“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 7
ANDERSON (0-6) AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (4-2)
AVON (1-5) AT WESTFIELD (5-1)
BELLMONT (0-6) AT NEW HAVEN (0-6)
BEN DAVIS (1-5) AT CARMEL (3-3)
BENTON CENTRAL (0-6) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (1-5)
BLOOMINGTON NORTH (5-1) AT COLUMBUS EAST (4-2)
BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-6) AT NORTH NEWTON (1-5)
BREMEN (3-3) AT CULVER ACADEMY (5-1)
BROWN COUNTY (4-2) AT SOUTH PUTNAM (4-2)
BROWNSBURG (6-0) AT ZIONSVILLE (3-3)
CARROLL (FLORA) (6-0) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (3-3)
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (4-2) AT HOMESTEAD (3-3)
CENTER GROVE (5-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (3-2)
CENTRAL NOBLE (0-6) AT CHURUBUSCO (3-3)
CHESTERTON (4-2) AT LAKE CENTRAL (3-3)
CINCINNATI LASALLE (OHIO) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (3-2)
CLARKSVILLE (0-6) AT GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (4-2)
CLOVERDALE (3-2) AT GREENC6ASTLE (2-4)
COLUMBIA CITY (6-0) AT EAST NOBLE (5-1)
COLUMBUS NORTH (5-1) AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (4-2)
CORYDON CENTRAL (2-4) AT CHARLESTOWN (1-5)
CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-6) AT PAOLI (6-0)
CROWN POINT (6-0) AT LAPORTE (0-6)
CULVER (1-5) AT PIONEER (5-1)
DEKALB (2-4) AT NORWELL (2-4)
EAST CENTRAL (4-2) AT CONNERSVILLE (2-4)
EASTBROOK (4-2) AT MADISON-GRANT (6-0)
EASTERN HANCOCK (3-3) AT MONROE CENTRAL (5-1)
EDGEWOOD (2-4) AT SULLIVAN (2-4)
ELKHART (5-1) AT PENN (5-1)
EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-6) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (5-1)
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-5) AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-6)
EVANSVILLE NORTH (2-4) AT VINCENNES LINCOLN (3-3)
EVANSVILLE REITZ (5-1) AT EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (6-0)
FAITH CHRISTIAN (2-3) AT WEST CENTRAL (4-2)
FISHERS (4-2) AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL (3-2)
FLOYD CENTRAL (3-2) AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (1-5)
FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (0-5) VS. VANLUE (OHIO)
FORT WAYNE LUERS (5-1) AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER (2-4)
FORT WAYNE SNIDER (4-2) AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (1-5)
FORT WAYNE SOUTH (1-5) AT FORT WAYNE NORTH (3-3)
FORT WAYNE WAYNE (2-3) AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (2-4)
FRANKFORT (0-6) AT DANVILLE (5-1)
FRANKTON (0-6) AT ALEXANDRIA (4-2)
FREMONT (2-4) AT EASTSIDE (2-4)
GARRETT (6-0) AT FAIRFIELD (2-4)
GOSHEN (0-6) AT CONCORD (6-0)
GREENSBURG (0-6) AT BATESVILLE (4-2)
GREENWOOD (2-4) AT DECATUR CENTRAL (3-2)
GRIFFITH (6-0) AT GARY WEST (4-2)
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (4-2) AT NOBLESVILLE (2-4)
HAMMOND MORTON (1-4) AT HAMMOND CENTRAL (2-4)
HANOVER CENTRAL (5-1) AT HOBART (4-2)
HERITAGE (5-1) AT BLUFFTON (6-0)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (5-1) AT LAPEL (4-2)
HUNTINGTON NORTH (4-2) AT LEO (5-1)
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (5-1) AT ANDREAN (3-3)
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-4) AT BEECH GROVE (3-3)
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (1-4) AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (2-1)
INDIANAPOLIS TECH (2-2) AT INDIAN CREEK (2-4)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-4) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE (0-3)
INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (3-1) AT PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD (1-4)
JASPER (3-3) AT CASTLE (5-1)
JENNINGS COUNTY (0-6) AT SEYMOUR (2-4)
JOHN GLENN (1-4) AT LAVILLE (2-4)
KANKAKEE VALLEY (2-4) AT LOWELL (2-4)
KNIGHTSTOWN (5-1) AT TRI (3-3)
KNOX (4-2) AT JIMTOWN (4-2)
KOKOMO (2-3) AT RICHMOND (0-6)
LAFAYETTE JEFF (6-0) AT MARION (3-3)
LAKE STATION (1-5) AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (1-5)
LAWRENCE NORTH (6-0) AT WARREN CENTRAL (6-0)
LEBANON (4-2) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (2-4)
LOGANSPORT (5-1) AT WEST LAFAYETTE (4-2)
MACONAQUAH (6-0) AT LEWIS CASS (3-3)
MADISON (3-3) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (6-0)
MICHIGAN CITY (2-4) AT PORTAGE (2-4)
MISHAWAKA (5-1) AT WARSAW (3-3)
MISSISSINEWA (6-0) AT ELWOOD (1-5)
MONROVIA (5-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (5-1)
MOORESVILLE (2-4) AT WHITELAND (3-2)
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (4-2) AT HERITAGE HILLS (5-1)
MUNCIE CENTRAL (1-5) AT MCCUTCHEON (3-3)
MUNSTER (1-5) AT HIGHLAND (1-5)
NEW CASTLE (4-2) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (2-4)
NEW PALESTINE (5-0) AT SHELBYVILLE (1-5)
NEW PRAIRIE (4-2) AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN (3-3)
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (1-5) AT EDINBURGH (0-6)
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-6) AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL (2-4)
NORTH DECATUR (5-1) AT NORTH DAVIESS (5-1)
NORTH HARRISON (4-2) AT SILVER CREEK (3-3)
NORTH KNOX (2-4) AT LINTON (4-2)
NORTH MONTGOMERY (2-4) AT TRI-WEST (2-4)
NORTH POSEY (5-1) AT FOREST PARK (4-2)
NORTH VERMILLION (5-1) AT PARKE HERITAGE (1-5)
NORTHEASTERN (6-0) AT SHENANDOAH (4-2)
NORTHVIEW (6-0) AT CASCADE (6-0)
NORTHWOOD (3-3) AT PLYMOUTH (4-2)
OAK HILL (3-3) AT BLACKFORD (2-4)
PARK TUDOR (4-2) AT WES-DEL (2-4)
PENDLETON HEIGHTS (2-4) AT DELTA (3-3)
PERRY CENTRAL (3-3) AT WEST WASHINGTON (2-4)
PERRY MERIDIAN (3-3) AT MARTINSVILLE (6-0)
PERU (2-4) AT SOUTHWOOD (0-6)
PHALEN ACADEMY AT IRVINGTON PREP (0-3)
PIKE (3-3) AT GUERIN CATHOLIC (3-3)
PLAINFIELD (5-1) AT FRANKLIN (2-4)
PRINCETON (1-5) AT BOONVILLE (2-4)
PROVIDENCE (5-0) AT MILAN (4-2)
RED HILL (ILL.) AT EASTERN GREENE (2-4)
RIVER FOREST (3-3) AT HAMMOND NOLL (3-3)
RIVERTON PARKE (3-3) AT ATTICA (0-6)
ROCHESTER (5-1) AT NORTHFIELD (2-4)
RUSHVILLE (4-2) AT LAWRENCEBURG (5-1)
SALEM (1-5) AT EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-5)
SCOTTSBURG (4-2) AT MITCHELL (1-5)
SEEGER (3-3) AT COVINGTON (3-3)
SHERIDAN (3-3) AT DELPHI (4-2)
SOUTH ADAMS (2-4) AT JAY COUNTY (2-4)
SOUTH BEND ADAMS (0-6) AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-6)
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (3-3) AT SOUTH BEND RILEY (2-3)
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (1-5) AT NORTH MIAMI (4-2)
SOUTH DEARBORN (4-2) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (3-3)
SOUTH DECATUR (3-2) AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (4-2)
SOUTH NEWTON (3-3) AT NORTH WHITE (2-4)
SOUTH SPENCER (3-3) AT SOUTHRIDGE (4-2)
SOUTH VERMILLION (6-0) AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (3-3)
SOUTHERN WELLS (0-6) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (5-1)
SOUTHMONT (3-3) AT WESTERN BOONE (6-0)
SOUTHPORT (0-6) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (1-5)
SPEEDWAY (3-3) AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN (0-6)
SPRINGS VALLEY (5-1) AT TECUMSEH (0-6)
TAYLOR (3-3) AT CLINTON PRAIRIE (3-3)
TELL CITY (3-3) AT PIKE CENTRAL (2-4)
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (1-4) AT BREBEUF JESUIT (4-2)
TIPPECANOE VALLEY (4-2) AT WESTERN (0-6)
TIPTON (4-2) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (5-0)
TRI-CENTRAL (1-5) AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (2-4)
TRI-COUNTY (4-2) AT FRONTIER (5-0)
TRITON (4-2) AT CASTON (2-4)
TRITON CENTRAL (4-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (2-4)
TWIN LAKES (3-3) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (1-5)
UNION CITY (1-5) AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-5)
UNION COUNTY (0-6) AT CENTERVILLE (5-1)
VALPARAISO (4-2) AT MERRILLVILLE (5-1)
WABASH (1-5) AT NORTHWESTERN (5-1)
WASHINGTON (5-1) AT GIBSON SOUTHERN (4-2)
WAWASEE (1-5) AT NORTHRIDGE (1-5)
WEST NOBLE (5-1) AT LAKELAND (5-1)
WEST VIGO (2-4) AT NORTH PUTNAM (5-1)
WHEELER (4-2) AT CALUMET (4-2)
WHITING (2-4) AT BOONE GROVE (3-3)
WHITKO (0-6) AT MANCHESTER (3-3)
WINAMAC (2-3) AT NORTH JUDSON (6-0)
WINCHESTER (1-5) AT HAGERSTOWN (3-3)
WOODLAN (3-3) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (3-3)
YORKTOWN (4-2) AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (5-1)
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/scores/?date=10/3/2024
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER SCORES
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=10/3/2024
INDIANA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SCORES
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=10/3/2024
INDIANA BOYS TENNIS SECTIONAL BRACKETS/RESULTS
https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-25%20BTe%20Sectional%20Brackets.pdf
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 5 SCHEDULE
WEEK 6
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
TEXAS STATE 38 TROY 17
SAM HOUSTON STATE 41 UTEP 21
FRIDAY, OCT. 4
JACKSONVILLLE STATE AT KENNESAW STATE| 7 P.M. | CBSSN
HOUSTON AT TCU | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
MICHIGAN STATE AT NO. 6 OREGON | 9 P.M. | FOX
SYRACUSE AT NO. 25 UNLV | 9 P.M. | FS1
SATURDAY, OCT. 5
UCLA AT NO. 7 PENN STATE | 12 P.M. | FOX
NO. 9 MISSOURI AT NO. 25 TEXAS A&M | 12 P.M. | ABC/ESPN+
SMU AT NO. 22 LOUISVILLE | 12 P.M. | ESPN
PURDUE AT WISCONSIN | 12 P.M. |BTN
MASSACHUSETTS AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
BOSTON COLLEGE AT VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
PITTSBURGH AT NORTH CAROLINA | 12 P.M. | ESPN 2
WAKE FOREST AT NC STATE | 12 P.M. | THE CW NETWORK
NAVY AT AIR FORCE | 12 P.M. | CBS
ARMY AT TULSA | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
TULANE AT UAB | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
WESTERN MICHIGAN AT BALL STATE | 2:00 P.M. | ESPN+
AUBURN AT NO. 5 GEORGIA | 3:30 P.M. | ABC/ESPN+
IOWA AT NO. 3 OHIO STATE | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
NO. 12 OLE MISS AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
NO. 23 INDIANA AT NORTHWESTERN | 3:30 P.M. | BTN
TEMPLE AT UCONN | 3:30 P.M.| CBSSN
VIRGINIA TECH AT STANFORD | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
APPALACHIAN STATE AT MARSHALL | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
MIAMI (OH) AT TOLEDO | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
BOWLING GREEN AT AKRON | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
EAST CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPNU
RUTGERS AT NEBRASKA | 4 P.M. | FS1
WEST VIRGINIA AT OKLAHOMA STATE | 4 P.M. | ESPN 2
NO. 1 ALABAMA AT VANDERBILT | 4:15 | SEC NETWORK
COLORADO STATE AT OREGON STATE | 6:30 P.M | THE CW NETWORK
NO. 15 CLEMSON AT FLORIDA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN
UTAH STATE AT NO. 21 BOISE STATE | 7 P.M. | FOX
OLD DOMINION AT COASTAL CAROLINA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTH ALABAMA AT ARKANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
JAMES MADISON AT UL MONROE | 7 P.M. | ESPNU
LOUISIANA AT SOUTHERN MISS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
NO. 4 TENNESSEE AT ARKANSAS | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
NO. 10 MICHIGAN AT WASHINGTON | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
NO. 11 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT MINNESOTA | 7:30 P.M. | BTN
BAYLOR AT NO. 16 IOWA STATE | 7:30 P.M. | FOX
NEVADA AT SAN JOSÉ STATE | 7:30 P.M. | TRUTV
UCF AT FLORIDA | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
DUKE AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
KANSAS AT ARIZONA STATE | 8 P.M. | ESPN 2
HAWAI’I AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 8 P.M. | CBSSN
TEXAS TECH AT ARIZONA | 10 P.M | FOX
NO. 8 MIAMI (FL) AT CALIFORNIA | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7
INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
INDIANA 42 UCLA 13
INDIANA 52 CHARLOTTE 14
INDIANA 42 MARYLAND 28
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
OREGON STATE 38 PURDUE 21
NEBRASKA 28 PURDUE 10
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
NOTRE DAME 28 MIAMI OH 3
NOTRE DAME 31 LOUISVILLE 24
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
BUTLER 63 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY-LYNCHBURG 0
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
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 37 BALL STATE 34
JAMES MADISON 63 BALL STATE 7
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
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 27 INDIANA STATE 24
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
INDIANAPOLIS 21 CHICAGO 16
INDIANAPOLIS 27 PITTSBURGH 24
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
WEEK 5 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
ATLANTA 36 TAMPA BAY 30 OT
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)
WEEK 6 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VS CHICAGO BEARS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, TOTTENHAM)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P FOX)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P CBS)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (4:25P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:25P FOX)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 14
BUFFALO BILLS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
DENVER BRONCOS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (9:30A NFLN, WEMBLEY)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:05P CBS)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (4:05P CBS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:25P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 21
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (8:15P ESPN)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (9:00P ESPN+)
WEEK 8 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 24
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 27
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:05P FOX)
BUFFALO BILLS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (4:25P CBS)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:25P CBS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 28
NEW YORK GIANTS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
WEEK 9 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 31
HOUSTON TEXANS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
DALLAS COWBOYS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
DENVER BRONCOS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
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PETE ALONSO’S BLAST SENDS METS PAST BREWERS FOR SERIES WIN
MILWAUKEE — Pete Alonso lined a three-run homer to key a four-run ninth-inning rally and lift the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday in the decisive third game of a National League wild-card series.
The sixth-seeded Mets will open the NL Division Series on Saturday at Philadelphia. The second-seeded Phillies won of the NL East, finishing six games ahead of New York and the Atlanta Braves.
The NL Central champion Brewers lost their sixth consecutive playoff series since a sweep of the Colorado Rockies in the 2018 NLDS.
Francisco Lindor, who had the Mets’ only two hits through eight innings, walked to open the ninth against Brewers closer Devin Williams, who saved 14 of 15 during the season and finished Milwaukee’s 5-3 win in Game 2. Brandon Nimmo singled with one out, and Alonso then sent a 3-1 pitch 367 feet to right-center.
The Mets added a run when Jesse Winker was hit by a pitch with two outs, stole second, and Starling Marte singled to right.
David Peterson tossed a scoreless bottom of the ninth, inducing a game-ending double play from Brice Turang for the first save of his career, regular season or postseason. Edwin Diaz (1-0) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Williams (0-1) gave up four runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning.
Jake Bauers and Sal Frelick opened the seventh inning with back-to-back homers to snap a scoreless tie and put Milwaukee up 2-0.
After Mets starter Jose Quintana blanked the Brewers on four hits through six innings, Jose Butto came on to start the seventh. Bauers, who hit .199 with 12 homers during the regular season, pinch-hit for Rhys Hoskins and sent a 3-2 pitch 405 feet to right.
Frelick, who had just two homers in the regular season, then jumped on the next pitch for a 408-foot shot to right.
Brewers right-hander Tobias Myers tossed five scoreless innings of two-hit ball. Trevor Megill, Nick Mears, and Game 1 starter Freddy Peralta each followed with a hitless inning before the Mets broke through against Williams.
Milwaukee stranded a runner in scoring position in four of the first five innings against Quintana, who struck out five and walked one in a 94-pitch outing.
Lindor doubled to open the first and singled in the third, the only Mets baserunner through the first four innings against Myers, who was a combined 1-15 with a 7.82 ERA at Triple-A with three different teams in 2022.
BASEBALL NEWS
REDS TO HIRE TERRY FRANCONA AS MANAGER
The Reds are hiring Terry Francona to be their next manager, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The club has not confirmed the news, which is expected to be announced Friday.
Francona, 65, who stepped down as Guardians manager after the 2023 season, returns to the dugout having managed three teams over a 23-year career. He has a 1,950-1,672 record with the Phillies (1997-2000), Red Sox (2004-2011) and Guardians (2013-2023). He led the Red Sox to World Series titles in 2004 and 2007.
Francona’s hiring comes 11 days after the Reds parted ways with David Bell.
In six seasons under Bell, Cincinnati went 409-456 (.473), never finishing above third place in the National League Central outside of the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign (31-29 record, second-place finish).
With young and rising stars like Elly De La Cruz, Hunter Greene, Spencer Steer and Matt McLain, as well as promising prospects like Rhett Lowder, the Reds are looking to take the next step and reach the playoffs following a full season for the first time since 2013.
Francona’s reputation precedes him. Upon taking the helm in Boston in 2004, he led a Red Sox team that hadn’t been able to get past the rival Yankees to an ALCS upset before its first World Series title in 86 years. Boston won another title under Francona three years later, and overall, he guided the Red Sox to the postseason five times in his eight seasons as manager.
In 2013, Francona became manager in Cleveland, leading that club to the postseason for the first time in six years. In ’16, Cleveland reached the World Series, but lost in seven games to the Cubs. Overall, Francona became the winningest manager in Cleveland history, going 921-757 with six postseason appearances in 11 years. He also won three American League Manager of the Year Awards in that span (2013, ’16 and ’22).
Following the 2023 season, Francona stepped down as Guardians manager due to health reasons, but said he hoped to return to baseball in some capacity when healthy again.
Francona played for the Reds in 1987 as part of his 10-year playing career.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
ALABAMA DETERMINED NOT TO TRIP UP AT VANDERBILT AFTER RETURNING TO NO. 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Alabama Crimson Tide have lots of experience being ranked No. 1 and staying focused on what matters most.
That’s lifting the national championship trophy at season’s end. So last week’s emotional victory over then-No. 2 Georgia is not going to linger enough for Alabama to trip up Saturday in a rare visit to Vanderbilt.
“It doesn’t matter what games we win on the journey,” Alabama safety Malachi Moore said. “It’s just another stepping stone into reaching the ultimate goal and that’s to win the national championship.”
Alabama (4-0, 1-0) could be forgiven for taking Vanderbilt (2-2, 0-1) a bit lightly after first-year coach Kalen DeBoer’s 41-34 win over Georgia in his introduction to the Southeastern Conference. Vanderbilt has never beaten a top-ranked team.
These Commodores made a lot of changes this offseason and are coming off a 30-27 double-overtime loss at then-No. 7 Missouri. They also are coming off an open date that allowed them to rest up. Vanderbilt opened the season by stunning Virginia Tech in overtime. Clark Lea, who took control on defense in his fourth season at his alma mater, said they have the spirit, energy and belief.
“We have to play smarter, and smart teams win,” Lea said.
Dangerous connection
The Commodores have a huge challenge in trying to slow down the Tide’s combination of quarterback Jalen Milroe and freshman wide receiver Ryan Williams. Nobody else has really managed it.
Milroe emerged from the Georgia game as the Heisman Trophy favorite. He has accounted for 18 touchdowns (10 passing, eight rushing) with only one interception. Williams leads the nation with an average of 28.9 yards per catch and has five touchdowns, including a late 75-yarder that gave Alabama the lead for good against Georgia.
Lea said Vanderbilt will have to be disciplined on defense. The Commodores are giving up 334 yards per game. He added Milroe will make defenses pay, so Vanderbilt can’t get frustrated when Alabama starts moving downfield.
“This comes down to explosive touchdowns and the ability to limit those and to force them to go a long, hard way,” Lea said. “It’s a really explosive offense.”
I know him
DeBoer and Lea have known each other for a long time, dating back to Lea’s arrival at South Dakota State for his first full-time coaching job. DeBoer credited Lea with doing a tremendous job this season getting Vanderbilt to play team ball. Lea brought in 51 new players this offseason, along with former New Mexico State coach Jerry Kill, his offensive coordinator Tim Beck and their quarterback Diego Pavia.
“Just really impressed with fundamentally … how well they do things on each side of the ball,” DeBoer said. “They’ve got some things they can hang their hat on, and they’re executing it well.”
Vandy’s big threat
Pavia was the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year at New Mexico State, and he loves proving people who passed on him earlier wrong. He led Vandy to that upset of Virginia Tech, and he found Joseph McVay for a 65-yard pass at Missouri for the Commodores’ longest offensive play this season. He threw for 178 yards and recorded at least two TD passes in three games for the Commodores.
He’s also a slippery threat when running. Moore called Pavia a “wild card. He’s a player that’s not scared of anything. He has nothing to lose and those players are dangerous. He’s a playmaker for their team.”
Alabama’s streaks
The Crimson Tide not only has dominated the series with the only private university in the SEC, they’ve won the last 23 games on the field. Alabama also has won 23 straight over unranked opponents. The last unranked team to beat the Tide was Texas A&M on Oct. 9, 2021.
The Commodores last beat Alabama in 1984, winning 30-21 on the Tide’s home field.
It’s a new week
Alabama offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan isn’t biting on whether “the sky is the limit” for Milroe. His answer could apply to the team, too.
“Each week in this conference at the highest level of competition of college football, which is what we’re in, it starts over,” Sheridan said. “You’ve got to earn it each and every week.”
NO 9 MISSOURI FACES STIFF ROAD TEST IN VISIT TO NO. 25 TEXAS A&M
No. 9 Missouri hits the road for the first time this season, facing arguably its toughest challenge so far.
The Tigers (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) know the trip to No. 25 Texas A&M (4-1, 2-0) on Saturday will be tough for several reasons if they want to extend their eight-game winning streak and improve to 5-0 for a second straight session.
Texas A&M has a dynamic offense, which has been led by freshman quarterback Marcel Reed the last three weeks, and a defense led by defensive end Nic Scourton. After a season-opening loss to Notre Dame, the Aggies have won four straight.
“They’ve got a really good scheme on both sides of the ball,” Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “They’re extremely talented, and it’s going to be a very difficult challenge for us.”
Drinkwitz mentioned the heat — it’s expected to be in the low 90s — as well as the rowdy environment at Kyle Field as other obstacles the Tigers will need to overcome.
Missouri quarterback Brady Cook has four straight games with at least 200 yards passing, running back Nate Noel rushed for 199 yards against Vanderbilt two weeks ago and wide receiver Luther Burden III caught two touchdowns against the Commodores. Missouri also has a top-10 defense.
“It’s a talented group,” Texas A&M coach Mike Elko said. “It’s going to be another big national stage here in Kyle Field. We’re excited for the opportunity in turning the page forward.”
Aggies QB situation
Texas A&M quarterback Connor Weigman, who has missed the last three games with a sprained throwing shoulder, will be a game-time decision, Elko said. Reed is 3-0 and has accounted for all eight of the Aggies’ offensive touchdowns since Weigman has been out.
Drinkwitz said they’re preparing for Reed to be under center.
“I know on their depth chart it says the other kid’s the starting quarterback, but I mean, that’s just semantics in my opinion,” Drinkwitz said. “The guy is 3-0 as the starter, and whether he’s listed as questionable or whatever, I don’t see them going back.”
Getting defensive
The offenses will get a lot of attention, but both Missouri and Texas A&M have stout defenses. The Aggies are tied for first in the SEC with seven interceptions, with Marcus Ratcliffe leading the way with three. Texas A&M has 32 tackles for losses and has held opponents to 100 yards rushing or less in three straight games.
Missouri ranks third nationally in total defense allowing 219 yards per game and fifth in passing defense, surrendering just 127 yards per game. The Tigers started the season with two straight shutouts, though the last two games have been much closer.
“They’ve got a really big physical front, probably going to be the best one we’ve seen to this point,” Elko said. “They’re really athletic at linebacker. They run sideline to sideline and are really talented on the back end.”
Red zone and third downs
Missouri has scored on 19 of its 20 trips in the red zone this season, including 13 touchdowns. The Tigers rank seventh in the nation by converting nearly 55% of their third downs. The Aggies are tied for 20th in allowing just a 30% conversion on third downs.
Drinkwitz said third downs in the red zone were an area the Tigers worked on during their bye week.
“In the red areas we’ve not been good in the two Power Four games,” Drinkwitz said. “There’s a lot of different things that can get fixed, but if you just fix those issues, I think everything else kind of falls into place. So being better in third downs in the red zone.”
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: MISSOURI VS. TEXAS A&M
MISSOURI NOTES:
TIGERS TREK TO TEXAS A&M FOR SEC SHOWDOWN University of Missouri football embarks on its first road trip of the 2024 season on Saturday when the No. 9 Tigers meet the 25th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies in a Southeastern Conference contest at Kyle Field. Owners of the nation’s longest win streak, the Tigers (4-0) will be shooting for their ninth-consecutive victory this weekend. Saturday’s game kicks off at 11:07 a.m. CT and airs on ABC and the Tiger Radio Network. THE SERIES Mizzou and Texas A&M have faced off on 16 previous occasions, with the Aggies holding a 9-7 advantage in the series. The Aggies claimed a 35-14 victory in Columbia during the teams’ most recent matchup, but the Tigers have claimed seven of the last 10 contests in the series (dating back to 2002). A&M holds a 5-4 edge against MU in Bryan-College Station, although the Tigers have won three of the last four meetings at Kyle Field (since 2010). THE COACHES ELIAH DRINKWITZ is in his fifth season as Mizzou’s head coach, and enters Saturday’s game with a 32-21 mark (44- 22 overall). The Alma, Arkansas, native has led the Tigers to a 17-3 record in their last 20 games, including an eight-game win streak. Mizzou has earned bowl bids in each of Drinkwitz’s first four seasons in Columbia, making him one of only two MU head coaches (Warren Powers, 1978-81) to achieve that feat. Before taking the Mizzou job, Drinkwitz was 12-1 as the head coach at Appalachian State in 2019. MIKE ELKO brings a 20-10 career record as a collegiate head coach into Saturday’s game. The first-year Aggies head coach is off to a 4-1 start to his TAMU career, following a successful two-year stint at Duke. Under Elko’s guidance, the Blue Devils went 16-9, including a 9-4 season in 2022.
