“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 9 SCHEDULE
ADAMS CENTRAL (7-1) AT WOODLAN (5-3)
AVON (2-6) AT NOBLESVILLE (2-6)
BEN DAVIS (3-5) AT NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-8)
BENTON CENTRAL (0-8) AT TIPTON (4-4)
BLACKFORD (2-6) AT ALEXANDRIA (5-3)
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (4-4) AT SEYMOUR (4-4)
BOONE GROVE (5-3) AT HAMMOND NOLL (3-5)
BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-8) AT KNOX (5-3)
BREBEUF JESUIT (6-2) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (2-6)
BROWNSBURG (8-0) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (5-3)
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-7) AT WES-DEL (4-4)
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (6-2) AT FORT WAYNE NORTH (5-3)
CASTLE (7-1) AT EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (8-0)
CENTERVILLE (7-1) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (5-3)
CENTRAL NOBLE (0-8) AT GARRETT (8-0)
CLARKSVILLE (0-8) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-8)
CLINTON CENTRAL (3-5) AT TRI-CENTRAL (1-7)
CLINTON PRAIRIE (4-4) AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (4-4)
COLUMBIA CITY (7-1) AT NORWELL (2-6)
COLUMBUS EAST (5-3) AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (1-7)
COLUMBUS NORTH (7-1) AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (2-5)
CONCORD (8-0) AT PLYMOUTH (5-3)
CONNERSVILLE (2-6) AT BATESVILLE (5-3)
CRAWFORDSVILLE (2-6) AT FRANKFORT (0-8)
CROWN POINT (8-0) AT MICHIGAN CITY (3-5)
CULVER (1-7) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (1-7)
CULVER ACADEMY (7-1) AT JOHN GLENN (1-6)
DECATUR CENTRAL (5-2) AT FRANKLIN (3-5)
DEKALB (4-4) AT LEO (6-2)
DELPHI (5-3) AT TAYLOR (4-4)
DELTA (4-4) AT NEW PALESTINE (7-0)
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (1-7) AT HAMMOND MORTON (3-4)
EAST NOBLE (7-1) AT BELLMONT (0-8)
EASTBROOK (4-4) AT OAK HILL (5-3)
EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-7) AT CHARLESTOWN (1-7)
EASTERN GREENE (3-5) AT NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (2-6)
EASTSIDE (4-4) AT ANGOLA (3-5)
EDGEWOOD (2-6) AT BROWN COUNTY (4-4)
EDINBURGH (0-8) AT PARK TUDOR (5-3)
ELWOOD (1-7) AT FRANKTON (1-7)
EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-8) AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON (1-7)
EVANSVILLE NORTH (3-5) AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-7)
EVANSVILLE REITZ (6-2) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (7-1)
FAIRFIELD (3-5) AT CHURUBUSCO (4-4)
FISHERS (4-4) AT ZIONSVILLE (3-5)
FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (2-6) AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER (3-5)
FORT WAYNE SNIDER (6-2) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (3-4)
FORT WAYNE SOUTH (2-6) AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (1-7)
FRANKLIN CENTRAL (5-2) AT WESTFIELD (7-1)
FRANKLIN COUNTY (5-3) AT BLUFFTON (6-2)
FREMONT (2-6) AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (1-6)
GARY WEST (5-3) AT CALUMET (4-4)
GIBSON SOUTHERN (6-2) AT BOONVILLE (4-4)
GOSHEN (0-8) AT NORTHWOOD (3-5)
GREENCASTLE (2-6) AT NORTH PUTNAM (7-1)
GREENSBURG (0-8) AT RUSHVILLE (5-3)
GREENWOOD (2-6) AT WHITELAND (3-4)
GUERIN CATHOLIC (4-4) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (7-0)
HANOVER CENTRAL (6-2) AT HAMMOND CENTRAL (3-5)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (6-2) AT PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD (2-5)
HERITAGE HILLS (7-1) AT WASHINGTON (5-3)
HOBART (4-4) AT HIGHLAND (1-7)
HOMESTEAD (4-4) AT FORT WAYNE LUERS (5-3)
INDIAN CREEK (4-4) AT NORTHVIEW (7-1)
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (5-2) AT WARREN CENTRAL (7-1)
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (6-1) AT CINCINNATI ELDER (OHIO)
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (7-1) AT BEECH GROVE (4-4)
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-6) AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN (0-8)
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (3-4) AT EAST CENTRAL (6-2)
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (3-5) AT MONROVIA (6-2)
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (2-5) AT GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (6-2)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (3-4) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (3-4)
IRVINGTON PREP (0-5) AT SOUTH DECATUR (3-4)
JAY COUNTY (2-6) AT HERITAGE (7-1)
JEFFERSONVILLE (5-3) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (0-8)
JIMTOWN (5-3) AT LAKELAND (5-3)
KANKAKEE VALLEY (3-5) AT MUNSTER (2-6)
KOKOMO (4-3) AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (5-3)
LAFAYETTE JEFF (8-0) AT MCCUTCHEON (4-4)
LAPEL (5-3) AT EASTERN HANCOCK (5-3)
LAPORTE (0-8) AT PORTAGE (3-5)
LAVILLE (3-5) AT WHITING (2-6)
LAWRENCE CENTRAL (3-5) AT CARMEL (3-5)
LAWRENCE NORTH (8-0) AT PIKE (5-3)
LAWRENCEBURG (7-1) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (4-4)
LEWIS CASS (3-5) AT SOUTHWOOD (0-8)
LINTON (6-2) AT PHALEN ACADEMY
LOWELL (4-4) AT ANDREAN (4-4)
MADISON (4-4) AT MILAN (5-3)
MANCHESTER (5-3) AT PERU (3-5)
MARION (4-4) AT ANDERSON (0-8)
MERRILLVILLE (7-1) AT CHESTERTON (5-3)
MISHAWAKA (6-2) AT WAWASEE (1-7)
MISSISSINEWA (8-0) AT MADISON-GRANT (8-0)
MONROE CENTRAL (6-2) AT SHENANDOAH (4-4)
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (4-4) AT YORKTOWN (5-3)
NEW ALBANY (3-5) AT FLOYD CENTRAL (5-2)
NEW CASTLE (4-4) AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (6-2)
NEW HAVEN (1-7) AT HUNTINGTON NORTH (5-3)
NEW PRAIRIE (5-3) AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-8)
NORTH DAVIESS (6-2) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (7-1)
NORTH JUDSON (8-0) AT PIONEER (6-2)
NORTH MONTGOMERY (3-5) AT DANVILLE (7-1)
NORTH NEWTON (2-6) AT TRI-COUNTY (5-3)
NORTH VERMILLION (7-1) AT SEEGER (3-5)
NORTHEASTERN (8-0) AT HAGERSTOWN (3-5)
NORTHFIELD (3-5) AT NORTHWESTERN (7-1)
OWEN VALLEY (0-8) AT CASCADE (8-0)
PAOLI (8-0) AT NORTH KNOX (2-6)
PARKE HERITAGE (1-7) AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (3-5)
PENDLETON HEIGHTS (3-5) AT SHELBYVILLE (1-7)
PERRY CENTRAL (4-4) AT MITCHELL (1-7)
PERRY MERIDIAN (3-5) AT MOORESVILLE (3-5)
PIKE CENTRAL (3-5) AT NORTH POSEY (6-2)
PLAINFIELD (7-1) AT MARTINSVILLE (8-0)
PRINCETON (1-7) AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (4-4)
PROVIDENCE (7-0) AT NORTH HARRISON (6-2)
RENSSELAER CENTRAL (3-5) AT LOGANSPORT (7-1)
RICHMOND (1-7) AT MUNCIE CENTRAL (1-7)
RIVER FOREST (4-4) AT LAKE STATION (2-6)
RIVERTON PARKE (5-3) AT COVINGTON (5-3)
ROCHESTER (7-1) AT MACONAQUAH (8-0)
SCOTTSBURG (6-2) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (8-0)
SHERIDAN (4-4) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (8-0)
SILVER CREEK (3-5) AT CORYDON CENTRAL (3-5)
SOUTH ADAMS (3-5) AT SOUTHERN WELLS (0-8)
SOUTH BEND ADAMS (2-6) AT ELKHART (7-1)
SOUTH BEND RILEY (2-5) AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN (3-5)
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (5-3) AT PENN (6-2)
SOUTH NEWTON (3-5) AT FRONTIER (7-0)
SOUTH PUTNAM (6-2) AT CLOVERDALE (4-3)
SOUTH VERMILLION (8-0) AT ATTICA (0-8)
SOUTHMONT (3-5) AT TRI-WEST (4-4)
SOUTHPORT (0-8) AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH (6-2)
SOUTHRIDGE (6-2) AT FOREST PARK (5-3)
SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (5-1)
SPEEDWAY (4-4) AT TRITON CENTRAL (6-2)
ST. FRANCES (MD.) AT CENTER GROVE (5-3)
SWITZERLAND COUNTY (6-2) AT NORTH DECATUR (7-1)
TELL CITY (4-4) AT SOUTH SPENCER (4-4)
TIPPECANOE VALLEY (6-2) AT BREMEN (4-4)
TRI (5-3) AT UNION COUNTY (0-8)
TRITON (6-2) AT NORTH MIAMI (6-2)
UNION CITY (2-6) AT WINCHESTER (3-5)
VALPARAISO (5-3) AT LAKE CENTRAL (3-5)
VINCENNES LINCOLN (3-5) AT JASPER (4-4)
WARSAW (5-3) AT NORTHRIDGE (3-5)
WEST CENTRAL (5-3) AT NORTH WHITE (4-4)
WEST NOBLE (7-1) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (4-4)
WEST VIGO (3-5) AT SULLIVAN (3-5)
WEST WASHINGTON (3-5) AT SALEM (3-5)
WESTERN BOONE (7-1) AT LEBANON (6-2)
WHEELER (6-2) AT GRIFFITH (8-0)
WHITKO (0-8) AT WABASH (1-7)
WINAMAC (3-4) AT CASTON (2-6)
TWIN LAKES (3-5) AT WESTERN (0-8)
WEST LAFAYETTE (5-3) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (3-5)
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES
NO. 7 ALABAMA 27, SOUTH CAROLINA 25
NO. 21 MISSOURI 45, UMASS 3
NO. 10 CLEMSON 49, WAKE FOREST 14
IOWA 40, WASHINGTON 16
WISCONSIN 42, RUTGERS 7
GEORGIA TECH 41, NORTH CAROLINA 34
BALL STATE 37, KENT STATE 35
BUFFALO 30, TOLEDO 15
ARMY 44, UAB 10
DAYTON 16, DAVIDSON 14
ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 39, MARIST 32
DARTMOUTH 44, YALE 43 (OT)
DUQUESNE 38, ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7
MORAVIAN 34, CATHOLIC 14
DAVENPORT 24, MICHIGAN TECH 20
WILKES 53, LYCOMING 28
LAGRANGE 31, NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN 9
MERCHANT MARINE 21, MIT 0
ASSUMPTION 16, BENTLEY 13
FRANKLIN PIERCE 41, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 14
PACE 26, ST. ANSELM 20
GEORGETOWN 17, LAFAYETTE 10
UALBANY 24, BRYANT 17
DELAWARE 44, MAINE 21
RHODE ISLAND 31, BROWN 21
MISSOURI STATE 41, ILLINOIS STATE 7
INDIANA STATE 31, MURRAY STATE 27
HOLY CROSS 19, FORDHAM 16
PENN 31, BUCKNELL 21
HOWARD 21, SACRED HEART 14
SUSQUEHANNA 79, KEYSTONE 6
CHOWAN 31, SHORTER 27
CLARK ATLANTA 25, CENTRAL STATE (OHIO) 20
LENOIR-RHYNE 24, NEWBERRY 3
WOFFORD 31, VMI 16
MIAMI (OHIO) 38, EASTERN MICHIGAN 14
NEW HAMPSHIRE 17, ELON 10
TOWSON 28, NORFOLK STATE 23
CHATTANOOGA 41, FURMAN 10
LINDENWOOD 29, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 14
DRAKE 27, BUTLER 17
MOREHEAD STATE 14, PRESBYTERIAN 7
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 68, VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG 0
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE 27, ROOSEVELT 14
FORT VALLEY STATE 49, ALLEN 40
WESTERN CAROLINA 30, THE CITADEL 16
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 42, NORTHWESTERN STATE 21
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 24, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 3
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 63, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 13
ALCORN STATE 17, GRAMBLING 15
MERRIMACK 32, MORGAN STATE 24
SOUTH DAKOTA 42, UNI 17
SE LOUISIANA 37, HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 7
WEST ALABAMA 26, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 0
VALDOSTA STATE 32, NORTH GREENVILLE 24
MILES COLLEGE 32, ALBANY STATE 21
NO. 1 TEXAS 34, NO. 18 OKLAHOMA 3 (IN DALLAS, TEXAS)
NO. 4 PENN STATE 33, USC 30 (OT)
NO. 11 NOTRE DAME 49, STANFORD 7
MEMPHIS 21, SOUTH FLORIDA 3 (IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA)
LOUISVILLE 24, VIRGINIA 20
NO. 23 ILLINOIS 50, PURDUE 49 (OT)
NO. 22 PITT 17, CAL 15
CINCINNATI 19, UCF 13
COLORADO STATE 31, SAN JOSE STATE 24
SAN DIEGO STATE 27, WYOMING 24
OLD DOMINION 21, GEORGIA STATE 14
WESTERN MICHIGAN 34, AKRON 24
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 17, BOWLING GREEN 7
EAST TENNESSEE STATE 31, SAMFORD 28
MERCER 34, PRINCETON 7
NO. 14 BYU 41, ARIZONA 19
OHIO 27, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 25
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE 34, TENNESSEE TECH 3
UT MARTIN 45, WESTERN ILLINOIS 17
MONTANA 31, NORTHERN ARIZONA 20
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 27, LAMAR 20
SOUTHERN UTAH 42, EASTERN KENTUCKY 21
WEST FLORIDA 40, DELTA STATE 28
CHAPMAN 41, CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS 13
WESTERN OREGON 49, EASTERN NEW MEXICO 20
NO. 5 GEORGIA 41, MISSISSIPPI STATE 31
UL MONROE 38, SOUTHERN MISS 21
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 34, WEST GEORGIA 33
TENNESSEE STATE 41, EASTERN ILLINOIS 17
PORTLAND STATE 42, IDAHO STATE 38
NO. 8 TENNESSEE 23, FLORIDA 17 (OT)
WASHINGTON STATE 25, FRESNO STATE 17
TEXAS STATE 41, ARKANSAS STATE 9
NORTH TEXAS 41, FLORIDA ATLANTIC 37
NEW MEXICO 52, AIR FORCE 37
RICE 29, UTSA 27
NORTH ALABAMA 47, ABILENE CHRISTIAN 34
TARLETON STATE 42, UTAH TECH 0
UIW 55, NICHOLLS 10
UC DAVIS 56, CAL POLY 10
GRAND VALLEY STATE 49, NORTHERN MICHIGAN 17
ANGELO STATE 38, TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE 0
NO. 3 OREGON 32, NO. 2 OHIO STATE 31
NO. 13 LSU 29, NO. 9 OLE MISS 26
NEVADA 42, OREGON STATE 37
LOUISIANA 34, APPALACHIAN STATE 24
VANDERBILT 20, KENTUCKY 13
NO. 11 IOWA STATE 28, WEST VIRGINIA 16
SYRACUSE 24, NC STATE 17
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 24, MARSHALL 23
NORTHERN COLORADO 21, WEBER STATE 17
MIDWESTERN STATE 40, SUL ROSS STATE 21
WESTERN NEW MEXICO 42, WEST TEXAS A&M 17
CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN 31, LA VERNE 17
MINNESOTA 21, UCLA 17
EASTERN WASHINGTON 35, SACRAMENTO STATE 28
UT PERMIAN BASIN 14, CENTRAL WASHINGTON 13
NO. 17 BOISE STATE 28 HAWAII 7
NO. 18 KANSAS STATE 31 COLORADO 28
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7
INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
INDIANA 42 UCLA 13
INDIANA 52 CHARLOTTE 14
INDIANA 42 MARYLAND 28
INDIANA 41 NORTHWESTERN 24
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
WISCONSIN 52 PURDUE 6
ILLINOIS 50 PURDUE 49 OT
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
NOTRE DAME 49 STANFORD 7
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
BUTLER 40 MOREHEAD STATE 6
DRAKE 27 BUTLER 17
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
WESTERN MICHIGAN 45 BALL STATE 42
BALL STATE 37 KENT STATE 35
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
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 21 INDIANA STATE 14
INDIANA STATE 31 MURRAY STATE 27
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
JACKSONVILLE 37 INDIANAPOLIS 34
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 6 SCHEDULE
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)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P CBS)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 4
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)
MLB PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
CLEVELAND 7 DETROIT 3
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
NYM @ LAD, NLCS GAME 1, 8:15 P.M. (FOX)
MONDAY, OCT. 14
NYM @ LAD, NLCS GAME 2, 4:08 P.M. (FOX AND FS1)
CLE @ NYY, ALCS GAME 1, 7:38 P.M. (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
TUESDAY, OCT. 15
CLE @ NYY, ALCS GAME 2, 7:38 P.M. (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16
LAD @ NYM, NLCS GAME 3, 8:08 P.M. (FS1)
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
NYY @ CLE, ALCS GAME 3 (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
LAD @ NYM, NLCS GAME 4 (FOX/FS1)
FRIDAY, OCT. 18
NYY @ CLE, ALCS GAME 4 (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
LAD @ NYM, NLCS GAME 5^ (FOX/FS1)
SATURDAY, OCT. 19
NYY @ CLE, ALCS GAME 5^ (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
NYM @ LAD, NLCS GAME 6^ (FOX/FS1)
MONDAY, OCT. 21
CLE @ NYY, ALCS GAME 6^ (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
NYM @ LAD, NLCS GAME 7^ (FOX/FS1)
TUESDAY, OCT. 22
CLE @ NYY, ALCS GAME 7^ (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
(^IF NECESSARY)
WORLD SERIES
PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE
IF BOTH LCS CONCLUDE NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, OCT. 19, THE WORLD SERIES WILL MOVE UP TO START ON TUESDAY, OCT. 22, WITH A POTENTIAL GAME 7 ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30.
FRIDAY, OCT. 25
GAME 1, AT BETTER 2024 RECORD (FOX)
SATURDAY, OCT. 26
GAME 2, AT BETTER 2024 RECORD (FOX)
MONDAY, OCT. 28
GAME 3 (FOX)
TUESDAY, OCT. 29
GAME 4 (FOX)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30
GAME 5^ (FOX)
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
GAME 6^, AT BETTER 2024 RECORD (FOX)
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
GAME 7^, AT BETTER 2024 RECORD (FOX)
(^IF NECESSARY)
WNBA SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
NBA PRE-SEASON
BOSTON 139 PHILADELPHIA 89
MEMPHIS 124 CHICAGO 121
SAN ANTONIO 126 UTAH 120
NHL SCORES
BOSTON 2 LOS ANGELES 1 OT
UTAH 6 NY RANGERS 5 OT
MONTRÉAL 4 OTTAWA 1
DETROIT 3 NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 4 PITTSBURGH 2
BUFFALO 5 FLORIDA 2
NEW JERSEY 5 WASHINGTON 3
SEATTLE 5 MINNESOTA 4 SO
DALLAS 3 NY ISLANDERS 0
COLUMBUS 6 COLORADO 4
CALGARY 6 PHILADELPHIA 3
ANAHEIM 2 SAN JOSE 0
CHICAGO 5 EDMONTON 2
CAROLINA AT TAMPA BAY POSTPONED
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
COLUMBUS 4 NEW ENGLAND 0
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BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
GUARDIANS ADVANCE TO ALCS AFTER THRILLING WIN OVER TIGERS
The Cleveland Guardians advanced to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016 after a thrilling 7-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
Eight Guardians pitchers combined to allow three earned runs against the Tigers. Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase secured the win with a six-out save.
Clase also struck out Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter with a 101-mph cutter to end the eighth inning, staring down his opponent as he walked off the field. Carpenter hit a game-winning three-run homer off Clase in Game 2 of the series.
Lane Thomas’ go-ahead grand slam off Tigers ace Tarik Skubal in the fifth inning was the difference-maker. Skubal had allowed just two hits before giving up five runs in the fifth.
It was the first grand slam Skubal has allowed during his big-league career, and the first home run hit off of him since Sept. 12.
Thomas’ grand slam was just the seventh in a winner-take-all postseason game, according to MLB.com’s Sarah Langs. The trade-deadline acquisition was 2-for-4 in the contest with five RBIs. He also slugged .632 in the series.
Steven Kwan was tremendous yet again for the Guardians, going 3-for-5 to give him 11 hits and a 1.136 OPS in the series.
The Tigers had multiple chances to storm back against an overworked Guardians bullpen but were unable to capitalize. Hunter Gaddis ended a sixth-inning Detroit threat by striking out Carpenter with the bases loaded, and Eli Morgan stymied the Tigers an inning later to end a potential Detroit rally.
Cleveland’s victory comes after an exceptional regular-season campaign under first-year manager Stephen Vogt, who’s already turned his attention to the New York Yankees and the upcoming ALCS matchup.
“This is one of the most talented teams in the league, so we know we have our work cut out for us,” Vogt said, according to SNY Yankees.
“We’re going to enjoy tonight, but we know our work’s not done. We don’t want to be satisfied with this,” he said. “We’re not done yet.”
Game 1 between the Guardians and Yankees happens Monday in New York.
METS-DODGERS NLCS POSITION-BY-POSITION BREAKDOWN
(MLB RELEASE)
We all know that the Mets-Dodgers National League Championship Series is going to be portrayed as something of a David vs. Goliath, given the very different expectations of these clubs entering the 2024 season. But that might not be quite accurate. For one thing, for all the talk about the Dodgers spending a billion dollars last winter, it’s actually the Mets who are the higher payroll team here. For another, remember that since the middle of May — or, you know, five full months — the teams have had almost exactly identical winning percentages.
And, also, it’s New York vs. Los Angeles. Is it even possible for there to be a “David” here? (No, not Roberts.)
What we have, instead, is Ohtani vs. Lindor. We have the battle over Mike Piazza’s legacy. We have what’s a far more compelling baseball series than you might have thought had you learned about this a few months ago. Let’s go position by position to break it down.
Catcher
Will Smith and Francisco Alvarez both produced excellent first halves, then had really difficult second halves — and neither has done much of anything at all in the postseason, save for Smith’s long Game 4 home run. Smith earns a small edge here, just because he’s been better over the course of the last two seasons — i.e., the length of Alvarez’s career — but it’s not by much. Though both have been ice cold, each have proven they can be much, much better than this.
Advantage: Dodgers
First base
Freddie Freeman is a living Hall of Famer, and while Pete Alonso is, of course, very good, he is likely not quite that. (If you rate all of their seasons by WAR, Freeman has the top five and 10 of the top 11.) That’s obviously partially about Freeman being a star before Alonso even reached the bigs. But it’s not just about past history; even just in 2024, Freeman was still the better player. Usually, that would be enough for an edge here, yet this isn’t a usual situation. Freeman’s badly injured ankle forced him out of Game 2 early, prevented him from playing in Game 4 at all, and caused him to be lifted for defense in Game 5.
He’s clearly not at full strength. And while he’s earned a great deal of respect for trying to play through it, we’ll have to take a fully functional and hot Alonso over a diminished Freeman.
Advantage: Mets
Second base
This might not go how you think it will — because while Jose Iglesias (137 OPS+) was indeed much better than Gavin Lux (101 OPS+), there have always been a lot of questions about how long Iglesias could make that last, given A) an entire career of not doing that, and B) his presence as what Statcast considers the second-largest overperformer in baseball. That’s already happened, to some extent, as Iglesias is hitting merely .207/.233/.207 in the postseason. It’s gone the other way for Lux, who was just fantastic in the second half (.304/.391/.508, an .899 OPS) after purposefully adding some aggression to his swing, before pitching in with a homer in NLDS Game 4.
It’s enough to not worry that much about the full-season stat line, and focus on who these guys are right now. That said, the Mets also have a wild card: the possibility of Jeff McNeil returning from a fractured wrist to be available in some capacity, because after his own midseason change to be more aggressive, he slugged .533 in his last 50 games. It’s hard to know, however, what he may be ready to offer.
Advantage: Dodgers
Shortstop
It’s has-a-strong-case-to-be-MVP-and-has-had-some-legendary-moments Francisco Lindor against … well, it’s hard to say. It’s not Mookie Betts; he’s in right field. It might be Miguel Rojas, if he’s healthy, or Tommy Edman, if he’s not, and probably it ends up being both of them, and it really doesn’t matter, does it? The Mets have Lindor. The Dodgers do not.
Advantage: Mets
Third base
Now, we start really getting into all the moving parts the Dodgers have, because this is going to be Max Muncy — unless he has to shift to first if Freeman needs relief, in which case it would be Chris Taylor or Enrique Hernández. Muncy and New York’s Mark Vientos hit roughly evenly during the regular season, though of course Muncy has a much longer track record of doing so. But Vientos has been much better this postseason. And while that alone isn’t enough for an edge here, the fact that Taylor and Hernández are each sizable steps down — and the likelihood that one of them is needed here — tilts this to the Mets.
