THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“THE SCOREBOARD”

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 5 SCHEDULE

ADAMS CENTRAL (3-1) AT HERITAGE (4-0)

ALEXANDRIA (3-1) AT MISSISSINEWA (4-0)

ANDERSON (0-4) AT MUNCIE CENTRAL (0-4)

ANDREAN (2-2) AT HOBART (2-2)

ANGOLA (1-3) AT LAKELAND (3-1)

AVON (1-3) AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL (1-2)

BATESVILLE (4-0) AT EAST CENTRAL (2-2)

BEECH GROVE (2-2) AT MONROVIA (3-1)

BELLMONT (0-4) AT HUNTINGTON NORTH (2-2)

BEN DAVIS (1-3) AT WARREN CENTRAL (4-0)

BLACKFORD (2-2) AT EASTBROOK (2-2)

BLOOMINGTON NORTH (3-1) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (1-3)

BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-4) AT LAKE STATION (0-4)

BREBEUF JESUIT (3-1) AT CARMEL (2-2)

BREMEN (2-2) AT JIMTOWN (2-2)

BROWNSBURG (4-0) AT FISHERS (3-1)

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (4-0) AT NORTH HARRISON (3-1)

CALUMET CHRISTIAN AT HAMMOND NOLL (1-3)

CASCADE (4-0) AT SULLIVAN (1-3)

CENTERVILLE (4-0) AT TRI (2-2)

CHARLESTOWN (1-3) AT PROVIDENCE (4-0)

CHESTERTON (3-1) AT VALPARAISO (3-1)

CLOVERDALE (3-1) AT NORTH PUTNAM (4-0)

COLUMBIA CITY (4-0) AT DEKALB (2-2)

COLUMBUS EAST (2-2) AT NEW ALBANY (3-1)

COLUMBUS NORTH (4-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (3-1)

CORYDON CENTRAL (0-4) AT EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-3)

COVENANT CHRISTIAN (0-4) AT TRITON CENTRAL (2-2)

COVINGTON (2-2) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (4-0)

CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-4) AT MITCHELL (0-4)

CULVER ACADEMY (3-1) AT HAMMOND CENTRAL (2-2)

DELPHI (2-2) AT TRI-CENTRAL (1-3)

EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (1-3) AT MUNSTER (0-4)

EAST NOBLE (3-1) AT LEO (4-0)

EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (1-3) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (4-0)

EASTERN GREENE (1-3) AT CLARKSVILLE (0-4)

EASTERN HANCOCK (2-2) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (4-0)

EASTSIDE (1-3) AT GARRETT (4-0)

EDGEWOOD (2-2) AT SOUTH PUTNAM (2-2)

EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-3) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (4-0)

EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (3-1) AT JASPER (2-2)

EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (4-0) AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-4)

EVANSVILLE NORTH (1-3) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-4)

FAIRFIELD (2-2) AT WEST NOBLE (4-0)

FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (0-3) AT SOUTH ADAMS (1-3)

FORT WAYNE DWENGER (1-3) AT HOMESTEAD (2-2)

FORT WAYNE LUERS (3-1) AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (2-2)

FORT WAYNE NORTH (2-2) AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (1-3)

FORT WAYNE SNIDER (3-1) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (2-2)

FORT WAYNE SOUTH (0-4) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (1-2)

FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (1-3) AT ATTICA (0-4)

FRANKFORT (0-4) AT LEBANON (2-2)

FRANKTON (0-4) AT OAK HILL (2-2)

FREMONT (1-3) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (0-4)

FRONTIER (3-0) AT BENTON CENTRAL (0-4)

GARY WEST (3-1) AT WHITING (2-2)

GIBSON SOUTHERN (3-1) AT SOUTHRIDGE (3-1)

GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (4-0) AT SHELBYVILLE (1-3)

GREENSBURG (0-4) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (3-1)

GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (3-1) AT MILAN (2-2)

GRIFFITH (4-0) AT RIVER FOREST (3-1)

GUERIN CATHOLIC (3-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (1-2)

HAGERSTOWN (2-2) AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-3)

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (3-1) AT WESTFIELD (4-0)

HAMMOND MORTON (0-4) AT CALUMET (3-1)

HANOVER CENTRAL (3-1) AT KANKAKEE VALLEY (2-2)

HERITAGE HILLS (3-1) AT NORTH POSEY (4-0)

INDIAN CREEK (1-3) AT GREENCASTLE (1-3)

INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (1-1) AT PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD (1-3)

INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (3-1)

INDIANAPOLIS TECH (2-1) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (4-0)

INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-3) AT MONROE CENTRAL (3-1)

INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (2-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (1-2)

IRVINGTON PREP (0-3) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE (0-3)

JAY COUNTY (2-2) AT BLUFFTON (4-0)

JEFFERSONVILLE (3-1) AT FLOYD CENTRAL (2-1)

JENNINGS COUNTY (0-4) AT MADISON (2-2)

JOHN GLENN (1-2) AT KNOX (2-2)

KOKOMO (1-2) AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (4-0)

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (3-0) AT WEST LAFAYETTE (3-1)

LAPORTE (0-4) AT LAKE CENTRAL (2-2)

LAWRENCEBURG (3-1) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (2-2)

LINTON (3-1) AT BOONVILLE (1-3)

LOWELL (1-3) AT HIGHLAND (1-3)

MACONAQUAH (3-0) AT PERU (2-2)

MADISON-GRANT (4-0) AT ELWOOD (1-3)

MANCHESTER (1-3) AT NORTHFIELD (1-3)

MARION (2-2) AT RICHMOND (0-4)

MARTINSVILLE (4-0) AT FRANKLIN (2-2)

MCCUTCHEON (2-2) AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (2-2)

MICHIGAN CITY (1-3) AT MERRILLVILLE (3-1)

MISHAWAKA (3-1) AT GOSHEN (0-4)

MISHAWAKA MARIAN (2-2) AT PENN (3-1)

MOORESVILLE (1-3) AT DECATUR CENTRAL (1-2)

MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (0-4) AT DELTA (3-1)

MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (3-1) AT FOREST PARK (3-1)

NEW HAVEN (0-4) AT NORWELL (1-3)

NEW PALESTINE (3-0) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (2-2)

NEW PRAIRIE (3-1) AT ELKHART (3-1)

NOBLESVILLE (2-2) AT ZIONSVILLE (2-2)

NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-4) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (2-2)

NORTH DAVIESS (3-1) AT EDINBURGH (0-4)

NORTH DECATUR (3-1) AT LAPEL (4-0)

NORTH JUDSON (4-0) AT CULVER (1-3)

NORTH KNOX (1-3) AT NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (1-3)

NORTH MIAMI (3-1) AT PIONEER (3-1)

NORTH MONTGOMERY (1-3) AT WESTERN BOONE (4-0)

NORTH NEWTON (1-3) AT WEST CENTRAL (2-2)

NORTH VERMILLION (3-1) AT RIVERTON PARKE (3-1)

NORTHEASTERN (4-0) AT UNION CITY (0-4)

NORTHVIEW (4-0) AT OWEN VALLEY (0-4)

NORTHWOOD (2-2) AT NORTHRIDGE (1-3)

PAOLI (4-0) AT WEST WASHINGTON (2-2)

PARK TUDOR (3-1) AT SHENANDOAH (2-2)

PARKE HERITAGE (1-3) AT SEEGER (2-2)

PERRY MERIDIAN (2-2) AT WHITELAND (2-1)

PIKE (3-1) AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL (1-3)

PIKE CENTRAL (2-2) AT SOUTH SPENCER (1-3)

PLAINFIELD (4-0) AT GREENWOOD (2-2)

PORTAGE (2-2) AT CROWN POINT (4-0)

PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (3-1) AT CHURUBUSCO (1-3)

PRINCETON (0-4) AT WASHINGTON (3-1)

RENSSELAER CENTRAL (1-3) AT TIPTON (3-1)

ROCHESTER (3-1) AT LEWIS CASS (2-2)

RUSHVILLE (2-2) AT CONNERSVILLE (2-2)

SALEM (1-3) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (3-1)

SCOTTSBURG (2-2) AT SILVER CREEK (3-1)

SEYMOUR (1-3) AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (0-4)

SHERIDAN (2-2) AT CLINTON PRAIRIE (3-1)

SOUTH BEND ADAMS (0-4) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (2-2)

SOUTH BEND RILEY (1-2) AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-4)

SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (1-3) AT CASTON (0-4)

SOUTHERN WELLS (0-4) AT WOODLAN (1-3)

SOUTHMONT (2-2) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (2-2)

SOUTHPORT (0-4) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (3-1)

SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL AT SOUTH DECATUR (2-2)

SPEEDWAY (3-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (1-3)

SWITZERLAND COUNTY (3-1) AT OWEN COUNTY (KY.)

TAYLOR (2-2) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (2-2)

TECUMSEH (0-4) AT PERRY CENTRAL (1-3)

TELL CITY (3-1) AT HANCOCK COUNTY (KY.)

TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (1-2) AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (2-2)

TIPPECANOE VALLEY (3-1) AT LAVILLE (2-2)

TRI-COUNTY (2-2) AT SOUTH NEWTON (3-1)

TRITON (3-1) AT WINAMAC (2-1)

TRI-WEST (2-2) AT DANVILLE (3-1)

TROTWOOD-MADISON (OHIO) AT CENTER GROVE (3-1)

TWIN LAKES (2-2) AT LOGANSPORT (3-1)

UNION COUNTY (0-4) AT WINCHESTER (0-4)

VINCENNES LINCOLN (2-2) AT CASTLE (3-1)

WABASH (0-4) AT SOUTHWOOD (0-4)

WARSAW (3-1) AT CONCORD (4-0)

WAWASEE (0-4) AT PLYMOUTH (2-2)

WES-DEL (1-3) AT NORTH WHITE (1-3)

WEST VIGO (1-3) AT BROWN COUNTY (3-1)

WESTERN (0-4) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (0-4)

WHEELER (2-2) AT BOONE GROVE (2-2)

WHITKO (0-4) AT NORTHWESTERN (4-0)

YORKTOWN (3-1) AT NEW CASTLE (2-2)

USA TODAY INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLLS

6A

1. WESTFIELD (15)                  4-0         177        1
2. BROWNSBURG (2)               4-0         157        2
3. WARREN CENTRAL                4-0         140        4
4. CROWN POINT (1)               4-0         137        3
5. CENTER GROVE                   3-1         103        6
6. LAWRENCE NORTH              4-0         73          8
7. COLUMBUS NORTH              4-0         62          9
8. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 3-1         47          5
9. CATHEDRAL                         2-2         43          10
10. FORT WAYNE SNIDER          3-1         19          NR

DROPPED OUT: CARMEL (7).

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: CARMEL 18. FISHERS 9. ELKHART 3. PENN 1.

5A

1. PLAINFIELD (11)                  4-0         167        1
2. VALPARAISO (3)                  3-1         144        2
3. (TIE) MERRILLVILLE (1)     3-1         144        3
4. CONCORD (3)                      4-0         122        5
5. WARSAW                                3-1         96          6
6. LAFAYETTE JEFF                   4-0         90          8
7. WHITELAND                          2-1         71          7
8. BLOOMINGTON NORTH  3-1         60          9
9. DECATUR CENTRAL          1-2         52          4
10. EAST CENTRAL                     2-2         32          10

DROPPED OUT: NONE.

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: CASTLE 10. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 1. FRANKLIN 1.

4A

1. NEW PALESTINE (17)           3-0         179        1
2. EVANSVILLE REITZ (1)          4-0         140        3
3. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL     4-0         120        4
4. MARTINSVILLE                       4-0         119        6
5. BISHOP CHATARD                3-1         116        2
6. MISHAWAKA                           3-1         105        5
7. BREBEUF JESUIT                  3-1         78          7
8. LEO                                            4-0         72          8
9. NEW PRAIRIE                        3-1         25          9
10. COLUMBIA CITY                  4-0         23          NR

DROPPED OUT: NORTHWOOD (10).

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: NORTHVIEW 7. EAST NOBLE 4. NORTHWOOD 2.

3A

1. EV. MEMORIAL (17)              4-0         179        1
2. HERITAGE HILLS (1)             3-1         143        3
3. GIBSON SOUTHERN             3-1         131        2
4. BATESVILLE                              4-0         119        5
5. GUERIN CATHOLIC               3-1         94          4
6. MISSISSINEWA                      4-0         80          10
7. WEST LAFAYETTE                  3-1         69          8
8. WEST NOBLE                         4-0         43          NR
9. LAWRENCEBURG                3-1         32          NR
10. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI    3-1         29          6

DROPPED OUT: TIPPECANOE VALLEY (7), TRI-WEST (9).

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: GARRETT 20. FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS 17. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 10. HERITAGE 6. KNOX 4. MACONAQUAH 4. NORTHWESTERN 4. TRI-WEST 4. MISHAWAKA MARIAN 1.

2A

1. LAF. CENTRAL CATH. (13)    3-0         167        1
2. NORTH POSEY (3)                    4-0         152        2
3. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (2) 4-0         139        3
4. LUTHERAN                                  3-1         118        5
5. LINTON-STOCKTON               3-1         87          6
6. WESTERN BOONE                  4-0         80          7
7. TRITON CENTRAL                   2-2         53          4
8. LAPEL                                         4-0         48          9
9. BLUFFTON                                 4-0         30          10
10. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN           3-1         25          NR

DROPPED OUT: NORTH PUTNAM (10).

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: NORTH PUTNAM 24. MONROVIA 17. CENTERVILLE 7. ADAMS CENTRAL 6. NORTHEASTERN 6. ANDREAN 5. PAOLI 5. EASTERN HANCOCK 3. SOUTH VERMILLION 3. ROCHESTER 2.

1A

1. NORTH JUDSON (17)         4-0         178        1
2. PROVIDENCE (1)                 4-0         158        2
3. CARROLL (FLORA)              4-0         145        3
4. MADISON-GRANT                4-0         121        4
5. NORTH DECATUR                 3-1         110        5
6. TRITON                                      3-1         84          6
7. SOUTH PUTNAM                  2-2         61          7
8. SPRINGS VALLEY                  3-1         60          8
9. MONROE CENTRAL             3-1         22          NR
10. PIONEER                                   3-1         21          NR

DROPPED OUT: NORTH VERMILLION (9), NORTH MIAMI (10)

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: FOREST PARK 15. MILAN 6. NORTH VERMILLION 4. NORTH MIAMI 1.

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PERFORMANCES WEEK 4

Hayden Cler, Guerin Catholic, 26 receptions for 396 yards and six TD receptions.

Malcolm Houze, Guerin Catholic, 40-for-56 for 638 yards and eight touchdowns.

C.J. Harris, Brebeuf Jesuit 402 yards and five touchdowns.

Devin Craig, Lapel, 21-for-26 passing for 355 yards and five TDs with no interceptions.

Xavier Dangerfield, Cathedral, 201 yards and two touchdowns.

C.J. Harris, Brebeuf Jesuit, 402 yards, 5 touchdowns.

A.J. Reynolds Martinsville, 16-for-28 passing for 258 yards and four TDs.

Eli Nix, Heritage Christian, 22-for-31 passing for 304 yards and six TDs and ran for 109 yards and three TDs.

Gunner Ruppert, Greenwood, Ruppert ran for 334 yards and two TDs.

Jace Scrafton, Danville, 8 catches for 140 yards and three touchdowns.

Landon Shuck, Scottsburg, 39 carries for 346 yards and one TD.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Z-RATINGS

4A

1 HAMILTON SE

2 YORKTOWN

3 BROWSNBURG

4 FLOYD CENTRAL

5 CASTLE

6 WESTFIELD

7 CENTER GROVE

8 FW CARROLL

9 CROWN POINT

10 BELLMONT

3A

1 TRI-WEST

2 RONCALLI

3 NORTHVIEW

4 DANVILLE

5 CATHEDRAL

6 NEW PALESTINE

7 SILVER CREEK

8 JENNINGS COUNTY

9 BREBEUF

10 WEST LAFAYETTE

2A

1 WAPAHANI

2 BENTON CENTRAL

3 SOUTHWOOD

4 BARR REEVE

5 TECUMSEH

6 WESTERN BOONE

7 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI

8 SCECINA

9 MUNCIE BURRIS

10 ADAMS CENTRAL

1A

1 TRINITY LUTHERAN

2 COVINGTON

3 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC

4 MARQUETTE CATHOLIC

5 TRI-COUNTY

6 RIVERTON PARKE

7 MORGAN TOWNSHIP

8 LOOGOOTEE

9 SPRINGS VALLEY

10 DALEVILLE

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL REPORTED SCORES

FOREST PARK 3 PRINCETON 2

LOWELL 3 HEBRON 2

WOOD MEMORIAL 3 NORTH KNOX 1

ANSOINIA OH 3 UNION CITY 0

SPRINGS VALLEY 3 ORLEANS 1

LAWRENCEBURG 3 UNION COUNTY 0

TRINITY LUTHERAN 3 MADISON 0

WINCHESTER 3 BLUE RIVER 2

SCOTTSBURG 3 SALEM 0

SEYMOUR 3 HAUSER 0

NORTH MIAMI 3 WINAMAC 0

CALUMET CHRISTIAN 3 HANOVER CENTRAL 1

SOUTH KNOX 3 SHAKAMAK 0

RONCALLI 3 BISHOP CHATARD 0

LAKE CENTRAL 3 MUNSTER 1

WHITING 3 HOBART 1

EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 3 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 0

GREENCASTLE 3 EDGEWOOD 2

SOUTH NEWTON 3 WATESKA 0

SOUTH CENTRAL 3 TRI-TOWNSHIP 0

SHERIDAN 3 TIPTON 2

FT. WAYNE NORTHRUP 3 FT. WAYNE SOUTH 0

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 3 SOUTH CENTRAL 0

PERRY MERIDIAN 3 SOUTHPORT 2

WESTFIELD 3 CARMEL 2

EASTERN HANCOCK 3 RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 0

COLUMBUS NORTH 3 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 0

GOSHEN 3 ELKHART CHRISTIAN 0

TRI-WEST 3 NORTH MONTGOMERY 0

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 3 CRAWFORDSVILLE 1

MUNICE BURRIS 3 LAPEL 1

HAGERSTOWN 3 TRI 0

COMMUNITY BAPTIST 3 GRANGER CHRISTIAN 0

CENTER GROVE 3 FISHERS 1

FAITH CHRISTIAN 3 INDIANA DEAF 0

TRITON CENTRAL 3 KNIGHTSTOWN 0

HAMILTON SE 3 PENDLETON HEIGHTS 0

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER POLLS

3A

1. CENTER GROVE
2. NOBLESVILLE
3. ZIONSVILLE
4. HAMILTON SE
5. FW CARROLL 
6. COLUMBUS NORTH
7. WESTFIELD
8. WL HARRISON
9. FISHERS
10. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
11. CATHEDRAL
12. CARMEL
13. MUNSTER
14. GOSHEN
15. WARSAW
16. CROWN POINT
17. CONCORD
18. BROWNSBURG
19. LAWRENCE NORTH
20. NORTHRIDGE