FIRST AND TEN – STORYLINES • Missouri is off to a 4-0 start for the second-straight season and will be seeking its fourth 2-0 SEC start since joining the conference in 2012. • The Tigers’ current eight-game win streak, dating back to Nov. 11, 2023, is tied with Army West Point for the longest in the nation (NCAA FBS). • MU’s current win streak marks the Tigers’ best stretch since 1960 and represents the second-longest in program history. • Mizzou’s defense ranks third in the nation in total defense (219.0 ypg) and fifth in passing defense (127.3). • The Tigers have not yielded a 100-yard individual rushing performance since Oct. 14, 2023, at Kentucky. • MU’s offense has converted 19-of-20 trips to the red zone into points this season, as well as 75-of-78 trips overall since the start of the 2023 season. • QB Brady Cook has recorded four consecutive 200-yard passing performances to start the 2024 season; Additionally, he moved into the No. 4 spot on the Tigers’ all-time passing yardage list against Vanderbilt (7,424). • Luther Burden III recorded six receptions against Vanderbilt, extending his streak of games with at least one catch to 26 in a row, dating back to Oct. 1, 2022; Burden III also tallied a pair of touchdown receptions in the contest, giving him at least one TD in five-straight games (since Dec. 29, 2023 vs. Ohio State). • RB Nate Noel ranks fourth among all active NCAA FBS backs with 3,515 career rushing yards following his career-best 199-yard effort vs. Vanderbilt. • Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz has guided the Tigers to a 17-3 record in their last 20 contests (since Nov. 19, 2022), matching the program’s second-highest winning percentage (.850) over a 20-game period. • MU is riding a string of 17 consecutive weeks ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, marking its longest streak in a decade.
LAST TIME OUT – VANDERBILT • A 25-yard touchdown pass from Brady Cook to Luther Burden III and a 37-yard field by Blake Craig allowed the seventh-ranked Tigers to prevail in double overtime, 30-27, against Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams (Sept. 21). • The victory was not secured until Vanderbilt’s Brock Taylor missed a 31-yard field goal on the Commodores’ second OT possession. • With the win, Mizzou extended its winning streak to eight games, the nation’s longest, and the longest for the Tigers since a 13-game streak spanned the 1960 and 1961 seasons. • Vanderbilt scored in the first overtime on a two-yard pass from Diego Pavia to Gabe Fisher. But Missouri answered on its first extra-time play with Cook hitting Burden III in the back left corner of the end zone, • Craig then kicked his third field goal of the day to begin the second OT stanza, handing the home side a 30-27 edge. Vanderbilt advanced the ball to the Mizzou 13-yard line before Kristian Williams batted away a third down pass and Taylor hooked a 31-yard kick wide left to end the contest. • The Tigers trailed 13-10 at halftime but tied the score on a 54-yard field goal by Craig on Mizzou’s first possession of the second half. • Later in the third quarter, the Tigers earned their first lead, 20-13, on a three-yard touchdown run by Marcus Carroll that was set up by a 64-yard rush from Nate Noel. • Noel finished the contest with a career-high 199 yards on 24 carries. • The Tigers finished with 442 total yards – 216 rushing and 226 passing. • Marvin Burks Jr. led the Tigers with a career-high 12 tackles, while Chris McClellan and Zion Young each added seven apiece.
TEXAS A&M NOTES:
WHAT TO WATCH FOR • Texas A&M hosts Missouri for the first time since 2014 and aims to make it back-to-back wins in the series after topping the Tigers 35-14 in Columbia in 2021 … The Aggies lead the all-time series with Missouri, 9-7. • Junior RB Le’Veon Moss leads the strong Aggie rushing attack and ranks fifth in the SEC with 94.2 yards per game, while his three rushing scores are tied for ninth in the league … Moss is coming off a career best 117 yards in the win over Arkansas, marking his second 100-yard game of the season. • Freshman QB Marcel Reed has led the Aggies to three straight victories in each of his starts under center this season, accounting for all eight offensive touchdowns in that span. • The Aggies’ new-look offensive line has controlled the battle in the trenches, ranking second in the SEC and tied for 14th nationally allowing 15.0 tackles for loss, while clearing the way for the rushing attack, which ranks 13th in the country averaging 231.6 yards per game. • The Maroon & White have disrupted the opposition’s aerial attack, tallying seven picks on the season, which is tied for first in the SEC and 10th nationally. • Junior DB Will Lee III has brought veteran leadership to the secondary and leads the SEC with seven passes defended this season after breaking up four passes in the win over Arkansas, while he also ranks 10th in the SEC with 18 solo tackles. • Junior DL Nic Scourton made a massive impact in the win over Arkansas as all four of his tackles were for a total 16 yards lost, including a strip sack late in the fourth quarter to get the ball back in A&M’s hands and help the Aggies seal the victory … Scourton ranks ninth in the nation and second in the SEC with 7.5 tackles for loss on the season, while his 3.0 sacks on the year are good for ninth in the league.
QUICK HITS • The Aggie rushing attack has racked up over 200 yards in three of the last four games, putting up back-to-back 300-yard rushing performances for the first time since 2012 with 333 and 310 yards in the wins over McNeese and Florida, respectively. • Freshman QB Marcel Reed ranks 18th overall in the SEC averaging 57.5 rushing yards per game, while his 5.5 yards per carry is the best average among league QBs. • Junior RB Amari Daniels has played a key role in the Aggies’ success in the run game, ranking among the top 25 in the SEC with 42.2 yards per game and two touchdowns. • The Aggie defense has racked up 32.0 tackles for loss on the season, which ranks 29th nationally and fourth in the SEC … A&M has limited its opponents to 100-for-fewer yards on the ground in three straight games after only giving up 100 yards to Arkansas. • Takeaways have been a key piece of the Aggie defense early on as A&M sits at No. 2 in the SEC and No. 16 in the country in turnover margin (1.2/g). • Sophomore LB Taurean York is the nucleus of the defense and boasts a team-best 27 tackles on the year, good for 16th among league players and sixth among second-year players. • Sophomore DB Marcus Ratcliffe has picked off a pass in three of the last four games to help him rank third nationally and lead the SEC with three interceptions on the year. • Graduate K Randy Bond tallied 14 points in the win over Bowling Green, marking the ninth time in his career he has scored 10-plus points in a game … Bond ranks seventh nationally with nine made field goals this season while his 43 total points are good for 23rd. • Sophomore DL Nana Boadi-Owusu was named the 12th Man ahead of the 2024 season, becoming just the sixth student-athlete in program history to hold the season-long honor.
MILESTONES TO WATCH FOR • Sophomore QB Conner Weigman continues to climb the Texas A&M record books in career completions and passing yards, and needs four touchdown passes to crack the top-15 all-time, entering the game with 18 career scoring strikes. • Graduate WR Moose Muhammad III ranks 14th in career touchdown receptions at Texas A&M with 11 entering the week and his next scoring grab will move him into a tie with Chad Schroeder (2003-06) for 13th … Muhammad is also six catches and 46 receiving yards away from cracking the top-30 all-time at A&M. • Junior WR Noah Thomas is looking for a touchdown catch to move into the top-20 all-time at A&M, entering the week with nine to-date. • Graduate K Randy Bond aims to break into the top five of A&M’s career field goals list, entering the week with 48 makes as he chases Todd Pegram (2002-05) and Tony Franklin (1975-78) who are tied for fourth with 56 makes … Bond’s 233 career points are just seven shy of cracking the top-10 on A&M’s all-time scoring list and taking sole possession of seventh on the kicker-only scoring list. QUARTERBACK ROOM • The Aggies boast proven depth in their quarterback room with three players that have made multiple starts in their A&M careers and each thrown for at least 290 yards and multiple touchdowns in a game. • Sophomore Conner Weigman started the first two games of the season before being sidelined due to injury … In the win over McNeese, Weigman guided the Aggies to touchdowns on all five drives he was in on in the first half, helping A&M take a 38-0 lead into the half. • Through 11 career games Weigman has thrown for 2,100 yards on 178-of-295 passing, including three 300-yard passing games … In his first career start in 2022, Weigman put up a freshman record 338 yards, connecting on four scoring passes. • Freshman Marcel Reed has filled in nicely for Weigman, leading the Aggies to three straight victories … In his three starts, Reed has been responsible for eight touchdowns while compiling 514 yards through the air and 187 on the ground … In the win over Bowling Green, Reed became the first Aggie quarterback to rush for 75 or more yards in back-to-back games since Kellen Mond in 2019. • Reed garnered SEC Freshman of the Week honors for his performance at Florida after throwing for 178 yards and two scores to go along with 13 carries for 83 yards and a touchdown. • Junior Jaylen Henderson started the final four games of the 2023 campaign, accounting for four touchdowns in the lopsided win over Mississippi State in his first start for the Maroon & White … He has completed 53-of-78 passes for 715 yards and six touchdowns as an Aggie, while also adding 104 yards on the ground and two scores.
NFL NEWS
KIRK COUSINS THROWS FOR 509 YARDS AS FALCONS TOP BUCS IN OT
ATLANTA — KhaDarel Hodge caught a game-winning 45-yard touchdown with 8:45 left in overtime and Kirk Cousins passed for a franchise-record 509 yards as the Atlanta Falcons beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36-30 on Thursday night.
After Younghoe Koo’s 52-yard field goal sent the game to overtime as regulation expired, Cousins found Hodge, who had zero receptions entering the contest, for the game-winner.
Cousins completed 42 of 58 passes while surpassing Matt Ryan’s yardage mark of 503 in 2016. Cousins threw for four touchdowns and an interception, as the Falcons (3-2) won their second straight. Drake London caught 12 balls for 154 yards and a score, while Darnell Mooney caught nine passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns.
Baker Mayfield threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns, while Mike Evans caught five passes for 62 yards and two touchdowns for the Buccaneers (3-2).
Trailing 24-17 at halftime, the Falcons cut into the deficit with Koo’s 48-yard field goal with 6:21 left in the third quarter. Tampa Bay answered on the following drive with Chase McLaughlin’s 32-yard field goal at the 1:17 mark of the third.
On the next drive, the Falcons advanced to the Tampa Bay 10-yard line. After Tyler Allgeier was tackled for a loss of 2 on third-and-two, Cousins found Mooney for a game-tying 12-yard score with 13:18 left in the fourth quarter.
McLaughlin’s 53-yard field goal stamped the ensuing Tampa Bay drive, as the Buccaneers reclaimed the lead with 10:23 remaining. After Mooney dropped what would have been a first-down reception, Koo’s 54-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Tavierre Thomas with 6:29 left.
Jessie Bates III then forced a Bucky Irving fumble, which Atlanta recovered on its own 25 with 2:50 left. However, Lavonte David picked off Cousins on fourth-and-15, before Tampa Bay punted after a 30-second drive.
After a nine-play, 46-yard drive, Koo tied the game with a 52-yard field goal as time expired.
On the game’s opening possession, Cousins led the offense on a seven-play, 70-yard scoring drive, culminated with London’s 18-yard receiving touchdown.
Mayfield then capped a scoring drive with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Evans, knotting the score at 7 with 7:36 remaining in the first quarter.
After Koo’s missed 41-yard field goal, Tampa Bay took its first lead on McLaughlin’s 53-yard field goal with 1:22 left in the opening quarter.
After Cousins and Mayfield exchanged passing touchdowns to begin the second quarter, Mayfield answered Koo’s 54-yarder with a 4-yard passing touchdown to Sterling Shepard.
ROGER CRAIG AND KEN ANDERSON LEAD GROUP OF 60 SENIOR CANDIDATES FOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
Versatile running back Roger Craig, former MVP Ken Anderson and key member of the Steel Curtain defense L.C. Greenwood are among the players who advanced to the next stage in the Seniors category for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
The Hall released a list of 60 players Thursday who remained from the original list of 183 nominees made last month by a newly created Seniors Screening Committee.
A nine-person Senior Blue Ribbon Committee will now begin the process of reducing that list to the three finalists to be considered by the full selection committee in early 2025. The three seniors will be grouped with one coach and contributor with at least one and no more than three of those finalists getting in based on voting.
Craig and Anderson are among the 10 players on this year’s list of nominees who made it to the seminal stage of 12 candidates last year when Steve McMichael and Randy Gradishar were voted in as seniors.
The other returning semifinalists are Maxie Baughan, Joe Jacoby, Albert Lewis, Eddie Meador, Art Powell, Sterling Sharpe, Otis Taylor and Al Wistert. Powell made it to the final cut but didn’t get the 80% threshold needed for induction.
Players eligible for the Seniors category must have finished their playing career by the end of the 1999 season.
Craig was a key part of San Francisco’s dynasty in the 1980s with his ability as a physical runner and as a receiver out of the backfield. Craig was the first player ever to have 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season in 1985, and led the NFL with 2,036 yards from scrimmage in 1988 when he helped the 49ers win the Super Bowl.
Craig was also part of the title-winning teams in San Francisco in the 1984 and 1989 seasons. His 410 yards from scrimmage in those Super Bowl wins are the third-most ever behind only Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Franco Harris.
Anderson was a four-time Pro Bowler for Cincinnati and won the MVP in 1981 when he helped the Bengals reach their first Super Bowl before losing to San Francisco. When Anderson retired after the 1986 season he ranked sixth all time with 32,838 yards passing and 13th with 197 TD passes.
Greenwood is the most prominent member of the Steelers dominant defense that helped the franchise win four Super Bowl titles in a span of six seasons from 1974-79 who is not in the Hall. Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, Donnie Shell and Mel Blount have already been inducted.
Greenwood was a member of the all-decade team for the 1970s, was a two-time All-Pro and made six Pro Bowls in a 13-year career. He retired a year before sacks became an official stat but research from Pro Football Reference credits him with 78 over his career as a defensive end on those teams.
Powell was one of the most prolific receivers in the pass-happy AFL. His 81 touchdowns rank second best in AFL history behind Don Maynard, and his 8,015 yards receiving were third behind only Maynard and Hall of Famer Lance Alworth.
NFL GAME CAPSULES
NEW YORK JETS (2-2) VS. MINNESOTA VIKINGS (4-0)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 9:30 AM ET | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London) | Referee: Scott Novak
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: NYJ leads series, 8-4 (MIN won past 3)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/4/22: NYJ 22 at MIN 27
Postseason-
JETS NOTES:
JETS are 2-1 in international games, all in London (0-1 at Tottenham). • QB AARON RODGERS completed 24 of 42 atts. (57.1 pct.) for 225 yards with 0 INTs last week, 3rd-straight game with 0 INTs. Has 2 TD passes & 95+ rating in 2 of past 3. Has 95+ rating in 5 of his past 6 vs. Min. Has 7,157 pass yards in 29 career games vs. Min., most pass yards vs. any opponent. • RB BREECE HALL has 80+ scrimmage yards & TD in 6 of his past 7. Has 645 scrimmage yards (92.1 per game) & 6 TDs (5 rush, 1 rec.) in 7 career games vs. NFC. Is 1 of 4 AFC RBs with 300+ scrimmage yards (308) & 3+ TDs (3) in 2024. • RB BRAELON ALLEN (rookie) aims for 4th in row with 45+ scrimmage yards. • WR GARRETT WILSON has 5+ catches in 3 of 4 games this season. Had 8 catches for career-high 162 yards in last meeting. Has 50+ rec. yards in 9 of his past 10 vs. NFC. • WR ALLEN LAZARD had 5 catches for 58 yards last week. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Min. with 55+ rec. yards & has TD catch in 2 of his past 3 vs. Min. Had TD catch in only career game in London (10/9/22 vs. NYG, w/ GB). • WR MIKE WILLIAMS had season-high 67 rec. yards last week. Had 7 catches for 121 yards & TD in his last game vs. Min. (9/24/23 w/ LAC) & has rec. TD in 2 of 3 career games vs. Min. Had TD catch in only career game in London (10/21/18 vs. Ten., w/ LAC). • DL QUINNEN WILLIAMS had 3 TFL, sack & PD in last meeting. • EDGE WILL MCDONALD IV has 2+ sacks in 2 of past 3. Ranks tied-3rd in NFL with career-high 5 sacks in 2024. • LB QUINCY WILLIAMS had 7 tackles, 2 TFL & 1st FF of season last week. Aims for 4th in row with 7+ tackles & 3rd in row with TFL. Had career-high 2 FFs in only career game in London (10/10/21 vs. Atl.). • S TONY ADAMS led team with 11 tackles & had season-high 2 TFL in Week 4.
VIKINGS NOTES:
VIKINGS are 4-0 for 1st time since 2016. Will be 2nd team with 2+ wins & 0 losses (2017 Baltimore Ravens, 2-0) to play reg. season international game since 2007. Are 3-0 overall in international games, 1 of 4 teams with 2+ wins & 0 losses in international games. • QB SAM DARNOLD became 6th different QB with 2+ TD passes & 105+ rating in each of his team’s 1st 4 games of season. Leads NFL in TD passes (11) & rating (118.9). Was selected No. 3 overall by NYJ in 2018 NFL Draft & had 8,097 pass yards & 50 TDs (45 pass, 5 rush) in 38 games (2018-20). • RB AARON JONES had 139 scrimmage yards (93 rush, 46 rec.) in Week 4 & has 100+ scrimmage yards in 6 of his past 7 overall. Had 80 scrimmage yards (63 rush, 17 rec.) in his only game at Tottenham (10/9/22 w/ GB). • WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON became 5th player since 2000 with 50+ rec. yards & TD catch in each of his team’s 1st 4 games of season. Aims for his 6th in row overall with rec. TD. Had rec. TD in last meeting. Had 10 catches & 147 rec. yards & 3-yard rush TD in team’s last game at Tottenham (10/2/22 vs. NO). • WR JORDAN ADDISON had 72 rec. yards & 2 TDs in Week 4, his 11th-career TD catch & 1st-career rush TD. • LB ANDREW VAN GINKEL has sack in 3 of 4 games this season. • LB JONATHAN GREENARD had 2 sacks in his last game vs. NYJ (12/10/23 w/ Hou.) & aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYJ with sack. • LB PATRICK JONES had career-high 5th sack of season last week. Is 1 of 3 (Zach Allen & Devonte Wyatt) with TFL in each of 1st 4 weeks. Had sack in last meeting. • LB BLAKE CASHMAN led team with 11 tackles & had TFL & PD last week. • S CAMRYN BYNUM had 2 PD & 3rd-career FR last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with PD & 4th in row with 6+ tackles. • S JOSH METELLUS has PD in 3 of 4 games this season. • S HARRISON SMITH is 1 of 5 in NFC with PD in each of 1st 4 weeks. Aims for his 4th in row in London with 6+ tackles.
CAROLINA PANTHERS (1-3) AT CHICAGO BEARS (2-2)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Soldier Field | Referee: Tra Blake
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: CHI leads series, 8-3 (won 6 of past 7)
Postseason: CAR leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/9/23: CAR 13 at CHI 16
Postseason: NFC-D 1/15/06: CAR 29 at CHI 21
PANTHERS NOTES:
QB ANDY DALTON passed for 220 yards & 2 TDs vs. INT last week. Is 1 of 6 QBs with 2 games of 25+ completions this season. Aims for his 3rd in row with 25+ completions & 2+ TD passes. Passed for 282 yards & 2 TDs with 97.2 rating in his only career start at Chi. (9/8/13 w/ Cin.). • RB CHUBA HUBBARD had 121 scrimmage yards (104 rush, 17 rec.) & 1st rush TD of season, his 5th-career game with 100+ rush yards. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 11 of his past 12 games. Aims for his 3rd in row with 120+ scrimmage yards. • WR DIONTAE JOHNSON led team with 7 catches & 83 rec. yards & had his 27th-career rec. TD last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with 7+ catches, 80+ rec. yards & TD catch. Had 5 catches & 67 scrimmage yards (56 rec., 11 rush) in his only career game vs. Chi. (11/8/21 w/ Pit.). • WR XAVIER LEGETTE (rookie) had 6 catches, 76 scrimmage yards (66 rec., 10 rush) & 1st-career TD catch in Week 4. • LB JOSEY JEWELL aims for his 5th in row in 2024 & 7th in row overall with 5+ tackles. Had 6 tackles in his only career game vs. Chi. (9/15/19 w/ Den.). • LB JADEVEON CLOWNEY had 2 sacks in his last game vs. Chi. (9/26/21 w/ Cle.). Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Chi. with sack & 2+ TFL. • LB DJ JOHNSON had career-high 6 tackles & 1st TFL of season last week. • S XAVIER WOODS led team with 10 tackles & had his 1st INT of season last week, his 6th-career game with 10+ tackles & 11th-career INT. Has 6+ tackles in 3 of 4 games this season. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Chi. with 5+ tackles. • CB JAYCEE HORN had career-high 8 tackles, TFL & PD last week. • CB MIKE JACKSON has PD in 3 of 4 games this season. Aims for his 3rd in row on road & 3rd in row overall with PD. • CB TROY HILL had season-high 6 tackles last week.
BEARS NOTES:
QB CALEB WILLIAMS (rookie) completed 17 of 23 atts. (73.9 pct.) for 157 yards & TD pass vs. 0 INTs for 106.6 rating in Week 4, his 1st-career game with 100+ rating. Became 1st rookie QB selected No. 1 overall to win each of his 1st 2 career home starts in common-draft era. Can become 1st rookie QB since 2022 (Brock Purdy) to win each of his 1st 3 home starts. • RB D’ANDRE SWIFT had 7 receptions, season-high 165 scrimmage yards (93 rush, 72 rec.) & 1st rush TD of season, his 3rd-career game with 150+ scrimmage yards & 14th-career game with 5+ catches. • RB ROSCHON JOHNSON had 1st rush TD of season last week. • WR DJ MOORE had 1st rec. TD of season last week, his 30th-career TD catch. Has 5+ catches in 3 of 4 games this season. Was selected No. 24 overall by Car. in 2018 NFL Draft & had 364 catches, 5,536 scrimmage yards (5,201 rec., 335 rush) & 21 rec. TDs in 80 games (2018-22) with team. Had 5 catches for 58 yards in last meeting. • WR KEENAN ALLEN had 13 catches for 132 yards & rec. TD in his only career game vs. Car. (9/27/20 w/ LAC). • DL MONTEZ SWEAT had sack & 1st FF of season last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with sack. Has sack in 2 of his 3 career games vs. Car. • LB T.J. EDWARDS aims for his 4th in row at home with TFL. Had 12 tackles in last meeting. • LB TREMAINE EDMUNDS has TFL in 2 of his past 3. • DB JAYLON JOHNSON is 1 of 2 (Alontae Taylor) with 4+ PD (4) & 3+ TFL (3) in 2024. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with TFL. • DB JAQUAN BRISKER led team with 12 tackles & had career-high 2 TFL, sack & INT last week. Had 9 tackles, TFL & PD in last meeting.
BALTIMORE RAVENS (2-2) AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-3)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Paycor Stadium | Referee: Bill Vinovich
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: BAL leads series, 30-26 (won 3 of past 4)
Postseason: CIN leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/16/23: CIN 20 at BAL 34
Postseason: AFC-WC 1/15/23: BAL 17 at CIN 24
RAVENS NOTES:
RAVENS lead NFL with 881 rush yards, most by team in 1st 4 games since 2006 Falcons (937). Have 100+ rush yards in 37 straight games, tied 4th-longest streak ever. • QB LAMAR JACKSON completed 13 of 18 atts. (72.2 pct.) for 156 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 135.4 rating & rushed for 54 yards yards & TD last week, 2nd-straight game with 135+ rating & rush TD. Has 90+ rating & 50+ rush yards & 3 of 4 games this season. Had 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 116.6 rating in 2 games vs. Cin. last season, with 50+ rush yards in each game. Is 8-1 in 9 career starts vs. Cin. Ranks 9th in NFL with 308 rush yards in 2024. • RB DERRICK HENRY totaled 209 yards (199 rush, 10 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.), 8th-career game with 200+ scrimmage yards & 2+ TDs, 2nd-most in NFL history (HOFer LaDainian Tomlinson – 10). Aims for his 6th in row with rush TD & is 1 of 3 in NFL with rush TD in each of 1st 4 weeks of season. Aims for 3rd in row with 150+ rush yards & 2+ TDs. Has 362 scrimmage yards (120.7 per game) & 2 rush TDs in his past 3 vs. Cin. Leads NFL with 480 rush yards in 2024 & tied for lead with 5 rush TDs. • RB JUSTICE HILL led team with 6 catches for career-high 78 rec. yards & had 2nd-career rec. TD last week. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 3 of past 4. • WR ZAY FLOWERS has 55+ rec. yards in 4 of 5 career games vs. division. • TE MARK ANDREWS has TD catch in 3 of his past 4 vs. Cin. • LB ROQUAN SMITH aims for his 12th in row with 6+ tackles. Has PD in 4 of his past 5. Had 10 tackles in last meeting & has 10+ tackles in each of his past 4 vs. division. • LB KYLE VAN NOY had 2 sacks & 1st FF of season last week. Has 2 sacks in 3 straight games & can become 4th player since 1982 with 2+ sacks in 4 straight games. Has 4 sacks over his past 2 games vs. Cin. • S KYLE HAMILTON had 1st-career FR in Week 4. Aims for his 4th in row with 6+ tackles.
BENGALS NOTES:
QB JOE BURROW completed 22 of 31 atts. (71 pct.) for 232 yards & 2 TDs vs. INT with 100.5 rating last week, 3rd-straight game with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating. Has 2+ TD passes in 4 of his past 5 at home. Has 962 pass yards (320.7 per game) & 7 TDs vs. INT with 105.5 rating in 3 career home starts vs. Bal. • RB ZACK MOSS had 78 scrimmage yards (51 rush, 27 rec.) & 1st TD catch of season in Week 4. Has TD in 3 of 4 games this season. Aims for 3rd in row with 75+ scrimmage yards. Had 145 scrimmage yards (122 rush, 23 rec.) & rec. TD in his last game vs. Bal. (9/24/23 w/ Ind.). • RB CHASE BROWN led team with season-high 92 scrimmage yards (career high 80 rush, 12 rec.) & had 1st 2 career rush TDs last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 65+ scrimmage yards. • WR JA’MARR CHASE led team with 85 rec. yards last week, incl. 63-yard TD catch, 9th-career rec. TD of 60+ yards, tied 3rd-most ever by player in 1st 4 seasons. Aims for 3rd in row with 85+ rec. yards & rec. TD. Had TD catch in last meeting & has rec. TD in 2 of past 3 vs. Bal. Playing in 50th career game. • WR TEE HIGGINS led team with 6 catches for 60 yards in Week 4. Had 8 catches for 89 yards in his last game vs. Bal. (9/17/23). • WR ANDRE IOSIVAS has TD catch in 2 of past 3. • DE TREY HENDRICKSON had 1st PD of season last week. Has sack in 2 of past 3 overall & 0.5+ sacks in 6 of his past 7 at home. Had 2 TFL & sack in last meeting & has 5 sacks in 6 career games vs. Bal. • LB GERMAINE PRATT aims for 4th in row with 9+ tackles. Has FF in 2 of past 3. • LB LOGAN WILSON has 10+ tackles in 3 of 4 games this season. Had 9 tackles & FF in last meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. division with PD. • S VONN BELL had 1st INT of season last week. Aims for 5th in row with 6+ tackles.