Advantage: Mets
Left field
Over the course of their respective careers, which each began in 2016, Brandon Nimmo has been a fair bit more valuable than Teoscar Hernández — even if Nimmo remains a criminally underrated star. But Nimmo’s solid first half (.815 OPS) collapsed into a summer-long struggle (.595 OPS) in the second half, though he’s rebounded in the postseason. Meanwhile, Hernandez had something like a career year, mashing 33 homers, and ended up out-slugging Nimmo by 102 points. He’s been just as good in October, too. This one goes to Los Angeles.
Advantage: Dodgers
Center field
Mickey, Willie, and/or the Duke, this is not. Far from the days where center field would be the home of a team’s biggest stars, this series features a collection of useful — if imperfect — role players, with a somewhat unclear vision of who exactly gets the most playing time here. The Dodgers have primarily used Edman, except he might be needed at shortstop, or they could use Enrique Hernández, except he might be needed at third base, and they might just end up with the talented-yet-inconsistent Andy Pages. (Neither James Outman nor Kevin Kiermaier was on the NLDS roster.)
It’s a lot. The Mets counter with Harrison Bader and/or Tyrone Taylor, who have not hit even a little in the postseason. But at least we know that whichever one it is, they’ll provide strong defense. We’re considering bending the rules to give each side a disadvantage, but all it takes is one great fielding play to turn the tide in a short series.
Advantage: Mets
Right field
Remember that brief moment at the beginning of the Padres series, when the only question about Betts was why his postseason struggles had lingered? A few big homers later, and all of a sudden he was one of the best hitters the Dodgers had in the NLDS. He’s also still “literally Mookie Betts.” At 35 years old, Starling Marte has missed a great deal of time the last two years with injuries, and hasn’t stood out when available (89 OPS+); his once-excellent defense is now a liability. This is an easy one.
Advantage: Dodgers
Designated hitter
The Dodgers employ Shohei Ohtani.
No disrespect at all intended to J.D. Martinez, of course, who was an All-Star for the Dodgers last season before moving on to the Mets. But he’s not Ohtani. No one is.
Advantage: Dodgers
Starting rotation
We could evaluate these two simply on the merits of the pitchers who are likely to make starts, but it’s more complicated than that. Since the Mets dispatched the Phillies in four games, they’ll have had three days off to reset their rotation, allowing manager Carlos Mendoza to choose between any of Kodai Senga, Luis Severino, and Sean Manaea (the Mets are going with Senga in Game 1, with Manaea in Game 2). Those are the top three, with Jose Quintana likely to start Game 4, and Senga, Manaea and Severino available again to start potential Games 5, 6, and 7.
It’s a good rotation, not a great one. But it is, at least, a rotation. It’s four average-to-solid starters who can handle all seven games, if needed. Meanwhile, the Dodgers only had three starters to begin with — and each of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jack Flaherty, and Walker Buehler come with considerable questions — and now, with Yamamoto having been used in NLDS Game 5, he’s unavailable until at least NLCS Game 3 — and more likely Game 4 — possibly giving him just a single NLCS start.
That means, if the series goes seven, they’ll need four starts from Flaherty and Buehler — along with potentially two bullpen games. The Dodger bullpen is pretty good, so maybe that’s not a terrible option. It’s not, however, a rotation.
Advantage: Mets
Bullpen
It’s been a bit of a whiplash-like season for the Dodger relievers — note the 2.57 ERA in May/June disintegrating into a 5.65 mark in July — but it stabilized near the end of the season, and has been an absolute strength in October. It’s even better than it looks, really; of the six earned runs the bullpen has allowed, half came off of low-leverage rookie Edgardo Henriquez mopping up in San Diego’s Game 2 blowout win. Surely you saw the Padres fail to score for 24 consecutive innings to end the NLDS?
Blake Treinen, Anthony Banda, Michael Kopech, Alex Vesia, Evan Phillips, and Daniel Hudson have each pitched multiple scoreless innings in the playoffs so far, and that group of six had already posted 302 1/3 innings of 2.53 ERA ball for Los Angeles in the regular season. (Though Vesia leaving Game 5 with an injury adds some concern.)
It’s a strong group, perhaps stronger than the Dodgers have had in some time, and they’re going to be relied upon heavily in the NLCS. It’s not that the Mets ‘pen is a weakness, of course; when Edwin Díaz is at his best, there’s hardly anyone better, and Tylor Megill and David Peterson have become valuable multi-inning pieces. But a key issue here is that the Mets relievers had the highest walk rate in the NL this year (10.8%), and they’ve actually walked more in the postseason (12.4%). Look no further than the end of the Phillies series to see just what kind of tightrope a postseason bullpen must walk when they’re handing out free passes.
Advantage: Dodgers
Prediction
We’re not necessarily out here on the vibes train, because as impressive as the OMG and Grimace runs have been, ultimately these are baseball teams who need to win baseball games. But the Mets haven’t been a Johnny-come-lately flash, either. As we said, go back all the way to May 15 — nearly five months ago — and they won more regular-season games than the Dodgers. It’s not as much a mismatch as the narratives are going to make it seem.
Throw in their ability to set their rotation while the Dodgers have to scramble yet again, and prepare to see a whole lot more of a certain purple fast-food mascot.
Mets in six
GUARDIANS-YANKEES POSITION-BY-POSITION BREAKDOWN
Yankees-Red Sox is the classic rivalry. But the real ones know that New York has actually played more postseason games against Cleveland (by a 27-24 count).
The American League Championship Series that begins Monday night in the Bronx is the extension of a long-running postseason pairing in the Wild Card era. These two clubs previously met in the 1997 AL Division Series (won by the Indians), the ‘98 ALCS (won by the Yanks), the 2007 ALDS (Indians, again), ‘17 ALDS (Yankees, again), the ‘20 Wild Card Series (Yanks) and the 2022 ALDS (Yanks).
Whoa. That’s a lot.
So we’ve seen how these two franchises match up historically. But how do they match up right now? Let’s take a look, position by position.
Catcher
Yankees rookie Austin Wells not only ranked fourth with a +13 Fielding Run Value among catchers with at least 500 innings caught and had a solid .718 OPS and 103 OPS+ (3 percent better than league average), but he also has an elite catcher mustache, which has to count for something. He should figure prominently in the AL Rookie of the Year voting.
Guardians second-year backstop Bo Naylor has been slower to adapt to big league pitching. He’s grown on the defensive side but had just a .201/.264/.350 slash this season. Both of these catchers have struggled at the plate in the postseason, but Wells has had more impact this year.
Advantage: Yankees
First base
With Anthony Rizzo out of the picture for the ALDS after fracturing two fingers in his right hand, the Yankees put 34-year-old Jon Berti at first for the first time in his career and also used utilityman Oswaldo Cabrera at the position. Rizzo has not resumed baseball activities, so he doesn’t seem likely to reappear for this series.
The Guardians counter with a first-time All-Star in Josh Naylor, who set new career highs with 31 homers and 108 RBIs this year. He can succumb to chase tendencies that put him in prolonged funks, but he can also get as hot as anyone at any time.
Advantage: Guardians
Second base
A pending free agent, Gleyber Torres seemed to be pressing a good portion of the year for the Yankees and was twice benched for underperformance and lack of hustle. But he had a stellar September (333/.387/.472 slash in 25 games) that has rolled into a postseason in which he’s gotten on base at a .400 clip from the leadoff spot.
For the Guards, Andrés Giménez was an All-Star in 2022 (141 OPS+) but regressed offensively in 2023 (96 OPS+) and took another step back in 2024 (82 OPS+). He will likely win his third straight Gold Glove, and the defensive difference is not to be ignored here. But Torres is the bigger threat at the plate right now.
Advantage: Yankees
Shortstop
Neither club has gotten the offense it hoped for out of this position.
Anthony Volpe had appeared to be the Yankees’ next star, and he’s come a long way defensively (ranking sixth with 13 outs above average at short this season). But he had a .657 OPS and an 86 OPS+ in 2024. Guardians rookie Brayan Rocchio is also a good defender, but his regular season featured even lesser numbers — a .614 OPS and a 76 OPS+. Rocchio surprisingly had six hits in the ALDS, and that might be a reason to give him the edge here. But we generally lean on the larger samples, and Volpe graded out better in both the offensive and defensive equations this year.
Advantage: Yankees
Third base
A midseason trade from the Marlins has been good for both Jazz Chisholm Jr. and the Yankees. Inspired by the move, Chisholm has played more like the star Miami had hoped he would become. He had an .825 OPS, 11 homers and 18 steals in only 46 regular-season games with New York, and he homered and swiped a bag in the ALDS.
But he’s not José Ramírez, because there’s only one José Ramírez. The Guardians’ superstar fell just one homer shy of a 40-40 season, and he had his hardest-hit dinger of the year during the ALDS. The Tigers took the bat out of his hands three times with intentional walks in the five-game series, and it would not be a surprise to see the Yankees try to do the same.
Advantage: Guardians
Left field
The Guardians have an All-Star in left in Steven Kwan, who is a terrific defender and contact hitter who stepped up his power game this year (.292/.368/.425 slash with a career-high 14 homers). Kwan went into a slide and battled a back issue in the second half, but he had 11 hits and two walks in the ALDS, so he is back to being an impact table-setter.
The Yankees, on the other hand, are just trying to piece it together here. Despite Alex Verdugo’s struggles this season and the possible offensive upside presented by Jasson Domínguez, New York has stuck with the more known commodity in left and was rewarded when Verdugo had the go-ahead RBI in Game 1 of the ALDS.
Advantage: Guardians
Center field
Guardians trade acquisition Lane Thomas hit just .143 in August for his new club and was instantly villainized. But after a strong September and two huge homers in the ALDS — including the game-changing Game 5 grand slam that essentially sent the Guards to this ALCS — he’s emerged as a Cleveland hero worthy of having a street named after him (Thomas Lane?).
Were we to get cute, we could put all the weight on postseason performance and take Thomas over Aaron Judge, but … we’re not that cute. Judge might be hitting .154 with zero homers this October, but we’ll still take the guy who had 58 home runs, 144 RBIs, a 1.159 OPS and an 11.2 fWAR in the regular season, thank you.
Advantage: Yankees
Right field
For the Guards, you can expect to see Will Brennan get the starts here against right-handers and Jhonkensy “Big Christmas” Noel against the lefty Carlos Rodón.
It’s been a bit simpler for Yankees manager Aaron Boone. Just pencil in Juan Soto’s name and watch him smack 41 dingers with a .419 OBP and .569 SLG. He’s remained an impact presence in October and has done nothing to diminish that gargantuan payday coming his way this winter.
Advantage: Yankees
Designated hitter
A litany of issues with his lower half have left Giancarlo Stanton a shell of his former MVP self. But the man can still bash a baseball and rise to the occasion in October, as we saw when he doubled, hit the go-ahead homer and even stole a base in Game 3 of the ALDS. In his postseason career, Stanton has gone deep at a rate (one per 9.33 at-bats) not terribly far off from that of Babe Ruth (8.60).
The Guardians will continue to lean on rookie Kyle Manzardo against righties and David Fry against lefties. Given Fry’s unexpected All-Star status and ALDS hero role, you could go with Cleveland here, but his opportunities may be more limited against a righty heavy New York staff.
Advantage: Yankees
Starting pitching
While Gerrit Cole has not pitched like the next-level ace we’re accustomed to seeing, he can dominate any given night, as we saw in the Yanks’ Game 4 clincher in the ALDS. Clarke Schmidt had a breakthrough year (145 ERA+ in 16 starts) and was solid in his ALDS outing. The question is what the Yankees get from Carlos Rodón, who has mostly been a disappointment in pinstripes, and Luis Gil, whose high walk rate caught up with him in the second half after an astounding start to the season. Nestor Cortes, who is rehabbing a left elbow injury, might be an option in this round.
Thanks to an early-season right elbow injury for Shane Bieber, the struggles of Triston McKenzie and other developments, the Guardians’ rotation is not the team strength it was when these clubs last met in the playoffs. Cleveland will continue to rely heavily on young Tanner Bibee and midseason veteran acquisitions Matthew Boyd and Alex Cobb, but the hooks figure to be quick.
Advantage: Yankees
Bullpen
The Yankees have had some success remodeling their bullpen on the fly this season, with Luke Weaver seizing the closing role. Their relief crew tossed 15 2/3 scoreless innings against the Royals in the ALDS.
But the Guards had simply the best bullpen in MLB this season, anchored by the great Emmanuel Clase and young setup men Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis and Tim Herrin. Cleveland’s 2.57 relief ERA was the fourth-best of the Wild Card era (since 1995). It showed some vulnerability in the ALDS, but there’s no mystery which of these clubs feels better about its bullpen.
Advantage: Guardians
Prediction
The Yankees boasted an AL-best 94 wins this year and they were the only AL team with a positive run differential that reached triple digits (plus-147). They have the home-field advantage and are hungry to end an organizational pennant drought that stretches an uncharacteristic 15 years. They also earned some extra rest by taking care of business relatively quickly against the Royals. So they are the obvious favorite here.
Still, the Guardians’ bullpen has the capability to swing this series. Had that ‘pen not expended so much energy in the ALDS, I would go so far as to pick the Guards, given how bullpen-oriented October has become and the fact that New York did prove pitchable in a lot of run-scoring opportunities against Kansas City. But with the heavy workload taken on by the Cleveland ‘pen this season and thus far this October, I’m going chalk with this one.
Yankees in six
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
KLUBNIK AND MAFAH SPARK NO. 10 CLEMSON IN A BLOWOUT WIN AT WAKE FOREST
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The momentum keeps building for No. 10 Clemson.
Cade Klubnik passed for three touchdowns and Phil Mafah added two short touchdown runs as the Tigers rolled past Wake Forest 49-14 on Saturday for their fifth straight win.
Clemson (5-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) turned a couple of interceptions into touchdowns as it started to pull away with a 28-point second quarter.
“A lot of good things in the game,” Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said. “It was good to see us able to put them away.”
Klubnik threw for 309 yards on 31-for-41 passing, and Mafah gained 118 yards on 20 carries.
“We got going,” Klubnik said. “Proud of the guys on how we responded and played a great game.”
The Tigers threw in some wrinkles, with receiver Antonio Williams throwing 28 yards to tight end Jake Briningstool for a third-quarter touchdown.
“We find different ways to win each week,” Williams said.
Wake Forest (2-4, 1-2) dropped its fourth consecutive home game. Quarterback Hank Bachmeier was limited to 126 passing yards with a pair of interceptions and two touchdown tosses before he was replaced midway through the third quarter.
“They’re a really good program, so we know when we play them there’s a small margin of error,” Demon Deacons coach Dave Clawson said. “I trust that our players will press on. We’ve got a lot of football left.”
Clemson scored touchdowns on four consecutive possessions to claim a 28-14 halftime lead. Interceptions by Kylon Griffin and Khalil Barnes set up a pair of touchdowns.
“Momentum is a real big thing,” Griffin said. “It’s a real thing. We have to keep building on it and keep creating momentum.”
Mafah scored on 1- and 2-yard runs – the latter on fourth-and-goal. Klubnik’s touchdown tosses went to Williams for 22 yards and Troy Stellato for 8 yards in the first half and to Adam Randall for 9 yards in the third quarter.
Wake Forest opened the scoring on Bachmeier’s 31-yard pass to Horatio Fields for the only TD in the first quarter, marking the first points surrendered by Clemson in an opening quarter this year. He threw to Michael Frogge, who made his first career reception, for a 6-yard scoring play.
Just throw it
Williams embraced the chance to be on the other end of a touchdown play.
“I wanted it bad,” he said when the play came in that called for him to fire a pass. “I wasn’t nervous at all.”
He made his fifth touchdown catch of the season earlier in the game.
Takeaways
Clemson: The Tigers were efficient on offense and encountered few glitches as they picked up their second road victory in as many weeks. With more than 500 yards of total offense that featured plenty of balance and no turnovers, there should be few complaints.
NO. 7/7 ALABAMA POWERS PAST SOUTH CAROLINA, 27-25
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 7/7 Alabama football team powered through for a 27-25 win over South Carolina on Saturday afternoon in front of a soldout crowd at Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Crimson Tide sealed the team’s second Southeastern Conference victory of the year (5-1, 2-1 SEC) thanks to a late 34-yard pass from Jalen Milroe to Germie Bernard.
Milroe once again led the charge on offense, as he accounted for three total touchdowns on the day. The junior signal-caller completed 16-of-23 passes to finish with 209 yards and a touchdown through the air, while also adding 36 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Justice Haynes added a two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
Bernard led the Tide receivers, compiling a season-high 89 yards on four catches, including the touchdown reception. Jam Miller also contributed to UA’s rushing with 42 yards on 12 carries.
The Alabama defense aided in the winning effort with four total turnovers – an interception and three forced fumbles. Keon Sabb led the Tide defenders with a career-high 12 total tackles, which included seven solo. Jihaad Campbell managed seven tackles, one sack, one tackle for loss and a forced fumble.
Notes
With the 27-25 victory, Alabama improved to a 9-1 mark against South Carolina in Tuscaloosa, while head coach Kalen DeBoer picked up his first win against the Gamecocks
Alabama’s defense forced four turnovers in the game, including recovering a season-high three fumbles, which were the most in a game this season (was three vs. South Florida)
Jalen Milroe added two rushing touchdowns to bring his total on the year to 11, which ranks second-best by a quarterback in Division I
With Milroe’s two rushing touchdowns, the junior has now earned at least two rushing touchdowns in the last five of the Tide’s six games
Milroe completed at least one pass to seven different UA receivers for a total of 16 completions
Germie Bernard caught four passes to account for a season-high 89 yards, including a 34-yard reception in the fourth quarter that helped solidify the win for Alabama
Cole Adams made his first career start with a pair of catches for 57 yards, which included a career-long 30-yard reception during the first quarter
Keon Sabb led the Tide with a career-high total 12 tackles
How It Happened
First Quarter
11:00 – UA | Alabama opened the scoring after a nine-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a one-yard rush from Jalen Milroe to give the Crimson Tide an early lead (7-0, Alabama).
Second Quarter
4:38 – UA | Justice Haynes closed a seven-play, 67-yard drive with a two-yard rush to give Alabama a two touchdown advantage (14-0, Alabama).
1:37 – USC | South Carolina closed the scoring gap after a 10-play, 75-yard capped when LaNorris Sanders found Mazeo Bennett Jr. on 4th & 11, which resulted in a 36-yard touchdown (14-7, Alabama).
1:28 – USC | The Gamecocks added two points when Jalen Milroe was sacked in the endzone (14-9, Alabama).
0:00 – USC | As time expired in the first half, South Carolina’s Alex Herrera kicked a 37-yard field goal (14-12, Alabama).
Third Quarter
6:20 – USC | South Carolina took the lead following a 16-play, 85-yard drive, which ended with a one-yard rush from Raheim Sanders (19-14, South Carolina).
Fourth Quarter
10:42 – UA | Alabama reclaimed the lead after Jalen Milroe rushed seven yards to close out a three-play, 31-yard drive. The Tide attempted a two-point conversion, but the pass attempt failed (20-19, Alabama).
1:54 – UA | Jalen Milroe found Germie Bernard in the endzone with a 34-yard reception after a 10-play, 67-yard drive (27-19, Alabama).
0:50 – USC | The Gamecocks rushed down the field in a six-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a 31-yard pass from LaNorris Sellers to Nyck Harbor to bring South Carolina within two-points (27-25, Alabama).
Up Next
Alabama will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., as the Tide will face Tennessee on Saturday, Oct. 19.
The Crimson Tide and Volunteers are scheduled for an 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff on ABC.
NO. 21 MISSOURI OVERPOWERS UMASS IN ROAD VICTORY
AMHERST, Mass. – Luther Burden III set the tone, scoring on a 61-yard run on the game’s second play Saturday, and the No. 21 Missouri Tigers rolled to a 45-3 victory over the Massachusetts Minutemen on a blustery day at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
It was Mizzou’s 10th straight regular-season win over nonconference opponents and first non-league regular-season road win since 2018. The Tigers improved to 5-1 heading into next Saturday’s Homecoming game against Auburn.
On Burden’s early score, he took a handoff to the left on a jet sweep and weaved his way through the UMass defense for the touchdown. It was the longest rush and scoring play of his career. Burden played just over a half and caught five passes for 59 yards and ran twice for 68 yards.
Mizzou running back Marcus Carroll rushed for three touchdowns, two on short runs in the first half capping consecutive 80-yard drives, and one on a 35-yard jaunt in the third quarter. For the game, he carried 15 times for 91 yards. Carroll got the start and the bulk of the carries as usual starter Nate Noel sat out while nursing back stiffness.
Brady Cook threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter. Less than two minutes after Carroll’s third TD, Joshua Manning took a short pass from Cook and sped 63 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown – his first career score – to up the MU advantage to 38-3. It was MU’s longest pass play of the season.
Tight end Brett Norfleet scored his first touchdown of the season on Mizzou’s next possession on an 8-yard reception, one play after he snagged a 36-yard pass over the middle from Cook.
In three quarters, Cook completed 14 of 19 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns before giving way to Drew Pyne.
Just before halftime, linebacker Corey Flagg Jr. intercepted a Taisun Phommachanh pass at the 5-yard line and returned it 80 yards to set up Blake Craig for a 42-yard field goal on the half’s final play to give MU a 24-3 lead. For the Miami (Fla.) transfer, it was Flagg’s first interception at Mizzou and the second of his career.
The Tigers’ balanced offensive attack put up 231 yards on the ground and 230 through the air. The Minutemen (1-6) had 142 passing and 95 rushing.
The Missouri defense held UMass to 62 total yards in the second half total and 0 for 6 on third down. Freshman linebacker Nicholas Rodriguez was MU’s leading tackler with nine, including three solos.
Massachusetts’ only points came on a 28-yard field goal by Jacob Lurie in the second quarter. For the third time this season, the Tigers held the opposing offense out of the end zone, following shutout victories over Murray State and Buffalo. It’s the first time Mizzou’s defense has not allowed an offensive touchdown in three games in a single season since 2011. The Tigers forced two takeaways and allowed UMass to convert just 2 of 13 third-down conversions, adding a recovered fumble in the fourth quarter, caused by safety Caleb Flagg, Corey’s brother.
UP NEXT
The Tigers return home next Saturday to host the Auburn Tigers in Mizzou’s 113th Homecoming game. Game time at Memorial Stadium will be either 11 a.m. or 11:45 a.m. and the game will be televised on either ESPN or the SEC Network.
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EWERS RETURNS AS NO. 1 TEXAS BEATS NO. 18 OKLAHOMA 34-3 IN 1ST RED RIVER RIVALRY GAME AS SEC MEMBERS
DALLAS (AP) — Quinn Ewers returned from injury to lead No. 1 Texas to a 34-3 win over 18th-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday, throwing for 199 yards and the go-ahead touchdown and running for another score in the teams’ first Red River Rivalry matchup as Southeastern Conference members.
Quintrevion Wisner ran for 118 yards and a touchdown for the Longhorns (6-0, 2-0 SEC), and his fumble at the end of another long run was recovered in the end zone by teammate Silas Bolden for a TD.
Ewers overcame a sluggish start and finished 20-of-29 passing in his first game since an abdomen strain four weeks ago. He was sacked for the only time on the game’s first play and threw an interception on his first pass.
The first meeting under their new conference logo was the 120th in the series that dates to 1900 and has been played annually during the State Fair of Texas since 1929. Oklahoma (4-2, 1-2) won five of the last six times they played while together in the Big 12, but the Longhorns have a 64-51-5 series advantage.
Texas went ahead to stay when Ewers rolled to his right, then threw back left to Gunnar Helm for a 7-yard TD early in the second quarter for a 7-3 lead. That was after the Longhorns trailed in a game for the first time this season.
Michael Hawkins Jr., the first true freshman quarterback to start for Oklahoma against the Longhorns, was 16 of 24 for 120 yards. He ran 20 times for 27 yards, including being sacked five times, while the Sooners had only 225 total yards.
Bolden’s heads-up recovery in the back corner of the end zone with 2:21 left in the first half came at the end of a 36-yard run by Wisner, who had the ball knocked out by Robert Spears-Jennings inside the 5.
Hawkins fumbled on the first play after the 2-minute timeout, stripped by Anthony Hill Jr., and Wisner had a 43-yard TD on the next snap for a 21-3 halftime lead in one of the hottest Red River games. It was 92 degrees at kickoff at the Cotton Bowl, one below the record.
The takeaway
Texas: Arch Manning won both of his starts while Ewers was out, but coach Steve Sarkisian was clear throughout that there was no quarterback controversy. Ewers got his second Red River victory coming off multiple missed games. The Longhorns won 49-0 two years ago when he threw four TD passes after missing the previous three games with a collarbone injury.
Oklahoma: With their receiving corps decimated by injuries — five of their top pass-catchers were out — and their rushing game pretty non-existent, the Sooners put a heavy load on the freshman quarterback starting the rivalry game in his hometown. There was no chance for a rally like the one they had two weeks ago at Auburn for their first SEC road win in Hawkins’ first start. Their only score was Tyler Keltner’s 42-yard field goal on their first possession, after Billy Bowman’s interception at the Texas 45.
Poll implications
The Longhorns have fallen out of the No. 1 spot after winning a game this season, and finished before No. 2 Ohio State played at No. 3 Oregon on Saturday night. But Texas should be in the top spot for the fourth poll this season, which would be their most since the final six of the 1977 regular season. The Sooners could fall out of the Top 25 for the first time this year.
Up next
Texas: With a win already this season over defending national champion Michigan, the Longhorns are home next Saturday night against No. 5 Georgia, which won the 2021 and 2022 national titles.
Oklahoma: Home for the first time in four weeks to play South Carolina next Saturday.
