (10/3/21 w/ Buf.). • LB DARRELL TAYLOR had 2 sacks & FF in Chi. debut in Week 1. • DB JAYLON JOHNSON has 5 PD in his past 3 on road & aims for his 4th in row on road with PD. Had 2 TFL, 2 PD & INT in Week 1. • DB TYRIQUE STEVENSON had 2 PD & 43-yard INT-TD last week. Has INT in 3 of his past 5 games & in 2 of past 3 on road. Johnson & Stevenson were 1 of 2 pairs of teammates each with INT & 2+ PD in Week 1. • DB JAQUAN BRISKER had 10 tackles in Week 1. • DB JONATHAN OWENS had 21-yard blocked punt return touchdown in Week 1. • S KEVIN BYARD Had 8 tackles in his last game vs. Hou. (12/24/22 w/ Ten.).
TEXANS NOTES:
QB CJ STROUD completed 24 of 32 atts. (75 pct.) for 234 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 115.9 rating last week. Has 12 TDs (11 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs with 107.3 rating in his past 8 starts, incl. playoffs. Is 7-2 with 21 TDs (20 pass, 1 rush) vs. 4 INTs with 112.5 rating in 9 career home starts, incl. playoffs. Passed for 264 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs in only reg. season start in primetime (1/6/24 at Ind.). • RB JOE MIXON had 178 scrimmage yards (159 rush, 19 rec.) & rush TD last week in Hou. debut, most scrimmage & rush yards in NFL in Week 1. Aims for his 4th in row with TD. Rushed for 69 yards in only career game vs. Chi. (9/19/21 w/ Cin.). Had 5 TDs (4 rush, 1 rec.) in 4 primetime games in 2023. • WR NICO COLLINS had 6 catches for team-high 117 rec. yards last week, 6thcareer 100-yard game. Has 80+ rec. yards in 4 of his past 5, incl. playoffs. Has TD catch in 4 of his past 5 at home, incl. playoffs. Set career highs in catches (9) & rec. yards (195) & had rec. TD in only game in primetime (1/6/24 at Ind.). • WR STEFON DIGGS had 2 rec. TDs last week in Hou. debut, 1 of 3 in NFL (Mike Evans, Allen Lazard) with 2 rec. TDs in Week 1. Has 7 rec. TDs in 9 career games vs. Chi. Aims for his 5th in row on SNF with 6+ catches & 85+ rec. yards. • WR TANK DELL had 59 scrimmage yards (40 rec., 19 rush) in Week 1. • DE DANIELLE HUNTER had PD last week in Hou. debut. Had 3.5 sacks in 2 games vs. Chi. last season, with Min. Has 14 TFL in 14 career games vs. Chi. • DE WILL ANDERSON had TFL last week. Has 7 sacks in his past 6 at home, incl. playoffs., with sack in each of his past 3 at home. • DTs MARIO EDWARDS & FOLORUNSO FATUKASI each had sack in Hou. debuts in Week 1. • S CALEN BULLOCK (rookie) had INT in NFL debut last week, 1 of 2 rookies (Darius Muasau) with INT in Week 1.
ATLANTA FALCONS (0-1) AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1-0)
Monday, September 16, 2024 | 8:15 PM ET | Lincoln Financial Field | Referee: Craig Wrolstad
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: PHI leads series, 18-14-1 (won 3 of past 4)
Postseason: PHI leads series, 3-1 (won past 3)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 9/12/21: PHI 32 at ATL 6
Postseason: NFC-D 1/13/18: ATL 10 at PHI 15
FALCONS NOTES:
QB KIRK COUSINS has 39,626 career pass yards & can tie Drew Brees (152 games) as the 3rd-fastest player ever to reach 40,000 pass yards. Passed for 364 yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 125.6 rating in his last game vs. Phi. (9/14/23 w/ Min.). Has 300+ pass yards & 100+ rating in 4 of his past 5 starts vs. Phi. Aims for his 4th primetime start in row with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating. • RB BIJAN ROBINSON had 5 catches & 111 scrimmage yards (68 rush, 43 rec.) in Week 1, his 7th-career game with 100+ scrimmage yards. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 16 of his 18 career games. • TE KYLE PITTS had 7th-career rec. TD in Week 1. Made NFL debut in last meeting. • WR DRAKE LONDON needs 7 catches to reach 150 receptions for his career. • WR RAY-RAY MCCLOUD led team with 52 rec. yards in team debut last week. • DL GRADY JARRETT had 1.5 sacks & 2 TFL last week. Has 3.5 sacks & 5 TFL in his past 4 MNF games. • DL JAMES SMITH-WILLIAMS had career-high 2 TFL last week. • LB MATTHEW JUDON had half sack in team debut last week. Had sack in his last game vs. Phi. (9/10/23 w/ NE). Aims for his 4th in row on MNF with sack. • LB KADEN ELLISS led team with 9 tackles last week. Had 1.5 sacks & FF in his last game vs. Phi. (1/1/23 w/ NO). • LB NATE LANDMAN had 7 tackles in Week 1. Has TFL in 4 of his past 5 road games. Aims for his 9th in row on road with 5+ tackles. • S JESSIE BATES had 6+ tackles in 8 of his 9 road games last season. • S JUSTIN SIMMONS had PD in team debut last week. Had INT in his last game vs. Phi. (11/14/21 w/ Den.). • CB A.J. TERRELL has 28 PD in 31 career road games. • CB MIKE HUGHES had career-high 3 TFL last week.
EAGLES NOTES:
QB JALEN HURTS had 311 yards (278 pass, 33 rush) & 2 TD passes in Week 1. Had 326 yards (264 pass, 62 rush) & 3 TD passes vs. 0 INTs for 126.4 rating in last meeting. Has 8 rush TDs in his past 5 MNF games & aims for his 6th in row on MNF with rush TD. Needs 2 rush TDs to tie HOFer Steve Young (43) for 3rd-most ever by QB. • RB SAQUON BARKLEY had 132 scrimmage yards (109 rush, 23 rec.) & 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 rec.) in team debut in Week 1, his 2nd-career 3-TD game & 18thcareer game with 100+ rush yards. Aims for his 3rd in row on MNF with 100+ scrimmage yards & rush TD. Has 90+ scrimmage yards & rush TD in each of his 2 career games vs. Atl. • WR A.J. BROWN had 5 catches for 119 yards & rec. TD in Week 1. Since joining Phi. in 2022, ranks tied-3rd in NFL with 13 games with 100+ rec. yards. Had 94 rec. yards & 2 rec. TDs in his only career game vs. Atl. (9/29/19 w/ Ten.). Has 5+ catches in 5 of his 7 career MNF games. • WR DEVONTA SMITH had 7 catches for 84 yards last week. Had 6 catches for 71 yards & rec. TD in last meeting. • TE DALLAS GOEDERT had TD catch in last meeting. • LB ZACK BAUN became 1st player since 2000 with 15+ tackles (career-high 15) & 2+ sacks (career-high 2) on Kickoff Weekend. • LB NAKOBE DEAN had TFL & 1st-career PD last week. • LB JOSH SWEAT aims for his 3rd in row in primetime with TFL. • CB DARIUS SLAY had 2nd-career FF last week. Has PD in 3 of his past 4 MNF games. • CB QUINYON MITCHELL (rookie) had 5 tackles & 2 PD in NFL debut last week. • S REED BLANKENSHIP had 5th-career INT last week. Aims for his 4th in row on MNF with 6+ tackles.
MLB NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: TIGERS COME ONE OUT AWAY FROM NO-HITTER
The Detroit Tigers came within one out of a combined no-hitter, then held on for a 1-0 win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
Gunnar Henderson ended the no-hit bid with a triple off Tyler Holton. Kerry Carpenter’s first-inning homer accounted for the game’s lone run.
Beau Brieske and Brant Hurter combined for seven perfect innings before Hurter walked Adley Rutschman on a 3-2 pitch to lead off the eighth.
In the ninth, Holton retired Emmanuel Rivera on a fly ball before pinch hitter Coby Mayo was called out on strikes. Henderson then smacked Holton’s next pitch down the right field line for his triple. Holton responded by striking out Anthony Santander to secure his eighth save.
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4
Aaron Judge hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning to snap a career-high 16-game homerless drought as host New York rallied to beat Boston.
Judge hit his major league-leading 52nd homer when he lifted a 2-0 fastball from Cam Booser (2-3) into the left field seats. It was Judge’s first homer since he hit two on Aug. 25. He leads the majors with 130 RBIs.
Judge’s eighth career grand slam propelled the Yankees (86-62) three games ahead of Baltimore atop the American League East after the Orioles lost 1-0 at the Detroit Tigers earlier Friday.
Mets 11, Phillies 3
Jose Quintana (9-9) pitched seven dominant innings for Philadelphia and visiting New York got three-run homers from Francisco Alvarez, Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso.
The left-hander gave up just three hits without a walk and struck out four to improve to 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA over his last four starts. Francisco Lindor added an RBI double before leaving with lower back soreness for the Mets, who moved within seven games of first-place Philadelphia in the National League East.
Aaron Nola (12-8) gave up six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings for the Phillies.
Rays 3, Guardians 1
Zack Littell allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings, Logan Driscoll clubbed his first career home run and Jonathan Aranda also went deep as visiting Tampa Bay beat Cleveland.
Littell (7-9) struck out five without a walk to extend his scoreless-inning streak to 13.
Tanner Bibee (11-8) allowed all three runs on the two Tampa Bay homers, finishing with eight hits and no walks allowed while fanning nine in six innings. A David Fry eighth-inning double plated the Guardians’ lone run.
Royals 8, Pirates 3
Alec Marsh threw 5 1/3 quality innings, helping lead visiting Kansas City to a win over Pittsburgh.
Marsh (8-8) allowed just one run on five hits, while striking out 11 and walking two. Salvador Perez and Kyle Isbel each homered and tallied two hits, both driving in two runs. Tommy Pham also drove in two, guiding the Royals to their sixth win in eight tries.
For Pittsburgh, Bryan Reynolds and Oneil Cruz each tallied two hits and an RBI, as the Pirates had their four-game winning streak snapped. Joey Bart went 1-for-3 with a run driven in.
Blue Jays 4, Cardinals 3 (11 innings)
Alejandro Kirk drove in a run on a long RBI single in the 11th inning as Toronto topped visiting St. Louis.
Erik Swanson (2-2) got the win after pitching the top of the 11th for Toronto. Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman allowed two runs, nine hits and two walks while striking out three in seven innings.
Thomas Saggese hit his first major league home run, a solo shot, and had two RBIs for the Cardinals. Right-hander Erick Fedde pitched five innings, allowing three runs, six hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 1
Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run homer and five Milwaukee pitchers slowed Arizona’s offense while recording a victory in Phoenix.
Freddy Peralta managed his way through five innings while improving to 4-0 in five career appearances (three starts) against the Diamondbacks. Joey Ortiz had two hits for the Brewers, who have won three of their past four games.
The Diamondbacks are a half-game behind San Diego for the NL’s top wild-card spot after the Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0. Peralta (11-8) gave up one run on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts.
Athletics 2, White Sox 0
Brady Basso pitched into the sixth inning for his first career victory and visiting Oakland opened a three-game series against Chicago with a shutout win.
Chicago dropped its franchise-record 16th straight home game and lost for the 18th time in its last 20 games. The White Sox must finish 10-4 or better to avoid matching the 1962 New York Mets for the most single-season losses in modern baseball history (120). Chicago was limited to six singles and shut out for the 18th time.
Lawrence Butler singled in the fifth inning to extend his career-best hitting streak to 21 games for Oakland, which has won three of its last four. Basso (1-0) allowed five hits with one walk and two strikeouts over 5 1/3 scoreless innings.
Astros 5, Angels 3
Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer and Yusei Kikuchi earned the win by tossing seven solid innings as Houston beat Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Yordan Alvarez had two RBIs and homered leading off the ninth for the Astros, who improved to 5-6 this month. Josh Hader recorded his 30th save of the year as Houston logged the 5,000th win in franchise history.
Angels starter Samuel Aldegheri (1-2) gave up four runs and walked five in two-plus innings. Nolan Schanuel had two hits and an RBI.
Rockies 9, Cubs 5
Rookie Hunter Goodman homered twice, including a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning, and drove in a career-high seven runs as Colorado beat Chicago in Denver.
It marked the second two-homer game of the season for Goodman, who finished with three hits, and helped Colorado win its second in a row. Ezequiel Tovar also went deep among his two hits, and Ryan McMahon and Michael Toglia had a pair of hits each.
Michael Busch homered and finished with three hits, Isaac Paredes also had three hits and Cody Bellinger and Dansby Swanson contributed two hits apiece for the Cubs. Chicago has lost two in a row.
Mariners 5, Rangers 4
Julio Rodriguez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning as Seattle rallied for a victory against visiting Texas, spoiling the return of Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom.
Rodriguez, who went 4-for-5, launched a 1-1 knuckle curve from David Robertson (3-4) into the second deck in left field to complete the Mariners’ comeback from a four-run deficit. deGrom pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings in his first major league appearance since April 28, 2023. He allowed four hits, didn’t walk a batter and fanned four while throwing 61 pitches.
Wyatt Langford hit his 11th homer for the Rangers, who lost for the third time in four games.
Padres 5, Giants 0
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered for the third straight game, Dylan Cease struck out 10 over six shutout innings and San Diego passed Arizona in the National League wild-card standings with a shutout road victory over San Francisco.
In the opener of a three-game series, San Diego wasted no time jumping on Giants starter Logan Webb (12-10). Luis Arraez singled on the All-Star’s second offering, and two pitches later, Tatis launched his 17th home run over the center field fence. Cease (13-11) allowed just four hits and two walks in his 97-pitch outing.
Webb was pulled after four innings for the Giants, charged with four runs (three earned) on seven hits. He walked one and struck out four.
Nationals 4, Marlins 1
Luis Garcia Jr. homered and Dylan Crews stole two bases and scored a run as host Washington evened its four-game series with Miami Marlins.
Rookie left-hander DJ Herz (4-7) picked up the win by allowing one run on four hits over five innings, walking one while striking out five. Kyle Finnegan pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 37th save. The Nationals finished with five stolen bases in the contest to improve to 17-0 this season in games they steal at least four bases.
Otto Lopez homered and Xavier Edwards and Javier Sanoja each had two hits for the Marlins, who suffered its fourth loss in the last five games. Edward Cabrera (4-7) was handed the loss after allowing two unearned runs on just one hit over six innings. He walked one and struck out nine but also committed two of the Marlins’ three errors.
Braves 6, Dodgers 2
Gio Urshela and Jorge Soler each belted a two-run homer in the second inning to help Atlanta top Los Angeles.
Marcell Ozuna contributed three hits for the to reach 1,500 for his career, and Soler and Whit Merrifield each added two hits for the Braves, who remained one game behind the Mets for the final wild-card spot in the National League. Rookie Spencer Schwellenbach (6-7) picked up the win after allowing two runs on four hits in six innings.
Miguel Rojas launched a solo homer in the third inning and Tommy Edman added an RBI single in the fourth for the Dodgers, who have lost three of their last four games. Starter Landon (2-4) took the loss after permitting five runs on seven hits in two innings.
Reds 8, Twins 4
Elly De La Cruz hit his first career grand slam as Cincinnati surged to a win over host Minnesota.
De La Cruz recorded his milestone as part of a six-run seventh inning for the Reds, who won the opener of a three-game series. TJ Friedl finished 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, and right-hander Julian Aguiar (2-0) got the win after allowing three runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Byron Buxton hit a solo home run in his return from injury for the Twins. Righty Bailey Ober (12-7) was saddled with the loss after surrendering five runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings.
–Field Level Media
WNBA NEWS
SUN CRUISE TO ROAD VICTORY OVER MERCURY
Brionna Jones scored 20 points and Marina Mabrey added 19 off the bench as the visiting Connecticut Sun extended their winning streak to three games with an easy 88-69 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday.
DeWanna Bonner scored 14 points and Tyasha Harris had 12 as the Sun (27-10) won for the eighth time in their last 11 games while improving to 5-3 since clinching a playoff spot on Aug. 24. Alyssa Thomas had 11 assists.
Connecticut finished 4-0 this season against Phoenix, winning each game by double digits.
The Sun remained a game behind second-place Minnesota, and they will host the Lynx on Thursday after playing their final road game of the regular season at Las Vegas on Sunday.
Brittney Griner logged 26 points and nine rebounds and Natasha Cloud added 17 points for the Mercury (17-20), who clinched a playoff spot on Sept. 3. Phoenix was without leading scorer Kahleah Copper (21.6 points per game) because of a back injury, as she missed a game for the first time this season.
Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi shot 2-for-10 from the floor while scoring seven points.
The Sun led by as many as seven points in the first quarter and had a 22-17 edge at the end of the opening period. The gap grew as high as 11 points in the second quarter, and Connecticut took a 46-38 lead into halftime behind 13 points from Mabrey and 10 from Jones.
