“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL REGIONAL FINALS
CLASS 6A
CROWN POINT 38, FW CARROLL 21
WESTFIELD 42, FISHERS 28
BROWNSBURG 22, LAWRENCE NORTH 21
CENTER GROVE 23, WARREN CENTRAL 15
CLASS 5A
MERRILLVILLE 48, VALPARAISO 14
WARSAW 44, LAFAYETTE JEFF 27
DECATUR CENTRAL 21, EAST CENTRAL 16
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 28, CASTLE 21
CLASS 4A
MISHAWAKA 21, NEW PRAIRIE 7
EAST NOBLE 52, HUNTINGTON NORTH 17
NEW PALESTINE 28, BISHOP CHATARD 21, OT
MARTINSVILLE 35, EVANSVILLE REITZ 28
CLASS 3A
GARRETT 41, KNOX 40
FW BISHOP LUERS 31, MACONAQUAH 28
BATESVILLE 41, TRI-WEST 34
HERITAGE HILLS 50, NORTH HARRISON 7
CLASS 2A
ANDREAN 20, LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 17
ADAMS CENTRAL 42, EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 7
LUTHERAN 35, LAPEL 0
LINTON-STOCKTON 22, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 21
CLASS A
NORTH JUDSON 70, TAYLOR 6
SOUTH ADAMS 40, NORTH MIAMI 21
SOUTH PUTNAM 60, SHERIDAN 19
PROVIDENCE 28, MILAN 10
SEMI-STATE PAIRINGS
6A
CROWN POINT AT WESTFIELD
BROWNSBURG AT CENTER GROVE
5A
MERRILLVILLE AT WARSAW
DECATUR CENTRAL AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
4A
EAST NOBLE AT MISHAWAKA
MARTINSVILLE AT NEW PALESTINE
3A
GARRETT AT FW BISHOP LUERS
BATESVILLE AT HERITAGE HILLS
2A
ADAMS CENTRAL AT ANDREAN
LINTON-STOCKTON AT LUTHERAN
A
SOUTH ADAMS AT NORTH JUDSON
SOUTH PUTNAM AT PROVIDENCE
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| ANDERSON PREP | 39 | CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN | 33 | |
| AVON | 79 | BREBEUF JESUIT | 44 | |
| BEECH GROVE | 51 | INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA | 11 | |
| BELLMONT | 60 | WOODLAN | 38 | |
| BENTON CENTRAL | 59 | SEEGER | 40 | |
| BREMEN | 63 | JIMTOWN | 20 | |
| CARMEL | 63 | INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS | 40 | |
| CASTON | 45 | NORTH WHITE | 34 | |
| CHESTERTON | 57 | MUNSTER | 32 | |
| CLAY CITY | 62 | LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN | 17 | |
| CLINTON CENTRAL | 58 | FRANKFORT | 28 | |
| COLUMBIA CITY | 83 | WHITKO | 44 | |
| CONCORD | 36 | SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH | 33 | OT |
| COVINGTON | 45 | SOUTH NEWTON | 26 | |
| CULVER ACADEMY | 52 | FORT WAYNE NORTH | 18 | |
| DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN | 61 | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (DYER) | 15 | |
| EASTSIDE | 59 | FREMONT | 37 | |
| ELKHART CHRISTIAN | 55 | BETHANY CHRISTIAN | 21 | |
| EMINENCE | 49 | SEVEN OAKS | 28 | |
| FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK | 47 | NEW HAVEN | 30 | |
| FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA | 62 | FORT WAYNE NORTHROP | 57 | |
| GIBSON SOUTHERN | 57 | NORTH POSEY | 53 | |
| GREENSBURG | 74 | FRANKLIN | 34 | |
| HANOVER CENTRAL | 38 | PORTAGE | 25 | |
| HOMESTEAD | 64 | FORT WAYNE WAYNE | 17 | |
| LIBERTY CHRISTIAN | 47 | TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN | 26 | |
| MADISON | 75 | SWITZERLAND COUNTY | 23 | |
| MUNCIE CENTRAL | 62 | MARION | 58 | |
| NORTH MONTGOMERY | 55 | ATTICA | 20 | |
| NORTHWOOD | 42 | WEST NOBLE | 18 | |
| OAK HILL | 38 | NORTHFIELD | 28 | |
| ORLEANS | 65 | SALEM | 25 | |
| PERRY CENTRAL | 54 | MITCHELL | 22 | |
| PLAINFIELD | 58 | DANVILLE | 36 | |
| RANDOLPH SOUTHERN | 75 | WES-DEL | 10 | |
| RICHMOND | 55 | ANDERSON | 53 | |
| SCOTTSBURG | 43 | BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE | 41 | OT |
| SILVER CREEK | 55 | SEYMOUR | 28 | |
| SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) | 40 | TRITON | 31 | |
| SOUTH DECATUR | 45 | RISING SUN | 26 | |
| SOUTHERN WELLS | 37 | LAKELAND CHRISTIAN | 14 | |
| SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) | 62 | CROTHERSVILLE | 15 | |
| TIPPECANOE VALLEY | 47 | LAVILLE | 41 | |
| TRI | 60 | BLUE RIVER | 14 | |
| TWIN LAKES | 40 | LOGANSPORT | 27 | |
| WALDRON | 53 | SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) | 31 | |
| WAWASEE | 42 | WESTVIEW | 22 | |
| WINCHESTER | 39 | KNIGHTSTOWN | 29 | |
| WOOD MEMORIAL | 51 | NORTH DAVIESS | 22 | |
| CORYDON CENTRAL TOURNAMENT | ||||
| EVANSVILLE CENTRAL | 66 | CRAWFORD COUNTY | 24 | R1 |
| WASHINGTON | 39 | NORTHVIEW | 30 | R1 |
| CORYDON CENTRAL | 52 | BORDEN | 48 | R1 |
| SOUTH KNOX | 74 | NEW ALBANY | 47 | R1 |
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK 12
FRIDAY, NOV. 15
COLORADO STATE 24 WYOMING 10
TEXAS SAN ANTONIO 48 N. TEXAS 27
WASHINGTON 31 UCLA 19
ARIZONA 27 HOUSTON 3
SATURDAY, NOV. 16
NO. 2 OHIO STATE VS. NORTHWESTERN, 12 P.M. | BTN
NO. 5 TEXAS VS. ARKANSAS, 12 P.M. | ABC/ESPN+
NO. 18 PITTSBURGH VS. NO. 23 CLEMSON, 12 P.M. | ESPN
NO. 20 COLORADO VS. UTAH, 12 P.M. | FOX
MASSACHUSETTS VS. LIBERTY, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
WESTERN KENTUCKY VS. LOUISIANA TECH, 12 P.M. | CBSSN
NAVY VS. TULANE, 12 P.M. | ESPN2
HAMPTON VS. RICHMOND, 12 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
MONMOUTH VS. VILLANOVA, 12 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
TOWSON VS. NORTH CAROLINA A&T, 12 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
EAST TENNESSEE STATE VS. FURMAN, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
YOUNGSTOWN STATE VS. NORTHERN IOWA, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
MARIST VS. PRESBYTERIAN, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
DAYTON VS. VALPARAISO, 12 P.M. | TBA
YALE VS. PRINCETON, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
BROWN VS. COLUMBIA, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
NORFOLK STATE VS. DELAWARE STATE, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT VS. ROBERT MORRIS, 12 P.M. | TBA
DUQUESNE VS. WAGNER, 12 P.M. | TBA
LONG ISLAND VS. ST. FRANCIS (PA), 12 P.M. | TBA
MERRIMACK VS. SACRED HEART, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
LEHIGH VS. COLGATE, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
HOLY CROSS VS. BUCKNELL, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
LAFAYETTE VS. STONEHILL, 12 P.M. | ESPN+
AUBURN VS. UL MONROE, 12:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
MARSHALL VS. COASTAL CAROLINA, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
RHODE ISLAND VS. UALBANY, 1 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
WILLIAM & MARY VS. BRYANT, 1 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
DELAWARE VS. CAMPBELL, 1 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
NEW HAMPSHIRE VS. STONY BROOK, 1 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
EASTERN ILLINOIS VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
INDIANA STATE VS. ILLINOIS STATE, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTH DAKOTA VS. SOUTH DAKOTA, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA A&M VS. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE, 1 P.M. | TBA
WESTERN CAROLINA VS. VMI, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
DRAKE VS. MOREHEAD STATE, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
BUTLER VS. ST. THOMAS-MINNESOTA, 1 P.M. | TBA
PENNSYLVANIA VS. HARVARD, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
CORNELL VS. DARTMOUTH, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
GEORGETOWN VS. FORDHAM, 1 P.M. | ESPN+
KENTUCKY VS. MURRAY STATE, 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+/SEC NETWORK+
CHATTANOOGA VS. SAMFORD, 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+
GARDNER-WEBB VS. TENNESSEE STATE, 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+
WOFFORD VS. THE CITADEL, 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+
NO. 11 ALABAMA VS. MERCER, 2:00 P.M. | ESPN+/SEC NETWORK+
JACKSONVILLE STATE VS. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL, 2 P.M. | ESPN+
TEMPLE VS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC, 2 P.M. | ESPN+
ELON VS. MAINE, 2 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
AUSTIN PEAY VS. EASTERN KENTUCKY, 2 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS, 2 P.M. | ESPN+
EAST TEXAS A&M VS. HOUSTON CHRISTIAN, 2 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTHWESTERN STATE VS. MCNEESE, 2 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTHERN COLORADO VS. NORTHERN ARIZONA, 2 P.M. | ESPN+
ILLINOIS VS. MICHIGAN STATE, 2:30 P.M. | FS1
CALIFORNIA VS. SYRACUSE, 3 P.M. | THE CW NETWORK
KENNESAW STATE VS. SAM HOUSTON, 3 P.M. | ESPN+
UTAH STATE VS. HAWAI’I, 3 P.M. | TBA
UT MARTIN VS. TENNESSEE TECH, 3 P.M. | ESPN+
MONTANA VS. PORTLAND STATE, 3 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, 3 P.M. | ESPN+
ALABAMA STATE VS. JACKSON STATE, 3 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTHERN VS. ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF, 3 P.M. | TBA
TEXAS SOUTHERN VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN, 3 P.M. | TBA
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M VS. ALCORN STATE, 3 P.M. | ESPN+
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN VS. INCARNATE WOOD, 3 P.M. | ESPN+
NO. 6 PENN STATE VS. PURDUE, 3:30 P.M. | CBS
NO. 10 NOTRE DAME VS. VIRGINIA, 3:30 P.M. | NBC
NO. 13 SMU VS. BOSTON COLLEGE, 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
NO. 15 LSU VS. FLORIDA, 3:30 P.M. | ABC/ESPN+
NO. 22 LOUISVILLE VS. STANFORD, 3:30 P.M. | ACCN
AIR FORCE VS. OREGON STATE, 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
CHARLOTTE VS. SOUTH FLORIDA, 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTH DAKOTA STATE VS. MISSOURI STATE, 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VS. NEBRASKA, 4 P.M. | FOX
WEST VIRGINIA VS. BAYLOR, 4 P.M. | ESPN 2
GEORGIA SOUTHERN VS. TROY, 4 P.M | ESPN+
OLD DOMINION VS. JAMES MADISON, 4 P.M. | ESPNU
UTAH TECH VS. WEST GEORGIA, 4 P.M. | ESPN+
LAMAR VS. NICHOLLS, 4 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN WASHINGTON VS. IDAHO STATE, 4 P.M. | ESPN+
SAN DIEGO VS. STETSON, 4 P.M. | ESPN+
MORGAN STATE VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE, 4 P.M. | ESPN+
NO. 24 MISSOURI VS. SOUTH CAROLINA, 4:15 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
GEORGIA STATE VS. ARKANSAS STATE, 5 P.M. | ESPN+
CAL POLY VS. SACRAMENTO STATE, 5 P.M. | ESPN+
CENTRAL ARKANSAS VS. SOUTHERN UTAH, 5 P.M. | ESPN+
MARYLAND VS. RUTGERS, 6 P.M. | FS1
NO. 12 BOISE STATE VS. SAN JOSÉ STATE, 7 P.M. | CBSSN
NO. 19 KANSAS STATE VS. ARIZONA STATE, 7 P.M. | ESPN
LOUISIANA VS. SOUTH ALABAMA, 7 P.M. | ESPN+
TEXAS STATE VS. SOUTHERN MISS, 7 P.M. | ESPN+
TARLETON STATE VS. ABILENE CHRISTIAN, 7 P.M. | ESPN+
NO. 1 OREGON VS. WISCONSIN, 7:30 P.M. | NBC
NO. 3 GEORGIA VS. NO. 7 TENNESSEE, 7:30 P.M. | ABC/ESPN+
NO. 14 TEXAS A&M VS. NEW MEXICO STATE, 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
NO. 17 IOWA STATE VS. CINCINNATI, 8 P.M. | FOX
NORTH CAROLINA VS. WAKE FOREST, 8 P.M. | ACCN
MEMPHIS VS. UAB, 8 P.M. | ESPN 2
IDAHO VS. WEBER STATE, 8 P.M. | ESPN+
UC DAVIS VS. MONTANA STATE, 8 P.M. | ESPN+
NO. 21 WASHINGTON STATE VS. NEW MEXICO, 9:30 P.M. | FS1
NO. 9 BYU VS. KANSAS, 10:15 P.M. | ESPN
UNLV VS. SAN DIEGO STATE, 10:30 P.M. | CBSSN
NFL
WEEK 11
SUNDAY, NOV. 17
GREEN BAY AT CHICAGO – 1PM, FOX
JACKSONVILLE AT DETROIT – 1PM, CBS
MINNESOTA AT TENNESSEE – 1PM, CBS
LAS VEGAS AT MIAMI – 1PM, CBS
LA RAMS AT NEW ENGLAND – 1PM, FOX
CLEVELAND AT NEW ORLEANS – 1PM, FOX
INDIANAPOLIS AT NY JETS – 1PM, CBS
BALTIMORE AT PITTSBURGH – 1PM, CBS
ATLANTA AT DENVER – 4:05PM, FOX
SEATTLE AT SAN FRANCISCO – 4:05PM, FOX
KANSAS CITY AT BUFFALO – 4:25PM, CBS
CINCINNATI AT LA CHARGERS – 8:20PM, NBC/PEACOCK
MONDAY, NOV. 18
HOUSTON AT DALLAS – 8:15PM, ESPN/ABC
WEEK 11 BYES: ARIZONA, CAROLINA, NEW YORK GIANTS, TAMPA BAY
WEEK 12
THURSDAY, NOV. 21
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 24
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
DENVER BRONCOS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 25
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 13
THURSDAY, NOV. 28 (THANKSGIVING)
CHICAGO BEARS AT DETROIT LIONS (12:30P CBS)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:30P FOX)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (8:20P NBC)
FRIDAY, NOV. 29
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (3:00P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, DEC. 1
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P CBS)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (4:05P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4:05P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (4:25P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT BUFFALO BILLS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 2
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT DENVER BRONCOS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 14
THURSDAY, DEC. 5
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT DETROIT LIONS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
NEW YORK JETS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P CBS)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:25P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 9
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
NBA SCORES
ORLANDO 98 PHILADELPHIA 86
DETROIT 99 TORONTO 95
MIAMI 124 INDIANA 111
NEW YORK 124 BROOKLYN 122
CLEVELAND 144 CHICAGO 126
ATLANTA 129 WASHINGTON 117
LA LAKERS 120 SAN ANTONIO 115
NEW ORLEANS 101 DENVER 94
OKLAHOMA CITY 99 PHOENIX 83
HOUSTON 125 LA CLIPPERS 104
GOLDEN STATE 123 MEMPHIS 118
MINNESOTA 130 SACRAMENTO 126 OT
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
#13 PURDUE 87 #2 ALABAMA 78
#20 FLORIDA 87 FLORIDA STATE 74
#17 CINCINNATI 86 NICHOLLS 49
#15 MARQUETTE 78 MARYLAND 74
#10 NORTH CAROLINA 107 AMERICAN 55
#23 TEXAS A&M 78 #21 OHIO STATE 64
#4 GONZAGA 113 MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL 54
WISCONSIN 103 #9 ARIZONA 88
#24 RUTGERS 98 MONMOUTH 81
ELSEWHERE:
MICHIGAN 76 TCU 64
BUTLER 81 SMU 70
PENN STATE 86 VIRGINIA TECH 64
NORTHWESTERN 67 EASTERN ILLINOIS 58 OT
IOWA 76 WASHINGTON STATE 66
UCLA 85 LEHIGH 45
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
#2 CONNECTICUT 69 #14 NORTH CAROLINA 58
#3 USC 81 SANTA CLARA 50
#15 WEST VIRGINIA 83 TEXAS A&M 62
#7 LSU 74 MURRAY STATE 60
ELSEWHERE:
RUTGERS 81 IONA 53
AUSTIN PEAY 74 INDIANA STATE 56
SOUTHERN INDIANA 88 INDIANA SOUTHEAST 41
NHL SCORES
COLUMBUS 6 PITTSBURGH 2
CALGARY 2 NASHVILLE 0
VEGAS 4 UTAH 2
WASHINGTON 5 COLORADO 2
ANAHEIM 6 DETROIT 4
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT GAME: CLEMSON VS. PITTSBURGH
CLEMSON NOTES:
Clemson will play its final conference game of the regular season and its final true road game of its 2024 campaign on Saturday, Nov. 16 when the Tigers face the Pitt Panthers. Kickoff at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh is scheduled for noon ET. Pitt will represent Clemson’s final conference opponent of the regular season before the Tigers return home to face consecutive non-conference foes from instate over the final two weeks. Clemson sits in second place in the ACC with a 6-1 conference record. The Tigers’ 27 all-time seasons with six or more regular season conference wins are the most in ACC history, and Clemson’s 14 seasons with six or more conference wins since Dabo Swinney was hired as Clemson’s fulltime coach prior to the 2009 season are tied with Alabama for the national lead. One of the breakout stars of Clemson’s win at Virginia Tech last week was true freshman linebacker Sammy Brown, who gameday stat crews credited with a team high eight tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack in his first career start. Despite starting only one game this season, Brown leads Clemson with 9.0 tackles for loss and leads the nation among freshmen in that category. This year, Clemson’s regular season slate includes seven home games, four road contests and its neutral site season opener. Entering Saturday’s road finale, Clemson is 3-0 in true road games so far this season and is one of 12 FBS programs without a road loss in 2024. A win on Saturday would give Clemson a perfect road record for the 10th time in program history and for the fifth time under Dabo Swinney.