NO. 4 PENN STATE RALLIES BACK TO BEAT USC 33-30 IN OVERTIME ON TE TYLER WARREN’S RECORD DAY
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Warren caught 17 passes to tie the FBS single-game record for tight ends, Ryan Barker hit a 36-yard field goal in overtime and No. 4 Penn State rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half for a 33-30 victory over Southern California on Saturday.
Drew Allar passed for a career-high 391 yards and two touchdowns despite three interceptions for Penn State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten), which didn’t lead in the final 49 minutes of regulation. The Nittany Lions came back three times to tie it in the final 20 minutes, including Nicholas Singleton’s 14-yard TD reception with 2:53 left.
Quentin Joyner scored two early TDs for the Trojans (3-3, 1-3), who have lost three of four. USC hasn’t beaten a top-five team since the Trojans held off No. 5 Penn State in a 52-49 thriller of a Rose Bowl in January 2017.
Warren racked up 224 yards and a touchdown, although his only catch after the third quarter was a 3-yarder in overtime. The senior set a record for the most receptions by an opponent in USC’s 137-year football history.
The Nittany Lions started slowly on their long road trip, but finished impressively. After going up 3-0 on its first drive, Penn State didn’t lead again in regulation and trailed 20-6 at halftime before its offense got moving.
USC’s Kyron Hudson caught a go-ahead touchdown pass from Miller Moss with 5:56 left, but Allar converted two fourth downs with desperate passes for Penn State before Singleton was left all alone for his tying catch.
USC drove to midfield in the final seconds, but Lincoln Riley curiously used no timeouts extend the Trojans’ drive before Jaylen Reed picked off Moss with 5 seconds left.
USC went 3 yards backward on its first three plays of overtime before Michael Lantz missed a 45-yard field goal attempt. Penn State advanced to the 19, and Barker buried the winner.
Moss passed for 220 yards and two scores, while Joyner rushed for a 75-yard TD in the first quarter and caught a 9-yard TD pass in the second quarter for the Trojans. Woody Marks rushed for 111 yards for USC.
Penn State had a healthy contingent of fans at the Coliseum for its first lengthy road trip in the new Big Ten and its longest trip for any regular-season game since 1991.
But USC’s defense kept Penn State out of the end zone in the first half despite playing without injured linebacker Eric Gentry, its sacks leader and second-leading tackler, and starting cornerback Jacobe Covington.
Joyner put the Trojans ahead early when he faked a reverse and rumbled 75 yards through the heart of Penn State’s defense. He added his first career TD catch moments later.
Penn State responded to its 14-point halftime deficit with Allar’s TD throw to Warren on a double pass. The Nittany Lions made a 90-yard march to tie it moments later, with Kaytron Allen taking it in.
Easton Mascarenas-Arnold’s interception led to USC’s third field goal late in the third, but Penn State tied it again with 10:50 to play after its next drive stalled at the 3.
The takeaway
Penn State: The Nittany Lions celebrated vehemently after a victory that was thrilling, but not stunning. Their slow start and rough overall defensive performance don’t bode well for Ohio State or other opponents with less inconsistency than mercurial USC.
USC: The Trojans responded impressively from last week’s embarrassing loss, but still can’t finish. The bottom line is that Riley has lost eight of his last 13 games, and the Trojans are out of the Big Ten and CFP races at midseason.
Up next
Penn State: Bye week.
USC: At Maryland on Oct. 19.
BECK PASSES FOR 459 YARDS AND 3 TDS AS NO. 5 GEORGIA HOLDS OFF VAN BUREN, MISSISSIPPI STATE 41-31
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Carson Beck passed for a career-high 459 yards and three touchdowns and No. 5 Georgia withstood Mississippi State’s second-half comeback bid for a 41-31 win Saturday.
Georgia (5-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) played at times as if it were looking ahead to next week’s visit to No. 1 Texas but had enough offense for its 28th consecutive home win.
Georgia led 34-10 early in the second half before freshman quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr., making his second start, led the Bulldogs (1-5, 0-3) to two straight touchdowns. Van Buren’s strong performance was not enough to prevent Mississippi State’s fifth consecutive loss.
With Georgia leading 34-24, Beck led a 16-play touchdown drive to put the game away. On fourth down at the MSU 1, Trevor Etienne was pushed across the goal line by Georgia’s offensive line.
Van Buren completed 20 of 37 passes for 306 yards and three touchdowns, including scoring passes of 24 and 35 yards to Kelly Akharaiyi, and one interception. The 35-yarder with 1:47 remaining again trimmed Georgia’s lead to 10 points.
Beck completed 36 passes, matching Georgia’s record, on 48 attempts but threw two interceptions.
Mississippi State was held without a first down in the first quarter but broke through with Van Buren’s 72-yard pass to Mario Craver in the second to set up the Bulldogs’ first touchdown.
Penalties pushed State back before Van Buren threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Akharaiyi, who slipped behind cornerback Daylen Everette. It was Van Buren’s first career scoring pass and cut Georgia’s lead to 13-10.
Georgia answered quickly with Beck’s 31-yard touchdown pass to Dillon Bell, whose left toe tap at the back of the end zone made the catch count. Beck added a 1-yard scoring pass to tight end Lawson Luckie minutes later for a 27-10 halftime lead.
Beck’s 27 completions in the first half left him only two away from matching his career high for a game. He completed 29 passes at Vanderbilt in 2023.
Beck opened the second half with a 42-yard scoring pass to Arian Smith. Beck’s streak of 16 consecutive completions ended when his pass for Luckie in the end zone was picked off by cornerback DeAgo Brumfield for a touchback.
The takeaway
Mississippi State: The SEC’s last-ranked scoring defense was overwhelmed by Beck and the Georgia passing game. State entered the game allowing an average of 31.6 points per game — Georgia topped that on a three-play drive to open the second half. State gave up 605 yards.
Georgia: RB Branson Robinson ran for 12 yards and a touchdown before leaving with a right knee injury early in the second quarter. RB Roderick Robinson has not played this season after having toe surgery, and the loss of Branson Robinson makes depth at the position behind Etienne a concern.
Up next
Mississippi State: Returns home to play No. 15 Texas A&M on Saturday.
Georgia: Plays at No. 1 Texas in what could be a top-five showdown on Saturday.
DESMOND REID SCORES TWICE AND NO. 22 PITT REMAINS UNBEATEN BY FENDING OFF CAL 17-15
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Desmond Reid ran for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 22 Pitt held off California 17-15 on Saturday.
The Panthers improved to 6-0 for the first time since 1982 by relying on a defense that racked up six sacks on a day their revamped offense struggled. Pitt managed just 277 total yards — nearly 250 below its season average coming in — and did next to nothing in the second half.
Still, Pitt hung on as Cal (3-3, 0-3 ACC) let a couple of late opportunities slip away. Ryan Coe’s go-ahead 40-yard field goal attempt with 1:54 left was a low wobbler that sailed wide right. The Bears got the ball back with 44 seconds remaining but failed to generate a first down as Pitt reached bowl eligibility a year after a 3-9 season led longtime head coach Pat Narduzzi to overhaul the offensive coaching staff.
The arrival of offensive coordinator Kade Bell and his up-tempo attack has shoved Pitt into the 21st century, but for most of a crisp fall afternoon, the Panthers defense led the way.
Fernando Mendoza passed for 272 yards and a touchdown for Cal. Tight end Jack Endries finished with eight receptions for 119 yards and a 19-yard score from his roommate with 10:30 to play, but the Bears missed the ensuing two-point conversion that would have tied the game as Cal remained winless in the ACC. Cal’s three losses in its new conference home have been by a combined seven points.
Pitt redshirt freshman quarterback Eli Holstein’s electric start hit its first significant speedbump. The Alabama transfer was held in check, completing just 14 of 28 passes for 133 yards. He also threw a pair of interceptions in Cal territory in the third quarter when the Panthers were in position to extend their lead.
Still, Pitt found a way to win behind Reid — who followed Bell to Pitt from Western Carolina — and some aggressive decision-making in the first half.
Pitt opted to go for it on fourth-and-1 from its own 28 early in the first quarter. Holstein appeared intent on simply drawing the Bears offside before shifting the alignment and handing off to Reid, who darted 72 yards for a touchdown. On Pitt’s next drive the Panthers let kicker Ben Sauls attempt a 58-yard field goal that the senior drilled through the uprights, the longest made field goal by a college player at Acrisure Stadium.
The takeaway
Cal: The snakebit Bears, coming off a late collapse last week against Miami, were often their own worst enemy. Cal was called for 12 penalties for 110 yards, including eight for 90 yards in the first half alone.
Pitt: Narduzzi bemoaned his team’s lack of sacks coming in, which has been outside the norm for the Panthers during his 10 years on the sideline. The defense turned back the clock in the second half to bail out an offense that stumbled for the first time this season.
Poll implications
The Panthers will likely hover in the 20s when the poll is released on Sunday after an ugly, grind-it-out affair.
Up next
Cal: Welcomes North Carolina State next Saturday.
Pitt: Hosts Syracuse on Thursday, Oct. 24.
41-19 VICTORY OVER ARIZONA ADVANCES NO. 14 COUGARS TO SIXTH 6-0 START IN PROGRAM HISTORY
PROVO, Utah — No. 14 BYU secured a 41-19 homecoming victory over Arizona at Lavell Edwards Stadium Saturday afternoon, powered by four forced turnovers.
“I’m happy about the win,” said Kalani Sitake, BYU head coach. “We got our sixth win of the year. Excited about the things that we saw from our team in all three phases. Obviously, there’s some things that we know we can fix, but we will worry about that later. We need to keep evaluating and trying to find ways to get better. Give a lot of credit to the boys and leadership of the team.”
BYU has earned its sixth 6-0 start in school history and second under head coach Kalani Sitake (2020). The Cougars also went 6-0 to start the 2008, 2001, 1984 and 1979 seasons.
The Cougars scored five touchdowns in the contest — three passing, one rushing and a pick-six.
Jake Retzlaff went 18-of-32 for 218 yards and threw two touchdowns. The junior quarterback had passes to seven different receivers in the game. Sophomore wide receiver Parker Kingston threw the Cougars’ other passing touchdown, a 33 yarder off of a double pass.
Darrius Lassiter led the team in receiving yards with 86. Chase Roberts and LJ Martin followed closely behind, with 61 and 46 yards, respectively. Kingston, Roberts and Martin all had touchdown catches.
Hinckley Ropati rushed for 65 yards on nine attempts to lead the Cougars. Martin racked up 49 yards on the ground, while Retzlaff ran for 28 on the day.
The BYU defense saw multiple career firsts, headlined by linebacker Harrison Taggart who recorded six solo tackles and a fumble recovery. Taggart led the team with nine total tackles, while safety Crew Wakley and defensive lineman Tyler Batty each accrued six. Fellow linebacker Isaiah Glasker had the Cougars’ lone sack of the day, while also racking up five solo tackles. There were a season-high 14 quarterback hurries for BYU produced by 11 defensive players. Tanner Wall, Jakob Robinson and Glasker each recorded interceptions.
Up Next
The Cougars will have a shortened week as they will host Oklahoma State at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Friday, with kickoff at 8:15 p.m. MT. The broadcast will be available on ESPN.
DYLAN SAMPSON HAS 1-YARD TD RUN IN OT TO LIFT NO. 8 TENNESSEE PAST FLORIDA, 23-17
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dylan Sampson scored his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in overtime to give No. 8 Tennessee a 23-17 victory over Florida on Saturday night.
The Volunteers (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) went to overtime for only the second time. The first was in 1998 when they won the national title.
Trey Smack missed a 47-yard field goal try for Florida (3-3, 1-2) on the first overtime possession.
“Once (Florida) missed the field goal, I knew we would win,” Sampson said.
“(After the miss), we were going to run the football and be sound in doing it,” said Tennessee coach Josh Heupel. “(Sampson) always has great vision, great pace. He’s always been good running between the tackles.”
The Gators tied it with 29 seconds left on DJ Lagway’s 27-yard touchdown pass to Chimere Dike. After lining up for a 2-point conversion, Tennessee called a timeout and Florida kicked the extra point.
Sampson, who rushed for 112 yards, ran 23 yards for a go-ahead, fourth-quarter touchdown. The touchdown was set up by a defensive stand that forced the Gators to punt from their end zone.
“(The defense) is confident,” Heupel said. “They don’t just think (something good) is going to happen. They have to make it happen.”
Florida jumped out to a 10-0 lead, with Graham Mertz hitting Arlis Boardingham with a 13-yard scoring pass midway through the third quarter. On the play, Mertz’s foot caught in the turf and he sustained a left leg injury.
“The tale of the tape is our missed opportunities in the first half,” Florida coach Billy Napier said.
The Gators led 3-0 at the half, but fumbled on the Tennessee 1 and had an illegal substitution penalty on a field goal attempt at the end of the second quarter that had a 10-second run-off negate the points.
“We had many opportunities to score points,” Napier said.
Sampson then had a 6-yard scoring, and Lagway, who took over for Mertz, threw an interception that set up Max Gilbert’s tying, 35-yard field goal.
THE TAKEAWAY
Florida: With Georgia, Texas, LSU and Ole Miss still on the schedule, the Gators will have to get things in order in a hurry. Bright glimmers from wins over Mississippi State and UCF were parlayed into a gritty performance against the Vols.
Tennessee: A lot of the problems that cropped up in the loss to Arkansas were evident again. With Alabama visiting next week, the Vols have a long way to go to make things right. If Tennessee is going to be a playoff contender the rest of the season, it needs to show consistency in its performance.
UP NEXT
Florida: Hosts Kentucky on Saturday.
Tennessee: Hosts Alabama on Saturday.
OLE MISS FOOTBALL FALLS IN OVERTIME AT LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 8 Ole Miss football couldn’t overcome numerous missed opportunities and miscues as it fell 29-26 in overtime at No. 10 LSU (5-1, 2-0).
Ole Miss (5-2, 1-2) didn’t trail until the final play of the game, but had a sure touchdown dropped, a turnover on downs inside the 5-yard line and a missed short field goal, as well as 12 penalties for 110 yards, including two in overtime, as it fell short of its first win at Tiger Stadium since 2008.
First Quarter
The Ole Miss defense halted LSU with a three-and-out on its opening series. The Rebels looked like they might quickly capitalize when Jaxson Dart hit Tre Harris on a deep pass down the left seam, but the star receiver couldn’t hold on in an uncharacteristic drop, leading to a punt.
The Rebel defense responded with another three-and-out thanks to a Trey Washington tackle for loss, and it looked like Ole Miss would turn the stop into points, but Caden Davis was wide right from 32 yards out to keep the game scoreless.
Ole Miss just kept making plays defensively, though. On the second play of the ensuing drive, Suntarine Perkins swatted a Garrett Nussmeier pass into the air, and Jamarious Brown snagged it for his first career interception. However, Ole Miss couldn’t capitalize as Henry Parrish Jr. was stopped on a 4th-and-1 attempt inside the 5-yard line.
Nussmeier hit Kyren Lacy to get off of his own 5-yard line, but after another 10-yard gain, the Rebel defense locked down again to force a punt as the first quarter ended 0-0.
Second Quarter
Dart found Harris on a 47-yard gain just before the end of the first quarter. The Rebels faced 4th-and-4 to start the second quarter but elected to take the points, and Davis was right down the middle from 49 yards out to give Ole Miss the 3-0 lead.
LSU crossed midfield for the first time on its first drive of the second quarter when Nussmeier connected with Lacy for an 18-yard gain, but the Rebels again were up to the task. On a 4th-and-2, Perkins made another huge play, stopping Kaleb Jackson for a loss with help from Washington for a turnover on downs.
The Ole Miss offense finally broke free on the following drive. On a 4th-and-1, Ulysses Bentley IV made an incredible run, sneaking behind his blockers before breaking away and outrunning the LSU defense for a 50-yard touchdown to make it a 10-0 game.
However, the LSU offense also broke free on its next drive as Nussmeier hit four passes of 12 yards or more, including the 12-yard scoring strike to Trey’Dez Green for the home team’s first points.
Ole Miss responded with an impressive drive, moving the chains four times on an 11-play, 75-yard march. Harris capped it off with a spectacular catch in the end zone, going over top of LSU’s Major Burns and pulling down the touchdown through tight coverage to make it 17-7.
The Tigers swung right back, though, using a couple of big gains through the air to enter the red zone, where the Rebels held to force a 33-yard Damian Ramos field goal. Parrish fumbled on the first play of the next drive to allow LSU to steal three more points as Ramos hit from and the LSU kicker hit from 45 yards out to make it 17-13 at the half.
Third Quarter
It looked like Ole Miss was on a scoring drive out of halftime, moving the chains three times down to the LSU 38 where the drive imploded. Dart was sacked by Burns, and Ole Miss was flagged for a personal foul on top of it, followed by a false start to make it 2nd-and-37 and ultimately lead to a punt.
Nussmeier hit a 46-yard gain to Aaron Anderson on the following drive, but the Rebel secondary bowed up with consecutive pass breakups to force a field goal try. Ramos was off target from 46 yards out to keep the score 17-13.
The ensuing series was similar as Dart hit Lee on a couple of big gains to move into LSU possession, but the Tigers ratcheted up the pressure to force three Dart incompletions in the red zone. Davis, however, hit his 35-yard field goal to stretch the lead to seven, 20-13.
LSU got those three right back as a penalty against the Rebels near midfield put the Tigers in scoring position, and Ramos connected from 41 yards out to make it 20-16.
Fourth Quarter
Dart was sacked on the last play of the third quarter but hit Lee along the sideline to convert 3rd-and-15 to open the fourth. Facing 4th-and-1 later in the drive, Ole Miss faked a rush to Pegues and Dart found Lee again for a 33-yard gain. He looked Lee’s way once more on a long pass to the end zone but was picked off by Zy Alexander.
Trey Amos got it right back, though, as he intercepted a Nussmeier underthrow on the very next play. Ole Miss went three-and-out, but a booming 55-yard punt by Fraser Masin pinned LSU at its own 15.
Two key reviews defined the ensuing drive. The first overturned what would’ve been a first-down gain for the Tigers. The second overturned what would’ve been a sack-fumble for the Rebels. When all was said and done, LSU punted and—after a holding call against the Rebels for their 10th flag of the game—Ole Miss took over at its own 27 with 6:26 to go.
Dart took the ball in his own hands to stretch the Rebel lead, ripping the Tigers on rushes of 16 and 15 yards up the middle. Ole Miss also benefitted from a personal foul flag against LSU en route to a 37-yard Davis field goal to make it a touchdown game, 23-16, with 3:14 to go.
On its final drive of regulation, LSU converted 4th-and-6, then 3rd-and-10 and then on 4th-and-5 at the Rebel 23-yard line, Nussmeier threw a 23-yard touchdown strike to Aaron Anderson, and Ramos added the PAT to tie it at 23.
Overtime
Ole Miss was flagged twice to plague its overtime drive, forcing it to settle for a 57-yard Caden Davis field goal. Nussmeier found Lacy for a touchdown on the first play of its overtime series for the win.
Next Up
Ole Miss will have its first of two bye weeks next week before welcoming Oklahoma (4-2, 1-2) to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium for its first time as a member of the SEC. Kickoff is set for the early window (11 a.m. – noon CT).
DILLON GABRIEL RALLIES NO. 3 OREGON PAST NO. 2 OHIO STATE, 32-31
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon coach Dan Lanning saw it in quarterback Dillon Gabriel’s eyes — he was ready to meet the moment.
Gabriel threw two touchdown passes and ran for another late score, helping third-ranked Oregon outlast No. 2 Ohio State 32-31 on Saturday night.
Gabriel, who transferred to Oregon (6-0, 3-0) this season from Oklahoma for the Ducks’ first season in the Big Ten, completed 23 of 34 passes for 341 yards. He also ran for 32 yards on four carries.
“Every time I went and looked at his eyes tonight I saw a guy who was composed and ready for his next moment,” Lanning said. “He played really really well tonight in some really big moments.”
Jordan James ran for 115 yards and a score for the Ducks in front of a record crowd of 61,128 for the first matchup between two teams ranked in the top five at Autzen Stadium. It was the highest-ranked opponent that Oregon has beaten during the regular season.
After the victory, the Oregon fans rushed the field and the Ducks’ mascot crowd-surfed over their shoulders. Afterward coach Dan Lanning joked with reporters: “Anyone have a heart-rate monitor?”
Gabriel scored on 27-yard keeper early in the fourth quarter to give Oregon a 29-28 lead. But Ohio State (5-1, 2-1) responded with a clock-eating drive that ended with Jayden Fielding’s 40-yard field goal that made it 31-29 with six minutes to go.
A pass-interference call got the Ducks to Ohio State’s 9, but Oregon settled for Atticus Sappington’s 19-yard field goal and a 32-31 lead with 1:47 left.
Will Howard hit Emeka Egbuka with a 26-yard pass to pull the Buckeyes closer to field goal range, but an offensive pass-interference call on freshman Jeremiah Smith pushed Ohio State back. On third-and-20 on the Oregon 38, Howard took off running with four seconds left but gained only 12 yards and slid as time ran out.
“I just know how much time and effort everyone puts into this, and that goes for the coaches, the players, the support staff within this building to make the whole show go,” Gabriel said. “There’s joy in winning, and you love to see your team succeed.”
Howard threw for 336 yards an two touchdowns for Ohio State . Smith had nine catches for 100 yards and a score in what was the first big test for the Buckeyes this season.
Ohio State coach Ryan Day is 1-7 against teams ranked in the top five. Because of the expanded College Football Playoff, the loss may not have the impact on the Buckeyes’ postseason hopes as it might have had in previous seasons.
“We could sit here and look at one play here, one play there or complain about a call, but we’re not going to do that. We’re going to own it,” Day said.
Howard scored on a 1-yard keeper on Ohio State’s opening drive of the game. It was his fifth rushing touchdown of the season, most by a Buckeye in five seasons.
Oregon capitalized when Derrick Harmon forced Quinshon Judkins’ fumble and recovered the ball on the Ohio State 28. James punched the ball in from 3 yards out but the Ducks flubbed the snap on the extra point attempt.
Judkins scored on a 1-yard run before Evan Stewart’s 10-yard touchdown catch closed the gap for Oregon.
Oregon took advantage of another Ohio State turnover when Roger Saleapaga recovered Caleb Downs’ fumble. But the Ducks were hurt on the drive when senior receiver Traeshon Holden was ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct when he spit on an Ohio State player. The drive ended with Sappington’s 27-yard field goal.
Ohio State went back in front on Emeka Egbuka’s 15-yard TD reception before leading Ducks receiver Tez Johnson gave Oregon a 22-21 edge at halftime on a 48-yard touchdown catch from Gabriel.
Smith caught a 6-yard scoring pass to put Ohio State up 28-22 in the third quarter. The Buckeyes’ leading receiver had a 38-yard reception on the drive.
“It was a back and forth,” Lanning said. “When you play a really good team, you’re going to have to be able to battle in tight games like this, where decisions could go one way or another. We played aggressive tonight. We played to win the game and our guys went out there and executed in critical moments.”
TAKEAWAYS
Ohio State: Chip Kelly, the Buckeyes’ new offensive coordinator, was head coach of the Ducks from 2009-12, leading the team to a spot in the 2011 national championship game. … Ohio State left tackle Josh Simmons left the game in the first half with what appeared to be a lower leg injury. Day said the injury was serious and suggested Simmons wouldn’t be back this season.
Oregon: Defensive Jordan Burch, the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week, did not play after an apparent injury during practice this week. Burch was tied for the Big Ten lead and ranks eighth nationally with a career-best five sacks this season. … There were 61,128 fans at the game, a new Autzen Stadium record.
UP NEXT
Ohio State: Hosts Nebraska on Oct. 26. Day said Ohio State has some work to do during the time off: “The issues are there.” Day said. “Those issues came up in this game. We’ve got to get those things fixed.”
Oregon: At Purdue on Friday night.
KANSAS STATE FOOTBALL VS COLORADO RECAP: WILDCATS RALLY FOR 31-28 VICTORY
Kansas State football came up big when it counted most, getting a quick touchdown to regain the lead with just over two minutes left and then making a stop on defense to claim a thrilling 31-28 victory over Colorado Saturday night at Folsom Field in Boulder.
Quarterback Avery Johnson, whose fourth-quarter interception allowed Colorado go grab its first lead with 3:12 left, came right back to engineer the winning drive by hitting DJ Giddens with a 34-yard completion and then finding Jayce Brown for a 50-yard score with 2:14 left.
The Wildcat defense then forced Colorado to turn the ball over on downs and all that was left was for Johnson to run it out in victory formation.
No. 19-ranked K-State improved to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12, while Colorado fell to 4-2 and 2-1.
K-State had 423 yards of total offense with Johnson completing 15 of 23 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns, and Giddens ran for 182 yards on 25 carries. Colorado had 359 total yards as Shedeur Sanders completed 34 of 40 passes for 388 yard, but the Buffs were minus-29 yards rushing, thanks in part to six K-State sacks.
NO. 11 IOWA STATE TOPS WEST VIRGINIA ON THE ROAD, 28-16
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Carson Hansen rushed for three scores, Rocco Becht threw a touchdown pass and No. 11 Iowa State beat West Virginia, 28-16, on Saturday night.
The Cyclones (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) opened the season with six wins for the first time since 1938 and are bowl eligible for the seventh time in nine seasons under head coach Matt Campbell. The win marked Iowa State’s sixth consecutive Big 12 road win.