BUFFALO BILLS (3-1) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (3-1)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | NRG Stadium | Referee: Clay Martin
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: Series tied, 5-5 (Home team won past 5)
Postseason: HOU leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/3/21: HOU 0 at BUF 40
Postseason: AFC-WC 1/4/20: BUF 19 at HOU 22
BILLS NOTES:
QB JOSH ALLEN has 9 TDs (7 pass, 2 rush) vs. 0 INTs in 2024 & is only QB with 100+ attempts (101) & 0 INTs this season. Totaled 289 yards (248 pass, 41 rush) & 2 TD passes with 100.4 rating in last meeting. Ranks 2nd in NFL with 116.5 rating in 2024 & tied-3rd with 7 TD passes. • RB JAMES COOK has 85+ scrimmage yards in 3 of 4 games this season & TD in 2 of past 3. Is 1 of 3 AFC RBs with 300+ scrimmage yards (333) & 4+ TDs (4) in 2024. • RB TY JOHNSON aims for 3rd in row with TD. • WR KHALIL SHAKIR had team-high 62 rec. yards last week, 3rd-straight game with 50+ rec. yards. Has 5+ catches in 2 of past 3. • WR KEON COLEMAN (rookie) had 51 rec. yards in Week 4. • TE DALTON KINCAID had season-high 5 catches for 47 yards last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 40+ rec. yards. Has 5+ catches in 2 of past 3 on road. • LB DORIAN WILLIAMS led team with career-high 12 tackles & had 1st-career FF in Week 4. Aims for 5th in row with 8+ tackles. • LB BAYLON SPECTOR had 1st-career sack & 1st-career FR last week. • DT ED OLIVER had TFL in last meeting. 1st-career game in Hou. since playing college at University of Houston (2016-18). • DE GREG ROUSSEAU has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season & aims for his 4th in row on road with TFL. • DE DAWUANE SMOOT had 1st TFL of season last week. • CB JA’MARCUS INGRAM has PD in 3 of 4 games this season. • CB RASUL DOUGLAS had season-best 7 tackles & 3rd-career FF last week. Had 9 tackles & TFL in only career game vs. Hou. (12/23/18 w/ Phi.). • CB CHRISTIAN BENFORD has PD in 2 of past 3 overall & 3 of past 4 on road. • S DAMAR HAMLIN had TFL & PD last week. Aims for 3rd in row with PD.
TEXANS NOTES:
QB C.J. STROUD completed season-high 27 of 40 atts. (67.5 pct.) for seasonbest 345 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 110.9 rating last week, his 5th-career game with 300+ pass yards, 2+ TD passes & 0 INTs, tied with Patrick Mahomes for 2ndmost ever by QB in 1st 20 career games. Has 0 INTs & 90+ rating in 3 of 4 games this season. Has 11 TDs (10 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs with 113 rating in his past 6 home starts, incl. playoffs. Ranks 4th in NFL with 1,024 pass yards in 2024. • RB JOE MIXON has TD in each of 4 career games vs. Buf., incl. playoffs, with 90+ scrimmage yards in 2 of past 3. • RB CAM AKERS led team with season-high 53 rush yards last week. • RB DARE OGUNBOWALE had 2nd-career TD catch last week. • WR NICO COLLINS had career-high 12 catches for 151 yards & TD in Week 4, 4th game with 150+ rec. yards & rec. TD over past 2 seasons, 2nd-most in NFL (Tyreek Hill – 5). Has 80+ rec. yards in 6 straight games, longest active streak in NFL. Has TD catch in 6 of his past 7 at home, incl. playoffs. Leads NFL with 489 rec. yards in 2024 & ranks 2nd with 30 catches. • WR STEFON DIGGS had 5 catches for 69 yards & 1st-career rush TD last week. Has 5+ catches in 3 of 4 games this season. Spent past 4 seasons (2020-23) with Buf., totaling 100+ catches, 1,100+ rec. yards & 8+ rec. TDs in each season. • DE DANIELLE HUNTER has TFL in 2 of past 3. Has sack in each of 2 career games vs. Buf. • DE WILL ANDERSON has sack in 2 of past 3 & TFL in 3 of past 4. Has 5.5 sacks in his past 4 at home. • LB HENRY TO’OTO’O aims for 5th in row with 5+ tackles. • CB DEREK STINGLEY had season-best 2 PD in Week 4. Has 9 PD in his past 5 at home. • S ERIC MURRAY had 1st sack of season last week. Aims for 4th in row with PD.
MIAMI DOLPHINS (1-3) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1-3)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Gillette Stadium | Referee: Adrian Hill
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: MIA leads series, 61-53 (won 6 of past 7)
Postseason: NE leads series, 2-1 (won past 2)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/29/23: NE 17 at MIA 31
Postseason: AFC-WC 12/28/97: MIA 3 at NE 17
DOLPHINS NOTES:
QB TYLER HUNTLEY completed 14 of 22 atts. (63.6 pct.) with 0 INTs & rushed for 40 yards & TD in season & Mia. debut last week. Has 0 INTs in 3 of his past 4 starts. • QB SKYLAR THOMPSON has 0 INTs in each of 3 career starts. • RB DE’VON ACHANE has 418 scrimmage yards (104.5 per game) & 5 TDs (4 rush, 1 rec.) in his past 4 on road. Aims for his 5th in row vs. division with 60+ scrimmage yards & 3rd in row vs. division with TD. Leads all RBs with 20 catches & 187 rec. yards this season. • RB RAHEEM MOSTERT aims for his 4th in row on road with rush TD. Has 264 scrimmage yards (88 per game) & 4 TDs (3 rush, 1 rec.) in his past 3 vs. NE, with TD in each game. Had 7 rush TDs in 5 games vs. division last season. • RB JEFF WILSON has 196 scrimmage yards (98 per game) & 3 rush TDs in 2 career games at NE. • WR TYREEK HILL had 8 catches for 112 yards & TD in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. NE with rec. TD. Has 80+ rec. yards & TD catch in 3 of his past 4 vs. division. • WR JAYLEN WADDLE is 1 of 4 AFC WRs with 4+ catches in each of 1st 4 weeks of season. Had 7 catches for 121 yards & TD in last meeting & aims for his 5th in row vs. NE with 50+ rec. yards. Has 100+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4 vs. division. • DE CALAIS CAMPBELL had season-high 5 tackles & TFL last week. Has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season. Has PD in 2 of past 3. • LB EMMANUEL OGBAH had 6 tackles, TFL & 2nd-career INT in Week 4. Has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season. Has sack in 2 of his past 3 on road. • LB JORDYN BROOKS led team with season-high 13 tackles & had 2 TFL, PD & 1st sack of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 9+ tackles. • CB JALEN RAMSEY has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season. Had INT in last meeting
PATRIOTS NOTES:
QB JACOBY BRISSETT completed 19 of 32 atts. (59.4 pct.) for 168 yards & TD vs. INT last week. Has 0 INTs in 3 of 4 games this season. Has 0 INTs in each of 3 career home starts with NE. Passed for 212 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs & rushed for 40 yards in only career start vs. Mia. (11/13/22 w/ Cle.). • RB RHAMONDRE STEVENSON had 62 scrimmage yards (43 rush, 19 rec.) & season-high 4 catches last week. Has 60+ scrimmage yards in 3 of 4 games this season. Has 85+ scrimmage yards in 4 of his past 5 at home. Rushed for 50 yards & TD in last home meeting. • RB ANTONIO GIBSON led team with 79 scrimmage yards (67 rec., 12 rush) in Week 4. Has 75+ scrimmage yards in 2 of past 3. Had 72 scrimmage yards (37 rec., 35 rush) in only career game vs. Mia. (12/3/23 w/ Was.). • TE HUNTER HENRY aims for his 3rd in row at home with 7+ catches & 65+ rec. yards. Has 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 vs. Mia. • TE AUSTIN HOOPER had 1st TD catch of season last week. • WR DEMARIO DOUGLAS had 5 catches in last meeting. • DE KEION WHITE has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season. Had TFL in last meeting. • DE DEATRICH WISE JR. had 6 tackles, sack & PD last week. Aims for 3rd in row with sack. Has sack in 2 of his past 3 vs. division. • LB RAEKWON MCMILLAN had 7 tackles last week. Aims for 4th in row with 6+ tackles. • LB JAHLANI TAVAI has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season. Had 7 tackles & PD in last meeting. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Mia. with 6+ tackles. • CB JONATHAN JONES has PD in 3 of 4 games this season. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Mia. with PD. • S JABRILL PEPPERS had 7 tackles, 2 PD & 1st INT of season in Week 4.
CLEVELAND BROWNS (1-3) AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (3-1)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Northwest Stadium | Referee: Alan Eck
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: CLE leads series, 35-12-1 (won past 2)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 1/1/23: CLE 24 at WAS 10
Postseason: —
BROWNS NOTES:
QB DESHAUN WATSON completed 24 of 32 atts. (season-high 75 pct.) for 176 yards & TD vs. INT & rushed for 32 yards last week. Has 0 INTs in 2 of past 3. Had 3 TD passes & 122.5 rating in last meeting. • RB JEROME FORD led team with season-high 85 scrimmage yards (58 rush, 27 rec.) & had career-high 7 catches last week. Aims for 5th in row with 60+ scrimmage yards. Ranks tied-3rd among RBs with 17 catches this season. • WR AMARI COOPER aims for 3rd in row with 4+ catches. Had 105 rec. yards & 2 TD catches in last meeting & aims for his 5th in row vs. Was. with rec. TD. Has 45 catches, 755 rec. yards & 8 rec. TDs in 9 career games vs. Was., all most vs. any opponent in career. • WR JERRY JEUDY had season-high 6 catches for 72 yards in Week 4. Has 5+ catches & 70+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. Aims for his 5th in row on road with 70+ rec. yards. • TE DAVID NJOKU has 6 catches in 3 of his past 4 on road. • TE BLAKE WHITEHART had 1st-career TD catch last week. • DE MYLES GARRETT had season-high 2 sacks in Week 4, 18th-career game with 2+ sacks, 2nd-most in NFL since 2017 (T.J. Watt – 22). Has sack in 4 of past 5. Has 3.5 sacks in 2 career games vs. Was., with 1.5+ sacks in each game. • DE ZA’DARIUS SMITH had 5 tackles & 2 PD in his last game vs. Was. (11/6/22 w/ Min.). • LB JEREMIAH OWUSU-KORAMOAH led team with 9 tackles & had TFL last week. Aims for 6th in row with 7+ tackles & 4th in row with TFL • CB DENZEL WARD has PD in each game this season & ties for NFL lead with 7 PD in 2024. Has PD in 10 of his past 11 on road. Had INT in last meeting. • S GRANT DELPIT aims for 4th in row with 5+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of past 3. Had career-high 2 INTs & TFL in last meeting.
COMMANDERS NOTES:
QB JAYDEN DANIELS (rookie) became 1st player in NFL history with 85+ comp. pct. in consecutive games in Weeks 3-4. Has 82.1 comp. pct., highest by player in 1st 4 games of season in NFL history & highest by player in 1st 4 career games all-time. Became 2nd rookie QB ever with 200+ rush yards in 1st 4 games & is 1 of 4 QBs with 4 rush TDs in 1st 4 career games. Can become 3rd rookie QB ever to win 4 of his team’s 1st 5 games of season. • RB BRIAN ROBINSON had 113 scrimmage yards (101 rush, 12 rec.) & 3rd rush TD of season last week. Has TD in 4 of his past 5. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his past 6 at home. Rushed for 87 yards in last meeting. • RB AUSTIN EKELER had 199 scrimmage yards (career-high 173 rush, 26 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in his last game vs. Cle. (10/9/22 w/ LAC) & has 5 TDs (3 rush, 2 rec.) in his past 2 vs. Cle. • RB JEREMY MCNICHOLS had career-high 68 rush yards & 1st-career game with 2 rush TDs in Week 4. • WR TERRY MCLAURIN had 7 catches for 52 yards & 27th-career rec. TD last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with TD catch. • LB BOBBY WAGNER led team with 11 tackles & had half sack in Week 4. Had 13 tackles, TFL & PD in his last game vs. Cle. (10/29/23 w/ Sea.). Aims for his 9th in row with 8+ tackles. • LB FRANKIE LUVU had 5th-career FF & 4th-career FR last week. • DT JONATHAN ALLEN had 1st sack of season last week, his 40th-career sack. • DT DARON PAYNE had 2 sacks in last meeting. • DE DORANCE ARMSTRONG had 1.5 sacks & 3rd-career FF in Week 4. Aims for his 3rd in row with 0.5+ sacks. • S JEREMY CHINN had season-high 8 tackles in Week 4.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2-2) AT DENVER BRONCOS (2-2)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 4:05 PM ET | Empower Field at Mile High | Referee: Craig Wrolstad
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: LV leads series, 72-53-2 (won 10 of past 11)
Postseason: Series tied, 1-1
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 1/7/24: DEN 14 at LV 27
Postseason: AFC-WC 1/9/94: DEN 24 at LAA 42
RAIDERS NOTES:
QB GARDNER MINSHEW has 200+ pass yards in 3 of 4 games this season. Passed for 213 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 97.2 rating in only career start vs. Den. (9/29/19 w/ Jax.). • RB ALEXANDER MATTISON led team with season-high 60 rush yards last week. Has TD in 3 of 4 games this season. Had 81 rush yards in his last game vs. Den. (11/19/23 w/ Min.). • RB ZAMIR WHITE rushed for season-best 50 yards in Week 4. Had 121 scrimmage yards (112 rush, 9 rec.) in last meeting. • WR DAVANTE ADAMS has 110+ rec. yards & rec. TD in 2 of his past 3 on road. Had TD catch in last meeting & has rec. TD in 2 of his past 3 vs. Den. Has 5+ catches in 9 of his past 10 vs. division. • WR JAKOBI MEYERS aims for 3rd in row with 5+ catches. Has 45+ rec. yards in 3 of 4 games this season. Had 3 rec. TDs in 2 games vs. Den. last season. • WR TRE TUCKER aims for 3rd in row with 5+ catches. Had 5 catches for 79 yards in last meeting. • WR DJ TURNER rushed for 1st-career TD in Week 4. • TE BROCK BOWERS ranks 2nd among rookies with 20 catches this season. • DE MAXX CROSBY has sack in 3 of his past 4. Aims for his 3rd in row with PD. Aims for his 9th in row on road with TFL. Has 17 TFL & 13.5 sacks in 10 career games vs. Den., with sack in each of past 9. • LB ROBERT SPILLANE had season-high 12 tackles & TFL last week. Aims for his 6th in row with 10+ tackles & is 1 of 2 in NFL (E.J. Speed) with 10+ tackles in each of 1st 4 weeks of season. Has TFL in 3 of his past 4. • S TRE’VON MOEHRIG had 5th-career INT last week. Had INT in last meeting. • S ISAIAH POLA-MAO had 1st sack & PD of season in Week 4.
BRONCOS NOTES:
QB BO NIX (rookie) had 1st-career TD pass last week & 0 INTs. Aims for 3rd in row with 0 INTs. Can become 1st Den. rookie QB ever to start & win 3 straight games. • RB JAVONTE WILLIAMS rushed for season-high 77 yards in Week 4. Has 65+ scrimmage yards in 2 of past 3. Had 75 scrimmage yards (43 rec., 32 rush), rush TD & 7 catches in last meeting. Has TD in 3 of his past 4 vs. division. • RB JALEEL MCLAUGHLIN has 60+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 3 at home. • WR COURTLAND SUTTON led team with 60 rec. yards & had 1st TD catch of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 60+ rec. yards. Has 4+ catches in 8 of his past 9 vs. Raiders. Has rec. TD in 5 of his past 6 vs. division. • WR LIL’JORDAN HUMPHREY aims for his 3rd in row at home with 50+ rec. yards. Had TD catch in last home meeting. • LB CODY BARTON led team with season-high 10 tackles last week. Aims for his 7th in row at home with 6+ tackles. Had 12 tackles, TFL & PD in only career game vs. LV (11/27/22 w/ Sea.). • LB NIK BONITTO aims for 3rd in row with sack. Aims for 4th in row at home with TFL. Had sack in last meeting. • LB JUSTIN STRNAD had 2 TFL & 1st-career sack in Week 4. • DE ZACH ALLEN is 1 of 3 in NFL with TFL in each of 1st 4 weeks of season. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. LV with 5+ tackles. • DE JOHN FRANKLIN-MYERS aims for 3rd in row with sack & has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season. Had sack in his last game vs. LV (11/12/23 w/ NYJ). • CB PAT SURTAIN II had PD last week. Had 4 PD in 2 games vs. LV last season. • CB RILEY MOSS aims for 3rd in row with 6+ tackles & PD. • S P.J. LOCKE tied career high with 9 tackles & had 1st sack of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 5+ tackles. Has PD in 3 of past 4 at home.
ARIZONA CARDINALS (1-3) AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-2)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 4:05 PM ET | Levi’s Stadium | Referee: Land Clark
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: SF leads series, 36-29 (won past 4)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/17/23: SF 45 at ARI 29
Postseason: –
CARDS NOTES:
QB KYLER MURRAY had TD pass & 104.7 rating in Week 4 & is 1 of 2 NFC QBs (Dak Prescott) with 3 games with TD pass & 0 INTs in 2024. Aims for his 4th in row on road with 90+ rating. Aims for his 3rd in row at SF with both TD pass & rush TD. • RB JAMES CONNER had 113 scrimmage yards (104 rush, 9 rec.) & 3rd rush TD of season last week. Has TD in 8 of his past 9 & aims for his 5th in row on road with TD. Has 6 TDs (5 rush, 1 rec.) in his past 5 vs. SF. • RB TREY BENSON (rookie) had career-high 50 rush yards last week. • WR MARVIN HARRISON JR. (rookie) is 1 of 2 (Justin Jefferson) with 4 rec. TDs this season & aims for his 4th in row with TD catch. • WR MICHAEL WILSON had 7 catches for 76 yards & 2 rec. TDs in last road meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with TD catch. • WR GREG DORTCH aims for his 3rd in row on road with 6+ catches. • TE TREY MCBRIDE has 5+ catches in 2 of his 3 games this season & aims for his 6th in row on road with 5+ receptions. Tied his career high with 10 catches & had 102 rec. yards in last meeting. • S BUDDA BAKER led team with 14 tackles last week, his 5th-career game with 14+ tackles. Ranks 2nd among DBs with 39 tackles in 2024. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with TFL. Aims for his 11th in row vs. SF with 5+ tackles. • S JALEN THOMPSON aims for his 3rd in row with 9+ tackles. Has 5+ tackles in 5 of his past 6 on road. • LB MACK WILSON has 6+ tackles in 3 of 4 games this season. • LB DENNIS GARDECK had sack in last road meeting. • LB KYZIR WHITE aims for his 5th in row with 7+ tackles. • LB ZAVEN COLLINS has TFL in 4 of his past 5.
49ERS NOTES:
QB BROCK PURDY passed for 288 yards & TD in Week 4 & ranks 2nd in NFL with 1,130 pass yards this season. Aims for his 4th in row with 285+ pass yards. Tied his career-high with 4 TD passes in last meeting. Aims for his 4th start in row vs. Ari. with 130+ rating. • RB JORDAN MASON had career-high 160 scrimmage yards (123 rush, career high 37 rec.) & tied career high with 3rd rush TD of season last week. Ranks 2nd in NFL with 447 rush yards & is only player with 3 games with 100+ rush yards & rush TD in 2024. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with 120+ rush yards & TD. • TE GEORGE KITTLE had 2nd TD catch of season last week & aims for his 3rd in row with rec. TD. Has 3 rec. TDs in his past 3 at home vs. Ari. • WR DEEBO SAMUEL has 70+ scrimmage yards in each of his 3 games in 2024. • WR JAUAN JENNINGS led team with 88 rec. yards last week & ranks 4th in NFL with 364 rec. yards this season. Aims for his 3rd in row with 85+ rec. yards. • WR BRANDON AIYUK aims for his 4th in row with 40+ rec. yards. Had 6 catches for 148 yards in last home meeting. Aims for his 4th in row at home vs. Ari. with 50+ rec. yards. • LB FRED WARNER had 10th-career INT & 2nd-career INT-TD last week. Since 2018, leads all LBs with 50 PD & is 1 of 5 LBs with 10+ INTs. Has 109 tackles (9.1 per game) in 12 games vs. Ari. • DL NICK BOSA had 3rd sack of season, 11th-career FF & 4th-career FR last week. Aims for his 4th in row with TFL. Has TFL in 5 of his past 6 vs. Ari. • DL MALIEK COLLINS aims for his 3rd in row with sack. • DL LEONARD FLOYD had 5th-career FF last week. • DL KEVIN GIVENS had career-high 2.5 sacks in Week 4. • CB CHARVARIUS WARD is 1 of 5 NFC DBs with PD in each of 1st 4 weeks.
GREEN BAY PACKERS (2-2) AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (1-3)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 4:25 PM ET | SoFi Stadium | Referee: Brad Allen
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: GB leads series, 48-46-2 (won 8 of past 9)
Postseason: GB leads series, 2-1 (Home team won all 3)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/5/23: LAR 3 at GB 20
Postseason: NFC-D 1/16/21: LAR 18 at GB 32
PACKERS NOTES:
QB JORDAN LOVE set career highs in completions (32), pass yards (389) & pass TDs (4) in Week 4, his 3rd-career 300-yard game. Has 2+ TD passes in 10 of his past 11 reg. season starts. Completed 20 of 26 atts. (76.9 pct.) for 228 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for 115.5 rating in last meeting. • RB JOSH JACOBS had 78 scrimmage yards (51 rush, 27 rec.) in Week 4. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 9 of his past 10 games. Had 114 scrimmage yards (99 rush, 15 rec.) & rush TD in his only career game vs. LAR (12/8/22 w/ LV). • WR JAYDEN REED led team with 7 catches for career-high 139 yards & had 10th-career TD catch in Week 4 & is 1 of 2 (Nico Collins) with 2 games of 135+ rec. yards in 2024. Has 10 TDs (8 rec., 2 rush) in 10 career road games. • WR DONTAYVION WICKS had 5 catches for 78 yards & 2 rec. TDs in Week 4, his 2nd-career game with 2 TDs. Has 6 rec. TDs in his past 6. • LB QUAY WALKER led team with 8 tackles & had 4th-career full sack in Week 4. Aims for his 3rd in row with 0.5+ sacks. Had 2 PD, sack & FF in his last game vs. LAR (12/19/22). • DL DEVONTE WYATT is 1 of 3 (Zach Allen & Patrick Jones) with TFL in each of 1st 4 weeks & has TFL in 5 straight games. • LB ISAIAH MCDUFFIE has 6+ tackles in 3 of 4 games this season. Had 7 tackles & 2 TFL in last meeting. • S XAVIER MCKINNEY became 4th player since 1970 with INT in each of his 1st 4 games with a team & 4th player since 2000 with INT in each of his team’s 1st 4 games of a season. Also had 2 INTs in Week 18 last season & can become 1st player since 2021 (Trevon Diggs) with INT in 6 straight games. • CB KEISEAN NIXON had 2nd sack of season & 2nd-career FF last week.
RAMS NOTES:
QB MATTHEW STAFFORD is 6-1 in his past 7 home starts with 11 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 101.3 rating, incl. 100+ rating in each of his past 4 home starts. Passed for 302 yards & 3 TDs in his last start vs. GB (11/28/21) & has 2+ TD passes in 11 of his past 13 vs. GB. • RB KYREN WILLIAMS had 104 scrimmage yards (94 rush, 10 rec.) & 5th rush TD of season last week. Has 21 TDs (17 rush, 4 rec.) in his past 16 games. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 16 straight games, longest active streak in NFL. Has TD in 7 straight games, longest active streak in NFL. Aims for his 6th in row at home with 100+ scrimmage yards & TD. • WR TUTU ATWELL led team with 82 rec. yards in Week 4 & aims for his 3rd in row with 80+ rec. yards. • WR JORDAN WHITTINGTON (rookie) set career highs in catches (6) & rec. yards (62) in Week 4. • LB BYRON YOUNG has TFL in 5 of his past 6. Had career-highs in tackles (10) & sacks (2) & had FF in last meeting. • LB TROY REEDER aims for his 5th in row with 7+ tackles. • LB CHRISTIAN ROZEBOOM had career-high 11 tackles last week & aims for his 3rd in row with 10+ tackles. • LB JARED VERSE leads all rookies with 5 TFL. • LB MICHAEL HOECHT had 1st sack of season last week. Has TFL in 4 of his past 5. • DE KOBIE TURNER had career-high 10 tackles & sack in last meeting. • DE BRADEN FISKE (rookie) had 1st-career sack & 1st-career FF last week. • S QUENTIN LAKE had 2nd-career sack last week. Ranks 3rd among DBs with 37 tackles in 2024. • S KAMREN CURL aims for his 3rd in row vs. GB with 6+ tackles.
NEW YORK GIANTS (1-3) AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (3-1)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 4:25 PM ET | Lumen Field | Referee: Shawn Smith
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: SEA leads series, 11-10 (won 6 of past 7)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/2/23: SEA 24 at NYG 3
Postseason: —
GIANTS NOTES:
QB DANIEL JONES completed 29 of 40 atts. (72.5 pct.) for 281 yards in Week 4 & aims for his 3rd in row with 70+ comp. pct. Has 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating in each of his 1st 2 road starts this season. Completed 27 of 34 atts. (79.4 pct.) & had 269 yards (203 pass, 66 rush) in last meeting. • RB DEVIN SINGLETARY has rush TD in 5 of his past 6 on road. Aims for his 7th in row on road with 65+ scrimmage yards. • WR MALIK NABERS (rookie) had career-high 12 catches for 115 yards in Week 4 & joined Puka Nacua as only players ever with 10+ catches & 100+ rec. yards in 2 of his 1st 4 games. Leads NFL with 35 receptions, 2nd-most by player in 1st 4 games in NFL history. Leads all rookies & NFC & ranks 2nd in NFL with 386 rec. yards. Can become 4th player ever with 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in each of his 1st 5 career games. • WR WAN’DALE ROBINSON had career-high 11 catches for 71 yards last week. Nabers & Robinson became 3rd duo in franchise history each with 10+ catches in same game. Had 5 catches in last meeting. • LB BRIAN BURNS aims for his 3rd in row on road & 3rd in row overall with TFL. Had sack & 3 TFL in his last game vs. Sea. (9/24/23 w/ Car.). • LB KAYVON THIBODEAUX had 1st full sack of season last week & aims for his 3rd in row with 0.5+ sacks. Had 2 sacks & PD in last meeting. • LB BOBBY OKEREKE had TFL & PD last week. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with 0.5+ sacks. Had 10 tackles, 2 TFL & PD in last meeting. • LB MICAH MCFADDEN had 8 tackles & TFL last week. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with 0.5+ sacks. Had sack in last game at Sea. (10/30/22). • S TYLER NUBIN had career-high 8 tackles & 1st-career FF last week & ranks tied-1st among rookies with 22 tackles.