2A

1. EV. MEMORIAL
2. BISHOP LUERS
3. HERITAGE HILLS 
4. FW CONCORDIA LUTHERAN
5. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN
6. BISHOP CHATARD
7. SB SAINT JOSEPH
8. PARK TUDOR
9. BISHOP DWENGER
10. WEST LAFAYETTE
11. CASCADE
12. SPEEDWAY
13. HANOVER CENTRAL 
14. LEO
15. WASHINGTON COMMUNITY 
16. BOONE GROVE
17. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
18. CARDINAL RITTER
19. GUERIN CATHOLIC
20. CULVER ACADEMIES

1A

1. COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDPLS)
2. BETHANY CHRISTIAN
3. FAITH CHRISTIAN
4. FOREST PARK
5. WESTVIEW 
6. PROVIDENCE
7. SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBY)
8. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
9. WHEELER
10. OLDENBURG ACADEMY
11. MUNCIE BURRIS
12. FW BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN
13. NORTH PUTNAM
14. WHITE RIVER VALLEY 
15. FW CANTERBURY
16. SOUTH KNOX
17. COVINGTON
18. SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER)
19. LUTHERAN (INDPLS)
20. TELL CITY

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER REPORTED SCORES

MERRILLVILLE 2 KOUTS 1

SHAWE MEMORIAL 8 SOUTHWESTERN 2

HEBRON 9 HAST 0

CASCADE 8 OWEN VALLEY 0

SWCHA SAINTS 2 ST. JOSEPH 1

CRISPUS ATTUCKS 3 PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY 0

OLDENBURG ACADEMY 2 RISING SUN 0

SWITZERLAND COUNTY 3 MILAN 0

WESTERN 6 MACONAQUAH 4

MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN 5 EASTERN GREENE 0

LAPORT 2 GLENN 2

OAK HILL 2 MANCHESTER 0

JASPER 1 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 0

LOWELL 1 MORGAN TOWNSHIP 0

CRAWFORDSVILLE 1 BENTON CENTRAL 1

EASTERN 6 CULVER 0

NEW HAVEN 0 COLUMBIA CITY 0

TRINITY LUTHERAN 3 SALEM 0

EASTBROOK 5 WABASH 0

HENRYVILLE 9 LANESVILLE 0

ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 3 PORTAGE 1

FW CARROLL 1 FT. WAYNE LUERS 1

HUNTINGTON NORTH 4 DEKALB 3

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 8 PARKVIEW CHRISTIAN 0

ANDREWS ACADEMY 4 CLINTON CHRISTIAN 0

INDIANAPOLIS TECH 5 INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 2

LEO 3 BELLMONT 1

FOREST PARK 2 NE DUBOIS 0

SB ADAMS 1 SB ST. JOSEPH 0

DELTA 3 YORKTOWN 0

NORWELL 2 EAST NOBLE 1

FT. WAYNE SOUTH FT. WAYNE SNIDER 1

BEN DAVIS 4 WARREN CENTRAL 1

FT. WAYNE BLACKHAWK 0 FT. WAYNE DWENGER 0

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER POLLS

3A

1. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN

2. NOBLESVILLE

3. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

4. WESTFIELD

5. CARMEL

6. CASTLE

7. CROWN POINT

8. CATHEDRAL

9. PENN

10.  ZIONSVILLE

11.  CENTER GROVE

12.  BROWNSBURG

13.  EAST CENTRAL

14.  CARROLL

15.  NORTHRIDGE

16.  EVANSVILLE REITZ

17.  FISHERS

18.  BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

19.  VALPARAISO

20.  CHESTERTON & MT VERNON

2A

1. SB SAINT JOSEPH

2. MISHAWAKA MARIAN

3. BISHOP DWENGER

4. LAWRENCEBURG

5. CHATARD

6. GUERIN CATHOLIC

7. PARK TUDOR

8. BREBEUF JESUIT

9. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI

10.  RONCALLI

11.  HERITAGE HILLS

12.  HANOVER CENTRAL

13.  NORTHWOOD

14.  FW CANTERBURY

15.  GIBSON SOUTHERN

16.  SILVER CREEK

17.  HAMILTON HEIGHTS

18.  HIGHLAND

19.  WASHINGTON

20.  WEST LAFAYETTE

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1. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN

2. PROVIDENCE

3. EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN

4. OLDENBURG

5. WESTVIEW

6. ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

7. MONROVIA

8. SHERIDAN

9. TRINITY

10.  FOREST PARK

11.  FAITH CHRISTIAN

12.  WHEELER

13.  SWITZERLAND COUNTY

14.  BREMEN

15.  SOUTH KNOX

16.  ANDREAN

17.  EASTBROOK

18.  GREENCASTLE

19.  BETHESDA CHRISTIAN

20.  COVENANT CHRISTIAN

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER REPORTED SCORES

MERRILLVILLE 1 HEBRON 1

GLENN 1 PLYMOURTH 1

UNIVERSITY 3 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 0

KNIGHTSTOWN 4 RUSHVILLE 1

EVANSVILLE NORTH 8 EVANSVILLE HARRISON 0

COVINGTON 3 WESTERN BOONE 0

ELKHART CHRISTIAN 4 LA LUMIERE 0

NORTHVIEW 2 WEST VIGO 1

NORTHWESTERN 4 PERU 1

PRINCETON 5 BOONVILLE 2

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 4 CRAWFORDSVILLE 2

DECATUR CENTRAL 4 CHRISTEL HOUSE 1

EAST NOBLE 2 NORWELL 1

MONROVIA 7 DANVILLE 1

OLDENBURG ACADEMY 9 JENNINGS COUNTY 0

FOREST PARK 5 NE DUBOIS 0

LAKEWODD PARK 9 FT. WAYNE NORTH 0

NEW ALBANY 12 SALEM 0

MARTINSVILLE 5 PERRY MERIDIAN 0

TRINITY LUTHERAN 3 SCOTTSBURG 1

LAPEL 7 SCECINA 1

GIBSON SOUTHERN 6 MR. VERNON 0

GREENWOOD 4 COLUMBUS EAST 0

TRI-WEST 10 SOUTHMONT 1

FT. WAYNE BLACKHAWK 7 FT. WAYNE SOUTH 2

HAMILTON HEIGHTS 1 SHERIDAN 1

CARMEL 3 NORTH CENTRAL 0

FRANKLIN COUNTY 7 CENTERVILLE 0

DEKALB 5 HUNTINGTON NORTH 0

FISHERS 3 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 0

MOORESVILLE 7 PIKE 2

BROWNSBURG 2 PLAINSFIELD 1

BELLMONT 1 LEO 0

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 3 FRANKLIN 0

COLUMBUS NORTH 5 BLOOMINGTON NORTH 0

CATHEDRAL 2 WESTFIELD 1

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS POLLS

1.BREBEUF

2.ZIONSVILLE

3.JASPER

4.COLUMBUS NORTH

5.CARMEL

6.CENTER GROVE

7.CASTLE

8.GUERIN CATHOLIC

9.FLOYD CENTRAL

10.BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

11.EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

12.CULVER ACADEMY

13.CATHEDRAL

14.HOMESTEAD

15.SB SAINT JOSEPH

16.HSE

17.PENN

18.WESTFIELD

19.FW CARROLL

20.FISHERS

21.PARK TUDOR

22.TERRE HAUTE NORTH

23.WHITELAND

24.BISHOP CHATARD

25.ELKHART

26.NOBLESVILLE

27.AVON

28.SILVER CREEK

29.BARR REEVE

30.NEW PALESTINE

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 4

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19

7:30 P.M. | SOUTH ALABAMA AT APPALACHIAN STATE | ESPN

8 P.M. | EDWARD WATERS AT BENEDICT COLLEGE | ESPNU

FRIDAY, SEPT. 20

7 P.M. | UNION AT SPRINGFIELD | FLOSPORTS

7 P.M. | SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE AT BENTLEY | FLOSPORTS

7:30 P.M. | STANFORD AT SYRACUSE | ESPN

8 P.M. | NO. 24 ILLINOIS AT NO. 22 NEBRASKA | FOX

10 P.M. | SAN JOSE STATE AT WASHINGTON STATE | CW NETWORK

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21

12 P.M. | MARSHALL AT NO. 3 OHIO STATE | FOX

12 P.M. | NC STATE AT NO. 21 CLEMSON | ABC/ESPN+

12 P.M. | FLORIDA AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | ESPN

12 P.M. | VILLANOVA AT MARYLAND | BIG TEN NETWORK

12 P.M. | JAMES MADISON AT NORTH CAROLINA | ACC NETWORK

12 P.M. | HOUSTON AT CINCINNATI | FS1

12 P.M. | KANSAS AT WEST VIRGINIA | ESPN2

12 P.M. | TULANE AT LOUISIANA | ESPNU

12 P.M. | RICE AT ARMY | CBSSN

12 P.M. | CHARLOTTE AT INDIANA | BIG TEN NETWORK

12 P.M. | STETSON AT HARVARD | ESPN+

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

12 P.M. | LAFAYETTE AT COLUMBIA | ESPN+

12 P.M. | ALFRED STATE COLLEGE AT MIT | FLOSPORTS

12 P.M. | CENTRAL MISSOURI AT DAVENPORT | FLOSPORTS

12 P.M. | CORTLAND AT SUSQUEHANNA | FLOSPORTS

12 P.M. | HUNTINGDON COLLEGE AT NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN | FLOSPORTS

12 P.M. | SUNY MORRISVILLE AT CATHOLIC | FLOSPORTS

12 P.M. | ST. ANSELM AT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL | FLOSPORTS

12:45 P.M. | OHIO AT KENTUCKY | SEC NETWORK

1 P.M. | BALL STATE AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPN+

1 P.M. | BROWN AT GEORGETOWN | ESPN+

1 P.M. | FORDHAM AT DARTMOUTH | ESPN+

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

1 P.M. | ALMA COLLEGE AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN | FLOSPORTS

1:30 P.M. | NORFOLK STATE AT VMI | ESPN+

2 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT NO. 20 IOWA STATE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | VIRGINIA AT COASTAL CAROLINA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | UTAH STATE AT TEMPLE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | SAINT FRANCIS (PA) AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+

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

2 P.M. | SAN DIEGO AT NORTH DAKOTA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | DRAKE AT SOUTH DAKOTA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | YALE AT HOLY CROSS | ESPN+

2 P.M. | ST. THOMAS (MINN.) AT LINDENWOOD | ESPN+

2 P.M. | ROOSEVELT AT VALPARAISO | ESPN+

2 P.M. | HUSSON AT NORWICH | FLOSPORTS

2:15 P.M. | VANDERBILT AT NO. 7 MISSOURI | SEC NETWORK

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

3 P.M. | SOUTHERN MISS AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT NEVADA | MOUNTAIN WEST NETWORK

3 P.M. | BRYANT AT NEW HAMPSHIRE | FLOSPORTS

3 P.M. | WESTERN CAROLINA AT MONTANA | ESPN+

3 P.M. | MERCYHURST AT MONTANA STATE | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 11 USC AT NO. 18 MICHIGAN | CBS

3:30 P.M. | MIAMI (OHIO) AT NO. 17 NOTRE DAME | NBC

3:30 P.M. | UCLA AT NO. 16 LSU | ABC

3:30 P.M. | KENT STATE AT NO. 10 PENN STATE | BIG TEN NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | GEORGIA TECH AT NO. 19 LOUISVILLE | ESPN2

3:30 P.M. | BUFFALO AT NO. 23 NORTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | ARKANSAS AT AUBURN | ESPN

3:30 P.M. | RUTGERS AT VIRGINIA TECH | ACC NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT UMASS | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT PITT | ESPN+/ACCNX

3:30 P.M. | ARIZONA STATE AT TEXAS TECH | FS1

3:30 P.M. | MEMPHIS AT NAVY | CBSSN

3:30 P.M. | HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AT UTSA | ESPN+

4 P.M. | NO. 12 UTAH AT NO. 14 OKLAHOMA STATE | FOX

4 P.M. | DUKE AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | ESPNU

4 P.M. | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT NICHOLLS | ESPN+

4 P.M. | VALDOSTA STATE AT ERSKINE | FLOSPORTS

5 P.M. | TCU AT SMU | CW NETWORK

5 P.M. | STONY BROOK AT CAMPBELL | FLOSPORTS

5 P.M. | LANE AT MILES COLLEGE | ESPN+

6 P.M. | MONMOUTH AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL | ESPN+

6 P.M. | EAST CAROLINA AT LIBERTY | ESPN+

6 P.M. | UTEP AT COLORADO STATE | TRUTV

6 P.M. | PENN AT DELAWARE | FLOSPORTS

6 P.M. | EAST TENNESSEE STATE AT ELON | FLOSPORTS

6 P.M. | RICHMOND AT DELAWARE STATE | ESPN+

6 P.M. | FURMAN AT WILLIAM & MARY | FLOSPORTS

6 P.M. | MOREHEAD STATE AT EASTERN KENTUCKY | ESPN+

6 P.M. | SOUTHERN UTAH AT IDAHO STATE | ESPN+

6 P.M. | THE CITADEL AT MERCER | ESPN+

6 P.M. | MARIST AT BUCKNELL | ESPN+

6 P.M. | UINDY AT WAYNE STATE (MICH.) | FLOSPORTS

7 P.M. | NO. 8 MIAMI (FLA.) AT SOUTH FLORIDA | ESPN

7 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN AT WASHINGTON | FS1

7 P.M. | FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT UCONN | CBSSN

7 P.M. | CAL AT FLORIDA STATE | ESPN2

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

7 P.M. | TULSA AT LOUISIANA TECH | ESPN+

7 P.M. | NEW MEXICO STATE AT SAM HOUSTON | ESPN+

7 P.M. | TOLEDO AT WESTERN KENTUCKY | ESPN+

7 P.M. | WYOMING AT NORTH TEXAS | ESPN+

7 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL | ESPN+

7 P.M. | ALABAMA A&M AT AUSTIN PEAY | ESPN+

7 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | MISSOURI STATE AT UT MARTIN | ESPN+

7 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT SE LOUISIANA | ESPN+

7 P.M. | SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+

7 P.M. | JACKSON STATE AT GRAMBLING | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

7 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT UIW | ESPN+

7 P.M. | VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG AT MORGAN STATE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | SOUTHERN AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M| ESPN+

7 P.M. | TEXAS SOUTHERN AT LAMAR | ESPN+

7 P.M. | SACRAMENTO STATE AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | WEBER STATE AT NORTHWESTERN STATE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | GARDNER-WEBB AT PRESBYTERIAN | ESPN+

7 P.M. | TARLETON STATE AT NORTH ALABAMA| ESPN+

7 P.M. | WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE AT GRAND VALLEY STATE | FLOSPORTS

7 P.M. | TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE AT UT PERMIAN BASIN | FLOSPORTS

7 P.M. | WEST ALABAMA AT WEST FLORIDA | FLOSPORTS

7:30 P.M. | NO. 6 TENNESSEE AT NO. 15 OKLAHOMA | ABC/ESPN+

7:30 P.M. | AKRON AT SOUTH CAROLINA | ESPNU

7:30 P.M. | IOWA AT MINNESOTA | NBC

7:30 P.M. | BOWLING GREEN AT NO. 25 TEXAS A&M | ESPN+/SECN+

7:45 P.M. | GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT NO. 5 OLE MISS | SEC NETWORK

8 P.M. | UL MONROE AT NO. 1 TEXAS | ESPN+/SECN+

8 P.M. | MICHIGAN STATE AT BOSTON COLLEGE | ACC NETWORK

8 P.M. | BAYLOR AT COLORADO | FOX

8 P.M. | ALCORN STATE AT MCNEESE | ESPN+

8 P.M. | IDAHO AT ABILENE CHRISTIAN | ESPN+

8 P.M. | NORTHERN COLORADO AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | ESPN+

8 P.M. | CENTRAL WASHINGTON AT WEST TEXAS A&M | FLOSPORTS

8 P.M. | MIDWESTERN STATE AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO | FLOSPORTS

8 P.M. | ANGELO STATE AT WESTERN NEW MEXICO | FLOSPORTS

8:30 P.M. | FRESNO STATE AT NEW MEXICO | TRUTV

8:30 P.M. | PURDUE AT OREGON STATE | CW NETWORK

9:45 P.M. | PORTLAND STATE AT BOISE STATE | FS1

10 P.M. | UTAH TECH AT UC DAVIS | ESPN+

10:30 P.M. | NO. 13 KANSAS STATE AT BYU | ESPN

MIDNIGHT | UNI AT HAWAI’I | SPECTRUM SPORTS PPV

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

GREEN BAY 16 INDIANAPOLIS 10

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

CLEVELAND 4 MINNESOTA 3

NY METS 2 WASHINGTON 1

LA DODGERS 9 ATLANTA 0

MILWAUKEE 6 PHILADELPHIA 2

CHICAGO CUBS 9 OAKLAND 2

DETROIT 7 KANSAS CITY 6

ST. LOUIS 4 PITTSBURGH 0

COLORADO 3 ARIZONA 2

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8 LA ANGELS 4

SAN DIEGO 3 HOUSTON 1

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

WNBA SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

WEEK 2 SCHEDULE

MONDAY, SEPT. 16

ATLANTA 22 PHILADELPHIA 21

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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FALCONS STUN EAGLES, RALLY IN FINAL MINUTE FOR 22-21 WIN

Kirk Cousins threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Drake London with 34 seconds left and the Atlanta Falcons rallied for a 22-21 win against the host Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.

The Falcons (1-1) trailed by six with no timeouts and 1:39 remaining and drove 70 yards in six plays in just 65 seconds on the game-winning possession.

The Eagles (1-1) had squandered a chance to run out the clock when Saquon Barkley dropped a pass on third-and-3, and Philadelphia settled for Jake Elliott’s 28-yard field goal and a 21-15 lead.

Following a touchback, Cousins completed passes of 11 yards to Kyle Pitts, 21 yards to Darnell Mooney, 26 yards to Mooney and 5 yards to London to get to the Philadelphia 7-yard line with 43 seconds left.

After an incompletion, Cousins found a wide-open London in the end zone for a 21-21 tie with 34 seconds to go. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on London forced Younghoe Koo to convert the go-ahead extra point from 48 yards out.

Cousins passed for 241 yards and two TDs and Bijan Robinson rushed for 97 yards for the Falcons. It’s the first win for Cousins since signing a four-year, $180 million deal with Atlanta in March and the first since he tore his Achilles tendon last October.