CLEMSON/PITT SERIES HISTORY: – OVERALL: Clemson trails series, 2-3 – HOME: Series is tied, 1-1 – ROAD: Clemson trails series, 0-1 – NEUTRAL: Series is tied, 1-1 – LAST MEETING: Oct. 23, 2021 (27-17, L) – STREAK: Pitt, Won 1
WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK – Clemson attempting to reach eight wins in a season for the 42nd time in school history and for the 15th time in Dabo Swinney’s 16 full seasons as head coach. – Clemson attempting to finish ACC regular season play 7-1. It would mark Clemson’s 11th season in school history with seven or more ACC wins and it would be Clemson’s 10th such season since 2012 (1983, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022). – Clemson attempting to improve to 45-25-2 in regular season conference finales since the inception of the ACC in 1953. Clemson’s last loss in its final ACC game of regular season play came in 2014 against Georgia Tech. – Clemson attempting to win a 10th straight regular season ACC finale. Clemson’s active nine-game winning streak in ACC finales is already the program’s longest. – Clemson attempting to finish 4-0 in true road games this season. Clemson enters the week as one of 12 FBS schools (and one of nine power conference programs) that remains undefeated in road games this season. – Clemson attempting to record a perfect record in true road games in a season for the 10th time in program history (1900, 1917, 1948, 1981, 1995, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019). – Clemson attempting to improve to 40-8 in true road games since 2015. Clemson’s .830 winning percentage in true road games since 2015 is the fourth-best road winning percentage in the nation, and Clemson’s 39 road wins in that span are tied for the most in the country. – Clemson attempting to even its all-time series with Pitt at 3-3. – Clemson facing Pitt on the road for the second time in school history. Clemson’s first four meetings with the Panthers took place in Clemson (2016 and 2020), Jacksonville (1977 Gator Bowl) and Charlotte (2018 ACC Championship Game) before finally facing the Panthers in Pittsburgh in 2021. – Clemson playing its third game in the city of Pittsburgh all-time including the Tigers’ 34-13 win against Duquesne at Forbes Field in 1947. – Clemson attempting to improve to 24-10 under Dabo Swinney in games against teams to which Clemson lost its most recent game. Clemson is 2-1 in such games this season, including victories against NC State and Florida State. – Clemson attempting to improve to 22-13 in games at NFL stadiums under Dabo Swinney. A win would improve Clemson to 19-9 at NFL stadiums since 2015. – Clemson attempting to improve to 139-19 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and improve to 115-9 in those games since the start of the 2012 season. – Clemson attempting to improve to 102-14 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season. – Clemson attempting to improve to 32-5 in November games since 2015. – Clemson entering the game ranked in the Top 15 nationally in both total offense (seventh, 473.4 yards per game) and scoring offense (14th, 37.7 points per game). – Clemson attempting to produce a sixth 40-point game in a season for the eighth time in school history (10 in 2019, nine in 2018, eight in 2020, eight in 2013, eight in 2012, seven in 2015 and seven in 2016). – Clemson attempting to score 28 or more points in a quarter for the fourth time this season to match the school record set in 2012 (four). So far this season, Clemson has recorded a 35-point first quarter against Appalachian State, a 28-point first quarter against NC State and a 28-point second quarter against Wake Forest. – Clemson attempting to record a sixth 500-yard game in a single season for the first time since 2019 (10). – Clemson attempting to reach both 200 passing yards and 200 rushing yards in a game for the sixth time this season. Clemson and Boise State (five each) are tied for the national lead in this category in 2024. – Clemson attempting to record its first season with at least six games with both 200 rushing yards and 200 passing yards since 2019. It would be Clemson’s fifth such season in school history (10 in 2019, eight in 2015, seven in 2018, six in 2016). – Clemson (two) attempting to produce a 300-yard passer, 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in three games in a single season for the first time in school history. – Clemson attempting to rush for six or more 200- yard games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since a five-season stretch from 2015-19. – Clemson attempting to rush for 150 yards in a ninth straight game for the first time since a 12-game stretch across the 2019-20 seasons. – Clemson entering the game having scored at least one rushing touchdown in a national-best 84 of its 91 games since the start of the 2018 season. Clemson has also rushed for multiple touchdowns in a national-best 70 games in that span. – Clemson attempting to score in a 290th consecutive game to pass the 1994-2017 Tennessee Volunteers for sole possession of the 13th-longest streak in FBS history without being shut out. Clemson’s active streak dates to early in the 2003 season. – Clemson attempting to finish even or better in the turnover margin in a ninth straight game for the first time since an 11-game streak across the 2021-22 seasons. Dating to last season, Clemson has lost the turnover margin only once in its last 14 games. – Clemson entering the game with only five giveaways on the season, tied for the third-fewest in the nation. – Clemson attempting to play an eighth consecutive game without a lost fumble for the first time since 2019. Clemson’s lone fumble lost this season came in on Sept. 7 against Appalachian State. – Clemson attempting to play a fifth game without a giveaway in a single season for the first time since 2019 (six). – Clemson attempting to play a 12th consecutive game (dating to last season) with one giveaway or fewer for the first time since the 2019-20 seasons. Dating to last season, Clemson has seven giveaways over its last 11 games and has not had a multi-giveaway game in that span. – Clemson attempting to hold back-to-back opponents to fewer than 2.0 yards per carry for the first time since 2022 against Miami (Fla.) and South Carolina. – Clemson attempting to hold consecutive opponents to 40 or fewer rushing yards for the first time since 2002 against NC State and Boston College. – Clemson (one) needing one more defensive touchdown to extend its streak of scoring multiple defensive touchdowns to 15 straight seasons. Clemson’s 14-year streak is the nation’s longest active streak. The last time Clemson had fewer than two defensive touchdowns in a season was 2009, Dabo Swinney’s first full season as head coach, when the Tigers supplemented a single defensive touchdown with six special teams touchdowns. – Clemson attempting to possess the ball for 34 or more minutes in five consecutive games for the first time since a six-game streak across the final five games of 1989 and the 1990 season opener. – Tight end Jake Briningstool (113) entering the game as the Clemson record holder for career receptions by a tight end. – Briningstool (113) needing 12 more receptions this season to become the eighth tight end in ACC history to record 125 career receptions. – Briningstool (1,238) needing 18 yards to pass John McMakin (1,255 from 1969-71) for second on Clemson’s all-time career receiving yardage leaderboard for tight ends. – Briningstool (15) continuing to chase Jordan Leggett (18 from 2013-16) for the school record for career receiving touchdowns by a tight end. Briningstool presently stands alone in second place. – Briningstool (15) needing two touchdown receptions to tie NC State’s George Bryan (17 from 2008-11) and Florida State’s Nick O’Leary (17 from 2011-14) for the sixth-most touchdown receptions by a tight end in ACC history. He is three touchdowns shy of Clemson’s Jordan Leggett (18 from 2013-16) and Louisville’s Marshon Ford (2018-22) for fourth. – Briningstool (five) needing one more touchdown reception to take sole possession of a new single-season career high. – Briningstool attempting to catch a touchdown in back-to-back games for the third time in his career and the first time since last November against Georgia Tech and North Carolina. – Briningstool seeking to add to his school records for 100-yard receiving games by a tight end in a season (two) and career (three). – Briningstool (two touchdowns vs. App State) and Olsen Patt-Henry (two touchdowns vs. Virginia) each attempting to become the first Clemson tight end to catch multiple touchdown passes in multiple games in a single season since Brandon Ford in 2012 (two). – Linebacker Sammy Brown (9.0) entering the week leading the nation in tackles for loss by freshmen. – Brown (9.0) needing one more tackle for loss to become the seventh Clemson player to record doubledigit tackles for loss as a true freshman. He would join T.J. Parker (12.5 in 2023), Myles Murphy (12.0 in 2020), Anthony Simmons (11.0 in 1995), Xavier Thomas (10.5 in 2018), Tyler Davis (10.0 in 2019) and Shaq Lawson (10.0 in 2013). – Brown (4.0) needing one more sack to become the fourth Clemson player on record to record 5.0 or more sacks as a true freshman. He would join Dexter Lawrence (7.0 in 2016), Tyler Davis (6.5 in 2019) and T.J. Parker (5.5 in 2023). – Linebacker Barrett Carter needing 1.5 tackles for loss to reach 30 for his career. – Cornerback Ashton Hampton attempting to become the first Clemson freshman to record an interception in back-to-back games since Kylon Griffin accomplished the feat as a redshirt freshman a year ago. – Hampton (one) attempting to join Arlington Nunn (three in 1990) and Dorian O’Daniel (two in 2017) as the only Clemson players since 1950 to record multiple interception returns for touchdowns in a season. – Kicker Nolan Hauser (81) needing 19 more points to become the first Clemson freshman (true or redshirt) to score 100 points since redshirt freshman Greg Huegel in 2015 (137). – Hauser (13-of-18) needing six more field goals to tie or seven more field goals to break Chris Gardocki’s school record for field goals made by a true freshman (19 in 1988). – Quarterback Cade Klubnik (16-7) attempting to tie Bobby Gage (17-7 from 1946-48) for the 14th-most wins as a starting quarterback for Clemson since World War II. – Klubnik (45) needing four passing touchdowns to tie or five passing touchdowns to surpass Charlie Whitehurst (49 from 2002-05) for fourth on Clemson’s all-time leaderboard for career passing touchdowns. – Klubnik (45) needing five passing touchdowns to join Tajh Boyd (107), Trevor Lawrence (90) and Deshaun Watson (90) as the only players in school history to throw 50 career touchdown passes. – Klubnik (24) entering the game ranked tied for third in the nation in passing touchdowns. – Klubnik (24) needing three passing touchdowns to tie or four passing touchdowns to pass Cullen Harper (27 in 2007) for the eighth-most passing touchdowns in a single season in Clemson history. – Klubnik (5,816) needing 222 passing yards to surpass Woodrow Dantzler (6,037 from 1998-2001) for the fifth-most career passing yards in Clemson history. – Klubnik (6,437) chasing No. 7 DJ Uiagalelei (6,594 from 2020-22) and No. 6 Nealon Greene (6,786 from 1994-97) on Clemson’s career leaderboard for yards of total offense (combined rushing and passing yards). – Klubnik entering the game ranked tied for fifth in the nation in touchdowns responsible for (28 — 24 passing, four rushing). – Klubnik (28) needing two more touchdowns of any kind (including passing) to enter the Top 10 in Clemson history in single-season touchdown responsibility. – Klubnik (55) needing four touchdowns of any kind to tie or five touchdowns to pass Charlie Whitehurst (59 from 2002-05) for sixth in school history in career touchdown responsibility (all touchdowns scored or thrown). – Klubnik (four) needing one more rushing touchdown to set a new single-season career high in rushing touchdowns. – Klubnik (10) chasing No. 9 Homer Jordan (11 from 1979-82) and No. 8 Rodney Williams (12 from 1985- 88) on Clemson’s all-time leaderboard for career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. – Running back Phil Mafah (981) needing 19 rushing yards to post the 24th 1,000-yard rushing season in Clemson history. He would become the 18th player in Clemson annals to record at least one 1,000-yard rushing season, joining Travis Etienne, Wayne Gallman, Raymond Priester, James Davis, Andre Ellington, Woodrow Dantzler, Terrence Flagler, C.J. Spiller, Kenny Flowers, Terry Allen, Will Shipley, Deshaun Watson, Cliff Austin, Buddy Gore, Travis Zachery, Roderick McDowell and Lester Brown. – Mafah (981) needing 19 rushing yards to record the 11th 1,000-yard individual rushing season by a Clemson player in Dabo Swinney’s tenure. – Mafah (six) attempting to add to his single-season career high in 100-yard rushing games. – Mafah (six) attempting to tie Kenny Flowers (seven in 1985) and Raymond Priester (seven in 1996) for the fourth-most 100-yard rushing games in a season in Clemson history. – Mafah attempting to become the first Clemson player to post three consecutive 100-yard rushing games since Travis Etienne’s school-record six-game streak in 2019. – Mafah (2,753) chasing No. 10 Woodrow Dantzler (2,761 from 1998-2001), No. 9 Terry Allen (2,778 from 1987-89) and No. 8 Kenny Flowers (2,914 from 1987- 89) on Clemson’s all-time leaderboard for career rushing yards. – Mafah (28) chasing Fred Cone (29, ninth), Lester Brown and Will Shipley (31 each, tied for seventh), and C.J. Spiller (32, sixth) on Clemson’s all-time leaderboard for career rushing touchdowns. – Mafah (28) needing two rushing touchdowns to become the ninth player in school history to score 30 career rushing touchdowns. – Mafah (eight) needing two more rushing touchdowns this season to join Travis Etienne (four straight from 2017-20), James Davis (three straight from 2006-08), Will Shipley (2021-22), Wayne Gallman (2015-16), Tajh Boyd (2012-13), Andre Ellington (2010-11), Woodrow Dantzler (2000-01), Travis Zachery (1999-2000) and Terry Allen (1988-89) as the 10th Clemson player since 1960 to post back-to-back seasons with double-digit rushing touchdowns. – Mafah (eight) needing two rushing touchdowns to extend Clemson’s streak of consecutive years with at least one player with 10 or more rushing touchdowns to 10 straight years. Clemson’s current nine-year streak is the longest active streak in the nation. – Safety R.J. Mickens attempting to record an interception in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. – Defensive end T.J. Parker (5.0) needing one sack to surpass his single-season career high set last season (5.5). – Parker and linebacker Wade Woodaz (three each) both seeking to force two more fumbles to match the school record for caused fumbles in a single season (five by Brandon Maye in 2009).
PITTSBURGH NOTES:
Series Began: 1977 Series Overall: Pitt leads 3-2 ACC Series: Series tied 2-2 At Pittsburgh: Pitt leads 1-0 At Clemson: Series tied 1-1 At Neutral Sites: Series tied 1-1 Last Meeting at Pitt: Oct. 23, 2021 (Pitt 27, Clemson 17) Last Meeting at Clemson: Nov. 28, 2020 (Clemson 52, Pitt 17) Current Series Win Streak: Pitt has won 1 (2021) Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 2 games (1977, 2016) Longest Clemson Series Win Streak: 2 games (2018, 2020) Largest Pitt Victory Margin: 31 points (34-3, 1977) Largest Clemson Victory Margin: 35 points (52-17, 2020)
√ Pitt and Clemson meet for the first time since the 2021 season. That year, the host Panthers triumphed, 27-17, a victory that ultimately propelled them to the ACC championship. √ Under Pat Narduzzi, Pitt has defeated at least one Top 25 team in eight consecutive seasons (2016-23). Clemson ranks as high as No. 16 this week. √ Pitt’s last win over a ranked foe came on Oct. 14, 2023, a 38-21 victory over No. 14 Louisville. √ The Panthers have been fixtures in the opposing backfield this season. Pitt ranks fifth in both sacks (3.33 avg.) and tackles for loss (8.1 avg.). √ Pitt boasts one of the country’s most opportunistic defenses, ranking second nationally in defensive touchdowns (four) and pick sixes (four). The Panthers lead the ACC in both categories. √ Linebacker Kyle Louis, a highly viable All-America candidate, ranks fifth nationally—and first among FBS linebackers—with four interceptions. √ Louis is the first Pitt linebacker to intercept four passes in a season since 2004 (Malcolm Postell). The last Pitt linebacker with five INTs was Sal Sunseri in 1980. √ Pitt is averaging 36.7 points per game to rank 16th nationally. It marks the Panthers’ highest scoring clip since the 2021 ACC champion squad averaged a school-record 41.4. √ Quarterback Eli Holstein has thrown 17 touchdown passes, tied with Alex Van Pelt (1989) for the most by a Pitt freshman. √ Desmond Reid, an All-American at Western Carolina last year, ranks fifth nationally with an average of 155.63 all-purpose yards per game.
This is the sixth all-time meeting between Pitt and Clemson…the Panthers lead the series, 3-2…Pitt won the last encounter, 27-17, in 2021…that game marked the first between the two schools in Pittsburgh and served as the Panthers’ springboard to the 2021 ACC championship…Clemson claimed victories in 2020 (52-17 in Memorial Stadium) and 2018 (42-10 in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte)…following that ACC title game, Clemson went on to win the 2018 College Football Playoff national championship with a 15-0 record…the first ACC game between the schools took place in 2016…in an instant classic, Pitt stunned No. 3/2 Clemson, 43-42, in Death Valley…the winning points came on Chris Blewitt’s 48-yard field goal with six seconds left…Pitt’s victory snapped the country’s longest home winning streak at 21 games…it also would be the lone loss of the 2016 season for Clemson, which finished 14-1 and claimed the CFP national title…the inaugural meeting took place at the Gator Bowl on Dec. 30, 1977…led by All-America quarterback Matt Cavanaugh’s 387 yards passing and four touchdowns, Pitt roared past Clemson, 34-3… Pitt finished 9-2-1 that season under the direction of first-year head coach Jackie Sherrill…Coach Charley Pell’s Tigers finished 8-3-1.
LAST MEETING: Pitt surged past Clemson, 27-17, to claim a statement win in the ACC… the Panthers (6-1, 3-0) extended their winning streak to four as QB Kenny Pickett strengthened his Heisman Trophy credentials in front of a national ESPN audience…Pickett completed 25-of-39 passes for 302 yards and two touchdowns…he also surpassed the Pitt record for career completions previously held by Alex Van Pelt (867, 1989-92)… the Tigers (4-3, 3-2) entered with the second-best scoring defense in the nation (12.5 avg.) and held Pitt scoreless for most of the first half…but Pickett led two long touchdown drives late in the second quarter, finding Jordan Addison and Taysir Mack behind the Clemson defense for scores…Pitt’s defense made the most memorable play of the game…just after halftime, linebacker SirVocea Dennis blitzed and intercepted a DJ Uiagalelei shovel pass and ran it back 50 yards for a touchdown…Damarri Mathis also picked off the Clemson starting QB…Sam Scarton added two field goals for Pitt…the Panthers’ ground game emphatically finished the contest with a 15-play drive that ran the final 7:56 off the clock…Clemson suffered its worst loss in ACC play since 2014…Pitt improved to 3-2 all-time against the Tigers.
STRONG START: √ Pitt is 7-2 for the first time since its 2021 ACC championship season. That team finished 11-3 and earned a final No. 13 national ranking. √Pitt completed an undefeated non-conference slate in 2024, the first time the Panthers achieved that feat in program history. √Pitt first began round-robin conference play in 1993 as a member of the Big East. 135 YEARS OF PITT FOOTBALL: √ The 2024 campaign marks the 135th football season at the University of Pittsburgh. The Panthers, who played their inaugural season in 1890, have a 768-562-42 all-time record (.575). √ The program’s rich legacy includes 99 first team All-Americans, 55 consensus All-Americans, 25 College Football Hall of Famers, 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers and nine national titles. YOUR 2024 PITT CAPTAINS: √ Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi announced four senior team captains for the 2024 season: tight end Gavin Bartholomew, linebacker Brandon George, wide receiver Konata Mumpfield and offensive tackle Branson Taylor. √ Each of the players were selected by a vote of their teammates. ACC EXCELLENCE: √ Since taking over as Pitt’s head coach in 2015, Pat Narduzzi has directed the Panthers to 46 victories in ACC play, the third-highest win total during that span. The Panthers trail only Clemson (70) and Miami (48).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT GAME: TENNESSEE VS GEORGIA
TENNESSEE NOTES:
TOP 15 MATCHUP IN ATHENS: Tennessee and Georgia will clash as top 15 teams in a pivotal November contest at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday. All four of the Vols’ games away from home this season have been ABC primetime. The Bulldogs have won a nation-best 28 in a row in Sanford Stadium, while the Vols are seeking their first victory there since the 2016 Hail Mary game. Tennessee, winners of four straight, is off to an 8-1 start for the second time in three years. The Vols are in a tie with Texas A&M for first place in the SEC standings at 5-1 with two league games remaining, while Georgia is in fourth at 5-2. UT is one of three teams with only one SEC loss, joining Texas A&M and Texas. The Vols hold a victory over current No. 9/9 Alabama. ESPN College Gameday will be on hand for this matchup for the second time in three years in addition to SEC Nation. UT is seeking nine victories for the third straight year under Josh Heupel, which would be a first for the program since five consecutive seasons from 1995-99. FOUR STRAIGHT WINS: RB Dylan Sampson rushed for a career-high 149 yards on 30 carries with a 33- yard touchdown run to lead Tennessee past Mississippi State, 33-14, on Homecoming. The National Player of the Year candidate went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season and 2,000 for his career. The Vols went over 200 yards rushing for the fifth time this season, finishing with 240 and 452 yards of total offense. UT’s defense held State to 3-of-13 on third down, marking the third straight game an opponent was held under 30 percent and the seventh time in nine games. Tennessee forced multiple turnovers for the fourth straight game as DE Jayson Jenkins forced a fumble and DB Boo Carter had an interception. The Vols registered four sacks and nine tackles for loss. WR Dont’e Thornton finished with three catches for 104 yards, including a 73-yard bomb from QB Nico Iamaleava in the second quarter. Iamaleava missed the second half due to injury. LB Arion Carter, the Vols’ leading tackler this season with 50, finished with a game-high seven. PK Max Gilbert was 4-of-4 on field goals with makes from 24, 38, 51 and 38 yards. HEUPEL ERA: Josh Heupel, the 2022 AP SEC Coach of the Year, is in his fourth season at UT. Since taking over a program that was 3-7 prior to his arrival, Heupel owns a 35-13 record and is 28-7 since the start of the 2022 season. The 28 wins since the start of 2022 are third-most in the SEC. Since 2018, he ranks sixth nationally among active FBS head coaches in victories with 63. Heupel has led the Vols to at least eight regular season wins in three straight seasons for the first time since 1995-2004 under Phillip Fulmer. Heupel has assured the Vols of finishing .500 or better in SEC play in now all four of his seasons at the helm. Heupel is 11-8 vs. ranked teams at UT, and his 11 wins are third nationally during that span behind Kirby Smart (18) and Kalen DeBoer (15). Heupel is seeking to become the first Tennessee coach to defeat Florida, Alabama and Georgia in the same regular season since Fulmer in 2004. TOP 10 IN THE FBS: Tennessee heads into the Georgia contest ranked in the FBS top 10 in 11 major categories: third-down defense (2nd – 24.2), yards per play allowed (3rd – 4.23), kickoff return defense (3rd – 12.3), red zone defense (5th – 66.7), total defense (5th – 271.6), scoring defense (5th – 12.6), rushing offense (7th – 235.1), tackles for loss (7th – 7.9), total offense (8th – 471.6), rushing defense (9th – 100.0) and first downs allowed (9th – 146). UT has yet to allow an opponent to reach the 20-point mark in nine games in 2024. The Vols have issued the fourth-fewest offensive touchdowns in the FBS this season with 12. Opponents have managed only one first-quarter touchdown this season on UT and only three first-half TDs (Alabama 2Q, Kentucky 1Q, Mississippi State 2Q).
NOTING THE TENNESSEE-GEORGIA SERIES • Georgia leads the all-time series, 28-23-2. It’s the 33rd consecutive season that these two teams are meeting, a streak that dates back to 1992. • This is just the 11th meeting between the Bulldogs and Vols in the month of November. • It’s the second straight Athens meeting where Tennessee goes into the game as the higher ranked team in the CFP rankings. • Georgia has won seven in a row in the series with all seven of those coming by double digits. • This is the 18th game between the two where both teams are ranked in the AP Poll, and the Vols are 10-7 in those previous contests. It’s the third straight year that both teams are ranked at the time of the meeting. •Tennessee is looking for its first win over Georgia since Oct. 1, 2016, when Jauan Jennings hauled in a 43-yard Hail Mary from Joshua Dobbs as time expired, giving the Vols a 34-31 triumph in Athens. • Tennessee defensive line coach Rodney Garner served in the same role at Georgia for 15 seasons from 1998-2012 on Mark Richt’s staff. Garner also served an assistant head coach from 2005-12. The Bulldogs won five SEC East titles and two SEC titles during his tenure. • Also on Georgia’s staff at the time was Tennessee secondary coach Willie Martinez. Martinez was in Athens from 2001-09 (secondary) and was the defensive coordinator under Mark Richt from 2005-09. • Vols outside linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler was the inside linebackers/defensive special teams coordinator on Richt’s Georgia staff from 2014-15. • A total of 235 miles separate the two campuses. • Head coach Josh Heupel is seeking his first win over Georgia. • A total of 18 Vols hail from the state of Georgia, including starters TE Holden Staes (Atlanta), DB Christian Harrison (Atlanta), LB Jeremiah Telander (Gainesville), DE Tyre West (Tifton) and DE Joshua Josephs (Kennesaw).
LAST MEETING: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 18 Tennessee jumped out on top of No. 1 Georgia on Jaylen Wright’s 75-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game, but the Bulldogs outscored the Vols 38-3 the rest of the way in a 38-10 final in a sold out Neyland Stadium. It marked the final CBS broadcast in Neyland Stadium. Tennessee saw its 14-game home winning streak come to an end – its first loss in the venue since Georgia in 2021. The Bulldogs scored on four of their five possessions of the first half. UGA QB Carson Beck found Dillon Bell for a 9-yard TD connection at the 8:04 mark and then hooked up with tight end Brock Bowers for a 3-yard score with 1:31 left before the intermission. The Vols, though, put points on the board before time expired in the second period. After Tennessee moved 56 yards in a minute and a half, Charles Campbell came on to boot a 37-yard field goal to send his squad into the locker room trailing UGA, 24-10. Quarterback Joe Milton III finished 17-of-30 for 147 yards and saw his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass end at 14. That concluded as the third-longest streak in school history. Wright finished with 90 yards on nine carries. Cornerback Doneiko Slaughter led the Vols with a career-high 11 tackles, including eight solo stops. Linebacker Aaron Beasley added nine tackles, two tackles for loss and his third sack of the season.
GEORGIA NOTES:
#3 Georgia (7-2, 5-2 SEC) vs. *#7Tennessee (8-1, 5-1 SEC) *Nov. 5 CFP Ranking; Next one on Nov. 12; Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (93,033) Nov. 16, 2024, 7:30 PM ET – ABC-TV (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe, Laura Rutledge) UGA Coach: Kirby Smart (101-18, 9th year); UT: Josh Heupel 63-21, 7th year; 35-13/4th@ UT) National Radio: Westwood One: (Nate Gatter, Derek Rackley) Local Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network (Learfield): Scott Howard (PxP), Eric Zeier (Analyst), D.J. Shockley (Sideline); Satellite Radio: SiriusXM (84) & on the SiriusXM App SEC Network Re-Air: TBA; Series History: UGA leads 28-23-2 ESPN College GameDay: (Rece Davis, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, Pete Thamel, Jen Lada, Jess Sims) SEC Nation: (Laura Rutledge, Paul Finebaum, Roman Harper, Jordan Rogers & Tim Tebow); Also, Marty Smith & Ryan McGee will be live on the road with SEC Nation.
