“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL REPORTED SCORES
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INDIANA CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 3
NO. 4 ALABAMA 42, WISCONSIN 10
NO. 17 MICHIGAN 28, ARKANSAS STATE 18
NO. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE 45, TULSA 10
NO. 16 LSU 36, SOUTH CAROLINA 33
NC STATE 30, LOUISIANA TECH 20
ILLINOIS 30, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9
MEMPHIS 20, FLORIDA STATE 12
CINCINNATI 27, MIAMI (OHIO) 16
TEXAS TECH 66, NORTH TEXAS 21
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 27, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 20
LEHIGH 20, LIU 17
THE CITADEL 54, NORTH GREENVILLE 0
ROBERT MORRIS 55, MERCYHURST 28
MICHIGAN TECH 21, HILLSDALE 6
LAFAYETTE 56, MARIST 14
NO. 6 MISSOURI 27, NO. 24 BOSTON COLLEGE 21
BUFFALO 34, UMASS 3
DELAWARE 42, NORTH CAROLINA A&T 13
STONY BROOK 27, FORDHAM 21
ILLINOIS STATE 51, WESTERN ILLINOIS 34
SACRED HEART 40, GEORGETOWN 14
PRESBYTERIAN 52, VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG 0
ELIZABETH CITY STATE 20, ERSKINE 0
EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE 40, BLUEFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY 13
FINDLAY 42, WAYNE STATE (MICH.) 30
SUSQUEHANNA 27, BROCKPORT 21
CATHOLIC 38, CAPITOL 20
KEYSTONE 51, HARTWICK 26
ASSUMPTION 27, FRANKLIN PIERCE 7
BENTLEY 3, ST. ANSELM 0
COASTAL CAROLINA 28, TEMPLE 20
RICHMOND 38, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 0
HOLY CROSS 43, BRYANT 22
NORTH DAKOTA 52, IDAHO STATE 28
DUQUESNE 28, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 25
FURMAN 48, STETSON 7
WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER 24, ROOSEVELT 14
WAGNER 30, DELAWARE STATE 7
MONTANA 59, MOREHEAD STATE 2
HOWARD 35, MOREHOUSE 21
NO. 18 NOTRE DAME 66, PURDUE 7
NO. 9 OREGON 49, OREGON STATE 14
NO. 10 MIAMI (FLA.) 62, BALL STATE 0
NO. 15 OKLAHOMA 34, TULANE 19
GEORGIA TECH 59, VMI 7
TEXAS A&M 33, FLORIDA 20
MICHIGAN STATE 40, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 0
MINNESOTA 27, NEVADA 0
WASHINGTON STATE 24, WASHINGTON 19
PITT 38, WEST VIRGINIA 34
OHIO 21, MORGAN STATE 6
MONMOUTH 51, MAINE 22
VILLANOVA 14, TOWSON 13
IOWA 38, TROY 21
APPALACHIAN STATE 21, EAST CAROLINA 19
HAMPTON 37, NORFOLK STATE 7
IDAHO 41, UALBANY 13
SOUTH DAKOTA AT PORTLAND STATE — CANCELED
ABILENE CHRISTIAN 24, NORTHERN COLORADO 22
ARKANSAS 37, UAB 27
NO. 12 UTAH 38, UTAH STATE 21
ALCORN STATE 38, EDWARD WATERS 7
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 38, ETSU 35
DUKE 26, UCONN 21
VIRGINIA TECH 37, OLD DOMINION 17
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 38, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 20
LIBERTY 28, UTEP 10
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 42, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 14
NORTH CAROLINA 45, NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 10
AKRON 31, COLGATE 20
CHARLOTTE 27, GARDNER-WEBB 26
RHODE ISLAND 21, CAMPBELL 9
WILLIAM & MARY 28, WOFFORD 21
WESTERN CAROLINA 24, ELON 17
NEW HAMPSHIRE 45, STONEHILL 6
EASTERN KENTUCKY 26, WEST GEORGIA 7
MERCER 10, CHATTANOOGA 3
INDIANA STATE 24, DAYTON 13
MERRIMACK 31, BUCKNELL 21
LENOIR-RHYNE 38, TIFFIN 17
BARTON COLLEGE 24, CHOWAN 20
LANE 32, BENEDICT 27
CENTRAL STATE (OHIO) 10, SAVANNAH STATE 3
ANDERSON (SC) 44, LAGRANGE COLLEGE 14
FERRUM 28, NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN 24
NO. 5 OLE MISS 40, WAKE FOREST 6
WESTERN MICHIGAN 59, BETHUNE-COOKMAN 31
NO. 2 TEXAS 56, UTSA 7
GEORGIA STATE 36, VANDERBILT 32
EASTERN MICHIGAN 37, JACKSONVILLE STATE 34 (2OT)
SAN JOSE STATE 31, KENNESAW STATE 10
WESTERN KENTUCKY 49, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 21
SAM HOUSTON 31, HAWAI’I 13
SOUTH FLORIDA 49, SOUTHERN MISS 24
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 45, AUSTIN PEAY 17
MISSOURI STATE 28, LINDENWOOD 14
MURRAY STATE 59, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 8
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 24, AUGUSTANA (SD) 3
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 35, UIW 28
SAMFORD 12, ALABAMA STATE 7
TENNESSEE STATE 41, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 28
JACKSON STATE 33, SOUTHERN 15
UT MARTIN 43, NORTH ALABAMA 28
GRAMBLING STATE 35, TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 28 (OT)
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 70, LOUISIANA CHRISTIAN 7
LAMAR 17, WEBER STATE 16
SE LOUISIANA 28, EASTERN WASHINGTON 24
ALABAMA A&M 24, GEORGETOWN (KY) 16
DAVIDSON 42, POINT UNIVERSITY 12
UT PERMIAN BASIN 67, ADAMS STATE 14
VALDOSTA STATE 34, FAYETTEVILLE STATE 0
WEST ALABAMA 33, LIMESTONE 14
ANGELO STATE 26, EASTERN NEW MEXICO 20
NO. 1 GEORGIA 13, KENTUCKY 12
AUBURN 45, NEW MEXICO 19
TOLEDO 41, MISSISSIPPI STATE 17
INDIANA 42, UCLA 13
NO. 23 NEBRASKA 34, UNI 3
BAYLOR 31, AIR FORCE 3
COLORADO 28, COLORADO STATE 9
UCF 35, TCU 34
NORTHWESTERN 31, EASTERN ILLINOIS 7
VALPARAISO 20, INDIANA WESLEYAN 17
NO. 7 TENNESSEE 71, KENT STATE 0
MARYLAND 27, VIRGINIA 13
HOUSTON 33, RICE 7
UC DAVIS 24, SOUTHERN UTAH 21
CAL POLY 31, WESTERN OREGON 14
MCNEESE 28, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 24
WESTERN COLORADO 26, WEST TEXAS A&M 17
WESTERN NEW MEXICO 36, NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS 33
CALIFORNIA 31 SAN DIEGO STATE 10
FRESNO STATE 48 NEW MEXICO STATE 0
BYU 34 WYOMING 14
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7
INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
INDIANA 42 UCLA 13
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
NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7
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
NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7
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
BUTLER 53 HANOVER 0
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
MIAMI FL 62 BALL STATE 0
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
INDIANA STATE 24 DAYTON 13
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
KANSAS CITY 5 PITTSBURGH 1
BOSTON 7 NY YANKEES 1
TORONTO 7 ST. LOUIS 2
PHILADELPHIA 6 NY METS 4
WASHINGTON 4 MIAMI 1
CLEVELAND 6 TAMPA BAY 1
BALTIMORE 4 DETROIT 2
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7 OAKLAND 6
CINCINNATI 11 MINNESOTA 1
ATLANTA 10 LA DODGERS 1
COLORADO 6 CHICAGO CUBS 5
MILWAUKEE 15 ARIZONA 8
SAN DIEGO 8 SAN FRANCISCO 0
HOUSTON 5 LA ANGELS 3
SEATTLE 5 TEXAS 4
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
ROCHESTER 8 INDIANAPOLIS 6
WNBA SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
TORONTO 2 AUSTIN 1
MIAMI 3 PHILADELPHIA 1
NEW YORK CITY 1 DC UNITED 1
CINCINNATI 0 COLUMBUS 0
NASHVILLE 2 ATLANTA 0
ORLANDO 3 NEW ENGLAND 0
MONTRÉAL 2 CHARLOTTE 1
MINNESOTA 3 ST. LOUIS 1
HOUSTON 4 SALT LAKE 1
CHICAGO 2 NY RED BULL’S 1
COLORADO 2 PORTLAND 1
LA GALAXY 4 LOS ANGELES 2
VANCOUVER 2 SAN JOSE 0
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)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:05P FOX)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:25P CBS)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 30
TENNESSEE TITANS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (7:30P ESPN)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT DETROIT LIONS (8:15P ABC)
WEEK 5 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 6
NEW YORK JETS VS MINNESOTA VIKINGS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, TOTTENHAM)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:05P FOX)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P CBS)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 7
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 1 GEORGIA AVOIDS UPSET, NIPS KENTUCKY 13-12
Trevor Etienne ran for a team-high 79 yards on 19 carries, helping No. 1 Georgia eke out a 13-12 win over Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.
Georgia (3-0, 1-0 SEC) won its 42nd straight regular-season game as Carson Beck completed 15 of 24 passes for 160 yards, while Dominic Lovett caught six passes for 89 yards in the Bulldogs’ SEC opener.
Former Georgia quarterback Brock Vandagriff was 14 of 27 for 114 yards, while Demie Sumo-Karngbaye ran for a game-high 98 yards as Kentucky (1-2, 0-2) dropped its second straight game and its 15th consecutive game to Georgia. Alex Raynor was 4-for-4 on field-goal attempts, accounting for all of Kentucky’s scoring.
After a Kentucky punt late in the third, Etienne accounted for 51 of Georgia’s 68 yards on the next drive, setting up Branson Robinson’s 3-yard rushing score, giving Georgia a 13-9 lead with 12:20 remaining in the game.
No. 2 Texas 56, UTSA 7
Arch Manning passed for four touchdowns and ran 67 yards for another in relief of the injured Quinn Ewers as the Longhorns flew past the Roadrunners in Austin, Texas.
Manning went 9 of 12 for 223 yards in about two quarters of play in the most extensive action of the highly touted redshirt freshman’s career as the Longhorns (3-0) dominated from start to finish. Ewers was 14 of 16 passing for 185 yards, two TDs and an interception in just over a quarter of play before sustaining a strained abdomen.
Owen McCown led UTSA (1-2) with 132 yards passing while Robert Henry Jr. had 65 yards rushing and a touchdown on six carries.
No. 4 Alabama 42, Wisconsin 10
Jalen Milroe passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more in Madison, Wis., to pace the Crimson Tide to a nonconference rout of the Badgers, who lost starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke on their opening possession.
Milroe completed 12 of 17 passes for 196 yards with touchdowns of 31, 26 and 37 yards. He also ran for a team-high 75 yards on 14 carries. Alabama (3-0) outgained Wisconsin 407-290 and averaged 7.3 yards per play to 4.0 for the Badgers (2-1).
Van Dyke was replaced by redshirt sophomore Braedyn Locke, who completed 13 of 26 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown. Chez Mellusi ran for 66 yards on 11 carries.
No. 5 Ole Miss 40, Wake Forest 6
Jaxson Dart had two scoring passes and a touchdown run and Henry Parrish Jr. ran for two touchdowns as the Rebels rode a strong start against the Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Ole Miss (3-0) scored 20 first-quarter points and that set the tone for another comfortable victory. Dart completed 26 of 34 passes for 377 yards with an interception. Parrish gained 148 yards on the ground on 23 carries.
Hank Bachmeier was 22-of-39 passing for 239 yards but couldn’t direct Wake Forest to the end zone. The Demon Deacons (1-2) only scored on a pair of Matthew Dennis field goals.
No. 6 Missouri 27, No. 24 Boston College 21
Brady Cook completed 21 of 30 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown as the Tigers outlasted the Eagles in Columbia, Mo.
Cook also rushed for a touchdown for the Tigers (3-0), who erased a 14-3 second-quarter deficit. Blake Craig kicked four field goals for Missouri: two from 38 yards out, one from 31 yards out and one from 56 yards out.
Missouri overcame eight penalties for 78 yards and outgained the Eagles (2-1) 440-295. Thomas Castellanos completed 16 of 28 passes for 249 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions for Boston College.