Jalen Hurts passed for 183 yards with a touchdown and a late interception while also rushing for 85 yards and a TD for Philadelphia. Barkley rushed for 95 yards in his home debut as an Eagle.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Falcons struck first on Koo’s 39-yard field goal early in the second.

The Eagles responded with Hurts’ 7-yard touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith for a 7-3 lead with 5:15 left in the first half.

Atlanta answered with Koo’s 22-yarder to make it 7-6 just before halftime.

The third quarter began with an exchange of field goals, with Koo’s third of the game — from 34 yards out — followed by a 29-yarder by Elliott that put the Eagles up 10-9.

One play after converting a fourth-and-4, Cousins connected with Mooney for a 41-yard TD and a 15-10 lead with 1:21 left in the third quarter.

Hurts’ 1-yard TD run and Barkley’s two-point conversion scamper with 6:47 left in the game put the Eagles up 18-15.

–Field Level Media

BRYCE YOUNG BENCHED BY CAROLINA PANTHERS AFTER QB’S ROUGH START, AP SOURCE SAYS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have decided to bench 2023 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young after the second-year quarterback’s rough start to the season, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press on Monday because head coach Dave Canales has not yet addressed the situation.

Andy Dalton would take over as the starter for Carolina’s next game on Sunday at Las Vegas.

Young has completed just 31 of 56 passes for 244 yards with three interceptions as the Panthers have started 0-2 this season and been outscored 73-13 by the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers. Young has run for one touchdown, the only one of the season for Carolina.

Young is 2-16 as a starter since the Panthers traded up eight spots in the NFL draft in 2023 to get him. The Panthers made a significant investment in that deal with Chicago, sending wide receiver D.J. Moore and four draft picks to the Bears — one of which turned out to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft after the Panthers finished a league-worst 2-15 last season.

Canales is expected to address reporters about the decision Monday.

Canales had said after Sunday’s 26-3 loss to the Chargers that Young would remain his starter.

But that changed on Monday.

Young hasn’t looked much like a No. 1 overall pick since his arrival, continually looking flustered in the pocket and often making poor decisions and throwing into double coverage.

He becomes the first quarterback selected No. 1 overall in the common draft era starting in 1967 to be benched for non-injury reasons in his second season.

His first throw this season was an interception against the Saints in the opener and things only seem to have gotten worse.

Young was booed repeatedly by the home crowd on Sunday after the offense stalled time and time again.

Carolina was 1 of 12 on third down conversions and the Panthers were outgained 349-159.

When asked about his confidence after the game, Young said, “I draw my confidence from the Lord. I’m very blessed. I’m grateful for this challenge. Not an ideal start, but God does everything for a reason. I have faith in that.”

Young said he needed to do a better job with his decision-making.

“You always want to make a play. You want to do something,” Young said. “Obviously, part of the position is being the game manager. Some bad instances of that on film today. I definitely take accountability for that.”

Dalton is 83-78-2 as a starting quarterback in the NFL, including one last season with the Panthers. He has thrown 246 touchdown passes and 144 interceptions since coming into the league in 2011 with Cincinnati.

49ERS’ SHANAHAN: SAMUEL TO MISS A FEW WEEKS WITH CALF STRAIN

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel will be out a “couple” of weeks after suffering a calf strain in Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings, head coach Kyle Shanahan announced Monday, according to Matt Barrows of The Athletic.

Samuel is the second major 49ers player to be sidelined following star running back Christian McCaffrey, who was placed on injured reserve Saturday with Achilles tendinitis and is expected to miss at least six weeks.

Shanahan added that Samuel suffered the injury late in Sunday’s 23-17 defeat to the Vikings. Samuel caught eight passes for 110 yards in the game.

With Samuel set to miss time, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings will be counted on to increase their production. Jennings has seven receptions for 101 yards, while Aiyuk ranks fourth on the team in receiving yards with 71 through two games.

The 49ers are slated to face the Los Angeles Rams in Week 3.

RAMS’ MCVAY: KUPP TO MISS ‘EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME’

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp could be placed on injured reserve due to an ankle injury that he sustained Sunday, head coach Sean McVay said Monday, according to Adam Grosbard of the Orange County Register.

McVay added that Kupp will be out for “an extended period of time.” He will be required to miss at least four games if he’s placed on injured reserve.

Offensive lineman Jonah Jackson is also set to miss time with a fractured scapula and will likely be placed on injured reserve, sources told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Kupp sustained his injury in the team’s 41-10 Week 2 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He had four receptions for 37 yards before exiting with the ailment.

The 31-year-old was looking to rebound from a pair of injury-shortened campaigns. He played in just nine games in 2022 and 12 games in 2023, but he was still productive when on the field. The Eastern Washington product had 1,549 yards and 11 touchdowns on 134 receptions in those contests.

Kupp is the latest Ram expected to miss time. Wide receiver Puka Nacua, offensive linemen Steve Avila and Joe Noteboom, safety John Johnson, and cornerback Darious Williams are among those that are on – or will be placed on – the team’s injured reserve list.

Demarcus Robinson, Tyler Johnson, Tutu Atwell, and Jordan Whittington are the only healthy wide receivers on the Rams’ active roster with Kupp and Nacua sidelined. Los Angeles also has three wideouts on its practice squad.

CHARGERS’ HERBERT HAS NEGATIVE X-RAYS, WILL CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert’s right leg will continue to be evaluated this week after it got rolled up on in Los Angeles’ 26-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

Coach Jim Harbaugh said on Monday that X-rays were negative and that there will be more information on Wednesday when the Chargers begin preparations for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Chargers will practice at UNC Charlotte this week with consecutive games in the Eastern time zone.

The injury happened late in the third quarter. Herbert moved up in the pocket as it collapsed, but his lower right leg was rolled up on from behind by linebacker D.J. Johnson as he fumbled the ball at the Carolina 20-yard line.

Herbert walked gingerly to the sideline and pointed to his right ankle while talking to trainers on the bench. He briefly spent time in the medical tent, but did not miss any snaps after he got his ankle taped up. Herbert was 14 of 20 for 130 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. It was his lowest passing yardage total in a full game in five NFL seasons.

“We’ll know more the next couple of days, but was able to finish the game and keep moving around on it, so I’m looking forward to it,” Herbert said after the game.

Herbert missed two weeks during training camp because of an injury to the plantar fascia in his right foot, but has been full-go in practice during the first two weeks of the regular season.

A ROUGH SUNDAY FOR SOME OF THE NFL’S BEST TEAMS IN 2023 LED TO THE THREE BIGGEST UPSETS: ANALYSIS

It was a rough Sunday for some of the NFL’s best teams in 2023.

The 49ers were stymied by the Vikings on the road. The Cowboys got destroyed by the Saints at home. The Ravens blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter against the Raiders. The Lions messed up in a home loss to the banged-up Buccaneers.

New season. Different challenges. Last year’s records don’t matter.

Even Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs struggled. They barely escaped with a win over the Bengals when Harrison Butker kicked a last-second 51-yard field goal after a defensive pass interference on fourth-and-16 gave them a chance.

And, the Houston Texans needed a defensive stand in the final minute to hold off Caleb Williams and the Bears for a 19-13 victory in the last game of the day.

Las Vegas, Tampa Bay and New Orleans were the three biggest underdogs in Week 2, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.

So much for point spreads.

Gardner Minshew rallied the Raiders (1-1) back from a 23-13 deficit at Baltimore, leading the offense on three scoring drives in the final 12 minutes of a 26-23 victory.

Reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson couldn’t do much to prevent the Ravens, who were 8 1/2-point favorites, from their first 0-2 start since 2015. Baltimore led the NFL with 13 wins last season and reached the AFC championship game before losing to the Chiefs. Now, the Ravens have to climb out of a huge hole.

Of the 32 teams that have started 0-2 since the NFL expanded to 14 playoff teams in 2020, only Cincinnati in 2022 and Houston in 2023 made the postseason. Just five of the 32 teams even finished with a winning record.

“We’re not going to be defined by everyone that’s saying we’re not any good, that we’re good (or) that the season is over after two games,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “That’s what’s going to be said, and we understand that, but they’re not here; they’re not inside. No one inside is going to say that. We know that we’re a good football team, and we’re going to go keep getting better and better and better and define the season by the way we play.”

The Cowboys (1-1) had won 16 straight regular-season games at home and were 6 1/2-point favorites over New Orleans, which demolished woeful Carolina in the season opener. But Derek Carr and the Saints ran over Dallas the same way Jordan Love and the Packers did in the same stadium in the playoffs last January.

Carr, Alvin Kamara and Rashid Shaheed were unstoppable in a 44-19 rout, scoring touchdowns on the first six drives. Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak outcoached Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer and New Orleans made a statement against Micah Parsons and Co.

“There is a lot of things in this offense the way Klint does things, the way he sets me up for success, puts me in position for success, it allows me to do a lot of things I enjoy doing as a quarterback,” Carr said. “It’s been a really cool marriage of that. And me and Klint are just getting to know each other. We’re only two games in, and so we are still learning each other.”

That’s bad news for the rest of the NFC South because the Saints have already scored 91 points in two games and there’s no telling what they can do once Carr is more comfortable with Kubiak’s offense.

The Buccaneers (2-0) were missing All-Pro safety Antoine Winfield Jr., defensive tackle Calijah Kancey and tackle Luke Goedeke in a rematch of an NFC divisional playoff loss at Detroit (1-1). Backups stepped up and Baker Mayfield made big plays with his legs, overcoming a ferocious pass rush led by Aidan Hutchinson’s 4 1/2 sacks.

Lions coach Dan Campbell, whose aggressive coaching decisions backfired in a loss to San Francisco in the NFC title game, cost the team a shot at a field goal in the final seconds of the second quarter when he sent the field-goal unit onto the field while Jared Goff was spiking the ball at the Buccaneers 9. The 10-second runoff for having too many players on the field ended the half. Detroit ran its final play of the game from Tampa Bay’s 26 so a field goal would’ve made the difference.

“There’s no way to justify this,” Campbell said. “It’s a massive error on my part, no one else’s, and it was just between hurry-up field goal and clocking it. And it was 100% my fault.”

After opening the season with an easy win over Aaron Rodgers and the Jets on Monday night, San Francisco (1-1) never got going in Minnesota. Despite racking up 399 yards of offense, the reigning NFC champions couldn’t score enough in a 23-17 loss. Brock Purdy threw for 319 yards but had two turnovers.

The Los Angeles Rams, another playoff team last year, are 0-2 following a 41-10 loss in Arizona. Injuries have plagued the Rams over the first two weeks and they have to face the 49ers next week.

“The only positive thing is that this game is over now and we can move forward,” Rams coach Sean McVay said.

All the losing coaches can say the same.

THE CHIEFS ARE 2-0 DESPITE PLENTY OF PROBLEMS, AND THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR THE REST OF THE AFC

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are an inch and a flag away from being winless two games into their Super Bowl title defense.

Instead, they are 2-0 with the tiebreaker over two teams thought to be among their biggest rivals.

The Chiefs certainly seem to be living a charmed life after Baltimore tight end Isaiah Likely landed with a toe out of bounds on a would-be tying touchdown catch on the final play of their game two weeks ago, and a pass interference call on fourth-and-16 on Sunday kept them alive to kick a winning field goal with no time left for a 26-25 win over Cincinnati.

Yet the reality is this: Kansas City has been in so many down-to-the-wire situations over the years, especially with Andy Reid on the sideline and Patrick Mahomes at quarterback, that victory almost always seems to be inevitable.

Even when they lose running back Isiah Pacheco to an injury in the final minute of a close game.

“Until the time hits zero, I feel like there’s a chance that you can win the football game,” Mahomes said. “Obviously we’ve done that in so many different ways, and so we’re prepared. We come in with that mentality that if we get the football with a chance to win the game, we’re going to do it, and we were able to do that.”

It’s difficult to argue that such last-second antics are unsustainable because, well, the Chiefs keep doing it. But what might be unsustainable is poor play from some of their most important players that have put them in such dire situations.

Mahomes has already thrown three interceptions for a percentage double the highest of his career. He’s been sacked four times, putting him on pace for more than any previous season. His quarterback success rate, passer rating and several other advanced metrics are the worst in his career, albeit with a sample size of just two games.

His longtime safety valve, Travis Kelce, has been conspicuously absent from the offense. The four-time All-Pro tight end has a mere four catches for 39 yards through two games, though he did have a long reception wiped out by a penalty on Sunday.

“Obviously, we’ve played two opponents that we’ve played a lot, so they have a plan on how they’re going to account for Travis,” Mahomes said. “As the season goes on, he’s going to get his catches, he’s going to get his yards.”

The Chiefs are 2-0 after playing two perennial playoff contenders, even though they have not played particularly well.

Imagine what they could look like if they finally put everything together.

What’s working

The Chiefs were excellent against the pass and middling against the run last season. But their defensive front has been improved against the run through two games, limiting the Bengals to 74 yards and successfully making them one-dimensional Sunday.

What needs help

Kansas City has been overly conservative early in the season to the extent that it is costing points. In the first quarter Sunday, Reid went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Cincinnati 3 and picked up a first down. But three plays later, after only managing to get to the 1-yard line, he sent the field-goal team on rather than go for it on fourth down and the same distance.

Stock up

WR Rashee Rice had five catches for 75 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown reception. That gives him 12 catches for 178 yards through two games. He’ll need to continue to produce like that with Marquise Brown undergoing surgery on the dislocated joint in his shoulder this week, potentially sidelining him for the entire season.

Stock down

LT Kingsley Suamataia was benched after a late holding penalty against Cincinnati, and after getting beaten repeatedly by Trey Hendrickson. The rookie tackle has faced two premier defenses to start his NFL career, and the learning curve has been sharp.

Injuries

Pacheco is likely headed to injured reserve, a person familiar with his ankle injury told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because they were not authorized to discuss the situation. That means undrafted rookie Carson Steele and veteran Samaje Perine are in line to get the majority of snaps for the foreseeable future.

Key number

4 — Harrison Butker’s 51-yarder as time expired to beat the Bengals on his Sunday was his fourth career game-winner. It also was his 29th career field goal of at least 50 yards.

Next steps

The Chiefs hit the road for the first time this season when they visit Atlanta on Sunday night.

BROWNS WR DAVID BELL TO HAVE SEASON-ENDING HIP SURGERY AFTER DISLOCATION ON CATCH IN WIN OVER JAGS

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns wide receiver David Bell will undergo season-ending surgery after dislocating his hip in Sunday’s win at Jacksonville.

A third-round pick in 2022, Bell was injured while being tackled on a 6-yard completion on Cleveland’s first possession in the third quarter. He was carted off the field before the Browns (1-1) went on to beat the Jaguars 18-13.

Bell finished with three catches for 27 yards on just nine plays.

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski awarded Bell a game ball and said he’s saddened to see his season come to such a quick ending.

“Very disappointing,” Stefanski said. “We’ve talked about injuries many times and they’re no fun. Nobody likes them. Particularly ones like this that can end the season. Feel badly for David. I know his teammates feel badly for him, but he will bounce back. He’s a guy that is a big part of this football team.”

Bell, who played at Purdue, has 41 catches for 408 yards and three touchdowns with Cleveland.

Stefanski said running back Pierre Strong Jr. is “week to week” with a hamstring injury. Also, defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo cleared concussion protocol after being checked for a head injury following the game.

Stefanski said he hasn’t ruled tight end David Njoku out “yet” for this week’s game against the New York Giants. Njoku, who led Cleveland in catches and TD receptions last season, sprained his ankle in Week 1 against Dallas.

Stefanski added tackles Jedrick Wills Jr. and Jack Conklin could “potentially” play this week after missing the first two games. Both are coming of knee surgeries.

JETS EDGE RUSHER JERMAINE JOHNSON CONFIRMS HE HAS A TORN ACHILLES TENDON

New York Jets edge rusher Jermaine Johnson confirmed Monday in a social media post he tore his right Achilles tendon.

The 25-year-old Johnson posted a short video on X and Instagram saying an MRI showed what he and the Jets feared when he was carted off the field in the third quarter of New York’s 24-17 victory in Tennessee on Sunday.

“It’s official, man,” Johnson said. “MRI just came back positive. Well, negative information but positive results. I did tear my Achilles, but we good, man. We’re in great spirits, we’re going to get back right and this is just another opportunity to brag about what I came from, so let’s get it.”

Johnson, a Pro Bowl selection last season, was walking with the aid of a knee scooter in the lobby of the team’s facility in Florham Park, New Jersey, while filming the 22-second video.

He thanked people for their prayers and support in the post.

“This is not a dark time for me, although there will be dark days ahead,” Johnson wrote. “This is God’s way for me to not only grow as a man, person and player but to also inspire others to as well!! (No.) 11 will be back and better, BOOK IT.”

Johnson suffered a similar injury to the one that sidelined quarterback Aaron Rodgers after just four snaps last season and guard Alijah Vera-Tucker for the final 12 games last year.

The loss of Johnson is a blow to the Jets’ defense, which is still without Haason Reddick, who remains a contract holdout while looking for an extension.

Johnson, who is in his third NFL season after being drafted in the first round out of Florida State in 2022, has 10 career sacks. He was expected to team with Reddick, acquired from Philadelphia in late March, as the Jets’ primary pass rushers off the edges.

Although Will McDonald had three sacks Sunday, it would appear the loss of Johnson would add some urgency for the Jets to come to some resolution with the Reddick situation to help bolster their pass rush.

“You know what, I’ll say it again,” Saleh said Monday morning. “We’ve got the guys that we have in our room, guys that we love, the guys that we’ve been working with and those are those are the guys we’re going to continue to work with until everyone figures it out.”

REPORTS: PATRIOTS LB JA’WHAUN BENTLEY (PEC) OUT FOR SEASON

New England Patriots linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley will miss the remainder of the season due to a torn pectoral muscle, multiple media outlets reported Monday night.

Bentley sustained what was originally called a shoulder injury in the first quarter of Sunday’s 23-20 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Earlier Monday, ESPN initially reported that the ailment wasn’t believed to be serious.

The Patriots (1-1) are on a short week, and Bentley was reportedly expected to play Thursday vs. the New York Jets.

Now the 28-year-old will be an observer for the rest of the season. Bentley had 12 tackles and a half-sack through the first two games of the campaign.

In seven NFL seasons, all with New England, Bentley has racked up 509 tackles, 10.5 sacks and four forced fumbles in 83 career games (68 starts).

–Field Level Media

DOLPHINS GOING ‘DAY BY DAY’ WITH TUA; SKYLAR THOMPSON TO START WEEK 3

As outside calls for Tua Tagovailoa to reconsider his NFL career grew over the weekend, the Miami Dolphins are taking the injured quarterback’s situation “day by day.”