We’re Back Finally Between The Hedges Georgia (7-2, 5-2 SEC) returns to Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium Saturday for the first time since Oct. 12. The Bulldogs have played an SEC-low three home games where they are 3-0. Georgia went 2-2 on the road and 2-0 at neutral sites (Atlanta & Jacksonville). The Bulldogs now finish the regular season with three home games against Tennessee, UMASS and Georgia Tech. Last Saturday, Georgia played its final road game of the regular season, capping a stretch that saw it play at Kentucky, #4 Alabama, #1 Texas, Florida in Jacksonville and No. 16 Ole Miss. Both ESPN College Game Day and the traveling SEC road show “SEC Nation” will be in Athens this week for the matchup. On Oct. 19, the GameDay gang was in Austin for Georgia’s big win over then top-ranked Texas as well as the Alabama game in Tuscaloosa in September. SEC Nation was in Oxford last Saturday for the Georgia-Ole Miss game and in Jacksonville for the Florida contest. This marks only the seventh time in the regular season that GameDay and SEC Nation will visit the same game site and first time in 2024 Both crews were in Jacksonville in 2018 and in Athens for the UK game in 2021 and UT game in 2022. Last year, GameDay was in Athens for Georgia’s win over the Rebels. Georgia is 18-18 when GameDay is on site for a Georgia game including 7-2 in Athens. Georgia’s first appearance with the show came on Sept. 9, 1995 in Knoxville when unranked Georgia nearly pulled off the upset that day as No. 8 UT hung for a 30-27 win. The Bulldogs are 27-12 when SEC Nation is present including 8-3 in Athens. This crew last visited Athens for the 2023 Kentucky game as the Bulldogs posted a 51-13 victory. Time To Bounce Back Again In the Kirby Smart era, the Bulldogs are 14-3 after a loss and haven’t lost back-to-back games in the regular season since 2016, his first year at the helm. The last eight times Georgia has lost a game, it has won its next contest. Back in 2016, Georgia fell to Vanderbilt in Athens on Oct. 15 and then to Florida in Jacksonville on Oct. 29. Georgia dropped its final two games of the 2018 postseason, falling to No. 1 Alabama in the SEC Championship Game and then were upset by No. 15 Texas in the Sugar Bowl. This season, Georgia lost at No. 4 Alabama and the next week beat Auburn in Athens. The Bulldogs will aim to bounce back from their road loss at No. 16 Ole Miss when it plays host to Tennessee. The Volunteers (8-1, 5-1 SEC) capped a 4-0 homestand with a 33-14 win over Mississippi State last Saturday. Quarterback Nico Iamaleava and the SEC’s leading rusher Dylan Sampson headline an offense that averages 37.6 ppg while the defense allows just 12.6 ppg. Sampson has rushed for 1,129 yards and 20 TDs. Edge rusher James Pearce Jr., anchors the defense with 7.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks and 27 stops while linebacker Arion Carter leads the team with 50 tackles. SMART Football *Georgia is riding a school record 28-game home winning streak dating to 2019, which leads in FBS. *Georgia’s 2024 Senior Class is an FBS-leading 49-4 (43-2 in the regular season) since 2021. The next best in this span belongs to Michigan (45-8) and Alabama (43-8). Georgia’s 2023 Senior Class set the school record at 50-4 with two national titles, an SEC crown plus went 6-0 in bowl/CFP games. *Georgia owns the nation’s longest active bowl streak at 27 seasons and has won its last seven matchups *With a 7-2 mark at this point, the Bulldogs have guaranteed that postseason streak will be extended. *The Bulldogs are aiming to reach the College Football Playoff (CFP) for the fourth time under Smart. The Bulldogs made the four-team field in his second season coming in 2017 and advanced to the National Championship Game after a thrilling overtime win over Oklahoma in a CFP semifinal at the Rose Bowl. Then, Georgia became the first team in the CFP era to win back-to-back national championships in 2021-22, beating Michigan and Alabama in 2021 and Ohio State and TCU in 2022.
2024 Offensive Numbers At A Glance * Averaging 30.6 points/game (48th nationally) * 34-for-37 (92 percent) in the Red Zone with 25 TDs, 9 FGs, 3 TOs *Averaging 6.1 yards per play and 410.6 yards per game Beck At The Controls Fifth-year senior Carson Beck, a 6-4, 220-pound native of Jacksonville, Fla., owns a 20-3 record as a starter. Led Georgia to 13-1 mark in ’23. *Among the 10 candidates for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award * 7-3 versus top-20 opponents with a 67.3 Completion Percentage (218-324) for 2,771 yards, 18 TDs, 9 INTs in those contests. * Tied school record with 36 comp. in win over MSU, career-high 459 yards ranks 3rd in school history, most since Eric Zeier had 485 vs. USC in ’94 * Set then Career Highs in 41-34 road loss at #4 Alabama, 50 att., 439 yards, 3 INTs; Was 8-of-17 for 100 yards, 2 INTs in 1st Half and trailed 30-7; then went 19-33 for 339 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT in the 2nd Half and led briefly 34-33 * 439 passing yards @ #4 UA ranked 4th most in school history * SEC Offensive Player of the Week after 34-3 win over #14 Clemson * Georgia’s quarterback room also has Gunner Stockton, Ryan Puglisi and transfer Jaden Rashada (Ariz. State). Stockton saw action in four games last year and completed 63% of his passes (12-for-19) for 148 yards and two TDs. This year, Stockton is 10-for-12 for 90 yards with all that coming against TTU.
32-2 In Last 34 SEC Regular Season Games *Georgia saw its school and SEC record streak of 28 consecutive regular season wins in league play end this year at #4 UA. In the all-SEC 2020 schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bulldogs won their final three SEC regular season games and then went on a run that ended Sept. 28, 2024 in Tuscaloosa. * In 2021, Georgia posted its first perfect 8-0 mark in league play in school history. (The SEC went to eight games when it split into divisions in 1992). UA upset Georgia in the SECCG and then Georgia knocked off UA for the CFP title. * The 2022 Bulldogs followed it up with another 8-0 SEC mark, and the average margin of victory in those games was 25.5. They claimed the SEC title. * The 2023 Bulldogs made it three straight 8-0 league seasons (the only SEC school ever to accomplish that feat). It was the 10th undefeated league season in school history. UA defeated Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. * The 2024 Bulldogs are 5-2 in the SEC. They won their first league game by edging UK in Lexington, fell at #4 UA, bounced back with home wins over AU and MSU, then beat #1 Texas 30-15 in Austin in front of the largest crowd ever at DKR-Memorial Stadium (105, 215). Recently, Georgia outlasted Florida in Jacksonville and lost 28-10 at #16 Ole Miss. Up next, Georgia closes out conference play with Tennessee Saturday in Athens.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT GAME: OREGON AT WISCONSIN
OREGON NOTES:
UNBEATEN DUCKS HEAD TO MADISON No. 1 Oregon will play its eighth game in eight weeks as the unbeaten Ducks head to Camp Randall Stadium for a showdown with Wisconsin. UO is one of four remaining undefeated teams in the country, getting out to a 10-0 start for just the third time in program history (2012, 2010). The Ducks are going into their fourth game as the No. 1 ranked team in the country, and they earned the top spot in the season’s initial College Football Playoff rankings last week for the first time in program history. Saturday will mark the seventh all-time meeting between Oregon and Wisconsin, with the series currently even at three wins apiece. The Ducks have won three straight against the Badgers, including victories in the 2020 and 2012 Rose Bowls. A WIN WOULD… » Make Oregon 11-0 for just the second time in program history, joining the 2010 team. » Secure an 11-win season for the second year in a row and ninth time in program history (all since 2001). » Improve UO to 10-1 all-time when ranked No. 1 in the nation. » Be Oregon’s fourth straight against Wisconsin and would give the Ducks a 4-3 lead in the all-time series.
GABRIEL THE TOUCHDOWN KING Quarterback DILLON GABRIEL made history in last week’s 39-18 win over Maryland, throwing three touchdown passes to break the NCAA all-time record for total touchdowns responsible for. Gabriel’s three touchdowns gave him 180 total TDs in his career, passing Case Keenum’s 178 for the FBS record. Gabriel tied the record with a nine-yard touchdown pass to TERRANCE FERGUSON late in the first half, and he made history in the third quarter with a three yard touchdown pass to GERNORRIS WILSON on a lineman eligible play. Gabriel added to his record in the fourth quarter with a 17-yard touchdown pass to EVAN STEWART, matching his season high with three TD passes. Gabriel will now set his sights on Keenum’s all-time record for touchdown passes of 155, entering Saturday with 147 in his career.
INSIDE THE SERIES
All-Time: Tied, 3-3
In Eugene: Tied, 1-1
In Autzen: Tied, 1-1
In Madison: Wisconsin leads, 2-0
Neutral Site: Oregon leads, 2-0
Current Streak: Oregon won 3
Most points scored by Oregon: 45 (1/2/12)
Most points scored by Wisconsin: 38 (1/2/12)
Largest margin of victory by Oregon: 11 (1/1/20)
Largest margin of victory by Wisconsin: 12 (9/24/77)
Longest winning streak by Oregon: 3 (2001-pres.)
Longest winning streak by Wisconsin: 3 (1977-2000)
QUICK HITS: QB DILLON GABRIEL LAST WEEK VS. MARYLAND » Threw three touchdown passes to become the NCAA all-time leader in total touchdowns with 180 in his career, surpassing the previous record of 178 held by Case Keenum (2007-11, Houston). » Completed 23-of-34 passes for 183 yards while matching season high with three touchdown passes. » Third game this season with three touchdown passes, and ninth game with multiple TD tosses. 2024 SEASON » Leads the nation with a 74.1 completion percentage; one of only 10 QBs above 70.0 percent. » No. 6 nationally in passer rating (168.38), tied for No. 6 in passing touchdowns (22), No. 7 in completions (237) and No. 9 in passing yards per game (284.8). » Also has six rushing touchdowns, including one in four of his last six games. » Tied for No. 5 nationally in total touchdowns responsible for (28) and No. 10 in total yards per game (299.6). » Has posted four of the top 11 completion-percentage performances in UO single-game history, including an 85.7 percentage (18-of-21) in Week 2 vs. Boise State that is No. 2 in program single-game history. » Multiple touchdown passes in nine games and two 300-yard performances (380 vs. Idaho, 341 vs. Ohio State). » Career-high 41 completions in opener vs. Idaho, tied for the most ever in a game by a Duck and tied for the most by any FBS quarterback in a game so far in 2024 (Spencer Petras, Utah State). CAREER » NCAA all-time leader with 180 career total touchdowns, passing Case Keenum (178) on Nov. 9 vs. Maryland. » Currently No. 2 in NCAA history in total yards (18,929), passing touchdowns (147) and passing yards (17,713). » Moved up to No. 7 all-time in completions (1,287) last week, passing former Oregon QB BO NIX (1,286). » 59 career starts are the most among active FBS quarterbacks and just two shy of Nix’s FBS record for starts by a QB of 61.
TEAM NOTES:
DUCKS PLAYING WITH A HEAVY HEART The Oregon football program once again experienced heartbreak over the summer when former defensive back KHYREE JACKSON passed away tragically in a car accident. Jackson was an all-Pac-12 selection for the Ducks in 2023 and was entering his first season with the Minnesota Vikings after being selected in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. The tragedy came two years after tight end SPENCER WEBB passed away in an accident. The team hiked Spencer’s Butte in Eugene on the last day of summer workouts as a way to honor the lives of both Jackson and Webb, and they will wear a decal on their helmets this season that features two flying Ducks with the numbers 4 and 5 to commemorate them both. 10 WINS AND COUNTING The Ducks are 10-0 to open a season for just the third time in program history, joining the 2012 and 2010 Oregon squads. Last week’s win over Maryland secured Oregon’s third straight 10-win season since head coach Dan Lanning took over in 2022, and it is the program’s fourth consecutive year of at least 10 wins dating back to 2021. Oregon now has 15 total 10-win seasons in program history, with all 15 coming since 2000. A win over Maryland this week would give the Ducks their second 11-0 start ever, joining the 2010 team that played in the BCS National Championship Game, and would secure an 11-win season for the ninth time in program history. » One of just two 10-0 teams in the nation, along with Indiana. » Currently, Oregon is the only team in the nation with at least 10 wins in every season since 2021. » Second time in program history UO has had 10-plus wins in at least four consecutive seasons (2008-14). » 11 straight wins dating back to 2023, the second-longest active streak in the nation (Army, 13). DUCKS AT THE TOP Oregon took over the No. 1 spot in both the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls for the first time since 2012 going into its Oct. 26 game vs. Illinois, and the Ducks have solidified that ranking with a trio of dominant wins over the then-No. 20 Illini, the defending national champions in Michigan, and Maryland. Oregon’s top ranking going into Week 12 is the 13th all-time in the coaches poll and 12th all-time in the AP poll, and the Ducks are the unanimous No. 1 team in both polls. Oregon is now 9-1 all-time as the No. 1 ranked team. Prior to this season, Oregon’s last No. 1 ranking in both polls was on Nov. 11, 2012, and all of the Ducks’ previous No. 1 rankings came during the 2010 season. Oregon came in at No. 1 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings released last week, earning the top spot in the CFP rankings for the first time in program history. BUILDING THE RESUME The No. 1 Ducks are one of just four remaining undefeated FBS teams entering Week 12, along with Indiana, BYU and Army. The Ducks own the best win in the nation with their Oct. 12 victory over Ohio State, which came in at No. 2 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings. Oregon has another win over a current top-15 team with their Sept. 7 victory over Boise State, currently No. 12 in the CFP rankings, and the Ducks dominated Illinois on Oct. 26 when the Illini were ranked No. 20 in the AP poll. Oregon has won each of its last four games by at least 21 points, and the Ducks have scored at least 30 points in nine straight games while allowing less than 20 in seven of their last eight.
ALL THREE PHASES Oregon has proven to be a well-rounded team while getting out to a 10-0 start. The Ducks are ninth nationally in total defense (293.5 YPG) and 11th in total offense (457.0 YPG), making them one of just four teams (Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas) in the top 15 for both categories. Oregon is also in the top 20 for both scoring offense (19th, 35.7 PPG) and scoring defense (9th, 16.0 PPG), and in the top 30 for both third-down offense (7th, 50.81%) and third-down defense (30th, 33.83%). UO has also been effective on special teams, as the Ducks are one of just seven teams in the nation (BYU, Central Michigan, Ohio, James Madison, Tulsa, UNLV) with both a punt return and a kick return for a touchdown this season. Oregon’s overall team grade of 92.7 from Pro Football Focus ranks No. 9 in the nation. DAN THE MAN The Ducks have been among the nation’s top teams under head coach DAN LANNING, going 10-3 in his debut season in 2022 before improving with a 12-2 record in 2023. Lanning became the third UO head coach to reach at least 22 wins in his first two seasons, and his 32 wins are the most by any Oregon head coach through his first 37 games. Since the start of 2022, Lanning is tied for second among active FBS head coaches in both wins (32) and win percentage (.865). Oregon’s 12-2 season in 2023 marked the sixth 12-win campaign in program history and first since 2019, and the Ducks’ win over Liberty in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl was the seventh New Year’s Six bowl win in program history. » With a 6-0 start at home in 2024, Oregon is now 18-1 under Lanning in Autzen Stadium. » Oregon won eight conference games in 2023 for the seventh time in program history and first since 2019. » Oregon has won bowl games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2018-19, winning the Holiday Bowl in 2022. HOME COOKIN’ Oregon has been one of the most dominant teams in the nation at home over the last decade-plus, and the Ducks are off to a 6-0 start in Autzen Stadium this season after going a perfect 7-0 at home in 2023. It was Oregon’s fourth undefeated season at home since 2019 and 11th in program history, and the Ducks were one of eight teams in the nation to go unbeaten at home while playing at least seven home games. Oregon is 37-1 (.974) at home since an overtime loss to Stanford on Sept. 22, 2018, a span that included 23 straight home wins to match the longest home win streak in program history. UO is 46-3 (.939) at home since the start of the 2017 season, boasting the nation’s fifth-best win percentage and fifth-most wins during that time. Oregon’s success at home against nonconference opponents extends even further, as the Ducks own the nation’s longest active nonconference home winning streak at 34 games after picking up wins over Idaho and Boise State to open 2024. UO has not lost a nonconference home game since Sept. 20, 2008 – a 37-32 loss to Boise State – and has been dominant overall in Autzen Stadium in that span with an 90-11 (.891) record at home since the start of the 2009 season.
WISCONSIN NOTES:
The Wisconsin Badgers host the No. 1 Oregon Ducks in a primetime matchup on NBC. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers square off against the nation’s No. 1 team for the first time since 2010 – That meeting: a 31-18 win over No. 1 Ohio State. Dating back to 1981, Wisconsin has hosted 4 No. 1 teams at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers are 2-2 in those meetings and have not lost a game by more than 10 points. Wisconsin meets Oregon in the regular season for the first time in the regular season since 2001. The Badgers are 3-3 all-time versus the Ducks and are 2-0 in meetings at Camp Randall (1978, 2000).
Nation’s most consistent program… Wisconsin has totaled 22 straight winning seasons since 2002. That streak is the longest among Power 4 teams. This is how we bowl… Wisconsin enters 2024 having played in a bowl game in each of the last 22 seasons, the longest-active streak in the Big Ten and the third-longest in FBS football. Wisconsin could become bowl eligible with a win versus Oregon. Back on track… Wisconsin looks to bounce back from back-to-back losses. After consecutive losses to Alabama and USC earlier this season, Wisconsin rattled off 3 straight wins to start the month of October. Success in the secondary… Wisconsin will look to slow down the Ducks’ explosive offense. The Badgers have allowed 158.9 passing yards per game this fall, the 2nd fewest in the Big Ten and 6th fewest in the country. The last time the UW defense allowed fewer than 160 passing yards per game over an entire season was 2006 (138.2 ypg). The Badger defense has allowed only 2 plays of 40+ yards this season which is tied with Ohio State for the fewest in the country. Forcing turnovers… The Badgers have recovered 7 fumbles, the most in the Big Ten. That’s the most in a season for UW since 2021 (8). Disciplined football… UW’s averaging only 4.6 penalties per game (5th in Big Ten, 16th overall) for a total of just 30.7 yards per game (3rd in Big Ten, 4th overall). Ground and pound… Since taking on the lead role in the Badger backfield at the beginning of October, RB Tawee Walker has impressed, averaging 97.3 rushing yards per game in his 5 Big Ten starts. He trails only Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson (14) with 9 rushing TDs during Big Ten action this fall. The Badger O-Line has allowed only 9.0 sacks (1.0 per game). That’s UW’s lowest clip since 2014 (0.93). UW has allowed 40 pressures in pass-protection (fewest in P4, PFF). The Badger starting O-line unit has played in 169 career games and has made 148 career starts. It’s one of 7 FBS units to have the same starting 5 in every game this season. Primetime at Camp Randall… Wisconsin has won 10 of its last 12 night games at Camp Randall, dating back to 2016. The only losses: vs. No. 3 Ohio St. last season and vs. No. 3 Penn St. on Oct. 26 this fall. Some slate… With No. 1 Oregon visiting Madison, the Badgers have now played host to 3 top-5 teams at Camp Randall for the first time in program history. Wisconsin and Purdue are the only FBS teams to play 3 top-5 opponents this season.
Wisconsin has totaled 22 straight winning seasons since 2002. That’s the longest active streak in Power 4 football.
Since 2010 overall, only Alabama, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Wisconsin have posted winning records in every season. Wisconsin has played in a bowl game in each of the last 22 seasons, the longest active streak in the Big Ten and the third longest in FBS football. Wisconsin could become bowl-eligible with a win.
UW owns a 62-33 (.660) record against Big Ten opponents during the CFP era (since 2014). Ohio State (86-8) and Michigan (69-25) are the only programs to post more Big Ten wins over that span.
Wisconsin has allowed a total of just 14 first quarter points this season (62 in 2023), pitching a first-quarter shutout in 7 of 9 games. UW is allowing an average of 7.6 points in the first half this season, including shutouts against Rutgers and Northwestern. Wisconsin has held a halftime lead in 7 of 9 games this season (4 of 13 games in 2023). The Badgers have allowed just one score on an opening drive this season – a TD at USC.
Through 9 games Wisconsin is averaging only 4.6 penalties per game (5th in Big Ten, 16th overall) for a total of just 30.7 yards per game (3rd in Big Ten, 4th overall). The Badgers’ 4.6 penalties per game is on pace to be the team’s lowest total since averaging just 3.4 per game in 2016.
Wisconsin has recorded 22 straight winning seasons, the longest streak in all of Power 5 football. Among power conference schools, only seven teams have won more games than Wisconsin over the last 20 seasons.
The Badgers have won 87 Big Ten games since 2010. That’s the 3rd-most in the conference, trailing only Ohio State (110). Only 6 Power 4 schools have totaled more wins in conference action over that span. Wisconsin has made 6 appearances in the Big Ten Championship Game. That is tied with Ohio State for the most in the Big Ten. UW players have accounted for 6 Top-10 finishes in the Heisman Trophy voting since 2011, tied for 3rd-most of any program in the country (1. Alabama – 14, 2. Ohio State – 11, 3. Wisconsin – 6, Oklahoma – 6, Stanford – 6). Wisconsin has accounted for 18 major national award winners over last 25 seasons, including Heisman, Walter Camp, Doak Walker, Unitas Golden Arm, Rimington, Outland, Thorpe, Lott IMPACT, Ray Guy, Burlsworth, Witten Man of the Year The Badgers have accounted for 11 consensus first-team All-Americans since 2010. Ohio State leads the Big Ten during that span with 15.
NFL NEWS
WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
Below are teams and players that can set historic marks or reach career milestones in Week 11 of the 2024 NFL season, including:
- Kansas City Chiefs – Buffalo Bills
- Los Angeles Chargers
- QB Lamar Jackson
- RB Derrick Henry
- QB Jalen Hurts
- QB Joe Burrow
- WR Ja’Marr Chase
- WR Amon-Ra St. Brown
- WR Cooper Kupp
- WR Justin Jefferson
- DE Maxx Crosby
CHIEFS-BILLS
For the first time since 1970, there will be three Week 11 games featuring matchups of teams each with at least seven wins, including the Kansas City Chiefs (9-0) at the Buffalo Bills (8-2) on Sunday afternoon (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS) in rematch of the 2023 AFC Divisional playoffs [Chiefs (27) at Bills (24)].
| Date | Game | Time | Broadcast |
| Thursday, Nov. 14 | Washington (7-3) at Philadelphia (7-2) | 8:15 p.m. ET | Prime Video |
| Sunday, Nov. 17 | Baltimore (7-3) at Pittsburgh (7-2) | 1 p.m. ET | CBS |
| Sunday, Nov. 17 | Kansas City (9-0) at Buffalo (8-2) | 4:25 p.m. ET | CBS |
Kansas City and Buffalo will mark the fifth game since 1970 in Week 11 or earlier between teams each with eight-or-more wins. The home team has won each of the previous four such matchups.