SEAHAWKS NOTES:
QB GENO SMITH had career highs in completions (38) & pass yards (395) last week & is only player with 2 games of 30+ completions this season. Is 1 of 2 (Brock Purdy) with 3 games of 285+ pass yards in 2024. Has TD pass in 18 of his 20 home starts with Sea. Has 3 TD passes vs. 0 INTs for 101 rating in 2 career starts vs. NYG. • RB KENNETH WALKER had 116 scrimmage yards (80 rush, 36 rec.) & careerhigh 3 rush TDs in Week 4, his 6th-career game with 2+ rush TDs. Aims for his 5th in row at home with 75+ scrimmage yards & TD. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG with 50+ rush yards & rush TD. • RB ZACH CHARBONNET has 5+ catches in 2 of his past 3. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with TD & 4th in row overall with 50+ scrimmage yards. • WR DK METCALF had 7 catches for 104 yards last week. Ranks 3rd in NFL with 366 rec. yards & is 1 of 2 (Nico Collins) with 3 games of 100+ rec. yards in 2024. Aims for his 4th in row with 100+ rec. yards. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG with rec. TD. • WR TYLER LOCKETT has 5+ catches in 3 of 4 games this season. Had TD catch in last home meeting & aims for his 4th in row vs. NYG with 50+ rec. yards. • WR JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA had team-high 8 catches for 51 yards last week. • LB BOYE MAFE aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG & 4th in row overall with sack. • LB TYREL DODSON led team with 10 tackles last week. Has TFL in 3 of 4 games this season. Aims for his 3rd in row with TFL & 5th in row with 5+ tackles. • LB DERICK HALL aims for his 3rd in row with sack. • DE LEONARD WILLIAMS had 230 tackles, 27 TFL & 22.5 sacks in 61 games (2019-23) with NYG. • CB DEVON WITHERSPOON had 2 sacks & 97-yard INT-TD in last meeting. • S JULIAN LOVE had 9 tackles & TFL in last meeting. Had 268 tackles, 18 PD, 13 TFL & 5 INTs in 64 games (2019-22) with NYG.
DALLAS COWBOYS (2-2) AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (3-1)
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 8:20 PM ET | Acrisure Stadium | Referee: Shawn Hochuli
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: DAL leads series, 16-14 (won 2 of past 3)
Postseason: PIT leads series, 2-1
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/8/20: PIT 24 at DAL 19
Postseason: SB XXX 1/28/96: DAL 27 vs. PIT 17
COWBOYS NOTES:
COWBOYS have 106 primetime wins since 1970, most in NFL (Steelers rank 2nd with 98 primetime wins since 1970). • QB DAK PRESCOTT completed 22 of 27 atts. (81.5 pct.) for 221 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 125.5 rating in Week 4, his 18th-career game with 125+ rating. Is 1 of 4 QBs (HOFers Peyton Manning, Joe Montana & Steve Young) since 1970 with .700+ win. pct. (.703, 26-11) in primetime (min. 25 primetime starts). Passed for 319 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 121.7 rating in his only career start vs. Pit. (11/13/16). • RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT has 349 scrimmage yards (174.5 per game) & 4 TDs (2 rush, 2 rec.) in 2 career games at Pit. & aims for his 3rd in row at Pit. with 140+ scrimmage yards & TD. • RB RICO DOWDLE had 61 scrimmage yards (46 rush, 15 rec.) & 1st rec. TD of season last week. Aims for his 4th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. • WR CEEDEE LAMB had 7 catches, 106 scrimmage yards (98 rec., 8 rush) & 34th-career rec. TD last week. Has TD catch in 5 of his past 6 on road. Aims for his 9th in row on road with 5+ catches. Aims for his 5th in row in primetime with rec. TD. Had 71 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • TE JAKE FERGUSON had 7 catches last week & has 6+ catches in 3 of his past 4. • LB MICAH PARSONS has TFL in 7 of his past 8 on road & aims for his 5th in row on road with TFL. • LB ERIC KENDRICKS led team with 13 tackles in Week 4 & is 1 of 2 in NFC (Bobby Wagner) with 8+ tackles in each of 1st 4 weeks. Had 11 tackles, 2 TFL & sack in his last game vs. Pit. (12/9/21 w/ Min.). • LB DEMARVION OVERSHOWN has 6+ tackles in 3 of 4 games this season. • CB TREVON DIGGS has 28 PD & 9 INTs in 24 career road games. Aims for his 4th in row in primetime with PD.
STEELERS NOTES:
QB JUSTIN FIELDS totaled 367 yards (312 pass, 55 rush) & 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 pass) with season-high 104 rating last week, 2nd-career game with 300+ pass yards & only game by QB in NFL this season with 300+ pass yards & 2 rush TDs. Has 90+ rating in 6 straight games, longest active streak in NFL. Has 0 INTs in 5 of past 6. Totaled 211 yards (151 pass, 60 rush) & 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs with 120 rating in only career start vs. Dal. (10/30/22 w/ Chi.). • RB NAJEE HARRIS has 70+ scrimmage yards in 7 straight games, longest active streak in NFL. Has 454 scrimmage yards (90.8 per game) & 3 TDs (2 rec., 1 rush) in 5 career games on SNF. • WR GEORGE PICKENS led team with career-high tying 7 catches for 113 yards last week, 7th-career game with 100+ rec. yards. Has 5+ catches & 55+ rec. yards in 3 of 4 games this season. • WR CORDARRELLE PATTERSON had season-high 62 scrimmage yards (43 rush, 19 rec.) in Week 4. • TE PAT FREIERMUTH set season highs in catches (5) & rec. yards (57) & had 1st TD catch of season last week. • LB T.J. WATT has sack in 3 of 4 games this season & 4 of past 5 overall. Has 0.5+ sacks in 10 of his past 11 at home. Had 3 PD & half sack in last meeting. Has 99.5 career sacks in 108 games & can become 4th player since 1982 with 100+ sacks in 1st 8 seasons. Has 5 sacks in his past 3 on SNF. • LB PATRICK QUEEN aims for 3rd in row with 7+ tackles. Has PD in 2 of past 3. Had 5 tackles & INT in only career game vs. Dal. (12/8/20 w/ Bal.). • DT CAMERON HEYWARD aims for 3rd in row with sack. Had half sack in last meeting. • S MINKAH FITZPATRICK had 9 tackles last week. Had INT & FR in last meeting. • S DESHON ELLIOTT led team with 12 tackles & had FF in Week 4.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (2-2) AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (4-0)
Monday, October 7, 2024 | 8:15 PM ET | GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium | Referee: Brad Rogers
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: KC leads series, 7-5 (won past 3)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/20/20: KC 32 at NO 29
Postseason: –
SAINTS NOTES:
QB DEREK CARR completed 28 of 36 atts. (77.8 pct.) in Week 4, his 27thcareer game with 75+ comp. pct., tied 3rd-most in NFL since 2014. Has 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating in 3 of his past 4 on road. Has 2+ TD passes & 95+ rating in 4 of his past 5 vs. KC. • RB ALVIN KAMARA had 7 catches, 119 scrimmage yards (77 rush, 42 rec.) & rush TD in Week 4. Leads NFL with 536 scrimmage yards (362 rush, 174 rec.) & ranks tied-1st in scrimmage TDs (6 – 5 rush, 1 rec.) & is 5th player since 2000 with 350+ rush yards, 150+ rec. yards & 6 scrimmage TDs in his team’s 1st 4 games of season. Is 1 of 2 (Saquon Barkley) with 110+ scrimmage yards in each of 1st 4 weeks. Had 94 scrimmage yards (54 rush, 40 rec. ) & TD catch in last meeting. • WR CHRIS OLAVE had 8 catches for team-high 87 yards last week. Aims for his 4th in row on Monday with 65+ rec. yards & 4th in row overall with 80+ rec. yards. • WR RASHID SHAHEED had career-high 8 catches & 97 scrimmage yards (83 rec., 14 rush) in Week 4. Has 70+ rec. yards in 3 of 4 games this season. • TE TAYSOM HILL had 2 rush TDs in Week 4, his 7th-career game with 2+ rush TDs. Had rush TD in last meeting. • LB DEMARIO DAVIS has 5+ tackles in 14 of his past 15 Monday games. Had 15 tackles in last meeting. • LB WILLIE GAY had 260 tackles, 22 PD, 21 TFL & 5.5 sacks in 66 games, incl. postseason, with KC (2020-23). • CB ALONTAE TAYLOR aims for his 3rd in row with PD. • CB PAULSON ADEBO had career-high 12 tackles, tied his career high with 3 PD & had 9th-career INT last week. Ranks tied-1st in NFL with 7 PD in 2024. • S TYRANN MATHIEU had 253 tackles, 31 PD, 14 INTs & 10 TFL in 56 games, incl. postseason, with KC (2019-21).
CHIEFS NOTES:
CHIEFS seeking 5th 5-0 start in franchise history (2003, 2013, 2017, 2018). • QB PATRICK MAHOMES completed 19 of 29 atts. (65.5 pct.) for 245 yards & TD vs. INT last week. Is 1 of 2 QBs (Geno Smith) with 65+ comp. pct. & TD pass in each of 1st 4 weeks of season. Has 100+ rating in 2 of past 3 at home. Passed for 254 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 92 rating in last meeting. Is 6-2 with 23 TDs (21 pass, 2 rush) vs. 6 INTs & 99.3 rating in 8 career starts on MNF. • RB KAREEM HUNT totaled 85 scrimmage yards (69 rush, 16 rec.) in season debut last week. Has 657 scrimmage yards (109.5 per game) & 4 TDs (2 rush 2 rec.) in 6 career games on MNF. • RB SAMAJE PERINE rushed for 1st TD of season in Week 4. • TE TRAVIS KELCE led team with season highs in catches (7) & rec. yards (89) last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 4+ catches. Had 8 catches for 68 yards & TD in last meeting. Has 5 rec. TDs over his past 2 games on MNF & has 13 career rec. TDs on Monday, tied with Jimmy Graham for most-ever by TE. • TE NOAH GRAY set season highs in catches (4) & rec. yards (40) last week. • WR XAVIER WORTHY (rookie) had season-high 73 rec. yards last week, incl. 54-yard TD, 2nd-longest TD by rookie this season (Marvin Harrison Jr. – 60). • DT CHRIS JONES had season-high 2 sacks last week, 15th-career game with 2+ sacks. Has sack in 3 of his past 4 at home. Has 5 sacks in his past 4 on MNF. • DE GEORGE KARLAFTIS has TFL in 2 of past 3. Has sack in 2 of past 3 at home. Has 0.5+ sacks in each of 2 career games on MNF. • LB DRUE TRANQUILL led team with season-high 10 tackles & had TFL last week. • LB NICK BOLTON aims for his 10th in row with 5+ tackles. Has 4 TFL in his past 3. • CB JAYLEN WATSON had season-high 2 PD last week & is 1 of 3 in AFC with PD in each of 1st 4 weeks of season. Has PD in 3 of past 4 at home.
GOLF NEWS
DAVID SKINNS FIRES 60 TO LEAD SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP
David Skinns of England missed a 9-foot putt for 59 but was thrilled to shoot a career-best and tournament-record 60 to take the lead after one round of the Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday in Jackson, Miss.
Skinns teed off on the back nine at the Country Club of Jackson and rolled in six birdies on each nine. After watching a 54-foot birdie putt fall at the par-3 seventh hole, he hit his second shot at the par-4 eighth to about 2 feet to set up his 12th birdie.
But at his finishing hole, No. 9, Skinns’ chance at golf history turned left too quickly and he had to settle for par. At 12 under, he leads by three strokes over Michael Thorbjornsen.
Only 14 rounds of 59 have been recorded on the PGA Tour, including two earlier this year — by Cameron Young at the Travelers Championship and Hayden Springer at the John Deere Classic.
Skinns, 42, is a veteran of golf tours around the world who is gunning for his first PGA Tour title. He entered the week ranked No. 108 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings and could catapult to No. 63 with a win. The top 125 at the end of the fall are guaranteed a tour card for next year.
Thorbjornsen, a 23-year-old who turned pro earlier this year, put up nine birdies without a bogey for the second-best round of the day. Tied for third are Gary Woodland and Ben Griffin at 8-under 64.
Rickie Fowler opened with a 3-under 69, and defending champion Luke List shot a 3-under 70.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
COLTS VS. JAGUARS CAPSULE
Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | EverBank Stadium | Referee: Carl Cheffers
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: IND leads series, 27-19 (JAX won 4 of past 5)
Postseason: —
The Last Time… Regular Season: 10/15/23: IND 20 at JAX 37 Postseason:
COLTS NOTES:
QB ANTHONY RICHARDSON has 2 rush TDs in 2 career road starts. Totaled 263 yards (223 pass, 40 rush) & 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) in only career start vs. Jax. (9/10/23), 1st-career start. Has rush TD in 3 of 4 career games vs. division. • QB JOE FLACCO completed 16 of 26 atts. (61.5 pct.) for 168 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 105.9 rating last week in season & Ind. debut, his 6th-straight game with 2+ TD passes. Has 300+ pass yards & 3 TD passes in each of his past 2 starts vs. Jax. • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR totaled 108 scrimmage yards (88 rush, 20 rec.) & rush TD last week, 3rd-straight 100-yard game. Has rush TD in 8 of his past 9. Has 692 scrimmage yards (115.3 per game) in 6 career games vs. Jax. Ranks 5th in NFL with 349 rush yards in 2024. • WR MICHAEL PITTMAN set season highs in catches (6) & rec. yards (113) in Week 4. Has 8+ catches in 7 of his past 8 on road. Had 9 catches for 109 yards in last meeting & aims for his 4th in row vs. Jax. with 8+ catches & 95+ rec. yards. • WR JOSH DOWNS had 8 catches for 82 yards & 1st TD of season last week. Had TD catch in last meeting. • WR ALEC PIERCE has 100+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 vs. division. • TE DREW OGLETREE had 1st TD catch of season in Week 4. • LB E.J. SPEED led team with season-high 13 tackles & 2 TFL last week. Ties for NFL lead with 47 tackles this season & is 1 of 2 (Robert Spillane) with 10+ tackles in each of 1st 4 weeks. Aims for his 5th in row vs. Jax. with TFL. • DE KWITY PAYE has 0.5+ sacks in 2 of his 3 games this season. • DE DAYO ODEYINGBO had season-high 1.5 sacks last week. Has TFL in 2 of past 3. • LB ZAIRE FRANKLIN aims for his 8th in row with 8+ tackles. • S NICK CROSS had 8 tackles & 1st-career FF last week. Ties for NFL lead with 47 tackles this season.
JAGS NOTES:
QB TREVOR LAWRENCE passed for season-high 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs last week. Has 0 INTs in 3 of 4 games this season. Has 8 TDs (5 pass, 3 rush) vs. 0 INTs with 98.6 rating in his past 4 at home. Is 4-1 in his past 5 starts vs. Ind., with 90+ rating in each game. • RB TRAVIS ETIENNE aims for his 7th in row with 55+ scrimmage yards. Has rush TD in 3 of his past 4 at home. Has 295 scrimmage yards (98.3 per game) & 3 rush TDs in his past 3 vs. Ind., with rush TD in each of past 2. • RB TANK BIGSBY led team with career-high 90 rush yards last week. • WR CHRISTIAN KIRK had 7 catches for 61 yards & 1st TD of season in Week 4. Aims for 3rd in row with 7+ catches & 60+ rec. yards. Had TD catch in last meeting & has rec. TD in 3 of his past 4 vs. Ind. • WR BRIAN THOMAS JR. (rookie) had season-high 6 catches for 86 yards & 2nd TD of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 5+ catches. Ranks 2nd among rookies with 275 rec. yards & 3rd with 17 catches this season. • TE EVAN ENGRAM has 5+ catches in each of 5 career games vs. Ind. • TE BRENTON STRANGE had TD catch in last meeting. • DE JOSH HINES-ALLEN aims for his 3rd in row at home with sack. Had 4 sacks in 2 games vs. Ind. last season. • DE TRAVON WALKER has 0.5+ sacks in 4 of his past 5 at home. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Ind. with 0.5+ sacks. • DT ROY ROBERTSON-HARRIS had 1st sack of season last week. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with TFL. Has sack in 2 of his past 3 vs. division. • DT JEREMIAH LEDBETTER had 1st sack of season in Week 4. • CB RONALD DARBY had 7 tackles & PD last week & has PD in 3 of 4 games in 2024. • CB MONTARIC BROWN had 8 tackles, TFL & career-high 3 PD in Week 4.
INDY ELEVEN
PREVIEW #INDVLOU
Indy Eleven vs. Louisville City FC
Saturday, October 5, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Carroll Stadium – Indianapolis.
Follow Live
TV: WNDY 23
Stream: CBS Sports Golazo Network
In-game updates: IndyElevenLive
Stats: #INDvLOU MatchCenter at USLChampionship.com
2024 Records
Indy Eleven: 12-10-7 (+0), 43 pts; 5th in Eastern Conference
Louisville City FC: 22-6-2 (+39), 68 pts; 1st in Eastern Conference
| IND | LOU | |
| 29 | Games | 30 |
| 43 | Goals | 77 |
| 43 | Goals Conceded | 38 |
| 29 | Assists | 48 |
| 133 | SOT | 178 |
| 123 | Shots Faced | 112 |
| 7 | Clean Sheets | 11 |
SETTING THE SCENE
Indy Eleven begins the final month of the regular season with a home match vs. Players’ Shield leader Louisville City FC.
The Boys in Blue enter the final five games in fifth place in the USL Championship Eastern Conference with a 12-10-7 record and 43 points. The top eight teams in the East qualify for the playoffs that begin the first weekend in November, with the top four teams hosting.
LIPAFC
The Louisville-Indianapolis Proximity Association Football Contest dates back to 2015 with Louisville holding an 11-5-6 advantage. Twenty of the 22 matches have taken place since Indy joined the USL Championship in 2018 (2 playoff), with Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches in 2015 and 2016.
SERIES VS. LOUISVILLE
Saturday marks the 22nd overall meeting between the sides all-time, with Louisville leading 11-5-6.
Louisville Leads 11-5-6 | GF 23, GA 38
LAST TIME VS. LCFC
On April 6 in a nationally-televised contest on CBS, Indy Eleven fell, 5-3, on the road at Louisville City.
Midfielder Jack Blake scored two goals for the Boys in Blue with a penalty kick in the 34th minute and a second in the 59th off an assist from forward Sebastian Guenzatti. Blake led Indy with five shots, including three on target.
A veteran of both sides of the rivalry, 62nd minute sub Tyler Gibson made his presence felt with a strike in the 82nd. The shot ricocheted off a Louisville defender and was credited as an own goal.
The eight combined goals were the most goals scored in a meeting between the two teams, topping the six in a 3-3 draw on June 26, 2021.
FAMILIAR FOE
A heated rivalry no matter who is on the field, three players on the pitch Saturday have added motivation having played for both Indy and Louisville. Aodhan Quinn (2015-16 at Louisville) and Tyler Gibson (Indy Eleven 2019-20, Louisville 2021-23) are current Boys in Blue. For Louisville, Indiana Hoosier Dylan Mares had stints with Indy from 2014-16 and in 2018, joining Louisville in 2023.
AUGI USLC “PLAYER OF THE WEEK”
The USL Championship announced its Team of the Week for Week 30, with Indy Eleven forward Augi Williams voted the Championship Player of the Week presented by Konami eFootball after recording the first hat trick of his career in the league during Indy’s 4-0 victory against Miami FC on Saturday night at Carroll Stadium.
The Sierra Leone international joined Indy this offseason having already proven himself as one of the leading goal scorers in the USL Championship’s history. Currently in his ninth season in the league, Williams had previously recorded 11 two-goal performances in his career but finally bagged his first hat trick with three goals in the span of 13 minutes that carried the Boys in Blue away from Miami in the second half.
“In my position everything is always about moments,” said Williams. “You have good days, you have bad days, and you must take both and apply them in the best way that you can. Obviously, tonight I was lucky enough that three went in and it could have been four with the header, but I will take what I get. It’s a great feeling, getting three points and being closer to our goal.”
Williams became the third player to record a hat trick in Indy Eleven history and is now closing in on his third consecutive regular season with double-digit goals. The 27-year-old has reached double-digits in all competitions this season, having bagged three goals during Indy’s run to the Semifinals of the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, including finding the net in the side’s defeat of Atlanta United FC in the Quarterfinals.
Williams’ performance also moved him into a tie for sixth place in the Championship’s regular season history with 74 goals in 214 appearances, one goal behind current teammate Sebastian Guenzatti.
Williams earned 55 percent of the ballot to claim the award. The Championship’s Player of the Week is selected by the USL National Media Panel, which is made up of representatives from each media market in the Championship.
This is Augi’s second Team of the Week honor this season. He also earned this accolade after a two-goal performance at Miami on May 12. Augi joins defender Aedan Stanley (May 12) as Boys in Blue players to earn the “Player of the Week” award in 2024. Augi’s 10 shots vs. Miami FC tied for the most by a player in the USLC this season.
INDY ELEVEN HAT TRICKS
9/28/24 Augi Williams vs. Miami
6/4/22 Manuel Arteaga at Charleston
8/4/16 Eamon Zayed vs. Jacksonville
6/12/16 Eamon Zayed vs. North Carolina
USL CHAMPIONSHIP REGULAR-SEASON GOALS
1. Dane Kelly – 106
2. Neco Brett (MEM) – 81*
3. Cameron Lancaster – 80
4. Hadji Berry – 79
5. Sebastian Guenzatti (IND) – 75*
6.Corey Hertzog – 74
Augi Williams (IND) – 74*
PK JACK
Midfielder Jack Blake gave his team a 1-0 lead vs. Miami by converting a penalty kick in the 62nd minute. He is a perfect 6-6 on PKs this season, one shy of the franchise record of seven by Aodhan Quinn in 2023 and Ayoze (2018-22). The goal was Blake’s team-high ninth of the season, surpassing his previous career high of eight in 2019 when he helped the Real Monarchs SLC win the USLC league championship.
The seven-year USLC veteran (166 games played, 138 games started) has scored 12 goals in his two seasons with the Indy Eleven (sixth in team USLC franchise history) and 31 in his USL Championship career. The 30-year-old Blake leads the Eleven in game-winning goals (3) and shots on target (26) and is second on the team in shots (46) this season. In the USLC, he is tied for 13th in goals (9) and tied for 15th in shots.
The seven-time USLC Team of the Week selection was voted to the USLC “Team of the Week – Bench” for Week 30. The Nottingham, England, native opened the 2024 campaign with five Team of the Week awards in the first 12 weeks, adding ones in Week 25 and Week 28.
EC2
Forward Elliot Collier continued his run of providing an immediate spark to the Indy Eleven attack with an assist one minute after entering the match vs. Miami. In the 73rd minute, forward Douglas Martinez stole the ball just outside the box and got it to Collier, who turned and took one touch before delivering a short pass to Augi Williams, who took a touch inside the six and hesitated, before finishing on the near side low off the inside of the post.
Just 13 minutes later, Collier set up another Augi goal. Midfielder Laurence Wootton started the scoring sequence by blocking an attempted cross. The ball caromed to midfielder Brem Soumaoro who delivered a long pass that was touched to Collier near midfield. Collier took it to just outside the area before centering to Augi for the finish to his hat trick.
The 6’4 Collier is tied for third on the team with five goals this season in 582 minutes. The New Zealand native is in his second stint with the Indy Eleven in 2024 after helping the 2018 Boys in Blue earn a USL playoff berth while on loan from the MLS Chicago Fire. The 29-year-old Collier played 54 matches for the Fire in 2018 and 2020-21. He competed collegiately for Loyola Chicago.
USL Championship Goals per 90 Minutes
# Player – G/90, Goals
1. Nick Markanich (CHS) – 0.97, 27
2. Kieran Phillips (SAC) – 0.81, 10
3. Elliot Collier (IND) – 0.77, 5
4. Wilson Harris (LOU) – 0.75, 17
5. Jackson Conway (CHS) – 0.74, 4
6. Khori Bennett (LV) – 0.68, 12
(min. 4 goals)
HEY NINETEEN
Defender Logan Neidlinger became the youngest (18) goal scorer in Indy Eleven history with his first career goal vs. New Mexico United on August 11. Neidlinger also is the first Indy Eleven player on a USL Academy contract to score. The now 19-year-old became the youngest Boys in Blue player to record an assist with his first on Saturday. In the 84th minute, Martinez chipped in a short ball inside the right side of the area that Neidlinger crossed into Augi Williams who one-timed it home.
7 IN 21
Goalie Hunter Sulte recorded his seventh clean sheet in 21 matches with one save on Saturday. Sulte, who made his 21st start in the past 23 matches, is fifth in shutouts on the Indy Eleven all-time list for USL Championship play. The 22-year-old Sulte is tied for 11th in the USLC in clean sheets and he is tied for 16th in saves (57).
The Anchorage, Alaska, native on loan from MLS-side Portland Timbers started in his MLS debut on May 1, 2021, vs. FC Dallas. He is the second youngest goalkeeper in MLS history to play in a league match at 19 years and six days and the tallest ever (6’7).
FOUR!
Indy Eleven’s 4-0 victory over Miami FC last Saturday equals the largest victory margin in franchise history. The Boys in Blue beat Birmingham by that same score on August 9, 2023 and at Charleston on June 2, 2023. The four goals in the second half vs. Miami tied the franchise record set in that Charleston match.
The four-goal output is the 11th time in the franchise’s 11-year history that Indy has scored at least four goals in a game.
GOALS
The Boys in Blue have scored 23 first half goals this season, good for fifth in the USLC. They have 43 goals (7th USL), with at least one tally in 23 of their 29 matches.
Defensively, Indy has held opponents scoreless in the first half in 19 of 29 matches in 2024.
The Boys in Blue scored in 15 straight USLC matches to open the 2024 campaign. The streak, which ended on June 22 against Orange County, is the longest to open a USLC campaign and is the longest run overall within the same season for the club. In total, Indy scored in 18 straight regular season matches dating back to Sept. 30, 2023.
INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
HOOSIER HOMESTAND OPENS FRIDAY VERSUS WASHINGTON
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Following a win at No. 8 Wisconsin early in the week, Indiana men’s soccer (3-3-4, 2-1-1 B1G) opens a three-match homestand Friday (Oct. 4) night, hosting Big Ten Conference newcomer Washington (4-2-4, 1-1-2 B1G) on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 7 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.
Indiana athletics will give away adidas eight-star logo caps to fans in attendance, while supplies last. Additionally, Friday is Student Appreciation Night – IU men’s soccer wants to thank Hoosier Army, the best student section in college soccer, with free pizza before the match.
KICKING OFF
• Since 2021, Indiana boasts an 18-4-5 record in the month of October.
• Senior forwards Tommy Mihalic and Samuel Sarver are leading IU’s production, combining for 5 G/A in Indiana’s last two matches. Both have eclipsed the 20 career goal mark in recent weeks, making Indiana one of two programs to recruit & develop multiple active 20 career goal scorers.
ABOUT THE HUSKIES
• Washington is a week removed from its 0-0 draw with Wisconsin at home. The Huskies are 1-1-2 through four games in their inaugural Big Ten season.
• The Huskies are led by 14th-year head coach Jamie Clark, who has compiled a 170-62-36 record in Seattle and a 209-77-39 career mark in 17 seasons as a head coach.
SERIES HISTORY
• Friday’s matchup between Indiana and Washington marks just the third time the teams have met in the regular season – the remaining four all took place in the NCAA Tournament.
• That includes the 1999 NCAA Tournament Second Round, when Jerry Yeagley’s Hoosiers defeated Washington 2-0 on the road to their second-straight national title and No. 5 of eight overall.
• Current IU head coach Todd Yeagley participated in the first matchup in 1992, another 2-0 tournament second round victory for the Hoosiers.