Iowa State broke open a close game by scoring two touchdowns after intercepting West Virginia’s Garrett Greene twice in the second half.
Becht found Eli Green on passes of 12 and 34 yards on consecutive plays to set up the Cyclones at the West Virginia 17. A third-down holding call on West Virginia cornerback Ayden Garnes gave Iowa State first-and-goal at the 3, and Hansen scored on the next play for a 21-10 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Jontez Williams came down with an interception for the third game in a row on West Virginia’s next drive, and Iowa State took over at the Mountaineers’ 34. Hansen ran for 20 yards on the ensuing drive, capped by his 2-yard scoring run for a 28-10 lead with 4:42 left.
Hansen, a sophomore who also scored on an 11-year run in the second quarter, finished with 96 rushing yards, one shy of the career high he set last week against Baylor.
West Virginia (3-3, 2-1) was held to 148 rushing yards against the league’s top defense after amassing 389 yards on the ground a week ago at Oklahoma State. The Mountaineers were hurt by several high snaps that threw off their timing and runs parallel to the line of scrimmage that lost yardage.
Becht completed 18 of 26 passes for 265 yards, including a 60-yard scoring toss to Jaylin Noel in blown coverage in the second quarter.
Becht’s father, Anthony, was honored at the game for his induction into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He played tight end for the Mountaineers from 1996-99 and 11 seasons in the NFL.
Jahiem White had an 8-yard scoring run and a 10-yard TD catch for West Virginia.
UP NEXT
No. 11 Iowa State hosts UCF inside Jack Trice Stadium next Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 6:30 p.m.
NO. 17 BRONCOS CLINCH ROAD WIN AT HAWAI’I
HONOLULU – Behind another noteworthy Ashton Jeanty performance and a stifling defense that produced eight sacks, No. 17 Boise State took down Hawai’i, 28-7, Saturday evening at Clarence T.C. Ching Complex.
Jeanty recorded his third 200+ yard rushing game of the season, notching 217 yards on the ground on 31 attempts. He found the end zone in the first quarter off a 54-yard rushing touchdown – his eighth 50+ score on the ground this season – and again later in the fourth quarter with a 5-yard touchdown reception.
Defensively, the Broncos (5-1, 2-0 Mountain West) matched their season-high with eight sacks and held the Rainbow Warriors (2-4, 0-2 MW) to a season-low of 15 rushing yards. Jayden Virgin-Morgan had a career night, finishing with career-highs in tackles (six) and sacks (2.5). Seyi Oladipo (two), Braxton Fely (1.5) and Ahmed Hassanein (1.5) each added multiple sacks for the squad.
Cameron Camper once again had a standout performance in the passing game, becoming the first Bronco receiver of the season to record over 100 yards after finishing the contest with 111 yards on a season-high seven receptions. Maddux Madsen also had an efficient evening, completing 17 of his 25 pass attempts to finish with 217 passing yards and a pair of touchdown passes. His last touchdown, a 44-yard strike to Austin Bolt on fourth-and-one, pushed the Bronco lead to 21 points to seal the victory for the Broncos.
Top Broncos
– Ashton Jeanty recorded his third game this season with 200+ rushing yards, finishing with 217 yards on 31 attempts. The junior finished with two touchdowns – one on the ground and one in the air.
– Cameron Camper set season-highs in receptions (7) and receiving yards (111).
– Maddux Madsen finished 17-of-25 for 217 passing yards and two touchdowns.
– Jayden Virgin-Morgan set career-highs in tackles (six), sacks (2.5) and tackles for loss (2.5).
– Seyi Oladipo notched two sacks and ended the contest with five tackles.
– Braxton Fely and Ahmed Hassanein each finished with 1.5 sacks.
Notables
– Ashton Jeanty notched his fifth 200+ yard rushing game as a Bronco, becoming the sole leader in program history for 200+ rushing games. The junior entered the game tied with Cedric Minter (1977-80) with four such games.
– Jeanty totaled at least 200 all-purpose yards for the eighth time in his career, tying Brock Forsey (1999-02) for the program record.
– Jeanty also tied the program record with six consecutive games with over 100 yards rushing. The junior matched the record set by Forsey (2002), Ian Johnson (2006-07), Jay Ajayi (2014) and Jeremy McNichols (2016.)
– Jeanty’s 54-yard first quarter touchdown marked his eighth 50+ yard touchdown of the season. He has nine 50+ yard rushes this season. No FBS team has more than five rushes of 50+ yards.
– Cameron Camper notched the fourth 100+ yard receiving game of his career and the first 100+ yard receiving game by a Bronco this season.
– Boise State recorded eight sacks in the contest, matching its season high set against Washington State on Sept. 28.
– The Broncos held the Rainbow Warriors to 15 rushing yards, marking the seventh time over the past three seasons that Boise State has held an opponent to less than 50 rushing yards in a game.
– Jonah Dalmas made two field goals, moving his career total to 87. He is tied with Georgia’s Billy Bennett (2000-03) for sixth in FBS history.
– Boise State finished 3-for-3 on fourth down conversions.
What’s Next
The Broncos will be off next weekend and will next take the field on Friday, Oct. 25, for a road contest against UNLV. The game is set for an 8:30 p.m. MT kick and will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
BIG 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL
BIG TEN NETWORK ANNOUNCES 2024-25 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
CHICAGO, Ill. – The Big Ten Network announced the 2024-25 broadcast schedule for Big Ten men’s basketball, featuring the most televised men’s basketball games in network history. This season, a record 154 men’s basketball games will air on BTN, in addition to more than 50 games streaming exclusively on B1G+.
BTN’s coverage begins with a trio of charity exhibitions in October featuring Michigan State at Northern Michigan at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 13, Rutgers hosting St. John’s at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 17, and Michigan hosting Toledo at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 25.
Regular season play begins with a tripleheader on Monday, Nov. 4, featuring defending Big Ten regular season champion Purdue and Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Braden Smith against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 6 p.m. ET. The tripleheader continues with Cleveland State visiting Michigan at 8 p.m. ET, and USC hosting Chattanooga at 10 p.m. ET.
Additional non-conference highlights include Rutgers hosting Wagner on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Nebraska and St. Mary’s facing off from the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Sunday, Nov. 17, and Northwestern taking on Georgia Tech from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Sunday, Dec. 15.
Big Ten conference play on BTN kicks off with a tripleheader on Wednesday, Dec. 4, as Ohio State takes on Maryland at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by Minnesota hosting Michigan State at 8:30 p.m. ET, and Oregon traveling to take on USC at 10:30 p.m. ET. BTN’s coverage also includes UCLA traveling to Oregon on Sunday, Dec. 8, Penn State hosting Indiana from The Palestra on Sunday, Jan. 5, and Illinois matching up with Rutgers on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Conference play on BTN concludes with a doubleheader on Sunday, March 9, as Rutgers faces Minnesota at 1 p.m. ET, followed by a battle between Oregon and Washington at 3 p.m. ET.
The 2025 TIAA Men’s Basketball Tournament takes place from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., March 12-16. All eight games in Thursday’s second round and Friday’s quarterfinals will appear on the Big Ten Network.
More than 50 men’s basketball games, including select exhibitions, will be available exclusively on B1G+, BTN’s subscription service for non-televised events and archives of classic games and original content. Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass for $89.99 per year or a monthly pass for $12.99 per month.
Digital coverage will be available all season via the Big Ten Network’s X, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram platforms. Fans can keep up with Big Ten Men’s Basketball on X, Instagram and YouTube. All television programming on BTN can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on the FOX Sports App, with a complete schedule below.
2024-25 Big Ten Network Men’s Basketball Broadcast Schedule (All Times ET):
| Day | Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | Time (ET) | |
| Sunday | Oct. 13 | Michigan State | at | Northern Michigan* | 1 p.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 17 | St. John’s | at | Rutgers* | 6:30 p.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 25 | Toledo | at | Michigan* | 7:30 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 4 | Texas A&M-CC | at | Purdue | 6 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 4 | Cleveland State | at | Michigan | 8 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 4 | Chattanooga | at | USC | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 5 | UC-Davis | at | Washington | 10 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 6 | Wagner | at | Rutgers | 6 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 6 | SIU-Edwardsville | at | Indiana | 8 p.m. |
| Thursday | Nov. 7 | Niagara | at | Michigan State | 8 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 8 | UMBC | at | Penn State | 6 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 8 | Mount St. Mary’s | at | Maryland | 8 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 8 | Montana | at | Oregon | 10 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 11 | Youngstown State | at | Ohio State | 6 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 11 | Yale | at | Purdue | 8 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 11 | Boston U. | at | UCLA | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 12 | UIC | at | Northwestern | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 12 | South Dakota | at | Iowa | 9 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 12 | Portland | at | Oregon | 11 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 13 | Oakland | at | Illinois | 9 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 13 | Texas-Arlington | at | USC | 11 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 15 | Monmouth | at | Rutgers | 6:30 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 15 | Washington State | vs. | Iowa | 8:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Nov. 16 | Bowling Green | at | Michigan State^ | TBD |
| Saturday | Nov. 16 | Yale | at | Minnesota^ | TBD |
| Sunday | Nov. 17 | St. Mary’s | vs. | Nebraska | 1 p.m. |
| Sunday | Nov. 17 | California | at | USC | 9:30 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 18 | Miami (OH) | at | Michigan | 6 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 18 | Texas-RGV | at | Wisconsin | 8 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 19 | Cleveland State | at | Minnesota | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 19 | Montana State | at | Northwestern | 9 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 20 | Idaho State | at | UCLA | 11 p.m. |
| Thursday | Nov. 21 | Tarleton State | at | Michigan | 8:30 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 22 | Campbell | at | Ohio State | 6 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 22 | Utah State | vs. | Iowa | 8 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 22 | Cal State Fullerton | at | UCLA | 10 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 25 | Green Bay | at | Ohio State | 7 p.m. |
| Monday | Nov. 25 | Little Rock | at | Illinois | 9 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 26 | USC-Upstate | at | Iowa | 8 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Nov. 26 | Southern Utah | at | UCLA | 10 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 27 | Bucknell | at | Maryland | 4:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 27 | South Dakota | at | Nebraska | 6:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 1 | Alcorn State | at | Maryland | Noon |
| Sunday | Dec. 1 | Buffalo | at | Penn State | 2 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 1 | North Florida | at | Nebraska | 4 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 3 | Sam Houston State | at | Indiana | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Dec. 4 | Ohio State | at | Maryland | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Dec. 4 | Michigan State | at | Minnesota | 8:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Dec. 4 | Oregon | at | USC | 10:30 p.m. |
| Friday | Dec. 6 | Miami (OH) | at | Indiana | 7 p.m. |
| Friday | Dec. 6 | Illinois | at | Northwestern | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 7 | Nebraska | at | Michigan State | Noon |
| Saturday | Dec. 7 | USC | at | Washington | 6 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 8 | Maryland | at | Purdue | Noon |
| Sunday | Dec. 8 | UCLA | at | Oregon | 6 p.m. |
| Monday | Dec. 9 | Minnesota | at | Indiana | 6:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 10 | Eastern Washington | at | Washington | 11 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 14 | Coppin State | vs. | Penn State | 12:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 14 | Butler | vs. | Wisconsin | 2:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 15 | New Orleans | at | Iowa | 2 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 15 | Georgia Tech | vs. | Northwestern | 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 15 | Stephen F. Austin | at | Oregon | 6 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 17 | St. Francis (PA) | at | Maryland | 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 17 | Prairie View A&M | at | UCLA | 9:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Dec. 18 | Cal State Northridge | at | USC | 10 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 21 | Chattanooga | at | Indiana | Noon |
| Saturday | Dec. 21 | Fairleigh Dickinson | at | Minnesota | 2 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 21 | DePaul | at | Northwestern | 4 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 21 | Utah | vs. | Iowa | 6 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 21 | Stanford | vs. | Oregon | 8 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 22 | Detroit | at | Wisconsin | 2 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 22 | Southern | at | USC | 4 p.m. |
| Monday | Dec. 23 | Seattle | at | Washington | 10 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 28 | MD-Eastern Shore | at | Maryland | Noon |
| Sunday | Dec. 29 | Indiana State | at | Ohio State | Noon |
| Sunday | Dec. 29 | Chicago State | at | Illinois | 2 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 29 | Winthrop | at | Indiana | 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 29 | Toledo | at | Purdue | 6 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 29 | Western Kentucky | at | Michigan | 8 p.m. |
| Monday | Dec. 30 | Western Michigan | at | Michigan State | 3 p.m. |
| Monday | Dec. 30 | Columbia | at | Rutgers | 5 p.m. |
| Monday | Dec. 30 | New Hampshire | at | Iowa | 7 p.m. |
| Monday | Dec. 30 | Southern | at | Nebraska | 9 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 2 | Maryland | at | Washington | 9:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 5 | Indiana | vs. | Penn State | Noon |
| Sunday | Jan. 5 | Northwestern | at | Purdue | 2 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 5 | Illinois | at | Washington | 4 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 8 | USC | at | Indiana | 7 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 8 | Penn State | at | Illinois | 9 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 9 | Oregon | at | Ohio State | 6 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 9 | Washington | at | Michigan State | 8 p.m. |
| Saturday | Jan. 11 | USC | at | Illinois | Noon |
| Sunday | Jan. 12 | Nebraska | at | Purdue | Noon |
| Sunday | Jan. 12 | Washington | at | Michigan | 2 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 12 | Oregon | at | Penn State | 4 p.m. |
| Monday | Jan. 13 | Minnesota | at | Maryland | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 15 | Penn State | at | Michigan State | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 15 | Purdue | at | Washington | 9:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 16 | Maryland | at | Northwestern | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday | Jan. 18 | Wisconsin | at | USC | 3 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 19 | Nebraska | at | Maryland | Noon |
| Sunday | Jan. 19 | Northwestern | at | Michigan | 2 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Jan. 21 | Minnesota | at | Iowa | 9 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Jan. 21 | Washington | at | Oregon | 11 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 22 | Indiana | at | Northwestern | 7 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 22 | USC | at | Nebraska | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday | Jan. 25 | Oregon | at | Minnesota | 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 26 | Nebraska | at | Wisconsin | 1 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 26 | Northwestern | at | Illinois | 3 p.m. |
| Monday | Jan. 27 | Penn State | at | Michigan | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 29 | Wisconsin | at | Maryland | 7 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 29 | Rutgers | at | Northwestern | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 1 | Washington | at | Minnesota | Noon |
| Sunday | Feb. 2 | Nebraska | at | Oregon | 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Feb. 4 | Minnesota | at | Penn State | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Feb. 4 | USC | at | Northwestern | 9 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 5 | Oregon | at | Michigan | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 5 | Illinois | at | Rutgers | 8:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 5 | Nebraska | at | Washington | 10:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 8 | Penn State | at | UCLA | 4 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 8 | Illinois | at | Minnesota | 6 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 8 | Northwestern | at | Washington | 10:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | Feb. 9 | Rutgers | at | Maryland | Noon |
| Sunday | Feb. 9 | Ohio State | at | Nebraska | 2 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Feb. 11 | Penn State | at | USC | 9 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Feb. 11 | Northwestern | at | Oregon | 11 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 12 | Iowa | at | Rutgers | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 12 | Washington | at | Ohio State | 8:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | Feb. 13 | Maryland | at | Nebraska | 8:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 15 | Washington | at | Penn State | 2 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 15 | Minnesota | at | USC | 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | Feb. 16 | Nebraska | at | Northwestern | 3 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 19 | Nebraska | at | Penn State | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 19 | Oregon | at | Iowa | 8:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 19 | Rutgers | at | Washington | 10:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 22 | Penn State | at | Minnesota | 2 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 26 | Michigan State | at | Maryland | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 26 | Penn State | at | Indiana | 8:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Feb. 26 | Ohio State | at | USC | 10:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | March 1 | Maryland | at | Penn State | Noon |
| Saturday | March 1 | Minnesota | at | Nebraska | 2 p.m. |
| Saturday | March 1 | USC | at | Oregon | 4 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 5 | Maryland | at | Michigan | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 5 | Wisconsin | at | Minnesota | 8:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 5 | Washington | at | USC | 10:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | March 9 | Minnesota | at | Rutgers | 1 p.m. |
| Sunday | March 9 | Oregon | at | Washington | 3 p.m. |
| Thursday | March 13 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Thursday | March 13 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Thursday | March 13 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Thursday | March 13 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Friday | March 14 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
| Friday | March 14 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
| Friday | March 14 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
| Friday | March 14 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
*Exhibition
^BTN or B1G+
BIG TEN NETWORK ANNOUNCES 2024-25 BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
CHICAGO, Ill. – The Big Ten Network today announced the 2024-25 broadcast schedule for Big Ten women’s basketball, featuring the most televised women’s basketball games in network history. More than 70 women’s basketball games will air on BTN this year, in addition to over 200 games streaming exclusively on B1G+.
BTN’s women’s basketball coverage starts Sunday, Nov. 10, featuring a non-conference doubleheader with Illinois hosting Marquette at 8 p.m. ET, followed by Oregon matching up with Baylor from Eugene, Ore., at 10 p.m. ET. Other non-conference highlights include two games played at the historic Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., featuring South Dakota and Nebraska on Saturday, Nov. 16, and Kansas versus defending Big Ten Tournament champion Iowa on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Conference play on BTN begins with Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year JuJu Watkins and USC traveling to take on Oregon on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. ET, followed by a doubleheader on Sunday, Dec. 8, featuring Minnesota and Nebraska at 2 p.m. ET, and Illinois and Ohio State at 4 p.m. ET.
A New Year’s Day doubleheader from Los Angeles highlights the conference schedule, with USC playing hosts to Nebraska at 3 p.m. ET, and UCLA hosting Michigan at 5 p.m. ET. Conference play concludes on Thursday, Feb. 27, with a matchup between Purdue and Penn State at 6 p.m. ET.
The 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament will take place from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, March 5-9, with 10 games airing on BTN, including the semifinals on Saturday, March 8.
More than 200 games, including any Big Ten game not airing on television, will be available exclusively on B1G+, BTN’s subscription service for non-televised events and archives of classic games and original content. Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass for $89.99 per year or a monthly pass for $12.99 per month.
Digital coverage will be available all season via the Big Ten Network’s X, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram platforms. Fans can follow Big Ten Women’s Basketball on X, Instagram and YouTube. All television programming on BTN can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on the FOX Sports App, with a complete schedule below.
2024-25 Big Ten Network Women’s Basketball Broadcast Schedule (All Times ET):
| Day | Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | Time (ET) | |
| Sunday | Nov. 10 | Marquette | at | Illinois | 8 p.m. |
| Sunday | Nov. 10 | Baylor | at | Oregon | 10 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 13 | Toledo | at | Iowa | 7 p.m. |
| Thursday | Nov. 14 | Utah | at | Northwestern | 7 p.m. |
| Saturday | Nov. 16 | South Dakota | vs. | Nebraska | 6 p.m. |
| Sunday | Nov. 17 | Arkansas | at | UCLA | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Nov. 20 | Kansas | vs. | Iowa | 7 p.m. |
| Sunday | Nov. 24 | Washington State | at | Iowa | 4 p.m. |
| Friday | Nov. 29 | Marquette | at | Rutgers | 2 p.m. |
| Monday | Dec. 2 | St. John’s | at | Penn State | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 3 | California Baptist | at | USC | 9:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 7 | USC | at | Oregon | 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 8 | Minnesota | at | Nebraska | 2 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 8 | Illinois | at | Ohio State | 4 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 10 | Fresno State | at | USC | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 14 | Kentucky | at | Purdue | 5 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 14 | Utah | at | Washington | 9:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 15 | Iowa | at | Michigan State | Noon |
| Saturday | Dec. 28 | Wisconsin | at | Indiana | 2 p.m. |
| Saturday | Dec. 28 | Penn State | at | Minnesota | 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | Dec. 29 | Michigan | at | USC | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 31 | Washington | at | Illinois | 1 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Dec. 31 | Oregon | at | Northwestern | 3 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 1 | Nebraska | at | USC | 3 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Jan. 1 | Michigan | at | UCLA | 5 p.m. |
| Saturday | Jan. 4 | Wisconsin | at | Oregon | 3:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 5 | Maryland | at | Iowa | 6 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 5 | USC | at | Rutgers | 8 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Jan. 7 | UCLA | at | Purdue | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Jan. 7 | Wisconsin | at | Washington | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday | Jan. 11 | Maryland | at | Wisconsin | 2:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | Jan. 12 | Penn State | at | USC | 8 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Jan. 14 | Minnesota | at | Maryland | 7 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 16 | Nebraska | at | Iowa | 7 p.m. |
| Saturday | Jan. 18 | Rutgers | at | Michigan | Noon |
| Monday | Jan. 20 | Wisconsin | at | Nebraska | 8 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 23 | Maryland | at | Ohio State | 6 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 23 | Illinois | at | Northwestern | 8 p.m. |
| Saturday | Jan. 25 | Michigan State | at | Michigan | Noon |
| Monday | Jan. 27 | Purdue | at | Illinois | 8:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Jan. 28 | Northwestern | at | Iowa | 8 p.m. |
| Thursday | Jan. 30 | Oregon | at | Michigan State | 6 p.m. |
| Sunday | Feb. 2 | Minnesota | at | UCLA | 3 p.m. |
| Sunday | Feb. 2 | Washington | at | Ohio State | 5 p.m. |
| Thursday | Feb. 6 | Rutgers | at | Indiana | 6 p.m. |
| Thursday | Feb. 6 | Iowa | at | Minnesota | 8 p.m. |
| Monday | Feb. 10 | Iowa | at | Nebraska | 8 p.m. |
| Thursday | Feb. 13 | Nebraska | at | Maryland | 6:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 15 | Purdue | at | Indiana | Noon |
| Sunday | Feb. 16 | Nebraska | at | Illinois | 5 p.m. |
| Sunday | Feb. 16 | USC | at | Washington | 7 p.m. |
| Sunday | Feb. 16 | Michigan State | at | UCLA | 9 p.m. |
| Monday | Feb. 17 | Michigan | at | Maryland | 6 p.m. |
| Monday | Feb. 17 | Northwestern | at | Rutgers | 8 p.m. |
| Thursday | Feb. 20 | Maryland | at | Northwestern | 7:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | Feb. 20 | Illinois | at | UCLA | 9:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | Feb. 22 | Penn State | at | Michigan | Noon |
| Sunday | Feb. 23 | Purdue | at | Ohio State | Noon |
| Sunday | Feb. 23 | Indiana | at | Michigan State | 2 p.m. |
| Thursday | Feb. 27 | Purdue | at | Penn State | 6 p.m. |
| Sunday | March 2 | TBD | at | TBD | TBD |
| Thursday | March 6 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Thursday | March 6 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Thursday | March 6 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Thursday | March 6 | B1G Tournament | at | Second Round | TBD |
| Friday | March 7 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
| Friday | March 7 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
| Friday | March 7 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
| Friday | March 7 | B1G Tournament | at | Quarterfinals | TBD |
| Saturday | March 8 | B1G Tournament | at | Semifinals | TBD |
| Saturday | March 8 | B1G Tournament | at | Semifinals | TBD |
HOCKEY NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: UTAH EDGES RANGERS IN OT TO REMAIN PERFECT
Clayton Keller’s second goal of the game was the winner for the Utah Hockey Club, which defeated the host New York Rangers 6-5 in overtime on Saturday.
Keller’s third goal of the season came with 55 seconds left in the extra period to give Utah its third straight victory in as many games. He came around the back of the net and then backhanded a shot past Igor Shesterkin to end it.
With the win, the first-year franchise continued its high-flying start to the NHL season. According to Hockey-Reference.com, Utah is just the 18th team since 1917, and only the third since 1994, to start an NHL season with five or more goals in each of its first three games to start a season.
Artemi Panarin scored twice for New York. His first tied the score at 1 with a shot from just outside the left faceoff circle with 11:22 left in the opening period. Alexis Lafreniere, playing in career game No. 300, got the assist on a drop pass to his linemate.
Bruins 2, Kings 1 (OT)
David Pastrnak scored at 3:07 of overtime as Boston came back from a one-goal, second-period deficit to defeat visiting Los Angeles.
Pastrnak cut to the net and slid home a give-and-go pass from defenseman Mason Lohrei to deliver the Bruins’ second straight victory and first of the season in overtime.
Trevor Moore scored and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves for the Kings, who won their season opener on Thursday at Buffalo.
Sabres 5, Panthers 2
Devon Levi — playing against the franchise that drafted him — made 23 saves to lead host Buffalo to its first win of the season, a victory over Florida.
Buffalo got goals from Jordan Greenway, Tage Thompson, Henri Jokiharju, Mattias Samuelsson and Alex Tuch (empty-netter). Buffalo broke a five-game skid in its rivalry with the Panthers.
Florida got goals from Nate Schmidt and Sam Bennett. Florida had gone 0-for-9 on its power play this season until the goal by Bennett.
Red Wings 3, Predators 0
Cam Talbot stopped 42 shots in his first start for Detroit as the host Red Wings notched a shutout win over Nashville.
Talbot, who signed a two-year contract as a free agent, collected his 32nd career shutout. J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp and Dylan Larkin each scored for the Red Wings.
Juuse Saros, who missed the Predators’ opener with a lower-body injury, made 19 saves. Nashville forward Filip Forsberg played the 700th game of his career.
Kraken 5, Wild 4 (SO)
Jordan Eberle scored two goals in regulation and notched the decisive goal in the shootout round to lift Seattle to a win over Minnesota in St. Paul, Minn.