The matchups between teams with eight-or-more wins in Week 11 or earlier since 1970:
| WEEK, SEASON | AWAY TEAM | HOME TEAM |
| Week 11, 2024 | Kansas City (9-0) | Buffalo (8-2) |
| Week 11, 2018 | Kansas City (9-1) | L.A. Rams (9-1) |
| Week 11, 2013 | Kansas City (9-0) | Denver (8-1) |
| Week 11, 1978 | Pittsburgh (9-1) | L.A. Rams (8-2) |
| Week 11, 1977 | Baltimore Colts (9-1) | Denver (9-1) |
| *home team won each matchup | ||
The Chiefs have won 15 consecutive games, including the playoffs, and can become the fifth team since 1990 to win 16 consecutive games, including the postseason, joining the 2003-04 New England Patriots (21 consecutive wins), 2010-11 Green Bay Packers (19), 2007-08 New England Patriots (18) and 1997-98 Denver Broncos (18).
Kansas City can become the fifth reigning Super Bowl champion to win its first 10 games, joining the 2011 Green Bay Packers (began 13-0), 1998 Denver Broncos (began 13-0), 2015 New England Patriots (began 10-0) and 1990 San Francisco 49ers (began 10-0).
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
The Los Angeles Chargers lead the NFL in scoring defense and became the fourth team since 1990 to allow 20-or-fewer points in each of their first nine games of a season, joining the 1990 New York Giants (first 10 games), 2013 Kansas City Chiefs (first nine) and 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars (first nine).
On Sunday Night Football against Cincinnati (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), the Chargers can become the fifth team since 1970 to allow 20-or-fewer points in each of its first 10 games of a season, joining the 1970 Minnesota Vikings (first 14 games), 1974 Los Angeles Rams (first 12), 1971 Minnesota Vikings (first 11) and 1990 New York Giants (first 10).
The teams to allow 20-or-fewer points in the most consecutive games to begin a season since 1970:
| TEAM | SEASON | GAMES |
| Minnesota | 1970 | 14 |
| L.A. Rams | 1974 | 12 |
| Minnesota | 1971 | 11 |
| N.Y. Giants | 1990 | 10 |
| L.A. Chargers | 2024 | 9* |
| *active streak | ||
LAMAR JACKSON
Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson has 24 touchdown passes against two interceptions in his first 10 games this season and leads the NFL with a 123.2 passer rating, including a passer rating of 100-or-higher in eight consecutive games.
On Sunday at Pittsburgh (1 p.m. ET, CBS), Jackson can become the fourth player in NFL history to record at least 25 touchdown passes with two-or-fewer interceptions in his first 11 games of a season, joining Tom Brady (2016), Drew Brees (2018) and Patrick Mahomes (2020).
On Sunday, Jackson can become the third player all-time with at least 275 passing yards and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in seven consecutive games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (seven consecutive games from 2012-13) and Aaron Rodgers (seven in 2011).
The players with at least 275 passing yards and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in the most consecutive games in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON(S) | GAMES |
| Peyton Manning HOF | Denver | 2012-13 | 7 |
| Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay | 2011 | 7 |
| Lamar Jackson | Baltimore | 2024 | 6* |
| Peyton Manning HOF | Denver | 2012 | 6 |
| *active | |||
Additionally, with a passer rating of 100-or-higher against the Steelers, Jackson can join Aaron Rodgers (12 consecutive games in 2011) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (nine in 2004) as the only players in NFL history to record a passer rating of 100-or-higher in nine consecutive games within a season.
The players with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in the most consecutive games within a season in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON | GAMES |
| Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay | 2011 | 12 |
| Peyton Manning HOF | Indianapolis | 2004 | 9 |
| Tom Brady | New England | 2010 | 8 |
| Tom Brady | New England | 2007 | 8 |
| Lamar Jackson | Baltimore | 2024 | 8* |
| Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay | 2020 | 8 |
| Peyton Manning HOF | Indianapolis | 2005 | 8 |
| *active streak | |||
DERRICK HENRY
Baltimore running back Derrick Henry leads the NFL in scrimmage yards (1,216) and rushing yards (1,120) and has a league-high 14 scrimmage touchdowns (12 rushing, two receiving) this season, including at least one touchdown in each of his first 10 games this season.
On Sunday at Pittsburgh (1 p.m. ET, CBS), Henry can become the fourth player in the Super Bowl era to record a touchdown in each of his first 11 games of a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers O.J. Simpson (first 14 games in 1975), Jerry Rice (first 12 in 1987) and John Riggins (first 12 in 1983).
The players with a touchdown in the most consecutive games to begin a season in the Super Bowl era:
| PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON | GAMES |
| O.J. Simpson HOF | Buffalo | 1975 | 14 |
| Jerry Rice HOF | San Francisco | 1987 | 12 |
| John Riggins HOF | Washington | 1983 | 12 |
| Todd Gurley | L.A. Rams | 2018 | 10 |
| Derrick Henry | Baltimore | 2024 | 10* |
| *active streak | |||
Henry has three career seasons with at least 13 rushing touchdowns (2019-20, 2022) and with his next rushing touchdown, will become the fifth player in NFL history to reach the mark in four career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson (six seasons), Jim Brown (four) and Emmitt Smith (four) as well as Shaun Alexander (five).
The players with at least 13 rushing touchdowns in the most seasons in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | SEASONS |
| LaDainian Tomlinson HOF | San Diego Chargers | 6 |
| Shaun Alexander | Seattle | 5 |
| Jim Brown HOF | Cleveland | 4 |
| Emmitt Smith HOF | Dallas | 4 |
| Derrick Henry | Baltimore | 3* |
| *has 12 rushing touchdowns entering Sunday | ||
Since entering the NFL in 2016, Henry has recorded a rushing touchdown in 69 career games. With a rushing touchdown on Sunday, he can become the third player in NFL history to record a rushing touchdown in 70 games within in his first nine career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson (87 games) and Emmitt Smith (83).
The players with the most games with a rushing touchdown in their first nine seasons in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | GAMES |
| LaDainian Tomlinson HOF | San Diego Chargers | 87 |
| Emmitt Smith HOF | Dallas | 83 |
| Derrick Henry | Baltimore | 69* |
| Adrian Peterson | Minnesota | 69 |
| Barry Sanders HOF | Detroit | 69 |
| *in ninth season | ||
JALEN HURTS
Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts has recorded a passer rating of 115-or-higher in each of his past five games and in Weeks 7-10, became the first quarterback in NFL history with a touchdown pass, a rushing touchdown and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in four consecutive games.
On Thursday Night Football (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video) against Washington, Hurts can join Patrick Mahomes (2018) and Aaron Rodgers (2011) as the only players in NFL history with a passer rating of 115-or-higher in six consecutive games (minimum 15 attempts in each game).
Additionally, Hurts can become the third quarterback since 1970 with both a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown in five consecutive games in a single season, joining Justin Fields (five consecutive games in 2022) and Kyler Murray (five in 2020).
Hurts has recorded at least two rushing touchdowns in three of his past four games and has the most games with multiple rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (15) in NFL history. With two rushing touchdowns on Thursday, Hurts can become the sixth player in NFL history with 16 such games in his first five career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith (17 games), Eric Dickerson (16) and LaDainian Tomlinson (16) as well as Shaun Alexander (16) and Todd Gurley (16).
The players with the most games with at least two rushing touchdowns in their first five seasons in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM(S) | GAMES |
| Emmitt Smith HOF | Dallas | 17 |
| Shaun Alexander | Seattle | 16 |
| Eric Dickerson HOF | L.A. Rams, Indianapolis | 16 |
| Todd Gurley | St. Louis/L.A. Rams | 16 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson HOF | San Diego Chargers | 16 |
| Jalen Hurts | Philadelphia | 15* |
| *in fifth season | ||
Hurts, who has 51 rushing touchdowns in his first five seasons, needs two rushing touchdowns to tie Josh Allen (53 rushing touchdowns) for the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first six seasons in NFL history.
JOE BURROW
Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow ranks tied for first with 24 touchdown passes this season (including nine in his past two games) and has 121 touchdown passes in 62 career games.
With four touchdown passes at the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), Burrow can surpass Andrew Luck (67 games) and Aaron Rodgers (67) as the third-fastest player in NFL history to reach 125 career touchdown passes, trailing only Patrick Mahomes (50) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (54).
The players to reach 125 career touchdown passes in the fewest games in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | GAMES |
| Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City | 50 |
| Dan Marino HOF | Miami | 54 |
| Andrew Luck | Indianapolis | 67 |
| Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay | 67 |
| Joe Burrow | Cincinnati | 62* |
| *has 121 career touchdown passes | ||
Burrow has four games with at least three touchdown passes this season and has 20 career games since entering the NFL in 2020. With another such performance, Burrow can tie Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner (21 games) for the third-most games with at least three touchdown passes by a player in his first five career seasons in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (33 games) and Patrick Mahomes (28) have more.
The players with the most games with at least three touchdown passes in their first five seasons in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | GAMES |
| Dan Marino HOF | Miami | 33 |
| Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City | 28 |
| Kurt Warner HOF | St. Louis Rams | 21 |
| Josh Allen | Buffalo | 20 |
| Joe Burrow | Cincinnati | 20* |
| *in fifth season | ||
JA’MARR CHASE
Cincinnati wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase had 11 receptions for 264 yards and three touchdowns in Week 10 and leads the NFL in receptions (66), receiving yards (981) and touchdown receptions (10) this season.
On Sunday Night Football at the Los Angeles Chargers (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), Chase can become the fourth player with at least 10 receptions in 10 games within his first four career seasons, joining Michael Thomas (18 games), CeeDee Lamb (10) and Christian McCaffrey (10).
The players with the most games with at least 10 receptions in their first four seasons in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | GAMES |
| Michael Thomas | New Orleans | 18 |
| CeeDee Lamb | Dallas | 10 |
| Christian McCaffrey | Carolina | 10 |
| Ja’Marr Chase | Cincinnati | 9* |
| Justin Jefferson | Minnesota | 9 |
| *in fourth season | ||
Chase has 12 career games with at least 125 receiving yards and on Sunday night, can tie Odell Beckham Jr. (13 games) for the fourth-most games with at least 125 receiving yards by a player in his first four seasons in NFL history. Only Justin Jefferson (19 games) as well as Pro Football Hall of Famers Randy Moss (16) and Lance Alworth (14) have more.
The players with the most games with at least 125 receiving yards in their first four seasons in NFL history:
| PLAYER | TEAM | GAMES |
| Justin Jefferson | Minnesota | 19 |
| Randy Moss HOF | Minnesota | 16 |
| Lance Alworth HOF | San Diego Chargers | 14 |
| Odell Beckham Jr. | N.Y. Giants | 13 |
| Ja’Marr Chase | Cincinnati | 12* |
| *in fourth season | ||
Chase, who also had 10 receptions for 193 yards and two touchdowns in Week 5, can become the third player ever to record at least 10 receptions, 100 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions in three games within a season, joining Davante Adams (four games in 2020) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter (three in 1995).
WIDE RECEIVER MILESTONES
- Detroit wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown can become the fifth player since 2000 with a touchdown reception in eight consecutive games within a season, joining A.J. Green (nine consecutive games in 2012 with Cincinnati), Davante Adams (eight in 2020 with Green Bay), Antonio Brown (eight in 2018 with Pittsburgh) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh (eight in 2007 with Cincinnati).
- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp has 608 receptions in 97 career games and can surpass Anquan Boldin (614 receptions) for the fourth-most receptions by a player in his first 100 games in NFL history. Only Keenan Allen (624 receptions), Antonio Brown (622) and Julio Jones (619) have more.
- Minnesota wide receiver Justin Jefferson has 6,730 career receiving yards and can surpass Torry Holt (6,784 receiving yards) for the most receiving yards by a player in his first five career seasons in NFL history.
MAXX CROSBY
Las Vegas defensive end Maxx Crosby ranks tied for third this season with 11 tackles for loss and leads all players with 99 tackles for loss in 91 games since entering the NFL in 2019.
With a tackle for loss at Miami (1 p.m. ET, CBS), Crosby can surpass Von Miller (93 games) as the third-fastest player since 2000 to reach 100 career tackles for loss, trailing only J.J. Watt (64) and Aaron Donald (81).
The players to reach 100 tackles for loss in the fewest games since 2000:
| PLAYER | TEAM | GAMES |
| J.J. Watt | Houston | 64 |
| Aaron Donald | St. Louis/L.A. Rams | 81 |
| Von Miller | Denver | 93 |
| DeMarcus Ware HOF | Dallas | 96 |
| Maxx Crosby | Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders | 91* |
| *has 99 career tackles for loss | ||
WEEK 11 NFL CAPSULES
GREEN BAY PACKERS (6-3) AT CHICAGO BEARS (4-5), 1 P.M. ET, FOX
Green Bay hopes to roar out of the bye week and keep its dominance of the Bears on trend. Head coach Matt LaFleur is 10-0 against the Bears and counterpart Matt Eberflus is 0-4 in his career against the Packers. Since their bye week, the Bears played three games and dipped from 4-2 and contender conversation to hot water, dropping all three games with a total of 27 points. Eberflus made a change at offensive coordinator and promoted Thomas Brown to the play-caller role. While a yo-yo of personnel contributed, Chicago hasn’t been committed to running the ball — 43 attempts in the past two games — compared to the Packers, who have games with 53, 37, 38 and 39 rushes. In turn, No. 1 pick Caleb Williams has been sacked 15 times with zero TDs the past two games. The Bears will know where they stand in the NFC North division by the end of the month. Sunday is the first division game for the Bears. They host the Vikings (7-2) next week and spend Thanksgiving with the Lions (8-1).
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (2-8) AT DETROIT LIONS (8-1), 1 P.M. ET, CBS
Aaron Glenn has been masterful in helping Detroit rack up nothing but wins since Week 2. One prized pupil is hybrid defensive back Brian Branch, a playmaker and the heartbeat of the group since Aidan Hutchinson (knee) was lost for the season. Branch is the only player in the league with 25-plus passes defensed and 10 tackles for loss since the start of 2023. He’ll get in on the assignments of slowing a two-headed monster at running back with Travis Etienne and Tank Bigsby, while also trying to prevent rookie WR Brian Thomas from getting behind the defense. Backup QB Mac Jones makes another start with Trevor Lawrence (shoulder) banged up. Jones passed for 111 yards last week. The Lions found a way to win with Jared Goff at his season’s worst — five interceptions — in Week 10. He passed for 340 yards and two TDs in his last game against the Jaguars. No. 1 WR Amon-Ra St. Brown is going for his eighth consecutive game with a TD catch.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2-7) AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (3-6), 1 P.M. ET, CBS
With one tackle for loss, Raiders DE Maxx Crosby would become the third player in since 2000 with 100 TFLs, and he notched a sack in the last go-round with Miami. He’s the menace in the trenches that worries Miami the most, even as the Dolphins are finding success with the short passing game and explosive RB De’Von Achane. The Raiders are searching for answers that didn’t come from Luke Getsy, the offensive coordinator fired before Las Vegas took a bye in Week 10 to get new play-caller Scott Turner and his more prominent dad, Norv Turner, comfortable with existing personnel. QB Gardner Minshew received a soft endorsement from head coach Antonio Pierce — “what do we have to lose, we’re 2-7” — and starts again after being replaced by Desmond Ridder in a blowout loss at Cincinnati before the bye.
LOS ANGELES RAMS (4-5) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (3-7), 1 P.M., FOX
Rookie QB Drake Maye awakened Demario Douglas and Ja’Lynn Polk, who were nonfactors during Jacoby Brissett’s run as the Patriots’ starter to begin the season. But the Patriots aren’t fully weaponized relative to their opposition Sunday. Matt Stafford has 25-plus completions in three games in a row because of the dynamic route-runners outside, Puka Nacua (9-98 last week vs. Miami) and Cooper Kupp (7-80). Bell-cow RB Kyren Williams is tied for third in the NFL with 10 total touchdowns to maintain offensive balance. Blocking in front of Stafford might have coach Sean McVay perspiring. New England’s DE Deatrich Wise and LB Anfernee Jennings both had two sacks at Chicago last week and DE Keion White is among the league leaders in snap-to-pressure time based on advanced metrics analysis. New England had nine total sacks in Week 10, when Stafford went down four times.
CLEVELAND BROWNS (2-7) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (3-7), 1 P.M. ET, FOX
Jameis Winston knows his way around New Orleans, and the former Saints quarterback who previously started for division rival Tampa Bay comes to town trying to keep Cleveland out of the NFL cellar. The Browns are one of four AFC teams with two wins. Injuries on the offensive line and the switches at QB and wide receiver have made for a disjointed outfit in Cleveland. The Saints ended a seven-game losing streak in their first game under interim head coach Darren Rizzi last week, a 20-17 surprise takedown of NFC South-leading Atlanta. QB Derek Carr connected for two touchdowns with WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling. New Orleans allowed more than 400 yards for the fourth time this season, including 181 rushing yards, which is sure to catch the attention of Browns play-caller Ken Dorsey. Dorsey doesn’t mind close games and wants to distribute the weight of the offense away from Winston’s shoulders to RB Nick Chubb.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (4-6) AT NEW YORK JETS (3-7), 1 P.M. ET, CBS
Playoffs? The Colts are still thinking postseason and reversed their decision at quarterback as coach Shane Steichen pushed the reset button on second-year quarterback Anthony Richardson. Steichen sat Richardson days after a 23-20 loss to the Houston Texans on Oct. 27. Richardson not only struggled with accuracy in that game (10-of-32 passing), he tapped out in exhaustion before a key third-down play in the second half. The wake-up call the Colts desired didn’t come from Joe Flacco, who helped steer the Browns to the playoffs after signing in November. Flacco threw a combined four interceptions in losses to Minnesota and Buffalo, including a pick-six in last week’s 30-20 setback to the Bills on Indianapolis’ first play of the game. The Jets’ defense can make life difficult for Richardson, who has completed only 44.4 percent of his 133 passes for 958 yards with four touchdowns and seven interceptions. He’s rushed for 242 yards, second on the team, but has fumbled six times in six games. Which Jets team will show up Sunday afternoon is the mystery. Interim coach Jeff Ulbrich summarized the defensive effort at Arizona last week saying he saw a “criminal, egregious amount” of missed tackles. Aaron Rodgers continues as the New York quarterback but the 31-6 loss at Arizona was a dud. Rodgers had 151 yards on 22-of-35 passing but lost 23 yards while taking three sacks.
BALTIMORE RAVENS (7-3) AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (7-2), 1 P.M. ET, CBS
For the first time this season the Steelers are staring across the line at an AFC North division opponent and first place is up for grabs when the Ravens come calling. Two new faces make their introduction in the storied rivalry. The Steelers roll out QB Russell Wilson and the Ravens yank the curtain to shine the spotlight on RB Derrick Henry, the NFL’s No. 2 rusher (1,120 yards, 12 TDs) who has a league-leading TD streak of 11 games. The Ravens lead the NFL in total offense (440.2 yards per game). Baltimore is the third team ever with 20-plus points and 375-plus total yards in each of its first 10 games of season. The full story there is the Ravens can’t afford to take their foot off the accelerator because their defense has been user-friendly. The Steelers are giving up only 16.2 points per game, second in the NFL, and have had the number of Ravens QB Lamar Jackson, 1-3 all-time as a starting quarterback against the Steelers.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS (7-2) AT TENNESSEE TITANS (2-7), 1 P.M. ET, CBS
Why is Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell on the defensive about his quarterback? Sam Darnold is three TDs shy of his first NFL season with 20 touchdowns, but he’s already at 10 interceptions after tossing three last week in a palm-sweat performance against the Jaguars. The Vikings won (12-7), and O’Connell said the focus should be on the result. Darnold does have multiple TD passes in three of four starts on the road for the Vikings and the Titans have proven capable of playing the role of easy prey. They’ve lost four of the past five games and are 1-3 in Nashville this season. Sunday provides another chance for the Titans to determine whether Will Levis can be the long-term solution at quarterback. He has seven touchdowns and seven interceptions in 2024 but unlike Darnold, there’s no Justin Jefferson to turn to when times are tough. Tony Pollard leads the Titans with 666 rushing yards and three touchdowns but has been hindered by a foot injury. Calvin Ridley is the team’s No. 1 wide receiver with 32 catches for 483 yards and three scores. Jefferson leads the Vikings with 53 receptions for 831 yards and five TDs.
ATLANTA FALCONS (6-4) AT DENVER BRONCOS (5-5), 4:05 P.M. ET, CBS
If Broncos rookie RB Audric Estime can hold onto the football, he’s likely to assume a leading role in Denver’s youth movement. Estime had a career-high 53 rushing yards last week and Javonte Williams has yet to leave the runway in what some projected to be a breakout season. The Falcons are doing just fine with a timeshare between Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier behind Kirk Cousins in the backfield. Robinson is one of three NFC backs with 1,000 yards from scrimmage already in 2024 and can challenge the Broncos’ underappreciated front seven. Denver’s offense needs more of a spark. The Broncos mustered only 260 total yards in last week’s 16-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, when Will Lutz’s 35-yard field goal attempt was blocked as time expired. The week prior, Denver managed only 10 points against a Baltimore defense that had been torched all season.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4-5) AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (5-4), 4:05 P.M. ET, FOX
QB Brock Purdy had a season-high 353 passing yards last week in Christian McCaffrey’s first game of the season. McCaffrey returns to Levi’s Stadium on Sunday for the first time since January as the 49ers attempt to break up the logjam in the NFC West. McCaffrey has seven touchdowns and an average of 168.4 yards from scrimmage in seven career games against the Seahawks and WR Deebo Samuel averages a TD per game against Seattle. WR DK Metcalf plans to return from a knee injury this week with Seattle coming out of its bye week. The Seahawks have lost five of six games since a 3-0 start. Sagging defensive numbers are not encouraging with McCaffrey in the 49ers’ lineup. In the 12-point defeat by San Francisco on Oct. 10, the Seahawks allowed a season-worst 228 rushing yards and 6.9 yards per carry to a 49ers’ attack powered by Jordan Mason and Isaac Guerendo.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (9-0) AT BUFFALO BILLS (8-2), 4:25 P.M. ET, CBS
At Highmark Stadium for a matchup of AFC frontrunners and division leaders, the Chiefs put their highwire act on display and go for a 10-0 start and 16th consecutive win dating to last season. QB Patrick Mahomes is 4-3 against Josh Allen and the Bills, averaging 289.1 passing yards per game with 16 total touchdowns in seven career starts including the playoffs. Mahomes might have his best detail of skill players yet this season with JuJu Smith-Schuster (hamstring) pegged to play alongside De’Andre Hopkins for the first time. With seven of nine wins coming in one-possession games this season, the Chiefs do have one cause for concern with the third-most reliable kicker in NFL history, Harrison Butker, landing on IR with a knee injury. Untested 25-year-old rookie Spencer Shrader could be called upon in a tight game Sunday in his K.C. debut. Buffalo claimed the past three regular-season games in the series, all of which were played in Kansas City. And the Bills can still tap into a revenge factor. The eventual repeat Super Bowl champion Chiefs eliminated the Bills in the AFC divisional playoffs 27-24 at Buffalo in January. The Bills rank third in points per game (29) — the Chiefs average 24.3 — and Allen didn’t throw two picks in a game until a win over the Indianapolis Colts last week. Buffalo leads the NFL in turnover margin at plus-13. And the Bills bring a respectable defense of their own. The group is allowing just 19.3 points per game and has 19 takeaways, the latter figure ranking second in the league.