The Sun established firm control with a 22-0 run in the third quarter and took a 70-44 lead into the fourth. Phoenix shot just 15 percent (3-for-20) from the floor in the third quarter and missed all 10 of its attempts from 3-point range.
The Mercury finished 6-for-33 (18.2 percent) from 3-point range in the game, while the Sun went 8-for-26 (30.9 percent) from long distance.
Connecticut is 14-5 on the road this season, second best in the league to the New York Liberty’s 15-4 mark.
Phoenix visits the Chicago Sky on Sunday.
–Field Level Media
MYSTICS EDGE DREAM, MOVE INTO PLAYOFF POSITION
Brittney Sykes’ 20 points led Washington over the Atlanta Dream 72-69 on Friday in College Park, Ga., moving the Mystics into a playoff position.
The Mystics (13-24) moved into a tie for the eighth and final WNBA playoff position with the Chicago Sky (13-24), who lost 83-66 to the Minnesota Lynx on Friday. Washington holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Atlanta (12-25) is one game back, with each team having three games remaining. The Mystics will oppose the Dream again on Sunday, this time in Washington.
Stefanie Dolson added 13 points and eight rebounds for Washington, while Ariel Atkins scored 10 points and Sika Kone contributed nine points and eight rebounds off the bench.
Atlanta’s Allisha Gray registered 17 points and a season-high 10 rebounds. Tina Charles added 13 points but shot 4-for-16, missing multiple layup attempts. Rhyne Howard scored 11 points, and Naz Hillmon put up 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Washington fought off a late run by Atlanta after going up seven points early in the fourth quarter. The Dream went ahead late with strong play from Hillmon in the paint and getting trips to the free-throw line.
Two foul shots from Atkins put Washington up 68-67 with 1:43 to go, and the Mystics never trailed again.
Down by three on the final possession, Atlanta couldn’t find an open shot, with Charles missing a potential game-tying 3-point attempt.
The Mystics benefited from the poor shooting night for Atlanta, which made just 28.8 percent from the floor. The Dream shot 1-for-19 in the second quarter and were outscored 20-10 to trail 34-30 at halftime.
With 2:39 remaining in the second quarter, Washington rookie Aaliyah Edwards sustained an ankle injury that took her out for the rest of the game.
Despite the poor shooting, the Dream stayed in the game with rebounding. Atlanta outrebounded Washington 17-8 on offensive boards and 41-33 overall. The problem for the Dream was when given second chance points off offensive rebounds, Atlanta couldn’t put away the extra shots in the paint.
Atlanta went on a 13-2 run in the second half to pull into a tie at 47-47, but the Dream cooled down again heading into the fourth quarter.
–Field Level Media
SKYLAR DIGGINS-SMITH’S LATE FREE THROWS LIFT STORM PAST WINGS, 83-81
Skylar Diggins-Smith canned two free throws with 16.1 seconds left Friday night and the Seattle Storm overcame a 21-point second quarter deficit to dump the Dallas Wings 83-81 in Arlington, Texas.
Diggins-Smith, who finished with a team-high 21 points and added four steals, drove into the lane and drew contact from Teaira McCowan to earn the foul shots. Dallas had two shots on its final possession from Arike Ogunbowale, but she missed a pull-up in the lane and then air-balled an open 3-pointer from the right wing as the horn sounded.
Jewell Loyd added 15 points and six assists for Seattle (23-14), which stayed a game behind Las Vegas for the No. 4 seed in the upcoming WNBA playoffs. Nneka Oguwmike scored 12 points and Gabby Williams chipped in 10.
McCowan punished Seattle inside most of the game, finishing with game-high totals of 23 points and 15 rebounds. Satou Sabally added 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists, while Ogunbowale scored 15 points. Her 3-pointer with 33.9 seconds left tied the score at 81.
The Wings outrebounded the Storm 42-32 but committed 18 turnovers that Seattle cashed in for 27 points.
Dallas looked more like a playoff contender than Seattle did in the first half, even though it was playing for the second time in as many nights. The Wings established an 18-6 lead less than five minutes into the game and settled for a 28-19 advantage after one quarter.
Dallas kept converting for most of the second quarter and appeared on the verge of running the Storm out of the building when it upped the margin to 44-23 at the 4:22 mark on a layup by Jaelyn Brown. Its cushion was 50-37 at halftime.
Seattle suddenly turned momentum around early in the third quarter, rattling off 19 straight points to turn a 13-point deficit into a 60-54 lead. It pushed the advantage to 69-56 before Ogunbowale drilled a 3-pointer to pull the Wings within 71-63 going to the fourth period.
–Field Level Media
GOLF NEWS
PATTON KIZZIRE USE HOT FINISHES TO TAKE LEAD AT PROCORE
Patton Kizzire drained six birdies on his back nine Friday to shoot a 7-under-par 65 and take the halfway lead at the Procore Championship in Napa, Calif.
Kizzire moved to 13-under 131 for the week at Silverado Resort’s North Course. He enters the weekend one shot ahead of first-round leader David Lipsky, who followed his opening 65 with a 67.
Patrick Fishburn carded a 65 to grab third place at 11 under.
Matt Kuchar tied for the round of the day with an 8-under 64, which moved the veteran into a share of fourth place at 10 under with J.J. Spaun (65 on Friday). Defending champion Sahith Theegala was just behind them at 9 under following a 66.
Kizzire entered the “FedEx Cup Fall” portion of the season No. 132 in the standings, and Lipsky was even further back at No. 163. They and their peers are trying to play their way into the top 125 by the end of the fall in order to secure full status for the 2025 PGA Tour season.
Kizzire, 38, birdied the first hole Friday but went quiet until making the turn. He recorded three straight birdies at Nos. 10-12 and added circles on his card at the 15th, 17th and 18th holes.
Among his highlights were a tee shot at the par-3 11th that nestled within 5 feet of the pin and a 28 1/2-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th that tracked from left to right and straight into the cup.
The projected cut line was 2 under par as the final groups finished their rounds Friday evening. Among the notable players on track to miss the cut were two-time tournament champion Max Homa (1 under), Wyndham Clark (2 over) and Mark Hubbard, who followed a first-round 67 with a 5-over 77 to drop to even par.
–Field Level Media
BILLY ANDRADE USES BIRDIE BINGE TO GRAB 4-SHOT SANFORD LEAD
Billy Andrade is head and shoulders above the field after one round of the Sanford International on Friday in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Andrade reeled off five birdies in a row on his way to a 7-under-par 63. Nobody else shot better than 3-under 67 at Minnehaha Country Club.
Andrade started his round on the back nine and birdied the par-5 12th before his five-birdie run began at the par-4 14th. He made the turn in 6-under 30 and moved to 7 under on the second hole, his 11th of the day, before cooling off and making seven straight pars to finish.
“I think it’s the best 18 holes I’ve played on the Champions Tour in my 11 years,” Andrade said. “It’s been a while and I’ve had some good scores over the years, but nothing this low in these kinds of conditions.”
Andrade won three times on the PGA Tour Champions in 2015 and hasn’t earned a trophy since. Not that he’s too concerned about turning his headstart into a victory.
“I’m 60 years old. I don’t think anyone really cares how I back up tomorrow from today or the next day or next week,” Andrade said. “We’re all out here just having a blast, having a great time. And I haven’t won in a long time, so it would be so sweet to get back in the winner’s circle. So that’s all I’m thinking about is going out tomorrow and having a great time with a couple of great golfers.”
Four players are tied for second: Steve Stricker, Ken Tanigawa and Australians Steve Allan and Michael Wright.
Stricker is the two-time defending champion of this event and has three Sanford International titles among his 17 career wins on the PGA Tour Champions. On Friday, he paired five birdies with two bogeys.
Stricker knew that Andrade had left the field in the dust.
“I said that going down 17 to the guys in our group, ‘That’s a hell of a round today,’ 7 under, a four-shot lead. When you can beat the field or anybody else by four shots in a round, you know you did something special,” Stricker said.
“I’ve played here a lot of years and had success here,” he added, “so even when things aren’t going right, I still have that confidence knowing that I can finish strong coming in or make some birdies when I have to, but yes, it’s a nice-feeling place for me, and I enjoy going around here.”
Tied for sixth at 2-uder 68 are Harrison Frazar, South Korea’s Charlie Wi and Australian Richard Green.
–Field Level Media
BROOKS KOEPKA SHOOTS 62 TO TAKE EARLY LEAD AT LIV CHICAGO
Brooks Koepka fired a flawless 8-under-par 62 to take a commanding four-stroke lead after one round of LIV Golf Chicago on Friday at Bolingbrook (Ill.) Golf Club.
Koepka started his round on the third hole and saved his best for last, birdieing five of his final six holes — Nos. 15, 16, 18, 1 and 2. His mid-length birdie at the 16th hole gave him the outright lead at 5 under par before he built his cushion with the late hot streak.
Paul Casey of England is alone in second at 4-under 66, and Casey’s Crushers GC teammate, Anirban Lahiri of India, is third at 3-under 67.
Despite finishing the day with eight birdies and no bogeys, Koepka said he didn’t feel he struck the ball well for the first seven holes.
“I don’t know how many fairways (I made) — the stats probably weren’t good, but (the misses) were on the correct side of the hole, which helped,” Koepka said.
“Putted really good. Felt like I was finally making some putts with the correct speed, and it was the best putting day I’ve had in a long time.”
No one has won more individual titles on the nascent LIV Golf circuit than Koepka, who captured his fifth overall and his second of the year last month at LIV Golf Greenbrier. LIV Golf Chicago is the final event before the team championship next week outside Dallas.
“Just playing good, I guess. You go on runs, and unfortunately mine has come at the end when we’re not playing much golf,” Koepka said.
While Koepka may pad his win total at the end of the weekend, more of the focus will be on the showdown between Spaniard Jon Rahm and Chilean Joaquin Niemann, who are duking it out for the 2024 LIV title. Rahm, in his first year with LIV, entered Chicago with a narrow 2.97-point edge on Niemann in the season standings.
Round 1 went to Niemann, though, as he opened with a 2-under 68 (overcoming a double bogey at the par-4 15th), while Rahm shot 1-under 69.
“It’s always nice to play with Jon,” said Niemann, who spent Friday’s round with Rahm but won’t be paired with him Saturday. “I’m going to miss him. But no, we had a few rounds together. I enjoyed playing with him. It’s one of those, maybe on Sunday we might get together.”
Crushers took a four-shot lead in the team competition thanks to Casey, Lahiri and captain Bryson DeChambeau (2-under 68), who combined to score 9 under par Friday. 4Aces GC and Smash GC are tied for second at 5 under.
Crushers also leads the season standings by a half-point over Rahm’s Legion XIII entering the week.
–Field Level Media
NELLY KORDA, U.S. LEAD 6-2 AFTER FIRST DAY OF SOLHEIM CUP
It’s safe to say Nelly Korda and the United States team are sitting pretty after Day 1 of the Solheim Cup.
The Americans rode the momentum of a 3-1 morning session and dominated Team Europe in the afternoon four-ball (best-ball) matches to open up a 6-2 lead in the competition on Friday in Gainesville, Va.
Hosting the event at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, the U.S. made true progress toward ending a three-event Solheim Cup drought. The team needs 14 1/2 points by Sunday to wrest the cup back from Europe.
“I saw a ton of good golf, and really things played out the way we were hoping,” U.S. captain Stacy Lewis said. “So just really happy with the pairings I was able to put out, and the players produced some great shots and some great scores and got us a ton of points.”
World No. 1 Korda fired several terrific shots as she and Megan Khang steamrolled England’s Georgia Hall and Ireland’s Leona Maguire 6 and 4.
Korda — who teamed with Allisen Corpuz in the morning foursome (alternate-shot) session to score the Americans’ first point of the day — won the afternoon match with two eagles on her last three holes. At the par-5 12th, she flighted her approach at the par-5 12th onto the green and rolled it up to a mere 3 feet.
At No. 14, she nearly hit the pin with her second shot, then made the ensuing putt to end the match.
“We started already out of the gates really pumping up the crowd, and it was so much fun all day,” Korda said.
Rose Zhang sank multiple long putts and Andrea Lee nearly made an improbable hole-out on the final hole as they dominated Sweden’s Linn Grant and England’s Charley Hull, 5 and 4.
Europe’s only point of the four-ball session came from Swedish teammates Anna Nordqvist and Madelene Sagstrom, who defeated Alison Lee and Lexi Thompson 6 and 5.
Solheim Cup rookies Lauren Coughlin and Sarah Schmelzel halved their first six holes against Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen and Sweden’s Maja Stark before Schmelzel’s birdie at No. 7 put them ahead for good. The American duo finished off a 3-and-2 win when Coughlin rolled in a birdie putt at the par-3 16th.
Coughlin, a Virginia native playing near her hometown, started 2-0-0 at her first Solheim Cup, as did the fellow rookie Schmelzel.
“We have a really great team,” Coughlin said. “We had fun this week. I figured, if we can go out and have a good time, good things will happen.”
European captain Suzann Pettersen of Norway said there was a “massive job” ahead for her team. She pointed to last year’s competition, when the U.S. swept the first session 4-0 before Europe clawed back for a 14-14 tie to retain the cup.
“All I would say, I think we gave it a good effort,” Pettersen said. “I think the Americans played great … I feel like they kind of had all the putts rolling their way. I really don’t feel like we’ve had any momentum, but it’s not to blame.”
In the morning foursomes session, Korda and Corpuz defeated Hull and Esther Henseleit of Germany 3 and 2, and Zhang and Coughlin beat France’s Celine Boutier and Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela by the same score.
Pedersen and Stark raced out to a 4-up lead through five holes against Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho, but the Americans chipped away at that margin from the ninth hole on. They were 1 down heading to the 18th, but Pedersen hit a perfect approach shot to set up a short birdie, and Europe won the match 2 up.
In the final match of the morning, World No. 2 Lilia Vu and Schmelzel defeated Grant and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, also 3 and 2.
Korda and Corpuz’s match hinged on the par-5 14th hole, when both teams hit the water on their second shot. After the ensuing drops, Korda placed the Americans slightly closer than the Europeans, and Corpuz sank the par putt after Europe’s putt missed.
“I just think any time you make a longer putt, it kind of gives you a little more momentum,” Corpuz said. “It felt like we were playing really well all day long; just burned a lot of edges in the first few holes and was able to see them going in.”
They won the next two holes and wrapped up the match at the par-3 16th, where Korda’s tee shot settled several feet from the cup and Corpuz converted the birdie.
Zhang and Coughlin never trailed in their morning match, though it took until No. 12 for them to break away from Boutier and Valenzuela. Coughlin’s birdie putt at that hole pushed the Americans 1 up; Zhang made an uphill par putt at No. 16 to finish the job.
–Field Level Media
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COLTS FOOTBALL
COLTS-PACKERS PREVIEW: RUN DEFENSE EYES RAPID REBOUND WHETHER JORDAN LOVE OR MALIK WILLIS START FOR GREEN BAY
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The Colts will look to earn their first win of 2024 on Sunday at Lambeau Field in a game that could be defined by both players in the Green Bay Packers’ backfield.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love is questionable to play, but did not practice this week, after sustaining a knee injury late in Green Bay’s Week 1 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Brazil. Malik Willis, the 2022 third-round draft pick of the Tennessee Titans, will start his fourth career game, and first with the Packers, if Love cannot play on Sunday against the Colts.
Over 12 games (three starts), Willis – who the Packers traded for in August – is 35/67 (52.2 percent) for 350 yards (5.2 yards/attempt) with no touchdowns, three interceptions and a passer rating of 48.7; he’s also rushed 32 times for 144 yards (4.5 yards/attempt) with a touchdown.
Don’t let those stats fool you, though. No matter who’s playing quarterback, the Colts have plenty of respect for the Packers’ offense – and that respect begins with LaFleur, who’s successfully navigated a thorny quarterback transition to a 56-28 record as Green Bay’s head coach.
“He’s had a lot of success,” head coach Shane Steichen said earlier this week. “Obviously, going from (Aaron) Rodgers, who’s a hell of a player and then Love had a ton of success last year at the end of the year – and obviously Week 1. I think he does a really good job of adapting to his players. So, whoever’s out there, whether Love plays or Malik plays, we’ve just got to be ready for either one.”
Even if Love were fully healthy, though, the Colts’ charge for Week 2 was still going to be stopping the guy lining up in the backfield next to or behind Green Bay’s quarterback.
“We’re expecting a heavy run game,” defensive tackle DeForest Buckner said, “especially with what we put on film last week.”
Veteran running back Josh Jacobs, who signed with the Packers as a free agent in March, carried 16 times for 84 yards in Green Bay’s Week 1 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. His average of 5.3 yards per carry was the same as Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon churned out on 30 carries against the Colts in Week 1, with his success on the ground one of the defining storylines of the Colts’ season-opening defeat.