No. 7 Tennessee 71, Kent State 0
Dylan Sampson rushed for four touchdowns and DeSean Bishop added two during a program-record 65-point first half as the Volunteers steamrolled the Golden Flashes in nonconference play at Knoxville, Tenn.
Bishop rushed for 120 yards on seven carries and Sampson had 101 on 13 attempts as the Volunteers (3-0) annihilated the Golden Flashes over the first 30 minutes. Tennessee’s 37-point first quarter was a program record for any period and the Volunteers followed it with 28 points in the second quarter. Tennessee also set a school mark with 740 yards of total offense.
Nico Iamaleava completed 10 of 16 passes for 173 yards and one touchdown before leaving with Tennessee leading by 51 midway through the second quarter. Devin Kargman completed 9 of 15 passes for 58 yards for Kent State (0-3). Rocco Nicholl had 10 tackles.
No. 9 Oregon 49, Oregon State 14
Visiting Oregon (3-0) scored on eight possessions and turned an eight-point lead into a blowout for its first win at Oregon State since 2018. Dillon Gabriel finished 20-of-24 passing for 291 yards with two touchdown passes and added another touchdown on the ground.
Jordan James had 86 yards on 12 carries, including a touchdown in each half, and Noah Whittington added 64 rushing yards, including a 27-yard touchdown run in the fourth. Tysheem Johnson reeled in seven catches for 110 yards as the Ducks gained 546 yards of total offense against a defense that had allowed 15 points combined in its first two games.
Oregon won for the 14th time in the last 17 meetings.
No. 10 Miami 62, Ball State 0
Cam Ward passed for 346 yards and a career-high five touchdowns as the Hurricanes blasted the Cardinals in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Lightning in the area on Saturday delayed the start of the game by 2 1/2 hours, but that didn’t stop Miami (3-0), which set a school record with 750 yards of total offense. Miami’s stars included Jacolby George (six catches 109 yards, one TD), Xavier Restrepo (three catches, 47 yards, two TDs) and Ajay Allen (104 rushing yards, one TD).
Ball State (1-1) was led by Kadin Semonza, who finished 16-of-26 passing for 111 yards. He was intercepted once.
No. 12 Utah 38, Utah State 21
Isaac Wilson threw for 239 yards and three touchdowns in his first career start to lead the Utes over host Utah State in Logan, Utah.
Wilson, who was picked off once, filled in for Cameron Rising, who sat out after suffering an injury to his right (throwing) hand against Baylor last week. Wilson had his first career 200-yard game and helped Utah (3-0) beat Utah State for the 12th time in 13 games in the teams’ rivalry series.
Utah State’s Bryson Barnes threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns in his first game against his former team. Barnes also tossed a pair of interceptions. The Aggies (1-2) got 115 rushing yards on 19 touches from Rahsul Faison.
No. 13 Oklahoma State 45, Tulsa 10
Alan Bowman threw for 396 yards and five touchdowns as the Cowboys roared out to a 28-point halftime lead on their way to a road rout of the Golden Hurricane.
Bowman completed 24 of 31 passes with an interception as the Cowboys improved to 3-0. Oklahoma State outgained the Golden Hurricane 560-352 in its final nonconference tune-up before opening Big 12 play next week at home against Utah.
Kirk Francis hit 14 of 31 passes for 153 yards with an interception for Tulsa (1-2), which came into the contest averaging 43 points per game. The aggressive Cowboys notched seven tackles for loss, including a pair of sacks, and permitted just 5 of 16 third-down conversions.
No. 15 Oklahoma 34, Tulane 19
Jackson Arnold threw for 169 yards and a touchdown and ran for 97 yards and two scores for the Sooners in Norman, Okla.
Oklahoma was in a precarious position in the fourth after Tulane pulled within five. But then Billy Bowman Jr. pulled down a redirected Darian Mensah pass for an interception, giving Oklahoma the ball in Tulane territory.
Then the Sooners (3-0), who had come up empty on four consecutive drives, finally showed some life. Arnold broke off a 24-yard touchdown run to give Oklahoma some breathing room. Darian Mensah was 14-of-32 passing for 166 yards, a touchdown and an interception for the Green Wave (1-2).
No. 17 Michigan 28, Arkansas State 18
Kalel Mullings rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries as the Wolverines defeated the Red Wolves at Ann Arbor, Mich.
Donovan Edwards ran for 82 yards and a score on 17 carries for Michigan (2-1), which outgained Arkansas State 301-58 on the ground. Davis Warren completed 11 of 14 passes for 122 yards but was intercepted three times. Alex Orji tossed a touchdown pass after replacing Warren.
Jaylen Raynor completed 19 of 33 passes for 140 yards with an interception for the Red Wolves (2-1). Timmy McClain threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Reginald Harden Jr. after the Wolverines led by 25 points.
No. 16 LSU 36, South Carolina 33
Caden Durham rushed for two touchdowns and Josh Williams ran 2 yards for a winning touchdown with 1:12 remaining as the Tigers rallied to edge the Gamecocks in Columbia, S.C.
Garrett Nussmeier passed for 285 yards and two touchdowns and drove the Tigers (2-1, 1-0 SEC) 55 yards to the winning score. Backup QB Robby Ashford drove South Carolina to the LSU 31, but Alex Herrera missed a 49-yard field goal as time expired.
The Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1) passed for just 155 yards as starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers (9-for-16 passing, 113 yards) injured his right ankle on the second-to-last play of the first half and played just one possession in the second half.
No. 18 Notre Dame 66, Purdue 7
Riley Leonard rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns, Jeremiyah Love rushed for 109 yards and another score, and the Fighting Irish crushed the Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind.
Jadarian Price and Kenny Minchey also rushed for a touchdown for Notre Dame (2-1), which bounced back from a stunning loss against Northern Illinois one week earlier. Leonard completed 11 of 16 passes for 112 yards before he gave way to backup Steve Angeli, who completed 6 of 9 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns.
Hudson Card completed 11 of 24 passes for 124 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for Purdue (1-1). Notre Dame ran for 362 yards and posted its highest point total since Sept. 14, 2019, when it tallied a 66-14 home win against New Mexico.
No. 23 Nebraska 34, Northern Iowa 3
Freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns to guide the Cornhuskers to a victory over the Panthers in Lincoln, Neb.
The Cornhuskers (3-0) scored touchdowns on their first three possessions to win their first game as a ranked team since 2019. Dante Dowdell rushed six times for 55 yards as Nebraska finished with 423 total yards to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2016.
For Northern Iowa (2-1), which entered the night ranked 21st in the FCS poll, quarterback Aidan Dunne completed 13 of 25 passes for 117 yards and rushed for a team-high 49 yards before getting knocked out of the game with 10 minutes to go.
–Field Level Media
MLB NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: WHITE SOX END RECORD HOME SKID ON WALK-OFF HR
Andrew Benintendi hit a walk-off homer as the Chicago White Sox halted their franchise-record home losing streak at 16 games with a 7-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
Gavin Sheets also homered for Chicago, which won at home for the first time since Aug. 12. The White Sox recorded their second walk-off victory of the season after Oakland tied the score with three runs in the top of the ninth.
Gus Varland (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Nicky Lopez, Luis Robert Jr., Lenyn Sosa and Benintendi each had three hits.
The game-winner came moments after Oakland rallied in the top of the ninth. With the bases loaded and no outs against Justin Anderson, two runs scored when Shea Langeliers reached on a fielding error by Sosa. Two batters later, Zack Gelof tied the score with an RBI single.
Red Sox 7, Yankees 1
Rafael Devers hit a two-run single after drawing a bases-empty intentional walk in his previous at-bat as Boston cruised past host New York.
Devers drew the free pass from Yankees starter Gerrit Cole (6-5) with the Red Sox down 1-0 in the fourth inning. According to the YES Network sourcing stathead.com, it was on record the earliest intentional walk with the bases empty ever issued by New York.
Masataka Yoshida and Wilyer Abreu followed with RBI hits to give Boston a 3-1 lead. Devers added his two-run single to make it 5-1 in the fifth. Cole, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, was tagged for a season-high seven runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings for the Yankees.
Orioles 4, Tigers 2
Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Gunnar Henderson blasted his 37th home run as visiting Baltimore beat Detroit.
Burnes (14-8) gave up two hits, walked one and struck out seven for the Orioles. Henderson had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in a pair, while Cedric Mullins supplied two hits and an RBI.
Parker Meadows started a two-run rally in the ninth for Detroit with a solo homer. Colt Keith had three hits and scored the Tigers’ other run.
Royals 5, Pirates 1
Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs and Michael Wacha hurled five quality innings, helping lead Kansas City to a win over host Pittsburgh.
Wacha (13-7) allowed just one run on four hits while striking out eight and walking three. The Royals won their seventh game in nine tries.
Mitch Keller (11-10) gave up four runs (three earned) on four hits over six innings. The Pittsburgh starter struck out six and walked one. Bryan Reynolds and Jared Triolo each tallied a pair of hits for the Pirates, who lost their second straight.
Blue Jays 7, Cardinals 2
Jose Berrios pitched seven strong innings to win his seventh consecutive start and earn his career-best 16th victory as host Toronto defeated St. Louis.
Berrios (16-9) allowed one run, two hits and two walks with four strikeouts to help the Blue Jays take the first two games of the three-game series. Davis Schneider went 3-for-4 with a solo homer and two RBIs and Alejandro Kirk also had two RBIs for Toronto, which has won three of its last four games.
Jordan Walker hit his third homer of the season for the Cardinals, who were held to three hits and have lost four of their last six games. Cardinals right-hander Kyle Gibson (8-7) allowed five runs (one earned), four hits and three walks with one strikeout in 5 1/3 innings.
Phillies 6, Mets 4
Cal Stevenson delivered a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning then robbed a home run in the eighth as host Philadelphia got the win over New York.
Bryce Harper hit two home runs for the Phillies, who moved eight games ahead of the Mets in the NL East standings. Stevenson hooked his clutch double to right field against Reed Garrett, then on J.D. Martinez’s deep drive to center field an inning later, Stevenson made a full-extension leaping catch at the wall to preserve the Phillies’ lead.
Starling Marte drove in three runs for the Mets, who had won 12 of their previous 14 games. Luisangel Acuna, brother of Braves star Ronald Acuna, made his major league debut for New York and went 2-for-4.
Guardians 6, Rays 1
Josh Naylor’s two-RBI single highlighted a three-run sixth and rookie Joey Cantillo tossed five scoreless innings as Cleveland beat visiting Tampa Bay.
After totaling three runs while losing the first two of this four-game set, the AL Central-leading Guardians matched that output in one inning thanks to Naylor, who had two hits on the night. Meanwhile, Cantillo (2-3), who threw 6 2/3 perfect innings against the Chicago White Sox on Monday, yielded three hits, a walk, and struck out six against the Rays.
Junior Caminero had three hits and drove home the Rays’ only run with a double against Hunter Gaddis in the top of the eighth.
Nationals 4, Marlins 1
Jose Tena had two hits, including a homer, and scored twice, and Joey Gallo and Juan Yepez also hit home runs to lead host Washington over Miami.
It marked the seventh time this season that the Nationals hit three or more home runs in a game. Keibert Ruiz added a double and two hits for the Nationals, who improved to 10-2 against Miami this season with their second consecutive win.
Otto Lopez went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI, and Jonah Bride had two hits, including a double, and scored a run for the Marlins, who lost for the fifth time in their past six games. Valente Bellozo (2-4) suffered the loss, allowing three runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Reds 11, Twins 1
TJ Friedl went 4-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs, and Cincinnati cruised past Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Noelvi Marte finished 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs for Cincinnati, which erupted for nine runs in the fourth inning. Spencer Steer and Jonathan India also drove in two runs apiece for the Reds, who will go for the three-game sweep on Sunday.
Byron Buxton drove in the lone run for the Twins, who have lost six of their past eight games.
Braves 10, Dodgers 1
Chris Sale allowed one run and five hits in six innings to help Atlanta beat visiting Los Angeles in the second game of their four-game series.
Sale (17-3), who’s trying to become the first National League pitcher since Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw in 2011 to lead the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts, fanned six and walked two while lowering his ERA to 2.35.
Dodgers right-hander Jack Flaherty (12-7) lasted a season-low three innings, allowing four runs and five hits while striking out four and walking a season-high four.