Jared McCann helped to force overtime by scoring the game-tying goal with less than four minutes left in regulation for Seattle, which earned its first victory. Tye Kartye also scored in regulation for the Kraken. Goaltender Joey Daccord stopped 34 of 38 shots to pick up the victory. He allowed one goal in the shootout round.
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists for the Wild, but he did not convert during the shootout round. Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which earned one point. Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury gave up four goals on 34 shots.
Blue Jackets 6, Avalanche 4
Kirill Marchenko scored a tiebreaking goal early in the second period and added two assists, Yegor Chinakhov also had a goal and two assists, and Columbus beat Colorado in Denver.
Sean Monahan also had a goal and two assists, Adam Fantilli, Zach Werenski and Kent Johnson also scored, and Daniil Tarasov turned away 26 shots for Columbus. Nathan MacKinnon and Ross Colton had a goal and an assist each, Miles Wood and Casey Mittelstadt also had goals and Cale Makar added two assists for Colorado.
Alexandar Georgiev allowed three goals on nine shots for the Avalanche before being replaced by Justus Annunen, who made 11 saves.
Blackhawks 5, Oilers 2
Teuvo Teravainen scored twice and added two assists, leading Chicago to a win over host Edmonton.
Connor Bedard and Seth Jones each added a goal and two assists, and Philipp Kurashev also scored for Chicago, which halted a two-game skid and won for the first time this season. Goaltender Petr Mrazek made 36 saves for his fourth career win over the Oilers.
Corey Perry and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers, and Calvin Pickard stopped 15 shots in the loss.
Canadiens 4, Senators 1
Cole Caufield scored twice, and Sam Montembeault made 24 saves in a second straight solid performance to open the season as Montreal won to snap a nine-game skid against visiting Ottawa.
Caufield scored in the first and third periods, giving him four goals this season. Emil Heineman recorded his first NHL goal, Alex Newhook added some third-period insurance and Juraj Slafkovsky had two assists for Montreal.
Tim Stutzle scored his third goal in two games for Ottawa, which couldn’t build on its 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday.
Maple Leafs 4, Penguins 2
William Nylander scored two goals — one into an empty net — and Toronto defeated the visiting Pittsburgh.
Mitch Marner added a goal and an assist and Matthew Knies also scored for the Maple Leafs in their home opener and the start of a four-game homestand. Max Domi had two assists as the Maple Leafs won their second straight game after dropping their first game of the season.
Kris Letang and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who have lost two of three to start the season. Evgeni Malkin added two assists for the Penguins to reach 1,300 career points.
Devils 5, Capitals 3
Paul Cotter scored two goals as visiting New Jersey spoiled Washington’s season opener.
The Devils’ Tomas Tatar, Dawson Mercer and defenseman Seamus Casey also scored, and Erik Haula and Stefan Noesen each notched three assists. Haula also won 12 of 16 draws for the Devils, who held a 32-23 edge on faceoffs.
The Capitals’ Dylan Strome and defenseman John Carlson each collected a goal and an assist, and Tom Wilson also tallied.
Stars 3, Islanders 0
Jake Oettinger stopped all 34 shots he faced as Dallas won its home opener by beating New York.
Tyler Seguin opened the scoring in the first period and added an empty-netter late in the third for the Stars, who are 2-0-0 for the third time in five years. Jamie Benn scored in the second.
Semyon Varlamov recorded 24 saves for the Islanders, who are winless through two games (0-1-1) for the first time since opening 0-2-0 in 2021-22.
Flames 6, Flyers 3
Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri each scored two goals as host Calgary topped Philadelphia.
Huberdeau added two assists to complete a four-point night in support of Dustin Wolf (37 saves). MacKenzie Weegar notched a goal and an assist, while Mikael Backlund also scored for the Flames.
Travis Konecny scored twice and Ivan Fedotov registered 26 saves for the Flyers, who were playing the second half of a season-opening back-to-back set. The Flyers edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in a shootout on Friday to open their campaign.
Ducks 2, Sharks 0
Isac Lundestrom and Trevor Zegras scored goals in the third and Lukas Dostal made 30 saves in his second NHL shutout, leading visiting Anaheim over San Jose.
The Ducks recorded their first season-opening shutout on the road in franchise history.
Vitek Vanecek made 28 saves for the Sharks, who played without rookie center Macklin Celebrini. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft was placed on injured reserve earlier in the day and is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, which he had been nursing since the preseason.
GOLF NEWS
MATT MCCARTY SLIDES INTO LEAD AT BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP
Matt McCarty is 18 holes away from his first career PGA Tour victory after his 7-under 64 on Saturday moved him into the lead through three rounds of action at the Black Desert Championship in Ivins, Utah.
McCarty, 26, collected seven birdies, one eagle and two bogeys. He did most of his damage between Nos. 4-8, where he followed three birdies in a row with his eagle and another birdie.
Now at 19-under 194 for the tournament, McCarty holds a two-shot lead over Joe Highsmith (62 on Saturday), Kevin Streelman (63), Harris English (66) and Germany’s Stephan Jaeger (68), who are all tied for second. Highsmith’s 62 marked the low round of the day.
Englishman Harry Hall fired a 7-under 64 on Saturday and is in sole possession of sixth, four strokes off the lead.
Kurt Kitayama and Chad Ramey each moved 18 spots up the leaderboard with matching 64s. They are now T7 along with Beau Hossler (66).
PADRAIG HARRINGTON SURGES TO 3-SHOT LEAD AT SAS CHAMPIONSHIP
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington continued his hot play from a day earlier, firing a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead after two rounds of the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C.
He carded seven birdies against two bogeys for a two-round total of 11-under 133 at Prestonwood Country Club. David Toms, who shot 65 on Saturday including an ace and an eagle, Shane Bertsch (67) and Jerry Kelly (69) are tied for second place at 8 under.
Harrington had birdied five of his final nine holes on Friday to card a bogey-free 6-under 66 for sole possession of second place behind Billy Andrade. Harrington made birdies on Saturday at Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 and 17, including about a 90-footer at the par-3 No. 3.
“Like I kind of knew I couldn’t play as well as I played (Friday),” Harrington said Saturday. “Today I hit some of those good shots and I hit some ropey ones at times as well. I think when it comes to golf, when you get into contention, it’s more about managing what you’re doing than anything else. It’s hard to be free up, let’s say, when you’ve got a lead, especially on this course.”
A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Harrington is in position to do much better than his first two starts at the SAS Championship, a tie for 25th in 2022 and a tie for 45th last year.
“I’ve got a three-shot lead and it means nothing,” Harrington said. “I’ve got to turn up (Sunday) and probably play good golf. You just don’t get given tournaments. You don’t get to declare, ‘Hey, I’m three ahead, that means I win.’ No, I have to turn up (Sunday) and play some good golf to keep this lead.”
Toms moved up 26 spots after his opening-round 71 with his play on Saturday. He was 2-under 33 on the front nine with a bogey and three birdies. Then he really heated up with an ace at the par-3 No. 11 bookended by birdies at Nos. 10 and 12.
“It was pretty uneventful until the last couple holes on the front nine,” Toms said. “I birdied 8, birdied 9, birdied 10. Then made a hole-in-one on No. 11, kind of came out of nowhere.”
The pin placement at the back of the green meant only the golf marshals likely saw Toms’ tee shot go in the hole at the 202-yard, par-3 No. 11.
“I knew it was good, it was going right at it,” said Toms, who used a 5-iron on his hole-in-one. “We saw it disappear over the hill, so we knew it was good. Then all of a sudden the lady held up her ‘hush’ sign and was — she wasn’t really going totally crazy, so that was a shocker.
“I thought maybe it hit the pin and just maybe fell off. But then (golfer) Cameron Percy, he was in a cart and he got up there before me and said it was in, so that was kind of cool.”
Toms followed a bogey at the par-4 No. 15 with an eagle at No. 16 before closing out with a birdie and a bogey.
Bertsch collected six birdies and one bogey, while Kelly managed five birdies and two bogeys to slide into a three-way tie for second.
Andrade tumbled 20 places into a tie for 21st at 3 under after a 4-over 76 marred by a triple bogey at the par-4 No. 5 and a double bogey at the par-5 No. 12. He also made two birdies and one bogey.
Andrade has three wins on the PGA Tour Champions, all in his second year on tour in 2015.
Defending champion Rod Pampling of Australia shot 69 and is tied for 33rd at 1 under.
The regular-season finale is the final chance for players to improve their standing before the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. After Sunday’s final round, the top 72 players will qualify for the playoffs.
MAO SAIGO SETS 54-HOLE RECORD AT LPGA SHANGHAI
Rookie Mao Saigo of Japan shot her second consecutive 65 to take the lead at the Buick LPGA Shanghai, setting a 54-hole tournament record.
An eagle at No. 17 followed five birdies on her bogey-free round, sending her to an 18-under 198 after three rounds in China and into a one-stroke lead at Qizhong Garden Golf Club.
Trailing her at 17-under is Ruoning Yin, who fired the day’s best round of 63. She also eagled the par-5 No. 17 to cap the round.
Coming down the stretch, Saigo and home-country favorite Yin dazzled with a show of birdies. Saigo, who trailed by a stroke to enter play Saturday, and Yin were tied at 15-under with just four holes to go.
The 23-year-old Saigo added a birdie at No. 15 to go with her eagle two holes later to gain the one-shot lead.
Saigo has six top-10 finishes on the season and is striving for her first career victory.
“I played a good round, was very relaxed and played very freely and had a great result,” Saigo said. “I am very happy with that.”
Yin, 22, has three career wins and one on the season. With a win, she’d become the first Chinese woman to capture the Shanghai tournament.
“I think tomorrow I’m playing as a chaser, and I think just I have a little goal for myself every day, and I think if I’m able to complete my goal I’m happy about whatever the result is,” Yin said about being paired with Saigo in the final round Sunday.
Sei Young Kim of South Korea, who led after each of the first two rounds, finished with a 69 and is three shots back. After shooting a 62 on Thursday that included nine birdies, she has just seven over the past two rounds.
In fourth place and five strokes off the leader is Yealimi Noh, who finished with a 68 on her bogey-free round. She’s ahead of a pack of six players tied for fifth at 205, seven shots off the pace.
Defending champion Angel Yin (73) is tied for 19th.
On Sunday, Saigo will be opposing Yin as well as the crowd following her.
“I’m excited to play tomorrow and will do my best to try and win the tournament,” she said. “I really just am looking to concentrate on playing my best and doing my best out there.”
NASCAR NEWS
SHANE VAN GISBERGEN DOMINATES QUALIFYING AT CHARLOTTE ROAD COURSE
CONCORD, N.C.–New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen monopolized qualifying on Saturday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course — to say the least.
After winning the top starting spot for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the three-time Australian Supercars champion won a tight battle with NASCAR Cup Series Playoff driver Tyler Reddick for the pole position in Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 (2 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
The Busch Light pole award was Van Gisbergen’s first in the NASCAR Cup Series, but it wasn’t secure until Reddick made a last-ditch run to try to unseat the Kaulig Racing Chevrolet driver.
Van Gisbergen’s lap at 99.246 mph (82.704 seconds) held up, as Reddick earned the second grid position in his No. 45 23XI Toyota with a lap at 99.177 mph (82.761 seconds).
“What an amazing day,” Van Gisbergen said after claiming his second pole of the afternoon. “I’m at a loss for words.”
Because the Bank of America Roval 400 is the elimination race for the Round of 12 in the series playoffs, Van Gisbergen, making his 10th Cup start of the season, wants to avoid scenarios where he influences postseason outcomes.
“We’ve got to race respectfully,” he acknowledged. “There are a lot of playoff guys, but I’m here to win the race.”
In addition to Reddick, five other playoff drivers made the final round of time trials and will starts from top-10 positions. Joey Logano was fourth and Team Penske teammate Austin Cindric fifth in the top two Fords on the grid.
Kyle Larson claimed the sixth stating spot ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott (seventh), a two-time winner at the Roval, and William Byron (10th), who already has clinched a berth on the Round of 8.
Non-playoff drivers A.J. Allmendinger (third at 98.874 mph), Brad Keselowski (eighth) and Bubba Wallace (ninth) also will start from the top 10.
Allmendinger is the defending winner of this race. The driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet also has triumphed in each of his four NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the 2.28-mile, 17-turn hybrid road course, which has been reconfigured in Turns 6, 7 and 16.
Other playoff drivers will start as follows: Christopher Bell 12th, Daniel Suarez 13th, defending series champion Ryan Blaney 14th, Alex Bowman 17th, Denny Hamlin 18th and Chase Briscoe 25th.
Logano, Suarez, Cindric and Briscoe start the event below the current cut line for the Round of 8.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY
HOOSIERS SHUT OUT MONMOUTH IN WEEKEND SWEEP
IOWA CITY, IOWA ––– Indiana finished the weekend with two wins as the Hoosiers shut out Monmouth 4-0 on Sunday afternoon.
With the win, Indiana is now 6-6 on the season.
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana got off to a fast start as Freshman forward Mijntje Hagen gave Indiana a 1-0 lead in the first minute of action. Jemima Cookson and Sofia Arrebola Garcia earned the assist.
• Cookson continued with a goal of her own in the third minute of play to give Indiana a 2-0 lead. Yip van Wonderen assisted on the goal.
• Van Wonderen capped off a strong first half for the Hoosiers by scoring off of a penalty corner going into the break. Meredith Lee earned the assist.
• Hagen scored her second goal of the contest off of a penalty corner to give Indiana a 4-0 lead in the 31st minute. Arrebola Garcia assisted on the goal.
NOTABLES
• Mijntje’s goals marked her fourth and fifth in her IU career.
• Cookson’s goal marked her first of the season and the 10th in her IU career.
• Van Wonderen’s goals marked her fourth of the season and the 10th in her IU career.
• IU recorded four goals on seven shot attempts (0.57).
• All of Indiana’s shot attempts were on goal.
UP NEXT
• IU will travel back home to Bloomington for two home games next weekend. They will start with a match against Cal on Friday, Oct. 18 at 12:00 p.m. EST.
INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
MATCH CENTRAL: HOOSIERS HOST WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s soccer is set to host its second of a three-game homestand when it welcomes the Wisconsin Badgers to Bill Armstrong Stadium. Match time is set for 1 p.m. ET on B1G+.
ABOUT THE BADGERS
Wisconsin (6-3-4, 2-2-3) completed the 2-1 victory over No. 9 Iowa in Iowa City on Thursday night. The Badgers scored two goals in three minutes (74′, 77′). Aryssa Mahrt and Maia Richters scored the pair of goals in the victory. Mahrt has scored a team-high eight goals and two assists for 14 total points while Ashleey Martinez follows her in points with six (one goal, four assists).
LAST TIME OUT
Indiana and Purdue ended the Golden Boot game in a 0-0 tie on Thursday in Bloomington. Freshman Layla Sirdah fired off the Hoosiers two shots on goals while the team recorded seven total shots in the meeting. IU also led the way with three corners.
ABOUT THE HOOSIERS
The Golden Boot stays in Bloomington for the next year as the two teams battled in a 0-0 tie.
Indiana trails in the all-time series with the Badgers, 11-16-3 and won its last meeting between the two teams in Bloomington in a 1-0 victory on March 21, 2021.
IU has scored 27 goals on 25 assists this season, averaging 2.25 goals per game with 15.3 shots a game. It also has outscored opponents 27-11 in goals this season.
Freshman Layla Sirdah paces the Hoosiers with 20 points on the year including a team-high seven goals and six assists. Aery Snead, Elle Britt and Kennedy Neighbors have all recorded three goals in 2024.
20 different Hoosiers have scored and/or recorded an assist this season.
Senior goalkeeper and reigning Big Ten goalie of the year Jamie Gerstenberg has six victories and four shutouts on the season. In her career, Gerstenberg has started in 63 matches, tallied 30 shutouts and made 176 saves.
PURDUE FOOTBALL
PURDUE COMEBACK BID FALLS JUST SHORT AT #23 ILLINOIS
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – After one of the most spirited comeback efforts in program history, the Purdue football team fell in a heartbreaking 50-49 overtime defeat at No. 23 Illinois on Saturday afternoon.
The Boilermakers trailed 27-3 early in the second half and 40-28 with five minutes to go before redshirt freshman Ryan Browne led the team on a pair of touchdown drives, giving Purdue the lead, 43-40, with 46 seconds to go. Illinois converted a 38-yard field goal as time expired to send the game into overtime.
After the Illini found the end zone to start overtime, the Boilermakers answered with a touchdown of their own as Arhmad Branch used his speed to beat the defenders to the pylon. With the ball in its hands, Purdue elected to go for two to win the game.
On the game’s final play, Illinois brought the pressure and stopped the Boilermakers to prevent the biggest comeback in Purdue history.
On a day without starting quarterback Hudson Card, Browne stepped into the signal caller role and lit up the box score, finishing 18-of-26 passing for 297 yards and three touchdowns, also garnering 118 rushing yards on 17 carries for a 6.9 average in his first career start.
Browne became the first Purdue quarterback to pass for more than 200 yards and run for over 100 yards since Mike Phipps in a 42-35 win at TCU on Sept. 20, 1969.
The Clarkston, Michigan, native also became just the sixth Boilermaker quarterback to eclipse 100 yards rushing in a game, joining Phipps, Bob Bobrowski, Gary Danielson, Rob Henry and Brandon Kirsch. His 118 rushing yards were the most by a Purdue quarterback since Kirsch had 125 at Michigan State on Nov. 16, 2002.
Max Klare led Purdue with a career-high 133 yards on six catches. Devin Mockobee notched 102 yards on 11 carries, marking his eighth career 100-yard game.
Kydran Jenkins paced the defense with 10 tackles, six solos, 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles-for-loss. Will Heldt also had a career-best 1.5 sacks and 1.5 TFLs.
Spencer Porath finished two-for-two on field goals and converted all five PAT attempts. Keelan Crimmins only had to punt twice for 97 yards with a long of 58 yards, his second-longest boot of the season.
Purdue fell behind 10-0 before Browne and company got rolling for a nine-play, 74-yard drive that went all the way down to the Illini four-yard line. However, the Boilers were held to a Spencer Porath field goal, cutting the deficit to 10-3 with just under six minutes to play in the second quarter.
A tumultuous end of the first half spelled trouble for Purdue, as Illinois (5-1, 2-1 B1G) took the ball back and went nine plays to the end zone.
Down 17-3 with under two minutes until the break, the Boilers’ return team misread a kick that took an abnormal bounce back upfield, and Illinois pounced on it first. Starting from the Purdue 25-yard line, the Illini took advantage to put Purdue in a 24-3 hole at halftime.
After an early third-quarter field goal extended Illinois’ lead to 27-3, the Boilermakers needed a spark. They proceeded to storm all the way back and nearly pulled off a historic upset.
Browne found junior Jahmal Edrine for a 53-yard score, good for Purdue’s longest touchdown pass since its opening drive from the 2023 opener against Fresno State.
On the first play of the ensuing drive, Nyland Green forced a strip-sack on Illini quarterback Luke Altmyer. Heldt recovered the fumble and took it to the house, Purdue’s first scoop-and-score since Oct. 28, 2023, at Nebraska. It was Green’s first career sack and forced fumble, as well as Heldt’s first touchdown.
The Boilermakers turned Illinois over on downs on the following possession and marched down the field for a 24-yard Porath field goal, suddenly flipping the script to make it a 27-20 game.
The Illini answered with a touchdown of their own, but Purdue wasn’t done fighting. On six plays, Browne surgically led the offense down the field and finished with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Jaron Tibbs.
Klare caught a pass for a successful two-point attempt, making the score 34-28, Illinois, but the Illini answered again to go up by 12 late in the game.
The Boilermaker offense refused to be denied; Mockobee capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run with under four minutes to go.
Down by five, the Boilermakers successfully recovered an onside kick from Ben Freehill, the first time they had done so since Sept. 28, 2019, against Minnesota.
Starting at the Illinois 43-yard line, the Boilermakers needed only three plays to take the lead with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Mockobee. Another successful two-point try to Edrine gave Purdue a 43-40 lead.
Illinois took the ball back with 42 seconds in regulation and got into field goal range, extending the game to overtime. Illinois scored on its first play to go up 50-43.
Mockobee took to the edge and dashed 22 yards to the Illinois 3, and Branch capitalized with a vaulting three-yard rushing score on the next play.
Down 50-49, with the automatic two-point try ahead in double overtime, head coach Ryan Walters chose to go for the win in the hostile environment. With the game on the line, the try was unsuccessful and Illinois escaped with a victory on its home turf.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers return home on a short week to host No. 3 Oregon Friday night. Kickoff from Ross-Ade Stadium is set for 8 p.m. on Fox.
NOTES
• Purdue totaled 536 yards of total offense, 239 – rushing and 251 – passing, for its second highest mark under head coach Ryan Walters.
• In his first collegiate start, Ryan Browne rushed for 118 yards on 17 carries with a long of 20 yards, while going 18-of-26 through the air for 297 and three touchdowns.
• Browne is the sixth quarterback in Purdue history to rush for over 100 yards.
• Browne is also the first Purdue quarterback since Mike Phipps in 1969 to throw for 200 yards and rush for over 100, besting Phipps’ marks of 286 yards passing and 104 rushing yards.
• Max Klare had a career day with six receptions for 133 yards. He caught a career-long 62-yard pass from Browne in the third quarter.
• Klare had the most receiving yards by a Purdue tight end since Payne Durham’s 150-yard night against Oregon State in 2021. It was the sixth-most by a Purdue tight end since 1996.
• Devin Mockobee carried the ball 11 times for 102 yards and a touchdown. He moved up the 100-yard game chart to sixth with Montrell Lowe (1999-02) with eight. He also moved up the career touchdown list to 11th with Otis Armstrong (1970-72) with his 17th score on the ground.
• Purdue was a perfect 6-of-6 in the red zone.
• Kydran Jenkins led the team on the defensive end with 10 tackles, six solos, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks.
• Jenkins moved up to 12th in program history in tackles-for-loss with 39.5, passing Tom Kingsbury (1977-80).
• The Boilermakers finished with eight tackles for loss, the most against a Big Ten opponent since having nine at Nebraska last year.
• Will Heldt scored his first career touchdown on a 16-yard fumble recovery. It was Purdue’s first defensive score since Kydran Jenkins scored a 55-yard fumble recovery against Nebraska.
• Spencer Porath connected on kicks of 22 and 24 yards. They were his fourth and fifth makes on the year, all consecutive, to move into fifth on the freshman season chart past Scott Sovereen (1975).
• Keelan Crimmins launched his sixth punt of 50 yards or more with a 58-yard boot, his second-longest punt of the season.
PURDUE SWIMMING
DAN ROSS INDIANA INTERCOLLEGIATES 2024 RESULTS AND SCORES
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
IRISH BEST THE CARDINAL 49-7
On October 12th, 2024, in Notre Dame Stadium, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish dominated in a 49-7 victory over the Stanford Cardinals.
The game started with a quick stop by the Cardinals defense, forcing a Notre Dame punt. Led by Junior quarterback Ashton Daniels, Stanford’s offense was mostly on the ground to start. Then, Daniels managed to evade pressure in the pocket and rush for 27 yards into ND territory. A few plays later, Stanford was knocking on the door to the endzone. The Cardinals dialed up a QB sneak and found paydirt, taking the lead 7-0 on their first drive of the game.
Notre Dame went into their next drive trailing by a touchdown, but were able to find their rhythm on the ground. JaDarian Price ran the ball well and then a strike over the middle from Riley Leonard to Kris Mitchell put the Irish in scoring range. They continued their success and on a designed qb run, Leonard was able to run into the endzone untouched to tie the score 7-7.
The Fighting Irish defense was able to pressure the quarterback repeatedly during the next drive. To start the second quarter, Notre Dame forced a fourth down at midfield, but the Cardinals were able to convert with another QB sneak. After that, DT Howard Cross showed up big time, getting a sack resulting in a loss of eight yards. Stanford had a couple positive plays after that, but were forced into a fourth down in which they elected to go for it again. Howard Cross showed up once again and sacked the quarterback to force a turnover on downs.
The Irish offense was able to carry the momentum gained from the fourth down stop all the way to the endzone. Leonard showcased his elite athleticism as he used his legs repeatedly, getting Notre Dame into scoring range. Then, senior wideout Jayden Thomas ran a beautiful slant route into the endzone. Leonard placed the ball right on his numbers for an Irish touchdown and the lead, 14-7.
The next Irish offensive possession that ended in points started with an explosive play from Jeremiyah Love as he took a short pass 25 yards down the field. Then, Leonard threw a pass that was deflected at the line of scrimmage, but center Pat Coogan was able to catch the tipped ball. If that wasn’t wild enough, he was able to run through a few defenders and get a first down for Notre Dame. Stanford was able to get a few stops, forcing a fourth-and-two for Notre Dame. Jeremiyah Love rushed up the middle for the first down to keep the drive alive. Then, Kris Mitchell caught his first touchdown of the season after running a slant route into the endzone, using his body to shield the defender away from the ball. Notre Dame now led 21-7, and were able to go into the half with momentum.
To start the third, Stanford started with the ball from their own three-yard line. Daniels was able to rush for 14 yards to give their offense some breathing room. Then he scrambled to his right and found a receiver down field for a 20 yard gain. On the next play, DE Joshua Burnham got in the backfield and tipped a pitch intended for the running back. He grabbed the tipped pass out of the air with nothing but green grass in front of him, taking the deflection 15 yards the other way as the crowd cheered before being brought down.