CINCINNATI BENGALS (4-6) AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (6-3), 8:20 P.M. ET, NBC
The Chargers have won the past three meetings in the series with Cincinnati and put their league-leading defense (13.1 points per game allowed) on display against Joe Burrow. The Bengals QB is putting up MVP-caliber numbers and pumping the ball to WR Ja’Marr Chase, who put on a memorable show last week: 11 receptions, 264 yards, three TDs. Los Angeles has held opponents under 18 points the past six consecutive games and only one team — the Steelers in September — has put up 20. The Chargers are not a flashy offensive outfit and operate behind a physical offensive line that sets the tone in the running game to soften defenses to play-action threats from QB Justin Herbert. The Bengals are familiar with the Los Angeles RB duo of Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins, offseason imports from the Ravens’ scrap heap who had a few stories to tell in scouting meetings this week. They’ve combined for 838 rushing yards and Dobbins has six touchdown runs.
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HOUSTON TEXANS (6-4) AT DALLAS COWBOYS (3-6), 8:15 P.M. ET, ESPN/ABC
Edge rusher Micah Parsons returned from injured reserve to post two sacks last week and could be the key to collapsing the Texans’ offensive line to make C.J. Stroud uncomfortable. Stroud hasn’t thrown an interception in three of the past four games and Houston has benefited from a vintage Joe Mixon. He has six games with 90-plus yards from scrimmage and a touchdown, tied for the most in the NFL this season. Stroud has WR Nico Collins back from a hamstring injury to threaten Dallas over the top. The same can’t be said for the Cowboys and CeeDee Lamb after backup QB Cooper Rush had just one pass completion of 10 yards in his first start of the season last week. Rush gets the call again and shares the backfield with Rico Dowdle, the decided No. 1 back for Dallas. Lamb has been up to the task in primetime games with Dak Prescott, catching 25 passes for 306 yards and three TDs.
BENGALS WR TEE HIGGINS (QUAD) TO RETURN VS. CHARGERS
Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins is expected to return from a three-game absence Sunday night when Cincinnati visits the Los Angeles Chargers.
Head coach Zac Taylor said Friday that he anticipates having Higgins in the lineup after he was a limited participant in practice this week due to a quad injury.
While Higgins is expected back, Taylor said “we’ll see” when asked if four-time Pro Bowl left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. will play on Sunday. Taylor said the team will make a decision within the next 24 hours on Brown, who has missed the last two games with knee and fibula injuries.
Defensive end Trey Hendrickson was not spotted at practice for the second straight day on Friday. Thursday’s absence was listed as a neck injury/rest day for the 29-year-old Hendrickson, who leads the NFL with 11 sacks.
Higgins, 24, has 29 receptions for 341 yards and three touchdowns played in five games (three starts) this season.
Cincinnati selected Higgins in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He has 286 receptions for 4,025 yards and 27 TDs in 63 career games (56 starts).
Brown, 28, has missed the past two games after starting the first eight this season, his second with the Bengals.
A third-round pick by Baltimore in 2018, he has started 100 of 106 games for the Baltimore Ravens (2018-20), Kansas City Chiefs (2021-22) and Bengals.
BILLS’ DALTON KINCAID OUT, AMARI COOPER QUESTIONABLE VS. CHIEFS
Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid has been ruled out for Sunday’s showdown with the visiting Kansas City Chiefs due to a knee injury.
Bills coach Sean McDermott also announced on WGR 550 Friday that wide receiver Amari Cooper (wrist) and right tackle Spencer Brown (ankle) will be listed as questionable.
Kincaid sustained an ankle injury in Buffalo’s 30-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts last Sunday.
Dawson Knox and Quintin Morris will see additional playing time in place of Kincaid, who has recorded 34 catches for 356 yards and two touchdowns in 10 games (seven starts) this season.
Kincaid, 25, has 107 receptions for 1,029 yards and four TDs in 26 career games since being selected by the Bills with the 23rd overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Cooper, 30, has missed the team’s last two games since injuring his wrist in Buffalo’s 31-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Oct. 27.
The five-time Pro Bowl wideout has 29 catches for 319 yards and three touchdowns in eight games (seven starts) split between the Cleveland Browns and Bills this season.
Brown, 27, has started all 10 games in which he has played this season for Buffalo.
CHIEFS K HARRISON BUTKER UNDERGOES SURGERY ON LEFT KNEE
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker reported Friday that surgery on his left knee was done and was a success.
“Surgery went great! Thank you for the prayers,” Butker wrote on X.
The Chiefs announced Friday they had placed Butker, 29, on injured reserve and confirmed the signing of kicker Spencer Shrader, who had been on the New York Jets practice squad.
Eighth among NFL kickers in points with 75 this season, Butker connected on 18 of 20 field-goal attempts and 21 of 22 extra points. Both of the missed field goals were on tries beyond 50 yards.
Butker’s career 89.21 field-goal percentage ranks third in NFL history. He has won three Super Bowl titles with Kansas City.
Shrader has limited NFL experience.
A 25-year-old rookie from Notre Dame, Shrader connected on both of his field-goal attempts for the Jets last week at Arizona. He joined the Jets after being released by the Indianapolis Colts, who used Shrader in Week 1 for three successful PATs as the injury replacement for kicker Matt Gay.
The Chiefs (9-0), seeking their 16th consecutive win dating back to last season, visit the Buffalo Bills (8-2) on Sunday in a key AFC game.
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TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 13 PURDUE TAKES DOWN NO. 2 ALABAMA
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-best 26 points and collected eight rebounds to lead No. 13 Purdue to an 87-78 triumph over No. 2 Alabama in a Friday night nonconference showdown at West Lafayette, Ind.
Braden Smith produced 17 points, 10 assists and six rebounds and Fletcher Loyer also scored 17 points for the Boilermakers (4-0). C.J. Cox scored nine of his 11 points during a go-ahead run for Purdue midway through the second half.
Labaron Philon scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting before fouling out for the Crimson Tide (3-1). Mark Sears had 15 points and six assists, Grant Nelson added 12 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. scored 11 points for Alabama.
Purdue shot 49.2 percent from the field, including 9 of 16 (56.3 percent) from 3-point range, while winning its 21st straight home game. The Boilermakers committed just three turnovers.
No. 4 Gonzaga 113, UMass Lowell 54
Khalif Battle scored a game-high 21 points, leading six Gonzaga players in double figures and the Bulldogs never trailed in a rout of the River Hawks at Spokane, Wash.
Nolan Hickman added 14 for Gonzaga (3-0). The Bulldogs shot 41 of 76 from the field (53.9 percent) while limiting UMass Lowell to 18 of 50 (36 percent) from the floor.
Quinton Mincey led UMass Lowell (2-1) with 10 points. Martin Somerville, Max Brooks and Cam Morris III each scored nine.
Wisconsin 103, No. 9 Arizona 88
Graduate transfer John Tonje poured in a career-high 41 points and the Badgers turned back a second-half rally by the Wildcats to remain undefeated with a nonconference victory in Madison, Wis.
Tonje hit 8 of 14 field-goal attempts, including 4 of 6 beyond the arc, and 21 of 22 free-throw attempts. John Blackwell added 14 points and Max Klesmit had 13 for the Badgers (4-0), who hit 41 of 47 free-throw attempts.
Jaden Bradley had 22 points, Trey Townsend 17 and KJ Lewis 15 for Arizona (2-1), which had allowed just 108 points combined in its two victories.
No. 10 North Carolina 107, American 55
Jalen Washington scored a career-high 18 points and the Tar Heels cruised to victory over American in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Elliot Cadeau posted 15 of his 18 points in the first half, while RJ Davis and Seth Trimble each racked up 13 points and reserve Cade Tyson had 11 points for the Tar Heels (2-1).
Matt Rogers scored 15 points and reserve Elijah Stephens added 12 points for the Eagles (1-3), who fell to 0-3 in road games.
No. 15 Marquette 78, Maryland 74
Kam Jones poured in 28 points on 10-of-18 shooting and the Golden Eagles overcame a late-game collapse to record a win over the Terrapins in College Park, Md.
Stevie Mitchell added 18 points for Marquette (4-0), which managed to hang on despite getting outshot 52.7 percent to 44.8 percent from the field.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Derik Queen each racked up 24 points for Maryland (3-1). Queen also snatched seven rebounds.
No. 17 Cincinnati 86, Nicholls State 49
Simas Lukosius and Jizzle James each scored 19 points to lead the Bearcats past the visiting Colonels.
Lukosius is off to one of the hottest starts in the country from beyond the arc, converting 5 of 7 on Friday and improving to 10 of 14 for the season. As a team, Cincinnati (3-0) drained 11 of 27 (40.7 percent) from long distance in the runaway win.
Jamal West Jr. had 12 points to lead Nicholls State (2-3), which shot just 21-for-69 (30.4 percent) from the floor.
No. 20 Florida 87, Florida State 74
A 25-point performance by Walter Clayton Jr. helped the Gators squash an attempted second-half comeback by rival the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.
Clayton scored 16 of his points in the first half, and in the second half, Sam Alexis and Allijah Martin matched Clayton’s output with nine points each to close out the game. Martin finished with 17 points and Alexis added 12 for Florida (4-0).
Jamir Watkins led Florida State (3-1) with 19 points. Justin Thomas added 11 points while going 3-for-3 from deep. The Gators won their fourth in a row against the Seminoles.
No. 23 Texas A&M 78, No. 21 Ohio State 64
Wade Taylor IV and Manny Obaseki each had 15 points to lead the Aggies to a victory over the Buckeyes in an early-season battle of ranked teams at College Station, Texas.
Texas A&M (3-1) won its third consecutive game since a season-opening loss at UCF. The Aggies shot only 24 percent in the first half but made 15 of 18 free throws for a nine-point lead at the break.
Ohio State (2-1) shot 21.9 percent in the opening half and was 3 of 4 at the line. Bruce Thornton scored 15 points to lead the Buckeyes.
No. 24 Rutgers 98, Monmouth 81
Highly touted freshman Ace Bailey scored 17 points in his much-anticipated debut for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, who never trailed in a win over the Hawks in Piscataway, N.J.
Bailey, a consensus top-5 recruit, missed the first two games with a hip injury but displayed little rust. He was 5-for-10 from the field with a game-opening 3-pointer and added two thunderous dunks. He also chipped in six rebounds and two steals in 30 minutes.
Another freshman for Rutgers (3-0), Dylan Harper, added 20 points, six assists and five rebounds. Abdi Bashir Jr. scored a career-high 38 points on 10-for-17 shooting from 3-point range for Monmouth (0-4).
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NBA ROUNDUP: KINGS’ DE’AARON FOX SCORES 60 IN OT LOSS
Anthony Edwards scored seven of his 36 points in overtime and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves overcame De’Aaron Fox’s 60-point performance to beat the Sacramento Kings 130-126 in an NBA Cup game Friday night.
Fox shot 22-for-35 from the field and 6-for-10 from 3-point range for Sacramento, which rallied from a 20-point deficit in the third quarter to force overtime.
Fox’s 60 points set a franchise record, surpassing Jack Twyman’s 59 points for the Cincinnati Royals on Jan. 15, 1960. Fox is the 13th player in NBA history to score at least 60 points in a loss.
Randle scored 26 points for Minnesota, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Domantas Sabonis 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Kings, who have lost three of the past five.
Cavaliers 144, Bulls 126
Donovan Mitchell poured in 37 points and Darius Garland supplied 29 as host Cleveland became the sixth team in NBA history to open a season with 14 wins in a row by beating Chicago.
Mitchell also had seven boards for the Cavaliers’ NBA Cup victory. Jarrett Allen finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds and reserve Caris LeVert scored 22.
Coby White netted a team-high 29 points for the Bulls, who knocked down 20 of 42 3-pointers. Nikola Vucevic contributed 25 points and eight rebounds, and Patrick Williams notched 17 points and nine assists.
Lakers 120, Spurs 115
Anthony Davis poured in 40 points and added 12 rebounds and LeBron James scored Los Angeles’ final four points and recorded his fourth straight triple-double as the visiting Lakers outlasted San Antonio in an NBA Cup game.
James finished with 15 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists as the Lakers won their fourth straight game. Austin Reaves added 19 points.
Victor Wembanyama paced the Spurs with 28 points and 14 rebounds. Stephon Castle added 22 points, and Chris Paul chipped in 11 points and 11 assists.
Knicks 124, Nets 122
Jalen Brunson sank the game-winning 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left for host New York, which squandered all of a 21-point lead before edging Brooklyn in NBA Cup action.
Dennis Schroder’s 3-pointer with 12 seconds remaining gave the Nets their first lead since the first quarter. Following a timeout, Brunson — who finished with 37 points — took an inbounds pass from Mikal Bridges and sized up Dorian Finney-Smith before hoisting a shot that got nothing but net.
Cam Thomas scored 12 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter for the Nets, who outscored the Knicks 40-24 in the final 12 minutes before dropping their Group A opener. The Knicks improved to 2-0 in the NBA Cup.
Pistons 99, Raptors 95
Cade Cunningham had 15 points and 10 assists and visiting Detroit defeated Toronto in an NBA Cup game.
Malik Beasley added a team-high 20 points for the Pistons, who have won their first two games of the in-season tournament after their 123-121 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday.
Jakob Poeltl had a season-best 25 points, grabbed 19 rebounds and had three blocked shots for the Raptors, who have lost their first two tournament games and six in a row overall. RJ Barrett added 22 points.
Heat 124, Pacers 111
Bam Adebayo scored 30 points and Kevin Love scored all of his 15 points in the third quarter as Miami topped host Indiana in NBA Cup action.
Love scored 13 straight points early in the third quarter as the Heat opened the second half on a 28-12 run, stretching a six-point halftime lead to 22 before the midway point in the third quarter. The Pacers never got closer than 10 points.
Obi Toppin scored a team-high 21 points off the bench and Tyrese Haliburton added 18 points and eight assists for Indiana, which has lost three of its past four games. The Heat had lost four of their previous five games.
Warriors 123, Grizzlies 118
Buddy Hield had a team-high 18 points and nine teammates scored at least eight apiece as Golden State edged Memphis in an NBA Cup game in San Francisco.
Moses Moody chipped in 14 points while Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Stephen Curry 13 each for Golden State, which improved to 2-0 in the NBA Cup. The Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. was the game’s leading scorer with 32 points.
Golden State led 74-67 with about five minutes remaining in the third quarter, but then Curry, Brandin Podziemski and Hield buried 3-pointers in a 19-11 period-ending burst that opened a 15-point advantage.
Hawks 129, Wizards 117
Dyson Daniels scored a game-high 25 points, helping lead Atlanta over visiting Washington in NBA Cup pool play.
De’Andre Hunter added 22 points off the bench as the Hawks won their second straight East Group C game. Jalen Johnson tallied 18 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, while Trae Young added 18 points and nine assists.
Playing in its first NBA Cup game, the Wizards lost their seventh straight overall. Kyle Kuzma led Washington with 24 points and nine rebounds. Jordan Poole contributed 22 points, and Alexandre Sarr chipped in 20.
Magic 98, 76ers 86
Franz Wagner scored a game-high 31 points and Orlando Magic went on a 9-0 run late in the fourth quarter to rally past visiting Philadelphia in NBA Cup group play.
Orlando limited the Sixers to 40.3 percent shooting from the floor in the game and forced 18 turnovers that the Magic converted into 24 points.
Wagner had a game-high 11 rebounds and added six assists for Orlando, which has won five straight. Rookie Jared McCain led Philadelphia in scoring for a second consecutive game with 29 points. He shot 5 of 10 from 3-point range.
Rockets 125, Clippers 104
Jabari Smith Jr. scored a season-high 28 points and Alperen Sengun recorded his fifth career triple-double as Houston capped a sweep of back-to-back home games against Los Angeles.
The contest was the opener of the NBA Cup group stage for both teams. Smith shot 11-for-17 from the floor and drilled a career-high-tying five 3-pointers, all in the first half. He grabbed 11 rebounds to pace the Rockets, who led wire-to-wire en route to their sixth win in seven games.
The Clippers’ James Harden scored a team-high 21 points and matched Ray Allen for second place in NBA history in career 3-pointers. Harden’s third trey of the game, late in the first quarter, was the 2,973rd of his career. He missed four more attempts the rest of the game.
Thunder 99, Suns 83
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points to lead host Oklahoma City past Phoenix in an NBA Cup matchup.
Luguentz Dort scored 15 points for the Thunder, and Jalen Williams added 14. Even in the absence of Chet Holmgren, one of the league’s top shot-blockers who is out with a fractured hip, Oklahoma City finished with 11 blocks.
Playing without Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Grayson Allen, Phoenix struggled to generate offense. Josh Okogie posted a team-high 15 points as the Suns shot a season-low 29.3 percent from the floor.
Pelicans 101, Nuggets 94
Brandon Ingram scored 29 points and host New Orleans ended a six-game losing streak by snapping Denver’s five-game winning streak in a matchup of short-handed teams.
Brandon Boston Jr. added 19 points and Trey Murphy III scored 17 for the Pelicans, who played the NBA Cup game without six of their top eight players.
Michael Porter Jr. scored 24 points, Peyton Watson had 18, Jamal Murray had 16 and Christian Braun 15 for the Nuggets. Nikola Jokic, who has four consecutive triple-doubles, missed the game for personal reasons.
NHL NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: KNIGHTS RALLY AS WILLIAM KARLSSON NETS WINNER
William Karlsson scored two goals, including the game-winner with 1:18 remaining, as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal deficit by scoring four consecutive goals to hand the Utah Hockey Club a 4-2 loss on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
Karlsson redirected Kaeden Korczak’s shot from the right point over the right shoulder of Utah goalie Karel Vejmelka to break a 2-2 tie and give Vegas its first lead of the game. He then sealed the win with an empty-netter with 28.2 seconds to go. Karlsson also added an assist.
Tomas Hertl scored two power-play goals and Jack Eichel had two assists for Vegas, which picked up its second straight road win. It was the ninth multipoint game of the season for Eichel, who moved into a tie for second in the NHL with 22 assists, behind Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon. Adin Hill finished with 32 saves.
Logan Cooley and Mikhail Sergachev scored goals and Vejmelka made 25 saves for Utah.
Capitals 5, Avalanche 2
Connor McMichael had two goals, Jakub Vrana and Jakob Chychrun also scored, and Washington beat Colorado in Denver to end the Avalanche’s three-game winning streak.
Rasmus Sandin scored an empty-net goal, Pierre-Luc Dubois had two assists and Charlie Lindgren turned away 17 shots for Washington. Alex Ovechkin did not score and sits at 863 career goals, 31 behind Wayne Gretzky.
Parker Kelly had a goal and an assist and Nikolai Kovalenko also scored for Colorado. Justus Annunen allowed three goals on six shots before being pulled in favor of Trent Miner, who made his NHL debut. Miner turned away 12 shots.
Blue Jackets 6, Penguins 2
Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist while Sean Monahan had two assists as Columbus beat visiting Pittsburgh.
Zachary Aston-Reese, Mathieu Olivier, Damon Severson and Cole Sillinger scored the other goals for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a six-game losing streak (0-5-1).
The slumping Penguins are 1-3-2 in their past six games and are winless in their past three games (0-2-1). Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist, extending his goal streak to three games. Michael Bunting also tallied for Pittsburgh.
Ducks 6, Red Wings 4
Cutter Gauthier’s first NHL goal broke a third-period tie, Ross Johnston added to the lead 38 seconds later and Anaheim rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat visiting Detroit.
Defenseman Owen Zellweger had a goal and two assists while Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry and Ryan Strome also scored for Anaheim. Leo Carlsson and defensemen Brian Dumoulin and Drew Helleson each collected two assists, and John Gibson made 21 saves. The Ducks have won two of their past three after a four-game losing streak (0-3-1).
Marco Kasper scored his first career goal and had an assist, Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond also had a goal and an assist each and Jonatan Berggren scored for Detroit, which led 3-1 late in the second period. Moritz Seider contributed two assists.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
INDIANA PACES
GAME REWIND: PACERS 111, HEAT 124 (NBA CUP)
If the Indiana Pacers are going to make another run at the Emirates NBA Cup, they’ll need to regroup and refocus after a tough start to the tournament.
On Friday, the Miami Heat (5-6) spoiled Indiana’s first NBA Cup game of 2024, posting a 124-111 win over the Pacers (5-7) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Indiana trailed by six points at the break before going down by as many as 22 in the third quarter, as Miami made 11 of their first 13 shots to start the second half. The Pacers then trailed by 13 points going into the fourth quarter, but never got the deficit down to single digits the rest of the game.
The Pacers are now 0-1 in East Group B play and the Heat are 1-1. Other teams in Group B include the Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, and Toronto Raptors.
Both teams shot a tick above 51 percent in the game, but the Pacers turned the ball over 20 times to the Heat’s 10 giveaways. The visitors were also better at the free-throw line, going 19-for-23 from the charity strip to Indiana’s 9-for-11.
Seven players scored in double figures for the Heat, as center Bam Adebayo logged 30 points (10-for-17 shooting) and 11 rebounds, Tyler Herro added 20 points, and Kevin Love logged 15 points (all in the third quarter).
Obi Toppin topped the Pacers with 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting, Tyrese Haliburton finished with 18 points and eight assists, and Pascal Siakam scored 14 points.
“Poor effort,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “I think we showed five transition clips at halftime where we just simply were not playing hard enough. Miami is a polished, veteran team that is desperate right now. They’re under .500. They’re trying to fight their way out of that. They’re a team that can make you look bad and they did.”
The Pacers trailed Miami 61-55 at halftime after the Heat used 10-3 and 10-2 scoring streaks in the second quarter to go in front.
Miami outshot Indiana 51.1 to 48.8 percent in the first half, but the Pacers made nine threes to the Heat’s five treys. The Heat, however, shot 10-for-13 from the free-throw line, while the Pacers went 4-for-6.
Haliburton topped the Pacers with 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting (4-for-8 from 3-point range) and Herro had 14 points for the visitors at halftime.
The Pacers led 29-26 at the end of the first quarter, with a Myles Turner 3-pointer in the right corner with 5.7 seconds on the clock proving the difference.
Neither team led by more than four points in the first 12 minutes, with Haliburton accounting for eight points on two made threes for the Pacers. Highsmith made all four of his shot attempts in the first quarter for eight points, and Herro made five free throws for seven points.
Nikola Jovic scored nine points off the bench, and the Heat shot 59 percent in the second quarter, as Miami took a six-point lead into halftime.
The Heat made five straight baskets and a pair of free throws in the early minutes of the second quarter to string together a 10-3 run and lead 45-37 with 7:30 left in the half.
A 10-2 Heat run then extended the visitors’ lead to 55-47, and the Pacers never went back in front before the break despite Siakam recording 10 points in the period. Right before the halftime buzzer, Haliburton drove the length of the floor and finished through contact to make it a two-possession game.
In a topsy-turvy third quarter, the Pacers trailed by as many as 22 points before an all-bench unit got the Blue & Gold back in the game.
The Heat made 11 of their first 13 shots to start the second half, with Love going 6-for-7 (3-for-4 from 3-point range) for 15 points, to lead by 20 points by the halfway mark in the third quarter.
Down 84-64 with 6:38 left in the third quarter, Carlisle subbed out the entire starting unit for an all-bench lineup.
The Indiana reserves were able to get some offense going for the Blue & Gold, as the Pacers constructed a 14-2 run – with Toppin scoring eight points, T.J. McConnell adding four, and Quenton Jackson scoring a bucket off a steal – to cut it to 91-81 with 2:20 on the clock.
Heading into the final frame, the Pacers trailed 98-85 after Adebayo added four more points to his total in the final two minutes.
After the teams battled back and forth to start the fourth quarter, a 10-2 Heat scoring spree – punctuated with back-to-back threes by Adebayo – gave the visitors a 117-96 lead with 5:58 remaining.
The Pacers never recovered in the final minutes as they lost a second straight game.
Indiana will host Miami again on Sunday, but the final result won’t impact the NBA Cup standings.
Inside the Numbers
Miami’s bench outscored Indiana’s second unit 54-35.
The Pacers outrebounded the Heat 39-36 in the game, including 8-4 on the offensive glass.
Indiana finished with 28 assists and Miami dished out 27 dimes.
The Pacers outscored the Heat 48-44 in the paint.
The Heat had 19 fastbreak points to the Pacers’ 11.
There were eight ties and six lead changes in the game.
You Can Quote Me On That
“The second unit guys showed really what this game was about — just unbridled competitive spirit and being physical and playing to exhaustion and playing unselfish. We’ve got some adjusting to do before the game on Sunday. I think a lot of guys are thinking about what happened right now and tonight. And we’ll get together tomorrow, look at some of this stuff, and do what we need to do to do better.” — Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle on the second unit’s effort
“We needed to get some guys that were going to fight out there. There was really no choice. Look, it’s one game. It’s an ugly game, it’s an ugly result, it’s an ugly thing to look at. But it was beautiful when the second unit was throwing every they had at it. As a whole group, we’re going to have to do that a whole lot more on Sunday.” – Carlisle on his decision to pull the entire starting five in the third quarter
“I just felt like we didn’t have that energy or urge today. We’ve just got to learn from it, remember this game, and just get better.” – Obi Toppin on the loss
“They put in the work every single day. We see those three guys in the gym every day. They put in the work and they’re always going to be ready for when their name is called, their number’s called. You see Q go out there and has a lot of energy, Rique does what he does, Furph does what he does. It’s just a matter of being ready when your name is called.” -Toppin on Quenton Jackson, Enrique Freeman, and Johnny Furphy
“Defensive lapses, bad shots, bad turnovers. We started playing the game the right way early. The ball was moving, hopping. We just had some dumb turnovers, bad shots and let that dictate our defense a little bit, didn’t get enough stops. It was just a bad combo.” – Tyrese Haliburton on what went wrong
Stat of the Night
Kevin Love, in his 17th NBA season, was 6-for-7 shooting from the field for 15 points in the third quarter. He also pulled down seven total rebounds in just 12 minutes of play.
Noteworthy
The Pacers debuted a new, special court on Friday that will be used during their NBA Cup games. The court pays tribute to legendary Pacers coach and broadcaster Bobby “Slick” Leonard, as his signature slogan “Boom Baby!” is printed the length of the court.
Indiana and Miami were both missing regular starters on Friday, as Andrew Nembhard (left knee patellofemoral inflammation) and Aaron Nesmith (left ankle sprain) remain sidelined with injuries, and Jimmy Butler (right ankle sprain) was out for the Heat.
Pacers center Myles Turner needs three points to pass Paul George (8,090 points) for eighth place in the team’s NBA franchise history.
Indiana forward Pascal Siakam is 14 points from reaching 10,000 for his NBA career.
Up Next
The Pacers will host Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat at Gainbridge Fieldhouse once again on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 5:00 PM ET.
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
#13 PURDUE ROLLS THE #2 CRIMSON TIDE IN RAUCOUS MACKEY ARENA
[13] Purdue 87, [2] Alabama 78 (Postgame Notes)
No. 13-ranked Purdue improved to 4-0 with a 87-78 win over No. 2-ranked Alabama in front of 14,876 fans in Mackey Arena.
Alabama was the highest-ranked, non-conference opponent that Purdue has ever beaten in Mackey Arena.
Purdue is now 6-6 in its last 12 games played against the AP No. 2-ranked team.
Purdue is now 4-0 for the fourth straight season (8-0 in 2021-22, 13-0 in 2022-23, 7-0 in 2023-24).
Purdue has now won 39 straight regular-season, non-conference games, which is tied for the fourth-longest streak in NCAA history. Eight of the wins have come against teams ranked in the top 11 of the AP poll, including six coming against the top seven.
Purdue has won 25 straight games in the month of November with seven of the wins coming against teams ranked in the nation’s top 11 of the AP poll. With Arizona falling, Purdue has the nation’s-longest win streak in the month of March.
Purdue is now 10-2 since the 2021-22 season against top-10 ranked teams, and 20-6 against ranked teams. Both marks are the best in the country.
Purdue has won 21 straight home games, and 30 straight games against non-conference opposition.
Purdue has won 12 of its last 15 games against top-15 ranked teams.
Purdue is now 96-19 since the start of the 2021-22 season.
Purdue’s three turnovers tied the school record for the fewest turnovers in a game.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-high 26 points with eight rebounds and four assists.
Fletcher Loyer scored 17 points with two rebounds and two assists. In last year’s contest with Alabama, Loyer had four points, going 0-of-5 from the field.
Braden Smith tallied his 11th career double-double with 17 points, 10 assists and six rebounds, while committing just one turnover. He is the first player in at least the last 25 years to have at least 17 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds against a top-2 ranked opponent.
Smith moved into third place on Purdue’s career assists list with 483 in just 78 games. He only trails Bruce Parkinson (690) and Brian Walker (572).
Smith also moved into 23rd on the Big Ten’s all-time assists list.
C.J. Cox scored 11 points, including three straight 3-pointers as Purdue turned a two-point deficit into a seven-point lead.
Purdue’s bench scored 27 points, going 8-of-13 from the field to go along with 14 rebounds.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and freshman C.J. Cox scored nine of his 11 points during a game-turning 13-0 run midway through the second half to help No. 13 Purdue get past No. 2 Alabama 87-78 on Friday night.
The Boilermakers (4-0) have won 21 consecutive home games and 25 straight in November. They have not lost a regular-season non-conference game since December 2020, a span of 39 games.
Braden Smith had 17 points and 10 assists as he moved into third place on Purdue’s career assists list with 483. Fletcher Loyer also scored 17.
Alabama (3-1) was led by freshman Labaron Philon, who had a season-high 18 points off the bench before fouling out with 2:02 to play. Grant Nelson added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Mark Sears scored 15 in a matchup between two of last season’s Final Four teams.
Takeaways
Alabama: Coach Nate Oats rolled the dice playing such an early road game against a team so traditionally strong at home, especially in November. But the Crimson Tide learned lessons that will help them in the long run.
Purdue: The Boilermakers might have turned the corner. After three straight rocky performances, coach Matt Painter’s squad delivered its best game yet. If Purdue continues playing this way, it could be the Big Ten contender everyone expects.
Key moment
After Alabama took its largest lead at 65-59, Kaufman-Renn answered with a basket and Cox made three straight 3-pointers to fuel a 13-0 run that gave the Boilermakers a 72-65 advantage with 8:17 to play. They never trailed again.
Key stats
Purdue committed just three turnovers and beat the highest-ranked non-conference opponent in Mackey Arena history. The only other time it played a non-Big Ten team ranked in the top two came in the arena’s first game — a 73-71 loss to No. 1 UCLA in December 1967.
PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES VS PENN STATE
PURDUE NOTES:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Football closes out the home slate of the 2024 season, hosting No. 4 Penn State at Ross-Ade Stadium. The contest will be Senior Day with the program honoring its seniors before the 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on CBS.
QUICK HITS
• The Boilermakers are in a stretch of playing three of four games against teams ranked in the nation’s Top 5.
• Four of Purdue’s final six games of the season are against teams currently ranked in the AP’s Top 5.
• The Boilermakers have seven wins against ranked opponents over the past six seasons, including three against teams ranked in the Top 3 (No. 2 Ohio State in 2018, No. 2 Iowa in 2021, No. 3 Michigan State in 2021).
• On this date 135 years ago, Purdue Football won its first game in program history with a 34-10 victory over DePauw (Nov. 16, 1889).
• Last week at No. 2 Ohio State, Purdue did not commit a penalty for the first time in a game since Oct. 10, 2015 (vs. Minnesota). It marked just the third time over the past 28 seasons that Purdue was not penalized during a game.
• Starting center Gus Hartwig has a 83.6 pass blocking grade from PFF, ranking second in the Big Ten and 17th nationally among centers, while not giving up a sack and allowing only one hit on the quarterback.
• Senior linebacker Kydran Jenkins ranks sixth in the Big Ten in sacks (0.61 per game). Jenkins is the conference leader in sacks wearing a Big Ten uniform, recording 22.0 throughout his career to also rank sixth in Purdue history.
• One of the nation’s leading tacklers as an All-American a season ago, sophomore Dillon Thieneman ranks second in the Big Ten and sixth nationally in solo tackles (5.6 per game) this year. The 2023 Big Ten Freshman of the Year has record 50 solo tackles, ranking second nationally among defensive backs.
• Thieneman’s 75 total tackles are 17 more than the next Big Ten defensive back.
• Freshmen and sophomores have accounted for 57 starts for Purdue this season.
• Devin Mockobee ranks fifth in the Big Ten in yards per carry (5.88). He is 109 yards away from becoming the eighth Boilermaker in program history to surpass 2,500 career rushing yards.
• Purdue has rushed for at least 200 yards in three games this year, the most 200-yard games in a season since 2018.
• Tight end Max Klare leads the Boilermakers in receptions (32), receiving yards (475) and receiving touchdowns (2), ranking third among Big Ten tight ends in receiving yards and receptions. Klare is on pace to become the first Purdue tight end to lead the team in receptions since current tight ends coach Justin Sinz hauled in 41 receptions (240 yards, four touchdowns) during the 2013 season.
• Kyndrich Breedlove has recorded three of Purdue’s four interceptions this season, ranking fourth in the Big Ten and 22nd nationally.
• In his first season as a Boilermaker, Keelan Crimmins is on pace for the second-best punting average (44.8 yards per punt) in program history, behind only 2001 Ray Guy Award winner Travis Dorsch (48.1 yards per punt).
• Crimmins’ punting average ranks fourth in the Big Ten and 18th nationally.
RECENT SUCCESS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
• Purdue has beaten seven ranked teams over the past six seasons, going 7-13 against Top 25 opponents despite being the underdog in each one of those games.
• Three of those wins were against Top 3 teams, while Purdue handed five of those ranked teams their first loss of the season.
• The victories during the 2021 campaign (No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Michigan State) gave Purdue multiple wins over Top 5 teams in one season for the first time since 1960 (No. 3 Ohio State, No. 1 Minnesota).
• Five of the seven wins have been by double digits, the biggest being a 29-point victory over No. 2 Ohio State in 2018.
• Purdue has 17 victories against AP Top 5 opponents as an unranked team, more than any other team during the AP Poll era (since 1936).
• Four of Purdue’s final seven opponents on its 2024 schedule are against ranked teams, including three ranked in the Top 5 (No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 4 Penn State, No. 5 Indiana).
ON THIS DATE
• Joe Tiller’s Boilermakers went on the road to beat Michigan State in a 45-42 thriller (Nov. 16, 2002). Purdue also defeated the Spartans 27-17 in its final home game of the 1991 campaign.
• The Boilermakers squeaked out a 13-11 victory over Minnesota in the 1963 home finale.
• Purdue shuts out Northwestern 27-0 at Ross-Ade Stadium (Nov. 16, 1957).
• As part of the undefeated 1929 season, a lone touchdown was all Purdue needed to beat Iowa 7-0 on Homecoming.
• Purdue earns the first win in program history, cruising past DePauw 34-10 (Nov. 16, 1889).
NO FLAGS
• Last week against No. 2 Ohio State, Purdue did not commit a penalty for the first time in a game since 2015 (Oct. 10, 2015 vs. Minnesota).
• Since 1996, it marked only the third time that the Boilermakers were not flagged for a penalty during a contest.
• Purdue has only been called for two penalties (20 yards) over the past two games.
• The Boilermakers have had three games this season in which they have committed two penalties-or-less (at Oregon State, vs. Northwestern, at Ohio State).
LEADING THE O-LINE
• Center Gus Hartwig and right tackle Marcus Mbow have been the leaders on Purdue’s offensive line this season.
• Both Boilermakers have started all nine games this season, bringing a total of 74 starts between the duo (Hartwig – 45, Mbow – 29).
• Hartwig has earned an 83.6 pass blocking grade from PFF, not allowing a sack and only surrendering one hit on the quarterback. His pass blocking grade ranks second in the Big Ten and 17th nationally among centers. Hartwig’s 74.3 offensive grade ranks second in the conference and 19th nationally.
• Going up against No. 2 Oregon, Mbow earned a spot on the PFF National Team of the Week for battling the Ducks’ difficult defensive line.
• Mbow has a 74.5 run blocking grade by PFF, ranking sixth among Big Ten tackles.
MAD MAX
• Max Klare has not missed a beat since he returned to the lineup at the start of the season.
• The sophomore tight end leads Purdue in receptions (32), receiving yards (475) and receiving touchdowns (2), on pace to become the first tight end to lead the Boilermakers in receiving since current tight ends coach Justin Sinz paced Purdue in 2013 (41 receptions).
• Klare has led Purdue in receiving in six of the team’s nine games this season.
• His 475 receiving yards rank 13th in a single season by a Purdue tight end.
• He had his best game as a Boilermaker at No. 23 Illinois (Oct. 12), hauling in six receptions for a career-high 133 yards. It marked the most receiving yards by a Purdue tight end since Payne Durham’s 150-yard night in the 2021 season opener and the sixth most by a Boilermaker tight end since 1996. Klare added 76 yards after catch as part of his receiving total.
• Klare was on pace to be one of the best tight ends in the country before his 2023 season was cut short. However, the sophomore bounced back in the 2024 season opener with five catches for 71 yards, both team highs. He also caught Purdue’s first touchdown of the season, a 9-yard strike from Hudson Card on the opening drive.
• Klare was also tabbed to the Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List ahead of the year.
HERE COMES THE MOCK TRAIN
• From walk-on to phenom, Devin Mockobee has certainly made a name for himself in his time in West Lafayette.
• For the third straight season, Mockobee leads the Purdue rushing attack. The junior has recorded 612 yards with three rushing touchdowns to pace the Boilermakers in both categories.
• Mockobee’s 5.88 yards per carry ranks sixth in the Big Ten.
• Mockobee sits 11th on Purdue’s all-time rushing list (2,391), passing legendary College Football Hall of Fame running back Leroy Keyes (2,094) against Nebraska (Sept. 28). He also sits 11th with 18 career rushing touchdowns, passing another College Football Hall of Famer (Otis Armstrong) by finding the end zone against Northwestern (Nov. 2).
• The junior is 109 yards away from becoming just the eighth Boilermaker in history to rack up 2,500 career rushing yards.
• With 11 carries for 102 yards at No. 23 Illinois (Oct. 12), Mockobee became the seventh Boilermaker to produce at least eight 100-yard rushing games over a career and the first since Kory Sheets (2005-08) recorded nine over his career.
• He rushed for a season-high 168 rushing yards at Oregon State (Sept. 21), becoming the sixth Boilermaker since 1996 to record a 100-yard rushing game in three separate seasons.
• He started his career by setting a new Purdue freshman record with 968 rushing yards while also adding nine touchdowns.
• After being put on scholarship in the first official act of the Walters era, he led the team in rushing once again with 807 yards and six touchdowns in 2023.
• In doing so, Mockobee became the first Boilermaker to lead the team in rushing in back-to-back seasons since Markell Jones, who did it three years running (2015-17).
• The Boonville, Ind., native is one of only four Big Ten players to rush for more than 800 yards in each of the past two seasons.
TACKLES-4-LOSS
• One of the major anchors of the defense is senior Kydran Jenkins (KAY-dran), who ranks sixth in Purdue history with 22.0 career sacks and 12th with 40.0 tackles-for-loss.
• The senior linebacker leads the Boilermakers in TFLs (8.5) and sacks (5.5), while ranking second in tackles (62).
• Jenkins sacks per game (0.61) ranks sixth in the Big Ten.
• Jenkins had a huge game against Oregon State (Sept. 21), recording a career-high 16 tackles to go along with 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks. With his second sack of the contest, he became the eighth Boilermaker in program history to make 20 career sacks.
• As a junior, Jenkins finished second in the Big Ten in tackles-for-loss with 15.5 on the year, ranking 18th in the country and the most by a Boilermaker since George Karlaftis in 2019 (17.0).
• He garnered All-Big Ten Honorable Mention for the second straight year in 2023.
• A versatile player, Jenkins moved from RUSH END to middle linebacker ahead of the 2024 campaign, a position he played in high school and a spot the coaching staff believed would do more to impress NFL scouts.
HIGHWAY TO HELDT
• After recording only 12 tackles throughout his freshman season, sophomore rush end Will Heldt has made 43 tackles this season. He ranks second on the team in sacks (5.0) and tackles-for-loss (7.5).
• Heldt recorded his first career touchdown with a 16-yard scoop-and-score at No. 23 Illinois (Oct. 12).
• At Wisconsin (Oct. 5), Heldt recorded a career-high eight tackles to pace Purdue.
• Heldt started the season with a team-high seven tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks in the win over Indiana State. Prior to the season opener, Heldt’s career high in tackles were two.
DT THE TACKLING MACHINE
• After pacing Purdue and becoming one of the nation’s leading tacklers as a freshman, Dillon Thieneman is back atop the Boilermakers’ chart for tackles in 2024.
• The sophomore defensive back leads Purdue in total tackles (75) and solo tackles (50), besting all Big Ten defensive backs in both categories.
• Thieneman’s 5.6 solo tackles per game rank second in the Big Ten and sixth nationally.
• His 50 solo tackles rank second nationally by a defensive back.
• Thieneman is one of only 26 Big Ten defensive backs over the past 20 seasons to record at least 50 solo tackles in two different seasons, including just the third to do it during both freshman and sophomore campaigns (Ricardo Allen – Purdue, Ibraheim Campbell – Northwestern).
• A season ago, Thieneman led the team with 106 tackles, ranking fifth in the Big Ten among all players and the most by any freshman in the country
• His 74 solo tackles in 2023 led all freshmen nationwide and set a new Purdue freshman record.
LOVIN’ THE INTs
• An important part of Purdue’s nickel defense, Kyndrich Breedlove produced a breakout game at Wisconsin (Oct. 5).
• The Nashville, Tennessee, native hauled in interceptions on back-to-back drives in the second quarter for Purdue’s first INTs of the season.
• Breedlove’s performance marked just the eighth time in the last decade that a Boilermaker recorded two interceptions in one game and the first since Dillon Thieneman did it in the 2023 season finale victory over Indiana.
• He added his third INT of the season against No. 2 Oregon (Oct. 18), becoming the 13th Boilermaker over the past decade to pick off three passes in a season.
ANOTHER AUSSIE
• Keelan Crimmins has quickly become Purdue’s most reliable punter in at least seven seasons.
• Crimmins is fourth in the Big Ten and ranks 18th nationally with a 44.8-yard average. He is on pace to be the fourth Boilermaker to average over 44 yards in a season going back to 1976.
• He is on pace for the second-highest season punt average in program history behind Ray Guy Award winner Travis Dorsch (48.1 yards per punt).
• Against Notre Dame, Crimmins punted 10 times for a 47.3-yard clip with a pair of balls over 50 yards and three inside the 20-yard line.
• It was only the sixth time a Big Ten punter averaged over 47 yards when punting 10 times. Iowa has three of them.
• His career-long 64-yard kick against the Irish was just the 20th ball of 64 or more yards by Purdue punter since 1996.
• He tallied a 46.7-yard average against Indiana State on three boots.
• The Aussie was the No. 3-ranked punter by ProKick Australia.
• He played cricket and high-level Australian Rules Football.
• Crimmins is the second straight Purdue punter from Australia, joining Jack Ansell (2021-23), who also wore No. 30.
PENN STATE NOTES:
NO. 6 PENN STATE MEETS PURDUE IN BIG TEN MATCHUP • OPENING KICK: No. 6 Penn State travels to West Lafayette to take on Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium on Saturday, November 16. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. on CBS. • NITTANY LIONS ON CBS: Penn State will play its 29th game on CBS on Saturday. The Nittany Lions are 18-10 all-time on CBS, including their 33-30 overtime win at USC on October 12. • SERIES HISTORY: Penn State meets Purdue for the 21st time in program history. The Nittany Lions own a 16-3-1 record in the series and have won 10-straight matchups. In 2022, Penn State earned a 35-31 win in West Lafayette. Sean Clifford threw for 282 yards and four touchdowns, while adding a rushing score. The Nittany Lions scored on a go-ahead touchdown with 57 seconds. Joey Porter Jr. notched eight tackles, six pass breakups and a fumble recovery. • WARREN SETS SEASON RECORDS: On a pair of catches in the fourth quarter against Washington, Tyler Warren set Penn State tight end season records. On a 9-yard grab, Warren broke the PSU tight end season receptions record, previously held by Mike Gesicki (57; 2017). Warren has 59 catches this year. On a 2-yard catch, Warren overtook Gesicki (679; 2017) for the PSU tight end season receiving yards record. Warren owns 681 receiving yards this season. • TOUGH AGAINST THE RUN: Penn State limited Washington to 74 rushing yards on 33 carries (2.24 yards per carry). Penn State has held 17 of its last 20 Big Ten opponents under 100 rushing yards. Since 2022, Penn State leads the FBS, holding 25 opponents under 100 rushing yards. The Nittany Lions rank 10th in the nation, allowing 100.1 rushing yards per game this season. Twelve of Washington’s 33 rushes went for a loss or no gain as Penn State tallied nine tackles for loss and five sacks. • THE OPPOSITION: Purdue is 1-8 overall and 0-6 in Big Ten play after falling 45-0 at No. 2/3/3 Ohio State last Saturday. Hudson Card threw for 108 yards, while Devin Mockobee rushed for 73 yards. Dillon Thieneman led the Boilermakers with 11 tackles, including eight solo, and broke up a pass.
HEAD COACH RYAN WALTERS • Ryan Walters was hired as Purdue’s head coach on Dec. 13, 2022. • He has a 5-15 record at Purdue, including 3-11 in Big Ten games. • At age 38, he is the fourth-youngest head coach in the FBS. • Prior to Purdue, Walters served two seasons as defensive coordinator at Illinois, helping the Illini to a ReliaQuest Bowl appearance in 2022. • He spent six seasons on staff at Missouri, serving as defensive coordinator from 2018-20 and co-defensive coordinator in 2016 and 2017. • Walters’ coaching stops include Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma, North Texas and Memphis. SCOUTING THE BOILERMAKERS • Purdue is 1-8 overall and 0-6 in Big Ten play. • The Boilermakers fell 45-0 at No. 2/3/3 Ohio State last Saturday. • QB Hudson Card threw for 108 yards, while RB Devin Mockobee rushed for 73 yards. DB Dillon Thieneman led the defense with 11 tackles. • Purdue ranks 18th in the Big Ten in scoring offense (18.0) and 16th in total offense (320.4), while sitting 10th in rushing offense (143.3) and 15th in passing offense (177.1). • Card is completing 60.1 percent of his passes for 1,113 yards, eight touchdowns and five interceptions. • Mockobee leads the Boilermakers with 612 rushing yards and three touchdowns, while RB Reggie Love III has 358 yards and two scores. • The Boilermakers’ defense ranks 18th in the conference in scoring defense (37.8), total defense (446.4) and rushing defense (199.9), while sitting 16th in passing defense (246.6). • Thieneman paces Purdue with 75 tackles to go with 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack and five pass breakups. He ranks second in the Big Ten, and sixth in the country, averaging 5.6 solo tackles per game. • LB Kydran Jenkins leads the team with 8.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks, while Rush End Will Heldt has 7.5 tackles for loss and five sacks. • DB Kyndrich Breedlove has a team-high three interceptions. • P Keelan Crimmins sits fourth in the conference with a 44.8 punt average.
LAST MEETING:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Sean Clifford connected with Keyvone Lee for a 10- yard touchdown to give the Penn State football team the lead with 57 seconds remaining as the Nittany Lions earned a 35-31 win over Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium to begin the 2022 season. Clifford completed 20-of-37 passes for 282 yards and a career-high-tying four passing touchdowns, while adding a 2-yard rushing score. Mitchell Tinsley caught seven passes for 84 yards and a touchdown in his Penn State debut, while KeAndre Lambert-Smith had four receptions for 58 yards and a touchdown. Brenton Strange added a 67-yard touchdown reception. Joey Porter Jr. led the Nittany Lions with eight tackles to go with three pass breakups and a fumble recovery. Johnny Dixon and Jonathan Sutherland each had a sack, while Dixon broke up two passes. Keaton Ellis broke up three passes and Zakee Wheatley forced a fumble. The Boilermakers got on the board first, finishing a 73-yard drive with a 36-yard field goal by Mitchell Fineran with 3:38 left in the first quarter. Penn State answered with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Clifford to Tinsley with 13:09 left in the second quarter. The Nittany Lions finished a 12-play, 79-yard drive as Clifford found a wide-open Tinsley on a crossing route. Purdue responded with a 3-yard touchdown run by Doerue. Penn State re-took the lead on a 2-yard touchdown rush by Clifford with 1:44 left in the first half. The Nittany Lions forced a turnover in Purdue territory with 30 seconds left in the half. On a reverse play, Wheatley knocked the ball loose and Porter Jr. recovered the ball at the Penn State 18. Penn State took advantage of the turnover with a 67-yard touchdown reception by Strange. Penn State held a 21-10 lead at the break. Purdue scored on a 2-yard run by Doerue on the opening drive of the second half. The Boilermakers took the lead on a 7-yard touchdown pass from O’Connell to Jones late in the third quarter. The Nittany Lions answered with a 29-yard touchdown reception by LambertSmith in the fourth quarter. Penn State held a 28-24 lead with 10:44 remaining. Purdue re-took the lead on a 72-yard pick-six by Chris Jefferson. After a key third-down pass breakup by Hardy to force a Purdue punt, the Nittany Lions took over on their own 20 yard-line with 2:22 remaining. The drive began with an 8-yard completion to Tinsley and a 7-yard reception by Lambert-Smith. Clifford connected with Tinsley towards the sideline for a 27-yard catch-and-run to the Purdue 30. A few plays later, Clifford rolled out to his right and lofted a pass to Lee, who took it into the end-zone for the go-ahead score.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL GAME NOTES VS. VIRGINIA
NOTRE DAME NOTES:
WEEKEND AT A GLANCE • Saturday will mark the fifth meeting between Notre Dame and Virginia. Notre Dame has been ranked in the AP Top 25 in each matchup. • Notre Dame is 4-0 all-time against Virginia, and 1-0 when playing at Notre Dame Stadium . • Notre Dame is 219-84-3 all-time against the ACC, and 4-0 against the ACC in 2024. • There will be 29 seniors who will participate in the pregame ceremony on Saturday before the Virginia game. The ceremony will begin at 9:15 on the pregame clock in Notre Dame Stadium (approximately 3:20 p.m. ET). For more on Senior Day, see page 24. • Notre Dame is dominant across the board in defensive stat categories, ranking second nationally in passing yards allowed (148.6), second in team passing efficiency defense (91.54), second in defensive touchdowns (4), third in scoring defense (11.1), third in turnover margin (1.33), fourth in third down defense (0.282), fourth in red zone defense (0.650), fifth in first downs allowed (138), seventh in total defense (274.6), seventh in turnovers gained (20) and tenth in fumbles recovered (8). • Senior quarterback Riley Leonard owns 32 rushing touchdowns for his career, including three in the first half at Purdue, and two vs. Miami (OH) and Georgia Tech. He tied for first among all active FBS quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns (Dillon Gabriel – 32). • Notre Dame is one of seven FBS programs ranking in the Top 15 in both scoring offense and scoring defense. The Irish rank third nationally in scoring defense (11.1) and 12th nationally in scoring offense (38.3). • Notre Dame’s 52-3 victory over Florida State marked the largest margin of victory by any FBS team that weekend, let alone a victory over a Power 4 team. It was the largest margin of defeat Florida State has suffered this season. Notre Dame’s 52 points were the most scored on a Power 4 opponent that weekend, and tied for the most in all FBS matchups (Tulane 52-6 over Temple). • Defensive lineman Rylie Mills posted three sacks in the win, as Notre Dame totaled eight on the day, the most of any FBS team that weekend.
IRISH ITEMS – BY THE NUMBERS 1 Senior quarterback Riley Leonard owns 32 rushing touchdowns for his career, including three in the first half at Purdue, and two vs. Miami (OH) and Georgia Tech. He tied for first among all active FBS quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns (Dillon Gabriel – 32). With three rushing touchdowns in a single game at Purdue, Leonard is one of four Power 4 quarterbacks to achieve the feat so far this season, one of just 11 FBS quarterbacks to do so, and one of three FBS quarterbacks to do so in a single half. 2nd Leading the nation in interceptions with seven in 2023 and earning national defensive player of the week honors twice, Xavier Watts became the second Notre Dame player to win the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s best defensive player (Manti Te’o won the award in 2012). Watts was just the third Notre Dame player to lead the nation in interceptions in 2023, picking off seven passes. He is the first Irish player to pace the country since Mike Townsend intercepted 10 passes in 1972. Tony Carey (eight) also led the country in interceptions in 1964. Watts added interceptions in the wins over No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 15 Louisville and Georgia Tech to make 10 on his career. 2 Notre Dame is dominant across the board in defensive stat categories, ranking second nationally in passing yards allowed (148.6), second in team passing efficiency defense (91.54), second in defensive touchdowns (4), third in scoring defense (11.1), third in turnover margin (1.33), fourth in third down defense (0.282), fourth in red zone defense (0.650), fifth in first downs allowed (138), seventh in total defense (274.6), seventh in turnovers gained (20) and tenth in fumbles recovered (8). 2 Notre Dame is one of just two FBS programs (Auburn) that have three or more receivers who were the leading receiver (either in yards or receptions) on an FBS roster in 2023: Tight end Mitchell Evans (led Notre Dame with 29 receptions); wide receiver Jayden Harrison (led Marshall with 410 receiving yards); and wide receiver Kris Mitchell (led FIU in both receptions and yards – 64 receptions for 1,118 yards). 3-24 Notre Dame held two-straight opponents to 3-24 on third down (Miami 2-12, Purdue 1-12), the best back-to-back two-game total since 2021 (Cincinnati 2-12, Wisconsin 1-14). Those are the two best back-to-back two-game stretches since data is available starting in 1996. 5 Notre Dame is one of just five programs in the Power 4 with eight or more wins over each of the last four seasons (2020-23), joined by Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and NC State. 5th Notre Dame finished the 2023 season ranked fifth in FBS for total defense (276.3), the program’s best effort since 1980 (4th). The Irish also led the nation in pass efficiency defense (97.09). 10 The victory over Navy was the 10th ranked win of the Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame. The 23-13 win at No. 20 Texas A&M was his eighth victory over a ranked opponent, and the 31-24 win over No. 15 Louisville was the ninth. Only Frank Leahy (10 such wins) earned as many ranked victories in his first three years on the Irish sidelines. In 2023, the 40-8 Sun Bowl victory over No. 21 Oregon State not only earned Freeman his first campaign with 10 victories, it also was his team’s seventh victory over an Associated Press-ranked team in his first two years leading the program – breaking Terry Brennan’s previous program record of six in 1954 and 55. 14th The Irish finished the 2023 season ranked 14th in the Associated Press poll, marking the seventh-straight campaign and 10 of the last 12 Notre Dame has appeared in the final AP ranking. That seven-season final AP ranking streak is the best run for the Notre Dame program since the Irish finished in the AP Top 25 11 consecutive seasons from 1964-74.
TWO-DEEP TIDBITS – OFFENSE • Jayden Thomas entered 2023 season as Notre Dame’s leading returning receiver and served in that role in the first four games of the 2023 season, catching 12 passes for over 180 yards and a touchdown. • Beaux Collins is Notre Dame’s leading receiver in 2024, with 29 receptions for 374 yards. He recorded 91 receptions for 1,290 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1,578 offensive snaps over 32 games (27 starts) at Clemson from 2021-23. He broke out late in his true freshman season with 31 catches for 407 yards and three touchdowns. • Jaden Greathouse was the first Irish true freshman wideout to catch two touchdown passes in his first-career game (against Navy in 2023). His five touchdown catches during a rookie campaign are the most for a Notre Dame true freshman since 2016. • Jayden Harrison was a first-team All-American as a kick returner at Marshall last season, tying for the FBS lead with two kick return touchdowns in 2023. In 2023, Harrison played in all 13 games for Marshall (started four), totaling 28 receptions for 410 yards (14.6 yards per reception) and a touchdown. • Kris Mitchell, a transfer from FIU, led CUSA and ranked in the Top 20 nationally in receiving yards in 2023 (1,118 – 18th nationally) and receiving yads per game (93.2 – 13th nationally). Mitchell owns 100 career receptions for 1,663 yards and 11 touchdowns. • KK Smith began his time at Notre Dame recovering from an injury. His hard work over 2023 Fall allowed Smith to return to practice during bowl prep and make his Notre Dame debut in the Sun Bowl victory over Oregon State. • Jordan Faison joined the Notre Dame football team as a walk on and made his collegiate athletics debut at No. 25 Louisville in 2023, and was put on football scholarship. He would end the season with 19 catches for 322 yards and four touchdowns, capping the year by earning Sun Bowl MVP honors with five catches for 115 yards and a touchdown. • Notre Dame’s offensive line presents some new faces in 2024 with the departures of NFL Draftees Joe Alt and Blake Fisher. Pat Coogan, Ashton Craig, Billy Schrauth, Tosh Baker, Rocco Spindler and Charles Jagusah own starting experience. Irish linemen Aamil Wagner, Sam Pendleton and Anthonie Knapp all made their first-career starts at No. 20 Texas A&M. • Mitchell Evans had a breakout season in 2023 before being sidelined with an injury. A 2024 semifinalist for the Mackey Award, he played in eight games as a junior in 2023, starting seven, and ended the season as the team’s top receiving target, averaging 52.8 yards per game. Through those eight games, Evans totaled 29 receptions for 422 yards and a touchdown during the season, averaging 14.6 yards per catch. With Evans’ injury, Cooper Flanagan and Eli Raridon saw action in 2023, each scoring a touchdown, and will look to have an increased role in 2024. • Riley Leonard owns 32 rushing touchdowns for his career, ranking first among all active FBS quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns (tied with Dillon Gabriel – 32). He enters his senior season and first with Notre Dame coming off a Duke career as one of the ACC’s premier quarterbacks. See page 19 for more on Leonard. • Steve Angeli made the most of his first-career start in the 2023 Sun Bowl completing 15 of 19 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns. Prior to that game, he went 19-for-25 passing with four touchdowns in seven relief appearances. • With the departure of NFL Draft pick Audric Estimé, Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price are poised to lead the Irish running backs in 2024. See page 22 for more on the Irish running backs • Mitch Jeter joins the Irish from South Carolina, and owns a career 87.5 percent field-goal rate (28-32), connecting on 97-100 extra points. James Rendell hails from Melbourne, Australia, and made a mark in Australian football with the Victorian Football League before making the move to the United States this offseason. See page 23 for more on the Irish specialists.
TWO-DEEP TIDBITS – DEFENSE • Joshua Burnham finished the 2023 season with 18 tackles, four tackles-forloss and a sack. Junior Tuihalamaka appeared in all 13 games in 2023 while posting 10 tackles. • Rylie Mills was named a 2024 team captain and was a distruptive force on the Irish defensive line in 2023. He posted three sacks in the 52-3 win over Florida State, as the Irish totaled eight on the night. See page 17 for more information on Mills. • Howard Cross III established himself as one of the top playmaking interior defensive lineman in the country during the 2023 season. See page 17 for more information on Cross. Donovan Hinish appeared in nine games in 2023 and posting a career-best four stops in the win over Central Michigan. • RJ Oben transferred from Duke in the offseason with 34 career starts and 50 games played. Entering Notre Dame, he had posted 67 tackles on his career, with 14.5 sacks (loss of 91 yards), five forced fumbles, two passes defended and an interception. Bryce Young is now seeing time in the regular defensive line rotation and has made a significant mark on special teams. He is four-star true freshman and was an Adidas All-American as a high school senior. See page 17 for more on Young. • Jack Kiser leads a linebacker room with young talent. A team captain and 2024 William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist, Kiser has tied the Notre Dame career games played record. See page 17 for more information on Kiser. Jaiden Ausberry appeared in four regular-season games in 2023, preserving his eligibility. Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is a highly-touted five-star linebacker who was a finalist for the high school Butkus Award in 2023. He posted a career-high seven tackles vs. Northern Illinois. Drayk Bowen has posted 47 tackles this season, second behind Kiser’s 49. He appeared in 12 games in 2023 (missing one contest with an injury) and recorded 14 stops and a forced fumble. See page 18 for more on Bowen. Jaylen Sneed appeared in all 13 games in 2023, totaling 14 tackles, five QB hurries and two PBU. • Jordan Clark joined the Irish from Arizona State with 22 career starts and 39 games played entering 2024. Throughout his college career, he has snagged four interceptions (one for a touchdown) and 154 tackles (113 solo) with 7.5 TFL and 20 passes defended. • Adon Shuler notched his first-career interception in the 23-13 victory at No. 20 Texas A&M. He showed his playmaking ability late in the 2023 season, posting all six career tackles in the final three games of the year. See page 18 for more on Shuler. A preferred walk-on, Luke Talich quickly established himself as a special teams mainstay during his freshman season in 2023. • True freshmen Karson Hobbs, Leonard Moore and Kennedy Urlacher have impressed in preseason camp. Moore and Urlacher both garnered one four-star ranking through recruitment. Moore made his college football debut at No. 20 Texas A&M, and his first-career start vs. No. 15 Louisville, leading the team with seven tackles. He also posted seven tackles in his second start, at Georgia Tech. See page 18 for more on Moore. Tae Johnson made his debut on the depth chart for Florida State week, and saw his first game action after coming back from injury. • Christian Gray started his first-career game in the 23-13 win at No. 20 Texas A&M. He saw action in 12 games and made 11 tackles in 2023. He intercepted his first career pass against Pittsburgh and finished the year with a career-best three tackles in the Sun Bowl victory over Oregon State. • Xavier Watts started off the year strong with an interception in the 23-13 victory at No. 20 Texas A&M. He was the first Notre Dame player to intercept multiple passes in back-to-back games in 2023. Watts won the Nagurski Award and was a unanimous All-American. See page 16 for more on Watts. Rod Heard II spent his prior career at Northwestern, where he amassed 31 starts and 46 games played with 182 tackles, 11 for loss, two sacks and two interceptions, as well as 10 passes defended, five forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.
VIRGINIA NOTES:
INSIDE SATURDAY’S MATCHUP • Virginia will play Notre Dame for the fifth time in program history and the second time ever in Notre Dame Stadium. The Fighting Irish have won all four meetings including a 28-3 decision in Charlottesville in 2021. • The Fighting Irish, have been ranked in the top-10 in all four meetings against UVA (#2 in 1989; #9 in 2015; #10 in 2019; #7 in 2021). Notre Dame has never lost to an ACC team at home while ranked in the top-25, a total of 33 games. • Virginia is 1-1 this season against AP Top-25 teams and is 2-3 against ranked foes under head coach Tony Elliott. Both wins top-25 wins have come on the road. • The Cavaliers have one win in 32 all-time road games against top-10 teams. That win came under Elliott last season when UVA defeated then-No. 10 North Carolina 31-27 in Chapel Hill. • Virginia is 3-1 on the road this season, the most road wins since 2011. UVA is one of seven ACC teams and 36 FBS squads with three or more road wins this season. The Cavaliers have not won four games on the road since 2007. • UVA is 5-4 overall and 3-3 in ACC play. It marks the first five-win season since 2020 and most league wins since earning four in 2021. • Virginia has held a lead in all nine games this season, including a 10-3 advantage early in the second quarter on the road at then-No. 10 Clemson and a three-point lead until the 1:55 mark in the fourth quarter against Louisville. TOP STORYLINES • Virginia halted its three-game losing streak with a 24-19 upset win on the road over No. 23 Pittsburgh on Saturday. The Cavaliers trailed 13-7 at the half and scored 14 points in the third quarter to spur the comeback victory. Pitt came into the contest averaging 38.9 points per game and was held to its second-lowest scoring output this season, and fewest in a loss since its 2023 season finale against Duke. • UVA wide receiver Chris Tyree is a 2023 graduate from Notre Dame and transferred to UVA in January. The speedy wideout played in 49 games for the Fighting Irish with over 1,000 yards rushing and 945 yards receiving in four seasons. Tyree is coming off his best game as a Cavalier with four receptions, 42 yards receiving and 14 yards rushing against No. 23 Pittsburgh last week. • The Cavaliers are one win away from becoming bowl eligible for the first time under Elliott and the first time since 2021. This season, Virginia has posted the most wins (5) since 2021, most ACC wins (3) since 2021 and most road wins since 2011. Virginia started the season off 4-1, its best under Elliott and only the sixth time since 1999 that UVA won at least four of its first five games. • With two AP Top-25 teams in No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 18 SMU in addition to in-state rival Virginia Tech remaining on the schedule, UVA has the hardest schedule in the ACC and eighth-hardest among FBS schools based on winning percentage (.750).
YEAR THREE UNDER TONY ELLIOTT • Tony Elliott is in his third year at the helm of the Virginia football program. His staff only has one newcomer, Mike Adams. Elliott and Adams previously coached together at South Carolina State as assistant coaches during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. • Elliott brought a wealth of championship football experience to Charlottesville. In his 16 years as a full time college coach, Elliott has been a part of 15 winning seasons including 10-win seasons at Clemson from 2011-20. • With Elliott as offensive coordinator, Clemson went 89- 10 and made four CFP National Championship game appearances. • Elliott is one of 15 African-American head coaches in college football and one of seven running Power-5 programs. The Cavaliers have six full-time African American assistant coaches. FOURTH-QUARTER EMPHASIS • Virginia has been much improved in the fourth quarter this season, a point of emphasis by head coach Tony Elliott. • Through UVA’s nine eight games this season, the Cavaliers are outscoring their opponents, 77-46. • In Elliott’s first two seasons at UVA, the Cavaliers were outscored by their opponents in the fourth quarters 43- 36 in 2022 and 114-54 in 2023. • Maryland (10-0), Coastal Carolina (7-6) and then-No. 23 Pitt (6-3) are the only opponents to outscore UVA in the fourth quarter this season.
CAVALIERS LIMITING TURNOVERS • For the first time since 2019, UVA went three consecutive games without a committing a turnover (CCU, BC, UofL). • UVA’s fumble in the third quarter at Clemson marked its first turnover in its previous 14 consecutive quarters. • UVA’s four-game streak without a turnover came to a close against North Carolina (Oct. 26), when the Tar Heels intercepted a pass by Anthony Colandrea in the third quarter. • The Colandrea interception marked the first in his previous 146 passing attempts, a span in which he threw for eight touchdowns. • Virginia’s 2024 average of 1.33 turnovers per game are its lowest in any season under head coach Tony Elliott. In 2023, UVA averaged 1.66 turnovers per game and 2.20 in 2022. TOUGH ROAD AHEAD • Of the Cavaliers’ remaining three games this season, two are ranked in the Nov. 10 edition of the AP top-25 poll (at No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 14 SMU). • As of Nov. 10, UVA has the fifth-most difficult remaining schedule, based ELO strength of schedule (1634.2), according to WarrenNolan.com.