• A 77th-minute Washington goal was the difference in the 2023 matchup, though the Hoosiers led the shot battle 14-7. Washington goalkeeper Sam Fowler made six saves to keep the Hoosiers out.
INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MEDIA DAY PRESSER: TERI MOREN
THE MODERATOR: Next three teams we’re talking with are UCLA, Indiana, and Oregon. We’re glad to bring in Cori Close, Kelly Graves, and Teri Moren now as we continue our roundtable discussion. Let me start with this again; happy to have two new West Coast additions. How have you noticed your programs changing now that you are officially members of the Big Ten?
KELLY GRAVES: Well, I don’t think it’s changed a whole lot. When you get to be my age, you kind of keep things pretty much the same. But I’m actually really excited.
At first you have mixed emotions, but once I had a chance to really dive in and see the new schools, the new coaches — by the way, great coaching league.
THE MODERATOR: Yeah. How about that Indiana coach, by the way?
KELLY GRAVES: Well, one of the best I’ve ever seen. No, I think it’s just the opportunity to go to see new places and see new programs and play against new people I think is really exciting.
So, yeah, again, I don’t think it’s changed me much, but it’s kind of rejuvenated me a little bit.
CORI CLOSE: I think the bottom line is if you want to play in the best, you want to be led by the best and be a part of a group that’s going to push you every single day.
I think the leadership of the entire Big Ten has been really impressive to me. Actually Kelly and I were talking at the coaches meeting just how much and how impressed we were with the leadership and vision, especially in these crazy, changing times.
I just feel really secure to know that I’m stepping into the best league in the country.
THE MODERATOR: Have you noticed a change, Teri, in terms of recruiting that now it is literally a national conference?
TERI MOREN: No doubt about it. You know, the competition now, right, with recruiting and going up against some of the very best in the country has made it even more challenging I think for everybody, but we’re excited. The league, the Big Ten, was already really a good league, and just with the addition of these four, it’s even that much better.
We’re excited now that we can talk about expanding, right, and going West and being able to talk to recruits. Even though you’re from that part of the country, there’s an opportunity maybe to come to the Midwest, but also go back, right, where some of your family and friends are and be able to play in front of them as well.
We’re excited with the addition of the four really, really great teams.
THE MODERATOR: The schedule this year with 18 teams will be 18 conference games for each squad, which means 16 you will play once, and one team you will end up playing twice. Early thoughts on that schedule?
CORI CLOSE: I think it’s the only way you could do it. I think this first year I think it’s definitely the best road to take. I think there’s going to be some of it where we’re just going to have to feel it out this first year, but I love that it’s going to be — everybody is going to be pretty much balanced.
I haven’t been a part of a balanced schedule like that for many years. Then for playing your rival twice, I think it’s going to be a really good situation and I’m excited to do it.
TERI MOREN: I think Cori hit it on the head with the balanced schedule. For the longest time — and I’ve been in this league for —
THE MODERATOR: A little while.
TERI MOREN: Yeah, a little while. That was always a source of concern, was not playing a balanced schedule. So I think that it’s such an incredibly difficult challenge for the Big Ten to put together a schedule, but I think, as Cori said, I think this is the best way to do it right now.
KELLY GRAVES: One of the things that’s interesting as a coach is the ability to make adjustments. When you play a team twice, you know, you can — that’s kind of fun. It’s a fun challenge, and we just don’t get that opportunity.
By the way, the two LAs playing each other twice is going to be great for the conference, great for women’s basketball in general. I’ve seen those two programs up close for a long time, and what they have going is pretty special.
But, yeah, I think it’s great. That’s a lot of different teams that we get to play, a lot of different styles. So it will be challenging as a coach for sure.
THE MODERATOR: We could have a home and home. We’ll just make it a 34-game conference schedule. Tony Petitti, you okay with that? They’re all on board.
KELLY GRAVES: Actually, I wouldn’t be opposed to that because it’s hard to get people to come to Eugene. We’re way, way out there in the middle kind of nowhere.
THE MODERATOR: That being said, you bring me to my next point, which is one of the themes with women’s college basketball is how the casual fan has started gobbling up this sport. You’ve all been coaching for a while now. There has long been a core of wonderful women’s college basketball fans, but sometimes in certain places those casual fans on the perimeter just weren’t there. What is it like with all three of your history in the sport to be seeing the way that those casual fans are not only coming, but they’re staying and they’re bringing friends?
TERI MOREN: Well, for me I’m obviously older and have watched this great game evolve. So I tell our kids all the time what a great time it is to be a female in sport, but particularly in women’s basketball right now with the popularity and all the people, the crowds, the fans that are coming out to watch us play and stay and keep coming back.
It’s been really, really great for me to watch, watch it evolve, develop. So grateful that I’m still present here to be able to see it happening. I think we can continue to make more steps also to — our goal is to sell out Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall like our men do. That’s one of our goals.
Some might say that will never happen, but I’m the optimistic one. The glass is always, right, half full for me. I think we can get it done.
KELLY GRAVES: Yeah, you know, just — I started my coaching journey back in the ’80s, and to see the difference in athleticism and skill and excitement has been tremendous. I mean, it’s incredible.
Especially with the last few years in the Big Ten, the way the crowds have come out, that’s what I’m really looking forward to. There are some venues in our older conference that just quite frankly didn’t draw that well at times, and now to know that you’re going to go into most arenas and it’s going to be full, avid fans who are really into it, I think is going to be pretty fun.
Again, to see what our counterparts down there in LA have done, and there were times, right?
CORI CLOSE: Oh, it was tough.
KELLY GRAVES: Not too many years ago where it was tough to draw fans. You would go down there and know pretty much everybody in the stands. Now you can’t get a seat.
So I think it’s just — we’re riding the crest of a really big wave, and I think we need to keep that going.
TERI MOREN: Well said.
CORI CLOSE: I’ve been coaching 31 years. I’ve actually been in both of their arenas to play them when it was packed, and now to have that be a part of the Big Ten Conference family is spectacular.
At UCLA we had our first sell-out since 1978, so over 13,000 people. We are expecting three to four of those this year.
To just be a part of the progression, it’s really not about any of us. It’s about being part of something and a growth curve that’s bigger than any of us. For me just watching it is like, okay, this is going to go long past.
I think you hit it great in terms of the casual fan. It’s the person that has always watched from afar and now they’re jumping in. I think we’re getting more and more of that, and I think we’re just scratching the surface.
THE MODERATOR: Have any of you had to have a conversation with your players of, like, this isn’t normal; this is not what we had when we started out; I hope you are appreciating having this kind of attention?
CORI CLOSE: I want them to think it is normal. I want that to be their standard. I want them to have great humility and gratitude, so I do think there’s a part of understanding the history of that, but at the same time I want them to think this is a baseline expectation, and we just want to see it grow from here.
TERI MOREN: I agree with Cori, but I try to remind our kids always, especially after the game, to take that moment, right, and just look around at all the people that are there to support them and be in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on that Saturday afternoon, because it is incredible, right?
I want them to take those moments and remember those moments, what that feels like. Completely want it to be the standard, but I also want them to be in the present moment and have a tremendous amount of gratitude for the fans that come out and support us.
KELLY GRAVES: Well, and I’m excited for the rest of the Big Ten to see what a great venue Matthew Knight Arena is. We have avid fans. We’ve had great fan support for a long, long time. They understand basketball, and it can get really loud in there.
Again, as much as I’m excited to go to other venues, I’m really excited to see fans come and enjoy Eugene.
THE MODERATOR: New floor is super cool too.
KELLY GRAVES: It is pretty cool.
THE MODERATOR: The Ducks migrating.
KELLY GRAVES: With fewer trees. We had so many trees on the old floor we had a lot of freshmen that got lost through the trees, on the defensive end a lot. Yeah, the new floor is spectacular.
THE MODERATOR: Give me something that each of you are excited about specifically when it comes to your team, whether it’s a new player or a development of something, or a venue you’re going to visit this year. Let me start down there with you, Cori, something that you just can’t wait to have happen this year.
CORI CLOSE: Well, I think two things. One is our depth and versatility is spectacular. It’s the most talent but also the most (audio glitch) different ways of any team that I have ever coached, which is really fun. It’s hard to pass up on we open the year in Paris playing Louisville.
To be one of the first college basketball games, men or women, to be played on ESPN in Paris, what a dream. I’m very excited to experience that.
KELLY GRAVES: Well, for me we’ve had a couple of down years by our standards. There was a time when we were one of the best programs in the country, and I think with the new influx of transfers, a couple of really nice freshmen, and just a little bit — some of our bodies back healthy this year I think we have a chance to be a really good basketball team.
That’s one of my goals is to kind of get us back to where we’ve been in the landscape of women’s basketball, and I think this is the kind of team that can do that.
Like Cori, I think we’ve got good depth. We finally have some really good experience, and we have a lot of versatility as well. Especially at the guard line. We’ve just got a lot of depth at the guards.
I’ve been around college basketball and coached some of the best guards in the world. You’ve got to have good guard play, so I’m excited about that.
TERI MOREN: Well, once again, I’m excited about our team. Some experience, some veterans, but then just the development of those younger kids that have been waiting for opportunities and the work they did over the summer.
Just being in practice with them right now, once again, like I said, we have — they’re the best part of Indiana and just to work with them every day and get excited about working with them every day.
I think the sky is the limit for this group. We’ve had to play differently with the graduation of Mackenzie Holmes and Sara Scalia. That has made us become better coaches. We’ve had to go back and study and look at our personnel and really dive into playing differently than we have the last probably four or five years when we had Mackenzie on the inside.
That’s something I’m excited about.
And then I’ve been to Oregon, been to UCLA. I have never been to USC. We are not doing that this year, but we are going to Washington, and I have never been to Washington, so looking forward to that trip.
THE MODERATOR: You all have taken advantage of the transfer portal in various different ways because that is the norm, that is the reality of the sport. I’m curious of something you have learned about the transfer portal in the last few years. Give me an idea of something — the way you choose to attack it or maybe has it changed now than it did two or three years ago for you?
TERI MOREN: I feel like it changes every day. I mean, it is. It’s challenging because of the fact that now with the NIL, there’s other components to this thing as far as being able to go in and be successful diving into the transfer portal.
But if you can find the right kinds of kids that for us want to be a part of the culture, want to be a part of the work ethic, they’re all looking for something different, right? It’s not always about the NIL. I’m not suggesting that, but just trying to find the pieces out there that will fit with what we have, the foundation of how we have built Indiana women’s basketball, I think that’s always a challenge for us.
We’ve had a lot of success doing it. The kids that we’ve found out of the portal have been really good for our program.
KELLY GRAVES: Well, we’ve been a program that I think has given a lot to the portal and some good ones on Teri’s team. As a coach that’s been around a while, I was kind of slow to embrace it, quite frankly, and this was really the first year that we’ve kind of gone into the portal and I think gotten some really, really good players.
Just like Teri said, I think you’re able to fill some specific needs that you have right now. I think the fact that a lot of the players are older, a little more experienced certainly helps. I think that’s a plus.
It’s yet to be seen how it’s going to affect us, but I think it’s certainly a positive. Yeah, the NIL, that’s a whole other issue, but yeah, you know, I’ve always been a fan of the player movement. I think that should be the case. Unfortunately, I think it’s gotten to where they’re moving too often, and sometimes not for the right reasons, but anyway, yeah, excited.
Like Teri said, it just continues to evolve.
CORI CLOSE: I think bottom line for me is that it’s like — it’s so fast. You have to be a really — do your homework at a really high rate. You have to be able to be a really smart relationship builder, and you have to know exactly what you are looking for. Relationally, style of play, how they’re going to fit in, because there’s now not any margin for error.
I think I have two people on my staff that are completely designated to watching that, researching that, keeping me abreast of things that I’m going to have to be aware of.
So it’s just a part of our game now, and we have to adjust to it.
THE MODERATOR: Last thing for you, the two of you again new to the conference this year. What kind of welcome-to-the-league gift has Teri given you? Not yet?
CORI CLOSE: I keep waiting for a really good bottle of wine from her, but it hasn’t happened quite yet, so…
KELLY GRAVES: The biggest difference is the fact that we have to dress up. I have one suit, right, and I use it for weddings, funerals, and now Big Ten Media Day. I’ve been casual for a long time. At Oregon we were kind of the first ones to set the trend of just matching polos and shoes and things like that at games, so it’s a little uncomfortable. This has been my welcome to the Big Ten.
TERI MOREN: My plan is when they come to Bloomington to give them some really great recommendations on where to eat.
THE MODERATOR: There you go.
TERI MOREN: There’s a lot in Bloomington.
KELLY GRAVES: I would not trust you, Coach. I would not eat there.
TERI MOREN: But to say that, again, we’re so grateful that Oregon and UCLA and USC and Washington have become part of our Big Ten family. Again, great coaches, great players.
Iron sharpens iron. They’re just going to make us all so much better. I think the goal for our league is somebody needs to win a national championship. It’s been too long since a team in the Big has been able to do that. I’m hoping that this might be the year that the Big finally wins a national championship.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you for your time.
INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
BIG 10 MEDIA DAY PRESSER: MIKE WOODSON
THE MODERATOR: Mike, you have been obviously very busy, you and your staff in the offseason with the transfer portal. It’s always important to get time to recharge the batteries. You know about keeping the pace being in this business for as long as you have. I understand you were able to recharge those batteries not far away in California as well a little bit this summer.
MIKE WOODSON: Out in Desert Island dealing with the heat. It was all fine. I’m talking about averaging around 110 a day. But my wife likes it out there a lot, so we spent about three weeks out there this summer.
THE MODERATOR: You obviously did spend some time in the portal. Talk about some of the amazing transfers you have coming in Oumar Ballo, Carlyle is on that list. Myles Rice, so many on other guys. How were you able to do that? What’s that process like now when it is so important to get into the portal and get players that can fit immediately into your program?
MIKE WOODSON: Well, we had no choice. I mean, I lost three players to the portal. I lost two seniors in Kel’el Ware, who was drafted to the Heat as a 15th pick in the draft.
I had to go out along with my staff and start, you know, really working to try to build our team back. We were able to come West and get Big Ballo, as you mentioned, and Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle.
Then we were fortunate enough to get Goode to come back home, which he is a Bloomington kid. Then we got a freshman in Bryson Tucker, who kind of fell in our laps late. I had looked at him a couple of years ago when he was at IMG. We were able to get him on board.
I mean, we’ve built basically through the portal with one freshman, but it’s been a work in progress. Our summer program I thought went extremely well, and then we gave them a month off. Now we’re back at official practicing.
It’s been a good run so far. We just got to put it all together and see where it leads us.
THE MODERATOR: Mike, you’ve been there. I know you would like to get a little deeper into March this coming season. When you return to your alma mater, I’m sure you had an idea of where you wanted the program to be at this point. How does that compare to where you feel like the program actually is?
MIKE WOODSON: I think we took a step backwards last year by not making the tournament. That was kind of disappointing. But again, we got to move forward. The first two years a lot of those guys hadn’t been in the tournament for five years. Then they tasted it a little bit.
At the end of the day along with these guys, this is about winning Big Ten titles and winning national titles. That’s why I came back.
I remember the good days back when I played and some of the great years that Bob Knight had at Indiana that it’s been missing. To be back and I’m able to put my stamp on it, you know, it’s going to be great for me.
I’m happy to be back, but we still got a long way to go as a ball club.
THE MODERATOR: Mike, it certainly helps when you have guys that have been through that grind before, like Trey, like Malik, Mackenzie experienced it, and now expects some growth this year. What do you need from those guys specifically and those veterans that have been on this team to try too meld in all the newcomers?
MIKE WOODSON: We need them to lead and make another jump. I thought Malik made a hell of a jump from his freshman year, and Mackenzie, tremendous jump. Trey Galloway is who he is. He’s been a leader since I’ve had him. Unfortunately, he had the knee surgery this past season, and he’s worked his butt off this summer to get back.
He’s not fully recovered, but he is getting there, so I’m going to need all three of those guys to lead. We got some seniors, but we also have a bunch of young guys as well too that hadn’t really experienced the Big Ten like Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle and Tucker.
So we’re going to need those veteran guys to step up and lead our ball club.
THE MODERATOR: Let’s finish here, guys. On your campuses obviously there’s a lot of momentum with your football programs as well. Indiana is surprising everybody. Have you felt that vibe of your players and maybe have had a chance to watch the Hoosier football team this year?
MIKE WOODSON: I’m loving it. I think Coach Cignetti has done a hell of a job. He’s put a great group of guys together. He’s got running backs. He’s got receivers. He has a hell of a quarterback.
I couldn’t be more happier for him because it’s been a while to see our programs even in the top 25. So you have to give him a lot of credit for that. I’m waiting for Northwestern this week. We have them here at Northwestern. It should be a good ball game.
PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MEDIA DAY PRESSER: KATIE GERALDS
THE MODERATOR: I’m joined by the three head coaches, Maryland coach Brenda Frese, Purdue head coach Katie Gearlds, and Illinois head coach Shauna Green here with us this morning. Ready to kick off the season.
Let’s start with the big change to Big Ten women’s basketball this season. 18 schools now taking part in Big Ten women’s basketball with four new West Coast schools joining the party. We’ll start from left to right.
Brenda, as the most tenured coach of the group, what are you most excited about with this new era of Big Ten women’s basketball?
BRENDA FRESE: Like I always have been, the competition. We’re adding four more great teams into the league. Every night it’s going to be a battle. So going to some different places geographically when we go to the West Coast, so that will be a fun experience for our student-athletes.
I think we’re all up here because we love the competition.
KATIE GEARLDS: Yeah, just agree with everything Brenda said. We already have a deep league, and we add four elite teams to our conference, and excited to get out to the West Coast and welcome those guys into the Midwest and what not.
You know, you think about the talent across the board, not an easy day in the Big Ten for us.
THE MODERATOR: No days off. That’s for sure.
SHAUNA GREEN: Definitely not. Already one of the premiere leagues, and now you add four elite teams, like Katie said. It’s going to be an absolute battle every single night.
Now you talk about making the trip to the West Coast. We have to do it one time. They have to do it multiple times, so it’s going to be interesting to see how the travel and everything plays out.
But just the addition of those teams, there’s no doubt about it, this is one of the toughest leagues, if not the toughest league in the country.
Like Brenda said, and Katie I’m sure feels, we’re in this league because we want to compete against the best, the best players, the best coaches. I firmly believe that this conference has that every single night.
THE MODERATOR: The best players, the best coaches, the best crowds. At least based on the last couple of seasons. Now you’ve got the West Coast travel and elite programs. What are you most excited about in terms of the momentum this conference brings heading into this upcoming season?
SHAUNA GREEN: This conference every place you go is such a tough environment to play. That’s what’s I think the game-changer with the Big Ten, and being in it for two years, it’s so hard.
Obviously you’re going on the road to play a really good team, but now you have to combat the atmosphere. From 10,000 to 16,000, whatever it is, it’s just so, so hard.
You add in atmosphere, you add in elite players and coaches, like I said, it’s an absolute gauntlet of a schedule.
KATIE GEARLDS: Yeah, it’s fun, right? Every day you’re going into somebody’s arena or you’re having a home game, and records are being broken, attendance records are being broken, sell-out crowds. The team talent, the individual talent, where our game is going right now, we’re just excited — I’m excited, and I’m sure all of us are just to be a part of it and to see young women get the opportunity that they have now.
BRENDA FRESE: We’re at an amazing time right now with women’s basketball, and you see these arenas being sold out and all the eyes that are on us.
Obviously these arenas, you know, every time you go into one, it’s going to be a difficult environment. I think what makes it unique this season is that every game, just the importance of it. You’re only playing each other once except for the one partner that you have.
It’s going to feel like the NCAA Tournament every night because it’s going to matter when you talk about later in March of your tiebreakers and who has beat each other.
It’s going to be fun to watch.
THE MODERATOR: You talk about the importance of every single game. You have to manage travel in the Big Ten schedule. You also throw on the nonconference schedule.
Brenda, you traditionally have a very, very difficult schedule at Maryland. I know that does pay dividends when it comes to the Net, but again, it’s a long, grueling season. What do you prioritize when you are creating with your staff that nonconference slate?
BRENDA FRESE: I think the biggest priority is you do want to find that balance because you’ve got to find those rotations in your roster, but for us we also don’t — we want to be prepared when we go into conference play.
So for us to be able to bring in as many NCAA Tournament teams that we’re going to face, with Duke coming in and heading up to Syracuse, playing Texas over Martin Luther King weekend. All those games are in preparation to really help us when we come into Big Ten play.
KATIE GEARLDS: Same. We’re in a position where we’re not quite where these guys are, but we want to get there, and we want to get Purdue back to the top of the Big Ten where it once was.
You don’t know where you are unless you play those teams. Obviously every night in the Big Ten is going to be a battle. But second game of the season Notre Dame is coming into town. We’ve got Kentucky on the roster. I think Kenny is going to do a great job there.
Then we get to play the defending champs, South Carolina, down at Fort Myers. I’m excited about the opportunities we have to hopefully prepare us for when we kick things off against these guys in December.
THE MODERATOR: I think Teri Moren said earlier today iron sharpens iron. You look at the non-con and the conference schedule. Shauna, how do you go about shaping that non-conference slate?
SHAUNA GREEN: I think every year kind of warrants something different of what you need. Obviously we return a veteran team. You have to schedule accordingly, and you have to schedule hard so we’re prepared for this league.
That’s one thing I love about this league, is that our coaches don’t shy away from playing really hard nonconference schedules no matter what. I mean, everyone we’re playing speaks to what we and how we go about our business every day, and that’s why we’re also very prepared when it comes to conference play.
So we open up with Florida State at home. We have Oregon State. We have Marquette. Then we play Kentucky as well. I’m excited about bringing some top teams in to State Farm Center, which we have not had in my first two years.
We’ve kind of had to go places to have some of those ranked teams come in. I think we have a really tough non-conference schedule, but we need that. We need that because, like Brenda said, every game in this league matters, and you can’t drop a game you’re not supposed to and you have to take care of your home games. It’s just a whole other level when you get to conference play.
THE MODERATOR: In order to build the best conference, you have to bring in the best players and recruiting has changed so much in the last couple of years. You got the transfer portal and name image and likeness affecting everything you guys do.
I want to start with the transfer portal. For example, with you, Katie, you bring in a player from another level, and I’m always curious to find out as coaches, how do you evaluate that player’s skill set translating from, for example, NAIA into Big Ten, very physical, very competitive basketball at the highest level?
KATIE GEARLDS: Yeah, being someone who coached at the NAIA level, Ella was the last recruit that I brought in actually to Marion. You know, basketball translates. Shooting translates. That’s one thing the kid can do.
Obviously the game is faster and stronger, and young women are just bigger at every position, longer at every position. But if you can play basketball, you can play basketball. I find that so far so good. I think it’s translated pretty well.
THE MODERATOR: Fair enough. Brenda, you are nodding your head. What’s your evaluation process when it comes to the transfer portal? Are you typically leaning into players you got to know during their high school career, or is it just the complete speed dating process how it’s been described to me by some coaches in terms of calling someone up and saying we have to get to know each other in the next two weeks?
BRENDA FRESE: You stole my word, absolutely speed dating. Katie just spoke of it, for your culture, when you have a prior relationship and a dynamic, that helps. I think that is huge when you are going through the transfer portal.
But there are times, absolutely, that you’re speed dating and getting to know a kid, a family very quickly within a few weeks. Your staff has to be on it in terms of the amount of evaluation and conversations that you have in a short amount of time.
THE MODERATOR: Shauna, you are trying to build your program. How much are you looking to bring in players you can develop versus, hey, I need experience, and I need to look to the portal to find that and put that on my roster?
SHAUNA GREEN: Yeah, when we took over, we had to build a whole roster because we only had five returners, so we actually went the route. We had a couple of players that came with us from Dayton and a couple of kids that we had recruited the first time around at Dayton that told us no and went to other schools, and then they came back.
So we built it that way. Then the last two years we’ve really addressed needs through the portal. We have not recruited solely with the portal, but we’ve also remained a core group that’s been here.
So we want to do a mixture of both. We’re going to look for the portal to fill needs, but we still believe in recruiting high school kids, really good high school kids and then developing them and having them in a program, in a system for four years.
I think that’s where we’ve had success both at Dayton and now here at Illinois. Also, I always say this, and I don’t know if it makes me a good or bad recruiter, but we’ve lost a lot the first time, and then we’ve gotten them back the second time.
So we’ve had relationships with those players that we typically get from the portal and so you really know who they are, know what they’re about, and I think that fits our culture.
THE MODERATOR: It all comes full circle. They say no once but come back around the second time around. I want to follow up with you specifically about managing your roster in the era of extra COVID eligibility. For example, you this year had three of your star players who decided after the season wrapped up, hey, we do want to come back.
I know in talking to coaches, that can be a huge challenge when you have freshmen coming in, other players who are transferring in expecting to play. You have to manage numbers. You have to manage playing time. How do you go about navigating that process?
SHAUNA GREEN: I think that comes down to the culture and the relationships that we’ve tried to build. It’s about the team, and we all have a common goal. We want to win, and we want to win at a high level.
We kind of had an idea that those three would be coming back, and our freshmen last year grew and got better, and they stayed. I think that’s the important thing.
If you can keep people in your culture and in your team and just continue to develop them, that’s when you can have those senior leaders and that veteran group that can kind of pass the torch down of your culture. That’s something that’s really important to us.
Now our freshmen and our sophomores this year get to look at our senior fifth-year and regular seniors and see, this is how you lead, this is how you go about the standards at Illinois and how we go about our business every single day. That’s where it can start passing down and where it can have sustained success, which is what we’re trying to do here.
THE MODERATOR: It sounds a lot like the buy-in is a big factor because you’ve got to have those freshmen and sophomores who are bought in and willing to say, hey, we’ll wait our turn, we’re going to stay, we believe in the vision. We know our time is coming.
SHAUNA GREEN: Yes.
THE MODERATOR: Katie, same thing from you? How do you manage the roster in this era of post-COVID where players may come back for fifth years?
KATIE GEARLDS: I think Shauna hit it exactly on point. You build this culture that young people want to be around. I think we’ve got a pretty good example in Matt Painter and what he does at Purdue and how those guys just regularly come back and his culture. He doesn’t have one and dones or two and dones. It’s three years, four years players. They get to the national championship game with Zach coming back.
Matt is great. I get to go into his office and chat with him or sit on the lake and talk together, but I’ve got a pretty good resource in Coach Painter there and would love to emulate what he is doing.
BRENDA FRESE: Yeah, I think it continues to come down to relationships, conversations, communication so you are able to manage your roster.
I will say I’m glad after this year the COVID year is out of the window so we know what legitimate rosters and we’re not seeing these sixth and seventh year seniors that are out there. I’m all for it, but you know, it’s nice that you’ll actually kind of have a better idea of rosters as you’re moving forward.
THE MODERATOR: Fair enough. Something we continue to talk about as we inch closer to the season is just the excitement, the momentum, the crowds for women’s basketball. My question to each of you is, how do we now take it a step forward this year? How do we keep that momentum going and ramp it up a notch?
BRENDA FRESE: You know, I think you continue to produce great product, great teams on the floor. I think our marketing departments now are all next-level, doing a phenomenal job. People are watching the games. We’re on television. The exposure is there.
But at the end of the day you have to continue to have great talent, and I think when you look across the board at all these rosters in the Big Ten, everybody has done their job through the recruiting process. That bodes well for all the fans that are putting their eyes on these teams.