“Obviously, they had some success on Sunday moving the ball on the ground,” linebacker Zaire Franklin said. “Some of it was by design, some of it was Mixon being a good player. So, we’ve just got to be better on Sunday against Green Bay.”
Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley said the Colts’ focus in Week 1 was to limit explosive plays through the air and put pressure on quarterback C.J. Stroud, which for the most part worked: Stroud completed only two passes that traveled at least 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. That left the Colts’ defense to defend the run with several light boxes (six defenders, instead of a standard seven or loaded eight), and Houston was able to take advantage of those in a way Bradley said was “disappointing,” especially late in the game.
The Texans rushed 14 times for 72 yards (5.1 yards/attempt) in the fourth quarter.
“It switched to where if you would had told me before the game, they’re going to have 35 carries in the game running the ball – they did a good job. I would not have thought that,” Bradley said. “I would not have thought that. Now, the time of possession was, what 40 minutes to 20 minutes? So, when you have that many plays, 80 plays, to run the ball that many times, it could happen. But I think for us, at halftime, they had 70 yards rushing. They gave me the stats and I was fine with that part of it – with the style that we were playing and how aggressive we were trying to get pressure on the quarterback. But it was the end part that was disappointing where we didn’t get some stops when we needed it.”
The Colts, though, are confident in their defensive front’s ability to rebound – this is a veteran group that ranked 10th in rushing yards per play allowed in 2023 and fifth in 2022. But they also acknowledge that rebound has to happen in Week 2 against a Packers team with an experienced, talented rusher in Jacobs and an offense that’s built on running the ball.
“We know that we can defend the run when we do things properly,” Bradley said. “We missed some tackles in the last quarter that need to be made. So, we’ve got to do a better job of tackling, better job of edge setting.
“… They’re a committed run team. They want to run the ball and have play-action off of it, but we’ve got to be at our best in terms of run game, and we’ve got to get this corrected and we will.”
The larger point here is with Willis potentially making his first start in Green Bay, and his first start since 2022, the Packers very well could lean on their run game to ease their 25-year-old quarterback into the game. It’s a small sample size, but on third downs with at least six yards to the sticks, Willis in his career is 7/14 for 68 yards with six sacks and three rushing attempts for seven yards. He’s accounted for only one first down on those 23 plays.
Willis, though, is mostly an unknown not just in if he’ll play, but how he’ll play within LaFleur’s offense.
“It’s tough, right?” Bradley said. “Like you don’t know exactly, are they going to utilize him – some of the skillset that he had from college? Are they going to have him be the quarterback and then say, ‘Hey, this is our system. Let’s go operate it, but we may throw a few wrinkles or two in there.’ So, I think we’re looking at him now, just the style of play, the athleticism that he has and the styles of throw that he makes and what he’s good at. Then we’re getting back to really the scheme that Green Bay is running.”
We’ll see on Sunday. But the defense’s job will be easier – and Love or Willis’ job harder – if the Colts can stop the run.
INDIANA FEVER
FEVER BREAK MORE RECORDS, BUT DROP CLOSE CONTEST TO ACES
By Madie Chandler | FeverBasketball.com
It was only fitting that Caitlin Clark’s 317th assist broke the WNBA’s single season assist record as she represented Indiana on the hardwood Friday evening.
“We’re not into the playoffs yet,” Clark said. “I think that’s what’s so fun about it is you’re just going to continue to see records be taken down…It’s fun as a competitor to show up in this league every night and know you have to bring your best, because whoever is on the other side of the court from you, they’re going to bring their best, and that’s what makes it fun.”
Just two nights after falling to Las Vegas Aces, the Fever were back between the lines with the same foe. Friday’s loss against the Aces was a windshield-wiper game, one with a back and forth cadence that left spectators dizzy with excitement despite a Fever loss, 78-74. Clark’s performance wasn’t the only record-breaking outing – Kelsey Mitchell broke her own franchise single season scoring record on a night where she led the Fever with 20 points.
A’ja Wilson, who broke the WNBA’s single season scoring record on Wednesday, and Aliyah Boston, who broke her own franchise record for rebounds in a single season during the same contest, met again to fight for claim of the paint.
Boston held Wilson, who tallied 27 points on Wednesday, to just 15 points in Friday’s rematch.
“When you have someone like her patrolling the paint, you feel pretty confident in there,” Clark said of Boston. “I feel very fortunate to be able to come into this franchise and have a post player like that, that I get to work with and learn with.”
Boston’s night wasn’t flashy – she notched 14 points and eight rebounds – but her relentless perseverance against a physical team and a defensive assignment that included the WNBA’s MVP frontrunner left an indelible mark on the contest.
More than that, she’s part of a trio of threats that Aces coach Becky Hammon called a “legit three-headed monster.”
“AB (Boston) is really raw, like she has so much skill right now, but I think the sky’s the limit for her,” Clark said. “She can continue to improve and get so much better…She’s already really good, but I think she’s going to be one of the best.”
The Indiana Fever have faith in Boston – she’s the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year – as the connecting point between the dynamic and captivating guard play of Clark and Mitchell. On Friday, Boston was just short of sending Indiana to overtime with the back-to-back WNBA Champions.
Down three late, the Fever ran an inbounds play to create a 3-point look. Option one was Clark, option two was Mitchell.
“Teams are going to scheme against Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell,” Sides said. “They’re going to do everything they can to make somebody else take that three.”
Somebody else was Boston. As she flashed to the far corner, no Aces came with her. Boston received the ball and took the shot to knot the contest at 75.
Gainbridge Fieldhouse sat in stunned silence as it arced toward the basket, ultimately rolling around the rim and out.
“It was a great shot,” Sides said. “It rimmed in and out. I mean, that was a great shot. This girl has gone and worked really hard on that part of the game. I have a lot of confidence in her to take that shot.”
The result didn’t tip Indiana’s way, but the young Fever team left Gainbridge Fieldhouse with every bit of confidence in the fact that they’re able to hang with the best of the best. They’ll seek a win in their regular season home finale as they welcome the Dallas Wings to Indianapolis for a matinee game on Sunday.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANS HURL 7.0 SHUTOUT INNINGS TO DEFEAT ROCHESTER IN RAZOR SHINES WEEKEND OPENER
INDIANAPOLIS – Led by Jake Woodford and Domingo Germán’s 7.0 combined shutout innings and a six-run rally in the fifth inning, the Indianapolis Indians earned their sixth straight win and fourth against the Rochester Red Wings on Friday night at Victory Field, 6-3. Indy is now 16-1 in its last 17 games at the Vic.
With both teams scoreless through four innings, Indianapolis (40-26, 73-66) pounced on Thaddeus Ward (L, 8-6) in the fifth frame and capitalized on his final two of six walks issued. With Andrés Alvarez and Liover Peguero on base, Nick Yorke jump-started the offense with an RBI single to plate the first run of the game. Indy logged three consecutive run-scoring singles from Jack Suwinski, Malcom Nuñez and Joshua Palacios to tack on four more runs. Palacios came around to score the final run of the frame on an RBI single by Alvarez, the 10th and final batter of the inning.
Following 4.0 shutout frames from Woodford, Germán (W, 7-4) entered and allowed just two baserunners across 3.0 scoreless frames. Rochester (34-33, 72-68) scored two runs on an RBI single from Andrew Pinckney in the eighth and added the final run of the contest in the ninth to break up the shutout bid.
Nick Yorke and Jack Suwinski combined to record four of Indy’s nine hits and each logged an RBI in the contest. Yorke reached base safely in four of his five plate appearances and was joined by Nuñez and Alvarez in recording two walks.
The Indians and Red Wings continue Razor Shines Weekend presented by Meineke in a 6:35 PM ET first pitch on Saturday night at Victory Field. Shines’ No. 3 will officially be retired by the organization in a ceremony beginning at 6 PM. RHP Brad Lord (2-3, 4.00) will take the hill for Rochester while Indianapolis has yet to name a starter.
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
ALONSO-CORCELLES, OFFENSE BRILLIANT IN SWEEP OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Outstanding passing and great distribution was key for the Indiana Volleyball team (5-2, 0-0) as it took care of Southern Indiana in straight sets (25-19, 28-26, 25-19) on Friday (Sept. 13) evening at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers, who beat Chicago State earlier in the day, finished off a 2-0 start to the Indiana Invitational.
Senior setter Camryn Haworth set a balanced attack in the win, dishing out 38 assists to five different players. All five of IU’s primary attackers had at least five kills, led by a match-high 14 from junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles. On her birthday, freshman middle blocker Ella Boersema had a career-high nine kills.
The Hoosiers continue to struggle from the service line, a trend that’s continued into week three. Despite a season-high 16 service errors, IU put Southern Indiana under pressure in the final two sets. The visitors had 19 attacking errors, 13 of those unforced. Boersema had a hand in all six blocks for the Hoosiers.
In the two victories Friday, senior outside hitter Mady Saris continued her hot start to the season. The Canadian attacker hit over .400 in both games, combining for 23 kills in a pair of wins. Junior opposite Avry Tatum handled less of a load offensively but is hitting .374 on the season after combining for 16 kills in two matches Friday.
The final game of the Indiana Invitational for the hosts will pair them with a talented Ball State squad on Saturday (Sept. 14) afternoon at 4:00 PM. Ball State has a win over James Madison on the young season and played top-10 foes Kentucky and Penn State to tight finishes. IU will go for its first 6-2 start in five years tomorrow.
Set Breakdown
Set 1: Indiana 25, Southern Indiana 19
Behind the energy from the home crowd, the Hoosiers jumped out to an early advantage with an efficient offensive game plan. IU hit .438 (15-1-32) with Mady Saris contributing five kills on eight errorless swings. Camryn Haworth dished out 12 assists. IU combined on three blocks. The set was kept close by six service errors from the Hoosiers.
• The two programs exchanged points in the early going before Southern Indiana took a 11-9 lead. From there, IU went on a 7-3 run, punctuated by a kill from Ella Boersema. The Screaming Eagles took a timeout with the Hoosiers going up 16-14. Out of the timeout, Boersema and Avry Tatum got a block to go up three points.
• IU scored five of the final six points in the set with Saris and Madi Sell combining on four kills. Sell, not normally in the Hoosiers’ serving rotation, had a crucial ace to bring up set point. This was IU’s first opening set victory since Labor Day’s win against UC Davis.
Set 2: Indiana 28, Southern Indiana 26
Burdened by six additional service aces, IU let Southern Indiana hang around before winning a tight deuce game in extra points. Alonso-Corcelles put down nine kills while hitting .412 in the set. Haworth dished out 18 assists and Ramsey Gary dug eight balls to keep rallies going. This was IU’s first time going up 2-0 in a match since the season opener against Kennesaw State.
• Haworth’s electric jump serve pushed IU out to an 8-5 lead. She had an early ace and put pressure on the Screaming Eagles, forcing them to attack into the double block of Tatum and Boersema.
• After IU leveled the game at 16-all, Southern Indiana responded with two points out of the timeout. The two teams exchanged points all the way to 23-all before an attacking error on Haworth gave the visitors set point. IU did a good job of fighting off a pair of set points. Saris and Alonso-Corcelles had back-to-back kills to get a set point for IU. The Hoosiers closed out the frame on an opposing attacking error.
Set 3: Indiana 25, Southern Indiana 19
On the back of a strong service run from Alonso-Corcelles, the Hoosiers closed out the match with little trouble. IU held the visitors to just a .030 hitting percentage (10-9-33) in the final set. Boersema got involved offensively down the stretch, terminating on four kills. Southern Indiana committed eight unforced attacking errors.
• The IU lead got out to 9-5 before the visitors took their first timeout. Alonso-Corcelles served IU on a 5-0 run, featuring her first ace of the night, to put IU in front comfortably.
• IU got out to a nine-point advantage on multiple occasions, including at 17-8 and 19-10, to take full control of the frame. Haworth served six-straight points, tacking on an ace and helping her offensive options get involved. A couple late errors made the score closer than it was but IU closed out the match in three sets.
Top Hoosier Performers
#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
14 kills, 9 digs, 1 ace, 1 assist
#4 Saris, Mady
9 kills, .421 hitting percentage, 3 digs, 1 block
#10 Haworth, Camryn
38 assists, 4 digs, 2 aces, 2 kills
Notes to Know
• IU picked up its second sweep of the season, knocking off the Screaming Eagles in straight sets. Over the past two campaigns, the Hoosiers have totaled 15 sweeps.
• The Hoosiers move to 13-3 at Wilkinson Hall over the past two seasons. IU is off to a 3-0 start at home for the second-straight campaign.
• Candela Alonso-Corcelles tallied 14 kills in Friday’s nightcap after going for 10 in the day’s opener. She has 10+ kills in six of seven matches this season as the team’s primary attacker. She finished one dig away from her first double-double of the season. She’s hitting at a career-high .206 clip on the young season.
• Ella Boersema, on her 19th birthday, provided career highs in both kills (9) and blocks (6). She had six blocks in the opener against Chicago State and matched it against Southern Indiana. The freshman was efficient offensively against the Screaming Eagles, hitting .438 with just two errors.
• Camryn Haworth combined for 76 assists on the day, taking her career tally to 3,125. Through the two matches, she moved to seventh in program history. She needs just five more to move into sixth. The Fishers, Ind. native would have to hit 3,500 to get into IU’s all-time top five.
INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
MIHALIC’S LATE WINNER SNAGS ALL THREE POINTS IN PISCATAWAY
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Indiana men’s soccer saw its patience rewarded Friday (Sept. 13) night on Yurcak Field as senior forward Tommy Mihalic’s 87th-minute strike made the difference in its 1-0 win over Rutgers in the opening match of Big Ten Conference play.
IU (2-2-2, 1-0-0 B1G) outshot the Scarlet Knights (3-4-0, 0-1-0) 13-7 but had to wait until the dying moments for its breakthrough. The Hoosiers hit the woodwork twice in the first half and found the gloves of Rutgers junior goalkeeper Ciaran Dalton four times before Mihalic’s winner.
“Great road win to start the Big Ten season,” IU head coach Todd Yeagley said. “Doing it late was fantastic. I thought our team performed well, and it’s important to get a win to start conference play.”
KEY MOMENTS
• 22′ – Senior forward Justin Weiss slipped a one-touch through ball into the path of Mihalic, who fired a first-time shot that Dalton’s fingertips pushed into the far post and out.
• 35′ – Senior forward Samuel Sarver cut in from the left and fired a shot that dipped but not in time to miss the crossbar.
• 55′ – Indiana saw a pair of chances saved by Dalton within moments of each other. Sarver raced past his marker in transition and squared to Weiss, but his attempt was right to Dalton. Sophomore forward Collins Oduro was on the follow-up, but Dalton leaped to push his attempt away.
• 87′ – Senior midfielder Patrick McDonald played a cross-field ball to Sarver on the right wing, who rocketed past his defender into the box and towards the end line before playing behind to Mihalic. Mihalic’s first-time effort snuck under Dalton for the score.
NOTABLES
• Indiana earned its first win in Piscataway and first win in a Big Ten opener since the 2020-21 season.
• Mihalic scored his fourth goal of the season, bringing his total to five goal contributions (four goals, one assist) in six matches. The senior reached 40 points in his career with 18 goals and four assists.
• Sarver earned his second assist of the season, while McDonald tallied his first assist and second goal contribution.
• McDonald and Mihalic appeared in their 75th match Friday night. Sarver reached the same milestone in Monday’s match versus Dayton.
UP NEXT
Indiana returns home for a two-match homestand. The Hoosiers will host Evansville Tuesday (Sept. 17) before they resume Big Ten play Friday (Sept. 20) against Maryland.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
BOILERMAKERS STEAM PAST HOUSTON, 3-0
DALLAS, Texas – The No. 7 Purdue Boilermakers swept the Houston Cougars, 3-0 behind 25-12, 25-21, 25-20 set scores. With the win, Purdue improves to 7-0 on the season while handing Houston its third loss of the season (3-3).
Purdue never forfeited the lead and there was just one tied score in the match.
Chloe Chicoine led the team with her 14th career double-double, including third of the season, behind her 11-kill, 10-dig performance.
The team hit above .300 for nearly the entire match, ending the evening with a .292 hitting clip, which included a .370 attack % in Set 1. The Boilermakers also posted a perfect sideout % in the opening set, going 12-for-12 in addition, the team went 80% in the final set.
The Boilermakers held the Cougars to a .078 attack % in the match, the second straight match the team has held opponents to under .100. Moreover, Purdue did not allow a single service ace.
Purdue out-blocked Houston, 13-5, marking the sixth match this season the team has reached double-digit blocks.
Taylor Anderson nearly had a career-high night on the attack, posting an errorless four kills on seven attempts (.571%) alongside 31 assists, seven digs and two blocks.
The Boilermakers are 18-2 in sets won this season.
Under Dave Shondell, Purdue has started 7-0 eight times under head coach Dave Shondell, with the last time coming five years ago (2018).
Up next, host SMU and No. 10 Kentucky will face off in Moody Coliseum tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Purdue will play the winner of the match, either vs. No. 10 Kentucky at 3 p.m. ET or SMU at 5 p.m. ET. SMU’s match will be streamed on ACCNX.
PURDUE XC
MEN FINISH 5TH, WOMEN 6TH AT BIG TEN PREVIEW
SAVOY, Ill. – The Purdue cross country team made the most of its Big Ten Preview at Illinois’ Orange and Blue Golf Course, as the men placed fifth and the women came in sixth.
The course will be the same one the Boilermakers will compete on in November for the Big Ten Championships.
PURDUE MEN (5th, 118 pts) – 8k
All five scoring runners finished in the top 31, as the men’s team finished fifth with 118 points. Eight runners came across the line in the top 38. Wisconsin won the men’s race with 24 points.
Nathan Walker paced Purdue with an 11th-place finish in 24:00.0. Jason Polydoris notched his best career mark with a 24:18.1 to come across the line in 21st.
The next seven Boilermakers finished within 12.8 seconds of each other.
Douglas Buckeridge was the third Boilermaker to reach the line, coming in 26th with a time of 24:20.0. Caleb Williams was 2.3 seconds behind Buckeridge in 29th with a mark of 24:22.3. Nerius White rounded out the scoring in 31st with a time of 24:23.5.
Four Boilermakers finished within seven spots of scoring. Geno Christofanelli was 34th with a time of 24:28.4. Kiefer Bell was 36th in 24:30.6. Brady Yoder edged Alex Frey for 37th with a time of 24:42.6, .2 seconds ahead of his teammate.
11 (11) – Nathan Walker – 24:00.4
21 (21) – Jason Polydoris – 24:11.4
26 (26) – Douglas Buckeridge – 24:20.0
29 (29) – Caleb Williams – 24:22.3
31 (31) – Nerius White – 24:23.5
34 – Geno Christofanelli – 24:28.4
36 – Kiefer Bell – 24:30.6
37 – Brady Yoder – 24:32.6
38 – Alex Frey – 24:32.8
73 – Jaryn Weinel – 25:47.4
76 – Quintin Lowe – 26:00.8
77 – Matthew Helton – 26:05.6
PURDUE WOMEN (6th, 145 pts) – 6k
The women placed sixth with a score of 145 points, just six points behind fifth-place Iowa. Northwestern claimed the title with 40 points.
Payne Turney led the way for the Boilermakers with a 13th-place finish in a time of 20:57.2, with her second career 6k race under 21-minutes. Emma Squires followed closely behind in 26th after posting a mark of 21:22.8.
Caroline Jordan posted her fastest career time in a 6k with a mark of 21:35.6 to finish 31st. Jaelyn Burgos followed suit in 34th and a personal best of 21:39.4, shaving 40 seconds off her previous best in a 6k.
Meredith Bloss rounded out the scoring times in 41st to finish in 21:55.1.
A trio of Boilermakers also recorded career-best times on the women’s side – Sarah Maggio (54, 22:03.5), Sophia Yon (57, 22:09.7), Lauren Pegher (84, 23:07.0)
13 (13) – Payne Turney – 20:57.2
26 (26) – Emma Squires – 21:22.8
31 (32) – Caroline Jordan – 21:31.3
34 (36) – Jaelyn Burgos – 21:39.4
41 (45) – Meredith Bloss – 21:55.1
54 – Sarah Maggio – 22:03.5
57 – Sophia Yon – 22:09.7
76 – Sofia Munoz – 22:42.2
77 – Paige Hazelrigg – 22:42.6
80 – Ally Wigand – 22:50.2
84 – Lauren Pegher – 23:07.0
95 – Katherine Rumsey – 23:45.8
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will have a few weeks off before returning to action at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Oct. 4. Races are slated to start at 10:30 a.m.
NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL
IRISH TAKE DOWN COLORADO STATE IN HOME OPENER
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish got the job done in front of an electric crowd inside of Compton Family Ice Arena as they defeated Colorado State for the first time in program history on Friday, Sept. 13. The Irish won their home opener in four sets (25-23, 16-25, 25-21, 25-15) and advanced to 5-1 on the season.
Phyona Schrader did it again – the senior setter recorded her third triple-double in a row and is now tied for first in the country so far this season. She finished with 11 kills, 28 assists, 14 digs, and four service aces in tonight’s win.
Sydney Palazzolo and Morgan Gaerte led the way with 15 kills a piece, a career high for Gaerte. The freshman trio of Morgan Gaerte, Anna Bjork and Grace Langer all finished with three blocks a piece. Ella Sandt also finished with a double-double tonight with 17 assists and 10 digs.
The Irish were able to get off to a 12-8 start with five kills between the freshman duo of Morgan Gaerte and Anna Bjork. With Notre Dame in front 16-13, the squads would swap points up to the 21-18 mark before the Rams tied it up at 21-21 and forced the Notre Dame timeout. While the Irish regained the lead at 23-21, Colorado State scored four straight to end the set 25-23.
It was similar back and forth action in the second set and while it was tied twice, the Irish never trailed in the set. Tied at 14-all, the Irish dominated, going on a 11-2 run to win set two and tie it up at 1-1 heading into the third. Notre Dame recorded 20 kills and hit an impressive clip of .447 in the set to secure the set two win.
Tied at 8-8 in the third set, the Irish took seven of the next nine points to give them a 15-10 edge going into the media timeout. While the Rams closed the gap to two at 23-21, kills from Gaerte and Palazzolo closed out the set.
With the Irish offense hitting .400 in the final set, the defense stepped up and held the Rams to a -.152 hitting effort in set four. While the Irish had the lead at 9-6, Notre Dame extended the advantage to 14-6 with a 5-0 run. The Rams responded with a 5-0 of their own to bring it back within three at 14-11, but the Irish took back the momentum to win it 25-15.
The Irish are back in action tomorrow to take on Northwestern for the second time this week. The match will take place in Compton Family Ice Arena at 6:30 PM.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER
MATCH 5 PREVIEW: NO. 3 STANFORD
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 23/8 Fighting Irish men’s soccer team is back in action for an ACC showdown against No. 3/3 Stanford at Alumni Stadium at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 14. The match will air on ACCNX.
#23/8 NOTRE DAME vs. #3/3 STANFORD
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Alumni Stadium
Live Stream: ACCNX
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Game Notes: vs. Stanford
THE STANFORD SERIES
• The Irish and Cardinal will meet on the pitch for the second time in program history on Saturday evening.
• Notre Dame came out victorious in the previous matchup, outlasting Stanford by a score of 2-1 in a double overtime win on Sept. 2, 2016.
• Now Dallas Cowboy kicker Brandon Aubrey won the match for the Irish with a free kick goal in the 104th minute.
• Current Austin FC standout Jon Gallagher leveled the match in the 86th minute to set up the dramatic win in overtime.
ROOU LEADS THE LINE
• Senior forward Matthew Roou picked up right where he left off, scoring the first goal of the season for Notre Dame in the opener against Akron.
• Roou converted a penalty drawn by Bryce Boneau in the 51st minute.
• The talisman now has 54 career points off 22 goals and 10 assists.
• Last season Roou was elite in attack, scoring 10 goals and registering three assists, marking his best year in an Irish jersey.
BK THE GK
• Blake Kelly has already made an impact just two three into his freshman season as the goalkeeper of the Fighting Irish.
• Kelly made eight saves in the draw at Indiana, the most of any ACC keeper this season.
• The freshman followed it up with his first career win in the ACC opener against Louisville, making four saves while allowing just one goal.
• The goalie started the season opener, marking the first time a true freshman goalie has started an opener for the Irish in over 30 seasons.
REGULAR SEASON DOMINANCE
• Dating back to a match on Oct. 18, 2022, Notre Dame has lost just once in regular season matches entering Tuesday’s matchup.
• The Irish have a record of 15-1-8 over the 24-match span.
• During the impressive run, Notre Dame has recorded 10 clean sheets.
• Notre Dame is unbeaten in road games over the stretch with a record of 5-0-5.
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 is off to a fast start this season, recording a goal and and two assists from the midfield through four matches.
• Boneau scored four goals and added seven assists last season as a center midfielder and has four goals and 11 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
• All six Notre Dame goals through the opening four matches have been scored by six players. (Roou, Flanagan, Genenbacher, Boneau, J. Bartlett, Spicer).
• Fourteen returning Irish players registered at least one point in their Notre Dame career, as the team returns 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
• The Irish dished out 48 assists last season, ranking sixth in the country for total assists.
• The 48 assists were the most an Irish team has produced in a season since the turn of the century.
• KK Baffour and Bryce Boneau led the squad in assists with seven each. Both return to the 2024 roster for the Irish.
• The Irish have four assists on the season with Boneau leading the way with two and Baffour and Spicer each tallying one this season.
FRESH FACES
• Notre Dame’s incoming freshman class is ranked No. 3 nationally by TopDrawerSoccer.
• The Irish welcome six freshman to the 2024 squad, totaling a 30-man roster.
• The six freshman are Jacob Bartlett (M), Stevie Dunphy (F), Brady Hilden (M), Blake Kelly (GK), Will Schroeder (M) and Ian Shaul (M).
• Also joining the team is goalkeeper Collin Travasos, who is a grad transfer. Travasos spent last season at UNC and prior to that completed his undergrad at Cal.
• Five of the six freshman have already logged minutes over the first four games of the 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.
BUTLER VOLLEYBALL
BUTLERVB DROPS TO PACIFIC 3-0 IN FIRST MATCH OF GCU CLASSIC
PHOENIX, ARIZ. — The Bulldogs fell in the first match of the GCU Classic against Pacific 3-0, (26-24, 25-16, 25-18). Elise Ward led the team with nine kills and six digs while Cora Taylor tallied 21 assists.
Pacific 26-24
After the Tigers took an early 8-5 lead, the Bulldogs went on a 4-0 run using a kill from Destiny Cherry and a serving ace from Taylor to jump ahead 9-8. Kills from Elise Ward then helped the Bulldogs extend the lead to 15-12. Pacific would crawl back to tie the set at 19-19 and the two teams would remain deadlocked to the very end where the Tigers would eventually edge out Butler 26-24. Ward hit for a set-high .500 with five kills.
Pacific 25-16
The second set was all Tigers after they used an early 5-0 spurt to fly out to a 7-1 lead. Kills from Laiya Ebo and blocks from Grace Boggess would help tie the set back up at 8-8. However, this would be the last time the Bulldogs were close to taking Set 2 as Pacific would continue the onslaught, extend the lead to 18-12 and then close out with another 5-0 run to win 25-16.
Pacific 25-18
Butler looked to stay alive in the third set taking an early 5-4 lead with the help from kills by Abby Maesch. The Tigers then regained the lead 10-7 before the Bulldogs fought back to take a 12-11 after a big block from Ward and Zoe McDonald. Pacific then flipped the switch going on consecutive 3-0 runs to make the score 18-14 and eventually closing out the match with a 4-0 spurt to win 25-18
Stat of the Match: After playing 22 matches in her career, Laiya Ebo had never earned a serving ace until today where she collected a match-high three serving aces. Cora Taylor and Abby Maesch also each added a serving ace.
Inside the Box Score
Taylor collected 21 assists and six digs
Jersey Loyer tallied a new career-high 13 digs
Ward led the team with nine kills along with six digs
Maesch recorded eight kills and four digs
Ebo set a new career-high three serving aces to go with a pair of kills
Up Next
The Bulldogs will play the second of three matches this weekend against Grand Canyon with the start time set for tomorrow at 10 PM ET.
BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER
NO. 12 OHIO STATE TOPS BULLDOGS, 1-0, IN COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Butler men’s soccer team and Ohio State were scoreless at the half, but the No. 12 Buckeyes (5-0-1) scored in the 73rd minute to defeat the Bulldogs (3-2-2), at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, by the final score of 1-0.
Key Moments
4′ | The Ohio State keeper passes to a defender who takes a bad touch. Palmer Ault charges at the ball, and the defender slides, but Ault gets a deflected shot, on frame, that is saved.
27′ | The Buckeyes take a straight-on shot from 18 yards out, but Caleb Norris is there for Butler and makes the save.
HALFTIME
47′ | A Butler free kick is blocked by the Buckeyes wall, but Henri Kumwenda volleys the bouncing ball. His shot hits the crossbar and caroms high, to the left, and out of the area.
73′ | Ohio States connects a couple of passes in the penalty area, and Nick Skubis is able to slide a ball on the ground past Norris and into the goal. The Buckeyes take the 1-0 lead.
87′ | Butler earns a late corner kick. The service is headed toward the goal, in a high arc, and Ohio State is able to make the save.
Bulldog Bits
Caleb Norris made a season-high seven saves in the match. He now has 111 for his career.
Norris made ten saves in last season’s match vs. Ohio State.
Up Next
Butler remains on the road, traveling to Akron on Friday, September 20.
IU-INDY MEN’S SOCCER
JAGUARS TO COMMENCE CONFERENCE PLAY AT WRIGHT STATE
DAYTON, Ohio — The IU Indianapolis men’s soccer team travels to Wright State for its Horizon League opener on Saturday (Sept. 14) for a 3:00 p.m. start. This will be the 27th all-time meeting between the sides, with the Raiders holding a 18-7 edge with just one draw coming in 2022. The Jaguars have controlled the series as of late, winning four of the last five matches, with all four victories coming in shutout fashion.
The Jaguars (3-1-1) are off to a hot start, thanks in part to excellent play from the newcomers. Wright State transfer Cameron Radeke and Ohio Wesleyan transfer Mason Taylor have especially stood out, with the former tallying a goal and assist and the latter registering 25 saves while boasting a 0.75 goals against average. While freshman Bali Esquivel has yet to appear on the scoresheet, his presence has definitely been felt on the pitch. He leads all outfield newcomers in playing time, starting all five matches and racking up 359 total minutes. Fellow freshmen Tyson Aschliman and Christian Nielsen have each recorded points, with Aschliman scoring at Saint Louis and Nielsen assisting in his first-ever appearance in the season opener.
The returners have also impressed, combining for five of the team’s seven goals and three of five assists. Jose Antonio Herrera has led the way, tallying a team-high three goals with two being game-winning marks. Gijs Velings, a Horizon League All-Freshman performer a year ago, has continued his stellar play, scoring his first career goal against Bowling Green and adding an assist at Saint Louis. Ethan Vermillion has also added a goal and assist in what has been a standout junior season. The defense has also been impressive, led by Brady Horn who has played a team-high 432 minutes.
Wright State (2-3) won back-to-back contests after falling to Bowling Green in its season opener, but has since dropped two straight road games. The Raiders, who were picked ninth in the Under Armor #HLMSOC Preseason Poll, are averaging over two scores a game, led by Edwin Espinal-Elvir, who tallied goals in each of the Raider’s first three matches. A trio of Raiders (Feliz Esekwuka, Conner Osterholt and Cole Werthmuller) have all registered two goals apiece, with the latter two also adding assists. Joel Shaw has been the leader in goal for the Raiders, recording 10 saves with a 2.00 goals against average.
BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL OPENS INDIANA INVITATIONAL WITH SWEEP OF CHICAGO STATE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – – Eight players logged at least one kill and 11 earned at least one dig Friday afternoon, helping the Ball State women’s volleyball team open play in the Indiana Invitational with a 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-18) victory over Chicago State.
“I was impressed with our overall team energy and consistency,” head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said. “Chicago State hit a lot of creative shots and served tough, so we had to stay locked in at all times. I thought everyone did that well.”
In picking up its third win of the season via the sweep, the Cardinals (4-3) used a complete team effort with 16 different student-athletes seeing time on the court. Combined, they helped Ball State hit .276 as a team, while limiting the Cougars (2-5) to a .102 rate of success.
“It was nice to be able to get everyone some good experience today, which will help us in the long run,” Phillips added. “We played consistent and focused from start to finish.”
On the offensive front, graduate middle Aayinde Smith led Ball State with eight kills, while also turning in another solid effort at the net with a match-high five total blocks. Smith has a team-leading 24 total blocks so far this season, while averaging 1.09 blocks per set.
The Cardinals also counted seven kills from freshman outside Carson Tyler and six apiece from sophomore middle Camryn Wise and junior opposite Madison Buckley. Redshirt sophomore outside Aniya Kennedy added five kills in two sets of action.
In the backcourt, freshman libero Sophie Ledbetter paced all players with 18 digs, while going a perfect 16-for-16 in serve receive. She also served up one of the team’s eight aces.
Senior setter Megan Wielonski was next on the list with seven figs, while handing out 28 assists. She also served up one ace and collected a pair of blocks.
Chicago State’s Patrycja Lagida led all players with nine kills, while Andrea Calderon had a team-best 11 digs.
The Ball State women’s volleyball team returns to action Saturday with a pair of matches. First up, an 11 a.m. battle versus Southern Indiana. The Cardinals will then play tournament host Indiana at 4 p.m.
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL
BALANCED ATTACK PUSHES TREES PAST ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Emma Kaelin and Hannah Baudin tallied career highs in kills Friday evening, propelling Indiana State to a four-set win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (25-13, 21-25, 25-14, 25-21) inside the Larry O. Finch Center.
Kaelin had 16 kills on a .279 hitting percentage, and also added 10 digs for her third double-double of the season. Baudin had 14 killls on a .321 hitting percentage, while Jadyn Smith added 10 kills. Emily Weber dished out a season-high 41 assists, while Macy Lengacher registered a season-high 19 digs.
Indiana State took charge early, as two kills each from Baudin, Kaelin and Ella Scott gave the Sycamores an early 10-2 lead. Consecutive kills from Smith midway through kept the lead at eight, and a pair of blocks during a four-point run put the Trees ahead 23-12. Smith closed out the first set with a kill, as Indiana State took the opening set 25-13.
Similar to the first set, Indiana State started strong in the second, with kills from Baudin and Smith putting the Trees ahead 4-0. The Sycamores’ lead remained at four following a kill from Scott and multiple UAPB errors, but the Golden Lions battled back. A 5-0 run for the Golden Lions cut Indiana State’s lead to a point, and another four-point run put Arkansas-Pine Bluff ahead. Two kills from Smith kept the Trees in it, but Arkansas-Pine Bluff took the last three points to win the second set 25-21.
Indiana State bounced back in the third set, as four different Sycamores recorded early kills to put the Blue and White ahead 7-3. UAPB came back to take the lead, but a four-point Sycamore run featuring a pair of kills from Baudin put the Trees ahead for good. Three straight kills from Kaelin put the Sycamores in command with a 20-13 lead, and the Trees took advantage of errors to close out the set. A block assist from Scott and Smith gave the Sycamores a 25-14 win in the third set.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff took an early lead in the fourth set, but the Trees responded with a five-point run, including a pair of kills from Scott, to take a 7-5 lead. Kills from Weber and Smith upped the Sycamores’ advantage to 12-9, and back-to-back aces from Kaelin midway through extended the lead to 17-14. Cadence Gilley broke things open late with a pair of aces, and Kaelin’s 16th kill of the match closed out a 25-21 fourth set win for the Sycamores to seal their second win of the season.
News and Notes
Hannah Baudin tallied double-digit kills for the first time in her Indiana State career with 14.
Indiana State finished with 10 aces, marking the third time this season that the Sycamores tallied double-digit aces in a match.
Macy Lengacher’s 19 digs were the most by a Sycamore in a match this season.
Indiana State limited Arkansas-Pine Bluff to a .098 hitting percentage, the lowest by a Sycamore opponent this season.
Indiana State had the advantage in kills (53-36), assists (48-34), aces (10-3) and blocks (6-5) in Friday’s match.
Up Next
Indiana State closes out the Bluff City Showdown with a Saturday doubleheader, facing Lamar at noon and Memphis at 5 p.m.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE VOLLEYBALL
MASTODON VOLLEYBALL PICKS UP WIN OVER CORNELL AT POPCORN CLASSIC
VALPARAISO, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s volleyball split its opening day at the Popcorn Classic on Friday (Sept. 13), picking up a five-set win over Cornell before falling to Miami (OH) in the evening.
Purdue Fort Wayne 3, Cornell 2
The Mastodons went the distance against Cornell after going up 2-0, hanging on for the five-set win 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 20-25, 15-11.
Three Mastodons recorded double-digit kill performances. Panna Ratkai had 23, Abby Stratford had 14 and Riley Rosneck had 10. LonDynn Betts was a threat in multiple ways from the libero spot, notching 19 digs, six assists and four aces. Taya Haffner and Nicole Jones split the setting duties, dishing out 36 and 15 assists, respectively.
The Mastodons took set one thanks to a 6-0 run that put them ahead for good. Ratkai’s service included an ace in this stretch. She had one of her match-high 23 kills on set point.
Set two was similarly tight like set one until the ‘Dons had an 8-1 run that included three aces in four tries from Betts. Stratford got the set-winning kill in the second, one of her seven in the frame.
Cornell had a 7-1 run in set three that gave the Big Red a cushion until the ‘Dons evened it back up at 18. The Big Red were able to capitalize on late kills to extend the match. Set four saw Cornell jump out to a 12-6 lead that never tilted the other way.
The fifth set was close until a 10-9 edge for the ‘Dons. After that, Stratford got a kill, then Jena Medearis and Rosneck combined for a block. Betts’ ace put the ‘Dons up 13-9 and within striking distance of match point. Rosneck got the first match-winning kill of her career to move the Mastodons to 4-3.
Cornell fell to 2-2.
Miami (OH) 3, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Purdue Fort Wayne overcame deficits in each of the three sets, but fell to Miami 27-25, 25-20, 25-22.
Miami jumped out to a 6-2 lead early in set one and carried the lead until the 20-16 mark. Ratkai got a kill to move back to the service line, then had two aces in a row. This spurred a 7-1 run that put the ‘Dons up 23-21. The ‘Dons had a duo of set points, but had two attack errors that led into a 5-1 run for Miami to win the opening frame.
Miami went up 12-7 in the second, but the ‘Dons got it back within one at 16-15 after a kill from Iris Riegel. The RedHawks rattled off a 4-0 run to push it back out, then traded points with the ‘Dons the rest of the way.
After trailing 13-5, the Mastodons clawed back, eventually tying the third set at 20 after a 4-0 run behind Jones’ serve. Miami earned each of its five points from there will four kills and a block to take the match.
Ratkai finished with a match-high 16 kills and 15 digs for a double-double. Betts had 17 digs, also a match-high.
Purdue Fort Wayne moved to 4-4 with the split. Miami improved to 5-3.
The Mastodons are back in action at 2 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 14) against Valparaiso.
EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN OPENING TWO CONTESTS IN MOREHEAD, KY.
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Two hard-fought matches on Friday saw the University of Evansville volleyball team drop a 5-set match to Eastern Michigan before losing a 3-0 decision to Duquesne in the Comfort Inn-Vitational at Johnson Arena.
Match 1 – Eastern Michigan 3, UE 2
Giulia Cardona posted 26 kills, but Kaili Doctor had 17 to pace Eastern Michigan to a 5-set win over the Purple Aces in Friday’s opener. Along with her dig total, Cardona added 20 digs and five blocks. Melanie Feliciano added 13 kills while Madisyn Steele had eight and Jenna Heidbreder finished with six. Lexi Owen had 47 assists and 12 digs while Maddie Hawkins chipped in 12 digs and three aces. Cardona picked up five aces of her own.
Set 1 – EMU 25, UE 20
Things got started with a close battle in the opening frame. Four in a row by the Aces broke a 7-7 tie as Feliciano notched two kills and a block. The Eagles fought back with four in a row before a late 3-0 stretch broke a 16-16 tie. EMU did not look back as they took the set by five points.
Set 2 – UE 25, EMU 19
Evansville had the upper hand to begin with a kill from Steele capping a 3-1 start. Eastern Michigan knotted the score at 5-5 and wrestled away a 9-7 edge. The turning point for UE came with the score tied at 15-15. Back-to-back service aces from Heidbreder gave the Aces the lead for good.
Following a time out, EMU scored to make it a 17-16 game, but the Aces countered with four in a row and would cruise to the 6-point win.
Set 3 – EMU 28, UE 26
Another strong start saw Evansville open a 4-1 lead with Cardona adding a pair of kills to her total. She added two more kills and consecutive aces to solidify a 7-3 advantage. EMU slowly made its way back, getting within a point on multiple occasions before an ace by Krystell Pappas put UE in front by a 17-14 margin.
The Eagles stormed back with a 5-1 run to go up 19-18, however, two more Cardona aces put UE on top, 23-21. Eastern Michigan quickly tied the score at 23-23 before an error gave Evansville set point. Unfortunately, the Eagles were able to take the 28-26 win.
Set 4 – UE 25, EMU 22
For the third set in a row, UE had the early momentum, recording the first three points. An ace from Maddie Hawkins extended the early lead to 6-2. Once again, EMU chipped away before eventually tying the score at 14-14 before taking their first lead of the frame at 20-19.
After the Eagles took a 22-21 edge, the Aces took control as they scored the final four points to force a fifth set. Hawkins picked up another ace while Heidbreder had the clinching kill.
Set 5 – EMU 15, UE 10
Steele and Cardona combined on a block to give UE an early 2-0 lead while Eastern Michigan fought back with a 6-1 stretch to take a 6-3 lead. Three in a row by the Aces tied the score, but EMU came back with a pair to go up 8-6. Evansville once again came back to tie it up, but the Eagles changed the course of the match with a 6-0 run before clinching the match with a 15-10 win.
Match 2 – Duquesne 3, UE 0
For the second time on Friday, Giulia Cardona led the Purple Aces with 13 kills but it was Duquesne taking the match by a 3-0 final. Melanie Feliciano recorded 9 kills and a team-best 13 digs while Lexi Owen posted 22 assists. Madisyn Steele was credited with three solo blocks and two block assists.
Set 1 – DU 25, UE 23
Madisyn Steele had an early solo block to give Evansville a 2-0 advantage while Maddie Hawkins had an ace to make it a 4-2 game. The Dukes rebounded with the next three tallies to take their first lead at 5-4. From there, the squads battled it out with UE looking to take control when an ace from Lexi Owen made it a 19-16 game.
A kill from Cardona set the Aces up with a 23-20 lead, but Duquesne had one final rally left, reeling off the final five points to take the set.
Set 2 – DU 25, UE 20
Another back-and-forth contest ensued as the teams battled to multiple tie scores throughout the majority of the frame. Duquesne was the first to take a multi-point edge, going up 17-15. Evansville rallied back when an ace from Melanie Feliciano put the Aces on top at 19-18. Another late rally by the Dukes saw them score five in a row before taking a 2-0 lead with a 25-20 decision.
Set 3 – DU 25, UE 22
After the Dukes held an early 7-5 lead, a kill from Steele tied the score at 7-7. Duquesne scored the next two and would hold the lead for the remainder of the set. An ace gave them their largest advantage at 21-16 before UE closed to two points when a block from Chloe Cline and Angelica Gonzalez made it a 22-20 game. Duquesne got back on track to win the match with a 25-22 decision in the third set.
SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
EAGLES OVERWHELMED BY HOOSIERS IN INDIANA INVITATIONAL OPENER
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (2-5) were overpowered on Friday night against Indiana University (5-2) in three straight sets (19-25, 26-28, 19-25) in their opener of the Indiana Invitational at Wilkinson Hall.
USI struggled to defend Indiana’s attack allowing the Hoosiers to post a .438 hitting percentage in route to a set one defeat, 19-25. The Eagles built an early 11-9 lead after kills from sophomore Leah Coleman (Hoover, Alabama), sophomore Ashby Willis (Mount Carmel, Illinois), junior Bianca Anderson (Chicago Heights, Illinois), and senior Lauren O’Neill (Covington, Indiana). The Hoosiers turned it up taking a 22-19 late lead. Seniors Jasmine Green (Rockwall, Texas) and Carly Sobieralski (Indianapolis, Indiana) helped the Eagles stay close. Green smashed two late kills and Sobieralski racked up nine assists in set one. However, the Hoosiers finished the set strong building an early set lead.
Set two was absolutely rocking in Wilkinson Hall as both teams traded strenuous rallies, eventually resulting in a slim loss, 26-28. Another balanced attack with kills from senior Paris Downing (Avon, Indiana), Anderson, Coleman, and Green led to an early tie at nine. Senior leader Sobieralski produced another consistent performance tonight as she put the Eagles ahead 18-16 with a service ace. USI came within one point of winning the set, before the Hoosiers rallied for two kills to regain the lead, 26-25. Senior Abby Weber (Fishers, Indiana) stepped up to tie the game with a powerful kill. IU earned the next two points to earn the hard-fought set two victory.
The Hoosiers compiled two 6-0 runs in set three to help finish the Eagles, 19-25. The Eagles made nine errors in set three to put themselves in a tough position. IU mounted a 13-3 run in the middle of the set to build a comfortable lead and never looked back.
Anderson produced her most efficient offensive game of the season at a .438 hitting percentage with a team-leading nine kills. Sobieralski continued to deliver consistency with 24 assists. She currently sits at 1,989 career assists with the chance to eclipse 2,000 tomorrow. Defensively, Willis grabbed eight digs while Anderson swatted a team-leading two blocks. Weber finished with a team-leading two service aces.
As a team, USI finished with 33 kills, 28 assists, 40 digs, four aces, three blocks, and a .146 attacking percentage. The Hoosiers earned 47 kills, 43 assists, 39 digs, four aces, six blocks, and a .353 hitting percentage.
What’s Next
The Eagles stay in Bloomington to battle Ball State University and Chicago State University tomorrow at 10 a.m./6 p.m. CT.
VALPO VOLLEYBALL
BEACONS SPLIT PAIR OF MATCHES TO OPEN POPCORN CLASSIC
The Valpo volleyball team started hosting of the Popcorn Classic Friday at the ARC on the right foot, sweeping Miami (25-21, 25-23, 25-17) in its tournament opener. In the nightcap, Cornell claimed each of the final two sets to earn a 3-1 (27-25, 14-25, 25-17, 29-27) victory over the Beacons. The two matches featured a number of performances which impacted the program’s record book, most notably sophomore Mara Thomas (Bogart, Ga./Athens Academy) registering the second-most service aces in a match in program history in the matchup with Cornell.
How It Happened – Miami
The opening set was all RedHawks past the midway point, as Miami led by as many as nine points at 16-7.
A four-point run on the serve of freshman Lilly Merk (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo) got the Beacons back within striking distance, and after the teams traded sideouts, Thomas went back to the service line and reeled off seven points in a row to turn the set around and put Valpo in front. Libero Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) had a pair of kills during that run.
The lead was just one at 20-19 before three consecutive points for Valpo — coming on kills from three different players — gave it breathing room at 23-19. The teams sided out the rest of the way, with a kill from junior Sam Warren (Kentland, Ind./South Newton) closing the opener in the Beacons’ favor.
While the second set didn’t need a big comeback from the Beacons, it required just as much, if not more, work. Miami’s only leads of the frame came in the first few points, but the RedHawks hung around for the duration.
Valpo led by as many as four points in the middle stages of the second set before Miami rallied to tie the score at 19-19, 20-20 and 21-21. Notably, the Beacons did not relinquish the advantage to the RedHawks in any of those three instances, and a block from freshmen Jessica Pickett (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) and Drew Glaser (Edwardsburg, Mich./Edwardsburg) made it 23-21 Valpo.
Sideouts the rest of the way were capped by a kill by senior Elise Swistek (LaPorte, Ind./New Prairie) to give the Beacons the 2-0 lead in the match.
Valpo scored six of the first eight points of the third set and never gave up the edge in completing the sweep. The Beacons held Miami to just seven kills on .026 hitting in the final frame and closed out the 3-0 win on a Warren kill.
How It Happened – Cornell
Valpo looked in control at the halfway mark of the opening frame, extending its lead to five points on multiple occasions.
A big 7-1 run for the Big Red just past that halfway point made it a battle to the end of the set. The Beacons had the edge again late on, pulling out to a 23-20 lead, and earned two set point chances at 24-22. But Cornell held both of those off, as well as another Valpo chance at 25-24, and eventually earned the opening-frame win on its first chance to take the set.
The second set was all Valpo, as the Beacons jumped out to a 9-4 lead and never looked back. Valpo hit .423 with 14 kills in the set on its way to evening the match.
Cornell reeled off a 7-2 spurt to start set three, but Thomas responded with a six-point run on her serve — including three service aces — to give the Beacons an 8-7 lead.
Valpo still led at 11-10 before the Big Red scored 15 of the set’s final 21 points to go up 2-1 in the match. Cornell hit .474 in the third frame, while the Beacons hit at a negative clip.
Another spurt on the serve of Thomas, which included two more aces, gave Valpo an 11-5 lead approaching the midway point in set four.
Cornell responded with five points in a row to get right back in the frame, and eventually battled to a two-point edge at 18-16 before the Beacons scored five in a row — including a block and an ace by Merk — to go up 21-18.
The Big Red tied the set at 22-22, Valpo came back with back-to-back points to earn two chances at forcing a fifth set. The Beacons actually ended up with four opportunities to close the fourth frame — 24-22, 24-23, 25-24 and 26-25 — but it was Cornell on its second match point chance which finished things.
Inside the Matches
All four teams participating in the Popcorn Classic ended the day with a 1-1 record. In addition to the pair of Valpo results, Purdue Fort Wayne beat Cornell in five sets and Miami swept Purdue Fort Wayne.
The Beacons have been strong on the serve in the early season, but Thomas’ performance against Cornell was next-level. The sophomore racked up eight service aces, tied for second-most in a single match in program history — trailing only a nine-ace effort by Kathy Harrison versus Dayton in 1990 in the sideout scoring era.
As recently as two weeks ago, Valpo’s previous high in the 25-point era by an individual was five service aces. Merk surpassed that last weekend with a six-ace night against Northern Illinois before Thomas’ performance Friday.
Led by Thomas’ effort at the service line, the Beacons racked up 14 aces as a team against the Big Red. That mark is second-most by a Valpo team in the 25-point era.
Both matches featured an edit to the team single-match record book, as Valpo racked up 80 digs in the three-set win in the opener against Miami — tied for fifth-most in a sweep in the 25-point era and third-most by a D-I team in a three-set match this year.
Valpo’s individual career charts got a revision as well, as Hickey notched 23 digs against Miami and 20 versus Cornell to vault two spots on the career digs chart. The junior now sits ninth all-time at Valpo with 1,543 career digs.
Swistek paced Valpo in kills and in digs in both matches, finishing with 11 kills and 27 digs against Miami before posting 14 kills and 21 digs versus Cornell. Swistek has now hit the 20-dig mark in 13 matches in her career and owns 1,173 career digs, 11 shy of the program’s top-20 chart.
Pickett matched Swistek’s kill total in the tournament-opening win, racking up a season-high 11 kills on .500 hitting in the sweep of the RedHawks.
Paced by Swistek and Pickett, Valpo enjoyed a 46-29 advantage in kills over Miami.
Thomas finished with a double-double in the win over the RedHawks, tallying 21 assists and 11 digs, while Warren tied her career best with a team-best five blocks.
Freshman Kadence Brumitt (Niles, Mich./Brandywine) joined Swistek with a double-figure kill tally in the nightcap versus Cornell, racking up a season-high 13 kills.
Pickett finished with a team-best six blocks versus the Big Red.
Next Up
Valpo (5-3) goes for a strong end to the weekend on Saturday afternoon when it faces Purdue Fort Wayne in the Popcorn Classic finale at 1 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
UINDY VOLLEYBALL
HOUNDS PICK UP TWO WINS ON DAY ONE OF KWC INVITATIONAL
OWENSBORO, Ky. – The UIndy women’s volleyball team downed Lake Superior State and Christian Brothers on day one of the Kentucky Wesleyan Invitational. The Greyhounds now improve to 4-2 on the season. Sophomore Ellie Spang was a key part of the Greyhounds’ two wins, finishing with five aces while also collecting 31 digs.
GAME 1 | UIndy 3, Lake Superior St. 1
The Hounds defeated the Lakers in four close sets, each with a max win margin of five points. UIndy dropped the first set but bounced back to win three in a row.
Madeline Lynch led the Greyhounds in kills with 15 while also tabbing three aces. Lynch hit .229 and did not commit a single error.
Kelsey McKenney hit .538 and grabbed seven kills while on the floor. Setter Claire Morris had another successful day totaling 33 assists.
GAME 2 | UIndy 3, Christian Brothers 0
UIndy capped their first day at the KWC tournament with a three-set sweep of Christian Brothers.
Spang secured five aces during the contest, including three in a row during the second set. The sophomore also grabbed three digs.
Sophia Parlanti totaled eight kills, with Lynch not far behind with seven. Lauren Peal and Macy Bruton had eight digs each during the match. Riley Laine finished with six kills, hitting .364.
The Greyhound defense held the Pirates to only .089 hitting and two blocks.
UP NEXT
On day two of the KWC Invitational, the Greyhounds will face two in-region rivals, Thomas More and host Kentucky Wesleyan. Up first will be at 10 a.m. ET match at the Owensboro Sportscenter. The Hounds will return to campus to face KWC in their home gym at 7 p.m. ET.
MARIAN MEN’S SOCCER
KNIGHTS OFFENSE SHINE IN 5-1 WIN OVER GEORGETOWN
Georgetown, Ky. – The Marian men’s soccer team’s offense dominated in Friday evening’s match up in the 5-1 win over Georgetown. The Knights are now 6-1-1 overall on the season.
The Knights offense was on fire claiming six shots with three on target before Phillip Seifert claimed the first goal off of an assist from Alan Tenorio at the 21′ mark. Marian’s offense continued to dominate with three more consecutive shots before the Tigers got the ball back on their side before shooting to the wide left. As Marian got the ball back in their possession Kyohei Kuroda passed the ball to Foslyn Grant to allow Grant to increase the Knights lead 2-0. The Tigers were able to score their only goal of the game with a small gap in the Marian defense at the end of the first period to end in a score of 2-1 going into the half.
Marian’s offense fired back at the Tiger’s push late in the first half with a goal by Josh Wesseling and assist by Foslyn Grant in the first five minutes of play in the second half to increase the lead to two again. The Knights and Tigers went back and forth, each tallying four shots before Foslyn Grant was successful once again to claim his second goal of the day off of a corner kick by Romaric Berneron. Marian’s offense continued to be in control the rest of the game allowing for more Knights to claim minutes of playing time, allowing Anton Bezborodov a chance to claim the final goal of the game with Yoshiaki Takeishi claiming the assist. Marian claimed the 5-1 win over Georgetown.
Marian out-shot the home team 25-13, 12-5 being on target. Grant led the team with eight shots on the day with three on target. Kyle Alb was close behind with four and two being on target. Seifert also went 3-3 on the day. In goal Henry Yoder claimed four saves on the day.
The Knights are back in action at home Wednesday September 18th against IU-East for their final game before Crossroads League play. Kickoff slated for 7:00 p.m. at Ascension St. Vincent Field.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
11 – 4 – 24 – 27 – 17 – 19 – 56 – 16 – 8 – 41 – 25 – 9 – 31
September 14, 1913 – Chicago Cubs Larry Cheney tossed a record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
September 14, 1916 – Christy Mathewson pitched and won his final MLB game
September 14, 1923 – Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play
September 14, 1924 – Walter Johnson selected as the American League MVP
September 14, 1930 – Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6
September 14, 1936 – Pittsburgh Pirates’ future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Paul Waner (Number 11) tied Rogers Hornsby’s (Number 4 that season) National League record of 200 hits for 7th season in a career.
September 14, 1954 – New York Giants’ Number 24, Willie Mays reached his 82nd extra-base hit for the season, breaking famous Number 4 Mel Ott’s record
September 14, 1955 – Herb Score, Number 27 set a rookie record of 235 strikeouts and added 10 more as the season wound down for a total of 245
September 14, 1968 – Detroit Tigers’ Denny McLain, Number 17 knotted his 30th victory of season
September 14, 1975 – Milwaukee Brewer Robin Yount, Number 19 broke another one of Mel Ott’s record, playing in 242 MLB games as a teen
September 14, 1978 – Atlanta Braves’ pitcher Jim Bouton, Number 56 was 38 year old, beats Giants for his 1st win since 1970
September 14, 1986 – Kansas City’s Number 16, Bo Jackson blasted his first career home run which traveled 475-feet and longer than any other at Royal Stadium.
September 14, 1987 – Orioles’ Number 8 Cal Ripken Jr’s streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken
September 14, 1989 – Jeff Reardon, Number 41 was the first to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons
September 14, 1996 – Oakland As’ Mark McGwire, Number 25 became just the 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season
September 14, 1996 – New York Mets Todd Hundley, Number 9 established a record of 41 HRs by a catcher
September 14, 2003 – Baltimore running back Jamal Lewis, Number 31 set the NFL single-game rushing record when he runs for 295 yards and 2 touchdowns on 30 carries in the Ravens 33-13 victory over Cleveland, which ironically later would be another team he played for.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History for September 14
September 14, 1930 – The Portsmouth Spartans played their very first NFL game on this date. The Spartans defeated the Newark Tornadoes in their first game by the final score of 13-6. The Portsmouth eleven ended the 1930 season with a record of 5-6-3 but they had a core of players they could build upon and this became evident two years later. The 1932 season ended with the Spartans and the Chicago Bears finishing with identical records at 6-1-4, and previously (since 1920) the League’s champion was determined by the team with the best record.. The NFL decided that a final game to determine a Champ would be played in a special Chicago at Wrigley field on December 18, 1932. This first postseason game in NFL history had some huge twists and turns to make it quite a remarkable story, even besides the fact that a game was going to be played to determine an NFL Champion. The first odd occurrence was that Spartans star Earl “Dutch” Clark was unable to play in the game because he had to work. While that may sound crazy to us today but the fact was that professional players of that era did not make enough to make a living all year long. Most had to take off season jobs to make ends meet, even the super stars like Dutch Clark, who worked as the Head Basketball Coach at Colorado College and his hoops team had a game on that December 18 and Dutch couldn’t get off work to make the football game in Chicago. The second crazy thing that happened was that due to a freak late-fall blizzard in Chicago, the game had to be moved inside the Chicago Stadium because Wrigley was covered with deep snow and frozen with dangerous sub-zero temperatures. The playing field had to be modified to play inside, so the game was played on a field only 80 yards long, and some 30 yards narrower than the normal width the teams played on all season. The last item that took place surrounding the game happened on the contest’s only touchdown. Bronko Nagurski threw a scoring jump pass to Red Grange but the Spartans argued that Nagurski did not meet the requirement of legal forward passes in those days of being 5 yards or more behind the line. The play stood and the Bears ended up winning the NFL title by the score of 9-0. The Spartans franchise would become the Lions in 1933 when they moved from Portsmouth, Ohio to Detroit, Michigan after a Detroit radio businessman George A. Richards purchased the rights to the team for $8000. This was a hefty sum at the time but Portsmouth had after all just recently played for a somewhat impromptu first NFL Championship game against the Chicago Bears, shorthanded of their star player. The Motor City was a risky place to put the team at this point as three previous franchises had failed there but Richards knew the city needed a winner and took the chance. It was well worth his risk as the newly named Detroit Lions team won the NFL Title in 1935 and later in the 1952, 1953 and 1957 seasons. Richards took another chance with his football franchise in 1934 when he scheduled a game on Thanksgiving Day. Though it failed when other cities (save Dallas a few decades later) the Turkey Day game in the Motor City was a huge success. Unfortunately in 1940 Mr. Richards had to sell the franchise due to a declining health issue and a fine from the NFL for draft tampering but his $8000 initial investment turned into a $225,000 sale of the Lions to retail magnet Fred Mandel. The Lions eventually were purchased by the descendants of Henry Ford and are owned by the family to this day. So if you happen to talk to the Football History Dude, Arnie Chapman today, wish our friend a good one as this is the day his Lions technically started in the NFL. Speaking of Arnie check out is podcast on the first NFL playoff game for more detail on the subject by clicking here.
September 14, 1980 – Dwight Clark plays the game that started his streak of 105 straight with having a reception. The San Francisco 49ers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals that day by the score of 24-21 with the assistance of Clark’s 4 receptions for 49 yards. The passes in this game did not come from a quarterback named Montana though as Steve DeBerg was under center for the Niners.
September 14, 1986 – The very first CFL regular season overtime game is played as the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats play to a 21-21 draw..
September 14, 1991 – San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk rushes for an NCAA records 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns in a 55-34 Aztec victory of Pacific University.
September 14, 2003 – Jamaal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens rushes to an NFL record in a single game as he runs 30 times for 295 yards and 2 scores as his team defeated the Cleveland Browns 33-13.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for September 14
September 14, 1916 – Waddy Young was a former end from the University of Oklahoma that played in the late 1930’s. He went professional and played in the NFL for the Brooklyn Dodgers football franchise and played in the National Football League’s very first televised game on October 22, 1939. This brave man left pro football on his own accord to become a pilot for the United States and flew one of America’s B-24 Liberator bomber planes in the skies over Europe. He logged over 9000 hours in the air fighting the Nazi’s. He later volunteered to go into the Pacific theatre to fly against Japanese pilots flying the B-29 Super Fortress. We lost this hero on January 9, 1945 as his plane crashed over the skies of Tokyo while he was assisting a fellow US pilot whose plane was in distress. The two planes ended up colliding, killing all on board. The National Football Foundation recognized Waddy Young as they placed him into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
September 14, 1934 – Dicky Moegel a former safety and halfback from Rice University is born. Dicky’s outstanding 1954 season at Rice earned him the honor of being a consensus All-American. In the 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic Moegel was part of one of the most famous plays in NCAA football history. With Rice up by one over Alabama, and the Owls backed up on their own 5 yard-line, Moegel took a pitch on a sweep play and broke loose down the sideline. Crimson Tide player Tommy Lewis came off of the sideline without a helmet and tackled Dicky. The officials, seeing the whole thing transpire, awarded Rice the 95 yard touchdown. Dicky Moegel ended the game with a Cotton Bowl record 265 yards rushing as his Rice team won 28-6. Ed Sullivan invited both Lewis and Moegel onto his program to discuss the play. He played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys. As a rookie in 1955, he was selected to the Pro Bowl after picking off 6 passes. Dicky Moegel was selected to enter into the College Football of Fame in 1979.
September 14, 1975 – Troy Davis was a former running back from Iowa State. Davis had the honors of being an All-American twice and was the first NCAA Division I-A running back to rush for over 2000 yards in consecutive seasons. Troy set multiple school records for the Iowa State Cyclones which were highlighted by in career rushing yards 4382, and touchdowns 36 among other records for the school. He played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and the Toronto Argonauts. He helped the Eskimos win the covetted Grey Cup in 2005. He entered into the College Football of Fame in 2016.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1903 In an afternoon game called because of unusual darkness, Giants’ pitcher Red Ames, making his major league debut, tosses a five-inning no-hitter against the Cardinals. The right-hander, who will no-hit the Superbas in 1909 before yielding a single with the tenth, has his no-hit bids discounted when a change of rules in 1991 no longer gives credit for no-hitters played in less than nine innings or contests where the first hit occurs in extra innings.
1913 Cubs right-hander Larry Cheney, giving up fourteen hits, earns his 20th victory, blanking the Giants at Chicago’s West Side Grounds, 7-0. The contest marks the first time a team collects that many hits without scoring a run.
1923 Red Sox first baseman George Burns completes an unassisted triple play against the Indians as he gathers in Frank Brower’s line drive, tags Rube Lutzke coming from first base and beats Riggs Stephenson back to second.
1941 With his 6-5 victory over the Giants at Sportsman’s Park, Cardinals’ right-hander Howie Krist finishes the season with a perfect 10-0 record. Spud’s spotless season establishes a National League mark, recording the most wins in a season without a defeat.
1942 The Yankees clinch their 13th American League pennant, beating Cleveland at League Park, 8-3. The Bronx Bombers will finish the season 103-51, nine games ahead of Boston, but lose the World Series to the Cardinals in five games.
1951 Preacher Roe wins his 20th game when the Dodgers beat the Pirates at Forbes Field, 3-1. The 36-year-old southpaw from Viola (AK) will finish the season with a 22-3 record, throwing 19 complete games in his 33 starts.
1951 Browns’ left fielder Bob Nieman hits consecutive dingers off Mickey McDermott, becoming the first rookie to hit home runs in his first two major league at-bats. In his third trip to the plate, the 24-year-old freshman beats out a bunt for a base hit in the team’s 9-6 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
1954 In the Giants’ 1-0 victory over the Redbirds, Willie Mays strokes a first-inning double and scores the game’s lone run. The two-bagger is the Say Hey Kid’s 82nd extra-base hit of the season, breaking the team record established by Mel Ott.
1955 Herb Score whiffs nine batters in the Indians’ 3-2 loss to the Senators at Griffith Stadium to establish a new rookie record for strikeouts in a season, surpassing Grover Cleveland Alexander’s mark of 227 strikeouts set in 1911. The American League Rookie of the Year will finish the campaign with 245 punchouts, not reached again until 1985 when Mets’ right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out 251 batters.
1968 In a nationally televised game, Denny McLain becomes a thirty-game winner when the Tigers rally for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Oakland 5-4. The Detroit right-hander, who will finish the season 31-6, is the first hurler to accomplish the feat since Dizzy Dean reached the milestone in 1934.
1969 With over two weeks remaining in the season, the Orioles clinch the first-ever American League East title when they beat Cleveland at Memorial Stadium, 7-3. The heavily favored Birds will sweep Minnesota, the AL West Champs, to capture a pennant but lose the World Series in five games to the Amazin’ Mets.
1974 The Nettles, for the second time in their careers, hit home runs in the same game when Graig goes yard in the first frame with Tiger southpaw Mickey Lolich on the mound, and his brother Jim takes Yankee right-hander Pat Dobson deep in the second inning of New York’s 10-7 victory in Detroit. In 1972, the siblings hit round-trippers as opponents in the same contest when Graig’s Indians beat Jim’s Twins at Cleveland Stadium, 5-3.
1975 In his 242nd major league game as a teenager, Brewers shortstop Robin Yount breaks Mel Ott’s forty-seven-year-old record. The youthful infielder was 18 years, two months, and six days old when he debuted with Milwaukee in 1973.
1976 At Memorial Stadium, Dennis Martinez wins his major league debut, pitching 5.2 innings of shutout baseball in relief in the Orioles’ 9-7 victory over the Tigers. The Granada native, who will win 245 games, is the first person from Nicaragua to appear in a major league game.
1978 In the Braves’ 4-0 decision over the Giants, Jim Bouton, who will finish his career with a 62-63 record, notches his last major league win, limiting the opponents to three hits in six innings of work. The victory marks the first time since 1970 that the 39-year-old ‘Bulldog’ has won a game in the big leagues.
1986 At Royals Stadium, Kansas City rookie outfielder Bo Jackson hits his first major league home run. The 475-foot blast hit by the NFL running back is the longest homer ever hit in the ballpark.
1986 Bob Brenly, usually a catcher, ties a major league record by making four errors in one inning playing third base. The Giants infielder makes amends by hitting two homers, including the ninth-inning game-winner that gives San Francisco a 7-6 walk-off victory over Atlanta at Candlestick Park.
1987 The Blue Jays blast a major league record of ten home runs in an 18-3 rout of the Orioles at Exhibition Stadium. Ernie Whitt goes deep three times, Rance Mulliniks and George Bell each hit a pair, and Lloyd Moseby, Rob Ducey, and Fred McGriff go deep once, with Baltimore’s Mike Hart adding one to tie the two-team major league mark of 11.
1987 In the seventh inning of an 18-3 rout of the Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, Kelly Gruber, appearing as a pinch-hitter, makes all three outs by hitting into a double play and then finishing the seven-run frame with a strikeout. In between his at-bats, there are five singles and two home runs.
1987 “What the hell — he couldn’t hit a twenty-run homer.” – CAL RIPKEN SR, the Orioles manager responding to why he ended his son’s consecutive-innings streak. In an 18-3 Toronto blowout, which features the visitors hitting a major league record ten home runs, Orioles’ manager Cal Ripken Sr. puts Ron Washington at shortstop, ending his son’s record streak at 8,243 consecutive innings, a span of 904 games.
1988 In his first start against his former club, Mike Boddicker beats the Orioles, 4-1, with Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell hitting for the cycle. Last month, Baltimore traded the popular right-hander, who had spent nine years with the club, to Boston for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling.
1990 Mariner Ken Griffey and his son, Junior, become the first father and son to hit homers in the same major league game. Angel hurler Kirk McCaskill gives up the back-to-back blasts.
1991 Baltimore’s Juan Bell’s tenth inning at-bat against Eric Bell is not a ringing success when he flies out to Albert Belle in left field. The Orioles drop the Memorial Stadium contest to the clangorous Cleveland club in 11 innings, 6-5.
1993 Mike Piazza sets the major league record for home runs by a rookie catcher when he hits his 29th round-tripper, a first-inning two-run shot off San Diego’s Doug Brocail over the center field fence at Jack Murphy Stadium. The National League’s eventual Rookie of the Year, who will finish the season with 35, breaks the mark set by Matt Nokes, a freshman backstop for the Tigers in 1987.
1994 Due to the strike, 26 of the 28 MLB team owners vote to cancel the remainder of the season, making baseball the first major professional sport to lose an entire postseason because of a labor dispute. The 232-day work stoppage will result in 948 canceled games, shortening the 1994 and 1995 seasons.
1996 Todd Hundley, the son of former Cubs backstop Randy Hundley, passes Roy Campanella as the all-time leader in homers by a catcher. The 27-year-old All-Star 41st round-tripper of the season, which also establishes the single-season record for the Mets, helps the team come back from a five-run deficit and eventually beat the Braves, 6-5.
1996 Mark McGwire hits his 50th home run off Cleveland hurler Chad Ogea, becoming the 13th player in major league history to reach that plateau. The A’s first baseman gives the milestone ball to his eight-year-old son, Matthew.
1998 At Kauffman Stadium, the Royals become the fifth team in baseball history to score in every inning. The eight innings of consistency lead to a 16-6 win over the A’s.
1998 The Braves clinch their seventh straight division title, taking the NL East crown with a 4-2 victory over Philadelphia at Turner Field. Only seven professional sports franchises have finished consecutively first during the regular season at least seven times.
1999 With a 12-2 pounding of the Phillies at the Astrodome, Houston establishes a club record with a twelve-game winning streak. The Astros’ victory also extends Philadelphia’s losing streak to 11 consecutive games.
2002 The Devil Rays, playing the 148th game on the schedule, suffer their 100th defeat, losing to the Blue Jays at the SkyDome, 8-4. Tampa Bay (48-100) becomes the first team to lose 100 games in consecutive seasons since Toronto accomplished the dubious mark for three straight years, starting in 1979.
2002 Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron for the most 100-RBI seasons by a National League player when he drives in his 100th run of the 11th time. The major league record is 13, shared by Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth.
2002 Chin-Feng Chen becomes the first Taiwan-born player to appear in the major leagues as he walks and scores as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers against the Rockies. The 24-year-old first baseman-outfielder played for the 1990 Taiwan team, which won the Little League World Series.
2003 Vladimir Guerrero, homering in his final at-bat, hits for ‘Le Carrousel’ at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The Expos right fielder, facing the Mets southpaw Tom Glavine, doubled (2nd), singled (3rd), tripled (5th), and then completed the sixth cycle in team history by going deep off Dan Wheeler (7th).
2003 Dropping a 7-2 decision to Kansas City at Comerica Park, the Tigers become the first team in 34 years to lose 110 games in a season. The defeat sets a dubious franchise mark for losses in a year, surpassing the 1996 Detroit squad that finished the season with a 53-109 record.
2005 Braves’ center fielder Andruw Jones hits his 50th home run in the eighth inning of a 12-4 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Curacao native is the first major leaguer to reach the plateau since Alex Rodriguez hit 57 homers playing shortstop for the Rangers in 2002.
2005 On the day his mother passes away, Roger Clemens makes his start as a tribute to her. The ‘Rocket’ wins when the Astros beat the Marlins, 10-2, the score Bess predicted when she told him she wanted him to start that night.
2005 On his way to home plate to score ahead of Tony Graffanino, who homered over the left-field wall, Gabe Kapler ruptures his Achilles tendon while rounding second, and he cannot continue around the bases. After a delay of five minutes, the Red Sox outfielder needs to be carried off the field and replaced in the basepaths by pinch-runner Alejandro Machado to finish the trip around the diamond in Boston’s 5-3 win over Toronto at the Skydome.
2007 Ten-year-old Bosox fan Griffin Whitman is disappointed when Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan when asked for an autograph, writes in the boy’s spiral-bound notebook, “RED SOX SUCK!” before signing his name. The 27-year-old flychaser, whose dad is the respected pitching coach of the Cardinals, is surprised by the family’s adverse reaction.
2008 In an Astros home game moved to Milwaukee’s Miller Park due to Hurricane Ike, Carlos Zambrano becomes the first Cub to throw a no-hitter since Milt Pappas threw a hitless game against the Padres in 1972. The Cub right-hander’s 5-0 gem, in which only a fourth-inning walk to Michael Bourn and Hunter Pence’s HBP in the fifth spoils a bid for a perfect game, becomes the first no-no tossed in a neutral site.
2008 Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, with his eighth-inning thievery in a 7-4 loss to the Braves at Shea Stadium, becomes the first player to have four straight seasons of 50 or more stolen bases playing for a New York area team, which also includes the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants. The accomplishment extends the infielder’s record, as he is the only Gotham major leaguer to accomplish the feat for three consecutive years.
2011 With their 3-2 loss to St. Louis, the Pirates extend their record streak of consecutive losing seasons to 19 straight years, the longest in American professional sports history. The Bucs, who led the NL Central by a half-game on July 20, have lost 38 of 54 contests since then, leaving the team with a 67-82 won-loss record.
2011 Braves’ fireballer Brandon Beachy establishes the modern franchise record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie pitcher when he whiffs eight batters in 4.1 innings, bringing his total to 160. Irv Young struck out 156 in 1905 when the team played in Boston and was known as the Beaneaters.
2011 After missing fifty contests for a PED infraction in April 2008 while playing for the Giants, Eliezer Alfonzo becomes the first player to be suspended twice under the MLB drug program. The Colorado catcher will appeal the 100-game suspension, having the ban overturned for procedural reasons when the handling of his urine sample doesn’t follow the protocol outlined in baseball’s agreement with the players.
2014 With runners on first and second in the fourth frame of the Pirates’ 7-3 victory over the Cubs, the team turns a 5-4-3 triple play when Josh Harrison fields Matt Szczur’s grounder and steps on third, forcing Chris Valaika before firing the ball to second to Neil Walker to retire Mike Ott. The second baseman’s relay to first-sacker Andrew Lambo completes the first triple killing in the 14-year history of PNC Park.
2014 Jonathan Papelbon grabs his crotch in response to the boos from the Citizens Bank Park crowd after he gives up four runs in the ninth inning of the Phillies’ 5-4 loss to Miami. After he insisted he wasn’t making a vulgar motion toward fans, Major League Baseball suspends the apologetic closer for seven games for the lewd gesture and for bumping umpire Joe West, who receives a suspension for pulling on the reliever’s jersey after throwing him out of the game.
2017 After Francisco Lindor ties the game with a ninth-inning two-out, two-strike double, the Indians go on to win their 22nd consecutive game in the next inning when Jay Bruce hits a walk-off double, giving the team a 3-2 victory over the Royals at Progressive Field. The win will be the Tribe’s only walk-off during the longest major league winning streak since the 1916 Giants set the record with 26 straight without a loss.
2019 For the first time since 1908, when recording stats started, a team wins a nine-inning game with just one baserunner when the Diamondbacks beat the Reds, 1-0. The lone run in the Chase Field contest scores when Jarrod Dyson’s sacrifice fly plates Nick Ahmed, who doubled and advanced to third on an error leading off the third inning.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Sept. 14
1923 — Jack Dempsey knocks out Luis Firpo in the second round for his last successful defense of his world heavyweight title, at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1947 — Jack Kramer beats Frank Parket to win the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. Kramer wins 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3.
1959 — The new $32 million Aqueduct, operated by the New York Racing Association, opens.
1968 — Jimmy Ellis wins the WBA heavyweight title by beating Floyd Patterson in the 15th round in Stockholm, Sweden.
1986 — Chicago’s Walter Payton rushes for 177 yards, to reach the 15,000-yard plateau and scores his 100th career rushing touchdown as the Bears beat the Philadelphia Eagles 13-10.
1987 — Cal Ripken Jr.’s record streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is finally broken.
1991 — Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushes for an NCAA record 386 yards and scores seven touchdowns in his second collegiate game. Faulk sets an NCAA record for most rushing touchdowns in a game by a freshman as the Aztecs beat Pacific 55-34.
1991 — Texas A&M freshman Greg Hill has the greatest debut by a freshman running back in college football history as the Aggies rout LSU 45-7. Hill sets a major college record with 212 yards rushing in his first game and scores twice on 30 carries.
1994 — The baseball season, already shut down by a monthlong strike, is canceled along with the World Series in a vote by 26 of the 28 teams.
2002 — Tim Montgomery of the United States sets a world record in the 100 meters, clocking 9.78 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix Final in Paris. The previous world record of 9.79 was set by fellow American Maurice Greene in 1999.
2003 — Jamal Lewis rushes for an NFL-record 295 yards on 30 carries in Baltimore’s 33-13 victory over Cleveland.
2006 — Tiger Woods’ five-tournament winning streak finally ends when Shaun Micheel knocks him out in the first round of the World Match Play Championship. The score was 4 and 3, matching Woods’ worst loss in match play.
2010 — Reggie Bush announces he is forfeiting his Heisman Trophy. The running back releases a statement saying he would give back the award that he won in 2005 while he was at Southern California. It’s the first time college football’s top award is returned by a recipient.
2011 — The Pittsburgh pirates clinches its 19th consecutive losing season, a record for a major league franchise in North America, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2.
2014 — Mirjana Lucic-Baroni beats Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 to win the Coupe Banque Nationale and set the record for the biggest gap between WTA titles. Lucic-Baroni wins her third WTA title and first in 16 years and four months.
2014 — New England’s Bill Belichick becomes the sixth head coach in NFL history to reach 200 regular-season wins with a 30-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Belichick has a 200-106 (.654) record in the regular season.
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Sept. 15
1899 — Willie Smith wins the U.S. Open golf title, beating George low, Val Fitzjohn and W.H. Way.
1923 — Bill Tilden wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship, beating William Johnston in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.
1962 — Frank Tripucka of the Denver Broncos passes for 447 yards and two touchdowns in a 23-20 win over the Buffalo Bills.
1971 — Stan Smith wins the U.S. Open title over Jan Khodes and Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals for the women’s title. It’s the first time in 16 years both titles were won by U.S. players.
1973 — Three-year-old Secretariat wins the Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap in the then-world record time of 1:45 2-5 for 11/8 miles.
1973 — Archie Griffin of Ohio State starts his NCAA record string of 31 games of rushing for at least 100 yards, leading the Buckeyes to a 56-7 rout of Minnesota in Columbus.
1978 — Muhammad Ali becomes the first three-time heavyweight champion with a unanimous 15-round decision over Leon Spinks at the Superdome in New Orleans.
1991 — The United States women’s gymnastics team makes history with its first team medal — a silver — at the World Championships in Indianapolis.
1995 — Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays.
2002 — Sam Hornish Jr. wins another incredible race at Texas Motor Speedway, and his second straight IRL title. Hornish side-by-side with Helio Castroneves for many of the last 25 laps in the season-ending Chevy 500, crosses the finish line 0.0096 seconds — only a few inches — ahead of the other driver in contention for the season championship. Hornish wins his IRL-record fifth race of the season and becomes the first driver to win two IRL championships.
2002 — Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon begins NFL record-tying (Kurt Warner, Steve Young) streak of 6 consecutive 300-yard passing games, throwing for 403 yards in Raiders’ 30-17 victory at Pittsburgh.
2004 — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
2012 — LSU beats Idaho 63-14 to give the Tigers an NCAA FBS record 40th-straight non-conference regular season victory. LSU also set a Tiger Stadium mark with 20 straight home wins. Kansas State had 39 straight non-conference regular-season wins from 1993-2003.
2013 — Philip Rivers is 36 of 47 for 419 yards and three touchdown passes to Eddie Royal to lead San Diego to a 33-30 victory at Philadelphia. Michael Vick of the Eagles passes for a career-best 428 yards and two touchdowns and runs for a score.
2017 — The Cleveland has its AL record run stopped at 22 straight games as the Indians are beaten 4-3 by the Kansas City Royals.
2018 — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores his 500th worldwide goal in the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 5-3 loss to Toronto FC. The 36-year-old Swede joins Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the only active players with 500 goals for in club and international play.
2021 — US gymnasts, including Simone Biles, testify against former team doctor Larry Nassar at a Senate Committee hearing, criticizing a system that allowed it to happen.
2022 — Tennis great Roger Federer announces his retirement from professional tennis at 41 with 20 grand slam wins and 103 ATP titles.
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Sept. 16
1885 — The America’s Cup is successfully defended by U.S. yacht Puritan as it beats Britain’s Genesta in two heats.
1926 — Henri Cochet ends Bill Tilden’s six-year reign as the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association champion as he beats Tilden in the quarterfinals.
1927 — Rene Lacoste wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship, beating Bill Tilden in three sets.
1951 — Betsy Rawls wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title by edging Louise Suggs.
1955 — The formation of the United States Auto Club is completed and will oversee four major categories of auto races.
1973 — O.J. Simpson rushes for 250 yards to lead the Buffalo Bills to a 31-13 victory over the New England Patriots.
1989 — No. 1 Notre Dame beats No. 2 Michigan 24-19 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Fighting Irish wide receiver Raghib Ismail steals the show by returning kickoffs 88 and 92 yards for touchdowns. It’s the second time Ismail has two kickoff returns for touchdowns in the same game, accomplishing the feat against Rice in 1988.
1993 — Dave Winfield of the Minnesota Twins becomes the 19th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits, with a single off Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley.
1996 — Paul Molitor gets his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 21st major leaguer to reach the mark and the first to do it with a triple.
2000 — Zippy Chippy, a 9-year-old gelding, finishes third in the eighth race at the Three-County Fair in Northampton, Mass., extending his record as the losingest horse in American thoroughbred history to 88 races.
2000 — Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire.
2001 — Jason Bohn shoots a 13-under 58 at Huron Oaks Country Club to win the Canadian Tour’s Bayer Championship by two strokes and go one below the best round ever shot in PGA Tour-sanctioned competition.
2007 — Jim Thome is the 23rd player — and third this season — to reach 500 home runs. The slugger hits a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning off reliever Dustin Moseley to give the Chicago White Sox a 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
2007 — Bengals QB Carson Palmer passes for six TDs and the Browns’ Derek Anderson has five in Cleveland’s 51-45 win over Cincinnati, making it just the third time in NFL history that two QBs threw five TD passes apiece in the same game.
2010 — The Seattle Storm complete their undefeated march through the postseason, beating the Atlanta Dream 87-84 for a three-game sweep in the WNBA finals.
2012 — Eli Manning hits 31 of 51 passes for 510 yards — the second-best passing day in team history — with three touchdown passes and three interceptions as the New York Giants rally for a 41-34 win over Tampa Bay.
2012 — NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement.
2017 — In front of the largest crowd to attend a stand-alone MLS match, Josef Martinez gets his second hat trick in a row and his third of the season to help Atlanta United hold on for a 3-3 draw against Orlando City. Atlanta United sets the record with 70,425 on hand at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
2018 — Scott Dixon has a steady drive to win his fifth IndyCar championship with ease. Dixon, needing an uneventful finale at Sonoma Raceway, finishes second behind winner Ryan Hunter-Reay. His fifth title moves him into second in IndyCar history, two behind A.J. Foyt.
2018 — Patrick Mahomes is 23 for 28 for 326 yards and six touchdown passes in Kansas City’s 42-37 win over Pittsburgh. His 10 touchdown passes through two weeks are the most by a quarterback through two games in NFL history.
Sept. 17
1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill.
1917 — Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33.
1920 — The forerunner of the NFL, the American Professional Football Association, is founded in an automobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. Twelve teams pay a $100 fee to obtain a franchise.
1938 — Don Budge completes the Grand Slam with a four-set victory over Gene Mako in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships.
1947 — Jackie Robinson named Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News.
1953 — Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player.
1954 — Rocky Marciano knocks out Ezzard Charles in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.
1955 — In the first color telecast of a football game by NBC, No. 10 Georgia Tech defeats No. 9 Miami 14-6 in Atlanta. The winning score comes in the final minute when linebacker Jimmy Morris returns an interception 25 yards for a touchdown.
1961 — The Minnesota Vikings, the newest NFL franchise, beats the league’s oldest franchise, the Chicago Bears, 37-13 win in the season opener. Minnesota’s Fran Tarkenton, playing his first NFL game, comes off the bench to become the only quarterback to throw four touchdown passes in his first game.
1964 — Mickey Mantle gets career hits #1,999, #2,000, and #2,001 and his 450th home run in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
1966 — In his head coaching debut, coach Joe Paterno leads Penn State past Maryland 15-7.
1967 — Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts passes for 401 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-31 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
1977 — The U.S. wins the Ryder Cup 12½-7½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes England. It’s the last time that a Britain and Ireland team competes for the Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup expands the GB&I to include golfers from all of continental Europe in 1979.
1984 — Reggie Jackson is the 13th player to hit 500 home runs.
1994 — UNLV receiver Randy Gatewood catches 23 passes for 363 yards and a touchdown in a 48-38 loss to Idaho.
2000 — Dan Marino’s #13 jersey is retired by the Miami Dolphins.
2002 — Suzy Whaley becomes the first woman to qualify for a PGA Tour event, earning an exemption to the 2003 Greater Hartford Open by winning a PGA Section Championship. Whaley is also is the first woman to win a Section Championship.
2004 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hits his 700th home run, joining Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755) as the only players to reach the milestone.
2016 — Cam Pedersen kicks a 37-yard field as time expired and North Dakota State of the FC, rallies to beat No. 13 Iowa 23-21 for its sixth straight win over an FBS opponent.
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Sept. 18
1899 — The Cincinnati Open begins. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city and is now known as the Cincinnati Masters & Women’s Open.
1938 — The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 2-0. Left end Dick Plasman tackles Arnie Herber in the end zone in the fourth quarter for the win.
1946 — Joe Louis knocks out Tami Mauriello in the first round at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.
1960 — Goose Gonsoulin intercepts four passes to lead the Denver Broncos to a 27-21 win over the Buffalo Bills.
1965 — In his first collegiate game, quarterback Billy Stevens of Texas-El Paso gains 483 total yards in a 61-15 rout of North Texas State. Receiver Chuck Hughes has 349 of those yards.
1966 — Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas throws 4 touchdown passes in 38-23 win at Minnesota to surpass Y.A. Tittle as NFL’s career leader with 212; finishes career with 290 TD passes.
1967 — U.S. yacht Intrepid beats the Australian yacht Dame Pattie in four straight races to defend the America’s Cup.
1977 — U.S. yacht Courageous beats the challenger Australia in four straight races to defend the America’s Cup.
1982 — In a rare father-son matchup, coach Jack Elway leads San Jose State to its second consecutive upset of quarterback John Elway and Stanford 35-31 in Palo Alto, Calif. John Elway completes 24-of-36 passes for 382 yards and three touchdowns. Spartans quarterback Steve Clarkson, throws for 285 yards, three touchdowns and scores on a three-yard keeper for the win after a Cardinal fumble. Stanford reaches the Spartans’ 26-yard line, but Elway gets sacked on four consecutive plays to end the game.
1996 — Roger Clemens equals his own major league record, fanning 20 batters and pitching a four-hitter to lead Boston over the Detroit Tigers 4-0.
2003 — Atlanta clinches its 12th straight division title when second-place Florida is mathematically eliminated from the NL East race. The record title streak started in 1991, when the Braves won the NL West. They moved to the East Division in 1994 and trailed Montreal by six games when the strike stopped the season in August.
2005 — Green Bay’s Brett Favre joins Dan Marino and John Elway with 50,000 yards passing and also breaks Elway’s single-stadium NFL touchdown record of 180 with a 4-yard toss to Tony Fisher with 4 seconds left of a 26-24 loss to Cleveland at Lambeau Field.
2011 — At 16, Lexi Thompson becomes the youngest player to win an LPGA Tour event. The 16-year-old Floridian closes with a 2-under 70 to win by five strokes over Tiffany Joh at the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala. Thompson shatters the age record for winning a multiple-round tournament held by Paula Creamer, who won in 2005 at 18.
2011 — Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton sets an NFL rookie record by throwing for 432 yards against the Green Bay Packers. Newton, who tied the record by throwing for 422 yards in last week’s loss at Arizona, completes 28 of 46 passes with one touchdown in the 30-23 loss to the Packers. Newton’s 854 yards passing is also the most yards for a player in his first two games.
2013 — American Jordan Burroughs earns another wrestling world title. Burroughs, a gold medalist at the 2012 Olympics, extends his undefeated streak to 65 matches with a 4-0 victory over Iran’s Ezzatollah Akbarizarinkolaei in the 163-pound category at the Laszlo Papp Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
2016 — Detroit’s Anquan Boldin has a touchdown catch in the Lions’ 16-15 loss to Tennessee, to join Terrell Owens as the only players in NFL history to have at least 1,000 career receptions and a touchdown catch with four teams.
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Sept. 19
1925 — Bill Tilden wins his sixth straight U.S. Open tennis championship with a five-set victory over Bill Johnston. Tilden wins 4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It’s the fourth consecutive year that Tilden beats Johnston in the final.
1942 — Alsab, runner-up in the 1942 Kentucky Derby, beats 3-10 favorite Whirlaway, the 1941 Triple Crown champion, by a nose in a $25,000 match race at Narragansett Park. Alsab and Whirlaway meet twice more in 1942, with Whirlaway winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup on Oct.3, and Alsab taking the New York Handicap on Oct. 10.
1948 — Pancho Gonzales, 20, wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title with a 6-2, 6-3, 14-12 victory over Eric Sturgess.
1951 — Ford C. Frick, president of the National League, is elected baseball commissioner by the team owners.
1985 — Minnesota’s Tommy Kramer passes for 436 yards and three touchdowns in the Vikings’ 33-24 loss to the Chicago Bears.
1988 — U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board at the Seoul Olympics. Louganis hits the board on his ninth dive. He has four temporary stitches put in the top of his head so that he could come back and perform his last two dives. Less than 30 minutes later, he completes a reverse 1 1/2 somersault with 3 1/2 twists and, in the final round, a reverse 3 1/2 somersault in tuck position to secure his place in the medal round.
1992 — Sergei Bubka raises the world record in the pole vault, his 32nd world record, clearing 20 feet, 1½ inches in the Toto International at Tokyo.
1992 — Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson & Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal MLB seasons.
1993 — Nigel Mansell overpowers the field in the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix to become the first rookie to win the Indy car PPG Cup championship.
2000 — In the Sydney Olympics, the U.S. softball team strands a staggering 20 baserunners in an 11-inning, 2-1 loss to Japan, which ends a 112-game winning streak. It’s the first loss for the Americans since the 1998 world championships.
2000 — Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run becoming the first major league player to reach the mark as a pinch-hitter.
2001 — Roger Clemens becomes the first pitcher in major league history to go 20-1, pitching the New York Yankees to a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
2004 — Jerry Rice’s run of 274 straight games with a catch is ended in the Oakland Raiders’ 13-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills. The last time Rice didn’t catch a pass was Dec. 1, 1985, at Washington.
2008 — Greg Maddox pitches his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants.
2009 — Texas College of the NAIA is trounced 75-6 by Texas Southern, a week after losing 92-0 to Stephen F. Austin. The Steers fall to 0-4 and have been outscored 300-12.
2010 — Matt Schaub is 38 of 52 for a franchise-record 497 yards with three touchdowns in Houston’s 30-27 overtime win over Washington. Donovan McNabb of the Redskins is 28 of 38 for 426 yards. It’s the first time two quarterbacks throw for 400 yards in an NFL game since 1994.
2015 — Greyson Lambert of Georgia throws for 330 yards, three touchdowns and sets an NCAA record by completing all but one of his 25 passes to lead the to a 52-20 victory over South Carolina. Lambert posts the highest percentage (96.0) in FBS history for a minimum of 20 completions, breaking the mark of 95.8 (23 of 24) shared by Tennessee’s Tee Martin and West Virginia’s Geno Smith.
2015 — Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma, sets a school record with 572 total yards, throws four TD passes and runs for two more scores in the Sooners’ 52-38 victory over Tulsa.
2017 — A new MLB record for the most home runs in a season as number 5,694 is hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals.
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Boston at NY Yankees | 1:05pm | YES NESN |
| Kansas City at Pittsburgh | 1:05pm | Bally Sports Kansas City ATTSN-PIT |
| St. Louis at Toronto | 3:07pm | Bally Sports Midwest Sportsnet |
| NY Mets at Philadelphia | 4:05pm | NBCS-PHI SNY |
| Miami at Washington | 4:05pm | Bally Sports Florida MASN |
| Baltimore at Detroit | 6:10pm | Bally Sports Detroit MASN2 |
| Tampa Bay at Cleveland | 6:10pm | Bally Sports Sun Bally Sports Great Lakes |
| Oakland at Chi. White Sox | 7:10pm | NBCS-CA NBCS-CHI |
| Cincinnati at Minnesota | 7:10pm | MLBN Bally Sports North Bally Sports Ohio |
| LA Dodgers at Atlanta | 7:20pm | MLBN Apple TV+ Bally Sports South SNLA |
| Chi. Cubs at Colorado | 8:10pm | MARQ Rockies.TV |
| Milwaukee at Arizona | 8:10pm | Bally Sports Wisconsin YurView |
| San Diego at San Francisco | 9:05pm | MLBN Padres.TV NBCS-BAY |
| Houston at LA Angels | 9:38pm | MLBN Bally Sports West SCHN |
| Texas at Seattle | 9:40pm | Bally Sports Southwest ROOT |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Louisiana Tech at NC State | 12:00pm | ACCN |
| Arkansas State at Michigan | 12:00pm | BTN |
| Central Michigan at Illinois | 12:00pm | Peacock |
| Cincinnati at Miami (OH) | 12:00pm | ESPNU |
| North Texas at Texas Tech | 12:00pm | FS1 |
| Oklahoma State at Tulsa | 12:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Alabama at Wisconsin | 12:00pm | FOX |
| Memphis at Florida State | 12:00pm | ESPN |
| LSU at South Carolina | 12:00pm | ABC |
| Boston College at Missouri | 12:45pm | SECN |
| UMass at Buffalo | 1:00pm | CBSSN |
| Coastal Carolina at Temple | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| West Virginia at Pitt | 3:30pm | ESPN/2 |
| Prairie View A&M at Michigan State | 3:30pm | BTN |
| Oregon at Oregon State | 3:30pm | FOX |
| Texas A&M at Florida | 3:30pm | ABC |
| Washington State vs Washington | 3:30pm | Peacock |
| VMI at Georgia Tech | 3:30pm | ACCNX |
| Tulane at Oklahoma | 3:30pm | ESPN/2 |
| Nevada at Minnesota | 3:30pm | BTN |
| Morgan State at Ohio | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Ball State at Miami (FL) | 3:30pm | ACCN |
| Notre Dame at Purdue | 3:30pm | CBS Paramount+ |
| Appalachian State at East Carolina | 4:00pm | ESPNU |
| Troy at Iowa | 4:00pm | FS1 |
| UAB at Arkansas | 4:15pm | SECN |
| Utah at Utah State | 4:30pm | CBSSN |
| NC Central at North Carolina | 6:00pm | ACCNX |
| UTEP at Liberty | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Colgate at Akron | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| FIU at Florida Atlantic | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UConn at Duke | 6:00pm | ACCNX |
| SC State at Georgia Southern | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Virginia Tech at Old Dominion | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Gardner-Webb at Charlotte | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Ole Miss at Wake Forest | 6:30pm | The CW |
| Bethune-Cookman at Western Michigan | 6:30pm | ESPN+ |
| USF at Southern Miss | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Kennesaw State at San Jose State | 7:00pm | truTV Max |
| WKU at Middle Tennessee | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Jacksonville State at Eastern Michigan | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Hawaii at Sam Houston | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UTSA at Texas | 7:00pm | ESPN |
| UCF at TCU | 7:30pm | FOX |
| Eastern Illinois at Northwestern | 7:30pm | BTN |
| Air Force at Baylor | 7:30pm | FS1 |
| Georgia at Kentucky | 7:30pm | ABC |
| Indiana at UCLA | 7:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Toledo at Mississippi State | 7:30pm | ESPN2/U |
| Northern Iowa at Nebraska | 7:30pm | BTN |
| New Mexico at Auburn | 7:30pm | ESPN2/U |
| Colorado at Colorado State | 7:30pm | CBS Paramount+ |
| Kent State at Tennessee | 7:45pm | SECN |
| Maryland at Virginia | 8:00pm | ACCN |
| Rice at Houston | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| BYU at Wyoming | 9:00pm | CBSSN |
| San Diego State at California | 10:30pm | ESPN |
| New Mexico State at Fresno State | 10:30pm | truTV Max |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| Xfinity: Mission 200 at the Glen | 3:00pm | USA |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World: Amgen Irish Open | 6:30am | GOLF |
| LIV: Bolingbrook, Ill | 1:00pm | CW |
| Solheim Cup | 3:00pm | GOLF |
| PGA: Procore Championship | 6:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| EPL: Southampton vs Manchester United | 7:30am | USA Peacock |
| La Liga: Mallorca vs Villarreal | 8:00am | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Como vs Bologna | 9:00am | CBSSN Paramount+ |
| Bundesliga: Borussia M’gladbach vs Stuttgart | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Freiburg vs Bochum | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| EPL: Crystal Palace vs Leicester City | 10:00am | USA Peacock |
| EPL: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town | 10:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Fulham vs West Ham United | 10:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest | 10:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Manchester City vs Brentford | 10:00am | Peacock |
| La Liga: Espanyol vs Deportivo Alavés | 10:15am | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Olympique Marseille vs Nice | 11:00am | beIN Sports |
| Serie A: Empoli vs Juventus | 12:00pm | Paramount+ |
| EPL: Aston Villa vs Everton | 12:30pm | USA Peacock |
| La Liga: Sevilla vs Getafe | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Holstein Kiel vs Bayern München | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Auxerre vs Monaco | 1:00pm | beIN Sports |
| Serie A: Milan vs Venezia | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| EPL: AFC Bournemouth vs Chelsea | 3:00pm | Peacock |
| La Liga: Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: PSG vs Brest | 3:00pm | beIN Sports |
| Canadian Premier League: Pacific vs Vancouver FC | 5:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| Liga MX: Toluca vs Tijuana | 6:30pm | VIX |
| MLS: Atlanta United vs Nashville SC | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: CF Montréal vs Charlotte | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: DC United vs New York City | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Inter Miami vs Philadelphia Union | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Orlando City SC vs New England | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Toronto FC vs Austin | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| NWSL: Racing Louisville FC vs Angel City | 7:30pm | ION Tubi |
| MLS: Chicago Fire vs New York RB | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Houston Dynamo vs Real Salt Lake | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: St. Louis City vs Minnesota United | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: América vs Guadalajara | 8:30pm | TUDN |
| MLS: Colorado Rapids vs Portland Timbers | 9:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| NWSL: Utah Royals vs San Diego Wave | 10:00pm | ION Tubi |
| MLS: LA Galaxy vs Los Angeles FC | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps vs SJ Earthquakes | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: León vs Cruz Azul | 10:35pm | VIX |
| Liga MX: Santos Laguna vs Monterrey | 10:45pm | TUDN |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Guadalajara: WTA Early Semifinals; Davis Cup Finals Group Stage | 10:00am | TENNIS |