CHRIS TYREE’S RETURN TO NOTRE DAME • Virginia wide receiver Chris Tyree makes his return to his alma mater this weekend, where he played both running back and wide receiver from 2020-23. • Tyree played running back for three seasons (2020-22) before switching to receiver his senior year (2023). • As a member of the Fighting Irish, Tyree appeared in 49 career games, which ranked in the top-20 in program history and amassed 3,284 all-purpose yards (1,161 rush, 945 receiving, 119 punt return 1,059 kick return). • He scored 17 touchdowns (8 rush, 7 receiving, 1 kick return, 1 punt return). • For this career at Notre Dame, Tyree caught 82 passes, including a career-high 26 as a senior in 2023. JONAS SANKER: ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP DBs • Virginia safety Jonas Sanker is one of the nation’s top defensive backs and proved it with his performance in UVA’s 24-19 road triumph over then-No. 23 Pitt (Nov. 9). • A native of Charlottesville, Sanker earned his ACC Defensive-Back-of-the-Week honor this season after • Sanker is one of three UVA defensive players in program history earn ACC weekly honors three times in the same season. • On three consecutive plays in the third quarter against Pitt, Sanker recorded a TFL to force fourth down, blocked a field goal and recorded an interception on the Panthers’ first play of the ensuing drive. • The Cavaliers trailed by six when Sanker blocked the kick and scored the go-ahead touchdown on the next possession. • Sanker returned his interception 45 yards into the red zone to help set up what proved to be the game winning score. • A 2023 first-team All-ACC selection, Sanker is currently seventh in the ACC in tackles per game (7.7).
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
TELFORT AND KING COMBINE FOR KEY SPURT IN BUTLER’S 81-70 WIN OVER SMU
Six Bulldogs scored in double figures as Butler used a strong performance down the stretch to post an 81-70 win over SMU Friday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Jahmyl Telfort led the Bulldogs with 19 points, adding six rebounds and five assists.
Both Butler and SMU are now 3-1 on the young season.
KEY MOMENT:
After seven straight points gave SMU its first lead of the second half at 50-48 with 13:11 remaining in the game, Butler responded with a 16-2 run to make it 64-52 in favor of the home team. Telfort and Kolby King scored 13 of those 16 Butler points.
NOTEWORTHY:
Seventeen of Telfort’s 19 points came in the second half.
King scored 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including making all four of his attempts from behind the arc. It marked a Butler-high for King. Pierre Brooks II also scored 14.
Andre Screen narrowly missed a double-double with 10 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
Finley Bizjack and Patrick McCaffery each scored 12; Bizjack pulled down six rebounds.
SMU entered the game averaging 93.0 points over their first three wins of the season.
Chuck Harris, who played for Butler from 2020-23, returned to Hinkle Fieldhouse and led SMU with 21 points. He went 4-for-5 from three-point range.
Butler went 19-for-24 from the free throw line (79 percent).
The Bulldogs made 12 three-pointers (on 26 attempts) compared to only five for SMU.
Butler shot 46 percent from behind the arc, but only 41 percent overall from the field. That narrowly out-paced SMU’s 40-percent mark.
Butler last put six players in double figures in the Nov. 6, 2023 game against Eastern Michigan.
The game was the front end of a home-and-home series that will have the Bulldogs and SMU meet in Dallas next season. Prior to Friday night, the teams had only met once: a 42-37 Butler win during the 1939-40 season.
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs have a week off from competition before hosting Merrimack Friday (Nov. 22). Tickets are still available for the 7 p.m. tip, which will also air on FS2.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
6 – 13 – 21 – 24 – 29 – 12 – 33
November 16, 1957 – Boson Celtics’ center Number 6, Bill Russell set an NBA record of 49 rebounds as Boston defeated the Philadelphia Warriors, 111-89 at the Boston Gardens
November 16, 1962 – San Francisco Warriors center Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain scored 73 points in 127-111 win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden
November 16, 1966 – Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Number 21, Roberto Clemente was named the National League MVP
November 16, 1976 – Rick Barry, Number 24 of the Golden State Warriors, had the then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 end
November 16, 1977 – Rod Carew, Number 29 wins AL MVP award
November 16, 1980 – Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Number 12, Doug Williams threw for 486 yards
November 16, 1988 – Jose Canseco, Oakland A’s Number 33, became the first unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
FOOTBALL HISTORY
How ‘Bama became the Crimson Tide? – Iron Bowl 12
November 16, 1907 – Birmingham, Alabama – The 12th Iron Bowl is played as Auburn and Alabama finish in a stalemate of a 6-6 tie. According to rolltide.com, the name “Crimson Tide” is allegedly to have first been used by the Birmingham Age-Herald sports editor Hugh Roberts in describing this very game. The game allegedly was played on a sloppy muddy quagmire of a field and Auburn was the big favorite in the game. But, evidently, the “Thin Red Line” , As Alabama often referred to in that day, played a great game in the reddish colored mud and held Auburn to a 6-6 tie, thus gaining the name “Crimson Tide.” Zipp Newman, former sports editor of the Birmingham News, probably popularized the name more than any other writer. This was the last football contest between the two schools until 1948 when the series was resumed once again.
Bulldogs Have Their Record NFL Winning Streak End
November 16, 1924 – Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland/Canton Bulldogs winning streak ends. The Canton Bulldogs were a dynasty in the early NFL. According to the americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com the Bulldogs were unbeaten in 25 games from 1921 through 1923 suffering only being tied three times in that span. In fact they were the Champions of the newly named National Football League in 1922 and top “dogs” in the League in 1923. The news-herald.com has a story that fills in some of the story on the team’s transition in 1924 to become the Cleveland Bulldogs. Apparently the owner of the rival Cleveland Indians pro football team, a Cleveland area jeweler named Sam Deutsch, entered into an agreement on August 4, 1924 to buy the Canton Bulldogs franchise, players, equipment… yes the whole kit and kaboodle. The sale was a win for both teams as Canton’s owners had great teams with good attendance at the games but were struggling to turn a profit. while Cleveland had cash flow but lacked the fire power to put fannies in the stands. So before the 1924 season started, Deutsch named his coach as Guy Chamberlin, the player-coach and stud player from the University of Nebraska who through his strategy and coaching led the Bulldogs to their 1922 and 1923 NFL championships in Canton. Deutsch demanded that some of the core players of his former Indians team still be in the lineup, especially quarterback Hoge Workman, an All-American from nearby Ohio State. The Cleveland Bulldogs were a powerhouse as the combined rosters of the Indians and the Bulldogs were what in essence was an All-star team of the two clubs. He promoted them as the Cleveland Bulldogs and the team continued the Canton Bulldogs unbeaten streak by dispatching the Chicago Bears in their opener 16-14, tying Frankford’s Yellow Jackets the next week, then rattling off a string of victories over the likes of the Akron Pros twice, Rochester Jeffersons and the Dayton Triangles. Read in more detail here. It was on November 16 though, riding a 31 game unbeaten streak dating back to Canton that the Bulldogs were finally defeated on the gridiron. It was the second meeting with Frankford Yellow Jackets that ended the streak as the Jackets knocked off the Dogs 12-7 in Cleveland.
Don’t Try to Kick It Charlie Brown!!
November 16, 1952 – According to the onthisday.com website it was the first time in the Peanuts Comic strip that Lucy held a football for Charlie Brown. However the Schultzmuseum.org website claims that the first time Charles Schulz used the football idea in his comic strip was in 1951, although Violet is the one holding the football for Charlie Brown in that instance and she pulls it away more out of fear rather than for just being mean, like Lucy did. The theme was then shown nearly every autumn through the run of the comic strip. There are 37 strips where Lucy herself actually pulled the ball from Charlie Brown, 11 animated specials, and 4 Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show episodes. There was one time that she didn’t pull away the ball, and Chuck in some unintentional way got his revenge as he kicked her finger.
Jim Brown -outstanding Rookie Running Back
November 16, 1957 – Cleveland Browns Rookie running back Jim Brown was something special even in his initial season in the League. Incredibly Brown set an NFL season rushing record of 1163 yards after only eight games one year removed from college! Per the website sports.ha.com All in all in his nine seasons in the NFL he led all rushers for 8 of them.
Sooners Have their Win Steak End
November 16, 1957 – Norman, Oklahoma – Oklahoma Football’s NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame, 7-0. The Oklahoma Sooners were the defending college football champions. Oklahoma had a 47-game win streak going into a home game against Notre Dame the last to defeat them. What occurred was a defensive slug fest with the game coming down to a late 4th Quarter Drive by the Irish. The bleacherreport.com’s David Funk explains the sequence of events in his 2008 article. The Golden Domers had a series of successful plays that put them at the Sooners 8-yard line as the clock was approaching five minutes to play in the game. The Irish ran the ball on three consecutive plays to advance the ball to the Sooners 3-yard line.Because of a poor kicking angle, Notre Dame decided not to attempt a field goal. The Sooners sat back expecting a run up the middle on the 4th down play as they put eight men in the box to stop it. Irish Quarterback Bob Williams then faked a handoff up the middle to running back Nick Pietrosante, and pitched it to Dick Lynch around the right end and he ran it across the goalline stripe untouched to give the Irish the lead. Notre Dame’s extra point was good as they had a 7-0 lead with 3:50 left to play. A couple of series later with less than two minutes on the clock, Oklahoma moved the ball to the Irish 24-yard line as they were looking to tie the score. But on the next play, Bob Williams, who doubled as a defensive back for the Irish, picked off a pass by Dale Sherrod to seal the win, and end the Sooners 47-game win streak.
85th CFL Grey Cup
November 16, 1997 – Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – The 85th edition of the Grey Cup took place as the Toronto Argonauts were pitted against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Boatmen were the better team that day as they won the coveted Grey Cup by the score of 47-23. The americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com internet site has a great piece on the details. Argos Quarterback Doug Flutie captured the MVP honors after throwing for 350 yards, while still on live TV, after being named Grey Cup MVP, Flutie handed the keys to the Dodge Dakota pickup truck over to Paul Masotti who was named as the games Most Valuable Canadian. When his generosity was acknowledged by the announcer, Flutie remarked “I have one from last year.” Yes Doug Flutie was the MVP of the 1996 84th Grey Cup Game as well!
91st CFL Grey Cup
November 16, 2003 – Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan – the 91st edition of the CLF’s Grey Cup was played as the Edmonton Eskimos were pitted against the Montreal Alouettes. Both teams sported identical 13-5 records coming into the CFL championship game and it made for a tremendous build up for the game. Oursportscentral.com lays out the game’s highlights. Led by the passing of quarterback Ricky Ray who had 22 completions on 32 attempts for 301 yds and 2 TDs and the receiving prowess of Jason Tucker who grabbed 7 of those passes for 132 yards and 2 scores. These efforts aided the Green and Gold to capture their 12th Grey Cup in franchise history with a final score of 34-22 over Montreal. Edmonton’s Jason Tucker was the game’s MVP and the Most Valuable Canadian was Alouette Wide Receiver Ben Cahoon who sported 2 touchdown receptions of his own on 6 catches for 148 yards.
Hall of Fame Birthday for November 16
Gordie Lockbaum
November 16, 1965 – Medina, Pennsylvania – Gordie Lockbaum a two-way Running back and defensive back from Holy Cross is born. Lockbaum seldom left the field during his college career as footballfoundation.org explains he played halfback and wide receiver on offense, cornerback on defense and excelled as a kick returner on special teams. Gordie was pretty darn special on both sides of the ball, heck one week during the 1987 season he was both the team’s Defensive and Offensive Player of the Week! His offensive prowess was highlighted by the time he scored six touchdowns against Dartmouth in 1986 as well as the 1987 Villanova game where he caught 15 passes for 196 yard!. Lockbaum was second in the 1987 Maxwell Award voting, finished fifth in the Heisman voting in 1986 and third in 1987 and won a variety of lesser known collegiate gridiron awards. The National Football Foundation voted Gordie Lockbaum into their College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Nov. 16
1929 — Southern California and Notre Dame play before 112,912 at Soldier Field in Chicago, with the Fighting Irish prevailing 13-12. It’s the third time in the 1920s that the two schools attract more than 112,000 fans.
1957 — Notre Dame ends Oklahoma’s NCAA record 47-game winning streak with a 7-0 triumph.
1957 — Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics sets an NBA Record with 49 rebounds in a 111-89 victory over the Philadelphia Warriors.
1962 — Wilt Chamberlain scores 73 points, including 45 in the first half, to lead the San Francisco Warriors to a 127-111 victory over the New York Knicks.
1968 — Ron Johnson rushes for 347 yards and scores five touchdowns to lead Michigan to a 34-9 rout of Wisconsin.
1976 — Rick Barry of the San Francisco Warriors ends then the longest NBA free throw streak of 60 in a 110-102 win over the Seattle SuperSonics. Barry scores 33 points, including 9 of 10 from the free-throw line.
1980 — Doug Williams of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers passes for 486 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-30 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
1982 — The NFL Management Council and the NFL Players’ Association announce settlement of a 57-day player strike.
1991 — Gerry Thomas of No. 1 Florida State misses a 34-yard field goal by the length of a football with 25 seconds left, giving No. 2 Miami a 17-16 victory.
1993 — Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf of the Denver Nuggets has his consecutive free throw streak end at 81 in an 86-74 loss to San Antonio. Abdul-Rauf’s streak is the second longest in NBA history, trailing only the record 97 established by Minnesota’s Micheal Williams one week earlier.
1996 — Byron Hanspard of Texas Tech becomes the sixth major-college player to run for 2,000 yards in a season, rushing for 257 yards and four touchdowns in the Red Raiders’ 56-21 victory over Southwestern Louisiana.
1996 — Corey Dillon set an NCAA rushing record for a quarter, gaining 222 yards on 16 carries in the first period as No. 15 Washington overwhelmed San Jose State 53-10.
2002 — Larry Johnson rushes for 327 yards, a career-high four TDs and shatters the 31-year-old school career rushing record, leading Penn State to a 58-25 victory over Indiana.
2003 — 16-year old Lionel Messi makes his official debut for FC Barcelona when he comes on as a substitute in a friendly against Porto.
2008 — Pittsburgh rallies to beat San Diego 11-10, the first such final in NFL history, spanning 12,837 games.
2012 — Stanford snaps defending national champion Baylor’s 42-game winning streak, winning 71-69 when player of the year Brittney Griner misses a short turnaround at the buzzer.
2013 — Cartel Brooks of Heidelberg runs for 465 yards to set an all-division NCAA record in a 42-14 win over Baldwin Wallace. Brooks, with 38 carries, scores on runs of 81, 41 and 13 yards.
2013 — Ricardo Louis scores on a deflected 73-yard pass on fourth and 18 with 25 seconds left to lift No. 7 Auburn to a stunning 43-38 victory over No. 25 Georgia.
2014 — Erica Enders-Stevens wins the Auto Club NHRA Finals to become the first woman to earn the Pro Stock world championship title.
2017 — James Harden scores 23 of his 48 points in the second quarter while Houston puts up 90 points in the first half en route to a 146-116 win over Phoenix. The Rockets make 61 percent of their first-half shots to get the second-most points in a first half in NBA history.
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Milwaukee Bucks at Charlotte Hornets | 3:00pm | FanDuel Sports Wisconsin FanDuel Sports Southeast |
| Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans Pelicans | 8:00pm | GCSN Spectrum |
| Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics | 8:00pm | TSN NBCS-BOS |
| San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks | 8:30pm | NBATV FanDuel Sports Southwest KMPX |
| Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings | 10:00pm | KJZZ NBCS-CA |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| St. Louis at Boston | 1:00pm | FanDuel Sports Midwest NESN |
| NY Islanders at Seattle | 4:00pm | MSGSN Prime-Seattle |
| Edmonton at Toronto | 7:00pm | Sportsnet |
| Columbus at Montreal | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports Ohio Sportsnet |
| New Jersey at Tampa Bay | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports Sun MSGSN |
| Winnipeg at Florida | 7:00pm | Scripps Sportsnet |
| Buffalo at Philadelphia | 7:00pm | MSG-BUF NBCS-PHI |
| San Jose at Pittsburgh | 7:00pm | NBCS-CA ATTSN-PIT |
| Ottawa at Carolina | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports South Sportsnet |
| Dallas at Minnesota | 8:00pm | FanDuel Sports North Victory+ |
| Detroit at Los Angeles | 8:00pm | FanDuel Sports Detroit FanDuel Sports West |
| Chicago at Vancouver | 10:00pm | CHSN Victory+ |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Utah at Colorado | 12:00pm | FOX |
| Tulane at Navy | 12:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Louisiana Tech at WKU | 12:00pm | CBSSN |
| Liberty at UMass | 12:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Ohio State vs Northwestern | 12:00pm | BTN |
| Texas at Arkansas | 12:00pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Clemson at Pitt | 12:00pm | ESPN |
| ULM at Auburn | 12:45pm | SECN |
| Coastal Carolina at Marshall | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Murray State at Kentucky | 1:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Mercer at Alabama | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| FIU at Jacksonville State | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Florida Atlantic at Temple | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Michigan State at Illinois | 2:30pm | FS1 |
| Syracuse at California | 3:00pm | CW |
| Sam Houston at Kennesaw State | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Hawaii at Utah State | 3:00pm | Spectrum |
| Oregon State at Air Force | 3:30pm | CBSSN |
| USF at Charlotte | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Louisville at Stanford | 3:30pm | ACCN |
| Boston College at SMU | 3:30pm | ESPN |
| LSU at Florida | 3:30pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Penn State at Purdue | 3:30pm | CBS Paramount+ |
| Virginia at Notre Dame | 3:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Nebraska at USC | 4:00pm | FOX |
| Baylor at West Virginia | 4:00pm | ESPN2 |
| James Madison at Old Dominion | 4:00pm | ESPNU |
| Troy at Georgia Southern | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Missouri at South Carolina | 4:15pm | SECN |
| Arkansas State at Georgia State | 5:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Rutgers at Maryland | 6:00pm | FS1 |
| Boise State at San Jose State | 7:00pm | CBSSN |
| South Alabama at Louisiana | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Southern Miss at Texas State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Arizona State at Kansas State | 7:00pm | ESPN |
| Oregon at Wisconsin | 7:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Tennessee at Georgia | 7:30pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| New Mexico State at Texas A&M | 7:45pm | SECN |
| Cincinnati at Iowa State | 8:00pm | FOX |
| Wake Forest at North Carolina | 8:00pm | ACCN |
| UAB at Memphis | 8:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Washington State at New Mexico | 9:30pm | FS1 |
| Kansas at BYU | 10:15pm | ESPN |
| San Diego State at UNLV | 10:30pm | CBSSN |
| MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Presbyterian at Kennesaw State | 11:00am | ESPN+ |
| Wake Forest at Xavier | 12:00pm | FS1 |
| Wagner vs. Seton Hall | 12:00pm | FS2 |
| Wofford at Duke | 12:00pm | ACCN |
| Mercyhurst at Columbia | 12:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Lafayette at Cornell | 12:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Richmond at Bucknell | 12:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Notre Dame at Georgetown | 1:00pm | NBC |
| St. Mary’s (MN) at UIC | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Dartmouth at Boston University | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| North Carolina Wesleyan at UNCG | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Stetson at Oklahoma | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Youngstown State at Syracuse | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Radford at Evansville | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Saint Peter’s at UMBC | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Central Arkansas at Western Illinois | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Indiana State at Ball State | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Tulsa at Missouri State | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Misercordia at Binghamton | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UT Martin at Longwood | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| La Salle at Drexel | 2:00pm | FloSports |
| Jackson State at Vanderbilt | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| South Carolina at Indiana | 3:00pm | Peacock |
| Idaho State at San Diego | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Eastern Michigan at Cleveland State | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Northwestern State at Rice | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Stephen F. Austin at Arkansas State | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Texas State at Abilene Christian | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Le Moyne at St. Bonaventure | 4:00pm | YES |
| Colorado State vs. Ole Miss | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| George Mason at East Carolina | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Mercer at South Alabama | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Little Rock at UTSA | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Toledo at Detroit Mercy | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UAPB at UIW | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Murray State at Middle Tennessee | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Rockford at Houston Christian | 4:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Green Bay at Providence | 5:00pm | FS2 |
| Georgia Southern at Winthrop | 5:00pm | ESPN+ |
| ETSU at Davidson | 5:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Portland at Long Beach State | 5:00pm | ESPN+ |
| St. Joseph’s (NY) at Stony Brook | 6:30pm | SNY |
| Kansas City at Creighton | 7:00pm | FS2 |
| Loyola Maryland at VCU | 7:00pm | MASN |
| Hofstra at UMass | 7:00pm | NESN+ |
| Central State at Wright State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Saint Francis U at Mount St. Mary’s | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Siena at UAlbany | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Southern Indiana at Purdue Fort Wayne | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Central Connecticut vs. Northeastern | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Elon at Gardner-Webb | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Holy Cross at Brown | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Capital at Dayton | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| North Carolina Central vs. William & Mary | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| James Madison at Towson | 8:00pm | MNMT |
| Loyola Marymount at Saint Louis | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Northern Illinois at Bradley | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| CSUN at Sacramento State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Alabama A&M at Tennessee State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| FGCU at Drake | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Norfolk State at Hampton | 8:00pm | FloSports |
| Omaha at Southern Utah | 8:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Utah Tech at Wyoming | 9:00pm | MWN |
| Fresno State at CSU Bakersfield | 9:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Santa Clara at Nevada | 10:00pm | KNSN |
| Seattle U at UC San Diego | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Pepperdine at UC Irvine | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Chicago State at San Francisco | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Cleveland State at Akron | 12:00pm | ESPN |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA: Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 11:30am | GOLF |
| LPGA: The ANNIKA | 2:30pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA Nations League: Azerbaijan vs Estonia | 9:00am | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Andorra vs Moldova | 12:00pm | Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Georgia vs Ukraine | 12:00pm | Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Montenegro vs Iceland | 12:00pm | Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Turkey vs Wales | 12:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Albania vs Czech Republic | 2:45pm | Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Germany vs Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:45pm | Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Netherlands vs Hungary | 2:45pm | FS2 Fubo VIX |
| UEFA Nations League: Sweden vs Slovakia | 2:45pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo VIX |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Bermuda vs Antigua and Barbuda | 4:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Dominica vs Dominican Republic | 7:00pm | Paramount+ |