With favorable starting field position and all the momentum, Notre Dame scored quickly. Jadaraian Price rushed for 16 yards into the endzone to extend the lead 28-7.
It was clear Notre Dame was playing with tons of confidence by this point. On the next drive, the Irish defense swarmed to the ball all possession, forcing a Stanford punt. Notre Dame continued to keep their foot on the gas. Leonard found Sophomore receiver KK Smith 25 yards down the field for a big gain. After a penalty advanced the Irish even closer to the endzone, Jeremiyah Love showed off his blazing speed as he rushed for a 39 yard touchdown. The score was now 35-7 Notre Dame.
Stanford’s offensive unit continued to struggle against the Notre Dame defense. Their drive ended in a sack by senior defensive tackle Riley Mills. Stanford was forced to punt once again, giving the ball back to a scorching hot Irish offense.
Notre Dame’s domination continued. To start the drive, Leonard found Collins all alone down the middle of the field for a 53 yard completion. A couple plays later, Junior tight end Eli Raridon caught a pass off an RPO play for a five yard touchdown. The Irish now led 42-7.
Due to weather concerns, the game was delayed for an hour before the start of the fourth quarter. However, this did not stop the Irish from continuing to execute at a high level. To sum up the fourth quarter, it was more of the same. There was a rushing touchdown by freshman Aneyas Williams, a sack on fourth down by Ben Minnich and Loghan Thomas and smiles from Irish fans all around the stadium as the Irish marched to victory.
The final score was 49-7, and Notre Dame moved to 5-1 on the season.
BUTLER FOOTBALL
SECOND HALF SENDS DRAKE PAST BUTLER 27-17
The Drake Bulldogs defeated the Butler Bulldogs 27-17 on Saturday afternoon, handing BU their first loss of the season. Butler outgained Drake in total yardage (333-314) and picked up more first downs in the contest, but the home team created a few turnovers and were great on third down to pull out the win.
Butler’s defense set the tone for the game over the opening 30 minutes. They held Drake to just 84 yards, limiting the other Bulldogs to just three points. Jack Burch had two first half sacks, one was a 13-yard loss on third down, the other was a stop on second and goal.
The highlight of the first half for the Butler offense was a 14-play, 89-yard touchdown drive. Reagan Andrew capped off the series with a 4-yard rushing TD. The extra point was no good, but BU would hold a 6-3 advantage at halftime.
Drake took control of the action in the second half by scoring three touchdowns on their first four drives. They also added a 44-yard field goal during that span.
Butler continued to fight and would post 11 points over the final 30 minutes. Ryan Short nailed a 39-yard field goal late in the third quarter, then Joey Suchy scored a 2-yard TD to end an 11-play 75-yard drive.
Andrew ended the game completing 22 of his 32 pass attempts for 174 yards. He added a game-high 81 yards rushing and was responsible for the only TD of the first half. His top target was Ethan Loss on the outside. Loss caught a game-high eight passes and accounted for 86 yards.
The defensive effort was sparked by Adam Sturtz and his team-high 10 tackles. Burch had two tackles for loss, helping BU reach five on the day. The BU defense also got a lift from Devaon Holman with his first interception of the season.
The Dawgs are back at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl next weekend. They will take on Dayton at 1 p.m. ET.
BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER
BUTLER UNABLE TO OVERCOME NO. 11 SETON HALL ON ROAD
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Butler men’s soccer team fell behind Seton Hall, 2-0, after 61 minutes of action in a BIG EAST road match. The Bulldogs (3-7-3, 0-4-0 BIG EAST) then scored in the 78th minute, cutting the lead to one goal, but the No. 11 Pirates (9-2-1, 2-1-1 BIG EAST) denied Butler any shots in the remaining time.
Key Moments
4′ | Ryan Hannosh puts an early shot on frame, forcing Seton Hall to make a save at the near post.
29′ | In a flurry, Seton Hall rattles off three successive shots, with one hitting the left post and one hitting the crossbar. The Dawgs defense weathers the storm.
42′ | A Butler foul in the penalty area sets up Seton Hall at the spot. The attempt is saved by Caleb Norris, but the deflection lands directly in front of the shooter, who is able to easily tap it in. The Pirates take a 1-0 lead.
HALFTIME
61′ | A Seton Hall attacker is able to carry into the box. After a quick give-and-go, he banks one in off the post. The Pirates are up, two goals.
78′ | Donovan Boone plays a ball up the right side to Josemir Gomez. Gomez nearly loses the ball, but takes a deflection off a Seton Hall defender and scores at the far post. The Bulldogs pull to within one goal, at 2-1.
83′ | Each side receives a red card for reactions to a called foul, so both teams will finish the match a man down.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Josemir Gomez
ASSISTS: (none)
Bulldog Bits
The goal by Josemir Gomez was his seventh this season and the 23rd of his collegiate career.
All three of Butler’s shots in the match were on frame.
Up Next
Butler returns to Indianapolis to host UConn on Saturday, October 19.
IU INDY SWIMMING
ZIETLOW EARNS TWO FIRST PLACE FINISHES AT DAN ROSS INDIANA INTERCOLLEGIATE
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The IU Indy swim and dive teams competed in the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate where both the men’s and women’s team finished in third behind host Purdue and UIndy. The Jaguars earned 23 top five finishes with Emmaleigh Zietlow leading the way with two top times.
IU Indy opened the match with the women’s 200 medley relay. The relay team of Malayna Mancinelli, Victoria Surdyka, Dani Stemper and Tori Barnet earned second place with a time of 1:46.06.
Zietlow then earned her first top time of the meet with a first place finish in the 200 free (1:47.99). She eanred her second top time in the 500 free, finishing first with a time of 4:51.16. Kaylee Dexter also earned a top five finish in the 500 free, touching the wall in fifth with a time of 5:12.51.
Other top five finishes for the women’s team including a second-place finish in the 100 free (52.31) and a third place finish in the 50 free (23.80) from freshman Luca McGee. Lillian Brandt touched the wall in fourth in the 50 free with a time of 24.18. Brandt earned her second top five finish in the 100 fly, coming in at second with a time of 56.50. Surdyka finished fourth in the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.78 to round out the top five times for the women’s team.
On the men’s side, the Jags earned 14 top five spots. Sebastian Otero led the Jags on the diving boards with a third place finish in the 3-meter dive (405.90) and fourth in the 1-meter (344.95).
Luca Eckert also earned two top five finishes with a fourth in the 50 free (20.82) and third in the 100 free (45.88). Freshman Hugo Arteaga took fifth in the 50 free (20.87) and third in the 100 fly (48.43). Isaac Wilson also earned a top five finish in the 100 fly, finishing in fifth with a time of 49.49. Grayson Tidwell collected two top five finishes with a fifth place finish in the 100 back (50.70) and fourth in the 100 IM (52.29). Finishing ahead of Tidwell in the 100 IM was Ben Kimmel in second with a time of 51.38.
The Jags earned two top five finishes in the men’s 500 free with Nathan Rariden touching in fourth (4:44.31) and Youssef Magdy following in fifth (4:45.89). Zach Drotar earned third in the 100 breast with a time of 55.90.
The men’s 200 free relay team of Brady Gray, Will Gorman, Wilson and Max Gerke closed out the meet with a fourth place finish with a time of 1:23.73.
The women’s team finished third of nine teams with a total of 234 points. The men’s team also finished in third out of eight teams with a total of 480 points.
IU Indy will next travel to Green Bay on Friday, October 25 for a 5:00 PM meet.
IU INDY VOLLEYBALL
JAGS SWEEP COLONIALS IN SATURDAY REMATCH
INDIANAPOLIS – After earning a five-set victory over Robert Morris on Friday night, the IU Indy volleyball team dominated the Colonials in the match up on Saturday in straight sets, 3-0. The Jags outhit Robert Morris with 47 kills compared to the Colonials’ 21.
IU Indy came out strong in the opening set, taking the first five points. Carly Doros started the match off with back-to-back kills. After Robert Morris strung together their own five-point run, the Colonials took a 7-6 lead. The Jags stayed kept it close with kills from Patterson and Ostrowski.
The Colonials then started to fall apart on the attack, totaling three straight errors giving the Jaguars momentum. With an 11-2 run, IU Indy jumped out to a 21-13 lead. Robert Morris tallied just two more points before the Jags closed out the match with four straight points including a kill from Doros and two service aces from Maia Long, 25-15.
The beginning of set two mirrored set one, as IU Indy took a quick 4-0 lead before the Colonials went on a 5-0 run. After trading the lead, the Jaguars started to pull away after back-to-back kills from Doros and Long gave IU Indy a 17-12 lead. The Jags closed out the second set with kills from Morgan Ostrowski and Grace Purichia, 25-16.
With a two set lead heading into the third set, the Jags were not letting a repeat of Friday’s extended match happen as they dominated the third set, 25-15. Although the Jags defeated the Colonials in the third set 25-15, they started off slow falling behind 12-9. IU Indy then went on an almost unstoppable 15-0 run, setting themselves up for match point at 24-12. Robert Morris extended the match for three more points before Doros shut the door with a kill, 25-15.
Long led the attack with 13 kills while Doros added 12 and Patterson collected eight. Purichia recorded 36 assists while Jordyn Pax led the defense with 14 digs.
IU Indy is now 8-12 overall with a 2-5 mark in Horizon League play. The Jags will next travel to Youngstown, Ohio to face the Penguins next weekend on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19.
BALL STATE FOOTBALL
RUN GAME AND SACKS SPARK CARDINALS TO 37-35 WIN AT KENT STATE
KENT, Ohio — Ball State weathered a fourth quarter storm on Saturday at Kent State – including an actual rain storm over the game’s final six minutes – and used a 41-yard run by Vaughn Pemberton in the game’s final moments to seal a 37-35 win.
For Pemberton, the late burst gave Ball State a nine-point cushion with 1:13 to play. It was the second-longest run of his career and his first touchdown of the season after missing a pair of games due to injury.
For the Cardinals (2-4, 1-2 MAC), it snapped a four-game skid while earning their first road win and first victory in the Mid-American Conference this season. Ball State beat Kent State (0-6, 0-2 MAC) for the third straight season. The Cardinals needed Pemberton’s rush around right end and Jackson Courville’s third field goal of the day to distance themselves from the Golden Flashes who came back from deficits of 10-0 and 27-7.
Ball State took its 27-7 lead just after halftime on a 13-yard TD pass from Kadin Semonza to Qian Magwood. The Cardinals took a 27-14 advantage into the fourth period. But even on a day in which Kent State was limited to just four first downs before halftime, the Flashes turned a 3rd-and-24 situation into a 63-yard TD that closed the Ball State lead to 27-21. The hookup from Tommy Ulatowski to Crishon McCray was their second of three TDs on the afternoon – later adding a 57-yarder with 30 seconds to play.
Courville gave the Cardinals a 30-21 lead with 3:19 to play and seemingly put the game out of reach. But Ulatowski drove the Flashes for a score with 1:18 to play. Ball State recovered an onside kick and, on second down with just over a minute remaining, Pemberton burst free for another score that ultimately sealed the victory. Ulatowski and McCray scored on a third long pass moments later, but Christian Davis recovered the Flashes’ second onside kick in less than a minute and the Cardinals knelt one time to close the contest.
Ball State rushed for a season-high 191 yards, and rode the efforts of the defense which managed a season-best seven sacks. While Brandon Berger led the Cardinals defense with three sacks, he joined Joey Stemler, George Udo, Darin Conley and Sam Feeney among Ball State defenders who crashed the Kent State backfield. The Golden Flashes managed just 67 rushing yards of their own. Riley Tolsma led Ball State with nine tackles and Stemler added eight which, but for long plays, helped the Cardinals to one of their best defensive efforts of the season.
Offensively, Braedon Sloan finished with 76 rushing yards on 22 carries. Pemberton had five carries for 52 yards and the Cardinals rushed more times (39) than they threw (35) for just the second time this season.
Tight end Tanner Koziol, eighth in the country with an average of 7.6 receptions entering the game, finished with eight catches for 43 yards.
The Cardinals got momentum early while freshman cornerbacks Eric McClain and Will Yates both earned the first starts of their collegiate career. Yates picked off Ulatowski on the game’s first possession and five plays later, Sloan slammed into the end zone from a yard out for the game’s first score.
Ball State forced a punt on the Flashes’ next possession, and capped a 12-play, six-minute drive with Jackson Courville’s 34-yard field goal. The Flashes got on the board with the first of three aerial TDs from Ulatowski to McCray, but Ball State extended its lead to 17-7 on Sloan’s second touchdown run and Courville booted a 35-yard field goal in the half’s final minute as the Cardinals took a 20-7 lead into the intermission.
Ball State breaks from its MAC schedule next week to visit Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., for the Cardinals’ final non-conference game of the season.
INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL
CIOCCA’S LATE TOUCHDOWN PLUNGE COMPLETES INDIANA STATE COMEBACK IN 31-27 WIN OVER MURRAY STATE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Rocco Ciocca took the handoff from Elijah Owens and rumbled through the Murray State goal-line defense for the go-ahead touchdown with 11 seconds remaining as Indiana State topped the visiting Racers on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, 31-27.
Indiana State (2-4, 1-1) trailed 27-24 with 1:57 remaining in the contest following James London’s go-ahead 25-yard field goal conversion. It marked Murray State’s (1-5, 0-3) first lead of the game and capped a furious second-half comeback which saw the Racers erase a two-touchdown second-half deficit.
The ensuing kickoff sailed into the end zone for a touchback and the Sycamore offense went to work in the two-minute drill. Owens connected on back-to-back passes to Rashad Rochelle to move the ball to the Indiana State 45, before the redshirt freshman quarterback called his own number to take the ball across midfield with a nine-yard carry.
Two plays later, Owens again tucked the ball going 13 yards over the left side and taking the ball down to the Murray State 33. Shen Butler-Lawson took the handoff on the next play and found daylight on the left side of the line. The Sycamore running back was finally brought down at the Murray State one-yard line with 46 seconds remaining setting up a 1st-and-Goal situation.
The Murray State defense stuffed back-to-back Indiana State quarterback keepers up the middle, setting up a 3rd-and-Goal as the Sycamores kept their jumbo package out on the field. Owens took the snap and handed off to Ciocca and the 6-5, 235-lb tight end took it the rest of the way going over the left side and into the end zone with 11 seconds left setting off the Sycamore sideline and the Memorial Stadium crowd with the go-ahead touchdown run.
Murray State had three pass attempts on their final drive, but quarterback Jayden Johannsen’s attempts all fell incomplete, the final batted away by Micah Hauser to secure Indiana State’s first Missouri Valley Football win of the season.
Indiana State jumped out to a 21-7 lead midway through the first half as the offense clicked early. Owens found Kai Rios over the middle on the Sycamores’ first drive for an 18-yard touchdown pass, while Plez Lawrence (25 yards) and Owens (two yards) also scored rushing touchdowns on their way to jumping ahead of the Racers. Murray State cut the lead down to 21-10 on London’s 24-yard field goal just before the halftime break.
The Indiana State lead hit 24-10 with 7:56 remaining in the third quarter on Jake Andjelic’s 39-yard field goal, before Murray State rattled off 17 consecutive points in taking their first lead of the game. Johannsen found Kade Neely for a two-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter, and then connected with Justice Hill for an 11-yard touchdown on their first drive of the fourth quarter to tie the game up at 24-24. The Racers completed their comeback on London’s 25-yard field goal after Joey Shew and Garret Ollendieck stuffed a pair of Murray State rushes up the middle to set the stage for Indiana State’s offense to drive the length of the field for the game-winner.
Owens went 25-of-34 through the air for 218 yards to highlight the Indiana State passing attack. The Jacksonville, Ill. native connected with nine different receivers on the afternoon with Rochelle the primary recipient hauling in eight catches for 53 yards. Ethan Chambers (47 yards), BJ Wuest (34 yards), and Plez Lawrence (26 yards) all recorded three catches on the day.
The Sycamores utilized a four-pronged rushing attack on the afternoon highlighted by Butler-Lawson’s season-high 68 yards on seven carries. Owens added 46 yards and a touchdown on 13 attempts, while Devin Nelson (10 carries, 39 yards) and Lawrence (seven carries, 35 yards, touchdown) added to the Sycamores’ 188 rushing yards on the afternoon.
Ollendieck recorded his fourth double-digit tackling effort of the 2024 season as the senior linebacker posted a game-high 12 stops in the contest. He added a season-high 2.5 tackles-for-loss in the win. Kendrick Milford posted five tackles and added to his team sack lead (4.5) with a solo quarterback takedown in the contest. The Sycamores broke up six passes overall on the day highlighted by Jorge Valdes’ three.
Johannsen led the Murray State offense going 20-of-38 through the air for 256 yards and two touchdowns in the contest. Hill was the primary target on the day hauling in seven catches for 103 yards and a touchdown, while J’Kalon Carter (36 yards) and Kylan Galbreath (31 yards) posted three catches apiece in the loss.
Northington had 15 carries for 55 yards and a touchdown, while Q’Darryius Jennings added 15 carries for 49 yards for the Murray State rushing attack.
James Camden had a team-high 10 tackles for Murray State on Saturday afternoon. Dareon Goodrum was active along the line of scrimmage with 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble, while adding a pass breakup.
How They Scored
Elijah Owens pulled up near the line of scrimmage and hit Kai Rios with a jump-pass on Indiana State’s first drive of the game, and the redshirt freshman tight end went the rest of the way for an 18-yard touchdown reception with 10:04 left in the first quarter to give the Sycamores the 7-0 lead. The touchdown pass capped an eight-play, 58-yard drive highlighted by an 18-yard completion from Owens to Ethan Chambers on 3rd-and-12 to keep the drive alive near midfield.
Murray State evened the game with 7:36 to play in the first quarter as Jawaun Northington took the ball into the end zone from two yards out to cap an eight-play, 80-yard drive to tie the game up at 7-7.
The Sycamores added their second first-quarter touchdown at the 3:32 mark as Plez Lawrence took the ball around the right end for a 25-yard touchdown run ending a seven-play, 77-yard drive and giving Indiana State the 14-7 lead.
Elijah Owens added Indiana State’s third touchdown of the game as the quarterback kept the ball on an option keeper around the left end for a three-yard touchdown run to make it 21-7 Sycamores with 5:12 remaining in the second quarter.
Murray State added a James London 24-yard field goal with 2:52 left in the first half to put it at 21-10 heading into the break.
Jake Andjelic put Indiana State back in the scoring column with 7:56 remaining in the third quarter as the redshirt sophomore kicker connected on a 39-yard field goal to cap a nine-play, 45-yard drive and gave the Sycamores the 24-10 lead.
Murray State scored before the third quarter break as Jayden Johannsen targeted Kade Neely for a two-yard touchdown pass off play action to end an 11-play, 75-yard drive and cut the deficit down to 24-17 with 3:53 to play in the quarter.
Johannsen added his second touchdown pass of the game with 11:18 remaining in the fourth quarter as he found Justice Hill for an 11-yard strike just inside the right boundary line inside the end zone to tie the game up at 24-24.
The Racers took their first lead of the game at 27-24 with 1:57 remaining on James London’s go-ahead 25-yard field goal to end a five-play, 45-yard drive sparked by a short Indiana State punt.
The Sycamores converted 3rd-and-Goal from the six-inch line with 11 seconds remaining as Rocco Ciocca took the handoff from Owens and went around the left end for the game-winning touchdown to give Indiana State the 31-27 advantage. The drive was aided by Shen Butler-Lawson’s 32-yard carry setting up 1st-and-Goal from the Murray State 1-yard line with 46 seconds remaining in the contest.
News & Notables
Indiana State improves to 6-5 all-time against Murray State and snapped a three-game losing streak to the Racers dating back to 2005 with Saturday’s win.
The Sycamores picked up their first MVFC win of the 2024 season with Saturday’s win moving to 1-1 overall in the league.
Elijah Owens’ 218 passing yards on Saturday afternoon marked the second-highest passing total of his collegiate career, while his 25 completions were also second-most in the 2024 season. He previously posted career-highs of 30 completions and 260 yards at Eastern Illinois.
Shen Butler-Lawson’s 68 rushing yards marked an Indiana State-high for the running back, while Devin Nelson added a season-high 38 yards in his second extended action of the season.
Rashad Rochelle recorded a season-high eight catches for 53 yards on Saturday afternoon, both season-highs for the Sycamore wide receiver.
BJ Wuest’s three catches for 34 yards on Saturday marked a career-high for the redshirt freshman wide receiver.
Rocco Ciocca and Kai Rios both scored their first collegiate touchdowns on Saturday afternoon in the win over Murray State.
Garret Ollendieck’s 12-tackle game on Saturday afternoon gave him an MVFC-leading 69 stops for the 2024 season. The Cresco, Iowa native is averaging 11.5 tackles per game on the year.
Geoffrey Brown continues to climb in the Sycamore tackling ranks as his nine stops moved him to 268 career tackles. He’s 32 tackles shy of becoming the 19th Sycamore to achieve 300 career tackles at Indiana State and first since 2019.
Jake Andjelic’s 39-yard field goal in the third quarter marked his third field goal of 38-plus yards in the 2024 season.
The Sycamores’ offense posted 200-plus passing yards and 100-plus rushing yards for the first time since October 28, 2023, against North Dakota.
Indiana State’s 188 rushing yards marked the second-highest total of the 2024 season, while their three touchdown runs equaled the season-high.
Indiana State won the time-of-possession battle for the fifth time in the 2024 season as the Sycamores held onto the ball for 31:21 in the contest.
Up Next
Indiana State continues Missouri Valley Football play next weekend on the road as the Sycamores travel to Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Mo. to take on Missouri State. Kickoff between the Sycamores and the Bears is set for 3 p.m. ET with the game set to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE VOLLEYBALL
MASTODON WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BEATS OAKLAND IN FIVE SETS AGAIN
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s volleyball beat Oakland in five sets for the second-consecutive day, but on Saturday (Oct. 12) it was a much shorter match. Clocking in under 2:15 compared to the three-hour match a day earlier, the Mastodons beat the Golden Grizzlies 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 17-25, 15-7 in the rematch.
The fifth set on Saturday was never in doubt after the Mastodons jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Panna Ratkai and Jena Medearis combined for a block, Abby Stratford got a kill, then Ratkai got two kills in a row. Ratkai got two more kills in the opening nine points, but went quiet for the rest of the match. The ‘Dons did not miss a beat as the rest of the floor took over. Iris Riegel and Mya Plemons blocked the Golden Grizzlies to put the ‘Dons up 10-6, then Riley Rosneck’s kill brought Miona Dimitric off the bench to serve. Up six, Dimitric aced the Golden Grizzlies twice, shutting the door on any potential comeback. Rosneck finished the job with two of her 14 kills to send the visitors home with an 0-2 weekend. The ‘Dons were on fire in the fifth, hitting .533 as a team.
The ‘Dons sided out on six of the seven Oakland serves in the fifth set.
Ratkai finished with a team-high 19 kills, totaling 49 for the weekend in 10 sets of action. She led the Horizon League in that category. Riegel had 15 kills with a .444 clip and Rosneck added 14 kills with a .222 percentage. Taya Haffner and Nicole Jones split the setting responsibilities, dishing out 29 and 25 assists, respectively.
The Mastodons finished the contest hitting .268 despite being blocked 13 times. The ‘Dons held OU to .218 hitting while recording eight blocks of their own. Plemons and Medearis had four, Ratkai and Abby Stratford had three, and Rosneck and Riegel had one each. LonDynn Betts had 17 digs while Ratkai had 10 to record a double-double.
Purdue Fort Wayne improved to 11-9 and 4-3 in the Horizon League. Oakland fell to 6-13, 2-5.
The Mastodons are back in action next week with a visit to 13-5 Cleveland State on Friday (Oct. 18).
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER
MEN’S SOCCER FALLS 1-0 AT OAKLAND
ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s soccer team dropped a Horizon League contest at Oakland on Saturday (Oct. 12) 1-0.
Oakland scored the only goal of the game with just two seconds left in the first half. The Golden Grizzlies earned a corner kick with less than 20 seconds remaining. After the ball was sent into the box, Luke Benford passed the ball to Francesco Mazzei who delivered the ball into the top left portion of the goal. The shot squeezed between several Mastodon defenders standing between Mazzei and the goal.
Purdue Fort Wayne finished the game with advantages in shots (12-10), shots on goal (5-3) and corner kicks (7-3).
One of the Mastodons’ best chance in the first half came in the 19th minute when Abe Arellano advanced within 10 yards of the goal. He made Oakland goalkeeper Alex Flowers come out of the six-yard box to stop Arellano’s shot. A pair of corner kicks in the 75th minute helped bring some solid Mastodon pressure late in the second half but ultimately not the equalizer.
The ‘Dons fall to 6-4-1 (3-2 Horizon League). Oakland is now 4-6-2 (2-1-2 Horizon League). The ‘Dons are back in action on Saturday at home against Detroit Mercy.
SOUTHERN INDIANA SWIMMING
BUNNELL DAZZLES AS EAGLES FINISH FIFTH AT INDIANA INTERCOLLEGIATE
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Women’s Swimming and Diving placed fifth out of nine squads at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate hosted by Purdue University. The Screaming Eagles earned 169 points for the event only 23 behind fourth-place Butler University. USI improved on their 2023 performance in this event by 79 points.
USI kicked off the event with a top-ten finish in the 200 medley relay (1:48.76) with freshman Simone Green, freshman Elizabeth Ketcham, sophomore Hayden Shurtz, and junior Sarah-Catherine Dawson. This impressive time slots into second all-time on the USI leaderboards.