KATIE GEARLDS: Yeah, exactly that. You’ve got to have good talent and good product on the floor to be watched. I think we’re in a position where everybody is doing their job for us, and now it’s our job to continue to do it and to elevate our game.
I think we are headed in the right direction. I think the WNBA fed off of the college season and the numbers that they’re having right now now in the playoffs, it’s been incredible. I think we’ve got some really, really good players.
I always challenge my buddies, Hey, come watch once, and then you’re going to want to bring your buddy again because, as I said it before, women can hoop.
THE MODERATOR: Shauna, what about you, but that’s a pretty good ending. Women can hoop.
SHAUNA GREEN: I don’t know if I can say anything more after that. Same thing. No one wants to come and watch boring basketball. No one wants to come and watch — they want to watch winners. They want to watch an exciting brand. They want to watch teams get up and down the floor, and that’s just what people want to see.
I think that’s where it’s getting to now, and the talent across the board is just unbelievable. Every team in this league has players that are really fun to watch and systems that are really fun to watch. I think we’re just going to keep on growing this. It’s a moment, but I think we just have to continue to make this just the standard of what this is what women’s basketball is.
THE MODERATOR: Women can hoop, folks. You heard it here first on the Big Ten Network. Really appreciate the time.
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEDIA DAY PRESSER: MATT PAINTER
THE MODERATOR: Matt, it was something of a party for you and your program. Obviously you reached the national title game. Came up one win game short of the ultimate. What was the offseason and the summer like for you and your guys to be able to celebrate that a little with also getting ready for this coming year?
MATT PAINTER: I think the biggest piece was just not being in the portal. For us we didn’t have anybody leave to where we had to go into the portal.
After you know what people go through, especially something like Danny when you take over a job and what that entails and the time, then you have to segue through the spring portal into recruiting in the summer. You never stop. He hasn’t come up for air, and that’s just different than where you are when you are going into your 20th season.
Now we’re able to develop. Now we’re able to know the guys on our team. We’re not trying to get adjusted outside of our freshmen that are brand new.
We had a great summer. Just trying to stay on edge and be better next year.
THE MODERATOR: For those that followed Purdue basketball, Big Ten basketball, college basketball as a whole, one of the great parts of that run to the Final Four was seeing Coach Katie there enjoying it. We know he had a recent health scare. What can you tell us?
MATT PAINTER: He is great. He just had a little bit — like a mini-stroke. He popped right out of it and wanted to know who is winning the USC-Michigan football game. He had the teams right.
No, he is great. He’s going to try to get by to our practice next week.
THE MODERATOR: Matt, the challenge for your team is a little bit different. The challenge of following up that kind of run. What kind of conversation have you had with the guys, have the guys had amongst themselves about that challenge?
MATT PAINTER: Obviously trying to win three Big Ten championships in a row and just keep that carrot in front of us, but we have three starters back from a Final Four team. We have five freshmen. We have a lot of guys with experience outside of those three starters.
Just blending in those five freshmen more than anything. Just understanding what we do and how we do it. It takes a little bit of time. No, we’re excited about it. We’re excited about this group.
We also know that it’s going to be very hard, and that’s the one thing when you play a challenging schedule like we have, you know, in nonconference, that you have to get yourself prepared because it is such a bear when you get to Big Ten play.
THE MODERATOR: Matt, it’s obviously a challenge but also a great opportunity as you mentioned. The potential to win three straight regular season titles. What do you think it will be like to get through this 18-game schedule when you add in the travel, you add in the new teams, and everything that basically every program not just yours is trying to figure out?
MATT PAINTER: I think more than anything you have to have enough pieces, but you also have to be a little bit lucky. You have to stay healthy. You have to get a break. Hopefully you can make your own breaks, but you have to be able to get a break.
Right now the way the schedule goes, like, we all look at it, and there’s a grind somewhere to where you are playing five or six games in 17 days or something crazy where you don’t have a day off.
We have a stretch for two and a half weeks where we don’t have a day off in the Big Ten play. How do we come out of that? When you look at it, you are, like, do you split that? Do you win it all? Do you lose them all? You really don’t know. You have mixed feelings.
But when you look at the media and how they rank people and how they look at people, like, I don’t know how you would go about it with so much change from the portal to a new job to add in the four teams. It’s just a crap shoot. It’s good that people pick you to win your league, but it really means nothing.
If you are there in the first week of March, then it does mean something.
THE MODERATOR: I know something that means a lot for you is to have Braden Smith back. He is your preseason player of the year. Fletcher as well in the back court. There’s a lot of talk with Zach gone, what will you do? I know you have a couple of big guys, but it’s not as though you haven’t been more perimeter-based in the past. Carson Edwards had a good run a few years ago. How different do you like stylistically?
MATT PAINTER: He’s always had the ball in his hands, even when Zach was there. When we play out of the post, we play through ball screens and post up a lot. He can really manipulate the defense with his ability to see the court and to be able to pass and to make plays and make shots, but he is also someone who defers to others at times. We need him just to be more aggressive.
Fletcher Loyer, same thing. Just a winner. Know how to play. Tough. Hard-nosed. Makes shots. They will have more of a responsibility.
Then I think Trey Kaufman will really step in to where he will be one of the best big guys in our league.
For us about the same thing. Just in terms of we have five freshmen, so it’s a little bit different. Just kind of blending those guys in and the roles that were mentioned are so important. It’s the pillars of basketball. Take care of the basketball and rebound. You can go through and talk about a lot of different things, but if you are great at those two things, you are going to be pretty successful.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
NORTHWESTERN, MICHIGAN STATE ON DECK
Friday, October 4
8 p.m. ET | #10 Purdue at Northwestern | B1G+ | WSHY 104.3 FM
Sunday, October 6
7:30 p.m ET | Michigan State at #10 Purdue | BTN | WSHY 104.3 FM
West Lafayette, Ind. – The Boilermakers are set to split the week with a home and away showing in Week 2 of Big Ten play. No. 10 Purdue will open the weekend at Northwestern with an 8 p.m. start on B1G+. Then, Purdue will return home to take on Michigan State on Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
SCHEDULE NOTES
Five of Purdue’s last six matchups have come vs. teams currently ranked in the top-13 of the poll.
QUICK HITS: LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE
Purdue went 1-1 last week, picking up a win at #16 Minnesota in 5 sets.
The Boilermakers recorded a season-high 79 digs at Minnesota,
Raven Colvin posted a career-high 29 points in the win, the most by a Boilermaker this season.
Julia Kane registered three aces to help the Boilermakers pull away in the fifth set.
Taylor Anderson posted 54 assists at Minnesota, a season-high.
Purdue’s 91 points at Minnesota was the most since 2022’s non-con season. In the last 7 years, there have only been 4 matches, including Saturday, when the Boilers have scored as many points.\
5 career-highs and 11 season-highs (individual & team) were record in addition to two Purdue records tied in Minneapolis.
PURDUE VS. NORTHWESTERN: RECENT HISTORY AT A GLANCE
The Boilermakers have lost the last two matchups against the Wildcats, losing in five on 10/1/23 in West Lafayette and 10/28/22 in five.
Last season’s meeting was a reverse sweep for the Wildcats (25-17, 25-15, 25-27, 11-25, 12-15). Purdue nearly had a sweep when the team tied the score, 25-25 in Set 3. In the match, Eva Hudson was errorless through three sets (14-0-36).
PURDUE VS. MICHIGAN STATE: RECENT HISTORY AT A GLANCE
Purdue has won the last three consecutive matches against MSU and own a 7-3 record over the last 10 meetings.
During Dave Shondell’s tenure, Purdue owns a 13-4 record against Michigan State in West Lafayette. They have never been swept by the Spartans on their home turf under Shondell.
The two teams met in the regular-season finale last year, in which Eva Hudson reached her 1,000th kill to become the fastest Boilermaker in program history to accomplish the feat. She did so with a career-high-tying .500 attack % and a double-double of 21 kills, 10 digs. The win also solidified Purdue to finish third in the Big Ten standings. The Boilers hit .324% in the match, the highest clip in Big Ten play that season.
PURDUE: QUICK HITS
Purdue is #10 in the nation in blocks per set (2.93) and #20 in hitting % (.278).
Last week Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine were named to the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List.
Three Boilers are averaging 2.5 kills per set or higher: Hudson (4.20), Chicoine (3.35) and Colvin (2.61).
Purdue is 32-14 in sets won this season.
The Boilers are averaging .278 hitting %. To put in perspective, it would rank as #3 in Purdue single-season history if things were to end today.
The Boilermakers adjustments during a match have led to improved play from first to second set.
Raven Colvin is #2 in the nation in blocks and is averaging a .435 hitting %, which would set a program record if the season were to end today. She has hit .700 twice already and recorded 19 kills and 7 aces at #16 Minnesota and two 10-block matches.
Freshman DS Ryan McAleer is a regular in the back row and has recorded a perfect reception % in nine matches. Moreover, she recorded six aces at #16 Minnesota, tying as the most-ever by a Purdue freshman.
Eva Hudson nearly had an errorless match at now-#8 Kansas, committing just one attack error in the final points of the match. This season, she is averaging 4.34 kills per set and 4.76 points per set this season.
Chloe Chicoine owns a team-leading six double-doubles this season.
ACED IT: 17 ACES AT #16 MINNESOTA
The team’s 17 service aces included five in the fifth set. Three came during libero Julia Kane’s serving tear, which was a career-high.
Raven Colvin tied a program record in five-set matches with her seven service aces.
Freshman Ryan McAleer generated six aces, the third freshman in Purdue history, including the only one this century to do so (joining Lauri Grimes and Brooke White, both accomplished in1993).
The Boilermakers’ 17 aces were the most by any team in the nation last week and are the most by a Big Ten team this season.
SCOUTING THE NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS
The Wildcats come into this match 3-7, recording their first Big Ten conference win of the season against Maryland last Thursday.
Setter Alexa Rousseau posted the third triple-double of her career in the match against Maryland, with 25 assists, 17 kills, and 15 digs.
Junior transfer Buse Hazan has had a strong start to her Northwestern career, producing 100 total kills throughout the first month of play. She transferred from South Florida, where she recorded double-digit kills in 25 of 34 matches.
Northwestern is coached by Tim Nollan in his first season with the Wildcats. He previously spent eight seasons as the head coach for Grand Canyon University.
SCOUTING THE MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS
Michigan State will face Indiana on Friday before facing the Boilermakers on Sunday and are currently 7-6 on the season, with recent conference losses to Michigan and #4 Penn State.
The Spartans have a strong Junior duo at outside hitter, with Akasha Anderson (3.21 kills/set) and Taylor Preston (2.56 kills/set).
Senior libero Nalani Iosia’s 200 digs on the season places her at 3rd in the Big Ten rankings.
Sophomore middle blocker Zuzanna Kulig is 6th in the Big Ten in blocks/set with 1.40.
The Spartans are coming off a 3-1 loss at now-#3 Penn State, taking a set off the Nittany Lions in rec Hall. The teamw as led by Taylor Preston’s 18 kills and Nalani Iosia’s 14 digs.
Leah Johnson is the head coach for the Spartans in her third season leading the program. She led MSU to nine conference wins last season, which was their most since 2017.
ON A MISSION: RAVEN COLVIN
No player in DI is taking care of business like Colvin for both hitting % and blocks, ranking #2 in blocks per set (1.80) and #18 in hitting % (.435). She led the nation in blocks for the first 4 weeks.
She set a career-high 19 kills at #16 Minnesota (9/28) alongside a Purdue record-tying 7 aces in a five-set match.
She is hitting, blocking and serving more efficiently than ever before and leads the team in aces.
Colvin has nearly doubled her hitting efficiency compared to 2023: .435% vs. .280%. Her current clip would set a Purdue season record (current: .409% by Stephanie Lynch in 2008. Lynch is the only Boilermaker to ever hit .400 in an entire season.
She hit .440% or higher in six straight matches (9/7-9/20).
Colvin ranks #2 in Purdue history with 475 career block assists and #4 in total blocks. She is one of just two blockers in program history to post as many this century (last: record-holder Stephanie Lynch, 660 blocks, 2005-08).
She also ranks #2 in Purdue history and the only Boilermaker this century to record 1.39 career blocks per set (record holder: Donna Gill, 1.49 blocks/set, 1991-92). The Big Ten season record in blocks/set is record: 1.85 set in 1996.
Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after back-to-back .571% performances, 7 blocks vs. #10 Kentucky and four vs. Houston.
The Boiler has recorded two 10-block performances: vs. K-State (8/30) and at Utah State (9/7).
Number of matches with one or fewer attack errors: 6
Number of matches hitting .300 or above: 8
Number of matches hitting .400 or above: 8
Number of matches hitting .500 or above: 4
Number of matches hitting .700 or above: 2
Number of matches with six or more blocks: 8
SMOOTH & STEADY: SETTER TAYLOR ANDERSON
She leads all Big Ten setters with 50 blocks this season (second-most is 36 by USC’s Mia Tuman). In perspective, Anderson also owns more blocks than middles Andi Jackson (Nebraska), Taylor Trammell (Penn State), Devyn Robinson (Wisconsin), Carter Booth (Wisconsin).
Anderson has set Purdue to four matches over .300%, including .310 vs. #10 Kentucky and .450 vs. UC Davis.
She is averaging 10.85 assists per set, 2.15 digs per set and 1.18 blocks per set.
Anderson has gotten more aggressive on the attack compared to her freshman season, averaging .50 kills per set compared to .31 from last season (35 kills in 2023 vs. 23 in 2024). In fact, her numbers are up in virtually every category including digs per set (1.97 vs. 2.15), assists per set (9.88 vs. 10.85) and blocks (.85 vs. 1.09).
Has posted 7 or more blocks three times this season.
40 or more assist in a match this season: 6
50 or more assists in a match this season: 2
Double-doubles this season: 4
NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL
PREVIEW: IRISH SET TO HOST NO. 19 GEORGIA TECH AND CLEMSON
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3, 1-1) are in their second weekend of ACC play as they host No. 19 Georgia Tech (8-3, 0-2) on Friday, Oct. 4 and Clemson (8-5, 0-2) on Sunday, Oct. 6 at Purcell. The Irish are coming off of 1-1 weekend against No. 3 Stanford and Cal in the ACC opening weekend at home. The Irish took the ranked Cardinal into four sets (17-25, 25-23, 18-25, 20-25) on Friday and defeated Cal in fours sets (25-20, 13-25, 25-16, 25-15) on Sunday.
NOTRE DAME vs. No. 19 GEORGIA TECH – Friday, October 4 at 6:30 PM
Location: South Bend, Ind. | Purcell Pavilion
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NOTRE DAME vs. CLEMSON – Sunday, October 6 at 1:00 PM
Location: Bloomington, Ind. | Wilkinson Hall
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HISTORY VS. #19 GEORGIA TECH
This will be the 15th meeting between the Irish and Yellow Jackets as the Irish trail 6-8 in the overall series.
Notre Dame has fallen in the last two matchups against Georgia Tech, once at home and once on the road. The Irish last faced the Yellow Jackets on Nov. 5, 2023 in Atlanta as ND fell in three (16-25,15-25,14-25).
Sydney Palazzolo led the way for the Irish in last year’s match, recording 10 kills, 6 digs, and 2 blocks.
HISTORY Vs. CLEMSON
Heading into the 16th meeting between Notre Dame and Clemson, the Irish lead the overall series 10-5.
The Irish last faced the Tigers on Nov. 10, 2023 inside of Purcell Pavilion, falling in four (20-25,25-13,20-25,17-25).
Palazzolo recorded 18 kills, 12 digs, and 2 blocks in the four-set battle.
PHYONA SCHRADER
Phyona Schrader was named ACC Setter of the Week on Monday, Sept. 16 after guiding the Irish to a perfect 3-0 week, with two wins over Northwestern and the program’s first-ever win over Colorado State.
She is now tied for first in the nation for triple-doubles this season (6) and is the only player in the conference to have recorded one this season.
FRESH FACES
Notre Dame’s incoming freshman class ranked 13th in the nation according to Prep Dig.
The Irish welcome six freshman to the team, bringing the Irish to a roster size of 22 – Rockwell’s largest roster since starting in 2022.
The freshman class consists of Grace Langer (MB), Anna Bjork (MB), Kailyn Greene- Gordon (OPP), Mia Radeff (OH), Morgan Gaerte (OH), and Mallory Bohl (MB).
Gaerte was the number one recruit coming out of Indiana, hailing from Angola High School, just a little over an hour from South Bend.
Notre Dame also welcomes setter Ella Sandt to the 2024 squad, a graduate transfer from Saint Mary’s.
KEY RETURNERS
The Irish return five rising sophomores, six rising juniors, a pair of rising seniors, and a pair of graduate students.
Notre Dame’s two graduate students, Hattie Monson and Lauren Tarnoff, are each using their fifth and final seasons to finish their careers at ND. Monson led the Irish with 397 digs last season, while Tarnoff was second on the team last season in blocks (84).
Senior Phyona Schrader is also back for another season with the Irish. Schrader led the conference last season with the only triple double recorded in the ACC. She tallied 14 kills, 22 assists, and 13 digs in the win over Wake Forest at home on November 17, 2023.
Outside hitter Lucy Trump returns for her junior season as she tallied 135 kills and was second on the team with 22 aces. She led the Irish offensively her freshman year with 252 kills.
SALIMA ROCKWELL
Salima Rockwell heads into her third year at the helm of the program after finishing year one with a record of 21-33.
Rockwell spent this past summer prepping for the 2024 Olympic games as she was selected to be an analyst for NBC for both the men’s and women’s matches.
Rockwell, a four-time national champion coach and three-time All-American, is the seventh head coach in Notre Dame volleyball history.
For the past three years, Rockwell has served as a color commentator for ESPN, Fox Sports, Big Ten Network and CBS Sports.
Rockwell spent nine years coaching at her alma mater, Penn State University, holding titles of associate head coach, assistant coach and director of operations over two different stints in Happy Valley (2006-2009 and 2015-17).
As a student-athlete, Rockwell was a three-time All-American setter, was named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team, helped guide the Nittany Lions to an NCAA Championship runner-up finish, was four-time All-Big Ten honoree, and led Penn State to Big Ten championships in 1992 and 1993.
Rockwell’s name is peppered throughout the legendary Penn State record books – ranking sixth all-time on the program’s career assists list (5,455) and eighth on the career digs chart (1,278). She is an inductee into the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame.
Between her two coaching tours at Penn State, Rockwell also spent five seasons (2009-2013) at the University of Texas. While in Austin, she helped lead the Longhorns to the 2012 National Championship title, its first in almost 25 years.
YEAR THREE WITH THE STAFF
Sara Matthews and Craig Dyer return as associate head coaches for the Irish for their third year with the program.
Matthews, a standout player at James Madison and Kansas, came to South Bend after spending the past five seasons as the head coach at the University of Delaware.
Dyer joined the program after spending the past four seasons at Creighton, with previous stops at Penn State, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Seton Hall and Rutgers. He’s worked with several All-Americans during his time at Creighton and was part of the 2019 BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year.
Paul Koncir joined as a video and data analytics technical coordinator for his first season with the Irish in 2022 and was promoted to assistant coach ahead of the 2023 season.
Koncir joins the Notre Dame Volleyball family after spending the past two seasons with the Michigan State Spartans as an associate head coach. Prior to MSU, Koncir had spent eight seasons with Indiana.
Mackenzie Keenan is in her third year as the operations specialist for the Irish. Keenan joined the program after spending nearly the past seven seasons at Texas Christian University. She worked as the TCU volleyball director of volleyball operations after having spent time as the volleyball graduate assistant.
BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER
BUTLER EARNS DRAW WITH NO. 20 GEORGETOWN
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women’s soccer team and No. 20 Georgetown were scoreless at the break, but, in the final 45 minutes, each side put one in to produce a 1-1 draw. The Bulldogs (6-3-3, 1-1-2 BIG EAST) scored first, striking in the run of play in the 62nd minute. However, a Butler handball in the area led to a penalty kick in the 83rd minute, and the Hoyas (7-1-4, 3-0-1 BIG EAST) converted to level the score.
Key Moments
36′ | Leila Lister creates space at the upper right corner of the penalty area. Her shot sails just left of the far post.
HALFTIME
54′ | Anna Schroeder takes a shot from 25 yards that is tipped over the crossbar, leading to a series of three corner kicks. A Butler foul is called on the third attempt, and the Hoyas end the threat.
61′ | Georgetown sends one in from the far-right side, and the service is headed into the air. A Hoyas attacker volleys a hard shot that is saved by Anna Pierce, diving to her left.
62′ | Lucia Englund sends a ball from the left side into the area. Talia Sommer collects the ball, splits two defenders, and strikes a ball inside the near post. The Georgetown keeper gets a hand on the ball, but it continues into the goal. Butler takes a 1-0 lead.
83′ | A Butler handball in the area leads to a penalty kick for the Hoyas. Eliza Turner converts into the back-left corner of the net, leveling the score.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Talia Sommer
ASSISTS: Lucia Englund
Bulldog Bits
· Talia Sommer’s goal was her sixth this season and the 17th of her career.
· Lucia Englund’s assist was her second this season and the second of her career.
· Anna Pierce made four saves to preserve the draw. She now has 33 this season and 119 in her career.
Up Next
Butler hosts (rv) Xavier on Sunday, Oct. 6. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
BUTLER VOLLEYBALL
BUTLERVB SET TO FACE NO. 6 CREIGHTON AND MARQUETTE THIS WEEKEND
Butler prepares for a tough weekend against some of the country’s top programs. The Bulldogs will host No. 6 Creighton on Friday before heading north to Marquette on Sunday.
Bulldog Bits
-Creighton leads BU all-time with a record of 20-1 with the Bulldogs’ lone win coming during the first time the teams faced off in Oct. 2013
-Marquette holds a 20-3 all-time record over Butler with the last BU win coming in a five-set upset victory in Mar. 2021
-BU is 1-13 in their last 14 matches against opponents ranked in the top 25
-Butler ranks third as a team with an average of 2.24 blocks per set
-Lauren Evans is tied for fourth in the conference with an average of 0.39 serving aces per match while totaling 18 aces this season
-Grace Boggess surpassed the 50 total block mark after collecting seven blocks this weekend to reach 54 blocks on the season
-Boggess ranks sixth in the conference this season with an average of 1.13 blocks per set
-Jaeda Lockhart hit for a combined .407 with 13 kills to just two errors last weekend
-Cora Taylor earned her team-high fifth double-double with 25 assists and 11 digs against Xavier
-Taylor currently ranks fifth in the BIG EAST with an average of 9.17 assists per set in conference matches this season
-Elise Ward is three kills away from 500 career kills
-Abby Maesch needs just eight more digs to reach 200 career digs in a Bulldog uniform
SCOUTING CREIGHTON
The Blue Jays enter the match as the No. 6 team in the country with an impressive 3-0 conference record and an overall record of 12-2. Creighton flew out the gates to begin the season only losing one set in the first five matches. Their first loss then came at No. 5 Nebraska where the Blue Jays were able to force the match to five sets. Creighton swept the next two matches before facing No. 4 Louisville falling once again in five sets. They have since gone back to dominating each match winning the last five matches including wins over No. 6 Purdue and No. 10 Kansas.
The Bulldogs will have to brace for a battle as the Blue Jays currently lead the BIG EAST in four different categories (hitting %, opp hitting %, kills, and assists). The BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year, Norah Sis, has lived up to the hype hitting for 182 kills (3.79 per set) this season.
SCOUTING MARQUETTE
The Golden Eagles 2024 campaign has been filled with highs and lows. They currently have an overall record of 6-6 and a 2-1 conference record. While they have lost six matches, five of the six matches have come against teams ranked in the Top 25 including No. 1 Pittsburgh, No. 5 Stanford, and No. 8 Wisconsin. Their lone win against a top-ranked team came against No. 24 Dayton in a 3-1 victory. Their last match came against No. 6 Creighton at home on Tuesday where they lost four sets.
Marquette brings the experience against top-ranked programs to Hinkle led by Yadhira Anchante, who holds team-highs in assists and digs. Butler will also need to keep an eye on outside hitter Aubrey Hamilton who leads the team with 126 kills (3.00 per set) this season.
BULLDOGS VS RANKED OPPONENTS
Butler has played in 14 matches against four different ranked opponents since the 2020-21 season, including UCLA, Arizona State, Creighton and Marquette. They hold a record of 1-13 while only claiming seven out of the total 42 sets.
The lone win against a top-ranked opponent came on Mar. 5, 2021 against No. 24 Marquette where the Bulldogs had a thrilling comeback five-set victory.
YOUNG PUPS STEPPING UP
Alaleh Tolliver has thrived after receiving reps at the outside hitter position. In the last two matches, Tolliver has led the team with 19 kills while adding 16 digs. On the defensive side, Lauren Evans has earned more reps at the libero position where she added 19 digs and five assists.
Tolliver currently ranks 10th in the BIG EAST with an average of 3.17 kills per set while Evans is ninth with an average of 3.17 digs per set in conference matches this season.
JAEDA’S JAM
Jaeda Lockhart had a breakout weekend to begin BIG EAST conference play hitting for a combined .407 with 13 kills to just two errors. This included a stat line of five kills and no errors against DePaul on Friday night.
Lockhart tied her career-high for kills with eight against Xavier while hitting for .375 on 16 attacks.
TAYLOR MOVING UP
Cora Taylor collected her team-high fifth double-double of the season last Saturday against Xavier with a line of 25 assists and 11 digs. She would finish the weekend with a combined 55 assists to bring her total to 443 assists this season.
Taylor currently sits fifth in the BIG EAST with an average of 9.17 assists per set in conference matches this season.
BOGGESS HOT STREAK
Grace Boggess has earned at least one block in every match this season. Her streak has reached 13 matches where she leads the team with 54 total blocks including nine solo blocks.
Boggess ranks sixth in the conference with an average of 1.13 blocks per set.
UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES
Lauren Evans needs just two serving aces to reach 20 total serving aces on the season. She is also currently on pace to pass the season-high from last season set by Elise Ward with 28 serving aces.
Destiny Cherry is also just six total blocks away from 200 career blocks while Abby Maesch needs just eight digs to reach 200 career digs in a Bulldog uniform.
WATCH: Bulldog fans can purchase tickets to Friday’s match on the Butler Athletics website or tune into the live streams on FloSports on Friday and Saturday.
UP NEXT: Butler will return to Hinkle to play a UConn team that held the best record in the non-conference schedule before then facing off against Providence.
The Bulldogs will head home to host two matches at home beginning on Friday, Oct. 11 at 7 PM ET against UConn followed by a match on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 1 PM ET against Providence.
BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
BIG EAST ANNOUNCES 2024-25 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TV SCHEDULE
NEW YORK – The BIG EAST Conference announced its 2024-25 women’s basketball conference play television lineup on Thursday. The Bulldogs will play two games on SNY this year and one on FS1. Each UConn matchup will air on SNY with Butler playing at the XL Center on Feb. 2. and then hosting the Huskies at Hinkle on Feb. 22. The lone tip on FS1 will feature Butler playing at Marquette on Saturday, Jan. 4.
FOX Sports will air a total of 22 games, including the quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games of the 2025 BIG EAST Tournament presented by JEEP at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Of those 22 games, four will air on FOX. This marks the fourth straight year BIG EAST women’s basketball will be featured on the broadcast network. Additionally, CBS Sports Network will air two matchups, while SNY will cover 18 regular-season games, including 14 during conference play.
For the 10th straight year, the BIG EAST Digital Network presented by Invesco QQQ will stream every conference game not designated for television. FloSports, the home of BEDN, will also house all school-produced games as more than 120 total women’s basketball contests will stream on the platform. FloSports offers both monthly and annual subscriptions, and as part of the expanded agreement, BIG EAST member institution student and faculty discounts will be made available. Additional content on BEDN on YouTube includes “In The Bonus,” the Conference’s weekly women’s basketball feature series.
For the second consecutive season, the BIG EAST will play an 18-game conference schedule. Schools will play eight opponents twice and two opponents once. The adjustment to an unbalanced schedule provides greater flexibility in scheduling non-conference opponents.
The 2025 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament Presented by JEEP returns to Mohegan Sun Arena for a fifth straight year. FS1 and FS2 will air the quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games of the tournament. Quarterfinal coverage on March 8 begins on FS1 at noon ET, before FS2 takes over for the 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. games. FS1 picks up the remainder of the tournament, with the semifinals on March 9 slated for 2:30 and 5 p.m. The championship game is set to tip off at 7 p.m. on March 10. FloSports will televise the trio of first-round games on March 7.
Fans can follow @BIGEASTWBB on Twitter/X, @BIGEAST on Instagram, and BIGEASTConference on Facebook and YouTube.
BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER
PREVIEW: BULLDOGS HOST ST. JOHN’S FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND
The Butler men’s soccer team hosts St. John’s in its only match this week. The contest is a part of the Bulldogs’ Alumni Weekend and Butler Homecoming festivities.
Butler (3-5-2, 0-2-0 BIG EAST) is coming off losses last week to Marquette, on the road, and Wright State, in a non-conference contest.
St. John’s (3-4-3, 1-1-0 BIG EAST) most recently defeated Villanova (2-1) but lost its conference opener to Xavier (0-1). The Red Storm also has wins this season over UAlbany and Manhattan and tied both No. 6 Marshall and No. 12 North Carolina. Addition losses came to Penn State, Princeton, and Rhode Island.
Butler vs St. John’s
DATE/TIME: Friday, October 4 / 7PM
LOCATION: Indianapolis // Sellick Bowl
LIVE VIDEO: FloSports
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TICKETS: butlersports.com
Bulldog Bits
(as of 9/29/24)
Josemir Gomez ranks 2nd in the BIG EAST with six goals (20th nationally) and with 13 total points (29th).
Ryan Hannosh ranks 2nd in the BIG EAST (29th nationally) with 13 total points and is 3rd (34th) with 5 goals.
Palmer Ault is 4th in the BIG EAST with four assists (31st nationally).
Caleb Norris is second in the BIG EAST (38th nationally) with 34 total saves.
Butler and St. John’s did not play last season (2023) due to BIG EAST scheduling.
In fall 2021, the teams played two matches in Queens, N.Y. in a four-day span. On Nov. 3, Butler won the season finale, 1-0, in overtime. On Nov. 6, the sides met again in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament. The score was level, 0-0, after 2OT, but Butler advanced on PKs, 4-2.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
SYCAMORES REMAIN UNDEFEATED AT HOME WITH WIN OVER DRAKE ON THURSDAY EVENING
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.- Indiana State claimed its second conference win of the 2024 season with a 2-0 victory over Drake, featuring goals from Grace Quinn and Brooklyn Woods.
How it happened:
Indiana State (7-3-3, 2-1-1) continues to be unbeaten at Memorial Stadium, achieving the highest win total (7) since the 2016 season, when the Sycamores ended with an overall record of 7-11-2.
Despite being heavily outshot, with the Bulldogs taking 24 shots to Indiana State’s 6, the Sycamores managed to capitalize on opportunities. Drake recorded 17 shots on goal compared to Indiana State’s three, and also had a significant advantage in corner kicks, earning 10 to Indiana State’s two.
Maddie Alexander dominated in goal for the Sycamores, achieving a season-high 16 saves. Alexander is now tied for fourth in program history for single-game saves.
The Bulldogs dominated the shot count against the Sycamores, 12-4, in the first half. However, Indiana State took advantage of its chances when Grace Quinn netted her second goal of the 2024 season, putting Indiana State ahead 1-0 before halftime.
The Bulldogs put the Sycamore defense to the test right away, taking six shots within the first ten minutes of Thursday’s game. In the 5th minute, ISU’s defense made consecutive saves: Alexander made a diving stop, and then Famulak and Helling made a combined effort to clear the ball just before it crossed the goal line, kicking it away from the Bulldog attackers.
In the 35th minute of the contest, Quinn found the back of the net after she collected the ball from a Bulldog defender and slipped it past Ford in the upper right corner of the net, to put an end to the scoreless tie just before halftime.
The Sycamores maintained its efficiency, even while being outshot 12-2 in the second half, as Woods scored to advance ISU’s lead to 2-0 over Drake.
Indiana State extended its lead to 2-0 against the Bulldogs in the 63rd minute, when Brooklyn Woods scored her third goal of the season from a corner kick to lead ISU to its second MVC win of the 2024 season.
Kent and Fasquelle both recorded shot opportunities for Indiana State in Thursday evening’s matchup, while Addie Ford made one save for the Bulldogs.
Several Bulldogs registered multiple shot attempts in the loss, with Smith recording four shots on target, Mahoney also getting all four of her attempts on goal, and Kelbel achieving two shots on target from her six attempts.
Up Next:
The Sycamores will host UNI on Sunday, October 6 with kickoff set for 1 p.m. ET at Memorial Stadium. This game will serve as the Indiana State Dance Marathon Game to raise money for Riley Children’s Hospital and bring awareness to childhood cancer.
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL
SYCAMORES BEGIN FOUR-MATCH ROAD TRIP WITH SOUTHERN MVC SWING
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State begins a four-match road trip Friday and Saturday with the two southernmost MVC teams, squaring off against Murray State and Belmont.
Friday’s match at Murray State is slated for a 7 p.m. first serve and will be aired on ESPN+. Saturday’s tilt at Belmont will start at 6 p.m.
Last Time Out
Indiana State will look to bounce back after falling to both UIC (25-18, 25-15, 25-18) and Valparaiso (25-19, 25-15, 25-13) inside Hulman Center last week. The matches in Hulman Center were the first regular season matches in the venue since 2007.
Road Trippin’
Indiana State begins the month of October with a four-match road trip, the Sycamores’ longest stretch of consecutive road matches during conference play.
Following this weekend’s matches at Murray State and Belmont, Indiana State travels west to face Illinois State and Bradley Oct. 11-12.
Winning on the road has been a challenge for Indiana State in recent years, as the Trees have gone winless on the road in conference play in each of the last two seasons.
Heavy Hitter
Indiana State freshman Curry Kendall led the Sycamores’ attack in the opening weekend of conference play, averaging more than three kills per set for the Trees against UIC and Valparaiso.
Kendall tallied a match-high 12 kills in the Sycamores’ three-setter against Valparaiso, with her .320 hitting percentage against the Beacons representing her best output of the season. The match against Valpo was Kendall’s second of the season with double-digit kills. In addition, she also added a team-leading eight kills in the conference opener against UIC.
Growing The Game
As the sport of volleyball continues to grow in popularity, so do the crowds who come to witness the sport. Indiana State is no different in that matter, having had one of its best-attended seasons of all time in 2023.
Indiana State’s crowds in 2023 were among the best in program history, with the Sycamores filling ISU Arena to 93 percent capacity during the season. Indiana State played in front of over-capacity crowds for four of its nine home matches in 2023, and finished the season in the top half of the MVC in average attendance, a rarity for Sycamore volleyball.
Indiana State’s 2024 attendance numbers are already off to a strong start, as the Sycamores are fourth in the MVC in average attendance. The Trees have averaged just under 500 fans per match for their first three home matches of the 2024 campaign.
Milestone Moments
Indiana State has already had multiple athletes reach career milestones this season, with additional career marks also in reach in the opening weeks of conference play
Emily Weber surpassed 1500 assists for her collegiate career during the Sycamores’ opening weekend of play, while both Weber and Cadence Gilley went over the 50-ace mark for their careers during non-conference play.
Additional career milestone marks are within reach for the Sycamores in conference play. Ella Scott is five aces away from reaching 50 for her career, while both Gilley (458) and Macy Lengacher (432) are nearing 500 digs for their collegiate careers. Weber also sits just 11 kills away from reaching 200 for her career, 43 digs away from 500 in her career and 136 assists away from 2000 in her career.
One Of A Kind
Indiana State middle blocker Ella Scott is the only athlete in the MVC to rank in the top 10 in the conference in hitting percentage, blocks and aces. Scott enters the weekend fourth in the conference in blocks (1.02 per set), sixth in aces (0.37 per set) and 10th in hitting percentage (.266), leading Indiana State in all three categories.
Scott was an MVC All-Freshman Team selection in 2023 after leading the Sycamores in both hitting percentage and blocks.
New Year, New Role
Despite not playing on the outside prior to this season, Emma Kaelin has emerged as one of the top hitters in the MVC in 2024. Kaelin was a setter her first two seasons as a Sycamore, transitioned to being a back row player last season and has now found herself as a six-rotation outside in 2024.
Kaelin ranks eighth in the conference in kills per set (3.17) and ninth in points per set (3.63). Kaelin was named to the All-Tournament Team at both the Bluff City Showdown and the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational.
This Weekend’s Opponents At A Glance
Murray State enters the weekend at 6-5 overall and 1-1 in conference play following a split on the road last weekend. The Racers defeated Illinois State in four sets and fell to Bradley in five sets. Four different players average at least two kills per set for Murray State, led by Ella Vogel with 184 for the season. Bailey DeMier has dished out 434 assists, while Dahlia Miller has registered 231 digs. Vogel also lead the team with 25 blocks.
Belmont comes in at 5-9 overall and 0-2 in conference play after dropping five-set matches to both Illinois State and Bradley last weekend. Brooke Gilleland leads the Bruins with 186 kills, with Brenna Kauffeld also over 100 kills this year. Kamryn Olson has recorded 415 assists this season, while Lilly Lutz has registered 253 digs this season. Bella Mathis has a team-leading 47 blocks.
Series History vs. This Weekend’s Opponents
Indiana State is 1-5 all-time against Murray State, with the Trees’ lone win in the series coming in the most recent meeting. The Sycamores and Racers split the season series in 2023, with each team winning on its home floor.
Indiana State is 2-3 all-time against Belmont, though the Sycamores won in three sets in the most recent meeting. The Sycamores and Bruins split their two matches last season, with the home team winning both.
Up Next
Indiana State remains on the road to face Illinois State (Oct. 11) and Bradley (Oct. 12).
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
PURDUE FORT WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER HOSTS PINK OUT GAME IN DOUBLE HEADER
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s soccer team (6-5-1, 1-2-0 Horizon League) will be back at Hefner on Saturday (Oct. 5) to play Oakland in a doubleheader following the Purdue Fort Wayne men’s soccer team (1 p.m.). Food trucks Drop It Like It’s Tot and Whip and Chill will be at the Hefner Soccer Complex from noon to 5 p.m.
Game Day Information
Who: Oakland Golden Grizzlies (3-8-2, 2-2-0 Horizon League)
When: Saturday, October 5 | 4 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hefner Soccer Complex
Watch: Link (ESPN+)
Live Stats: Link
Tickets:Link
Think Pink
Purdue Fort Wayne will be wearing their pink jerseys in honor of those who have battled breast cancer.
Know Your Foe
Oakland is 3-8-2, with a non-conference win coming against Illinois State. The Golden Grizzlies are 2-2-0 through the first portion of the Horizon League, with wins over Youngstown State and Green Bay and losses to Robert Morris and Milwaukee. Junior Frankie Mudd leads the team in goals this season with three of the team’s seven goals. She has the second-most shots (13) and shots on goal (7) in the Horizon League during league play. Sophomore Julia Zangerl is in her second season between the sticks for Oakland and has started 12-of-13 games this season.
Series History
Oakland leads the series history 9-2-2. Last year’s meeting resulted in a 1-1 draw.
The Mastodons Are The Most
The Mastodons’ six overall wins are the most in the Horizon League. The ‘Dons lead the HL with a .542 winning percentage.
There’s No I In Team
Ten Mastodons have scored this season: Gigi Ricciardi, Scarlett Webster, Morgan Gallagher, Hailey Hoskins, Malia Velker, Maci Toporcer, Amanda Leonard, Audriana Rhyner, Chloe Mariotti and Emersyn Geik.
Home Sweet Hefner
The Mastodons have a .722 winning percentage at home since joining the Horizon League in 2020 (21-5-10). Purdue Fort Wayne is 5-1-1 this season at home.
Mastodon Starters
Four Mastodons have started every game this season: Chloe Mariotti, Allison Adams, Lizzie Haub and Bella Reitano.
Freshman Starters
Purdue Fort Wayne freshmen Maci Toporcer, Sam Christle, Maddy Kopala and Hailey Hoskins have recorded starts for the Mastodons this season.
Last Time Out
Youngstown State took a 3-1 win over Purdue Fort Wayne in Youngstown.
Coming Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will travel to Northern Kentucky on Thursday (Oct. 10).
EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ACES WOMEN’S SOCCER BLANKED BY UNI
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team wasn’t able to find the back of the net in a 3-0 loss to the Northern Iowa Panthers.
The Purple Aces weren’t able to overcome an early own goal on Thursday night against UNI. UE’s offense took multiple chances through 90 minutes. But only one shot found its way to the net of the eight chances from Evansville.
In the first six minutes of Thursday’s match the Aces found themselves down 1-0 after a shot glanced off their own defender into the net. UE responded quickly working the ball down to its offensive end for back-to-back shots in the 13th and 14th minutes. The Panthers were able to take two shots of their own, but Evansville got the ball back soon after.
The Aces had two more opportunities in the 21st and 23rd minutes, but both went wide of the net. It was a tight match in the midfield over the next nine minutes before UE had another shot miss wide left in the 32nd minute. Evansville had another close attempt in the 40th minute from sophomore forward A’Liyah Warrick ( Mableton, Ga. / Campbell HS) at the six that was blocked by UNI.
But only two minute later the Aces saw their deficit grow to two goals as Panther midfielder Macy Smith broke away for a goal in the 41st minute. UE’s lone shot on goal came in the waning moments of the first half from junior forward Chrysta Vasquez (Las Vegas / Coronado HS). Right in front of the UNI night in the 45th minute Vasquez fired a shot that was swallowed up by Panther goalkeeper Caitlin Richards to end the half.
Evansville struggled throughout the second half of the match as the offense only found the UNI end of the field twice. The Panthers padded their lead to three in the 57th minute on a quick play from the top of the penalty area into the goal. The Aces began substituting in younger players following the goal as the team’s fought for possession over the final 20 minutes. UE had one last shot from Vasquez in the last minute of the match that ended up going just wide right.
In total Evansville led the game on shot attempts with eight compared UNI’s seven. The Aces also led in corner kicks with five through 90 minutes. On offense Vasquez and senior forward Hailey Autenrieb (Cincinnati / Seton HS) led the team with two shots each. Four other UE players registered a shot in the loss.
Evansville continues its two game homestand on Sunday afternoon. The Aces will welcome the Drake Bulldogs to Arad McCutchan Stadium at 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 6th.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
USI SUFFERS FIRST OVC SETBACK AT LINDENWOOD
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer fell on the road, 2-0, at Lindenwood University Thursday evening. The loss was USI’s first Ohio Valley Conference setback of the season.
Going into Thursday, the matchup featured two of the three unbeaten teams in the OVC. Southern Indiana (2-7-4, 1-1-2 OVC) was riding a five-match unbeaten streak entering the contest.
The Screaming Eagles were tested early defensively, as Lindenwood (7-4-1, 3-0-1) came out with an aggressive tempo and assertive. USI redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Anna Markland made a few early saves on a busy night in goal. However, the Lions struck first in the 16th minute.
While USI faced eight shots in the opening half from Lindenwood, the Eagles’ first shot on the attacking end came in the 36th minute from junior midfielder Peyton Murphy. The one-goal deficit remained going into halftime.
With Southern Indiana looking to ramp up after the intermission and hopeful to generate a spark of momentum, Lindenwood doubled its advantage to 2-0 a minute into the second half.
The Screaming Eagles continued to face multiple shots from the Lions throughout the second half, but Markland was up to the challenge to keep the score 2-0.
On the offensive end, USI was able to pull the trigger on more shot attempts in the second half compared to the first, but Southern Indiana was kept out of the goal.
Overall, USI faced 19 shots and 13 on goal from Lindenwood. After making eight second-half saves, Markland finished with a career-high 11 saves on Thursday. The Eagles tallied seven shots with a pair on target. Murphy and sophomore midfielder Pilar Torres each had a shot on goal.
Following Thursday’s results, Southern Indiana is tied for fifth in the OVC with Eastern Illinois University. Lindenwood remained tied at the top of the standings with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
The Screaming Eagles will next take on Tennessee Tech University on Sunday at 1 p.m. from Strassweg Field. Sunday is USI’s mental health awareness game and alumni day. Match coverage links can be found at usiscreamingeagles.com.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
USI FALLS 2-0 IN HOMESTAND FINALE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer stumbled in the homestand finale to Lindenwood University, 2-0, Thursday afternoon at Strassweg Field. The Screaming Eagles, who are 2-3-0 during the homestand, are 2-8-0 overall and 1-1-0 in the OVC, while the Lions go to 5-4-1, 1-1-0 OVC.
Lindenwood took the lead in the opening half, 1-0, after finding the back of the USI goal at 8:26. The score would remain 1-0 through the intermission with Lindenwood leading in shots, 7-3, in shots and corners, 3-0.
In the second half, USI and Lindenwood battled back and forth through the first 30 minutes before the Lions sealed the match with their second goal and the eventual 2-0 decision. Lindenwood also had a second half advantage in shots, 10-6, and corner kicks, 4-2.
USI had a pair of opportunities in the second half, but could not convert. Freshman forward David Davilla had shot inside the box at 61:42, while sophomore midfielder Will Kirchhofer had a blast on goal at 85:37.
USI sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Klott faced 17 shots in the match, allowing two goals and making five saves.
NEXT UP FOR USI:
The Eagles are on the road for a quick one-match trip this weekend when they visit Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Saturday in Edwardsville, Illinois. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.
The Cougars are 3-3-2 overall and 1-0-0 in the OVC after the season’s first month. SIUE, which hosts Eastern Illinois University this evening, won its OVC season opener, 2-0, at home versus Lindenwood September 28.
The USI-SIUE series has been dominated by the Cougars, who lead the series, 15-3-1, since the 1970s. The Cougars took both matches last season, winning at USI, 6-0, and home, 4-0.
SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
USI RALLIES TO BEAT EIU FOR FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (7-9, 2-2 OVC) flips the script from Tuesday, winning a riveting five-set match against Eastern Illinois University (4-9, 0-3 OVC) on Thursday night (25-22,19-25, 23-25, 25-16,15-12). The win marks the Screaming Eagles first victory over the Panthers in program history.
Set 1: USI 25, EIU 21
Graduate senior Jasmine Green helped the Eagles gain an early 6-3 lead with two powerful kills. The Panthers erupted on a nine-point run forcing the Eagles to call a timeout to regroup falling behind 15-11. Following the timeout, USI mounted their own 11-6 run as sophomore Ashby Willis tallied her fifth kill along with a huge block assist with senior Paris Downing forcing the Panthers to call a timeout with a one-point lead. Sophomore Leah Coleman smashed a kill past the Panther defense to clinch set one. The Eagles finished set one on a 14-7 run. Freshman Kerigan Fehr had an exceptional first set with five digs limiting the Panthers to a .048 hitting percentage.
Set 2: USI 19, EIU 25
Junior Keira Moore placed her team leading 16th service ace of the season perfectly between the Panther defense for a 4-2 lead. Coleman elevated for four kills to keep the Eagles within one at 12-13. However, EIU surged on a late 12-7 run evening the match at one. Eight USI attacking errors stuck out on the stat sheet along with an efficient .250 hitting percentage from the Panthers.
Set 3: USI 23, EIU 25
EIU jumped out to an early 6-2 lead, but Fehr continued her special night with a service ace to draw within one point. Both teams traded points as senior Abby Weber evened the match at ten with a kill from the back row. EIU used a 12-6 run to gain a 22-16 lead late. Senior Carly Sobieralski caught the defense off guard with a kill and Willis finished two consecutive kills from the left side to inch within two points of the Panthers at 22-24. After four straight Eagles points, EIU finished the set with a kill. Willis continued to be the relied upon offensively as an outside target with 13 kills as senior Bianca Anderson contributed nine kills on a .474 attacking percentage up the middle.
Set 4: USI 25, EIU 16
USI led early as Green used a unique second contact kick save and kill on the same rally. Sobieralski dished out her 43nd assist to Willis making it 11-7 Eagles. Coleman added two consecutive kills from Sobieralski to gain the six-point lead. The USI defense dominated set four as EIU struggled with a .026 hitting percentage. Four different Eagles finished set four with double digit digs and the Eagles also out blocked the Panthers.
Set 5: USI 15, EIU 13
The Eagles were tested early in set five falling behind 4-1. However, Fehr tallied her career high third service ace in the clutch to even the match at four. The Eagles leaned on Willis for two huge kills to give the Eagles a 12-9 lead. Another sophomore standout, Coleman closed the door with two emphatic kills to clinch the match.
After the demoralizing five-set loss to University of Tennessee at Martin on Tuesday, USI desperately needed this victory to stay near the top of the Ohio Valley Conference standings. The Eagles are now 2-2 in five set matches.
Willis had a monster night leading the Eagles offensively tying a career high of 19 kills. Sobieralski earned her third 50+ assist game in the last six matches with 54. Sobieralski is averaging an insane 48 assists per game in the past seven matches. Moore (22), Sobieralski (16), Weber (14), Willis (12) and Fehr (10) all totaled double digit digs. Downing swatted a team leading six blocks, while Fehr finished with three service aces.
As a team, USI finished with 62 kills, 61 assists, 82 digs, eight aces, ten blocks, and a .200 attacking percentage. The Panthers earned 55 kills, 51 assists, 73 digs, nine aces, six blocks, and a .140 hitting percentage.
Next up for the Eagles
USI is back in Charleston tomorrow looking to sweep the Panthers at 4 p.m.
VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER
SOCCER DROPS ONE-GOAL DECISION AT ILLINOIS STATE
The Valpo soccer team jumped out to a 1-0 lead early Thursday evening at Illinois State thanks to the first collegiate goal for freshman Ashlyn Cohen (Cooper City, Fla./Cooper City), but the host Redbirds responded less than six minutes later and then got the match-winning goal in the 80th minute as the Beacons fell by a 2-1 final.
How It Happened
The Beacons pulled out in front in the 14th minute. Junior Molly O’Rear (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) won possession from a Redbird in the defensive half and sent a long ball over the top toward Cohen. The freshman split the ISU center backs, outrunning them to the ball at the top of the box before circling charging ISU goalkeeper Madi Valenti and slotting home into an open net to give Valpo the 1-0 lead.
The lead was fairly short-lived, however, as Eiley Henderson headed in a cross at the far post in the 19th minute to level the scoreline.
Redshirt sophomore Kate Sheridan (Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) did well to make sure the match went into halftime tied, making a number of first-half saves. The best of her stops in the opening 45 minutes might have been her save on Chloe Cline in the 36th minute, as Sheridan used quick reflexes to snuff out a first-touch chance on a ball pinging in the box.
Behind seven first-half saves from Sheridan, the Beacons went into the locker room tied 1-1.
Valpo tilted the field in its direction in the second half, as the Beacons had long stretches of control and consistently pushed the ball into its attacking third.
They were unable to find the back of the net despite that control, however, and Illinois State got an 80th-minute strike from outside the box by Eve Gricius to give the Redbirds the victory.
Inside the Match
Valpo’s starting lineup Thursday night featured six freshmen, and rookies accounted for 49.7% of the minutes played by field players.
Cohen’s first-half goal was the first of her collegiate career. She is the fifth different Beacon to find the back of the net this year.
O’Rear’s assist on Cohen’s goal was her first point of the season. The junior now owns four career assists.
Sheridan made her seventh start of the season in goal and made a season-high seven saves.
Illinois State ended the evening with a 17-13 edge in shots, putting 10 on goal to Valpo’s seven. The Redbirds also attempted nine corner kicks to Valpo’s four.
Thoughts From Coach Marovich
“We definitely came out again from the start with the right performance, the right attitude, and we go up a goal early. But we can’t turn around and then concede in moments like that, especially when you’ve gotten a hold of the game and especially on the road.”
“Very early in the second half, we got a couple balls into dangerous spaces we wanted to get into. We have to then be better executing when we get into the box — we have to get that final touch right. We took a definite step forward tonight as a group, in our execution of getting the ball into those spaces we wanted to attack.”
“This has been a tough run of results to take, but it’s not going to shake who we are. We’re going to continue to fight, to battle, to compete and keep working to get better. If we maintain that focus, we’re confident eventually the results will turn around.”
Next Up
Valpo (4-8-0, 0-4-0 MVC) returns home to Brown Field Sunday to host Southern Illinois on Senior Day. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m., while the Senior Day ceremony will begin at about 12:40 p.m.
UINDY FOOTBALL
UINDY TRAVELS TO JEWELL THIS WEEKEND
WEEK 5
at William Jewell Cardinals (3-1, 1-0 GLVC)
Saturday // October 5
2 p.m. ET // Liberty, Mo.
The No. 22 UIndy football team returns to conference play this weekend, making the lengthy trip tp Liberty, Mo., to face the William Jewell Cardinals. Both teams come into the weekend with 3-1 records, as both are coming off their first loss of the season last Saturday.
UIndy is looking for a ninth straight victory over the Cardinals. Last October, the Hounds hosted Jewell on Homecoming in what ended as a 59-17 rout. UIndy racked up an impressive 648 total yards while setting season highs in points scored and scoring margin.
MARIAN MEN’S TENNIS
KNIGHTS FALL TO HUNTINGTON IN CL SEMIFINALS
Huntington, Ind.- The Marian men’s tennis team fall 0-4 to Huntington in Crossroads League Semifinals. The Knights finish off the fall season with an overall record of 7-3.
Juan Garcia-Tunon and Marcos Ramos Cabrera got the Knights off to a good start with a win at No. 2 doubles with a final score of 6-0. James Ashworth and Tjark Kunkel were the next to finish falling at No. 1 doubles with a final score of 4-6. Jones McNamar and Jan Bartolome fell at No. 3 doubles with a final score of 4-6 to allow the Foresters to claim the doubles point.
Huntington extended their lead at No. 2 singles with a win over Kunkel with final counts of 3-6 and 1-6. Ashworth was the next to finish falling at No. 1 singles with final counts of 2-5 and 5-7. Bogdan Precupescu was the final one to finish falling at No. 4 singles with final counts of 6-3, 3-6, and 2-6. Bartolome, Garcia-Tunon, and Ramos Cabrera all went unfinished.
The Knights finish off the fall season at the Crossroads League semifinals with an overall record of 7-3.
MARIAN WOMEN’S TENNIS
KNIGHTS ADVANCE TO CROSSROADS LEAGUE FINALS WITH 4-1 WIN OVER GRACE
Indianapolis, Ind.- The Marian women’s tennis team advances to the Crossroads League Tournament Championships with a 4-1 win over Grace. The Knights are now 9-1 overall on the season.