In practice, that means the Dolphins are holding off on deciding whether Tagovailoa will be placed on injured reserve, as well as signing Tyler Huntley off the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad to back up Skylar Thompson at quarterback.

Addressing reporters Monday, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said there is “not enough information” yet for he and general manager Chris Grier to decide whether Tagovailoa should go on IR, which would require he miss at least four weeks.

After the 26-year-old Tagovailoa suffered the third known concussion of his NFL career — which doesn’t count a concussion at Alabama and another suspected concussion in 2022 — there were calls, including from several former NFL players, for Tagovailoa to consider retiring. NFL Network reported Sunday that Tagovailoa has no plans to retire and has begun meeting with concussion specialists.

As expected, that wasn’t a topic McDaniel wanted to touch.

“I’ll let Tua be the champion of his own career and speak on that,” McDaniel said. It was unclear when Tagovailoa would speak to the media next.

McDaniel was also asked if Tagovailoa is exhibiting symptoms.

“He’s downstairs, smiling with teammates, working with medical staff diligently,” McDaniel said. “He’s doing well today. He’s feeling good. But what does that mean in terms of medical diagnosis? I don’t base my judgments off my interactions with him as much as hearing the end result of the medical examination.”

Tagovailoa suffered the concussion during last Thursday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills. He scrambled for a first down on a fourth-and-4 play in the red zone, but instead of sliding, he collided with Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin, his head making contact with Hamlin’s arm.

Tagovailoa appeared to exhibit a fencing response, but rather than being carted off by ambulance, as he was during a similar sequence in 2022, he was able to leave the field under his own power.

Thompson, the only other quarterback on the Dolphins’ 53-man roster, finished out Thursday’s game. McDaniel said Thompson would be Miami’s starter for Week 3 against the Seattle Seahawks, with Huntley signed off the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad to back him up.

“He’s game has developed since he’s had a starting opportunity in this league. his teammates can feel his development and growth,” McDaniel said.

Thompson played in seven games, starting two, in 2022 and did not see the field in 2023. He has thrown for 614 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions on a 57.1 completion percentage in his brief NFL career.

Huntley, 26, has started at least one game in each of the past three seasons for the Ravens, filling in for Lamar Jackson. In 20 career games (nine starts) since 2020, Huntley has amassed 1,957 passing yards, eight touchdowns, seven interceptions and a 64.6 completion percentage.

–Field Level Media

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INDIANA, MARYLAND, OREGON AND MINNESOTA EARN WEEKLY FOOTBALL HONORS

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 3 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees: 

Offensive Player of the Week
Kurtis Rourke, Indiana
QB – Sr. – Oakville, Ontario – Holy Trinity

• Threw for 307 yards on 25-of-33 passing with four touchdowns and zero interceptions
• His 300 yards passing and 25 completions were the most by a Hoosier since 2022, and four touchdown passes were the most by an Indiana signal caller since 2020
• Went 9-for-9 passing on third down for 128 yards with six passes going for a first down and two for touchdowns
• Helped Indiana to its largest margin of victory over a Big Ten opponent since 2019 and its largest margin of victory in a Big Ten road game since 2001
• Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Stevie Scott (Nov. 30, 2020)

Defensive Player of the Week
Dante Trader Jr. – Maryland
DB – Sr. – Delmar, Del. – McDonogh  

• Led the Terps with a career-high tying 11 tackles, an interception and a pass break-up in Maryland’s 27-13 win at Virginia
• Helped Maryland’s defense hold the Cavaliers to 0 points and only 82 yards in the second half
• His interception was the fifth of his career
• Last Maryland Defensive Player of the Week: Tarheeb Still (Nov. 13, 2023)

Special Teams Player of the Week
Atticus Sappington, Oregon
K – Jr. – Portland, Ore. – Central Catholic

• Helped Oregon to a 49-14 win over Oregon State by going 2-for-2 on field goals and 5-for-5 on extra points
• Kicked off eight times with five touchbacks
• Made field goals of 25 and 39 yards
• Last Oregon Special Teams Players of the Week: Tez Johnson (Sept. 9, 2024)

Freshman of the Week
Kerry Brown, Minnesota
DB – Naples, Fla. – Naples

• Tallied the first two interceptions of his career in a 27-0 win against Nevada and 17 return yards, all on his second interception
• It was the first multi-interception game for a Gopher since 2023
• First Minnesota freshman since at least 1990 to have multiple interceptions in a game
• Both interceptions led directly to 10 Minnesota points
• Finished the game with four tackles and two interceptions as Minnesota limited Nevada to 172 total yards
• Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Zach Evans (Oct. 2, 2023)

RESURGENT NO. 22 NEBRASKA, NO. 24 ILLINOIS CLASH IN BIG TEN OPENER

For the first time since October 2011, No. 22 Nebraska and No. 24 Illinois find themselves listed in the same Associated Press Top 25 poll. They’ll meet in a Big Ten opener Friday night in Lincoln, Neb., to decide which team gets to stay there.

The Cornhuskers (3-0) are off to their best start since 2016 — their most recent bowl season — while the Illini are 3-0 for the first time since 2011.

After cruising through their respective non-conference schedules, both teams will get a much better picture of their might while they clash in front of Nebraska’s 400th consecutive home sellout.

“To have two big teams ranked on a Friday night game is a little bit unusual,” said Illinois coach Bret Bielema, who has his program in the polls for just the second time in the last 13 years. “It doesn’t happen all the time. To see it play out and be a part of it is awesome. Give a lot of credit to their team and what they’ve accomplished to this point. I told our guys to continue to keep our focus, our mentality, and see where it can go.”

The Huskers have three blowouts under their belt — they led at halftime against UTEP, Colorado and Northern Iowa by a combined score of 79-10 — but head coach Matt Rhule hasn’t been overly impressed yet.

“I think any time you don’t punt in the game, you feel pretty good,” Rhule said. “So I felt pretty good about what we did Saturday offensively (against Northern Iowa). But that was all preseason to me. Now the season starts. We’ll find out where we are. This will be such a different challenge playing against these guys.”

The Illini enter Friday’s game tied for second nationally in turnover margin (+8) and tied for fifth in turnovers forced (9). Defensive back Xavier Scott is one of four FBS players with at least 3 interceptions through three games, and he has forced four turnovers overall.

But Scott and company haven’t faced a passer like Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola. Even on the rare occasions when the pass rush has forced him to improvise, the five-star freshman has appeared unflappable while completing 73.8 percent of his passes for 670 yards, five touchdowns and just one interception.

“He brings a different element immediately,” Bielema said. “He’s a very talented young man that’s got a great deep ball throw. They maximize him pretty well. There’s some things you can literally see him get better on every series — just very impressive to see.”

Rhule seems eager to find out how Raiola will handle an Illinois group that ranks 12th nationally in pass efficiency defense (an 87.98 rating versus Raiola’s 162.22).

“They’ve altered a lot of what they’re doing,” said Rhule, noting how Illinois second-year defensive coordinator Aaron Henry has been using more disguises this season. “They’ll show man and play Cover 2. They’ll show man and play zone. With a young quarterback, he’s got to recognize because they don’t show it to you. He’s got to recognize zone on the snap. And they’re taking the ball away at a high level.”

On the flip side, Bielema wants to see his rushing attack be more reliable. The Illini’s quartet of backs have been satisfactory (153.3 yards per game), but Illinois hasn’t faced anything like the Huskers’ defense, which surrenders just 2.5 yards per carry and 70.3 rushing yards per game.

“If we’re going to win in the Big Ten, we’re going to have to run the ball in certain situations,” Bielema said. “I think the greatest definition of a team is a team that can run the ball effectively when they want to run it against good competition.”

–Field Level Media

REPORT: WISCONSIN QB TYLER VAN DYKE (KNEE) OUT FOR YEAR

Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Van Dyke suffered a right knee injury Saturday that will keep him out for the rest of the season, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Monday.

Van Dyke, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Miami, was hurt on a third-down scramble on the seventh play of the game during the Badgers’ 42-10 loss to visiting Alabama.

After a visit to the medical tent, Van Dyke was carted to the locker room and reappeared during the second half with crutches and a knee brace.

Braedyn Locke played the rest of the game and figures to be the No. 1 quarterback for Wisconsin going forward.

Van Dyke completed 43 of 68 passes for 422 yards and one touchdown while adding a rushing touchdown in parts of three games this season. In four years at Miami, Van Dyke threw for 7,469 yards, 54 touchdowns and 23 interceptions over 32 games.

–Field Level Media

NO. 18 MICHIGAN MAKES CHANGE, NAMES ALEX ORJI QB1

No. 18 Michigan is going with a new starting quarterback when it opens Big Ten play against Southern California on Saturday in Ann Arbor.

Head coach Sherrone Moore announced Monday that Alex Ojri will start for the Wolverines (2-1) against the No. 11 Trojans (2-0). Orji replaced Davis Warren in last weekend’s 28-18 win over Arkansas State.

Moore said Monday that he’s “excited” for Orji, adding, “I know he’s champing at the bit.”

Warren threw three interceptions against the Red Wolves before being replaced. Orji, meanwhile, completed 2 of 4 passes for 12 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 27 yards on three carries.

“Davis was playing good, but you can’t have those turnovers,” Moore said. “Orji went in there and did a good job, missed the one throw, but thought he controlled the offense pretty well. We’ll go from there.”

Michigan has the 121st-ranked passing offense in FBS with just 153 yards per game. The Wolverines are also 129th in the nation in interceptions, thanks to Warren’s six. Warren has thrown for two TDs and 444 yards.

Orji, meanwhile, has attempted just seven passes in 12 games across three seasons at Michigan. He’s also rushed 31 times for 181 yards and three scores.

–Field Level Media

MAC ANNOUNCES WEEK 3 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

MAC Football Offensive Player of the Week
Tucker Gleason, Toledo, QB               
Junior, Tampa, Fla. (Plant)  
Tucker Gleason completed 23-of-28 passes for 285 yards and three touchdowns in Toledo’s 41-17 win over Mississippi State on Sept. 14. He completed passes to nine different receivers and had no turnovers. It was his third straight three-TD game and fifth time Gleason has thrown three touchdown tosses.
 
MAC Football Defensive Player of the Week
Red Murdock, Buffalo, Linebacker               
Redshirt-Sophomore, Petersburg, VA (Hopewell)
Linebacker Red Murdock helped lead a stout defensive effort in Buffalo’s 34-3 win over UMass. Murdock had career highs in tackles with 12 and tackles for loss with three. He added a sack in the game. He spearheaded a defensive effort that kept the Minutemen out of the endzone and held them to only 72 yards rushing on the afternoon, averaging only 1.9 yards per carry.
 
MAC Football Co-Special Teams Players of the Week
Jesús Gómez, Eastern Michigan, K               
Senior, Puebla, Mexico (Prepa Tec Puebla)            
Senior kicker Jesús Gómez led the Eagles in scoring with 13 total points (three PATs and three field goals) including the game winning field goal in the second overtime to give Eastern Michigan the win over Jacksonville State, Sept. 14. Gómez’s 13 points are the most points scored by a MAC kicker this season. This ties Gómez’s career-high in field goals, as he also knocked in three in a win against Arizona State, Sept. 17, 2022, and last week at Washington.
 
Dylan Cunanan, Toledo, PK                
Freshman, Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunnyslope)   
Freshman Dylan Cunanan had a perfect day, connecting on 2-2 field goals and 5-5 PATs in Toledo’s 41-17 win over Mississippi State on Sept. 14. Cunanan hit a season-long 41-yard field goal in the contest.

BIG 12 WEEKLY FOOTBALL AWARDS CLAIMED BY UCF, CU, K-STATE AND WVU

IRVING, Texas – The third set of Big 12 Conference weekly awards were earned by UCF’s RJ Harvey (offensive), Colorado’s Travis Hunter (defensive), Kansas State’s Dylan Edwards (special teams) and West Virginia’s T.J. Jackson (newcomer).

Harvey continued UCF’s top rushing attack in the nation with 29 carries for 180 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 35-34 victory over TCU. He eclipsed the 100-yard mark for a fifth consecutive game dating back to last season with 11 touchdowns in that span. The 180 rushing yards were the third most in FBS games for the week. Harvey also caught a 29-yard pass for a score to eclipse 200 total yards.

Hunter was instrumental in limiting Colorado State to just nine points during the in-state rivalry game, playing in 123 of 138 snaps from scrimmage. He tallied five tackles, one pass breakup and an interception that he returned for 38 yards in CU’s 28-9 victory. The defensive back was part of a team effort that slowed down quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi to just 208 passing yards and zero touchdowns with a pair of interceptions.

West Virginia’s Jackson tallied six tackles, four for a loss, and one-and-a-half sacks in Saturday’s rivalry game versus Pittsburgh. His four tackles for a loss tied for the fourth most in WVU history and the most by a Mountaineer since the 2018 season. Jackson leads the Big 12 Conference in tackles for a loss and is sixth in sacks.

Edwards returned a 71-yard punt for a touchdown to break the Wildcats’ tie with then-No. 20 Arizona on Friday and shifted the momentum in K-State’s 31-7 victory. His career-long punt return also marked the third consecutive game that K-State has scored a touchdown on defense or special teams and gave Edwards his fourth all-purpose touchdown of the season.

WEEK 3 ACC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) –  The Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week have been recognized following their standout performances in Week 3 of the 2024 college football season. The selections are determined by a vote of a select media panel. The following are this week’s honorees:
 
QUARTERBACK & ROOKIE – Eli Holstein, Pitt, QB, Zachary, Louisiana
For the second consecutive week, redshirt freshman Eli Holstein rallied Pitt to victory by erasing a fourth-quarter double-digit deficit. With the Panthers trailing rival West Virginia, 34-24, with less than five minutes remaining, Holstein engineered touchdown drives of 75 and 77 yards to lead Pitt to a heart-pounding 38-34 triumph. He completed 21-of-30 passes for 301 yards and three touchdowns, while also leading the Panthers with 59 rushing yards. He became the first freshman quarterback in Pitt history to throw for 300-plus yards in three consecutive games while becoming the first Panther to do so since Kenny Pickett in 2021.
 
RUNNING BACK – Omarion Hampton, North Carolina, RB, Clayton, North Carolina
Hampton led the North Carolina offense to 45 points in a win this weekend, rushing for 210 yards and three touchdowns, while catching one pass for seven yards. Hampton didn’t lose yardage on any of his 25 rushes on Saturday, and 181 of his 210 yards came after contact, according to Pro Football Focus. Hampton now leads the ACC and ranks fourth in the nation with 416 rushing yards through three games. His 210 yards on the ground were the second most of his career. The victory over North Carolina Central was his 11th career game rushing for 100 or more yards.
 
RECEIVER – Jaylin Lane, Virginia Tech, WR, Clover, South Carolina
Lane registered seven receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown in a 37-17 against Old Dominion. It was the seventh 100-yard receiving game of his career and second at Virginia Tech. The Clover, South Carolina, native also returned three punts for 29 yards. Lane was one of three players throughout the ACC to eclipse 100 yards of receiving in Week 3. His 135 yards of total offense was the most among ACC wide receivers.
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN – Francis Mauigoa, Miami, OT,  Ili’ili, American Samoa
Behind Mauigoa and the Hurricanes’ offensive line, Miami mounted a program-record 750 yards of total offense in a 62-0 win over Ball State. The Hurricanes’ 507 passing yards marked the second-most in a game in program history, trailing only the 513-yard output against UCLA on December 5, 1998. Apart from time expiring in both halves, the Hurricanes scored on 10 of their 11 offensive possessions. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound offensive tackle graded out among Miami’s top performers on a unit that did not allow a sack in 71 plays.
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN – Antwaun Powell-Ryland, Virginia Tech, DL, Portsmouth, Virginia
Powell-Ryland matched the Virginia Tech school record with four sacks against Old Dominion. Powell-Ryland split the Hokies’ team lead with seven total tackles against the Monarchs, as well as recording two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. The redshirt senior also recorded four sacks last season against Wake Forest, joining Bruce Smith, Morgan Roane, and J.C. Price as the only players in Tech history to record at least four sacks in a game. Powell-Ryland and Smith are the only two to have done it multiple times.
 
LINEBACKER – Kyle Louis, Pitt, LB, East Orange, New Jersey
Louis tied for the game high in tackles during the Backyard Brawl with 13, while also clinching a game-ending interception with 11 seconds left in regulation. The sophomore added a tackle-for-loss assist, pass breakup and a quarterback hurry to help Pitt rally from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit to beat West Virginia. His 13 tackles are a career-best, while also making five solo stops.
 
DEFENSIVE BACK – Donovan McMillon, Pitt, S, McMurray, Pennsylvania
McMillon also logged 13 tackles for Pitt in the Backyard Brawl, splitting the game high with teammate Kyle Louis. In the dramatic, come-from-behind victory, McMillon also added a forced fumble and a pass breakup.
 
SPECIALIST – Kanoah Vinesett, NC State, K, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Vinesett kicked three field goals and three PATs in NC State’s 30-20 win over Louisiana Tech. The redshirt sophomore scored 12 of the Wolfpack’s 30 points, connecting on field goals from 39, 35 and 52 yards. His 52-yard field goal was tied for the 10th-longest in NC State history. The three made PATs also extended NC State’s national-leading made extra-point attempts streak to 257.

C-USA: FB SEPTEMBER 16 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

DALLAS – WKU quarterback Caden Veltkamp, Sam Houston safety Caleb Weaver and LA Tech placekicker Buck Buchanan earned CUSA Player of the Week honors for week three. The weekly awards are voted on by a panel of the league’s media.
 
Offensive Player of the Week – Caden Veltkamp, WKU – RS Soph. – QB – Bowling Green, Ky.
Veltkamp came off the bench to replace injured starting quarterback TJ Finley and had a massive game in WKU’s 49-21 victory over “100 Miles of Hate” rival Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro on Saturday. He threw for 398 yards and five touchdowns on 27-30 passing and added another touchdown rushing. He started the game with 10 consecutive completions and had 17 consecutive completions to end the game. The 17 consecutive completions is the second-longest streak in a single game in program history. The 49 points were the most the Hilltoppers have scored against the Blue Raiders in a game in Murfreesboro and the third-highest point total WKU has posted in a game against its rival. For his efforts, Veltkamp was named to the Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 and the Manning Award Stars of the Week. 
 
Defensive Player of the Week – Caleb Weaver, Sam Houston – RS Jr. – S – Houston, Texas
On a night where the Bearkats had to dig deep into their stable of defensive backs, Weaver stood out in the Bearkat secondary to lead SHSU to a decisive 31-13 win over Hawaii in the 2024 home opener. The redshirt junior safety came up with his first interception of the year and broke up three more passes, along with totaling three stops against the high-powered Rainbow Warrior passing attack. In all, Weaver’s efforts helped hold Hawaii to just 21-42 passing in the game and 242 yards. Weaver’s interception came in the second quarter and set up a 26-yard field goal for Sam Houston which put the Kats up 17-3.
 
Special Teams Player of the Week – Buck Buchanan, LA Tech – Junior – K – Marshall, Texas
Buchanan was perfect in all three phases of the kicking game in a tight road loss to NC State on Saturday, as he logged eight of the Bulldogs’ 20 points, including a program-record 57-yard field goal to put the Bulldogs ahead 17-6 at halftime. The boot also marked the fourth-longest field goal in CUSA history. Buchanan made a 20-yarder in the third quarter to go along with two extra point conversions. The junior finished with touchbacks on all five of his kickoffs including one that sailed through the uprights. 

MEMPHIS, CHARLOTTE PLAYERS ARE WEEKLY FOOTBALL WINNERS

IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors from Week 3 of the 2024 season.
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Seth Henigan • Sr. • QB • Memphis
Henigan completed 25 of 38 passes for 272 yards and two touchdowns against one interception to lead then-No. 25 Memphis to a 20-12 win at Florida State, keeping the Tigers unbeaten at 3-0 on the year. Henigan’s two TD passes extended his streak to 40 consecutive games with a touchdown pass – or every game of his career. His final completion came on a key fourth down play near midfield with 5:25 that allowed the Tigers to take an additional 2:39 off the clock.
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Chandler Martin • Jr. • LB • Memphis
Martin led a Memphis defense that limited Florida State to 238 total yards, 11 first downs and 2-of-12 efficiency on third down in the Tigers’ 20-12 win in Tallahassee. Martin had a team-high eight tackles to go with 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack, a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry. His first-quarter fumble recovery led to a field goal, giving the Tigers a lead they would not relinquish as Memphis improved to 3-0.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Michael O’Shaughnessy • Gr. • P • Charlotte
A transfer from Michigan State, O’Shaughnessy averaged 50.8 yards on four punts to help Charlotte take a 27-26 win against Gardner-Webb. O’Shaughnessy hit two punts of at least 50 yards, including a 73-yard kick, and put three of his four punts inside the Bulldog 20-yard line. O’Shaughnessy’s fourth punt came in the final minute as he pinned the Bulldogs on their 15-yard line to allow the 49ers to close out the win.
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Jacob Zeno • Sr. • QB • UAB
Completed 23 of 32 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-27 loss at Arkansas.
 
Trexler Ivey • Jr. • QB • Charlotte
Came off the bench in the fourth quarter and completed 11 of 12 passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns to cap a comeback from a 17-point deficit in a 27-26 win against Gardner-Webb.
 
Zuberi Mobley • Jr. • RB • Florida Atlantic
Rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries and had two receptions for 10 yards in a 38-20 win against FIU.
 
Kelley Joiner Jr. • Gr. • RB • South Florida
Rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-24 win at Southern Miss.
 
Tyler Grubbs • Sr. • LB • Tulane
Had six tackles with a sack along with a 22-yard interception return for a touchdown in a 34-19 loss at No. 13 Oklahoma.

MW FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – SEPT. 16

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fresh off its win over Kansas and the newly minted No. 25 team in the nation, UNLV claimed three of the four Mountain West weekly football honors.  Senior linebacker Jackson Woodard is the MW Defensive Player of the Week and placekicker Caden Chittenden is the MW Special Teams Player of the Week and MW Freshman of the Week. San José State senior wide receiver Nick Nash is the MW Offensive Player of the Week.

The weekly awards are the second each for Nash and Woodard and the first and second for Chittenden.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NICK NASH, SAN JOSÉ STATE
Senior, Wide Receiver, Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS

• Had 17 catches for 225 yards and three touchdowns in San José State’s 31-10 win over Kennesaw State, setting (catches, yards) or matching (TDs) career highs in all three categories.
• Surpassed the previous SJSU regular-season record of 15 catches, with his 17 a season high in the FBS this year.
• Averaged 13.2 yards per reception.
• Turned in his second game this season and of his career with at least 100 receiving yards.
• Nash’s Week 3 totals pushed him into the FBS lead in receiving TDs, receiving yards, receiving yards per game and receptions per game.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JACKSON WOODARD, UNLV
Senior, Linebacker, Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Christian HS/Arkansas

• Had 11 tackles (six solo) and an interception in UNLV’s 23-20 win over Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas.
• Recorded 1.5 tackles for loss among his 11 stops.
• With the Rebels trailing 17-13 in the third quarter, he grabbed his second career interception and returned it 26 yards, setting up a UNLV field goal.
• In the fourth quarter, with Kansas leading 20-16 and facing second-and-1 at the UNLV 16-yard line, Woodard made a tackle for a 7-yard loss, helping hold the Jayhawks to just a field goal on the drive.
• Helped hold Kansas to just three second-half points as UNLV completed the comeback from a pair of 11-point first-half deficits.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
CADEN CHITTENDEN, UNLV
Las Vegas, Nev./Faith Lutheran HS

• Scored 11 points in UNLV’s 23-20 win over Kansas, converting three field goals and two extra points.
• Hit field goals of 38, 27 and 23 yards, with his final one bringing the Rebels to within a point at 17-16 in the third quarter.
• Also kicked off five times, collecting three touchbacks.
• His three field goals pushed his season total to eight, tied for tops in the FBS.

SEC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: SEPT. 16

Offensive

Jalen Milroe

QB • Alabama

Jalen Milroe delivered a stellar performance in Alabama’s 42-10 victory at Wisconsin, accounting for five total touchdowns. Milroe completed 12 of 17 passes for 196 yards and three touchdowns, including passes of 31, 26, and 37 yards for his scores through the air. In addition to his passing prowess, he was effective on the ground, rushing for 75 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries. His rushing touchdowns came from 3 and 10 yards out, and he contributed three key first downs with his legs, showcasing his dual-threat ability and leading the Tide to a commanding win.

Jaxson Dart

QB • Ole Miss

Jaxson Dart was instrumental in Ole Miss’s road win over Wake Forest, amassing 413 total yards and three touchdowns. Dart completed 26 of 34 passes for 377 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 36 yards and an additional score. This marked his 10th game with over 300 passing yards in an Ole Miss uniform, tying him with Eli Manning for the fifth-most in school history. Dart passed Chad Kelly for fifth place in career touchdown passes at Ole Miss with 51. His streak of 178 consecutive passes without an interception, the fourth-longest in program history, was snapped during the game, highlighting his impressive accuracy and decision-making.

Bradyn Swinson

DE • LSU

Bradyn Swinson played a pivotal role in LSU’s 36-33 comeback victory over South Carolina, recording five tackles, including three sacks for a total loss of 23 yards. His two sacks in the fourth quarter were game-changing; the first forced a fumble recovered by LSU, and the second, occurring on South Carolina’s final drive with just 48 seconds left, resulted in a seven-yard loss and forced the Gamecocks to burn a timeout. Swinson’s three sacks were a career high, contributing significantly to an LSU defense that forced three turnovers and helped the Tigers overcome a 17-0 first-half deficit.

Raylen Wilson

LB • Georgia

Raylen Wilson was a key defensive anchor in Georgia’s 13-12 road win over Kentucky, finishing with five tackles, including a sack that resulted in a 28-yard loss and a forced fumble. His first tackle stopped a play for no gain, and his sack/forced fumble in Georgia territory led to a field goal that tied the game at 3-3. Wilson’s tackles included another stop that limited the opponent to just a one-yard gain. His solid performance was critical in helping Georgia’s defense keep its third straight opponent from scoring a touchdown.

Blake Craig

PK • Missouri

Blake Craig had an exceptional game for Missouri, going 4-for-4 on field goals with kicks of 38, 38, 56, and 31 yards, and converting one PAT attempt for a career-high total of 13 points in the game. His 56-yard field goal right before halftime gave Missouri a 17-14 lead, marking the longest field goal for the Tigers since Harrison Mevis hit a 61-yarder in 2023. Craig also handled six kickoffs, totaling 390 yards for an average of 65.0 yards per kickoff. Nationally, he is tied for first in field goals per game (2.67) and ranks fifth in total points scored (36) and sixth in scoring (12.0 points per game).

Trey Zuhn III

OL • Texas A&M

Trey Zuhn III anchored the left tackle position for Texas A&M in a dominant offensive display, where the Aggies rushed for 310 yards and did not allow a quarterback sack. Zuhn played every snap on offense, contributing to a second consecutive game with over 300 rushing yards. The offensive line led a 99-yard, 15-play scoring drive late in the second quarter, capped by a 1-yard touchdown rush by quarterback Marcel Reed. Additionally, they orchestrated a 92-yard, nine-play scoring drive—the first time an Aggie offense has achieved two 90-yard scoring drives since facing Texas in 2007. The offense recorded 10 rushes of 10 yards or more and scored on its first five possessions, only punting once the entire game.

Jared Ivey

DE • Ole Miss

Jared Ivey led another strong performance by the Ole Miss defense in their 40-6 road win over Wake Forest, recording a game-high 2.0 sacks and finishing second on the team with six total tackles. He also added a quarterback pressure. The Rebels defense was dominant, limiting Wake Forest to just two field goals and no touchdowns for the third straight game—the first time since 1961 Ole Miss has achieved this feat. The defense also held Wake Forest to just 46 rushing yards, including only five in the first half, and has allowed a total of just 100 rushing yards through the first three games of the season.

Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins

DL • Georgia

Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins played a significant role in Georgia’s 13-12 road victory over Kentucky, starting his second consecutive game and recording three tackles, including two tackles for loss and one sack. His efforts helped Georgia limit Kentucky to just 114 passing yards on 14 completions. Ingram-Dawkins was a key part of a defensive line that has not allowed any points in the first three games, continuing to demonstrate Georgia’s defensive dominance early in the season.

Arch Manning

QB • Texas

Arch Manning stepped up in Texas’s 56-7 win over UTSA after an injury to Quinn Ewers, completing 9-of-12 passes for 223 yards and four touchdowns, and rushing for a 67-yard touchdown. His four touchdown passes, tied for 10th all-time on UT’s single-game list, included a 75-yard strike to Ryan Wingo—the seventh-longest by a UT freshman. Manning’s 67-yard rushing TD was the longest by a UT quarterback since Vince Young’s 80-yard run in 2005. Manning is the fifth SEC freshman QB in the last 15 years to have a 65+ yard touchdown run. He averaged 39.3 yards per passing TD and became the first UT quarterback since Casey Thompson in 2021 to account for five or more touchdowns in a game.

Marcel Reed

QB • Texas A&M

Marcel Reed made his first start at quarterback for Texas A&M, leading the Aggies to a 33-20 win over Florida. Reed completed 11 of 17 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions. He also added 83 rushing yards and a touchdown on 13 carries, averaging 6.4 yards per carry. Reed showcased his dual-threat capabilities, scrambling for a 31-yard gain on 2nd-and-21 to convert a first down, and later connecting with Moose Muhammad on a 20-yard pass on 3rd-and-10. Reed guided the Aggie offense to scores on their first five possessions before a single punt, demonstrating poise and efficiency in his debut.

BASEBALL NEWS

MLBPA FILES NIL SUIT AGAINST DRAFTKINGS, FANDUEL, OTHER SPORTS BETTING COMPANIES

The Major League Baseball Players Association filed a lawsuit against four sportsbooks on Monday, claiming that the companies were not authorized to utilize the names and likenesses of players for their brands.

DraftKings and FanDuel are at the center of the suit, and players are also hoping to receive compensatory and punitive damages from bet365 and Underdog Fantasy. DraftKings and bet365 are being sued in Philadelphia federal court, while the other two sportsbooks are set to appear in New York state court.

The MLBPA is accusing the sportsbooks of “flagrant” violations of state laws that are supposed to protect players in the public eye. Players’ images have frequently been seen on sports betting websites and mobile apps, and MLBPA said players believe that could be misleading, as sportsbook users could be under the impression that those players support wagering on games.

“For professional athletes, the ability to control the commercial use of their names, images and likenesses is a crucial return on their substantial career investment,” the players said.

ESPN reported that it was not able to reach bet365 after business hours. The other three sportsbooks have not yet responded for comment.

MIKE TROUT: MOVE FROM CENTER FIELD IS POSSIBLE

Mike Trout, working his way back from two knee surgeries, acknowledged that a move away from center field could be in his future.

The Los Angeles Angels superstar, who had his left meniscus repaired in early May, needed a second operation on the knee in July, ending his season. He talked about his recovery on Monday ahead of the team’s series opener against the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, Calif.

Trout, a three-time American League MVP, has averaged just 66.5 games over the past four seasons.

Looking ahead to his return next year and where he might fit on the field, Trout said, “I think everything’s on the table. Ultimately, my goal is to be in that batter’s box, in the field every single day. Whether that’s moving to a corner (outfield position) or DHing more, I’ll leave it up to the front office to come up with a plan. Where I’m at and what’s happened the last few years, I’m definitely going to try to explore every option that can keep me out there.”

Trout signed a 12-year, $426.5 million extension with the Angels in March 2019, yet the most games he has played in a season since then was 119 in 2022.

“I think there’s definitely going to be some conversations (about his position) in the offseason,” Trout said. “It’s reality. I know I have a certain amount of years on my deal and I knew when I signed my contract, I’d eventually move to a corner. But is it next year? I don’t know. But we’ll have conversations.”

Trout saw time in left field and right field during his first three major league seasons, from 2011-13, starting a total of 90 games at those positions. However, he has been strictly a center fielder since.

He has started as the Angels’ designated hitter just 80 times in his career, due in part to his expressed preference to avoid that role. The stats also back that desire, as his career numbers as a DH — .214 batting average, .745 on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) — pale when compared to his overall figures, .299 and .991 respectively.

As for his recovery, Trout said, “I feel great. I just started swinging about four or five days ago, just trying to get back into a routine so I can have a normal offseason. It’s getting stronger every day. Feels good being able to move some weight around.”

Trout, 33, compiled a .220 average, a .541 OPS, 10 homers and 14 RBIs in 29 games this year. The 11-time All-Star and nine-time Silver Slugger Award winner owns 378 homers and 954 RBIs in 1,518 career games, all with the Angels.

–Field Level Media

MLB ROUNDUP: METS EDGE NATS IN 10TH FOR 11TH WALK-OFF WIN

Starling Marte hit a game-ending single with one out in the 10th inning as the New York Mets earned a 2-1 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals on Monday.

After Tyrone Taylor was intentionally walked leading off the inning, Francisco Alvarez hit a fly ball to the warning track in right field to advance pinch runner Harrison Bader, who came on for automatic runner Mark Vientos. Five pitches later, Marte won it by lining a 3-1 fastball from Jacob Barnes (8-3) into left field to easily score Bader.

After Marte ensured the Mets (82-68) avoided their third straight loss, he was mobbed by his teammates at second base. The Mets logged their 11th walk-off win of the season on a night when Francisco Lindor did not play to a lower back injury. The Braves (81-69) lost to the Dodgers on Monday night, giving New York a one-game lead over Atlanta in the race for the third National League wild-card spot.

Washington starter Jake Irvin allowed just one run on four hits in 7 1/3 innings. He struck out five, walked one and got 11 outs via groundballs. Washington’s Jose Tena, who has reached base safely in 12 straight games, delivered an RBI single in the fourth inning.

Guardians 4, Twins 3

Rookie Kyle Manzardo clubbed a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning and Cleveland rallied for a victory over visiting Minnesota.

The Guardians trailed 3-0 after three frames and got just 2 2/3 innings from starter Matthew Boyd. However, five relievers combined to allow just three hits the rest of the way as the Guardians chipped away and came out on top. Angel Martinez paced the Cleveland offense with three hits and an RBI.

Minnesota reliever Griffin Jax (4-5) got out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh with the Twins up 3-2, but the American League Central-leading Guardians got to him an inning later. Starter Pablo Lopez allowed eight hits and walked two but yielded just two runs in 6 1/3 innings for the Twins, who own the AL’s third and final wild-card spot despite being mired in a 9-18 rut. Lopez fanned four.

Cardinals 4, Pirates 0

Andre Pallante allowed just four hits over seven innings as St. Louis blanked visiting Pittsburgh.

Pallante (7-8) struck out a career-high nine batters and walked one as the Cardinals snapped their three-game losing streak. Andrew Kittredge tossed a perfect eighth inning for the Cardinals and Ryan Fernandez did the same in the ninth to wrap up the opener of a four-game series.

Paul Skenes (10-3) allowed one run on four hits in six innings for the Pirates, who lost for the third time in four games. Skenes struck out seven and walked one while lowering his ERA to 2.07. Pittsburgh reliever Kyle Nicolas exited the game with an injury in the eighth inning after walking the only batter he faced.

Brewers 6, Phillies 2

William Contreras doubled home two runs and Aaron Civale allowed one run over five-plus innings to pace Milwaukee to a victory over visiting Philadelphia in the opener of a three-game series between division leaders.

Milwaukee’s magic number to clinch the National League Central dropped to two. Civale (7-8) exited after allowing consecutive singles by Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner to open the sixth. He walked one and fanned six in his outing. Colin Rea, who has made 25 starts this season, held the Phillies scoreless for the final 2 2/3 innings to earn his first career save.

Philadelphia leads the NL East by eight games over the New York Mets and is one game in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in the NL. Philadelphia starter Ranger Suarez (12-7) allowed three runs on four hits in five innings.

Dodgers 9, Braves 0

Freddie Freeman’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run seventh-inning rally and sparked visiting Los Angeles to a win over Atlanta.

By splitting the four-game series, the Dodgers (89-61) won the season series 5-2 against the Braves. Atlanta (81-69) fell one game behind the New York Mets in the race for the final National League wild-card spot.

Los Angeles’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto made another good start in his return from a strained rotator cuff that kept him sidelined for nearly three months. He pitched four scoreless innings and allowed four hits and two walks while striking out three. The winning pitcher was Evan Phillips (4-1), who pitched a perfect fifth inning.

Cubs 9, Athletics 2

Shota Imanaga threw six quality innings, Dansby Swanson homered and drove in four runs as Chicago beat visiting Oakland.

Imanaga (14-3) allowed two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out 11 as the Cubs (77-73) won their second straight. Imanaga has come away with a win in each of his past five starts. Isaac Paredes and Miguel Amaya each finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Chicago, and Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-5 as the Cubs tallied 18 hits.

Brent Rooker went 2-for-5 with a homer and a pair of RBIs for Oakland (65-86), which dropped its third straight. Jacob Wilson and Tyler Soderstrom also tallied two hits apiece for the A’s.

Tigers 7, Royals 6

Matt Vierling’s third hit of the ninth, a sixth-inning RBI single, capped a rally from a 4-0 deficit as visiting Detroit beat Kansas City.

Parker Meadows, Spencer Torkelson and McKinstry had two hits apiece for the Tigers, who have won 8 of 11. Brenan Hanifee (1-1) gave up one run in 2 1/3 innings for his first major league win, and Jason Foley earned his 24th save.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit a grand slam and he, Isbel and Yuli Gurriel each had two hits for the Royals. Sam Long (3-2) took the loss in relief.

Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 2

Brenton Doyle scored on a throwing error by shortstop Geraldo Perdomo in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Colorado rallied to beat Arizona.

Doyle finished with two hits and two stolen bases and Ezequiel Tovar and Hunter Goodman went deep for the Rockies (58-93), which beat the Diamondbacks (83-67) for just the third time in 11 tries this season. Seth Halvorsen (2-0) pitched two innings of relief for the win.

The loss cut Arizona’s lead in the National League wild-card race to a game over the New York Mets and two over Atlanta. Marte homered and Gabriel Moreno had two hits for the D-backs.

–Field Level Media

HOCKEY NEWS

RED WINGS SIGN F LUCAS RAYMOND TO 8-YEAR, $64.6M CONTRACT

The Detroit Red Wings signed forward Lucas Raymond to an eight-year contract worth $64.6 million Monday, marking an average annual value of $8.075 million.

Raymond, 22, was the fourth overall pick of the 2020 NHL Draft and has blossomed into one of the Red Wings’ best players.

In 2023-24, Raymond’s third season in the league, he led Detroit with 72 points (31 goals, 41 assists). All of those numbers marked career bests. He appeared in all 82 games and set career highs in blocked shots (27), hits (69), takeaways (48) and plus-minus (minus-12).

Through 238 career games, Raymond has amassed 174 points (71 goals, 103 assists) for the Red Wings.

He and young teammates like defenseman Moritz Seider are attempting to end the Original Six franchise’s eight-year playoff drought. The Red Wings went 41-32-9 (91 points) last season and missed the postseason by a tiebreaker for the last wild-card spot with Washington.

–Field Level Media

TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES

INDIANA FOOTBALL

CURT CIGNETTI MONDAY PRESSER

CURT CIGNETTI: Good win Saturday. First conference game, did a lot of good things in the game. Did a great job on third down offense level, 9 of 12, 5 of 5 touchdowns in the red area. I think for the year, we’re 6-0 in the turnover ratio. Taken it away six times, have not turned the ball over.

Responded to their field goals or scores with scores, had a 90-yard drive, an 87-yard drive, two 75s. Defense held them to under 250 yards total offense, and 2 of 8 on third down. So there weren’t any real splash plays on special teams in this game. So, you know good, solid performance.

All eyes on Charlotte. Team that’s proven capable of playing up at a very competitive level. Last year, they played Maryland, led at halftime, one-score game in the fourth quarter. Florida was a ball game throughout the entire game. Carolina this year is a one-score game in the third quarter.

So they have a lot of transfers. They have a lot of athletes. Their defensive line is big, and they can move. They got a receiver that can really go. So, you know, there’s a standard we do everything to, and we want to keep improving as a team. And we’ve got to have a great week of preparation. Starts with the staff. And stay humble and hungry as we prepare for this next opponent.

Q. I know you talked about it some Saturday night. As you evaluate, after the fact, Kurtis’s performance, 9 of 9 on third downs, his role in some of the long drives you talked about keeping things on schedule, making the right decisions, just what really stands out in maybe a film review of his performance from Saturday?

CURT CIGNETTI: I thought he played really well and did a really nice job with his eyes and was accurate. We did a great job protecting. We had no sacks. And, you know, receivers did a nice job of separating and made some really good catches too. So I thought he played extremely well.

Q. Curt, I know Charlotte has had some quarterback injuries and there may be some uncertainty with the position. How does it affect the way you prepare for them. Do you see major differences with their quarterbacks, whoever it may be?

CURT CIGNETTI: Well, they’ve played three guys. Played two guys in the last game. Brought a guy in in the fourth quarter, an older guy. The backup was a younger guy. So we’ll prepare for both schematically more so in terms of what they do, what they like to do.

They have a receiver that can really go, Number 3. And 18, the tight end, is a good player. So maybe the younger guy has a little bit of a liver arm and his mobility might be a little more, but the older guy has got the experience, kind of the moxie, understands how to play.

So it won’t affect our game plan a whole lot.

Q. At receiver with Elijah, what was it you saw about him that made you want to bring him to — obviously to James Madison, and then how much has he improved since then? What attributes did he have that maybe others didn’t?

CURT CIGNETTI: We needed receivers that year in the portal. St. Francis University, it’s an FCS school. He was all conference, had about 50 catches for about a thousand yards, give or take. He had a skill set. But like I said, he got injured in the spring, didn’t do a whole lot. The first game, he was third team. Against Virginia, the second game, we won that game and made key applies and he was starting by the third or fourth game.

And he’s just very competitive guy. Guy you can really trust and really good at contested catches. Smart. I mean, he loves ball. I think you see a trust factor really developing with Kurtis and him and Cross, who Kurtis has played with at Ohio U and the other guys that are in there.

Q. Besides obviously what he can do physically, how important has it been to have Kurtis just be a guy who’s a veteran guy, played a lot of football, and seen a lot of things prior to coming here just to help him gain the trust of guys, learn your system, and go forward with it with some manner of consistency? How important has that been for this ball club?

CURT CIGNETTI: To me, that’s the key to the drill. We’ve had great success the last three years with the one-year transfers. We took Todd Centeio, who developed and was player of the year in the league on offense. And then we got Jordan McCloud. They were both older guys, had played, and Kurtis, obviously, had a track record before he came.

So it’s not like you’re teaching a young guy how to play the position. You got older guys that know how to play the position and now you’re just fitting them into your offensive structure and then building upon the things that they do well. And so, you know, that position, there’s just so many things that go on to have an older guy. You can’t put a value on it.

Q. To be able to go on the road in conference and get a big win like that, you mentioned a couple of the plays to be able to respond to what UCLA did in that second half as well. What do those types of things say about the maturity of this type of team?

CURT CIGNETTI: We do have a lot of guys on this team that have played a lot of football across the board. We have a couple of new guys on the offensive line. At all positions, we have a veteran outfit. We’re veteran at defensive line and linebacker. Ferrell is still kind of a younger guy, but we’ve got, other than that, we’ve got experience on defense as well.

So, you know, I thought we responded really well. We started very fast. Now, obviously, they fumbled the first play after we had a 7-0 lead. We’re up 14-0 before you blink an eye.

In the second half, we had some adversity, obviously, with the penalties on defense. There was no panic, frustration. Maybe there was frustration in terms of what was going down, but our guys kept their poise and responded. And so, you know, I thought that was great.

Q. You mentioned Amare. It feels like you guys have him kind of playing a lot of roles as far as heavy nickel. He’s had early success as kind of that late rush roll as well. I think I’ve seen him at safety at times as well.

How important, how valuable is it to have a nickel who can play as many roles as he can? What is it within his skill set that allows him?

CURT CIGNETTI: Right. That’s an important position to rover, we call that, because you’ve got to be good against the run and the pass. And then, you know, against 12 personnel, we have a package. We put an extra linebacker in and we put him at strong safety for Sanguinetti.

And I thought he had a good game Saturday. You see him building weekly on his successes and playing with more confidence. I just wish when he intercepts the pass, he wouldn’t run toward the end zone and — you know, celebrate with your teammates on the sideline, right? Championship programs don’t do that.

Q. Curt, zero sacks allowed, as you mentioned. A lot of credit goes to the offensive line. But, also, the running backs’ blocking was definitely a key part. Has that always been a staple in Shanahan’s offense, and how important is that for those pass protection plays?

CURT CIGNETTI: It’s critical if you’re going to drop back and throw the ball. That’s six-man protection, primarily. The running back’s got to be a good receiver out of the backfield. He’s also got to be able to block the blitz.

I thought our guys did a great job Saturday. We were late on one or two, but all in all, you know, it was really good. And can’t throw the ball if your backs can’t protect.

Q. I want to ask about Aiden and Jailin. They obviously play a lot of snaps for you. They don’t rotate a ton. I know Aiden has the head set in. How important is their relationship, their chemistry, the football they’ve already played together in this defense, even before coming to Indiana, having two linebackers that can communicate, that recognize things, and maybe understand that relationship.

CURT CIGNETTI: It’s kind of like playing with a veteran quarterback on offense. Both those guys know the defense. There’s new things that go in every week. The defense morphs year in, year out. But they have a lot of snaps in the defense so they understand it, and, you know, Aiden wears the GREEN DOT on defense. And they’re used to playing with each other.

But regardless whether they’re used to playing with each other or not, they have specific jobs to do every single play, depending on formation and what happens after the ball’s snapped. But there is definitely a familiarity with each other, yeah.

Q. Ignoring the calls from Saturday, I was wondering if you wouldn’t like to see the targeting rules kind of adjusted a little bit to create levels of punishment when it comes to those kind of plays balancing safety and fairness, I guess.

CURT CIGNETTI: Yeah, I think there needs to be a balance there and common sense and intent, also. Probably the most hardest hits in the game was when Aiden Fisher intercepted the pass and got hit in the head, and there’s no call for that one. You know, the other ones were kind of Mickey Mouse. So but, you know, that’s the way it went down Saturday, and we’re not going to change the way we play.

I don’t think there was anything dirty out there, that’s for sure.

Q. Mikail had like seven pressures or some wild number like that. You mentioned, I think it was late August, that you’ve seen him evolve so much from 2020. Where have you seen him evolve, I guess?

CURT CIGNETTI: I noticed that in spring ball. I think the biggest thing with him is he’s been healthy. Because early in his career, he had a couple injuries. He started as a true freshman with two bad shoulders that were both surgically repaired so he missed the next season.

And now that he’s been on the field, he’s gotten better every year. I saw him turn it up another level in spring ball, which is what — that’s sort of the natural progression you want to see in all the guys is that they build off the previous year. So he’s a good athlete. He’s smart. He’s crafty. And he plays really hard.

Thanks.

INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER

INDIANA WELCOMES EVANSVILLE TO ARMSTRONG STADIUM

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana men’s soccer (2-2-2) returns to Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium Tuesday (Sept. 17) night to kick off a two-game homestand, starting with a match against in-state foe Evansville.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Tickets are on sale online or at any Armstrong Stadium ticket booth on matchday. Fans unable to attend the match can watch on the B1G+ digital platform.

Tuesday is Salute to Service Night at Armstrong Stadium. All active and retired service members who present their military ID at the Armstrong Stadium ticket windows will receive a $5 ticket to the game.

KICKING OFF

• Indiana is coming off a victory in its Big Ten Conference opener at Rutgers as senior forward Tommy Mihalic’s 87th-minute winner made the difference in a 1-0 result. Mihalic leads Indiana in scoring with four goals and nine points.

• Since 2016, Indiana owns a 78-8-14 record on its home ground, posting 61 shutouts in those 100 matches.

• Indiana boasts a 10,597 attendance mark through three games this season.

ABOUT THE PURPLE ACES

• Evansville opened the year with four straight victories before suffering defeat in each of its last three matches to sit at 4-3 coming into Tuesday’s match.

• The Purple Aces are led by second-year head coach Robbe Tarver, who has compiled an 8-11-4 record at Evansville. 

• Evansville has scored 13 goals in seven matches, led by senior forward Nacho Diaz Barragan (5) and graduate transfer Sami Owuso (3).

SERIES HISTORY

• Indiana has historically dominated the series, winning 33 of the 41 matches since the series began in 1978 as well as nine of the first 10 meetings. IU is undefeated in the last 24 matchups, winning 22 of those. Its last loss to Evansville came in 1990.

• Indiana won again in 2023, thanks to goals from Patrick McDonald and Karsen Henderlong. McDonald also had an assist, as well as Samuel Sarver and Collins Oduro.

INDIANA FOOTBALL NEWS

ROURKE TABBED B1G OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ROSEMONT, Ill. – After leading Indiana football to its first conference road victory since 2022 and largest Big Ten road winning margin since 2001, quarterback Kurtis Rourke was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.

His efforts also earned him a spot on the Manning Award Stars of the Week list and the Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 list. Voting for the Manning Award Star of the Week can be found by clicking here and voting closes on Wednesday at 8 a.m.

Rourke helped IU defeat UCLA inside Rose Bowl Stadium by 29 points, 42-13, for its largest Big Ten road win since a 31-point margin in 2001 at Wisconsin (63-32). The victory was the first conference road win since taking the Old Brass Spittoon from Michigan State in Spartan Stadium in 2022.

In the game, he completed 25-of-33 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns. His efficiency on third down was spot on, as well, going 9-of-9 passing for 128 yards with eight of those completions accounting for a first down or touchdown. He also rushed for seven yards.

The four touchdown passes were the most for an Indiana quarterback since 2020 when Michael Penix Jr. threw four against Ohio State and his 25 completions were the most by an IU signal caller since the 2022 season.

He is the first Indiana player to earn Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week since 2020 when Ty Fryfogle (Week 4 & 5) and Stevie Scott III (Week 6) won three straight awards from Nov. 16-30. The last quarterback to earn Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week was Nate Sudfeld in Week 13 of the 2015 season at Purdue.

PURDUE FOOTBALL

RYAN WALTERS MONDAY PRESSER

RYAN WALTERS: There’s a lot that can be corrected. I think the disappointing thing is you felt like the issues that we had were corrected before the game. Obviously that was not the case.

We need to take pride in the physicality of the game of football. You’ve got to give Notre Dame credit. They punched us in the mouth right from the opening kickoff, and we flinched.

As the head coach I can’t allow that to happen. I have to do a better job in preparing our guys for what is to be expected from that type of opponent on a game day. I’ve got to do a better job of preparing us for opportunities in moments like that because we’re going to have them all throughout the course of the year.

So, you know, there were obviously a couple of schematic issues, technique issues that are easily corrected. Just being disciplined with eyes, disciplined with pre-snap alignments, disciplined with ID’ing the right formation and set that is in front of you pre-snap. You’ll get those every game, right?

To me the disappointing thing coming out of the game was that we physically got beat up, and I didn’t see that coming. We’ll make sure that never happens again.

Q. Two games in, Ryan. What do you think the team’s identity is?

RYAN WALTERS: Yeah, that’s what we had a very candid conversation about. I have always operated in truth to the team. Not sugar-coating or gassing anybody up. Just telling them what are the facts.

The fact right now is we are a 1-1 football team that has lost to a ranked nonconference opponent, but the fact also is that we lost 66-7, and we have to own the worst loss in program history. That falls on my shoulders.

That first game we executed at a high level. I don’t care who you play against. We executed well. We played tough and physical. We tackled well. We made the right reads offensively. We ID’d the right fronts offensively, and we were excited and energized to play.

Then the second outing it was the opposite. So right now I told the team, You are both teams. It is our decision which team we want to be moving forward.

Like I said post-game, I also can’t ignore what I have seen since January. I can’t ignore what I saw in spring ball. I can’t ignore what I have seen in fall camp and how I felt going into last Saturday, but we also can’t turn a blind eye to what transpired for the last four quarters.

I am excited as heck to get back on the practice field. I can’t wait for Saturday. I embrace struggle. I embrace adversity. This team will as well. So I’m excited to see how we respond and fully expect us to respond the right way.

Q. Are there benefits to taking a road trip, especially not just the way you lost, but any loss, to get away from the noise and the things that they’re going to hear and setting the travel roster and going out and staying together in a hotel, a lot of guys who probably aren’t familiar with each other to date?

RYAN WALTERS: Even at home games we travel and stay in a hotel together. Maybe there’s benefits to getting out on the road. I just want to play again, and I know our guys want to play again.

I love being at Ross–Ade. I love playing in front of our fans. I get their frustration. I’m a Laker fan, and when the Lakers don’t play well, I’m angry, right?

As far as the noise, it’s easy to have an opinion that is without consequence on social media. You know what I mean? Our guys have to do a good job of blocking that type of noise out. The only way you fix that and quiet that is you’ve got to go perform well.

I’m excited to go do that, whether it be home or away. I want to go play again.

Q. I think last season you were competitive in pretty much every game. Maybe not the Ohio State game, but the losses it seemed like they responded well. I assume you expect that to be the case. Hudson said Saturday, We can’t let this affect the Oregon State game. How do you quickly turn that and put that behind you and realize you’re still a good football team?

RYAN WALTERS: I think Hudson is exactly right. You don’t want the embarrassment and the disappointment hangover to affect how you play on Saturday. So, you know, I think the way you get over it — and I don’t know if you ever really get over it. I think you need to wrestle with it. You need to learn from it so that you’re reminded of what will happen if you perform that way again.

But to me the way to positively move forward is you need to address it. You need to look at it through realistic lenses and confront it. You need to confront the adversity head-on. I thought we did that yesterday.

That tape was hard to watch, and it was hard for some of the guys to take accountability of their performance. You know, it’s hard to watch all three phases as a head coach knowing that ultimately I’m responsible for everything that transpires on game day, but in order to move forward and to get this team where we need to go, that’s what you have to do from top to bottom, from myself to the last guy on the roster.

So I feel like we did that yesterday. Seeing guys today, they are in a good place. They’re excited and eager to get back on the practice field. I’m sure they’re going to be excited to play on Saturday.

Q. I know Saturday you said there were no positives out of that game. This is probably a negative that you punted so much, but I thought your punter performed pretty well given the circumstances and how much pressure he was under.

RYAN WALTERS: Yeah, he did.

Q. How big of a weapon can that be especially in the tighter ball games where you can flip the field and rely on your defense?

RYAN WALTERS: It can really be an asset. Like you said, you flip the field, and just from a percentage standpoint, it gets back into your favor on being able to keep points off the board from your opponent.

I do think if there was a silver lining positive from the game, when you have a performance like that and you have a disappointment that is that big, usually there are issues in the locker room. If we would have had that type of performance a year ago, it would have took a lot to sort of galvanize the troops and regroup.

On purpose I paid attention to what was being said and how people were acting on the sideline. You know, I hung around the locker room a little bit longer than normal. This team is together. This team is tight-knit. This team, they believe in each other, and they’re ready to move forward.

We’ve got a choice right now. On Saturday we can either be 2-1 or we can be 1-2. That’s the reality of where we’re at.

Q. You talked about getting punched in the mouth early and needing to fix it. Just how do you go about fixing that aspect at least?

RYAN WALTERS: Yeah, I think you draw back on lessons learned, right? We just saw what happens when you get punched in the mouth and you flinch. So moving forward if that happens, especially early, we have to punch back, and we have to embrace the challenge, embrace the physicality, and embrace the urgency with which we need to execute in order to climb back and get momentum back.

I thought one of the reasons that it kept faltering is we weren’t playing complementary football. Defensively we couldn’t get a stop on third downs, and offensively we were off the field fast. That is not a recipe for success. So, you know, we’ll address that and be better moving forward.

Q. Then just on the injury front, obviously CJ and De’Nylon aren’t on the depth chart. Any early indication on those guys? Then any status update on George Burhenn, who was out on Saturday?

RYAN WALTERS: Yeah, so George is recovering. Obviously CJ and George are now recovering from some hamstring issues. De’Nylon is very close. He’s running on the grass now. It’s just a matter of when he can get back to moving like himself. So, you know, I wouldn’t even rule this week out yet. So we’re eager and excited to get him back.

CJ is feeling good. He’s working his butt off. When he is ready, he’ll be out there.

Q. You talked when you took this job about how you had been sort of accumulating a kind of head coaching playbook over the years. Is there anything in there about when you suffer a loss either in circumstance or magnitude like this how you respond to that, either something you experienced as a player, something you saw another coach do to pull a team back together?

RYAN WALTERS: Yeah. You know, in what I have seen throughout my career when you start to deviate from your plan or deviate from your beliefs as a program, then as a leader you start to falter, and that gets felt and permeates throughout the locker room, and it is not good.

The guys that I have seen be successful when they have performances like this or maybe a string of adverse moments, if they don’t falter and they stay steady and even-keeled and stay convicted in what they believe in, then so do the people that follow them.

So I’m as confident as I have ever been. I have strong belief in what we’re doing and how we’re doing things. You can’t have, like I said, an impulsive or knee-jerk reaction to a four-quarter instance.

You can’t ignore it, like I said earlier. You have to address the issues and find reasons why it happened and attack those and make the struggle a strength, but I’m not deviating from what we’re doing or what we believe in. We just have to get better.

Q. In terms of the physicality absence that you saw, you were mentioning a lot of things that I guess kind of come down to mindset. How much of that is on the coaches? You were a player. How much of that is on individuals that have to kind of step up and do that on their own?

RYAN WALTERS: I think it’s both. You know, obviously as a player you want to embrace that challenge, but as a coach I also have to make sure that they’re prepared to embrace that challenge and to expect that type of challenge. So I have to put them in situations throughout the course of the week where that is tested so that if we see that, then we can address it before the game instead of after.

Like I said, what happened happened. We can’t ignore it, but we also can’t let it affect how we are throughout the season.

Q. You made some depth chart changes at secondary backups and secondary. Was that injury-related? Is that related to what you were kind of talking about, how you were observing the response to this?

RYAN WALTERS: Which depth chart changes are you talking?

Q. Rogers and Salim Turner-Muhammad weren’t listed.

RYAN WALTERS: Right. Rogers is an in-house issue, and Salim, he’s got a soft tissue injury that I don’t know if he’ll be available or not yet, so…

Q. From a defensive perspective, what needed to be better on the edge, specifically with your rush ends? Was that discipline? Was that physicality assignments?

RYAN WALTERS: Yeah, I think for the most part it was pre-snap alignment and technique. You know, when you are responsible for the edge and the edge is lost, it’s usually not good, right?

Like I said, you have to give Notre Dame credit. I thought going into it those would be two of the better backs we’ll see all season, and they are. So I don’t know if the speed or the quickness of the decision-making surprised us, but like I said, I think we can be better just from a pre-snap alignment to put ourselves in better position to be able to react.

Q. Managing the logistics of this trip West in-season, this is not going to be a one-off deal now in the Big Ten. What sort of challenges does this pose to do this in September as opposed to it being a postseason bowl game or something like that?

RYAN WALTERS: You only have a week of prep, right, before you head out there. Obviously the biggest challenge is just the three-hour time difference. Usually you travel on a Friday to an away game. We’ll leave Thursday after our morning practice so that we can try to get as acclimated as possible.

Then the challenge will be the next week. We get back I think around 6:30 our time on Sunday morning. So that’s a quick turnaround from an internal clock and from a recovery standpoint.

So, you know, it will be an interesting learning experience moving forward. I know this is our only trip out West this season, but next year we’ll have to take another one, so…

Q. Ryan, just the penalties, 11 the first week and 7 the last week, 18. Someone said that’s the most penalties for any team that just played two games. How do you address that?

RYAN WALTERS: Yeah, I think a lot of those penalties came later in the game. We addressed it yesterday with some accountability. When you look at them, it’s guys getting tired and playing with poor technique, and that can’t happen.

You know, we had an emotional penalty late in the game. That definitely can’t happen, which is why we’ve handled that internally. You’re going to get a holding call on the offensive line every once in a while. We try to play aggressive out on the edge from a defensive back standpoint. Every once in a while you’re going to get a pass interference.

But the pre-snap and the post-snap penalties, those will get you beat, and those will drive you crazy as a head coach. So we’ve addressed that.

Q. You have said and the players have said you don’t want to make too much out of one loss, but how important do you think your team’s response to what happened last week is on maybe what this looks like the rest of the season?

RYAN WALTERS: I think it’s huge. I think it’s hugely important. Obviously we still have ten games left. So you don’t want to put a ton of stock in one or two games, but in order to accomplish what we have set out to accomplish this season, the urgency is right now.

What I’ve been pleased with is I’ve seen that urgency today. I saw the intent and the receptiveness and the eagerness to get it fixed yesterday. Like I said, we had a truthful meeting, a long meeting where everyone had to take some accountability, players and coaches alike. Nobody flinched in that meeting. Guys were locked in. They were honest as well.

I think when you have a group that can have uncomfortable conversations and be open and comfortable having those conversations, I think you have a chance. We’ll see how we respond on Saturday.

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

LEONARD SELECTED TO DAVEY O’BRIEN GREAT 8 FOR WEEK THREE

Senior quarterback Riley Leonard has been named to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list for his dominant performance in the 66-7 win at Purdue. In the first half alone, Leonard passed for 112 yards and rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns. The senior has already been named to the 2024 Davey O’Brien Award watch list.

Leonard was the first quarterback since Lamar Jackson in 2016 to pass for 100 yards, rush for 100 yards and rush for three touchdowns in a first half.

The 42-0 lead at halftime for Notre Dame was the team’s second-highest lead at the break since 1996. Prior to this past weekend, no road FBS team had owned a larger halftime lead against a home team this season. With the lead, Leonard did not see action in the second half.

With three rushing touchdowns in just the first half at Purdue, Leonard is one of just two quarterbacks so far this season to achieve that feat in a single game, and the only one to do so this weekend. He is the only FBS quarterback this season to achieve the feat in a single half.

With 23-career rushing touchdowns, Leonard ranks tied for third among all active FBS quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns. Leonard led Notre Dame to the most dominant win by an opposing team in Purdue history, besting the Boilermakers 66-7.

It was Leonard’s sixth-career game with multiple rushing touchdowns, which is tied for third-most among active FBS quarterbacks. Only three FBS quarterbacks totaled more rushing yards than Leonard this weekend, and just one scored a singular rushing touchdown. Leonard was the only one of those four quarterbacks that did not see a snap in the second half.

Notre Dame was the only FBS squad with three separate rushers (Jeremiyah Love – 109, Jadarian Price – 86) at 86 or more rushing yards against a Power 4 defense this weekend, and one of just two FBS teams overall to achieve the feat this weekend. 

NOTRE DAME LOSES TWO STARTING LINEMEN FOR SEASON

No. 17 Notre Dame lost two starting linemen on either side of the ball to season-ending knee injuries, coach Marcus Freeman said Monday.

Starting center Ashton Craig and defensive lineman Jordan Botelho were injured on consecutive series in Saturday’s 66-7 win at in-state rival Purdue. Starting guard Billy Schrauth will also miss a few weeks with a right ankle injury.

Botelho had a sack, two quarterback hurries and 12 tackles in three games this season for the Fighting Irish (2-1). He’ll be replaced by Boubacar Traore in Saturday’s game against Miami (Ohio) in South Bend, Ind.

Pat Coogan will draw the start at center this week and Rocco Spindler will start for Schrauth at right guard.

–Field Level Media

NOTRE DAME HOCKEY

HOCKEY ANNOUNCES FULL 2024-25 SEASON

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team announced its full slate of games for the 2024-25 season Monday, featuring 18 home games, including an exhibition with the US National Team Development Program to kick off the season, and 11 Big Ten matchups inside Compton Family Ice Arena.

The season gets underway Oct. 4 with a tilt with the USNTDP followed by a road trip to Up State New York to face off against St. Lawrence (Oct. 11) and Clarkson (Oct. 12). The Irish return home for a three-week homestand to close out the first month of competition and open November. A pair of non-conference opponents in Alaska (Oct. 18-19) and Long Island (Oct. 25-26) highlight the October games while the Irish host Wisconsin Nov. 1-2 in the Big Ten opener.

The team then spends two weeks in Michigan as they travel to Ann Arbor to face the Wolverines (Nov. 8-9) and East Lansing to meet the Spartans (Nov. 15-16). Notre Dame will host Minnesota on Nov. 22-23 before traveling abroad for the Friendship Four in Belfast, Ireland (Nov. 29-30). The Irish will close out the 2024 calendar year at Ohio State, Dec. 13-14.

Notre Dame will ring in the New Year in Chicago on Jan. 3 when they take on Penn State in the Frozen Confines: A Big Ten Series. The pair round out the weekend series with the Nittany Lions at home on Jan. 5.

The Irish host Michigan the following weekend (Jan. 10-11) before heading to Minnesota to face the Golden Gophers (Nov. 17-18). The team then closes out the non-conference schedule when they host Lindenwood on Jan. 24-25 before heading into their second-half bye week to finish out January.

The final month of competition opens up with the Buckeyes of Ohio State coming to South Bend on Feb. 7-8 before a pair of road series to Penn State (Feb. 14-15) and Wisconsin (Feb. 21-22).

Notre Dame closes out the regular season with Catalino Family head hockey coach Jeff Jackson’s alma mater, Michigan State, on Feb. 28 and March 1.

Times for all home games will be announced at a later date and all games played at Compton Family Ice Arena will be streamed exclusively on Peacock.

Ticket Information:

Single-game tickets will go on sale to the public on Tuesday, September 24 at 10 a.m. ET. Get a reminder by signing up for our email alerts here.

Season Ticket Members are eligible to participate in an exclusive presale for season tickets beginning on Wednesday, September 18 at 6 p.m. ET. All other Notre Dame Athletics season ticket members, premium groups, and Rockne Athletics Fund donors will have access to purchase tickets beginning on Thursday, September 19 at 6 p.m. ET

BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL

CONNOR MCCAFFERY JOINS BUTLER BASKETBALL STAFF AS ASSISTANT COACH

Connor McCaffery, who most recently served on the Indiana Pacers staff after concluding his playing career at Iowa, has been hired as an assistant coach at Butler.

McCaffery fills the role recently vacated by Greg Oden, who has decided to focus on his business interests outside of coaching.

“Following a high-level playing career, Connor has had the opportunity to both contribute and learn alongside one of the best staffs in the NBA,” said Butler head coach Thad Matta. “Those experiences will be very valuable to our staff. He obviously comes from a basketball family that I know very well and I’m excited for the impact he is going to have on our program both quickly and in the long run.”

Oden, an Indianapolis native who played for Matta at Ohio State, has been part of the Butler staff since Matta returned to his alma mater to lead the program in 2022.

“Greg has meant a ton to me both personally and professionally for two decades,” said Matta. “When I came back to Butler a few years ago, I wanted Greg to be part of what we were building. He set a good example for the young men in our program and I know he’ll continue to support them. All of us wish Greg and his family nothing but the best in this next phase of his career.”

McCaffery served as the Basketball Development Coordinator for the Indiana Pacers since the beginning of the 2023-24 season. His role involved a number of responsibilities, including running the scout team, assisting with video operations and scouting report, in addition to working out with the active roster. The Pacers advanced to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals in 2024 after improving their regular-season win total to 47 after missing the playoffs the season before.

McCaffery played for his father, Fran, at Iowa, and played alongside his brother, Patrick, for a majority of his career. Patrick will suit up for Butler for the upcoming 2024-25 season. Connor finished his Iowa career an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.59 (527 assists; 147 turnovers), which is second best in NCAA history. He played in 111 Iowa wins, tying Jordan Bohannon for most in program history and saw action in 166 games for the Hawkeyes, the second-most in program history.

INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL

OLLENDIECK NAMED MVFC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State linebacker Garret Ollendieck was named this week’s Missouri Valley Football Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday morning.

Ollendieck receives the recognition for the second time in his career and first in the 2024 season following a standout performance this past weekend in the Sycamores’ 24-13 win over Dayton.

The Cresco, Iowa native set a new career-high with 16 tackles on Saturday night and added his second collegiate touchdown with a 12-yard scoop-and-score in the second quarter to help propel Indiana State to their first win of the 2024 season in the Sycamores’ home opener.

The senior linebacker was active throughout the contest with five tackles and the fumble recovery for a touchdown over the first half, before turning it on in the second half of ISU’s strong defensive performance. He posted 11 tackles over the final 30 minutes including five tackles on a critical Dayton drive in the fourth quarter that ended on downs inside Indiana State territory.

His 16 tackles were the most by a Sycamore player since Rylan Cole recorded 18 tackles back on Oct. 8, 2022, against North Dakota State. Ollendieck’s scoop-and-score marked his second collegiate touchdown after returning an interception 27 yards for a touchdown last season at Illinois State.

He currently leads the MVFC with 11.7 tackles per game.

Ollendieck previously received the award back on November 13, 2023, following Indiana State’s 27-6 win over Western Illinois last season. The middle linebacker posted 11 tackles, including his first 3.0-sack game, while adding two quarterback hurries.

Ollendieck is the second Sycamore to receive one of the MVFC’s weekly awards this season. Quarterback Elijah Owens was named the MVFC Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 9) following his performance at Eastern Illinois.

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.

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NUMBERS IN SPORTS

15 – 6 – 42 – 14 – 40 – 7 – 10 – 5 – 34 -16 – 44 – 16 – 13 – 25

September 17, 1906 – Playing as a man named “Sullivan,” Columbia University junior, Eddie Collins debuted with the Philadelphia A’s.

September 17, 1912 – Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles

September 17, 1917 – Pittsburgh baseball legend Honus Wagner, retired at the age of 43 years old, the Pirates inturn retired his Number 33 manager’s jersey in 1956. “The Flying Dutchman” had won eight N.L. batting crowns – second only to Ty Cobb’s 12 titles – during a 17-year stretch in which he batted over .300 in each season. 

September 17, 1920 – National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association; renamed the NFL in 1922

September 17, 1928 – Boston Braves pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning during his 4th and final major league appearance, in 15-5 loss to Chicago Cubs

September 17, 1931 – Red Sox Earl Webb, Number 15 set a record with 65 two baggers en route to 67 doubles

September 17, 1941 – St Louis Cardinals’ Stan Musial, Number 6 made his major league debut, going 2-for-4

September 17, 1947 – Jackie Robinson, Number 42 was named Rookie of Year by Sporting News

September 17, 1953 – Ernie Banks, Number 14 became the Chicago Cubs organization’s first black player

September 17, 1955 – Future MLB Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Number 40 Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game

September 17, 1956 – The New York Yankees clinched the organizations 22nd pennant off of Number 7, Mickey Mantle’s 50th homer of year

September 17, 1961 – Minnesota’s Fran Tarkenton, Number 10 played his first NFL Game against the Chicago Bears, coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a 37-13 victory, also becoming the only QB to throw four touchdown passes in his first career game

September 17, 1964 – New York Yankee Mickey Mantle, Number 7 gets career hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR in 6-2 victory over Los Angeles Angels at New York

September 17, 1979 – The Kansas City Royals’ Number 5, George Brett became the 6th MLB player to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season

September 17, 1981 – Fernando Valenzuela, Number 34 of the LA Dodgers set a NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season

September 17, 1984 – Dwight Gooden, Number 16 tied a record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games

September 17, 1984 – California Angels slugger Reggie Jackson, Number 44 became just the 13th MLB player to hit 500 HRs

September 17, 1996 – LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo, Number 16 tossed a beautiful no-hit performance against the Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field

September 17, 2000 – Dan Marino’s Number 13 jersey was retired by his former team, the Miami Dolphins

September 17, 2004 – San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds, Number 25 hit his 700th career MLB home run, off San Diego’s Number 44, Jake Peavy

FOOTBALL HISTORY

Anniversary of the NFL

On September 17, 1920 At Ralph Hay’s Hupmobile Showroom in Canton, Ohio eleven franchise delegations met and each chipped in $100.00 to start the American Professional Football Association (which would change its name to the NFL in a couple years). This was actually a follow-up meeting to the original meeting that started the organization process held on August 20, 1920. There were not enough seats for everyone to have one so some of the guys sat on the floorboards of the cars in the showroom. Hay served prohibition draft beer in buckets for the men to drink while they talked. The teams represented were the Chicago Cardinals, Decatur Staleys, Canton Bulldogs, Muncie Flyers, Rock Island Independents, Hammond Pros, Rochester Jeffersons, Massillon Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Akron Pros and the Dayton Triangles.

The very first order of business was the withdrawal of the Massillon franchise from professional football in 1920. The league would pick up the Buffalo All-Americans, Columbus Panhandles, Detroit Heralds and the Chicago TIgers prior to the start of games being played. The first game featuring an AFPA team would be played on September 26, 1920 as the Rock Island Independents beat up on their non-league opponent the St. Paul Ideals 48-0. The first head to head matchup of APFA teams was on October 3, 1920 when the Dayton Triangles of Carl Storck blanked the Columbus Panhandles 14-0.

We thank our friends at Gridiron-Uniforms.com for sharing their awesome researched graphics of the the uniforms worn by some of these teams back in that initial NFL season! Check out the Gridiron Uniform site for every pro uniform ever worn!

Also on this day in football history

September 17, 1950 – The San Francisco 49ers make their NFL debut (formerly in the All-American Football Conference) and fall to the New York Yanks 21-17 at the bay city’s Kezar Stadium. The Niners who were the 1949 runner ups in the AAFC to the Browns, lost their first five games in the NFL. They finally found their footing in the League in their 6th NFL game on October 22, 1950 when they defeated the Detroit Lions 28-27 at Kezar Field.

September 17, 1961 – The Minnesota Vikings play their very first regular season game in the NFL. Minnesota does it in style as they cruise to a 37-13 victory over the Chicago Bears. Rookie quarterback Fran Tarkenton makes his NFL debut count as he tosses an NFL debut game record 4 touchdown passes.

Hall of Fame Birthdays for September 17

September 17, 1897 – Ed Travis was a tackle from Tarkio College and the University of Missouri. Ed grew up in Tarkio , Missouri which is a small college town in the northern part of the state. Ed Travis was a star lineman at his local high school and had one ambition, he wanted to play football at the University of Missouri. Missouri’s coaches seemed unimpressed with the youngster out of high school , so Ed stayed home and attended Tarkio College. After an impressive season at Tarkio, the brass at Missouri recruited Travis and the next fall he was playing football for the Tigers. Football at Missouri was suspended for World War I and Ed served his country overseas. In 1919 he returned home and donned the Tiger uniform once again. He was selected to enter the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

September 17, 1909 – Bill Morton was a quarterback from Dartmouth College. Morton became a Dartmouth legend in the 1931 season in the Yale game. Up until that point in football history, the Big Green had never defeated the Bulldogs. With time dwindling in the fourth quarter, it looked like Yale had their number once again as the Bulldogs led by a touchdown with just over a minute to play. However no one told Bill Morton, as he kicked a 33 yard field goal to knot the score at 33 all and the Big Green finally tied their longtime nemesis.  “Air Mail” Morton had more heroics in store at the Cornell game as the on-field magic of Morton led to a 14-0 victory over the formerly undefeated Big Reds of Cornell. The College Football Hall of Fame welcomed Bill Morton through their doors into the hollows of collegiate legends in 1972.

September 17, 1910 – Cliff Montgomery was a former quarterback from Columbia University. Montgomery had his watershed collegiate moment on the big stage at a crucial moment. The setting was the 1934 Rose Bowl and heavily favored Stanford University was having their way with the Lions in the second quarter but somehow were denied the end zone as the score was still tied at 0-0. Montogomery in the huddle then called the play that went down in history known as “KF-79”, a newly devised option style play. The play failed twice earlier, but Cliff wanted to give it one more chance. So the Lions set up in an unbalanced line formation, Morton took the snap and then promptly handed it off to the speedster Al Barabas who swiftly weaved his way to an 18 yard touchdown! It proved to be the only score of the game and Columbia won the Rose Bowl 7-0 with Cliff Montgomery voted as the MVP of the game! Cliff would go on to receive All-American honors and led the Columbia Lions to a record of 22-3-2 during his 3 seasons played. After school Clif Montgomery played one season professionally with the Brooklyn Dodgers football team and later became one the nation’s top football officials. During his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II he became a decorated Naval Commander. The National Football Foundation voted Montgomery into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

September 17, 1913 – James “Monk” Moscrip was an end from Stanford University who played for the Cardinal from 1933 through the 1935 seasons.  He was a member of the famous “Vow Boys” who prior to the 1933 season promised not to lose to the University of Southern California for the next three seasons. Moscrip and the rest of the group delivered on their promise as Stanford defeated USC in those three straight seasons allowing the Trojans to score a total of only 7 points in the three games! Monk was the fastest man on his team as he played both offensive and defensive end as well as performing the kicking duties for Stanford. During World War II Moscrip was a U.S. Navy lieutenant and fought bravely in the battles at Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and Okinawa. After the War Monk played a couple of seasons in the NFL as part of the Detroit Lions franchise. He was welcomed into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

September 17, 1927 – George Blanda was a quarterback and placekicker in both the AFL and the NFL. His career lasted for 26 years, longer than any other player in history and in his last season, at the ripe old age of 48 he is the oldest person ever to play quarterback professionally. George played collegiately at the University of Kentucky. Out of college Blanda was on the AAFC’s Baltimore Colts roster in 1947 through the 1949 seasons. In 1949 George Halas signed the youngster for $600 to play with the NFL’s Chicago Bears. Blanda was the kicker and played a little bit of linebacker for his first few seasons with the Bears. George was named the Chicago starting quarterback in 1953, but an injury a year later would relegate him back to being the kicker. Blanda and Halas often had a rocky relationship together during Blanda’s time with the Bears. This led to Blanda retiring after the 1958 season. When the AFL formed in 1960 though, George Blanda found the opportunity to play quarterback again as he joined the new Houston Oilers team. Though the so called experts often referred to him as an NFL cast-off, Blanda proved he could still play as he and the Oilers won the first two AFL Championships! In the 1961 season he set a record at the time for AFL/NFL quarterbacks as he threw 36 TDs. His most memorable season though might be in 1970 when he was a member of the Oakland Raiders. That season with the Silver and Black, Blanda in a five game span helped the Raiders pull off 4 last second victories and one tie with either a passing TD or a field goal kick and he was 43 years old at the time! Another amazing fact about Blanda that will probably never be matched is that he spent 7 or more seasons with 3 different franchises!  George Blanda was selected to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.

September 17, 1960 – Anthony Carter was a wide receiver from the University of Michigan. Anthony was a unanimous All-American in both the 1981 and the 1982 seasons and an All-American a third time in 1980. That 1980 season, he was voted by his Michigan teammates as the MVP of the team, the very first time in Wolverine history that a sophomore won the honor. After the 1982 season Carter was nominated as the BIG 10 Conference Most Valuable Player! Besides playing offense Carter returned punts and kicks for the Wolverines. In his career at Michigan he scored 36 touchdowns and put up 240 total points breaking the record set by the great Tom Harmon some 4 decades earlier. Carter enjoyed a 13 year career in professional football. He played in the USFL for the Michigan Panthers and then later in the NFL for the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings. The National Football Foundation selected him to enter the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

Sept. 17

1912 — Brooklyn’s Casey Stengel makes his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates, finishing with four singles, two RBIs and two steals in a 7-3 win.

1920 — Bobby Veach of the Detroit Tigers hit for the cycle in a 14-13 12-inning win over the Boston Red Sox at Navin Field. Veach had six hits, achieving the cycle with a double in the ninth.

1930 — Cleveland’s Earl Averill drove in eight runs with three consecutive home runs to lead the Indians to a 13-7 victory over the Washington Senators in a doubleheader opener. Averill added another homer in the nightcap, setting an American League record with 11 RBIs in a doubleheader.

1941 — Stan Musial makes his major league debut.

1947 — Jackie Robinson named Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News.

1968 — Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants pitched a no-hitter, a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Gibson. Ron Hunt homered for the only run.

1984 — Reggie Jackson became the 13th player to hit 500 home runs. The milestone shot came off Kansas City pitcher Bud Black. His homer came exactly 17 years after his first career hit.

1984 — Rookie pitcher Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets struck out 16 Phillies in a 2-1 loss at Philadelphia. Five days earlier, Gooden fanned 16 Pittsburgh Pirates tying a major league record for 32 strikeouts in two consecutive games.

1988 — Jeff Reardon became the first pitcher to save 40 games in both leagues as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. Reardon, who saved 42 games for the Montreal Expos in 1985, pitched the ninth inning for his 40th save in 47 opportunities.

1996 — Hideo Nomo pitched a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-0 victory. Nomo walked four batters and stuck out eight.

2004 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hit the 700th home run of his career, joining Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755) as the only players to reach the milestone. Bonds connected in the third inning at home, a 392-foot solo shot to left-center. San Francisco beat San Diego 4-1.

2004 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki broke Lloyd Waner’s season record for singles with his 199th in a 6-3 win over Oakland. Suzuki’s two hits gave him 235 for the season, 22 shy of the major league record set by George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns in 1920.

2008 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki matched Willie Keeler’s major league record of eight straight 200-hit seasons, beating out an infield single in the eighth inning for his third hit against Kansas City.

2018 — Christian Yelich became the first major leaguer to hit for the cycle twice in one season against the same team, driving in four runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over the Cincinnati Reds 8-0.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Sept. 17

1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill.

1917 — Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33.

1920 — The forerunner of the NFL, the American Professional Football Association, is founded in an automobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. Twelve teams pay a $100 fee to obtain a franchise.

1938 — Don Budge completes the Grand Slam with a four-set victory over Gene Mako in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships.

1947 — Jackie Robinson named Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News.

1953 — Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player.

1954 — Rocky Marciano knocks out Ezzard Charles in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.

1955 — In the first color telecast of a football game by NBC, No. 10 Georgia Tech defeats No. 9 Miami 14-6 in Atlanta. The winning score comes in the final minute when linebacker Jimmy Morris returns an interception 25 yards for a touchdown.

1961 — The Minnesota Vikings, the newest NFL franchise, beats the league’s oldest franchise, the Chicago Bears, 37-13 win in the season opener. Minnesota’s Fran Tarkenton, playing his first NFL game, comes off the bench to become the only quarterback to throw four touchdown passes in his first game.

1964 — Mickey Mantle gets career hits #1,999, #2,000, and #2,001 and his 450th home run in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

1966 — In his head coaching debut, coach Joe Paterno leads Penn State past Maryland 15-7.

1967 — Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts passes for 401 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-31 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.

1977 — The U.S. wins the Ryder Cup 12½-7½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes England. It’s the last time that a Britain and Ireland team competes for the Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup expands the GB&I to include golfers from all of continental Europe in 1979.

1984 — Reggie Jackson is the 13th player to hit 500 home runs.

1994 — UNLV receiver Randy Gatewood catches 23 passes for 363 yards and a touchdown in a 48-38 loss to Idaho.

2000 — Dan Marino’s #13 jersey is retired by the Miami Dolphins.

2002 — Suzy Whaley becomes the first woman to qualify for a PGA Tour event, earning an exemption to the 2003 Greater Hartford Open by winning a PGA Section Championship. Whaley is also is the first woman to win a Section Championship.

2004 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hits his 700th home run, joining Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755) as the only players to reach the milestone.

2016 — Cam Pedersen kicks a 37-yard field as time expired and North Dakota State of the FC, rallies to beat No. 13 Iowa 23-21 for its sixth straight win over an FBS opponent.

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Sept. 18

1899 — The Cincinnati Open begins. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city and is now known as the Cincinnati Masters & Women’s Open.

1938 — The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 2-0. Left end Dick Plasman tackles Arnie Herber in the end zone in the fourth quarter for the win.

1946 — Joe Louis knocks out Tami Mauriello in the first round at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.

1960 — Goose Gonsoulin intercepts four passes to lead the Denver Broncos to a 27-21 win over the Buffalo Bills.

1965 — In his first collegiate game, quarterback Billy Stevens of Texas-El Paso gains 483 total yards in a 61-15 rout of North Texas State. Receiver Chuck Hughes has 349 of those yards.

1966 — Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas throws 4 touchdown passes in 38-23 win at Minnesota to surpass Y.A. Tittle as NFL’s career leader with 212; finishes career with 290 TD passes.

1967 — U.S. yacht Intrepid beats the Australian yacht Dame Pattie in four straight races to defend the America’s Cup.

1977 — U.S. yacht Courageous beats the challenger Australia in four straight races to defend the America’s Cup.

1982 — In a rare father-son matchup, coach Jack Elway leads San Jose State to its second consecutive upset of quarterback John Elway and Stanford 35-31 in Palo Alto, Calif. John Elway completes 24-of-36 passes for 382 yards and three touchdowns. Spartans quarterback Steve Clarkson, throws for 285 yards, three touchdowns and scores on a three-yard keeper for the win after a Cardinal fumble. Stanford reaches the Spartans’ 26-yard line, but Elway gets sacked on four consecutive plays to end the game.

1996 — Roger Clemens equals his own major league record, fanning 20 batters and pitching a four-hitter to lead Boston over the Detroit Tigers 4-0.

2003 — Atlanta clinches its 12th straight division title when second-place Florida is mathematically eliminated from the NL East race. The record title streak started in 1991, when the Braves won the NL West. They moved to the East Division in 1994 and trailed Montreal by six games when the strike stopped the season in August.

2005 — Green Bay’s Brett Favre joins Dan Marino and John Elway with 50,000 yards passing and also breaks Elway’s single-stadium NFL touchdown record of 180 with a 4-yard toss to Tony Fisher with 4 seconds left of a 26-24 loss to Cleveland at Lambeau Field.

2011 — At 16, Lexi Thompson becomes the youngest player to win an LPGA Tour event. The 16-year-old Floridian closes with a 2-under 70 to win by five strokes over Tiffany Joh at the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala. Thompson shatters the age record for winning a multiple-round tournament held by Paula Creamer, who won in 2005 at 18.

2011 — Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton sets an NFL rookie record by throwing for 432 yards against the Green Bay Packers. Newton, who tied the record by throwing for 422 yards in last week’s loss at Arizona, completes 28 of 46 passes with one touchdown in the 30-23 loss to the Packers. Newton’s 854 yards passing is also the most yards for a player in his first two games.

2013 — American Jordan Burroughs earns another wrestling world title. Burroughs, a gold medalist at the 2012 Olympics, extends his undefeated streak to 65 matches with a 4-0 victory over Iran’s Ezzatollah Akbarizarinkolaei in the 163-pound category at the Laszlo Papp Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

2016 — Detroit’s Anquan Boldin has a touchdown catch in the Lions’ 16-15 loss to Tennessee, to join Terrell Owens as the only players in NFL history to have at least 1,000 career receptions and a touchdown catch with four teams.

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Sept. 19

1925 — Bill Tilden wins his sixth straight U.S. Open tennis championship with a five-set victory over Bill Johnston. Tilden wins 4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It’s the fourth consecutive year that Tilden beats Johnston in the final.

1942 — Alsab, runner-up in the 1942 Kentucky Derby, beats 3-10 favorite Whirlaway, the 1941 Triple Crown champion, by a nose in a $25,000 match race at Narragansett Park. Alsab and Whirlaway meet twice more in 1942, with Whirlaway winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup on Oct.3, and Alsab taking the New York Handicap on Oct. 10.

1948 — Pancho Gonzales, 20, wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title with a 6-2, 6-3, 14-12 victory over Eric Sturgess.

1951 — Ford C. Frick, president of the National League, is elected baseball commissioner by the team owners.

1985 — Minnesota’s Tommy Kramer passes for 436 yards and three touchdowns in the Vikings’ 33-24 loss to the Chicago Bears.

1988 — U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board at the Seoul Olympics. Louganis hits the board on his ninth dive. He has four temporary stitches put in the top of his head so that he could come back and perform his last two dives. Less than 30 minutes later, he completes a reverse 1 1/2 somersault with 3 1/2 twists and, in the final round, a reverse 3 1/2 somersault in tuck position to secure his place in the medal round.

1992 — Sergei Bubka raises the world record in the pole vault, his 32nd world record, clearing 20 feet, 1½ inches in the Toto International at Tokyo.

1992 — Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson & Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal MLB seasons.

1993 — Nigel Mansell overpowers the field in the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix to become the first rookie to win the Indy car PPG Cup championship.

2000 — In the Sydney Olympics, the U.S. softball team strands a staggering 20 baserunners in an 11-inning, 2-1 loss to Japan, which ends a 112-game winning streak. It’s the first loss for the Americans since the 1998 world championships.

2000 — Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run becoming the first major league player to reach the mark as a pinch-hitter.

2001 — Roger Clemens becomes the first pitcher in major league history to go 20-1, pitching the New York Yankees to a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

2004 — Jerry Rice’s run of 274 straight games with a catch is ended in the Oakland Raiders’ 13-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills. The last time Rice didn’t catch a pass was Dec. 1, 1985, at Washington.

2008 — Greg Maddox pitches his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants.

2009 — Texas College of the NAIA is trounced 75-6 by Texas Southern, a week after losing 92-0 to Stephen F. Austin. The Steers fall to 0-4 and have been outscored 300-12.

2010 — Matt Schaub is 38 of 52 for a franchise-record 497 yards with three touchdowns in Houston’s 30-27 overtime win over Washington. Donovan McNabb of the Redskins is 28 of 38 for 426 yards. It’s the first time two quarterbacks throw for 400 yards in an NFL game since 1994.

2015 — Greyson Lambert of Georgia throws for 330 yards, three touchdowns and sets an NCAA record by completing all but one of his 25 passes to lead the to a 52-20 victory over South Carolina. Lambert posts the highest percentage (96.0) in FBS history for a minimum of 20 completions, breaking the mark of 95.8 (23 of 24) shared by Tennessee’s Tee Martin and West Virginia’s Geno Smith.

2015 — Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma, sets a school record with 572 total yards, throws four TD passes and runs for two more scores in the Sooners’ 52-38 victory over Tulsa.

2017 — A new MLB record for the most home runs in a season as number 5,694 is hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals.

TV SPORTS TUESDAY

MLB REGULAR SEASON	TIME ET	TV
San Francisco at Baltimore	6:35pm	NBCS-BAY MASN2
Atlanta at Cinncinati	6:40pm	Bally Sports South Bally Sports Ohio
LA Dodgers at Miami	6:40pm	SNLA Bally Sports Florida
Minnesota at Cleveland	6:40pm	Bally Sports North Bally Sports Great Lakes
Boston at Tampa Bay	6:50pm	NESN Bally Sports Sun
Washington at NY Mets	7:10pm	MASN SNY
Detroit at Kansas City	7:40pm	Bally Sports Kansas City Bally Sports Detroit
Oakland at Chi. Cubs	7:40pm	NBCS-CA MARQ
Philadelphia at Milwaukee	7:40pm	TBS NBCS-PHI Bally Sports Wisconsin
Pittsburgh at St. Louis	7:45pm	ATTSN-PIT Bally Sports Midwest
Toronto at Texas	8:05pm	Sportsnet Bally Sports Southwest
Arizona at Colorado	8:40pm	YurView Rockies.TV
Chi. White Sox at LA Angels	9:38pm	MLBN Bally Sports West NBCS-CHI
Houston at San Diego	9:40pm	SCHN Padres.TV
NY Yankees at Seattle	9:40pm	MLBN YES ROOT
WNBA	TIME ET	TV
New York vs Washington	7:00pm	NBATV MNMT My9
Minnesota vs Connecticut	7:00pm	NBCS-BOS Bally Sports North Extra
Chicago vs Atlanta	7:30pm	The U PeachtreeTV
Las Vegas vs Seattle	10:00pm	NBATV Prime-Seattle SSSEN
Phoenix vs Los Angeles	10:30pm	AFSN Spectrum
SOCCER	TIME ET	TV
UEFA Champions League: Juventus vs PSV	12:45pm	Paramount+
UEFA Champions League: Young Boys vs Aston Villa	12:45pm	Paramount+
La Liga: Mallorca vs Real Sociedad	1:00pm	ESPN+
UEFA Champions League: Bayern München vs Dinamo Zagreb	3:00pm	Paramount+
UEFA Champions League: Milan vs Liverpool	3:00pm	Paramount+
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid vs Stuttgart	3:00pm	Paramount+
UEFA Champions League: Sporting CP vs Lille	3:00pm	Paramount+
Liga MX: América vs Atlas	9:00pm	VIX
Liga MX: Pachuca vs Toluca	9:00pm	VIX
Liga MX: Atlético San Luis vs Cruz Azul	9:00pm	TUDN
Liga MX: Querétaro vs Tigres UANL	11:00pm	VIX
Liga MX: Pumas UNAM vs Puebla	11:05pm	TUDN
TENNIS	TIME ET	TV
Seoul: WTA, Hua Hin: WTA & Hangzhou: ATP Early Rounds	11:00pm	TENNIS