Ketcham followed up with an 11th-place finish in the 100 Butterfly (58.49). The time places her second in USI history less than half a second behind Dawson’s school best time. Dawson finished quickly behind Ketcham, earning a top-20 finish (1:00.68). Shurtz added a top-10 finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.92), only two seconds behind her program leading time.
The Eagles freshman diving duo Anna Bunnell and Gabbie Meier continue their strong start to their collegiate careers. Bunnell shatters the three-meter dive (229.15) program record in a sixth-place effort. Bunnell surpassed her own record of 223.65 that she broke on Thursday. Meier finished one spot behind Bunnell in the competition (210.10).
Other Notable Women’s Scores:
200 Freestyle: Sophomore Caiya Cooper (1:59.30)
200 Freestyle: Junior Mattilynn Smith (2:00.43)
50 Freestyle: Green (25.68)
100 Individual Medley: Freshman Emma Gabhart (1:01.52)
100 Individual Medley: Freshman Ailyn Zurliene (1:02.14)
100 Individual Medley: Shurtz (1:02.64)
100 Freestyle: Cooper (55.86)
UP NEXT FOR THE EAGLES:
USI dives back into competition on October 26, hosting Bellarmine University at the USI Aquatic Center.
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING FINISH FOURTH AT INDIANA INTERCOLLEGIATE
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Men’s Swimming and Diving finishes fourth of eight teams at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate hosted by Purdue University. The Screaming Eagles finished the event with a score of 110, only behind Indiana University Indianapolis, University of Indianapolis, and Purdue University.
USI’s highest finish on the day’s leaderboard came in the 500 freestyle with freshman Justin Knauf (4:54.19) finishing ninth. Knauf also competed to a top-25 finish in the 100 butterfly (53.82).
Freshman Luke Rich landed two top-20 finishes. He placed 17th in the 100 Individual Medley (55.19) and 19th in the 100 breaststroke (59.98).
Sophomore Joey Smith earned a top-20 finish in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.14. Junior Gabe Groves (22.35) finished shortly after Smith earning a spot in the top 25.
Junior Lane Pollock missed the USI one-meter diving record by 0.03 pts, posting a score of 273.35. Pollock set the one-meter diving record on Thursday in the meet against Valparaiso University with a score of 273.38. Sophomore Nathan Deputy followed it up by leading the Eagles in the three-meter diving with a score of 264.9, inching closer to his own school record of 271.88.
Other Notable Men’s Scores:
50 Freestyle: Junior Colton Tang (23.22)
100 Individual Medley: Sophomore Camden Richardson (56.15)
100 Freestyle: Junior Creed Loy (49.18)
100 Freestyle: Tang (50.70)
100 Backstroke: Richardson (54.32)
500 Freestyle: Loy (4:57.43)
UP NEXT FOR USI:
The Eagles return to action on October 26, hosting Bellarmine University at the USI Aquatic Center.
SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
EAGLES CONCLUDE ROAD SWING WITH A TIGHT LOSS IN LITTLE ROCK
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (8-11, OVC 3-4) fell inches short of forcing a fifth set on Saturday afternoon against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (10-10, OVC 5-2) in a four set loss (10-25, 25-20, 15-25, 23-25).
Set 1: USI 10, LR 25
USI fell behind early as the Trojans used three blocks to build a 11-5 lead. Little Rock extended the lead to 15-5 with eight early USI attack errors. Senior Paris Downing smashed two kills as the Eagles chipped away at the large deficit. However, Little Rock committed zero attacking errors compared the Eagles 11, proving to be the difference. The Eagles have dropped 13 of 19 first sets this season.
Set 2: USI 25, LR 20
The energy and momentum shifted to the Eagles in set two regaining their balanced attack with an early 15-10 lead only committing one attacking error. Graduate senior Jasmine Green was on fire from the right side with four kills making it 17-11. The Trojans mounted a small run, but junior Bianca Anderson used an explosive slide and a block assist with sophomore Ashby Willis to make it 21-14 leading by a touchdown. Green capped off her monstrous set with her sixth kill to clinch set two. This marks the seventh time this season the Eagles have lost set one and bounced back winning set two.
Set 3: USI 15, LR 25
Junior Keira Moore continued her stingy defensive play with her 19th dig as the Eagles trailed by two early. Willis tied the match at seven with back-to-back kills. The Trojans mounted a five-point run keeping the ball in play avoiding errors as the Eagles called a timeout. A massive 10-0 scoring run by the Trojans hitting .429 in the set helped extend the deficit to 8-22. Senior Carly Sobieralski passed out her 25th assist to cut the deficit to 12. Senior Abby Weber placed two service aces past the Trojans, but Little Rock finished a match high 18 kills snatching set three.
Set 4: USI 23, LR 25
Moore made a highlight reel fully extended diving dig over net for a kill giving the Eagles an early 8-7 lead. Downing delivered a huge block and kill making it 10-7 Eagles. The senior received a red card on a questionable call after an exciting kill. After a long break with both teams confused over the call, Willis smashed a kill firing up the Eagles. Sophomore Leah Coleman heated up firing her fifth kill as the Eagles led 21-19. Little Rock mounted a five-point run leading by two, but senior Lauren O’Neill smashed a kill to cut within one. However, the Trojans late 6-2 run finished the match.
Green lead offensively with 11 kills for her eighth game tallying double digit kills. Sobieralski racked up 41 assists on 11 digs, while Moore led defensively with 26 digs on multiple eye-catching diving plays. Anderson swatted a team high four blocks, as freshman Kerigan Fehr, Weber, and Sobieralski each finished with two service aces.
As a team, USI finished with 58 kills, 44 assists, 71 digs, six aces, six blocks, and a .118 attacking percentage. The Trojans earned 67 kills, 49 assists, 79 digs, five aces, eight blocks, and a .257 hitting percentage.
Next up for the Eagles
Come support the squad take on Western Illinois University next Friday and Saturday at Screaming Eagles Arena.
VALPO SWIMMING
BEACON SWIMMERS COMPETE AT INDIANA INTERCOLLEGIATE SATURDAY
Two swimmers cracked the program’s record book on Saturday as the Valparaiso men’s and women’s swimming teams competed at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate, hosted by Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.
How It Happened
Both of the new record book entries came from entries in the men’s 100 IM. Junior Luke Snider (Germantown, Tenn./Memphis University School) placed 15th with a time of 54.36, good for seventh in program history, while senior Brendan Stangeland (West Fargo, N.D./Sheyenne) touched the wall in 55.45 to move into ninth in program history.
The school record holder in the event, junior Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) led the Beacons in the 100 IM with a time of 53.13 to place eighth — Valpo’s top individual finish of the day. Oostman also paced the Beacons in the 100 back with a time of 52.52, good for 13th place.
Sophomore Nate Bolinger (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) led the Beacon men in a pair of events as well, posting times of 1:45.01 in the 200 free and 53.22 in the 100 fly.
Valpo placed two swimmers in the top-15 of the 500 free. Junior Tim Mai (St. Johns, Fla./Creekside) came home 12th, covering the distance in 4:57.37, while junior Eli Liebmann (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) placed 15th with a time of 4:59.47.
On the women’s side, sophomore Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) led Valpo in a pair of individual events. Keese paced the Beacon contingent in the 50 free, placing 15th with a time of 25.38, and the 100 back, posting a time of 1:02.17.
A pair of swimmers contributed to Valpo’s team score in the 500 free as well. Freshman Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) finished 12th with a time of 5:25.96, while sophomore Olivia Tressler (Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis) finished 16th with a time of 5:43.69.
The Valpo men placed fifth out of eight teams in the team standings, accumulating 84 points, while the women tallied sixth place to finish seventh out of nine teams.
Next Up
Valpo makes its home debut at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center next weekend with a pair of tri-meets. The Beacons welcome Quincy and Illinois Tech Friday evening at 5 p.m., followed by Bellarmine and Eastern Illinois Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
UINDY VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL SUFFERS SETBACK AT #12 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS – The UIndy volleyball team stumbled on Saturday evening against No. 12 Missouri-St. Louis, dropping the GLVC bout in four sets in the teams’ final match before next weekend’s Midwest Region Crossover.
The Greyhounds came out firing, outlasting the Tritons, 26-24, for the early advantage. However, Missouri-St. Louis flexed its 12th-ranked muscles, orchestrating back-to-back comebacks and win the fourth frame in deciding fashion.
Sophia Parlanti led all players with 19 kills, while freshmen tandem Madeline Lynch and Kelsey McKenney each contributed for block assists.
INS & OUTS
Efficiency was the name of the game on Saturday, as the Tritons knocked down 19 more kills on just nine more total attempts than the Greyhounds, attacking at a .255 clip in the win. Missouri-St. Louis recorded a higher hitting percentage in each set, with a big four-point rally late in the third frame shifting the momentum completely back in the host’s favor.
Parlanti was a consistent factor on the outside, contributing six of her 19 kills in the opening game, and five in each of the next two sets. The Las Vegas product hit .255 for the ninth time this fall.
Claire Morris added six digs to her 42 assists, while chipping in on four blocks.
Sophomore Maddie Berger also produced a solid performance on the outside, finishing with 10 kills and one attacking error.
INSIDE THE BOX
– Sophomore libero Ellie Spang finished with 20 digs for the seventh time this season, including the fourth time in under five sets.
– Berger has reached double-digit kills seven times during her sophomore campaign, including in three of the past four contests.
– Riley Laine was stout defensively, totaling six blocks and two digs.
– Defensive specialist Macy Bruton tallied seven digs and one of the two service aces credited to the Greyhounds.
UP NEXT
UIndy awaits its opponents for the upcoming Midwest Region Crossover next weekend in Hammond, Ind. Stay on the look out more information regarding the annual event on UIndyAthletics.com.
UINDY WOMEN’S TRIATHLON
TRIATHLON ENDURES, BURKE IMPROVES AT REGIONAL EVENT
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The UIndy women’s triathlon excelled in its first-ever regional qualifier on Saturday afternoon, placing two in the top 60 and three overall in the top 100.
The Heartland Triathlon Cup was held at Fellows Lake in Springfield, hosted by Drury University. Saturday’s race is considered an NCAA West Regional qualifier, with the top-performing teams and individuals advancing to nationals on Nov. 9.
Lex Wilhelm topped the Greyhound leaderboard in 35th overall, including third place among all competing NCAA DII athletes. Gabrielle Harrell finished 59th, crossing the line soon after Wilhelm to complete the usual Greyhound 1-2 punch.
A member of the UIndy swimming team, as well, Hanna Burke posted the best time in the water among Greyhounds, starting off the race with a 10:33 effort. The junior, who placed 92nd overall, ranked in the team’s top three for the first time this fall.
Ainsleigh Cardone and Miah Sosenheimer rounded out the scoring efforts for UIndy, with the former finishing just 77 ahead of her rookie teammate. Cardone followed up her 11:14 swimming leg with a 41:41 effort on the bike.
Katie Dolen threatened Sosenheimer for the final scoring position, placing two spots behind the freshman. Dolen finished strong, improving her 5k run time to 32:20 at regionals.
Among those who did not finish the race were Lillian Sunbury, Jazmin-Maria Cardona, and Sydney Rhodehamel. Sunbury started on a high note, exiting the water in under 12 minutes; the Seymour, Ind., native followed it up with a 37:51 time on the bike.
More information regarding nationals in Clermont, Fla., will be released soon.
UINDY XC
GREYHOUNDS COMPETE AT LEWIS CROSSOVER SATURDAY
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The UIndy men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Lewis Crossover on the campus of Lewis University. The competition included teams from all over the country and four races. The men competed in the 8k, with the women competing in the 6k open.
MEN’S RECAP
Junior Felix Rivet was the first Greyhound to cross the finish line in 56th place. The French native clocked 24:51.80, a new personal record for Rivet.
Freshman Conyer Wilson finished in 26:20.80, a new PR, placing 245th. Sophomore
Josue Le Cadre was the third Greyhound to set a new PR. Le Cadre clocked 26:41.72, good for 273rd place.
Senior Harnoor Dosanjh set a new season best of 26:43.69, placing 277th. Fellow senior Tom Saint-Juvin placed 281st with a time of 26:49.46.
WOMEN’S RECAP
Only two UIndy women’s cross-country team members competed in the meet, junior Emma Gaston and senior Trinity Gleitz. Gatson placed 20th with a season-best time of 34:42.37. Gleitz clocked 28:16.68 which was goof or 92nd place.
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds are slated to compete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Oct. 26. Competition will take place at Illinois-Springfield’s Cross Country Course in Springfield, Ill.
UINDY FOOTBALL
HOUNDS ROLL PAST HAWKS, 47-10
INDIANAPOLIS. – The 21st-ranked UIndy football team maintained its spotless GLVC record Saturday night, downing visiting Quincy, 47-10. Now 3-0 in conference play, the Greyhounds racked up a season-high point total while holding the Hawks scoreless for the final 50 minutes of game time.
INS & OUTS
UIndy sandwiched halftime with a pair of touchdown drives to pull away. Both possessions were capped by leaping TDs by quarterback Gavin Sukup, who finished with a team-high 76 yards on the ground and accounted for three touchdowns in all.
On the other side of the ball, the UIndy defense held the Hawks to a just field goal over the final three-plus quarters. Along the way, it forced three turnovers, including freshman Key Crowell’s team-high fourth interception and senior Kivonte Houston’s second career pick-six.
Late in the game, youngsters Garrett Sherrell and Cayden Olinger notched fourth-quarter scores. Both true freshmen, the former punched it in from three yards out while the latter caught a 20-yd TD pass from Chris Mullen.
INSIDE THE BOX
– Ian Burr scored 11 points on the night, hitting a pair of field goals and all five PATs.
– Linebacker Clay Schulte topped all players with 10 tackles, good for the fourth time in six game his hit double digits in the metric.
– Nine different Greyhounds caught at least one pass, led by Alonzo Derrick’s three receptions for 73 yards.
– Kole Viel had 2.5 tackles for a loss on the night while Breyon Eddings had a 27-yard fumble return.
– Tight end Ethan Hand hauled in a 22-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and now leads the team with three TD catches on the season.
– UIndy scored all six times it entered the red zone.
UP NEXT
Two straight road games await the Hounds, starting with a contest at McKendree University on Saturday, Oct. 19.
MARIAN FOOTBALL
NO. 3 INDIANA WESLEYAN HANDS MARIAN FIRST LOSS IN 2024
INDIANAPOLIS – In one of the more anticipated games of the weekend featuring a pair of top-10 teams in the NAIA, the Marian football team did not live up to their end of the expectation as No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan rolled over the Knights in a one-sided 77-21 contest. Marian’s loss is their first of the season, dropping their record to 4-1 as they end their non-conference stretch.
Indiana Wesleyan had their way offensively all afternoon against the Knights, scoring on their opening drive of the game with a swift 65-yard scoring drive. Marian would answer the score right away, as a 44-yard completion from Tristan Polk to Jameson Coverstone ignited a response ending the six-play drive with a Keagan La Belle touchdown. The score showed the game tied at 7-7 after La Belle’s fifth score of the year, but would be one of the last times Marian was in the fight, as the Wildcats offense showed no signs of being denied.
Indiana Wesleyan would answer the Marian touchdown with a Ryan Whitwell receiving touchdown, seeing the point-after-try get blocked by Dwight Lewis III, making the score 13-7. Marian failed to respond as a pair of incompletions on the ensuing drive brought on the punt team, and brought back the Wildcat offense, who marched 90 yards in five plays to take a two-score lead. Indiana Wesleyan ended the first quarter leading 20-7, and after forcing a turnover on downs against Marian on the first drive of the second quarter, continued their scoring run with a Roosevelt Cage rushing touchdown. An interception thrown by Polk quickly brought Indiana Wesleyan back onto the field, where they needed just three plays to extend their lead to 28 points.
Marian would punt on their next drive, failing to slow down Indiana Wesleyan as their opposition again completed a 90-yard drive with a trip to the end zone. Aiming to get some momentum back before halftime, the Knights managed to drive to the IWU 33, but saw their drive stall out with a turnover on downs as a hail mary pass from Polk was batted down. With eight seconds remaining, Indiana Wesleyan managed to run two plays, completing their own hail mary on the final play of the first half, getting a 37-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Antoine to Myles Cox, pushing their lead to 49-7 at the break. Indiana Wesleyan recorded 501 yards in the first half to Marian’s 179, and scored on each of their first seven drives of the game.
Marian did little to stop the Wildcats in the second half, as the third-ranked team in the NAIA scored on both of their third quarter possessions, putting any comeback attempt out of reach. Tristan Polk would score on a rushing touchdown with 44 seconds remaining in the third quarter for Marian’s second score of the game, but in the fourth quarter more of the same took place, as Indiana Wesleyan opened the period with a 19-yard scoring drive. Marian was able to force one punt in the game coming mid-way through the final period, put allowed a 73-yard scoring run on the penultimate IWU drive of the game, seeing the Wildcats hang 77 on the Knights.
Ben Schoster engineered a scoring drive on his first collegiate action to end the game for the Knights, finding Charles Vaden for a 21-yard touchdown with 37 seconds to play in the game, putting the final points up in the 77-21 loss.
Indiana Wesleyan out-played Marian in nearly every category of the final box score, recording 742 yards of offense and 818 all-purpose yards against the Knights, both the most allowed in school history, which hailed in comparison to Marian’s 363 yards of offense. The Wildcats 77 points is the most points allowed in a single game, breaking the mark recorded by Ohio Dominican in the 2008 season, as they scored 11 touchdowns on 12 completed drives in the game.
Tristan Polk passed for 226 yards and two interceptions in the loss, rushing for a touchdown. Trey Gibson finished as Marian’s leading-rusher with 43 yards on the ground, and Jake Reichard led the receivers with eight snags for 81 yards. Schoster completed both passes on his lone drive of the game for 30 yards and his first collegiate touchdown pass, while rushing for 15 yards. Jayshawn Underwood and JT Downey both made eight tackles, and Isaiah Street made six stops.
Marian begins MSFA Midwest League play on Saturday, October 19, as they host Olivet Nazarene on homecoming weekend. Kickoff is set for 1:05 p.m.
MARIAN XC
WOMEN’S XC FINISH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A 9TH FINISH
Upland, Ind. – The Marian women’s reserve cross country team competed at the Ray Bullock Invitational hosted by Taylor University Friday evening. The Knights placed in 9th overall.
The Knights were led by Emersyn Weaver who placed 34th with a time of 24:23.2 averaging 6:32 per mile. Weaver was followed up by Josie Feldman who placed 50th with a time of 24:57.8. Feldman averaged a 6:42 per mile. Emily Baker was the next to finish in 88th place overall with a time of 26:48.1. The sophomore averaged 7:11 per mile. Elaina Herman was the next in-line for Marian finishing in 101st with a time of 27:24.9 averaging 7:21 per mile. Luci Woodrum was in pace with Herman finishing in 102nd with a time of 27:25.9 averaging 7:21 per mile as well. Sabrina Siems was close behind finishing in 108th with a time of 27:44.7 clocking an average of 7:26 per mile. Madison Beaumont was the last one to finish for Marian in 120th place with a time of 29:04.8 averaging 7:48 per mile.
The Knights are back in action Saturday October 26th as they travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. to compete in the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge hosted by Aquinas.
WABASH MEN’S SOCCER
WABASH SHUTS OUT HIRAM FOR SEASON’S FIRST NCAC WIN
HIRAM, Ohio — Wabash kept Hiram off the scoreboard and secured a 2-0 shutout win at Charles A. Henry Field at Malmisur Stadium for the Little Giants’ first North Coast Athletic Conference victory of the season. The shutout was the third of the season by the Little Giants.
Wabash improved to 8-2-2 overall and 1-0-1 in NCAC play with the win.
How it Happened
Wabash opened the scoring when Bruno Zamora scored his third goal of the season in the tenth minute, assisted by Jesse Martinez. The Little Giants extended their lead to 2-0 on a goal from Jose Escalante — his fifth goal of the season — in the 57th minute, assisted by Martinez and Zamora.
Game Notes
Wabash put five shots on goal compared to three for Hiram (3-6-2, 0-3-0 NCAC). The Little Giants outshot Hiram 15-8 for the match.
Fernando Ramos collected three saves for the Little Giants.
Wabash returns home to play Denison University on Tuesday, October 15, at 4 p.m. Denison defeated the second-ranked Kenyon College Owls 2-1 at Kenyon Saturday afternoon.
WABASH SWIMMING
LITTLE GIANTS START 2024-25 SWIMMING AND DIVING SEASON AT PURDUE
The Wabash College swimming and diving team was one of three NCAA Division III teams competing at Saturday’s Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate Meet hosted by Purdue University at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center. The Little Giants finished eighth out of eight Divisions I, II, and III teams.
The Little Giants’ 200-yard freestyle relay team of Quinn Sweeney, Ethan Johns, John Allen, and Connor Craig scored the team’s best finish, placing 13th in the event with a combined time of 1:30.18. The quartet of Grayson Goff, Brody Page, Nicholas Plumb, and William Rife added a 17th-place finish in the 200 free with a time of 1:32.07. The Wabash “C” team of Brock Schall, Mason Gilliam, Dane Market, and Nicolas Hakimian placed 19th with a combined time of 1:34.72.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Ryan West, Justice Wenz, Nicolas Hakimian, and Page combined to score 22 team points with a 20th-place finishing time of 1:42.46.
Gilliam added a team point with his 16th-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall for the final time in 4:59.24. Xander Straw picked up a 20th-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 5:13.66.
Wabash finished with a total of 47 points. Rose-Hulman was the top-scoring NCAA Division III men’s team competing at the meet, scoring 77 total points to finish in sixth place overall. Franklin College finished seventh with 63 points. Purdue University won the meet with a score of 600.5 points.
Wabash competes at the Indiana DIII Invitational hosted by Rose-Hulman next Saturday.
TAYLOR WOMEN’S SOCCER
TAYLOR ATHLETICS | RV TU POSTS CLEAN SHEET AS LEADING GOAL-SCORERS COME THROUGH
HUNTINGTON, Ind. – A goal in each half propelled RV Taylor (7-3-2, 4-1-0 CL) to a 2-0 win over Huntington (5-4-4, 0-3-2 CL) on the road Saturday afternoon.
Audrey Grimm continued her sensational senior campaign with the opening goal, her team-leading eighth of the season. The Winona Lake, Indiana, native took the first five shots of the match for Taylor and found the back of the net after a terrific run down the wing by Libby Thomas, who dribbled into the box and crossed it to Grimm for the goal. The assist for Thomas was her fourth in the past two games.
The Trojans went into the break with a slim 1-0 advantage, as Huntington created a couple of opportunities themselves but were unable to get a shot on target.
A shot from distance from the Foresters nearly knotted the match at one early in the second half, hitting the crossbar before falling into the hands of Brianna Rawlings. Rawlings and freshman, Marisa Reinhard, combined for the shutout, with neither required to make a save due to the excellence of the Trojan defense.
Morgan Fletemeyer doubled the Taylor lead in the 69th minute after a corner kick resulted in a scramble in the box and the ball at her feet. Fletemeyer laced it into the upper 90 for her fifth goal of the season.
Taylor travels to Marion, Indiana, for a CL matchup against cross-county rival No. 17 Indiana Wesleyan (8-2-2, 3-0-1 CL) on Wednesday, October 16, with kick-off scheduled for 7:00 pm.
INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES
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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/
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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/
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HOY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
9 – 1 – 23 – 49 – 14 – 29
October 13, 1960 – Some still say it was the greatest game of baseball ever played. The World Series between the New York Yankees an the Pittsburgh Pirates was epic. World Series action had a very memorable moment when Pirates second baseman Number 9, Bill Mazeroski’s bottom of 9th lead off homerun was walked off to dramatically defeat the NY Yankees, 10-9 at Forbes Field in series deciding Game 7. The Series MVP was somehow given to a player on the losing side, as Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson, Number 1 took home the award.
October 13, 1970 – Two future Basketball Hall of Famer players made their debuts. Guard Number 23, Calvin Murphy for San Diego Rockets in 111-96 loss in Chicago, Meanwhile in the Big Apple, forward Dave Cowens for Boston Celtics in 114-107 loss.
October 13, 1978 – While Yankees 3rd baseman Number 9, Graig Nettles was making many spectacular plays in Game 3 of the World Series to help Ron Guidry, Number 49 defeat the LA Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yankees did end up winning the Series though with four straight victories.
October 13, 1984 – Chicago Blackhawk Number 14, Bill Gardner scored on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
October 13, 1985 – Horrible incident during NLCS, Cardinals Rookie of the Year Number 29, Vince Coleman was injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium’s automated tarpaulin
October 13, 2002 – Michael Schumacher won the season ending Japanese F1 Grand Prix for his record 11th victory of the year & 3rd straight World Drivers Championship; title margin: 67 points from Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello
FOOTBALL HISTORY
October 13, 1996 – NY Jets Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374. If you refer to our October 6 History Headlines you see that Lowery tied Stenerud’s record on that day and had to wait one week to claim the crown.
October 13, 2007 – 17th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 27-14 in South Bend
October 13, 2019 – It was week six in the 2019 season and there were a handful of very interesting and close games played. The Seahawks and the Browns traded points all day with the Seahawks getting the better of the exchange in a 32-28 final as Chris Carson rushed for 124 yards for the Hawks while his Browns counterpart Nick Chubb put up 122 yards on the ground himself in the close game. The Washington Redskins overcame a late Dolphins charge by the score of 17-16. Adrian Peterson ran for 118 yards to help Washington seal the victory. The Atlanta Falcons put on a late charge but fell to the upstart Cardinals of Arizona 33-34. Matt Ryan was 30 of 36 passing and threw for 356 yards and 4 scores but the Cardinals young gune Kyler Murray was 27 of 37 in attempts himself tossing 340 yards and 3 TD passes and rushing for another 32 yards on the ground!