Yasmin Imamniyazova and Ana Barbosa Fernandez open up the match with a 6-1 win at doubles No. 2. Liliane Alinquant and Paloma Caceres Villalba were the next to finish claiming the first point for the Knights with a 6-4 win at No. 3 doubles. Michelle Irigoyen and Ana Lopez Torres went unfinished at No.1 doubles.
With the Knights in the lead 1-0 Caceres Villalba extended the lead with a win at No. 6 singles with final counts of 6-1 and 6-3. Alinquant was the next to finish with a win at No. 5 singles with final counts of 4-6, 6-3, and 6-2. Imamniyazova claimed the only loss of the day at No. 1 singles with final counts of 6,4, 2-6, and 4-6. Barbosa Fernandez was the final one to finish for Marian claiming the win at No. 4 singles with final counts of 5-7, 6-3, and 6-2. Lopez Torres went unfinished at No. 2 singles and Irigoyen went unfinished at No. 3 singles.
The Knights will be back in action on the road Saturday against Bethel for the Crossroads League Finals in Mishawaka, Ind.
INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES
INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/
EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/
WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/
FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/
ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/
HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/
MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/
HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx
ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index
IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/
IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/
PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/
INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx
GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/
ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/
GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/
HOY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index
NUMBERS IN SPORTS
3 – 30 – 5 – 1 – 45 – 32 – 16 – 24 – 20 – 22 – 19 – 4 – 77 – 8 – 2 – 25 –
October 4, 1925 – Harry Heilmann had 6 hits in Detroit’s doubleheader sweep over the St Louis Browns. The final scores of 10-4 and 11-6 were reached in the games. With the successful day in the batter’s box Heilmann edged out teammate Tris Speaker for the AL batting crown, .393 to .389. Meanwhile Ty Cobb batted over .300 for the 20th time
October 4, 1930 – Philadelphia Athletics’ Jack Quinn aged 47, became the oldest player to play in World Series. The elder statesman pitched 2 innings in Game 3, suffering a 5-0 defeat to St. Louis. The A’s though did win the series, 4-2 eventually though.
October 4, 1944 – The only all-St. Louis World Series opens at Sportsman’s Park with the visiting Browns beating the Cardinals, 2-1 on Number 3, George McQuinn’s home run; Cards win series, 4-2
October 4, 1948 – Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8 – 3, in a one-game playoff to decide the AL pennant. The keys to the victory were the pitching of hurler Number 30, Gene Bearden and hitting of Lou Boudreau who wore Number 5 for the Tribe.
October 4, 1953 – 50th Baseball World Series pitted the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. This day the Yanks won 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-2 series clincher. New York recorded its 5th consecutive World Series Championship with the MVP being earned by New York second baseman, Number 1, Billy Martin
October 4, 1955 – At the World Series, the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first title with a 2-0 victory against arch-rival the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in Game 7. The MVP of the series was Brooklyn pitcher Number 45, Johnny Podres who won 2 games in the series in 18 innings of work, throwing 10 strike outs.
October 4, 1959 – Future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, Number 32 attempted a club record 37 rushing attempts in Cleveland Browns, 34-7 win at Chicago Cardinals
October 4, 1961 – New Tork Yankees pitcher Number 16, Whitey Ford records 3rd straight Baseball World Series shutout in Yankees 2-0 win v Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium; NY wins series, 4-1
October 4, 1962 – San Francisco player Number 24, Willie Mays scored a run in the 2nd inning for the Giants ending Whitey Ford’s World Series record of consecutive scoreless inning streak at 33 2⁄3. The Yanks won despite this over the Giants, 6-2 in Game 1 and evetntually took the series in 7
October 4, 1964 – Boston Patriots’ kicker Number 20, Gino Cappelletti connected on 6-from-6 field goals and 3-from-3 conversions in 39-10 win versus the Denver Broncos at Bears Stadium, Denver
October 4, 1980 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Number 20, Mike Schmidt’s 2-run homer off Stan Bahnsen, Number 22 of the Expos, in 11th inning gives Philadelphia, 6-4 win v Montreal and NL East title; Schmidt’s 48th of the season; breaks Eddie Mathews’ single-season MLB record for 3rd basemen
October 4, 1986 – NY Yankees closer Number 19, Dave Righetti saves both doubleheader games at Fenway Park for 5-3 and 3-1 wins v Boston; Righetti’s MLB record 46th save
October 4, 1987 – Winnipeg CFL defensive back James Jefferson wearing Number 4, scored 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception; scores both on laterals in Blue Bombers’ 47-14 win v Hamilton Tiger-Cats
October 4, 1989 – MLB San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Number 22, Will Clark hits first NLCS grand slam since 1977 in 11-3 win v Chicago Cubs; Clark goes 4-for-4 with 2 HRs to tie NLCS RBI record (6) for an entire series in less than 4 innings
October 4, 1991 – San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe, Number 21 scored the club’s first goal while Number 30, Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves between the pipes
October 4, 1995 – Jim Leyritz wearing the Number 13 on his jersey, cranks a shot over the wall with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners
October 4, 1996 – Left wing Mike Donnelly became first player in NHL history to play for all 3 New York teams (Sabres, Rangers & Islanders) when he suits up for the NY Islanders in a 1-0 loss in Los Angeles. He was the Islanders Number 8, the Rangers Number 22, and the Sabres Number 16.
October 4, 2001 – Boston Bruins retire future Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque’s Number 77 jersey in the NHL season opener at Boston Garden; beat visiting Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 4-2
October 4, 2001 – Brendan Shanahan, Number 14 scored a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career
October 4, 2001 – San Francisco Giants slugger, Number 25, Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run in 10-2 win v Houston. With it he ties another Number 25, Mark McGwire for the most MLB home runs in a single season
October 4, 2003 – Texas Tech Red Raiders’ quarterback B J Symons, Number 2 set a Big 12 Conference record with 8 touchdown passes, leading Texas Tech to a convincing 59-28 win over Texas A & M
October 4, 2018 – New England’s Number 12, Tom Brady becomes only 3rd NFL quarterback to record 500 career touchdown passes as he connects with Number 10, Josh Gordon in the Patriots’ 38-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts at Foxborough
FOOTBALL HISTORY
The Boatmen set sail
October 4, 1873 – The Argonaut Rowing Club’s rugby-football squad forms.The significance is that they eventually became the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts Football Club and are listed as the oldest professional team in North America still using the same name. According to argoalumni.com the rowing club sported a rugby team and it morphed for over a decade until about 1886 when the team played rules similar to their counterparts in the North Eastern US colleges, using a line of scrimmage and eventually downs. The team played in smaller leagues until 1958 when the CFL was created by merging the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union or “Big Four” (founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded in 1936). The Argos have won the coveted Grey Cup a record 17 times, 10 of those before the creation of the Canadian Football League.
Jim Brown the record setter
October 4, 1959 – Cleveland Browns running back, the legendary Jim Brown, sets a team high single game record for rushing attempts with 37 as the Browns dropped the Chicago Cardinals 34-7. According to NFL.com, Jim Brown played for 9 seasons totalling 118 games played, and held a 5.2 yard average for his 2359 career rushing attempts. Brown scored 106 touchdowns which averages just under one TD per game played. If fantasy football existed in that era it would have made for some interesting draft parties!
Texas Tech
October 4, 2003 – Texas Tech Red Raiders’ quarterback B.J. Symons set a Big 12 Conference record with 8 touchdown passes, leading Texas Tech to a dominating 59-28 victory over rival Texas A & M.
Tom Brady gets to third All Time
October 4, 2018 – New England Patriots signal caller, Tom Brady tosses his 500th scoring pass to receiver Josh Grodon to become only the third quarterback in NFL history to reach the 500 career TD plateau. In the game at the friendly confines of Foxborough Stadium, Brady and the Pats knocked off a strong Indianapolis Colts team 38-24.
Bowden Wyatt
October 4, 1917 – Bowden Wyatt an end from the University of Tennessee. Per the University of Tennessee’s website utsports.com, Wyatt was the captain of the 1938 Vols team under head Coach General Robert R. Neyland. Coach Neyland’s group of legends that included the All-American Wyatt, Tom Milinski, George Cafego and Bob Suffridge as two way players, ended the season undefeated at 11-0. Six of the 11 games were shutouts. Bowden Wyatt was crucial to the final shutout in the game against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl as he anchored the stingy defensive line and kicked a field goal for the 17-0 victory. Wyatt returned to Tennessee in 1955 to become the squad’s head coach. Wyatt was selected to enter into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972 as a player and then again in 1997 as a coach.
The Great Sam Huff
We are honored to have an expert introduce our next hall of Famer that is being remembered for October 4. Larry Schmitt is a New York City pro football historian who specializes in the New York Football Giants, a research partner for Gridiron Uniform Database, and a frequent contributor to Big Blue Interactive and when we have a topic from pro football in the Big Apple we go to the Guru Of the NYC Gridiron, Larry Schmitt. Today we have the great pleasure of having Larry tell the story of one truly great Giants HOF player on the anniversary of their birth.
October 4, 1934 – Sam Huff was a 6-1, 225-lb Guard from West Virginia University. Huff led the Mountaineers to a 31-7 record in his four years at the school. According to the National Football Foundation, Sam, in 1955, was an All-American and served as the captain of the East West Shrine Game and also the Senior Bowl. Huff was drafted by the New York Giants in the 3rd round of the 1956 NFL Draft, where he was converted into a Middle Linebacker, in what would become a revolutionary 4-3 defense. Huff became a star at his new position, leading the NFL’s top ranked defense to the 1956 NFL title. He brought acclaim and recognition to defensive play for the first time, and was the first professional football player to appear on the cover of time Magazine, in 1959, and was the first player to be featured in his own television special, “The Violent World of Sam Huff” in 1960, where he gave the public a feel for what it was to be like on a football field by being the first player ever to wear a microphone. Huff helped the Giants to six Eastern titles over his eight seasons in New York before being traded to Washington in 1964, where he finished his 13-year, 168-game career as a player/coach. He was First Team All-Pro in 1958 & 1959, All-NFL three times, played in five Pro Bowls and was named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team for the 1950s. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982, where he was presented by his former defensive coach Tom Landry.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1906 The Cubs post their 116th victory when they beat Pittsburgh at Exposition Park, 4-0. Chicago, who sets a major league mark for wins, completes the season with an astounding .763 winning percentage.
1916 Reds right-hander Christy Mathewson faces Mordecai Brown of the Cubs in the career finale for each pitcher, marking the first time two future Hall of Famers have made their final appearance in the same game. Both Cooperstown-bound hurlers go the distance in Cincinnati’s 10-8 victory at Chicago’s Weeghman Park.
1924 A smiling Calvin Coolidge, becoming the first U.S. President to attend a World Series opener, shakes hands with Bucky Harris and hands him a baseball that the Washington skipper places in Senator’s starter Walter Johnson’s glove. In the Griffith Stadium contest, the Giants edge the hometown team in 12 innings, 4-3.
Manager Stanley Harris presents President Coolidge with the baseball used to open the World Series. Photo retrieved from the Library of Congress.
1925 For the first time in the 50-year history of the franchise, the Cubs end the season in last place. The team, managed by Bill Killefer (33-42), Rabbit Maranville (23-30), and George Gibson (12-14), compiles a 68-86 record and finishes 27.5 games behind the first-place Pirates.
1925 Player managers Ty Cobb and George Sisler face one another as mound opponents, marking the first time both sides use a position player to pitch in relief in the same game, an oddity not occurring again until 2012. In the season finale, the Georgia Peach throws a perfect final frame for the Tigers’ 11-7 victory over the Browns in the Sportsman’s Park contest, with ‘Gorgeous George’ facing only seven batters in his two scoreless innings.
1932 After his skipper compiles a 350-264 (.570) record in four seasons at the helm, Senators owner Clark Griffith, hinting that he may name himself as the club’s next skipper, announces Walter Johnson will not be returning to manage the team next season. Joe Cronin, who will lead the club to an American League pennant next year, replaces the Washington legend.
1948 Joe DiMaggio becomes the first major leaguer to appear on a Time Magazine cover for a second time, featured in an article titled The Big Guy, which details the center fielder’s injury woes during the final week of the American League pennant race. During his rookie season, the Yankee Clipper first appeared on the popular news magazine cover on July 13, 1936.
1948 In a one-game playoff, the Indians, behind the five-hitter tossed by 28-year-old rookie southpaw Gene Bearden, beat the Red Sox for the AL flag, 8-3. The complete-game victory marks the young knuckleballer’s 20th victory of the season.
1950 In the World Series opener at Shibe Park, the Yankees beat the Phillies and Jim Konstanty, 1-0, thanks to Jerry Coleman’s fourth-inning sac fly, plating Hank Bauer, who had doubled to open the frame. The Bronx Bombers’ victory over the Whiz Kids marks the last time the Fall Classic begins without a person of color on either team’s roster.
1951 During Game 1, Giants outfielder Monte Irvin becomes the first player to steal home in a World Series contest since 1928. Twenty-three years ago, Bob Meusel of the Yankees swiped the dish in a 7-3 victory over the Cardinals during the sixth inning of Game 3.
1951 In Game 1 of the World Series, the first all-black outfield in major league history appears when Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Thompson take the field for the Giants at Yankee Stadium. In a curious move, Leo Durocher replaces the previously injured right fielder Don Mueller with Hank Thompson, a third baseman by trade, using veteran outfielder Bobby Thomson at the hot corner.
1953 In the third inning of an eventual 11-7 victory in Game 5, Mickey Mantle blasts a Russ Meyer pitch into the upper deck of Ebbets Field, a rare occurrence for a left-handed batter, becoming the fourth player in World Series history to hit a grand slam. The Yankees slugger joins teammate Gil McDougald (1951), Elmer Smith (1920), and Tony Lazzeri (1936) in accomplishing the feat.
1955 After over half a century of futility, the Dodgers finally win a World Championship, thanks to Johnny Podres’ 2-0 shutout of the Yankees in the Bronx. The turning point of the historic contest proves to be an outstanding catch by defensive replacement Sandy Amoros in the sixth inning that robs Yogi Berra of an extra-base hit with two on, resulting in a rally-robbing double play.
1958 With his 3-for-4 performance in Game 3, Hank Bauer establishes a major league record by collecting at least one hit in 17 consecutive World Series games. The Yankee outfielder set the mark playing in three straight Fall Classics from 1956 to 1958.
1959 Fred Haney, wanting to spend more time with his family, resigns as the Braves’ manager. During his three-and-a-half-year tenure in the Milwaukee dugout, the 64-year-old embattled skipper compiled a 341-231 (.596) record, resulting in two second-place finishes, two pennants, and a World Championship.
1962 When Willie Mays scores on a surprise bunt by Jose Pagan in Game 1, Whitey Ford sees his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak end at 33.2 innings. However, Clete Boyer’s seventh-inning home run helps Ford win a record 10th and his final Fall Classic victory as the Yankees defeat the Giants, 6-2.
1964 Thirty minutes after their 9-2 loss to Chicago on the last day of the season, the Giants fire manager Alvin Dark, rumored to be on the chopping block at the start of the season, and then name Herman Franks, a coach on the team, to be his successor. The controversial skipper complains about the number of black and Hispanic players on his team in a Newsday article printed in August, telling Stan Issacs, “they are just not able to perform up to the white player when it comes to mental alertness.”
1969 The Orioles defeat Minnesota in Game 2 of the ALCS, 1-0, with the lone run coming from a Mark Belanger single, two groundouts, and a bunt single by Paul Blair in the bottom of the 11th inning at Memorial Stadium. Dave McNally goes the distance in the longest complete-game shutout in postseason history.
1969 The Mets beat the Braves, 9-5, in the first-ever National League Championship Series playoff game. The eventual World Champions will sweep Atlanta in the best-of-five-game series before confronting the Orioles in the Fall Classic.
1972 At Montreal’s Parc Jarry, the Mets end the 1972 campaign beating the Expos, 3-1. Although New York finishes ten games over .500, they will become the first club in baseball history to finish a season without any player collecting 100 hits.
1980 The 17-1 thrashing of the Twins become a historic day for Willie Wilson. The Royals outfielder becomes the first big-league player credited with 700 at-bats in one season, sets the American League record for singles in a season with 184, and joins Garry Templeton, becoming the second switch-hitter in history to collect 100 hits from each side of the plate.
1981 The Reds blank the Braves, 3-0, finishing with the best record in the National League strike-shortened season (66-42) but will not participate in the postseason because the Dodgers and Astros posted better records for the first half (pre-strike) and the second half (post-strike). The plan, instituted midseason by Giants executive Al Rosen to salvage the season, eliminates the Western Division team from the first-ever NLDS.
1986 Thanks to Darryl Boston’s misadventures in the Metrodome’s center field, Greg Gagne hits two inside-the-park home runs in the Twins’ 7-3 victory over the White Sox. The light-hitting Twins shortstop becomes the 18th modern major leaguer to accomplish this rare feat.
1986 The Yankees sweep a doubleheader from the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 5-3 and 3-1. New York closer Dave Righetti saves both ends of the twin bill, finishing the season with 46 saves, breaking the major league record shared by Dan Quisenberry and Bruce Sutter.
1987 Toronto drops a 1-0 decision to the Tigers to finish the campaign with seven consecutive losses, including three straight in the season-ending series at Tiger Stadium. The Blue Jay’s defeat, which allows Detroit to clinch the American League East title, completes one of the greatest collapses in baseball history.
1987 On the last day of the season at Arlington Stadium, Charlie Hough and the Rangers lose to the Mariners, 7-4. The Texas knuckleballer is the last pitcher to start 40 games in a season.
1992 The Dodgers lose to the Astros, 3-0, ending the season with a 63-99 record, 35 games behind the division-leading Braves. Tom Lasorda’s club is the first in franchise history to finish in last place since 1905 when the team was called the Superbas and played in Brooklyn’s Washington Park.
1992 At 22 years, 11 months, and 19 days old, Rangers slugger Juan Gonzalez becomes baseball’s youngest home run champion. ‘Juan Gone,’ who went deep 43 times during the season, is 46 days younger than Joe DiMaggio, who won the crown playing with the Yankees in 1937.
1995 At Jacobs Field, the Red Sox drop their twelfth consecutive postseason decision, losing 4-0 to the Indians in Game 2 of the ALCS. The dubious streak, which started with the 1986 Bill Buckner game and will be extended to 13 when Cleveland sweeps the series, surpasses the Phillies’ dozen straight defeats that began with the 1915 World Series and ended in Game 1 of the 1977 NLCS.
1996 After three consecutive second-place finishes, the Astros fire manager Terry Collins, whose first-place team collapsed down the stretch. The 47-year-old skipper leaves the position with the best winningest percentage in franchise history, compiling a 224-197 (.532) record during his three-year tenure with Houston.
1999 On the last day of the season, Rey Ordonez extends the major league record to 100 errorless games at shortstop, handling 411 chances flawlessly during this span for the Mets. The New York infielder will add another game to the streak on Opening Day next season before committing an error the next day at the Tokyo Dome.
1999 In a one-game playoff for the NL wild card, the Mets beat the Reds at Cinergy Field, 5-0. New York southpaw Al Leiter goes the distance, limiting Cincinnati to only two hits.
2001 Barry Bonds ties Mark McGwire’s single-season home run record established three years ago as he hits his 70th round-tripper. The historic homer, a shot to right-center at Enron Field, is given up in the ninth inning by Astro rookie hurler Wilfredo Rodriguez in a Giant 10-2 victory.
2001 With his third-inning home run, Rickey Henderson breaks Ty Cobb’s mark to become the leading run-scorer in baseball history. The 42-year-old Padres outfielder slides into home to punctuate scoring his record-breaking 2,246th run.
2001 Alex Rodriguez, scoring the lone run in the Rangers’ 16-1 loss to Seattle, hits his 52nd home run, becoming only the fourth major leaguer to hit 50 home runs and 200 hits in the same season. The 26-year-old shortstop joins Hall of Famers Babe Ruth (1921), Hack Wilson (1930), and Jimmie Foxx (1932) in accomplishing the rare feat.
2002 The A’s become the first team in postseason history to hit consecutive home runs to start a game. Leadoff man Ray Durham (an inside-the-park round-tripper) and Scott Hatteberg hit the back-to-back dingers off Rick Reed in the team’s eventual 6-3 victory over the Twins in Game 3 of the ALDS at the Metrodome.
2002 Commissioner Bud Selig apologizes to St. Louis fans for the late playoff start time for the Cardinal and Diamondback Game 1 of the NLDS and promises it will not happen again. The 10 p.m. CDT start was due to many playoff teams coming from the west and baseball’s desire not to have two games occurring simultaneously.
2003 The Cubs win their first postseason series victory since 1908 when the franchise won the World Series. In front of a Turner Field standing-room-only crowd, Chicago beat the Braves in Game 5 of the NLDS, 5-1.
2003 At Pro Player Stadium, Jeff Conine’s perfect peg to catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who holds onto the ball after a collision at home, advances the Marlins to the NLCS. The Florida outfielder’s throw to the plate nails J.T. Snow trying to score on Jeffrey Hammonds’ single for the final out of the team’s 7-6 victory over the Giants in Game 4 of the NLDS.
2003 The Red Sox avoid a 0-3 deficit in the ALDS when Trot Nixon’s pinch-hit 11th-inning walk-off homer beats Oakland, 3-1. The Boston outfielder’s accomplishment marks the fifth time in the postseason that a round-tripper ends a game and the first by a pinch-hitter since Kirk Gibson’s historic homer off Dennis Eckersley to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
2005 Two-time National League Manager of the Year (1990 and 1992 Pirates) Jim Leyland is named to replace Alan Trammell, who was fired as the Tigers’ manager yesterday. The sixty-year-old, who guided the Marlins to a World Championship eight seasons ago, has not managed since 1999 after resigning as the Rockies skipper.
2005 With John Hart’s resignation yesterday, the Rangers name his assistant, Jon Daniels, as the team’s general manager. The 28-year-old, ten months younger than BoSox boss Theo Epstein, becomes the youngest GM in big-league history.
2006 Citing the need for a different kind of communicator in the dugout, Jon Daniels fires veteran skipper Buck Showalter one year after becoming the youngest GM in big-league history. The Ranger manager compiled a 319-329 record during his four-year tenure in Texas.
2006 At Shea Stadium, Russell Martin’s double kills a promising two-on and none-out rally as both Dodgers runners become outs at home in the Mets’ eventual 6-5 victory in Game 1 of the NLDS. Jeff Kent and J.D. Drew try to score, but the relay from right fielder Shawn Green to second baseman Jose Valentin to Paul Lo Duca allows the catcher to tag each runner during their headfirst slides into the plate.
2008 The Dodgers complete a three-game NLDS sweep of Chicago with a 3-1 victory, winning their first postseason series since 1998. The stunning loss in the playoffs extends the World Series drought for the Cubs into another century.
2009 In the team’s 10-2 victory at Tampa Bay On the last day of the season, the Yankees break a franchise record, thanks to Alex Rodriguez’s three-run blast in the ten-run sixth inning, by hitting their 243rd homer. In the same frame, A-Rod goes deep again, this time with the bases loaded, to extend the club’s mark, and the third baseman sets a new American League record, collecting seven RBIs in one inning.
2009 On the last day of the campaign, Miguel Tejada hits a fourth-inning double off Nelson Figueroa in the Astros’ 4-0 loss in New York to finish the season with 46, the most in the National League. The Astros’ shortstop topped the AL with 50 two-baggers playing for the Orioles in 2005, becoming the first player in baseball history to have led both leagues in doubles.
2010 A day after the season ends, the last-place Pirates fire John Russell, who equaled a franchise record for most losses by a manager in three seasons, compiling a 186-299 record. The other Buc skipper with as many defeats in the same time frame was Fred Haney, posting a 163-299 record from 1953-55.
2010 The Mets dismissed manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya a day after the team completed its fourth consecutive disappointing season. Assistant GM John Ricco will be the head of baseball operations on an interim basis until a new GM selects the team’s next manager.
2010 Major League Baseball approves a change in the ground rules for Tropicana Field, making a batted ball that rebounds off the A-and B-ring catwalks a dead ball, with the pitch not counting, instead of being in play as in the past. The Rays requested the change for implementation in the upcoming ALDS after Jason Kubel’s two-out, ninth-inning pop-up hit off one of the catwalks, driving in the go-ahead run in Minnesota’s eventual 8-6 victory over the home team.
2010 On a day three managers lose their jobs, the Reds give their skipper, Dusty Baker, a two-year contract extension through 2014. Cincinnati is making its first playoff appearance in 15 years.
2010 The Indians name Chris Antonetti as the team’s new general manager, with former GM Mark Shapiro moving into his new position as team president. The transition has been developing over the past few years, with Antonetti gradually being given a more significant role in Cleveland’s day-to-day operations, giving Shapiro more time to run the franchise’s business.
2010 Diamondbacks give interim manager Kirk Gibson the permanent job, agreeing to a two-year deal with a team option for 2013. After being hired midseason to replace A.J. Hinch, the former hard-nosed major leaguer compiled a 34-49 record for the last-place team.
2012 A day after the regular season ends, the Red Sox fire Bobby Valentine, just ten months into his tenure as their manager. In their worst campaign since 1965, the team finishes last with a 69-93 record.
2014 The Giants take six hours and 23 minutes to defeat Washington at Nationals Park, 2-1, making Game 2 of the NLDS the longest contest in postseason history. San Francisco scores the eventual winning run in the top of the 18th thanks to Brandon Belt’s solo home run off Tanner Roark, hours after the team had sent the game into extra innings by scoring the tying run with two outs in the top of the ninth.
2015 Clayton Kershaw strikes out Melvin Upton to end the third inning of LA’s 6-3 victory over the Padres at Chavez Ravine, becoming the 34th pitcher to record 300 strikeouts in a season, joining Sandy Koufax, who accomplished the feat three times the 1960’s, as the only the second Dodger to reach the mark. The 27-year-old southpaw is the first pitcher in 13 years to achieve the milestone since Diamondback teammates Curt Schilling (316) and Randy Johnson (334) surpassed the plateau in 2002.
2015 Appearing in relief in the eighth inning, Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki records three outs, allowing one run on two hits in the team’s 7-2 season finale loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The 41-year-old Japanese native’s 18-pitch performance features an 87-mph fastball and at least one slider.
2015 MLB schedules all games to start simultaneously at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time to add more drama to the regular season’s final day. The scheduling, similar to the English Premier League’s “Survival Sunday,” also evens the playing field by limiting teams’ ability to rest potential playoff starters based on the results of contests played earlier in the day.
2015 In front of a full house, the team’s 408th consecutive sellout, the Giants lose the season finale when the Rockies scored seven runs in the ninth in the team’s 7-3 loss at AT&T Park. George Kontos, Cody Hall, and Yusmeiro Petit, who set a major league record as the 11th pitcher used by one team in a nine-inning game, could not contain Colorado’s offensive outburst in the final frame of the campaign.
2019 In Game 1 of the ALDS in the Bronx, the Twins drop a 10-4 decision to the Yankees, extending their postseason losing streak to a major league record 14 consecutive contests. Minnesota previously shared the dubious mark with the Red Sox, who lost 13 straight playoff encounters from 1986-1995, starting with the Bill Buckner game against the Mets at Shea Stadium.
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