Rockies 6, Cubs 5 (10 innings)
Brenton Doyle ripped a game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning as Colorado walked off visiting Chicago in Denver.
Colorado forced extra innings on Sam Hilliard’s pinch-hit two-run homer with two outs in the ninth against Porter Hodge. In the 10th, Doyle then lined a 3-2 curveball from Drew Smyly (3-8) into left, scoring Aaron Schunk to give the Rockies their third straight win.
Tyler Kinley (6-1) retired the Cubs in order in the top of the 10th to get the win. Doyle also had two sacrifice flies to lead Colorado with three RBIs. Cody Bellinger and Pete Crow-Armstrong homered for the Cubs, who fell six games behind the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves for the National League’s final wild-card spot.
Brewers 15, Diamondbacks 8
Willy Adames hit a grand slam to cap a seven-run second inning and added a solo homer in the fourth, and Milwaukee held on to beat Arizona in Phoenix to take the second of a three-game series.
Adames finished 3-for-3 and had five RBIs to take over the National League lead with 107. He was one of six Brewers to score at least two runs as Milwaukee finished with 16 hits and built a 13-run lead before Arizona scored eight unanswered in three innings.
Randal Grichuk had three RBIs and a homer for the Diamondbacks, who remain one game ahead of the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves for the final NL wild-card berth.
Padres 8, Giants 0
Donovan Solano collected three doubles among his four hits, Joe Musgrove combined with two relievers on a five-hitter and San Diego made it two straight shutout wins over host San Francisco.
The win not only moved the Padres to 1 1/2 games ahead of the rest of the pack in the National League wild-card race, but they also crept within 3 1/2 games of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who sit atop the NL West.
Xander Bogaerts made it 2-0 in the fourth with his 10th home run before the Padres broke the game open with three in the fifth and three more in the eighth. Manny Machado had a two-run single to highlight the fifth-inning uprising, while Jackson Merrill lashed a two-run double in the eighth.
Mariners 5, Rangers 4
Randy Arozarena’s single with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning scored the winning run as host Seattle defeated Texas to spoil Max Scherzer’s return.
Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley homered for the Mariners, who rallied for a second consecutive victory and sit 2 1/2 games out of the final American League wild-card spot. Mariners closer Andres Munoz (3-6) earned the victory and Rangers closer Jose Leclerc (6-5) took the loss.
Max Scherzer, who took the mound for the first time since July 30 after being on the injured list with right shoulder fatigue, went four innings and allowed two runs on five hits, with two walks and two strikeouts. Leody Taveras and Marcus Semien went deep for the Rangers.
Astros 5, Angels 3
Yordan Alvarez hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning for Houston, which beat Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif., in the second game of a three-game series between the American League West rivals.
Justin Verlander tossed five innings to earn his first win in over three months for the division-leading Astros, who have won the first two games of the series. Houston remained 4 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Seattle Mariners in the AL West.
The Angels, who are trying to avoid finishing last in the AL West for the first time since 1999, have lost four straight.
–Field Level Media
GOLF NEWS
PATTON KIZZIRE WATCHES LEAD GROW AT PROCORE CHAMPIONSHIP
Patton Kizzire fired a 5-under 67 on Saturday to pull away from the rest of the pack after three rounds of action at the Procore Championship in Napa, Calif.
Kizzire entered the day atop the leaderboard with a one-stroke lead over David Lipsky at Silverado Resort’s North Course, and he saw that advantage grow to four shots by carding six birdies against one bogey.
After missing the cut at six straight events at one point earlier this season, Kizzire enters Sunday’s final round at 18-under 198 for the tournament.
“I think what was wrong, you couldn’t see it in the stats,” Kizzire said of his rut, which lasted over two months. “I think the consistency comes from a solid mental foundation and allowing yourself to compete. So I’ve been working on that and that’s been a huge boost for me.”
Kizzire had few problems on Saturday, with a bogey at the par-4 10th being his lone hiccup. He recovered nicely, though, recording three birdies over the final eight holes to close out his round.
“The greens were fantastic. The maintenance crew has done a fantastic job, the agronomy team has done a fantastic job. They’re rolling really nice,” said Kizzire, who also rattled off three straight birdies at Nos. 3-5. “I’m seeing the greens well and putting it on the line, it’s holding. This is a golf course I really enjoy playing and I’m looking forward to (Sunday).”
Lipsky went 2 under in the third round, getting held back by back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 11 and 12. He logged four birdies, three of which came over the first seven holes.
“I really didn’t have my best today,” Lipsky said. “You know, over the course of a week, days like this happen. Made some really nice putts coming down the stretch and hung in there and kept myself in it and that’s all I can ask for when I don’t have my A-game from tee to green.”
Four golfers are breathing down Lipsky’s neck, as Greyson Sigg (66 on Saturday), Patrick Fishburn (70) and Canadians Mackenzie Hughes (66) and Corey Conners (66) are tied for third, five shots off the lead.
Wilson Furr finished with low-round honors, posting an 8-under 64 on Saturday. He is T7 with Sahith Theegala (69) and Ben Silverman of Canada (65). Each member of that trio is six strokes behind Kizzire.
–Field Level Media
MICHAEL WRIGHT TAKES 1-SHOT ADVANTAGE AT SANFORD INTERNATIONAL
Aussie Michael Wright shot a 5-under-par 65 on Saturday to grab a one-shot lead at the Sanford International in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Wright credited a faster green, akin to the courses he’s used to in Australia, for helping with his comfort level.
“Back in Australia, we play a lot of our big tournaments with hard, fast greens that feel like this concrete we’re standing on,” Wright said. “I think it plays into my hands a little bit, I’ve got a little bit of experience with the way the ball sort of bounces and releases.
“I’m just having a blast just being out here, just having the ability to play, I’m loving it!”
Wright carded a bogey on No. 12, but he more than offset that with four birdies and an eagle on the par-5, 551-yard No. 16.
“I’m not making bombs from everywhere, but I’m putting solid,” Wright said. “Cleanup putting is pretty decent. I made one of the best cleanup putts for bogey on 12 today that I have in a while.”
Countryman Richard Green matched Wright’s round to surge into second, putting Australia in the top two spots on the leaderboard headed into Sunday’s final round.
Green’s day featured back-to-back birdies on Nos. 4-5, a bogey on No. 10, then a rally with four birdies among his final seven holes, putting him in strong position for Sunday.
“I’ve been playing good golf, hitting good golf shots, my process has been good, my practice has been good,” Green said. “You just keep doing the same things over and over again. If they’re good, you stick to it and hopefully the cards will fall your way eventually.”
American Billy Andrade had built a four-shot lead during Friday’s Round 1, but he suffered through a 2-over 72 on Saturday to fall into a tie for third at 5 under, three shots behind the leader. His day included four bogeys against two birdies.
Tied with Andrade is Steve Stricker, who fired a 2-under 68. Stricker balanced two birdies against no bogeys.
Seven golfers are a stroke behind those two at 4 under: Tim O’Neal (66), South Africa’s Ernie Els (66), Rocco Mediate (66), Ken Duke (66), Tim Petrovic (67), Bernhard Langer of Germany (67) and Ken Tanigawa (69).
–Field Level Media
JON RAHM SHOOTS 64, TAKES ONE-SHOT LEAD AT LIV CHICAGO
Jon Rahm of Spain fired a bogey-free, 7-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of LIV Golf Chicago on Saturday at Bolingbrook (Ill.) Golf Club.
Rahm started his round on the fourth hole and sank six birdies, including the last hole to fend off countryman Sergio Garcia, who is one shot back after a second-round 65.
“I felt like I did everything I needed to do right, committed to the shots that I needed to, and then executed really, really well,” Rahm said. “Didn’t miss a lot of fairways. That’s a great key around here. Yeah, I think it wasn’t until 1, which was my 16th, the only fairway I had missed was 14, and it was barely in the first cut.”
Brooks Koepka, who shot a sizzling 62 to lead after the first round, is alone in third — two strokes back — after shooting 73 on Saturday. Poland’s Adrian Meronk (65 on Saturday), Great Britain’s Ian Poulter (68) and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann (68) are three back in a tie for fourth.
Rahm and Niemann 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.
“Well, he did finish very strong, so as it comes to that, it’s only a three-shot lead,” Rahm said of Niemann, whom he played with the first two rounds but won’t on Sunday. “But at the end of the day, there’s still a championship at stake this week, and I would like to get my second LIV win.
“I feel like it would have been nice to have the both of us in the third round to be together, but again, being at least temporarily in the lead right now by myself, the goal is to win the championship. If I can do that, the rest takes care of itself.”
As for Garcia, he notched five birdies on Saturday and continues to thrive on difficult and firm golf courses.
“I’ve always enjoyed those conditions,” he said. “I feel like when it’s playing tough and hopefully I can let my ball-striking do most of the work, it usually helps me.
“But don’t get me wrong, I putted nicely. I made a few really nice putts, and I hit some really good putts like here on 17 that didn’t go in. But I felt good all day.”
Crushers led by four shots in the team competition after Friday but are tied with Cleeks at 10-under through two rounds. Fireballs, led by Garcia, are four back at 6-under.
Meronk, Finland’s Kalle Samooja (66 on Saturday) and Great Britian’s Richard Bland (68) sparked Cleeks’ resurgence. Captain Bryson DeChambeau (69) and Great Britian’s Paul Casey (71) led the way for the Crushers.
–Field Level Media
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
RED WINGS EDGE INDIANS WITH THREE-RUN 12TH INNING
INDIANAPOLIS – The Rochester Red Wings scored three runs in the 12th inning of a back-and-forth contest to defeat the Indianapolis Indians on Saturday night at Victory Field, 8-6. The loss snapped Indy’s six-game winning streak.
With the game knotted at 5-5 entering the 12th inning, Connor Sadzeck (L, 4-3) issued four consecutive walks to drive in the game-winning runs. With one out, Brady House then singled home another to cap the frame at three runs. The Indians (40-27, 73-67) scored one run in the bottom half on a Malcom Nuñez RBI single, but the rally was quieted quickly by Ty Tice (S, 1).
Rochester (35-33, 73-68) took a two-run lead in the second inning on a leadoff homer by Joey Meneses and RBI double by Robert Hassell III. Indianapolis countered in the fifth inning when, following consecutive singles, Joshua Palacios launched a three-run homer to give his team the lead. Matt Gorski plated an insurance run on an RBI single later in the frame.
The Red Wings scored one run in each of their next three innings to take a 5-4 lead before Billy McKinney knotted the game in the eighth with an RBI single.
Both teams were held scoreless in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings, with the Indians keeping the game tied thanks to a pair of spectacular plays by second baseman Liover Peguero. He made a diving snag of a line drive for a double play to strand the go-ahead run for Rochester in the 10th. He saved a run again in the 11th with a deep ground ball and off-balance throw to first base with two outs.
Amos Willingham (W, 5-3) tossed 2.0 hitless innings with three walks and two strikeouts as the penultimate pitcher out of the bullpen for the Red Wings.
Joshua Palacios and Billy McKinney led the Indians offense with three hits – two for extra bases – and two walks apiece.
The Indians close out their 2024 home slate on Sunday afternoon at 1:35 PM with Razor Shines Weekend presented by Meineke. Taking the mound for the Indians will be RHP Mike Burrows (0-1, 4.03) facing RHP Jackson Rutledge (4-9, 7.16).
INDIANA FOOTBALL
INDIANA EARNS DOMINANT ROAD WIN AT UCLA
PASADENA, Calif. – Indiana belongs. Its players and coaches belong.
Head coach Curt Cignetti has said it.
On Saturday night at the Rose Bowl, the 3-0 Hoosiers proved.
Their 42-13 Big Ten opening victory over UCLA (1-1) showed, if you didn’t already know it, that this is a different Hoosier team, a decisive team, a confident, well-coached team that, despite far too many penalties (14 for 127 yards) and a third-straight late-first-half defensive letdown, is poised for something special.
“That’s the way we want to play,” Cignetti told Voice of the Hoosiers Don Fischer during the post-game radio show. “We got the job done. Am I surprised? No. I saw progress before the season. This is another step forward.
“It’s a good win. It will get a lot of people’s attention. We have to learn how to deal with success. It’s a lot better than dealing with failure. It takes some tools to have more success in the future.”
This is why Cignetti took the IU job after enormous success at smaller programs. He’s built a winning culture and his players, a mix of college transfers, returning veterans and freshmen, have bought in.
“We all want to win,” quarterback Kurtis Rourke said in a post-game TV interview. “We’ve bought into that culture — win every game.
“I don’t want us to get complacent. Keep rolling.”
Rourke displayed elite accuracy, ruthlessly efficient run-pass-option play and crisp decision making to match that of the offensive play calling. He was 25-of-33 for 307 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. He was 7-for-7 on third downs in the first half.
“That’s not a bad night,” Cignetti told Fischer. “You have to have great protection for that to happen. It’s receivers getting separation and catching the ball, sometimes making great catches. That’s we had.”
This was why Cignetti signed Rourke after his standout career at Ohio University that included being the Mid-American Conference 2022 offensive player of the year.
“If we can protect (Rourke) and the receivers can separate,” Cignetti told Fischer, “he will find them. He has great poise and touch on the ball. He can drive it. He’s played a lot of quarterback.
“It takes a village — all 11 of them.”
Receive Miles Cross caught six passes for 90 yards and a touchdown. He was one of six receivers who caught at least three passes.
IU had a 430-238 edge in total yards and converted nine of 12 third-down opportunities. On the season, IU has forced six turnovers and committed none.
The Hoosiers weren’t perfect. Besides the penalties, their end-of-the-first-half defensive struggles continued. After defensively dominating the first 27 minutes, they gave up a 78-play touchdown drive. Still, they reached halftime with a 21-7 lead while setting an attack tone UCLA never matched.
“That was the goal,” Cignetti told Fischer. “We wanted to go out there with a mean, nasty, physical edge. We did. Sometimes you look at those penalties and it’s like they don’t let you play football anymore. I’ll have to look at the film.”
A couple of IU offensive penalties on the game’s opening drive?
No problem.
Rourke ended the 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive with a third-yard pass to Cross and a 7-0 lead. The Hoosiers were 3-for-3 on third-down conversions.
IU got the ball right back when defensive lineman Mikail Kamara recovered a fumble on the Bruins’ first offensive play. Rourke’s 7-yard TD pass to receiver Ke’Shawn Williams made it 14-0 midway through the first quarter.
UCLA missed a field goal. Justice Ellison’s 1-yard power run TD made it 21-0 before the Bruins ended the half with a touchdown run.
Cignetti’s halftime message was simple – one play at a time, get it done. Stop UCLA on its second-half-opening drive, then score.
IU lost defensive lineman CJ West to a targeting call within the first minute of the third quarter. Linebacker Aiden Fisher dropped a red-zone interception a few plays later. The Bruins got a field goal for a 21-10 score.
The Hoosiers lost cornerback D’Angelo Ponds to targeting early in the fourth quarter. UCLA got a field goal for a 28-13 edge. IU countered with Rourke’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Omar Cooper Jr. for a 35-13 lead.
Defensive lineman Lanell Carr Jr.’s quarterback pressure set up defensive back Amare Ferrell’s interception. That resulted in Elijah Green’s 14-yard touchdown run and the 42-13 score.
“We took it to them,” Cignetti told Fischer. “We did a lot of good things. We have some things we have to clean up.”
PURDUE FOOTBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue football team dropped a 66-7 decision to No. 18 Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Senior running back Reggie Love III led the rushing attack, logging 10 carries for 61 yards and a 6.1 average against a stout Notre Dame defense.
Quarterback Hudson Card completed 11-of-24 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown. After a tough first half, the senior from Austin, Texas, got the Boilers moving down the field with a 52-yard pass to Kam Brown in the third quarter.
The throw to Brown, a sixth-year transfer from UCLA, was good for Purdue’s longest pass this season.
Two plays later, Card tossed a five-yard touchdown to De’Nylon Morrissette, scoring the Boilermakers’ only points of the afternoon. It was Morrissette’s second score of the season.
Leading the team in catches again was Max Klare, who recorded three receptions for 36 yards.
On defense, sophomore Dillon Thieneman was Purdue’s leading tackler for the ninth time in his young career, finishing with nine stops (six solos) and his first sack of the season.
Shitta Sillah notched his first sack as a Boilermaker, dropping quarterback Steve Angeli for a 10-yard loss in the third quarter. Will Heldt and Kydran Jenkins also combined for a sack in the fourth quarter.
Punter Keelan Crimmins averaged 47.3 yards per kick on his 10 reps Saturday with two balls over 50 yards, a long of 64, and three inside the 20-yard line.
Notre Dame built up a 42-0 lead at the break and led by 49 before Purdue got on the board with Morrissette’s touchdown grab with 9:33 to play in the third.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers head to Corvallis, Ore., next Saturday to take on Oregon State in their first road trip of the season. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on The CW Network.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
#7 VOLLEYBALL TAKES DOWN #10 KENTUCKY, 3-1
DALLAS, Texas – In No. 7 Purdue’s first top-25 matchup of the season, the Boilermakers took down No. 10 Kentucky, 3-1 (21-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-16) to remain undefeated at 8-0, while the Wildcats fall to 6-3.
With the result, Purdue won the SMU Doubletree Invitational. All-Tournament team to be announced.
Eva Hudson set a season-high 20 kills in the win to lead both teams, doing so on a .304 clip. The junior added three digs, one block and an assist in the match.
As a team, Purdue hit .310 while holding Kentucky to .213.
After a slow start for the Boilermakers in Set 1, Purdue flipped the switch for Set 2, registering an 85% sideout in the set and a .423 attack %, bested only in the fourth set, which the team committed just one attach error on a .462 clip.
Raven Colvin posted a .571 attack % with nine kills, one error on 14 swings alongside seven blocks, five digs and a pair of service aces.
Taylor Anderson dished out 28 assists, eight digs, four blocks, a pair of kills and two service aces.
The Boilermakers are 21-3 in sets won this season.
Under Dave Shondell, Purdue has started 8-0 four times under head coach Dave Shondell, with the last time coming five years ago (2018).
Purdue closes the non-conference slate next weekend at Kansas for the Jayhawk Invitational, which features a loaded field in No. 9 Creighton, No. 11 Kansas and Tulsa, a team with a top-25 win already this season.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
IRISH HAMMER BOILERMAKERS 66-7
The University of Notre Dame football team exploded for 42 points in the first half, played most of its reserve players in the second half and cruised to a dominating 66-7 win over Purdue on Saturday afternoon.
Riley Leonard led the offensive explosion in the first half, rushing for 100 yards and three consecutive touchdowns while passing for 112 yards. By the time Jadarian Price rambled 70 yards on Notre Dame’s final play of the first half – part of the 278 Irish rushing yards in the first 30 minutes – the outcome had been determined.
The Irish defense was just as dominant as its offensive counterparts, holding Purdue to just 162 yards and 1-12 on third down. The effort was highlighted by freshman Boubacare Traore’s 34-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter.
Steve Angeli played most of the entire second half at quarterback in relief of Leonard and finished six for nine passing for 100 yards and two touchdowns. Third-string quarterback Kenny Minchey finished off the scoring for Notre Dame with a five-yard touchdown run.
Notre Dame tight ends Mitchell Evans and Eli Raridon led the team with three receptions each, while their position counterparts Cooper Flanagan and Kevin Bauman both caught touchdown passes.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Notre Dame struck quickly on its first drive with a five-play scoring drive that featured two passes, a quarterback rush for a first down then a Jeremiyah Love 48-yard touchdown run down the right sidelines. Love outran a Boilermaker defender to the sideline, cut up the field and out-raced the rest of the Purdue defense for his career-best run.
Love keyed the next scoring drive for the Irish with a 21-yard run on the third play. After Leonard rushed for a first down, the Irish found themselves in third and eight at the Purdue 46 and pulled off a perfect running back draw as Aneyas Williams fought up the middle for nine yards. Leonard then hit Eli Raridon for nine yards, Jayden Thomas for 13 yards and eventually capped the drive with a five-yard touchdown run.
The Irish earned the ball back with a third-down sack from defensive end Jordan Botelho. The scoring drive for Notre Dame featured a clutch third down conversion to Mitchell Evans (who stretched out to reach the line to gain). Later on second down, Leonard took a designed run outside to the left – and in similar fashion to Love earlier in the game – cut back from the sideline, broke a tackle and rambled 34 yards for his second rushing touchdown of the game.
Notre Dame quickly got the ball back and continued to convert on third down, a 23-yard play to Jayden Thomas, a 11-yard scramble from Leonard and Evans again for 19 yards to the Purdue 13-yard line. Leonard finished off the drive with a 13-yard touchdown run.
Up 28-0 now, the Irish defense decided to get in on the scoring on the fourth play of Purdue’s next drive. Pressured by Rylie Mills, Purdue quarterback Hudson Card tried to roll out and get rid of the ball, but the short pass was intercepted by Boubacare Traore, who returned the ball 34 yards for a defensive touchdown.
After the kickoff, Purdue was held to three and out and the Irish offense looked like they were hoping to score before the half with :41 seconds remaining. But a holding call on a 24-yard pass play negated the scoring potential… until Jadarian Price took a hand off up the middle, cut the left and outran the entire Purdue defense for a spectacular 70-yard touchdown run.
The Irish entered the half up 42-0 while Leonard became the first FBS quarterback to throw for 100 yards, rush for 100 yards and three touchdowns in a first half since Lamar Jackson in 2015. He would grab a headset and watch the second half of the game.
Desperate to try to put together a drive, Purdue went for it on fourth and three on their first drive. Christian Gray broke up the pass and newly inserted Irish quarterback Steve Angeli found a wide open Cooper Flangan on his second play for a 28-yard touchdown strike.
Notre Dame started to play their back up players on defense as well and Purdue was able to put together their first scoring drive. Card found a wide open receiver when two Irish defensive backs ran into each other down to the Irish seven-yard line. One play later Card tossed a five-yard touchdown pass to cut the Irish lead to 49-7.
Angeli followed by leading his second scoring drive on Notre Dame’s next possession. The big play was a 42-yard pass to Jayden Harrison to move the ball into Purdue territory. The drive stalled after three runs, however, and Mitch Jeter converted a 42-yard field goal for a 52-7 advantage.
The Irish were not done scoring. Angeli scrambled for 29 yards into Purdue territory on the next drive and Love moved over 100 rushing yards on the next play with an 11-yard carry. After the third quarter break, Angeli rolled left and tossed an easy touchdown pass to senior tight end Kevin Bauman. It was the first touchdown of Bauman’s career, a highlight of a return from a knee injury that kept him out for the 2023 season.
Notre Dame’s third and fourth string quarterbacks also saw action, including sophomore Kenny Minchey who rushed for 12 yards in the game, including his first career touchdown to cap the scoring for the Irish.
BUTLER FOOTBALL
BULLDOGS BEAT HANOVER 53-0
Butler passed for three touchdowns and were responsible for four more on the ground, allowing the Bulldogs to claim a 53-0 win over Hanover on Saturday night. The victory moves BU to 3-0 on the young season while the Panthers slide to 0-2.
3,523 fans were in attendance for the program’s White Out game under the lights at the Sellick Bowl and it didn’t take long for the Bulldog faithful to get on their feet and cheer as BU scored just two plays into their opening drive.
Ethan Loss took a short pass 47-yards to the house to give BU the quick 7-0 lead and a 30-yard TD run by Nick Howard, combined with a successful two-point conversion run from Reagan Andrew made the game 15-0 after the first quarter.
Loss scored his second and third touchdowns of the game in the second quarter beating 1-on-1 coverage with a fade in the left side of the end zone. The first pass was a 9-yard score from Andrew and the second was a seven-yard TD from Howard. Between those two scoring plays, Joey Suchy would add a 46-yard rushing TD.
In the second half, Ershod Jasey II got loose for a 7-yard rushing TD and Griffin Caldwell would cross the goal line from 21-yards out. Jasey II scored in the third while Caldwell finished off the Panthers in the fourth. BU also had a 25-yard FG from Ryan Short in the third.
Butler ended the night with 492 total yards of offense. Howard rushed for a team-high 87 yards and Caldwell gained 82 yards on his team-high 10 carries.
Howard also completed six of his eight pass attempts for 91 yards and two touchdowns. Andrew was 5-for-10 in the game with 38 yards and a score.
Loss was the primary target on the outside with three of his four receptions going for touchdowns. He led Butler with 72 receiving yards.
Butler’s defense was outstanding to post the shutout win. They limited Hanover to just nine first downs and 133 yards of offense. Brayton Spetter led the team with six tackles and Andrew Lieske would make an impact with the first interception of his collegiate career.
The Bulldogs were credited with 11 tackles for loss and two sacks. Danny Orgler and Trey Alsbrooks brought down the Hanover QB in the backfield and added tackles for loss in the outcome.
Butler will get next weekend off with a bye week built into the schedule. They finish off the month of September with another home game against Virginia Lynchburg on Sept. 28.
INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL
DEFENSE SCORES TWICE, REES ADDS TOUCHDOWN RUN AS INDIANA STATE TOPS DAYTON
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Jorge Valdes and Garret Ollendieck scored first-half defensive touchdowns, and Lance Rees added a second-half 23-yard touchdown run on a 4th-and-1 play in the third quarter as Indiana State topped visiting Dayton on Saturday evening at Memorial Stadium, 24-13.
Valdes sparked the Indiana State (1-2) defense late in the first quarter as the redshirt freshman safety stepped in front of Dayton (1-1) quarterback Drew VanVleet’s pass at the Indiana State 10-yard line. Valdes weaved his way through the Flyers’ offense and took a key block from Maddix Blackwell in the final 20 yards to cap the 90-yard pick-six and give the Sycamores the early 7-0 lead.
Ollendieck added to the Sycamore lead in the second quarter as the senior linebacker scooped up a fumble and took it 12 yards into the end zone to add to the Indiana State lead. Gianini Belizaire forced the play going up the middle for the strip-sack of VanVleet leading to ISU’s 14-0 advantage.
Lance Rees added his first collegiate touchdown run in the third quarter and Jake Andjelic connected on a 42-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to cap the Indiana State scoring in the contest.
VanVleet led Dayton to two late touchdown drives connecting on scoring passes to both Alec Keathley (seven yards) and Gavin Lochow (19 yards), but the comeback attempt fell short as Dayton’s onside kick attempt in the closing seconds went out of bounds allowing the Sycamores to secure the win.
Keegan Patterson made his first collegiate start at quarterback finishing 6-of-8 through the air for 12 yards, while adding 32 rushing yards in his Indiana State debut. Shen Butler-Lawson added seven carries for 23 yards, while Rees added a 23-yard touchdown run.
Ollendieck finished with a career-high 16 tackles and added 1.5 tackles-for-loss and the scoop-and-score fumble recovery. Geoffrey Brown added 14 tackles, a sack, and a pass breakup, while Maddix Blackwell was also in double-digits with 10 tackles. Kendrick Milford (two sacks), Belizaire, and Jack Sherman also added sacks for the Sycamore defense in the win.
VanVleet went 26-for-40 for 291 yards and two touchdowns, while adding an interception in the Dayton loss. His favorite targets on the night included Jake Colman (five catches, 102 yards) and Lochow (nine catches, 65 yards, one touchdown), while Mason Hackett posted a team-high 17 carries for 46 rushing yards.
Gideon Lampron was Dayton’s defensive leader with 13 tackles and 2.5 tackles-for-loss. Aiden McKinley added 10 tackles in the loss. The Flyers posted 9.0 TFLs as a team in the contest.
How They Scored
Jorge Valdes stepped in front of Drew VanVleet’s pass at the end of the first quarter and returned the interception 90 yards for the score with 0:52 seconds left in the period to give Indiana State the 7-0 lead.
The Sycamore defense added to the lead in the second quarter as Gianini Belizaire went up the middle for the quarterback strip-sack and Garret Ollendieck took the loose ball 12 yards into the end zone with 7:30 left in the half to give Indiana State the 14-0 edge.
Indiana State added to the lead just before the end of the third quarter as Lance Rees took the handoff on the 4th-and-1 play and went 23 yards around the right end for a touchdown run to make it 21-0 Sycamores with 16 seconds remaining in the frame.
Dayton got on the board early in the fourth quarter as VanVleet found Alec Keathley for a seven-yard touchdown pass with 14:56 left in the contest to cut the deficit down to 21-7. The drive was aided by Dominic Vrbancic’s 60-yard kickoff return starting the drive at the INS 38.
Jake Andjelic connected on a 42-yard field goal with 1:56 remaining in the fourth quarter to cap a six-play, 17-yard drive to give Indiana State the 24-7 lead.
Dayton rallied back with 26 seconds left as VanVleet found Gavin Lochow for a 19-yard touchdown pass to make it a 24-13 game. The extra point was blocked and recovered by Tony Roberts to provide the final score margin.
News & Notables
Jorge Valdes recorded his first collegiate touchdown and Indiana State’s first interception return for a score since Garret Ollendieck returned a 27-yard pick-six last season at Illinois State on October 14, 2023.
Valdes’ 90-yard interception return for a touchdown was Indiana State’s longest pick-six since Travis Starks returned an interception 100 yards against SEMO back on September 19, 2015.
Ollendieck’s 12-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown was Indiana State’s first scoop-and-score since Maddix Blackwell went 75 yards for a touchdown last season at Indiana on September 8, 2023.
It marked Ollendieck’s second career defensive touchdown following his pick-six last season at Illinois State.
Saturday’s game marked the first time Indiana State’s defense recorded multiple defensive touchdowns since Johnny Towalid returned a pair of interceptions for scores at North Dakota State back on October 13, 2012.
Lance Rees’ 23-yard touchdown run marked Indiana State’s first rushing touchdown of the 2024 season.
Jake Andjelic’s 42-yard field goal was a career-high for the Sycamore sophomore eclipsing his previous 41-yard conversion set last season against Northern Iowa on October 7, 2023.
Saturday’s contest marked the second time both Garret Ollendieck and Maddix Blackwell hit double-digit tackles on the season and Geoffrey Brown’s first of the 2024 campaign.
Ollendieck recorded a career-high 16 tackles in the win and is averaging a team-high 11.7 tackles per game overall.
Punter Harry Traum set career-highs in both punt attempts (nine) and punt yards (393) on Saturday night.
His 67-yard punt was a new career mark surpassing his previous high of 55 yards set last season against North Alabama, while his four punts downed inside the 20 was also among his career-best.
Geoffrey Brown’s 14 tackles marked his ninth career double-digit tackling effort and moved him up to 250 in his Indiana State career. He posted 10 tackles at the halftime break.
Kendrick Milford posted his first multi-sack game against Indiana State, while Jack Sherman recorded his first collegiate sack in the contest.
The Sycamore defense limited the Dayton offense to just 35 rushing yards. It marked the fourth-lowest opponent rushing total in the Curt Mallory coaching era.
Up Next
Indiana State heads into the bye week this upcoming week. The Sycamores are back in action on Saturday, September 28, at Memorial Stadium as Indiana State welcomes Houston Christian University to Terre Haute. Kickoff between Indiana State and the Huskies is set for 1 p.m. ET with the game set to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
VALPO FOOTBALL
LATE FIELD GOAL LIFTS VALPO PAST INDIANA WESLEYAN IN HOME OPENER
The DJ, the fireworks, the weather and the fans all played a role in making Saturday a majestic night at Brown Field, but it was the Valparaiso University football team that provided the main act and made the rare home night game a special one.
Valpo led 17-7 at halftime before Indiana Wesleyan rallied to tie the game with 9:16 remaining in the fourth quarter. Then, the Beacons took the lead for good thanks to the right leg of Ryan Hawk (Columbus, Ohio / Bishop Hartley), who sent one through the uprights from 37 yards out with 5:24 on the clock to account for the difference in a 20-17 victory over the Wildcats, who entered the game ranked fifth nationally in NAIA.
The win provided a successful ending to “Welcome Back Weekend” for Valpo Athletics, which saw tennis, volleyball, football and soccer go a combined 5-1 in six home events in a two-day span.
How It Happened
The game’s first two drives on each side all resulted in punts, but the Valpo offense cracked the scoreboard late in the first quarter when Ryan Mann (Vernon Hills, Ill. / Vernon Illinois [Northern Illinois]) broke off a 25-yard rush and Michael Mansaray (Columbus, Ohio / Westerville South [South Dakota]) followed with a 33-yard touchdown run with 1:07 left in the opening stanza.
The Valpo defense forced its third punt in as many possessions early in the second, then Valpo embarked on another scoring drive, this one featuring six plays and 60 yards. Quarterback Caron Tyler (Temecula, Calif. / Chaparral) started that series with an 18-yard run, then he connected with Mann for a 22-yard hookup. Tyler eventually found Chris Gundy (Smithfield, Va. / Smithfield) in the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown to make it 14-0.
The Wildcats came back with a nine-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a touchdown and cut the lead to 14-7.
Tyler started the ensuing Valpo drive with a 24-yard run, helping set up an eventual 50-yard field goal attempt from Hawk. The kick was blocked, but holder Sam Johnson (Birmingham, Ala. / Oak Mountain [Jackson State / Alabama]) recovered the ball and completed a 25-yard pass to Mann for a first down.
Although Valpo did not gain much more yardage on that drive, the unusual blocked field goal turned completed pass set up another field-goal attempt, this one from 24 yards out, and Hawk sent it through the uprights to extend Valpo’s lead to 17-7 with 3:40 remaining in the first half.
Indiana Wesleyan’s next drive resulted in a missed field goal from 39 yards, and then Valpo punted on its final drive of the half and went into the break leading by 10.
An interception by Max Franco (La Habra, Calif. / La Habra) snuffed out the first Indiana Wesleyan drive of the second half. The two teams exchanged punts, then Valpo missed a 40-yard field goal. Indiana Wesleyan went on a nine-play, 77-yard drive that finished with a 17-yard touchdown pass, cutting the Valpo lead to three at 17-14 late in the third.
The Beacons were forced to punt early in the fourth quarter, then Indiana Wesleyan went on a 13-play, 68-yard drive that resulted in a 34-yard field goal by Jacob Clifton to tie the game at 17 with 9:16 to play in the fourth.
A 38-yard run by Tyler was the big play of the next Valpo drive, setting up a 37-yard field goal try that was drilled by Hawk, putting Valpo back on top at 20-17 with 5:05 to go.
On the second play of the next Wildcat drive, Nic Lendino (Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley) notched a diving interception to help Valpo take over at the IWU 36. The Beacons ran clock and then punted, but they forced a three-and-out on what turned out to be the final Indiana Wesleyan drive, and took back over with 2:40 to play. Valpo moved the chains on an 11-yard run by Mansaray, allowing the Beacons to set up victory formation and run out the remainder of the clock.
Inside the Game
The game was eerily similar to the last home night game, also against Indiana Wesleyan back in 2022, which Valpo won by the identical score of 20-17 behind a late field goal. Valpo and Indiana Wesleyan have split four head-to-head matchups over the last four seasons with the home team winning each contest and each of the last three being decided by three points or fewer.
Valpo played its 26th one-score game in Landon Fox’s 53 games as head coach. Each of Valpo’s last two home games have been three-point wins as the Beacons beat Stetson 23-20 in overtime to close the Brown Field portion of the 2023 slate.
Gundy’s TD catch was the second of his career.
Hawk made two field goals to boost his career total to seven. He also boomed four of five kickoffs for touchbacks, averaging 64.2 yards per kick.
Four of Johnson’s six punts were pinned inside the 20. He had a long of 49 and averaged 42.7 yards per punt. One punt was scored as a team punt since it was tipped and partially blocked, altering the yardage.
Franco’s interception was the second of his career and first since Nov. 22, 2022 at Marist.
Lendino’s interception was the first of his collegiate career. It came after he had been initially disqualified from the game due to targeting in the first half, but the officials reviewed and overturned the targeting call at halftime, and Lendino was reinstated into the game.
Mansaray’s touchdown was his second of the season. He finished the day with 16 carries for 97 yards.
Tyler went 8-of-17 passing for 70 yards, while serving as the team’s leading rusher with 18 carries for 115 yards.
Mann was the team’s top receiver with three catches for 50 yards.
The defense was led by Jake Birmingham (River Forest, Ill. / Oak Park and River Forest) and Onye Nwosisi (Indianapolis, Ind. / Cardinal Ridge [Muskingum]) with eight tackles apiece. Nwosisi had five solos, a sack and two QB hurries.
Valpo totaled 268 yards on the ground, higher than any single-game total from a year ago and the team’s highest rushing output since 280 on Nov. 12, 2022 at Marist.
Valpo held a 363-328 advantage in yards of total offense.
The Beacons went just 1-of-14 on third down, while the Wildcats converted eight of their 16 opportunities. Valpo did go 2-for-2 on fourth down.
Valpo did not commit a turnover, the offense’s second turnover-free game in three contests so far.
Valpo won its home opener for just the second time in the last eight years, joining the 2022 win over Indiana Wesleyan.
This marked the team’s second home night game in the last decade. Prior to 2022, Valpo had not played a home night game since 2014.
Postgame Press Conference
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Up Next
Valpo (1-2) will close out the nonconference portion of the season next week with a 1 p.m. kickoff vs. Roosevelt on Saturday at Brown Field. For ticket information, visit www.tickets.valpoathletics.com.
UINDY FOOTBALL
GREYHOUNDS OUTLAST BULLDOGS IN GLVC SHOOTOUT
INDIANAPOLIS – The 16th-ranked UIndy football team hosted Truman State University in an early-season GLVC rivalry game Saturday night. The two conference heavyweights combined for 75 total points in what was UIndy’s 2024 home opener, with the Greyhounds hanging on for a 41-34 win.
INS & OUTS
UIndy racked up 31 points in the first half—including 24 in the second quarter alone—and took a 14-point lead into the halftime break. UIndy did not punt the entire half.
The second quarter featured what could be a Key Stadium first, as the teams traded 96-yard kickoff returns. The Greyhounds immediately answered Truman’s lengthy special teams return with one of their own when Markez Gillam took a kickoff 96 yards to the house.
The UIndy offense stalled in third quarter, with Truman cutting the lead to four heading into the final period. The Bulldogs kept the pressure on by forcing a turnover on downs early in the fourth and looked to possibly take the lead.
The UIndy defense got the stop it needed, however, and a 23-yard reception by Cobi Lewis on the next play from scrimmage sparked a nine-play, 80-yard drive that flipped the script. The series was capped by a four-yard touchdown plunge by Jon Lewis—his second of the night—to make it 38-27 with seven minutes to go.
UIndy kept the Bulldogs at arm’s length to rest of the way, with a perfect 43-yard strike from Gavin Sukup to Kaleb Carver and a late 41-yard field goal by Ian Burr helping to ice it.
INSIDE THE BOX
– Sukup finished 24-for-34 for 319 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. He completed each of his last eight attempts, racking up 120 of his passing yards in the fourth quarter.
– Senior Clay Schulte topped the team with 10 tackles. Fellow-linebacker Kole Viel had three tackles for a loss.
– Burr made all seven of his kicks on the night, including five PATs and a pair of field goal attempts on the way to 11 points.
– Anthony Crowell had a career-high 115 receiving yards, while J. Lewis finished with 106 yards on the ground.
MORE NOTES
UIndy has now won eight consecutive games versus Truman … The night marked the first time UIndy had a 300-yard passer and a 100-yard rusher in the same game since October of 2021 versus McKendree … Gillam’s touchdown return was the second of his career. He also had an 88-yard kickoff return versus Quincy back on Oct. 22, 2022. Only five Greyhounds have more than one kickoff return TD since game-by-game data became available in 1983 … Freshman cornerback Key Crowell made his first collegiate start tonight.
UP NEXT
UIndy returns to non-conference play for each of the next two weeks, starting with a road trip to Wayne State next weekend. Kickoff from Detroit is set for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21.
MARIAN FOOTBALL
MARIAN OUTLASTS CONCORDIA 34-31 IN SATURDAY NIGHT SHOOTOUT
INDIANAPOLIS – Overcoming a halftime deficit for the first time in the young season, the Marian football team rallied in the fourth quarter to overcome Concordia, as a late touchdown and interception gave the Knights a 34-31 victory. Marian’s final meeting against Concordia gives them a final series record of 12-2, as the Knights push to 2-0 in their 2024 campaign.
Marian received the opening kickoff and looked primed to score on their opening drive of the game as they marched 28 yards in three plays, but a Tristan Polk pass hung in the air a second too long, allowing Ethan Burrows to intercept a pass intended for Concordia. The Cardinals answered with an 80-yard touchdown drive to take a 7-0 lead, and after the Knights were forced to punt after a five play series, the Cardinals marched 77 yards before settling for a 32-yard field goal.
The high-octane pace was answered by Marian on their third series of the game, as the Knights were able to march 69 yards over seven plays, with Polk connecting with Reichard from 21 yards out for the team’s first touchdown of the day. The scoring continued the next time Marian received the ball, as a Concordia fumble recovered by Jesse Stevens turned into a one-play score. Charles Vaden raced 27 yards on a reverse play to the end zone, scoring on his first collegiate offensive touch. Vaden’s touchdown gave Marian a 14-10 lead, which held through the end of the opening quarter.
Concordia kept the slug-fest going as the second quarter continued, finishing an 11-play series that began in the first quarter with a one-yard touchdown from Colby Kohmescher. Trailing 17-14, the Knights again answered as Polk and Keagan La Belle moved the Knights into the red zone, where the series ended in a 35-yard field goal Kenny Curry. Back and forth the game continued, as the tied game stood for just 2:45, as the Cardinals put together their fourth scoring drive of the first half, getting a 42-yard score from Seeger DeGayner to go on top 24-17.
Both defenses returned to form and made strong showings after the four consecutive series with points, as the Cardinals were able to stop Marian and force a Mason Miller punt, while the Knights forced a quick three-and-out to get the ball back with 39 seconds remaining in the half. Polk marched Marian 36 yards down the field, getting into manageable range for Curry, as the redshirt-freshman converted a 32-yard kick, bringing the halftime score to 24-20 in favor of the visitors.
The Cardinals got the ball first to start the second half, but were denied on their possession as the Knights forced a three-and-out, quickly getting the ball back for the offense. Polk completed a pair of passes on the team’s 75-yard drive, as the Knights dove into their bag of tricks to take the lead. Jake Reichard completed a 30-yard pass to Tirae Spence, as the pair of receivers connected on their second career scoring play to give Marian a 27-24 lead. After the score with 9:19 to play in the third quarter, the defensive level again rose, as Marian and Concordia ended their next two series with punts, ending the quarter with the Knights on top.
Entering the fourth quarter trailing, Concordia wasted little time to reclaim the lead, marching 80 yards to pay-dirt to take a 31-27 lead. Trailing by four, Marian failed to find points on their next two series, turning the ball over on downs and punting. As the offense stalled out, the defense continued to make plays, forcing a three-and-out on back-to-back drives to keep Marian in the game.
With 3:01 remaining in the game, the offense received the ball for their final scoring drive and hit a big play right away, as Polk found Spence for 41 yards. La Belle pushed the Knights within the two-yard line, and a pair of quarterback sneaks from Polk paid off, with the second resulting in the go-ahead touchdown. Leading 34-31, the Marian defense stepped up on their final drive, ending the game with a Jayshawn Underwood interception, as the first pick for the senior sealed the victory.
Both Marian and Concordia combined for 870 yards of offense in the game, with Marian leading the contest by four yards. Polk passed for 280 yards and ran for 18 more in the win, passing for his first touchdown of the season while rushing for his third. La Belle gained 83 yards on the ground, and Spence led the receivers with 115 yards. Reichard hauled in 68 yards receiving and threw for 30. Jameson Coverstone ended the game with 39 yards through the air, while La Belle snared 39 yards in the air.
For the second consecutive game, freshman Wyatt Woodall led the Knights in tackles with nine, while JT Downey made seven stops. Deon Pettiford had seven tackles, and Underwood made six stops including his interception. Joe Apata had the lone sack of the game for Marian, and Cade Houseman and Ethan Depinet each made a tackle for loss.
The Knights will go on the road for their next two games, opening their two-game road stint at Lawrence Tech next Saturday. Kickoff from Southfield, Michigan is slated for 1:00 p.m.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
36 – 9 – 23 – 41 – 14 – 32 – 27 – 43 – 26 – 37 – 8 – 12 – 1 – 13
September 15, 1902 – Chicago Cubs infielders Tinker, Evers, & Chance turn their first double play together in a 6-3 win over Cincinnati
September 15, 1912 – Boston Red Sox pitcher “Smoky” Joe Wood tied a then MLB record of 16 straight wins with a 2-1 victory over St. Louis Browns at Sportsman’s Park
September 15, 1922 – Philadelphia catcher Butch Henline becomes first National League player to hit 3 home runs in a game since 1897 during Phillies’ 10-9 win over St. Louis Cardinals at the Baker Bowl
September 15, 1950 – For a record 6th time, New York Yankees’ first baseman Johnny Mize, Number 36 hit 3 home runs in one game
September 15, 1960 – Skater Maurice Richard, who wore Number 9 for much of his great career with the Montreal Canadiens, announced his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.
September 15, 1963 – Three brothers – Felipe Alou (Number 23), Matty Alou (Number 41), and Jesús Alou (Number 14) – all appeared in the San Francisco Giants outfield for 1 inning in a 13-5 win over Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field
September 15, 1969 – MLB St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton, Number 32 set a record by striking out 19 New York Mets in a game
September 15, 1979 – Boston Red Sox player Number 27, Bob Watson became the first player to hit for cycle in both the AL & NL (Astros)
September 15, 1985 – New York Yankees trade 25-year-old pitching prospect Jim Deshaies to Houston Astros where he wore Number 43 for 40-year-old pitcher Joe Niekro who wore Number 26 in pinstripes that season
September 15, 1990 – Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen, Number 37 is 1st to record 50 saves
September 15, 1995 – St Louis Cardinals legendary shortstop Ozzie Smith, Number 1 set a record of participating in 1554 double plays
September 15, 1996 – Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan’s Number 34
September 15, 2002 – Oakland Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon, Number 12 began an NFL record-tying (Kurt Warner (Number 13), Steve Young (Number 8)) streak of 6 consecutive 300-yard passing games, throwing for 403 yards in Raiders’ 30-17 victory at Pittsburgh
FOOTBALL HISTORY
September 15, 1940 – The 2nd edition of the American Football League plays its first game. The Milwaukee Chiefs overcame the Columbus Bullies by the score of 14-2.
September 15, 1959 – George A. Sarles patent on a radio transmitter device for inside a quarterback’s helmet is published. . According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s website two inventors from Ohio; George Sarles and his partner John Campbell had a concept of improving communication from the sideline to players on the field. The two men approached Cleveland Brown’s legendary Head Coach Paul Brown in 1956 with the idea. Brown loved the idea and agreed to have the inventors put a prototype into Cleveland quarterback George Ratterman’s helmet. The radio transmitter was installed carefully into Ratterman’s head protector and Paul Brown made the project of testing the device be top secret. Campbell and Sarles tested the transmission in a wooded area behind John Campbell’s house. It worked great for a bit as Sarles put on the helmet and walked off into the woods. Soon though the signal weakened and then went quiet on Campbell’s end. John went to try and find his friend, and eventually he did. Sarles was talking with a local police officer who had picked up the transmission signal on his police radio. Luckily enough the policeman was a big fan of the Browns and promised to keep the secret. The inventors made sure to change the frequency they were using though. Paul Brown had the helmet transmitter covertly used in a preseason exhibition game against the Detroit Lions. The keen Lions staff noticed that Brown was not using his normal substitution platoon to run plays from the sideline to the huddle. One Lion assistant was so suspicious that he investigated further and found the transmitter hidden behind a wooden pole. The secret was out. The rest of the league tried to come up with devices of their own, but none were the quality of Sarles and Campbell’s design. The Browns used the transmitter for 3 more games until Commissioner Bert Bell made that type of device illegal in the NFL. John Campbell donated Ratterman’s helmet to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and it is on display for all to see.
September 15, 1975 – Notre Dame defeats Boston College 17-3 at Foxboro Stadium in the first-ever meeting between the two Catholic universities. The series has been dubbed the ‘Holy War” by some.
September 15, 1979 – Wake Forest traveled to Athens, Ga. to serve as the Georgia Bulldogs’ opening game opponent. But the 12th-ranked Bulldogs didn’t expect a potent Demon Deacon team that piled up 31 first downs, ran 91 offensive plays and piled up 570 yards of total offense. Wake Forest trailed 21-13 at half despite turning the ball over six times in the first two quarters. Wide receiver Wayne Baumgardner caught a pair of first quarter TD passes from Jay Venuto for Wake’s points. The Deacons held the Bulldogs scoreless in the second half. Wake Forest pulled to 21-16 on a 34-yard field goal by Frank Harnisch in the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, the Deacons took a 22-21 lead on a 9-yard pass from Venuto to James McDougald. Wake Forest defensive back Larry Ingram intercepted a pair of Buck Belue passes in the fourth quarter to help seal the win. McDougald finished with 189 yards rushing on 30 carries and Venuto was named the Sports Illustrated college player of the week.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for September 15
September 15, 1887 – John McGovern was a quarterback from the University of Minnesota. In 1909, the Walter Camp Foundation named the Golden Gopher QB to the All-American Team. The National Football Foundation selected him to enter their College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.
September 15, 1894 – Charles Wesley Harley was born in Chicago Illinois. From a young age all of his friends and family referred to him as Chic. In 1912 Chic’s family moved from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio. He attended East High School in the capital city of Ohio and his play in high school drew crowds larger than that of Ohio State’s games at old Ohio Field! Chic Harley only played in one game at East High where his team lost, and that would have been his last game of his senior season at the school to rival North High School. He enrolled into OSU and played out his freshman season on the frosh team. In that era of college football, students in their freshman seasons were not permitted to play varsity ball, they had to play on the freshman teams of their respective schools. Chic Harley was reportedly 5 foot 7 inches tall and weighed about 170 pounds nothing much to draw attention to his as being a football star, but when he got on the main Buckeye team in 1916, the star in him started to shine. With just over a minute to play against the defending Western Conference (precursor of the Big 10) champion Illinois, Chic dropped back to pass, scrambled around a bit, pump faked and then took off like lightning to pay dirt through the sloppy muddy field. Harley then called a time out, matter of factly put on a clean shoe and tied it, then kicked the game winning point in the 7-6 victory! It was Illinois’ first home loss in 4 seasons! That same season the Buckeye knocked off an undefeated Wisconsin squad by the score of 14-13, and Harley scored all of the points for Ohio State in that one too. The Ohio State teams that had Chic Harley playing for them had an amazing record of 21-1-1. The Buckeyes won every Western Conference championship game as well, except for the very last game Chic played in, and you guessed it the defeat came at the hands of the University of Illinois, the team that Harley stole a winning streak from earlier.
This last game of his was some 16 years prior to the Heisman Trophy being awarded to the nation’s top college football player, but many speculate he may have been the winner of multiple Heisman’s had it existed when he played. Harley brought Ohio State football to the forefront of national attention as he became the school’s very first consensus first team All-American as well as the first 3-time All-America selection. Chic Harley played for the Buckeyes in the 1916, 1917 and 1919 seasons, he missed the 1918 season when he spent the year as a fighter pilot in World War I. To put into perspective just how good Harley was, let’s look at the 1950 Associated Press All-Star college team of the first half of the twentieth century. Chic Harley was listed as the first team running back alongside Jim Thorpe while Red Grange was on the second team as a running back! Harley is one of the few Ohio State four sport lettermen in history. Besides football he was a starting guard on the basketball team, set a then Big Ten record in the 50-yard dash in track and was a three year starter in the outfield of the baseball team Chic was enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
September 15, 1908 – Gene McEver was a halfback from the University of Tennessee. In McEver’s 3 seasons on the varsity team (1928, 1929 and 1931) at Tennessee the Vols were undefeated. He was a two time All-American and was “Mac” of the famous “Hac and Mac” backfield of the 1929 volunteers with teammate Buddy Hackman. Gene’s 98 yard kickoff return helped put the University of Tennessee’s football program on the map as it helped them knock off formerly highly ranked Alabama team 15-13, which was a tremendous upset at the time. McEver was selected to enter the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
September 15, 1924 – John Green played for Tulane in 1942 and then for Army as a guard in the 1943 through 1945 seasons. Green was a two time All-American at Army as he and the Black Knights enjoyed back to back national championships in 1944 and 1945. He entered into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989
September 15, 1928 – Francis “Reds” Bagnell was a University of Pennsylvania quarterback. He grew up in West Philadelphia, and fittingly enough the house he grew up in is now part of the extended Pennsylvania University Campus. At Penn he earned 9 varsity letters, 3 each in baseball, basketball and football. The highlight of his collegiate career had to be the 1950 game against Dartmouth College when Reds Bagnell had an amazing 490 total offensive yards in the contest! Bagnell also threw 14 straight completions as the Quakers rolled to a 42-26 win at Franklin Field in Philly. The National Football Foundation selected him to enter their College Football Hall of Fame in 1977.
September 15, 1940 – Merlin Olsen was a Defensive Tackle from Utah State. Olsen was an All-American in college and also the winner of the coveted Outland Trophy for the country’s top interior lineman. At 6 foot 4 inches tall and weighing in at 270 pounds, Merlin was drafted as the number one pick of the Rams in the 1962 NFL Draft. With the Rams he became one of the pillars of the “Fearsome Foursome” defensive line. Merlin won the 1962 NFL Rookie of the Year and was an All NFL recipient 6 times. Olsen went to the NFL Pro Bowl a record 14 times in a row, missing only his final season. That is an NFL record for consecutive trips to the NFL’s game of all-stars. The National Football Foundation selected him to their College Football Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined him in 1982. Merlin Olsen went on to become an actor and an NFL broadcaster after he cleaned out his NFL locker.
September 15, 1961 – Dan Marino was a former quarterback of the University of Pittsburgh football team. As a freshman in 1979 Dan led the Panthers to wins over local rivals West Virginia and Penn State. The 1980 version of the team finished the year ranked number 2 in the nation. After the 1981 college season Marino was selected as an All-American. The Miami Dolphins selected him as the 27th overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft, with five other quarterbacks chosen ahead of him including Ken O’Brien, Tony Eason, Jim Kelly, Todd Blackledge and John Elway. Dan played with Miami for 17 seasons and rewrote not only the Dolphins passing record books but most of the NFL passing records too. He played in only one Super Bowl in his second season where the Dolphins fell to the 49ers after Dan passed for over 300 yards. The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined this prolific passer in 2005 and entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
September 15, 1971 – Will Shields was a 6 foot 3 inch, 320 pound guard from the University of Nebraska. With the Cornhuskers he was a consensus All-American and won the Outland Trophy. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted the big guy in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft and he entered the line up in his first game after an injury to a teammate and then never missed a game in his 14 year career. That is 223 starts in 224 games! WIll Shields went to 12 straight Pro Bowls in his career. The National Football Foundation and thier College Football Hall of Fame welcomed Shields in 2011 and he entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1884 Meriden, ahead 5-3 in the top of the ninth, wins the game when Hartford forfeits for refusing to use a new ball needed to replace the one hit into a marsh behind home plate, citing the sphere did not come from a box sealed by the league secretary. The suddenly shortened Connecticut State League contest game featured the only home run hit that season at the Meriden ballpark, a round-tripper stroked by its captain, future Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack.
1890 In a Players’ League contest, Buffalo Bison right-hander Bert Cunningham throws five wild pitches in the first inning against the Chicago Pirates at South Side Park. The 1996 Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame inductee’s performance established the regular-season record, now shared with Cardinals pitcher Rick Ankiel, who ties the infamous feat during a 2000 playoff game against the Mets.
1902 The trio of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance completes their first twin killing in a 6-3 win over Cincinnati at Chicago’s West Side Grounds. The 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams, Baseball’s Sad Lexicon, immortalizes the Cubs’ legendary double-play combination
1904 Giants’ southpaw George Wiltse runs his career record to 12-0 when he beats the Beaneaters at the Polo Grounds, 3-2. The 25-year-old rookie known as ‘Hooks’ loses three of the next four decisions to the campaign 13-3, but his dozen consecutive victories establish a starter’s record at beginning a career for a starter.
1928 The Braves play their ninth consecutive doubleheader, splitting the home twin bill with the Cubs, 5-2 and 1-6. The streak that began on September 4th sees the team drop 14 of 18 decisions, including losing eight consecutive games to the Giants.
1929 Between games of a twin bill, the Reds entertain the fans by sponsoring a base-circling contest with the winning player receiving $75 in prize money. Cincinnati outfielder Evar Swanson breaks Hans Lobart’s record set earlier in the year of 13.8 seconds when he completes the 360-foot dash in 13.3 seconds, according to official AAU timers officiating the race.
1938 For the fifth time in a major league game, brothers homer in the same contest when Pirates teammates Lloyd and Paul Waner go deep off Cliff Melton in the fifth inning of the Bucs’ 7-2 victory over New York at the Polo Grounds. Although ‘Big and Little Poison’ have completed the deed twice before, they are the first siblings to hit home runs in consecutive at-bats, a feat not duplicated again until the BJ and Justin Upton go yard back-to-back for the Braves in 2013.
1946 In Brooklyn, a giant swarm of gnats engulfs Ebbets Field at the end of the fifth inning during the second game of a doubleheader. Due to the bothersome insects and impending darkness, the umpires call the nightcap, resulting in a 2-0 Dodger victory over the Cubs.
1950 At Ebbets Field, Cardinal starter Cloyd Boyer, sibling of Ken and Clete, hurts his arm while warming up and is replaced by Red Munger. The reliever goes the distance, beating the Dodgers, 6-2, getting credit for a complete game but not starting the contest.
1950 For the sixth time in his career, Johnny Mize hits three home runs in one game, establishing a major league record. The first baseman’s offensive output, which makes him the second player to accomplish a three-homer game in both leagues along with Babe Ruth, isn’t enough when the Yankees lose at Detroit at Briggs Stadium, 9-7.
1952 At Forbes Field, the Pirates become the first team to use protective headgear covering the players’ temples, a precursor to the batting helmet. Branch Rickey’s innovation, worn both at the plate and in the field in the Bucs’ twin bill split with Boston, is a plastic hat with a foam layer attached to the hatband.
1958 Snuffy Stirnweiss dies when the New Jersey commuter train he is riding plunges off the CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge between Elizabethport and Bayonne. The 39-year-old former All-Star infielder, who played with the Yankees, Browns, and Indians, led the American League in hitting with a .309 average playing for New York in 1945.
1960 Willie Mays, who collects five hits in six at-bats, ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in the Giants’ 8-6 victory over Philadelphia. The Say Hey Kid’s eleventh inning three-bagger leads to the eventual go-ahead run in the Connie Mack Stadium contest.
1963 The Mets hold the first of many Banner Days between games of a doubleheader against the Astros. The Polo Grounds event, inspired by the innovation of their fans, allows the ‘New Breed’ to display their creative ideas with signs, including some with a negative tone, during a parade on the field.
1964 At Wrigley Field, Larry Jackson fires a six-hitter, beating the Reds, 6-1, to become the season’s first 20-game winner. The 33-year-old right-handed workhorse will finish the campaign with a 24-11 record for the eighth-place Cubs.
1968 The Cardinals clinch their twelfth National League pennant when the team beats Houston at the Astrodome, 7-4. The contest, which features Curt Flood collecting five hits, marks the final home run by Roger Maris, who will finish his 12-year major league career with 275 round-trippers.
1969 Cardinal hurler Steve Carlton fans nineteen batters, including three in the final frame, to establish a new major league mark for strikeouts for a nine-inning game. Lefty’s performance is spoiled when Ron Swoboda’s pair of two-run homers prove to be the difference in the Redbirds’ 4-3 loss to the Mets at Busch Stadium.
1971 Astros rookie Larry Yount, making his major league debut, injures his right shoulder in the ninth inning, throwing his first warm-up pitch. The 21-year-old right-hander, Robin’s older brother, will never get another chance to pitch in the bigs, with his only major league experience consisting of that one ill-fated toss to home plate.
1971 In his second major-league start, Cubs rookie Burt Hooton ties a franchise record for a nine-inning game when he strikes out 15 batters, going the distance in the team’s 3-2 victory over New York at Shea Stadium. The 21-year-old right-hander matches the mark established by Dick Drott against Milwaukee in 1957.
1971 The Oakland A’s win the American League West Division with their 3-2 victory over Chicago and the Royals’ 6-2 loss to California. The franchise hadn’t won a title since 1931, when Connie Mack managed the team in Philadelphia.
1974 On a bright, sunny day at Fenway Park, Rico Petrocelli is struck behind the left ear, below the helmet, when he loses Jim Slaton’s pitch due to the blinding glare of the outfield bleachers. The beaning, which causes inner ear damage, results in the third baseman missing the rest of the season and hastens his early retirement before the start of the 1977 season at the age of 33.
1974 Gaylord Perry goes the distance for his 20th victory when he beats Baltimore and Ross Grimsley at Memorial Stadium, 1-0. The right-hander, who will finish the season with a 21-13 record, will be the last Indian pitcher in the twentieth century to win twenty games.
1975 Mike Vail ties the National League rookie record when the outfielder hits in his twenty-third consecutive game. The Mets’ freshman streak matches the 1948 freshman performances of Richie Ashburn (Phillies) and Alvin Dark (Braves).
1977 En route to finishing with a 102-60 record and winning the American League West, the Royals set a club record of 16 straight victories when they defeat the A’s in ten innings in the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-4. Kansas City also had a 10-game win streak in July.
1977 Fearing for the safety left fielder, Andres Mora, Orioles manager Earl Weaver, trailing 4-0, pulls his team off the field when third base ump Marty Springstead declines his request to remove the tarp covering the Blue Jays’ bullpen area, not accepting the skipper’s claim of being a potential hazard to his player. After waiting 15 minutes in light rain for the O’s to return, the umpires forfeit the Exhibition Stadium contest to the home team.
1978 In front of 47,188 fans at Dodger Stadium, Don Sutton throws a six-hitter to beat Atlanta, 5-0. With tonight’s attendance, Los Angeles becomes the first major league team to draw three million fans at home.
1979 After hitting a single in the second, a double in the fourth, and a triple in the eighth, Bob Watson completes a natural cycle with a home run in the ninth inning of the Red Sox’s 10-2 victory over Baltimore at Memorial Stadium. The Boston first baseman becomes the first modern major leaguer to hit for the cycle in both leagues, having accomplished the feat with the Astros in 1977.
1990 Bobby Thigpen, who played in the outfield in college, saves his 50th game of the season when the White Sox beat Boston, 7-4. The Chicago closer strikes out pinch-hitter Danny Heep looking for the final out in the Comiskey Park contest.
1990 In the first of the two times they will accomplish the feat, Billy and Cal Ripken homer in the same game. The siblings’ home runs are overshadowed by Kelly Gruber’s three-run round-tripper in the ninth inning, giving the Blue Jays a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Orioles at the Skydome.
1995 Ozzie Smith takes part in the 1,554th twin killing of his career to set a new big-league record for double plays. The Cardinals’ shortstop’s wizardry isn’t enough to prevent the Redbirds’ 7-6 loss to the Dodgers at Busch Stadium.
1996 In a 16-6 rout of the Tigers, the Orioles break the major league record for team home runs in a season, passing the 1961 Yankees mark of 240.
1996 Thanks to Andres Galarraga’s three-run homer, the Rockies establish a big-league record for runs scored at home. Colorado, which will amass 658 tallies at Coors Field this season, scores its 626th, 627th, and 628th runs when the ‘Big Cat’ goes deep to surpass the 1950 Red Sox, who crossed the plate 625 times.
1996 The Rangers retire their first number in franchise history when they honor Nolan Ryan. The team’s future owner, who wore uniform jersey #34, pitched two no-hitters, recorded his 5,000th strikeout, and won his 300th career game during his five years on the mound for Texas.
1996 When Brady Anderson goes deep leading off the game at Tiger Stadium, the Orioles set a record by homering in 24 straight road games. The accomplishment lasts for 22 seasons until the A’s extend the mark for road dingers to 27 consecutive games.
1996 Frank Thomas slams his 215th career home run in a White Sox uniform to surpass Carlton Fisk as the all-time franchise leader. The Big Hurt’s historic homer is the first of three round-trippers he hits in a 9-8 loss to the Red Sox at Boston’s Fenway Park.
1997 The newly renovated Anaheim Stadium will now be known as Edison International Field. The 30-year-old Angels’ ballpark will again be a baseball-only facility with the NFL Rams, who shared the facility from 1980-1994, having shifted their franchise from LA to St. Louis two years ago.
1998 In a 12-7 win over the Twins, Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the fourth-youngest (28 years and ten months) player to reach 1,000 RBIs. Junior got to the 1,000 mark younger than anyone except Mel Ott (27 years, three months), Jimmie Foxx (27 years, eight months), and Lou Gehrig (28 years, 9½ months).
1998 Ending a six-game drought without a homer, Mark McGwire, pinch-hitting in the ninth inning, hits his 63rd homer. The solo shot off Jason Christiansen in the Cardinals’ 8-6 loss to the Pirates allows ‘Big Mac’ to regain the home-run lead over Sammy Sosa.
1998 Working the ninth for his 40th save in the Rangers’ 6-5 win over the Orioles, John Wetteland joins three other pitchers in major league history to have three or more 40-save seasons. Dennis Eckersley, Jeff Reardon, and Lee Smith have accomplished the same feat.
1998 Rolando Arrojo (14-12) sets a record for wins by an expansion pitcher when the Devil Rays defeat the Angels, 8-1.
1999 The owners unanimously approved a resolution to redraft the Major League Agreement, allowing the American League and National League to merge in all aspects except on the field, where the leagues and divisions remain the same.
2000 The Giambi brothers Jeremy and Jason homer in the same game for the second time in their careers, with A’s first baseman Jason setting a team record by hitting his fourth grand slam of the season when Oakland routs the Devil Rays, 17-3. The bases-loaded shot also ties a major league record for the four-run round-trippers by a team in a single season, 12.
2000 Passing Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, Mariner Rickey Henderson scores two runs to take over second place on runs scored on the career list. With 2,175, Henderson needs to tally 71 runs to pass the all-time leader, Ty Cobb (2,245).
2000 Trevor Hoffman becomes the third player in baseball history to have four 40-save seasons when he faces four batters in the ninth inning of the Padres’ 5-4 victory over the Giants at Qualcomm Stadium. The 32-year-old San Diego closer joins Dennis Eckersley and Lee Smith In accomplishing the feat.
2002 The Oakland A’s win the American League West Division with their 3-2 victory over Chicago and the Royals’ 6-2 loss to California. The franchise hadn’t won a title since 1931 when Connie Mack managed the team in Philadelphia.
2002 Curt Schilling whiffs Brewers’ backstop Jorge Fabregas for his 300th victim this season and joins southpaw Randy Johnson in becoming the first pair of teammates to strike out at least 300 batters in the same season. The Diamondback right-hander has done it three times in his career, with the ‘Big Unit’ reaching the milestone six times, but neither hurler will accomplish the feat again.
2003 With his 2,063rd career base on balls, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth on the all-time walks list. The Giant left fielder now trails only Rickey Henderson, who has 2,190 free passes.
2003 Rafael Palmeiro joins Jimmie Foxx as the only player to hit 35 homers and drive in 100 runs in nine consecutive seasons. The Hall of Famer Foxx accomplished the feat while playing for the A’s and Red Sox from 1932 to 1940.
2003 Thousands of Hanshin Tigers fans jump off the Ebisubashi Bridge into the Dotonbori River in celebration when their hometown heroes clinch the Central League title for the first time in 18 years. Plunging into the murky water will become a local ritual for its fans when the team wins.
2004 With the bases loaded in the fourth inning during an eventual 6-2 Expos victory at Dolphin Stadium, Mike Lowell tags Brian Schneider, leading off third base. The Expos catcher becomes the victim of the hidden ball trick, not realizing the Marlins’ third baseman had not given the pitcher the ball after visiting the mound.
2006 En route to finishing the season with 101 defeats, the Devil Rays lose their ninetieth game for the ninth consecutive season when the team drops a 5-4 walk-off decision to the Blue Jays in ten innings at Rogers Centre. The 1936-45 Phillies are the only other team in big-league history to accomplish the infamous feat.
2007 Prince Fielder’s NL-leading 46th home run establishes a Brewers franchise record. The Milwaukee first baseman’s third-inning round-tripper off Reds’ hurler Kirk Saarloos breaks the team’s home-run mark set by Gorman Thomas (1979) and Richie Sexson (2001, 2003).
2007 Although the amount is nowhere near the money that the 1998’s Mark McGwire’s single-season home run record ball commanded, Giants slugger Barry Bonds’ career No. 756 home run baseball sells for more than experts predicted. The ball thrown by Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik on August 7, auctioned by Matt Murphy, the fan who caught the historic homer, is won by an unidentified bidder for $752,467.
2008 The day after dropping a doubleheader to the Phillies, the Brewers fire Ned Yost (457-502), ending the manager’s six-year tenure, which saw Milwaukee develop from cellar dwellers into a contender in the National League Central Division. New skipper Dale Sveum, formerly the team’s third-base coach, will try to stop the recent skid of 11 losses in 14 games and keep the 83-67 club in contention for the wild card.
2010 Rays skipper Joe Maddon is tossed from the game when Derek Jeter, giving an Oscar-worthy performance at home plate, is awarded first base by the umpires who rule the pitch thrown by Chad Qualls hit the New York shortstop. Video replay of the at-bat, which clearly shows the fastball hit the knob of the bat, prompts a national debate about the ethics demonstrated by the usually squeaky-clean Yankees captain, who admitted after the 4-3 loss to Tampa that he pretended to get hit by the pitch to get on base.
2010 The Cubs beat the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 7-3, to complete their first three-game sweep in St. Louis in over twenty years. The victory marks the first time since June 12, 1988, that the visiting Chicago fans can break out the brooms in the Gateway City.
2010 At Fenway Park, Jose Bautista establishes a new Blue Jay record for home runs in a season when he hit his 48th, a two-run blast on a 3-2 fastball thrown by Michael Bowden. The 29-year-old outfielder, who has never gone deep more than 16 times in a year, breaks the mark established by George Bell in 1987.
2011 After hitting a first-inning two-run homer, singling in the second, and stroking a leadoff double in the fifth, Pablo Sandoval hit for the cycle when he drives a pitch that sails just beyond the outstretched glove of Colorado’s right fielder Carlos Gonzalez for a triple. ‘Panda,’ a third baseman not known for speed, becomes the 25th Giant player to accomplish the feat, and the first since Fred Lewis did the deed in 2007, also at Coors Field.
2012 During the Marlins’ 6-4 victory over Cincinnati in Miami, Jose Reyes is charged with baseball’s unofficial 500,000th error. The All-Star shortstop earns the dubious distinction when he flubs Drew Stubbs’ ground ball in the seventh inning.
2012 In a pregame ceremony at Petco Park, four U.S. Marine pilots unveiled a statue of Jerry Coleman, honoring the longtime Padres icon for his 70 years of major league service as a player, broadcaster, and distinguished Marine Corps career. Three 4-foot by 8-foot panels behind the 7-foot sculpture capture the octogenarian’s roles in baseball, the military, and the broadcast booth.
Statue of Jerry Coleman at Petco Park
2014 Jacob deGrom strikes out the first eight batters he faces in the Mets’ 6-5 loss in Miami, tying the modern-day major league mark to start a game. The Amazins’ rookie right-hander now shares the record with Jim Deshaies, who struck out the first eight Dodgers he faced with the Astros in a 1986 contest.
2017 Major League Baseball completes its investigation into allegations made by Yankees that the Red Sox used an Apple Watch to steal signs during a three-game series in August. Commissioner Rob Manfred fines Boston an undisclosed amount for violating league regulations “by sending electronic communications from their video replay room to a trainer in the dugout.”
2019 For the first time in American League history and the 12th occurrence in the majors, two teams with 100+ losses face each other when the Orioles (48-100) defeat the Tigers (44-103) at Comerica Park, 8-2. The last National League matchup of teams with triple-digit losses featured the Astros and the Cubs on the final weekend of the 2012 season.
2019 In the first inning of their game against the Orioles at Comerica Park, the Indians walked to the plate to KC and the Sunshine Band’s Give It Up in honor of minor leaguer Chace Numata, who used the tune as his walk-up song with Double-A Erie. The 27-year-old switch-hitting catching prospect from Pearl City (HI), whose family donated his liver, pancreas, heart, and kidneys to people needing the organs, died on September 2 from injuries sustained from a skateboarding accident.
2020 The Phillies, reversing their unofficial policy of retiring numbers of only players enshrined in Cooperstown, honor Dick Allen, the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year, with the ultimate tribute a franchise can pay a player by placing his uniform #15 in retirement. In addition to the former first baseman’s name and digits on the Citizens Bank Park’s hallowed brick wall, Philadelphia, in the past, has paid tribute to Richie Ashburn (#1), Jim Bunning (#14), Mike Schmidt (#20), Steve Carlton (#32), Robin Roberts (#36), Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Chuck Klein.
2022 In a 4-1 win against the Brewers at Busch Stadium, Cardinal right-hander Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina start their 325th game as a battery, setting a major league record. The close-knit teammates surpass the regular-season mark of 324 held by Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan, playing for the Tigers from 1963-1975.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
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.
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