Jerry Jones
October 13, 1942 – Los Angeles, California – Jerral Wayne “Jerry” Jones is born. When Jerry was about three, the Jones family moved back to North Little Rock, Arkansas and opened up a couple of grocery stores called Pat’s Super Markets, aptly named for Jerry’s father J. W. Pat Jones. After Jerry’s graduation Pat moved the family to Springfield, Missouri as he took a position with the Modern Security Life Insurance Co. Meanwhile Jerry attended the University of Arkansas and played football for the Razorbacks. He was pretty good too as he was a co-captain of the 1964 National Championship team. Also on that top in the nation Razorback team was a man by the name of Jimmy Johnson. After college Jerry took a position with the Life Insurance company his father had basically taken over and was listed as the executive vice-president. Jerry soon took over full ownership of the insurance company and ended up selling it in the early 1970’s and took upa hobby of oil wildcatting, really making a name for himself and a boatload of money according to forbes.com. On February 25, 1989 Jerry Jones purchased the Dallas Cowboys for 150 million dollars and according to a recent Forbes report, the Cowboys franchise is worth $5.5 billion while Jerry himself has a net worth of $8.6 billion. Jone’s first action was to release the only coach the Cowboys had ever known in Tom Landry and hired his college buddy Jimmy Johnson as well as firing long time GM Tex Schramm. The team struggled at first but then after the monster trade for Hershel Walker, noted in our October 12th post, the Cowboys enjoyed glory days in the 1990’s including 3 Super Bowl wins. Jerry has been outspoken, often criticized as he has held onto most of the player personnel decisions with the Dallas franchise, but no one can deny that he has kept the Cowboys in the news no matter what their record reflects in the standings. The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined Jerry Jones in 2017.
Jerry Rice
October 13, 1962 – Starkville, Mississippi. Jerry Rice was a wide receiver from Mississippi Valley State. An article on biography.com informs the reader that Jerry Rice earned All-America honors and set 18 Division I-AA records while at Mississippi Valley State. The profootballhof.com states that the San Francisco 49ers drafted Rice in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft. The website jerryricefootball.com claims that the prolific receiver holds 36 NFL records as he wears the rings of 3 Super Bowl Championships. You can read about one of those records in our September 29th post of the Football History Headlines. Jerry was not the fastest receiver on the field but his work on the practice field was seldom matched by anyone as well as his film study and those combined with his natural athletic abilities translated into a big problem for opposing defenses. One of his biggest attributes was his yards after catch statistics where he would often turn a short slant pattern catch into a long TD reception. Rice near the end of his career played with another Hall of Fame player in Tim Brown on the Oakland Raiders. Jerry Rice entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006 & the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
Brian Dawkins
October 13, 1973 – Brian Dawkins a safety out of Clemson University was born. The Philadelphia Eagles selected Dawkins as the 61st overall pick in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. In 16 NFL seasons he played 13 with the Philadelphia Eagles and made nine Pro Bowls including being an All-Pro 5 times. He played out the remaining years of his NFL career with the Denver Broncos according to the Pro Football Hall of Fames website bio on him. Dawkins served the Eagles as an executive of football operations for player development from 2016 to 2018 and was with the organization when they won Super Bowl LII. The Pro Football Hall of Fame invited Brian Dawkins into their exclusive Gold Jacket Club in 2018.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1862 In a game against the Unions of Morrisania, Jim Creighton of the Excelsiors hits a sixth-inning home run after doubling each of his first four times to the plate. When he crosses home, the 21-year-old superstar complains of having broken his belt, more likely a suspected fatal ruptured inguinal hernia caused by the torque created by his all-upper-body hard swing with the bat.
1903 In Game 8 of the series, the Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) defeat the Pirates, 3-0, to take baseball’s first-ever world championship, five games to 3. In the 95-minute contest, Bill Dinneen beats Pittsburgh’s Deacon Phillippe in front of a Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds crowd of 7,455 fans.
1914 Boston becomes the first team to complete a four-game World Series sweep as the Miracle Braves beat the American League’s heavily favored A’s behind the solid pitching of Dick Rudolph, who bests Philadelphia, 3-1. In mid-July, the Braves were in last place but won the National League pennant by 10½ games.
1921 In the first all-New York World Series, the Giants beat the Yankees at the Polo Grounds (home for both NY teams), 1-0, to win the Fall Classic in eight games. Art Nehf, the loser in Games 2 and 5, throws a complete-game four-hitter to get the victory, with the lone run of the game tallied in the top of the first inning thanks to an error.
1960 At Forbes Field, Bill Mazeroski’s dramatic walk-off home run off Yankee hurler Ralph Terry breaks up a 9-9 tie, ending one of the most exciting seven-game World Series ever played. Maz’s round-tripper remains the only walk-off home run to win a World Series Game 7.
1968 Recent World Series foes Bob Gibson and Denny McLain meet again on the CBS variety program The Ed Sullivan Show. After Tiger ace McLain plays The Girl From Ipanema on the organ with his quartet, he is joined by future Cardinal Hall of Famer Gibson on the guitar, performing a brief improvised piece together.
1970 In Game 3 of the Fall Classic played at Memorial Stadium, Dave McNally goes deep with the bases loaded off Reds’ right-hander Wayne Granger in the bottom of the sixth inning, becoming the first pitcher in World Series history to hit a grand slam. The Orioles’ hurler’s offensive output contributes to the Birds’ 9-3 victory over Cincinnati and gives Baltimore a commanding 3-0 game advantage in the seven-game series.
1971 In the first World Series played at night, the Pirates defeat the Orioles at Three Rivers Stadium, 4-3, overcoming the Birds’ three-run first inning thanks to the Bucs’ bullpen holding Baltimore scoreless for 8⅔ innings. All Fall Classic contests will be evening tilts, beginning with Game 6 of the 1987 Series.
1972 The day after Oakland wins the ALCS, Bowie Kuhn announces that A’s shortstop Burt Campaneris, suspended for the rest of the division playoff for throwing his bat at Tiger hurler Lerrin LaGrow in Game 2, will be allowed to participate in the World Series. The Commissioner cites the precedent of Yankee shortstop Frank Crosetti, suspended for 30 days due to an incident with an ump, but was permitted to play in the Fall Classic by AL president Will Harridge, who delayed the penalty rather than diminish his circuit’s chance of winning a World Championship.
1973
“No, I don’t think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he’s out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can’t win, and when he brings out the line-up card.” – FRANK ROBINSON, commenting on his historical hiring.
Frank Robinson, newly-hired Indians manager, appears on CBS’s long-running Sunday news program Face the Nation. The first African-American manager in baseball history tells host George Herman that no baseball executive considered blacks for skipper jobs before hiring him in Cleveland.
1974 Herb Washington, representing the tying run in the top of the ninth, is picked off first base by Dodger closer Mike Marshall for the second out of Game 2, the only contest the A’s will lose in the Fall Classic. Oakland owner Charlie Finley selected the world-class sprinter, who will never have a plate appearance in his brief 105-game career, to become the team’s “designated runner,” a position that doesn’t exist with any other major league club.
1983 “I would like to thank Frank Cashen for being smart enough to hire me.” – DAVEY JOHNSON, speaking to the press about the Mets GM’s decision to name him the team’s manager. The Mets’ Triple-A Tidewater pilot, Davey Johnson, signs a two-year deal to become the 11th manager in franchise history, replacing Frank Howard, promptly hired as the team’s first-base coach. The 40-year-old Floridian will compile a 595-417 (.588) record during his six-plus seasons in the dugout, including a World Championship in 1986.
1985 Vince Coleman becomes entangled in Busch Stadium’s automatic tarpaulin while stretching before the Cardinals’ 12-2 rout of LA in Game 4 of the NLCS. The freak accident, which traps his left leg for about thirty seconds, will end the season for the 23-year-old outfielder, who established the rookie record for stolen bases with 110.
1989 In a nationwide poll of sportswriters and broadcasters, Orioles’ skipper Frank Robinson is named the Associated Press Manager of the Year, easily outdistancing the runner-up, Don Zimmer of the Cubs. The Hall of Famer guided a young group of players in one of the greatest comeback seasons in the game’s history, finishing the campaign 32½ games better than the club’s last-place finish the previous year.
1993 At Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win the National League pennant by beating the Braves in Game 6 of the NLCS, 6-3. With Tommy Greene out-dueling Greg Maddux and the timely hitting of Darren Daulton, Dave Hollins, and Mickey Morandini, Philadelphia wins its third consecutive game to dethrone the defending champs.
2000 Mariano Rivera, extending his streak to 33.1 innings, breaks the 38-year-old record of Whitey Ford for consecutive scoreless frames in postseason play when the Yankees defeat the Mariners, 8-2, in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Yankees’ Hall of Fame lefty had established the record from 1960 to 1962 with 33 innings as a World Series starter.
2001 The Yankees, being down 2-0 in the best-of-five series, stave off elimination, beating the A’s and Barry Zito, 1-0, thanks to the shutout pitching by Mike Mussina and Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada’s fifth-inning home run. Shortstop Derek Jeter catches an errant relay throw down the first baseline and flips the ball home to cut down Jeremy Giambi as the potential tying run becomes one of the most memorable defensive plays in postseason history.
2002 Joining George Brett (Royals: 1978 ALCS Game 3), Reggie Jackson (Yankees: 1977 World Series Game 6), Bob Robertson (Pirates: 1971 NLCS Game 2), and Babe Ruth (Yankees: 1928 World Series Game 4 and 1926 World Series Game 4), light-hitting second baseman Adam Kennedy becomes the fifth player to hit three homers in a postseason game, helping the Angels to secure their first World Series berth in the team’s 42-year-old history. Anaheim uses a ten-run seventh inning to beat the Twins 13-5, capturing the ALCS in five games.
2003 A tearful 72-year-old Don Zimmer apologizes for his part in yesterday’s brawl during Game 3 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Red Sox. During the fourth-inning matinee melee at Fenway, the Yankees’ assistant to the manager is thrown to the ground by Pedro Martinez after charging the right-hander.
2006 Mark Kiger becomes the first player in history to make his big league debut during the postseason. The second baseman enters Game 3 as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the eighth inning for D’Angelo Jimenez, who has been filling in for the injured starter Mark Ellis.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Oct. 13
1893 — The U.S. yacht Vigilant wins the America’s Cup with a three-race sweep over the British challenger Valkyrie II.
1903 — The Boston Pilgrims win the first World Series, 5 games to 3, with a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1947 — The NHL holds its first All-Star game with the All-Stars beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3. Toronto’s Harry Watson scores the game’s first goal and assists on the other two goals. Trailing 3-2 after two periods, Montreal’s Maurice Richard and Chicago’s Doug Bentley each score to give the All-Stars the win.
1960 — Bill Mazeroski opens the bottom of the ninth with a home run off Ralph Terry of the New York Yankees to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 10-9 victory and the World Series championship.
1961 — Jacky Lee of the Houston Oilers passes for 457 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-31 tie with the Boston Patriots. Charley Hennigan of the Oilers catches 13 passes for 272 yards.
1963 — Mickey Wright wins her fourth LPGA championship in six years by beating Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills and Louise Suggs by two strokes.
1982 — IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe’s gold medals from the 1912 Olympics.
1985 — Phil Simms of the New York Giants passes for 513 yards with an NFL-record 62 pass attempts in a 35-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Simms completes 40 passes with 29 for first downs, also an NFL record.
1998 — For the first time in NBA history, the league cancels regular season games after labor talks break off.
2001 — DeShaun Foster of UCLA runs for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns as the Bruins beat Washington 35-13.
2001 — Georgia Southern fullback Adrian Peterson is held to 71 yards rushing, snapping his NCAA-record streak of 36 straight regular-season games with at least 100 yards.
2011 — American Jordyn Wieber wins another gold medal, beating Russia’s Viktoria Komova for the all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Wieber, who led the Americans to the team title two days earlier, finishes with 59.382 points, just 0.033 ahead of the Russian.
2013 — Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto, six weeks removed from a bout of malaria, breaks the course mark in capturing the Chicago Marathon. Kimetto finishes in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Kenyan men. He beats the mark of 2:04:38 set by Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede last year.
2017 — Gustav Nyquist scores twice and Detroit has four goals in the third period to beat Vegas 6-3, handing the NHL’s newest franchise its first loss. Vegas is the first NHL expansion team to win its first three games.
2019 — Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Oct. 14
1945 — The Chicago Cardinals snap the longest losing streak in NFL history at 29 games with a 16-7 victory over the Chicago Bears.
1949 — Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1951 — Detroit’s Jack Christiansen returns two punts for touchdowns, but the Lions still lose, 27-21, to the Los Angeles Rams.
1962 — Houston’s George Blanda throws six touchdown passes to lead the Oilers to a 56-17 rout of the New York Titans.
1967 — The Los Angeles Kings, led by Brain Kilrea, beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 in their NHL debut. The game is held at Long Beach (Calif.) Arena. Kilrea scores two goals, including the first one in Kings history.
1973 — 42 year old future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays′ last MLB career hit, as NY Mets beat A’s, 10-7 in World Series Game 2 in Oakland.
1978 — Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs gets seven assists in a 10-7 victory over the New York Islanders.
1979 — Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL goal in a 4-4 tie with the Vancouver Canucks. Gretzky beats goaltender Glen Hanlon with the game-tying power-play goal with 1:09 remaining in the third period.
1990 — Joe Montana passes for career highs of 476 yards and six touchdowns and Jerry Rice ties an NFL record with five scoring receptions as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 45-35.
1991 — New York Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th career goal in the first period of a 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals.
2005 — Ryan Newman sets a NASCAR record by winning his fifth consecutive Busch Series race, the Charlotte 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
2006 — Mats Sundin scores his 500th career goal, completing a hat trick with a short-handed overtime game-winner and giving Toronto a 5-4 victory over Calgary. The third goal is Sundin’s 15th in overtime — the most in NHL history.
2007 — Tom Brady of New England passes for 388 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in a 48-27 win over previously unbeaten Dallas. The five TDs gives Brady the NFL mark with at least three in each of the first six games of the season.
2011 — Japan’s Kohei Uchimura becomes the first man to win three titles at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Uchimura finishes with 93.631 points in the men’s all-around, more than three points ahead of Germany’s Philipp Boy.
2012 — Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers sets a career high and ties a franchise record with six touchdown passes, three to Jordy Nelson, and the Packers rout the Houston Texans 42-24. Rodgers completes 24 of 37 passes for 338 yards and ties Matt Flynn’s single-game record for TD passes, set in last year’s regular-season finale against Detroit.
2015 — Sylvia Fowles has 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx capture their third WNBA title in five years with a 69-52 victory over the Indiana Fever in Game 5.
2018 — Stephen Gostkowski hit a 28-yard field goal as time expires, and the New England Patriots beat the Kansas City Chiefs 43-40 after blowing a big halftime lead. Tom Brady passes for 340 yards and a touchdown and runs for another score in his 200th victory as a starting quarterback, tops in NFL history. With New England leading 24-9 at halftime, Patrick Mahomes directs an impressive rally by Kansas City in the second half. He finishes 23 of 36 for 352 yards in his first loss as a starting quarterback, with three of his four TD passes going to Tyreek Hill.
2020 — The NFL cancels the Pro Bowl scheduled for January, 31, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct. 15
1933 — The Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game and suffers a 56-0 loss to the New York Giants.
1961 — Mickey Wright wins her third LPGA Championship with a rout, nine strokes ahead of Louise Suggs. Wright shoots a 3-over, 287 at the Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas for her third major title of the year and her tenth tour victory of the season.
1972 — Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks becomes the sixth NHL player with 1,000 career points. Mikita assists on Cliff Koroll’s goal in a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Chicago Stadium.
1983 — The Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs score five goals in 1 minute, 24 seconds to set an NHL record for the fastest five goals by two teams. The Maple Leafs beat the Black Hawks 10-8.
1988 — Oklahoma rushes for an NCAA-record 768 yards, including 123 by quarterback Charles Thompson. Thompson scores three touchdowns and passes for one in the first period of a 70-24 rout of Kansas State.
1988 — Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores eight points — two goals and six assists — in a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh.
1989 — Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings passes Gordie Howe as the NHL’s all-time leading scorer in a during a 5-4 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers. Gretzky flips a backhand shot past Oilers goaltender Bill Ranford with 53 seconds remaining to tie the game and pass Howe with 1,851st point. Gretzky wins the game in overtime.
1995 — The Carolina Panthers beat the New York Jets 26-15 for their first NFL victory.
2005 — Michigan gives up a touchdown to Penn State with 53 seconds left, then marches down the field to score on a TD pass from Chad Henne to Mario Manningham with no time remaining for a 27-25 win over the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions.
2005 — Southern California’s Matt Leinart pushes and spins his way into the end zone with 3 seconds left to cap a chaotic finish to the top-ranked Trojans’ 28th straight victory, a back-and-forth 34-31 win over No. 9 Notre Dame.
2008 — Fabian Brunnstrom scores three goals in his NHL debut to match the league record in Dallas’ 6-4 victory over Nashville.
2009 — Detroit’s Nicklas Lidstrom becomes the first European defenseman and eighth overall to reach 1,000 points, assisting on two goals in the Red Wings 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
2012 — The Nets bring professional sports back to Brooklyn with a preseason victory, beating the Washington Wizards 98-88 in the first basketball game at the Barclays Center.
2015 — Carey Price makes 25 saves and the Montreal Canadiens make team history by starting a season with a five straight wins, the latest a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers.
2017 — New England quarterback Tom Brady passes for 257 yards with two touchdowns in the Patriots’ 24-17 win at the New York Jets. Brady, who has 187 regular-season victories, surpasses Hall of Famer Brett Favre (186) and Peyton Manning (186) for the most regular-season victories by a starting quarterback in NFL history.
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Oct. 16
1897 — Michigan beats Ohio State 34-0 at Ann Arbor, the first meeting between theses storied rivals.
1909 — In his 4th title defense Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round at Mission St Arena, Colma, California to retain his heavyweight boxing crown.
1932 — After a 0-0 tie earlier in the season, the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 2-0.
1946 — Detroit’s Gordie Howe scores a goal and gets into two fights in his first NHL game. The Red Wings tie the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3.
1964 — Babe Parilli of the Boston Patriots passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-43 tie with the Oakland Raiders.
1968 — Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salutes during the medal ceremonies of the 200-meter race and are later banned for life from all Olympic competition by the IOC.
1971 — Norm Ullman of the Toronto Maple Leafs records his 1,000th point in a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers. Ullman gets two assists to become the fourth NHL player to reach the milestone.
1976 — Tony Franklin of Texas A&M kicks two field goals over 60 yards for an NCAA record. The distances are 65 and 64 yards as the Aggies beat Baylor 24-0.
1977 — The Denver Broncos intercept seven passes off Ken Stabler of the Oakland Raiders in a 30-7 victory.
1977 — The Minnesota Vikings beat the Chicago Bears 16-10 in overtime with the only successful fake field goal in NFL overtime.
1987 — Mike Tyson retains his undisputed heavyweight title with a seven-round knockout of Tyrell Biggs in Atlantic City, N.J.
1999 — Fourth-ranked Virginia Tech hangs a record-setting 62-0 loss on No. 16 Syracuse. It’s the worst shutout loss by a ranked team in the history of The Associated Press poll.
1999 — Mount Union beats Otterbein 44-20 for its 48th consecutive victory, surpassing Oklahoma’s 42-year-old all-division mark of 47 in a row.
2004 — 17-year old Lionel Messi makes his league debut for FC Barcelona in a 1-0 win against cross-town rivals Espanyol.
2004 — Mount Union beats Marietta 57-0 for its 100th consecutive regular-season victory. The Purple Raiders’ last regular-season loss was on Oct. 15, 1994, at home against Baldwin-Wallace.
2011 — Danell Leyva becomes the first American man gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Championships since 2003. Leyva wins the parallel bars title to become the first gold medalist for the U.S. since Paul Hamm claimed the floor exercise and all-around titles in 2003.
2011 — Dan Wheldon, 33, dies in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his car flew over another on Lap 13 and smashes into the wall just outside turn 2.
2017 — Louisville’s Athletic Association officially fires coach Rick Pitino nearly three weeks after the school acknowledged that its men’s basketball program is being investigated as part of a federal corruption probe. The association, which oversees Louisville’s sports programs and is composed of trustees, faculty, students and administrators, vote unanimously to oust the longtime Cardinals coach following a board meeting.
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Oct. 17
1948 — The Green Bay Packers intercept seven passes off Bob Waterfield in a 16-0 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
1954 — Adrian Burk of the Philadelphia Eagles passes for seven touchdowns in a 49-21 victory over the Washington Redskins. Burk completes 19 of 27 passes for 232 yards and his longest touchdown pass is 26 yards.
1960 — The National League formally awards franchises to the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc. headed by Joan Payson and a Houston, Texas, group headed by Judge Roy Hofheinz, Craig Cullinan and R.E. Smith.
1964 — Quarterback Jerry Rhome is responsible for 56 of Tulsa’s 58 points with seven touchdown passes, two rushing touchdowns and a 2-point conversion in a 58-0 shutout of Louisville.
1974 — The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Black Hawks 4-3 at the Capital Centre to earn the first victory in franchise history.
1989 — The Calgary Flames tie an NHL record by scoring two goals, both short-handed, in 4 seconds and also three goals in a 27-second span during the third period to pull into an 8-8 tie with the Quebec Nordiques.
1991 — Paul Coffey of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the highest-scoring defenseman in NHL history. Coffey gets two assists in an 8-5 victory against the New York Islanders at the Civic Arena, giving him 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists). Coffey passes longtime Islanders star Denis Potvin.
1991 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the 3rd jockey to win 7,000 races.
1992 — Jari Kurri of the Los Angeles Kings scores his 500th goal in an 8-6 win over the Boston Bruins. Kurri becomes the first European-trained player and 18th player overall to reach the mark.
2000 — Patrick Roy sets an NHL record with his 448th career victory as Colorado beats Washington 4-3 in overtime. Roy snaps a tie with Terry Sawchuk, who held the mark since 1970. Sawchuk earned his 447th victory in his 968th game, while Roy wins No. 448 in his 847th game.
2015 — Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raul with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante.
2015 — Jalen Watts-Jackson scoops up a flubbed punt attempt and lumbers 38 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the game, giving No. 7 Michigan State a shocking 27-23 win over No. 12 Michigan at the Big House.
2017 — Boston’s Gordon Hayward breaks his left ankle just five minutes into the season, a grisly injury that overshadows Kyrie Irving’s return to Cleveland and the Cavaliers’ 102-99 win over the shocked Celtics.
2021 — The Chicago Sky defeat the Phoenix Mercury 81-74 to win their first WNBA Championship three games to one. The Sky’s Kahleah Copper is named Finals MVP.
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| NFL REGULAR SEASON | Time ET | TV |
| Jacksonville vs. Chicago (England) | 9:30am | NFLN |
| Washington at Baltimore | 1:00pm | CBS |
| Arizona at Green Bay | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Houston at New England | 1:00pm | CBS |
| Tampa Bay at New Orleans | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Cleveland at Philadelphia | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Indianapolis at Tennessee | 1:00pm | CBS |
| LA Chargers at Denver | 4:05pm | CBS |
| Pittsburgh at Las Vegas | 4:05pm | CBS |
| Atlanta at Carolina | 4:05pm | FOX |
| Detroit at Dallas | 4:05pm | FOX |
| Cincinnati at NY Giants | 8:20pm | NBC Peacock |
| MLB PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| NLCS Game 1: NY Mets at LA Dodgers | 8:15pm | FOX |
| WNBA PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| WNBA Finals Game 2 | – | – |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Minnesota at Winnipeg | 6:00pm | Bally Sports North Sportsnet |
| Seattle at Dallas | 8:00pm | Prime Seattle Victory+ |
| Calgary at Edmonton | 8:00pm | Sportsnet |
| Anaheim at Vegas | 10:00pm | Victory+ Scripps |
| NBA PRESEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Minnesota vs New York | 6:00pm | ESPN |
| Phoenix vs Denver | 8:30pm | ESPN |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| NASCAR Cup: ROVAL 400 | 2:00pm | NBC |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World Tour: FedEx Open de France | 6:30am | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: Black Desert Championship | 5:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Women’s Super League: Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur | 7:30am | ESPN+ |
| UEFA Nations League: Kazakhstan vs Slovenia | 9:00am | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo VIX |
| Women’s Super League: Liverpool vs Manchester City | 10:00am | ESPN+ |
| UEFA Nations League: Finland vs England | 12:00pm | FS1 Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Armenia vs North Macedonia | 12:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Liechtenstein vs Gibraltar | 12:00pm | Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Malta vs Moldova | 12:00pm | Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Austria vs Norway | 2:45pm | FS2 Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Faroe Islands vs Latvia | 2:45pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Greece vs Ireland Republic | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Montserrat vs Bonaire | 3:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| NWSL: Utah Royals vs Seattle Reign | 5:00pm | ESPN2 ESPN+ Fubo |
| Canadian Premier League: Vancouver FC vs Valour | 5:00pm | FS2 Fubo |
| CONCACAF Nations League: El Salvador vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| NWSL: San Diego Wave vs Houston Dash | 8:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |