“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES WEEK 8
ADAMS CENTRAL 49, BLUFFTON 24
ANDREAN 3, HANOVER CENTRAL 0
AVON 21, ZIONSVILLE 14
BEN DAVIS 27, LAWRENCE CENTRAL 7
BOONVILLE 35, WASHINGTON 18
BREBEUF JESUIT 68, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 57
BREMEN 46, KNOX 38
BROWNSBURG 22, NOBLESVILLE 18
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 44, SILVER CREEK 6
CARROLL (FLORA) 42, CLINTON PRAIRIE 0
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 52, FW NORTHROP 0
CASCADE 56, GREENCASTLE 7
CASTLE 62, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 21
CATHEDRAL 35, RONCALLI 6
CENTERVILLE 55, UNION CITY 0
COLUMBIA CITY 21, LEO 18
COLUMBUS EAST 52, JEFFERSONVILLE 6
COLUMBUS NORTH 35, BLOOMINGTON NORTH 34, 2OT
CONCORD 44, WAWASEE 7
CRISPUS ATTUCKS 52, WASHINGTON 0
CROWN POINT 41, CHESTERTON 7
CULVER ACADEMY 30, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 20
DANVILLE 28, WESTERN BOONE 9
DECATUR CENTRAL 38, PERRY MERIDIAN 35
DEKALB 58, BELLMONT 7
DELPHI 44, CLINTON CENTRAL 21
EAST CENTRAL 49, GREENSBURG 0
EAST NOBLE 65, NEW HAVEN 0
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 38, SHERIDAN 23
EASTERN HANCOCK 41, SHENANDOAH 7
EASTSIDE 48, CENTRAL NOBLE 6
ELKHART 26, MISHAWAKA MARIAN 0
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 45, EVANSVILLE HARRISON 7
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 35, VINCENNES LINCOLN 12
FAIRFIELD 48, LAKELAND 38
FLOYD CENTRAL 49, JENNINGS COUNTY 0
FOREST PARK 28, PIKE CENTRAL 21
FRANKLIN 41, GREENWOOD 14
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 14, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 10
FRANKLIN COUNTY 31, BATESVILLE 17
FRANKTON 32, BLACKFORD 7
FRONTIER 47, WEST CENTRAL 8
FW NORTH 42, FW WAYNE 12
FW SNIDER 17, FW BISHOP DWENGER 6
FW SOUTH 14, FW BISHOP LUERS 13
GARRETT 42, ANGOLA 14
GIBSON SOUTHERN 62, MT. VERNON (POSEY) 26
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 42, DELTA 7
GRIFFITH 56, CALUMET 6
GUERIN CATHOLIC 41, TERRE HAUTE NORTH 18
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 14, TIPTON 13
HERITAGE 70, SOUTHERN WELLS 0
HERITAGE HILLS 56, PRINCETON 7
HOMESTEAD 42, FW CONCORDIA LUTHERAN 0
HUNTINGTON NORTH 49, NORWELL 10
INDIAN CREEK 21, SULLIVAN 14
JASPER 28, EVANSVILLE NORTH 20
JIMTOWN 49, LAVILLE 20
KOKOMO 28, MCCUTCHEON 20
LAFAYETTE JEFF 45, HARRISON (WL) 21
LAPEL 14, JAY COUNTY 12
LAWRENCE NORTH 34, CENTER GROVE 21
LAWRENCEBURG 51, CONNERSVILLE 0
LEBANON 35, SOUTHMONT 0
LINTON-STOCKTON 67, EASTERN GREENE 9
LOGANSPORT 42, WESTERN 0
LUTHERAN 49, SPEEDWAY 7
MADISON 47, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 18
MADISON-GRANT 62, ALEXANDRIA 17
MANCHESTER 49, LEWIS CASS 28
MARION 38, MUNCIE CENTRAL 7
MARTINSVILLE 27, MOORESVILLE 18
MERRILLVILLE 43, LAKE CENTRAL 10
MICHIGAN CITY 39, LAPORTE 0
MILAN 48, SOUTH DECATUR 14
MISHAWAKA 34, PLYMOUTH 10
MISSISSINEWA 44, EASTBROOK 7
MONROE CENTRAL 45, IRVINGTON PREP 0
MONROVIA 54, COVENANT CHRISTIAN 14
MT. VERNON 34, SHELBYVILLE 0
NEW PALESTINE 44, NEW CASTLE 6
NORTH DAVIESS 12, NORTH KNOX 6
NORTH HARRISON 44, CLARKSVILLE 6
NORTH JUDSON 69, CASTON 3
NORTH MIAMI 61, CULVER 26
NORTH MONTGOMERY 54, FRANKFORT 26
NORTH PUTNAM 55, BROWN COUNTY 6
NORTH VERMILLION 31, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 27
NORTH WHITE 49, NORTH NEWTON 6
NORTHFIELD 47, WHITKO 6
NORTHRIDGE 42, GOSHEN 3
NORTHVIEW 41, EDGEWOOD 7
NORTHWESTERN 29, PERU 16
OAK HILL 35, ELWOOD 0
PAOLI 64, MITCHELL 0
PARK TUDOR 58, SOUTH NEWTON 26
PENDLETON HEIGHTS 47, YORKTOWN 20
PENN 24, NEW PRAIRIE 7
PIKE 35, NORTH CENTRAL 14
PLAINFIELD 32, WHITELAND 7
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 14, FREMONT 7
PROVIDENCE 52, CORYDON CENTRAL 21
RENSSELAER CENTRAL 42, RIVER FOREST 21
RICHMOND 53, ANDERSON 38
RIVERTON PARKE 55, PARKE HERITAGE 13
ROCHESTER 29, SOUTHWOOD 0
SALEM 42, CHARLESTOWN 22
SCECINA 21, CARDINAL RITTER 20
SCOTTSBURG 51, EASTERN 7
SEYMOUR 14, NEW ALBANY 7
SHORTRIDGE 21, TECH 0
SOUTH BEND ADAMS 7, SOUTH BEND RILEY 6
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 49, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 0
SOUTH PUTNAM 58, OWEN VALLEY 7
SOUTH SPENCER 42, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) 7
SOUTH VERMILLION 44, SEEGER 14
SOUTHRIDGE 42, NORTH POSEY 0
SPRINGS VALLEY 42, PERRY CENTRAL 0
SWITZERLAND COUNTY 57, SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL 6
TAYLOR 7, TRI-CENTRAL 6
TELL CITY 31, TECUMSEH 14
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 30, SOUTHPORT 6
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 22, JOHN GLENN 21
TRI 43, HAGERSTOWN 12
TRI-COUNTY 66, BOWMAN ACADEMY 22
TRI-WEST 42, CRAWFORDSVILLE 0
TRITON 28, PIONEER 21
TRITON CENTRAL 56, BEECH GROVE 26
WARREN CENTRAL 32, CARMEL 3
WARSAW 35, NORTHWOOD 21
WEST LAFAYETTE 49, TWIN LAKES 21
WEST NOBLE 58, CHURUBUSCO 0
WEST VIGO 34, CLOVERDALE 33
WESTFIELD 46, FISHERS 12
WINAMAC 50, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) 12
WINCHESTER 69, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 6
WOODLAN 35, SOUTH ADAMS 28
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER SCORES
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
HARVARD 38 CORNELL 20
NORTHWESTERN 37 MARYLAND 10
ARIZONA STATE 27 NO. 16 UTAH 27
UNLV 50 UTAH STATE 34
FRIDAY, OCT. 11
6 P.M. | HARVARD AT CORNELL | ESPN2
7 P.M. | MEMPHIS AT SOUTH FLORIDA | ESPN
8 P.M. | UNLV AT UTAH STATE | CBSSN
8 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN AT MARYLAND | FOX
9:15 P.M. | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF | ESPN2
10:30 P.M. | NO. 16 UTAH AT ARIZONA STATE | ESPN
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
12 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA AT NO. 7 ALABAMA | ABC/ESPN+
12 P.M. | NO. 21 MISSOURI AT UMASS | ESPN2
12 P.M. | NO. 10 CLEMSON AT WAKE FOREST | ESPN
12 P.M. | WASHINGTON AT IOWA | FOX
12 P.M. | WISCONSIN AT RUTGERS | BIG TEN NETWORK
12 P.M. | GEORGIA TECH AT NORTH CAROLINA | CW NETWORK
12 P.M. | BALL STATE AT KENT STATE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | TOLEDO AT BUFFALO | ESPNU
12 P.M. | UAB AT ARMY | CBSSN
12 P.M. | DAVIDSON AT DAYTON | FACEBOOK
12 P.M. | ST. THOMAS (MINN.) AT MARIST | ESPN+
12 P.M. | DARTMOUTH AT YALE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | DUQUESNE AT ST. FRANCIS (PA) | ESPN+
12:30 P.M. | GEORGETOWN AT LAFAYETTE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | UALBANY AT BRYANT | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | MAINE AT DELAWARE | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | BROWN AT RHODE ISLAND | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | MISSOURI STATE AT ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | MURRAY STATE AT INDIANA STATE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | VALPARAISO AT STETSON | ESPN+
1 P.M. | FORDHAM AT HOLY CROSS | ESPN+
1 P.M. | BUCKNELL AT PENN | ESPN+
1 P.M. | SACRED HEART AT HOWARD | ESPN+
1:30 P.M. | VMI AT WOFFORD | ESPN+
2 P.M. | MIAMI (OHIO) AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | NEW HAMPSHIRE AT ELON | FLOSPORTS
2 P.M. | TOWSON AT NORFOLK STATE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CHATTANOOGA AT FURMAN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT LINDENWOOD | ESPN+
2 P.M. | BUTLER AT DRAKE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | PRESBYTERIAN AT MOREHEAD STATE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL | ESPN+
2:30 P.M. | THE CITADEL AT WESTERN CAROLINA | ESPN+
3 P.M. | TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE AT NORTHWESTERN STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
3 P.M. | YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | ALCORN STATE AT GRAMBLING | ESPN+
3 P.M. | MERRIMACK AT MORGAN STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | UNI AT SOUTH DAKOTA | ESPN+
3 P.M. | SE LOUISIANA AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NO. 1 TEXAS VS. NO. 18 OKLAHOMA (IN DALLAS, TEXAS) | ABC/ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NO. 4 PENN STATE AT USC | CBS
3:30 P.M. | STANFORD AT NO. 11 NOTRE DAME | NBC
3:30 P.M. | LOUISVILLE AT VIRGINIA | ESPN OR ACCN
3:30 P.M. | PURDUE AT NO. 23 ILLINOIS | FS1
3:30 P.M. | CAL AT NO. 22 PITT | ESPN
3:30 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT UCF | ESPN2
3:30 P.M. | SAN DIEGO STATE AT WYOMING | CBSSN
3:30 P.M. | OLD DOMINION AT GEORGIA STATE | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | AKRON AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT BOWLING GREEN | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | SAMFORD AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | PRINCETON AT MERCER | ESPN+
4 P.M. | ARIZONA AT NO. 14 BYU | FOX
4 P.M. | OHIO AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPNU
4 P.M. | TENNESSEE TECH AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+
4 P.M. | UT MARTIN AT WESTERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
4 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT MONTANA | ESPN+
4 P.M. | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT LAMAR | ESPN+
4 P.M. | EASTERN KENTUCKY AT SOUTHERN UTAH | ESPN+
4:15 P.M. | MISSISSIPPI STATE AT NO. 5 GEORGIA | SEC NETWORK
4:30 P.M. | SAN JOSE STATE AT COLORADO STATE | TRUTV/MAX
5 P.M. | SOUTHERN MISS AT UL MONROE | ESPN+
5 P.M. | WEST GEORGIA AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS | ESPN+
6 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | PORTLAND STATE AT IDAHO STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | FLORIDA AT NO. 8 TENNESSEE | ESPN
7 P.M. | WASHINGTON STATE AT FRESNO STATE | FS1
7 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT TEXAS STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | NORTH TEXAS AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC | ESPN2
7 P.M. | UTSA AT RICE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT NORTH ALABAMA | ESPN+
7 P.M. | UTAH TECH AT TARLETON STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | NICHOLLS AT UIW | ESPN+
7 P.M. | CAL POLY AT UC DAVIS | ESPN+
7:30 P.M. | NO. 2 OHIO STATE AT NO. 3 OREGON | NBC
7:30 P.M. | NO. 9 OLE MISS AT NO. 13 LSU | ABC/ESPN+
7:30 P.M. | OREGON STATE AT NEVADA | CBSSN
7:30 P.M. | APPALACHIAN STATE AT LOUISIANA | ESPN+
7:45 P.M. | VANDERBILT AT KENTUCKY | SEC NETWORK
8 P.M. | NO. 11 IOWA STATE AT WEST VIRGINIA | FOX
8 P.M. | SYRACUSE AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK
8 P.M. | AIR FORCE AT NEW MEXICO | TRUTV/MAX
8 P.M. | MARSHALL AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | ESPNU
8 P.M. | NORTHERN COLORADO AT WEBER STATE | ESPN+
9 P.M. | MINNESOTA AT UCLA | BIG TEN NETWORK
9 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT SACRAMENTO STATE | ESPN+
10:15 P.M. | NO. 18 KANSAS STATE AT COLORADO | ESPN
10:15 P.M. | IDAHO AT MONTANA STATE | ESPN2
11 P.M. | NO. 17 BOISE STATE AT HAWAI’I | CBSSN
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7
INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
INDIANA 42 UCLA 13
INDIANA 52 CHARLOTTE 14
INDIANA 42 MARYLAND 28
INDIANA 41 NORTHWESTERN 24
OCTOBER 19 VS. NEBRASKA TBA
OCTOBER 26 VS. WASHINGTON TBA
NOVEMBER 2 AT MICHIGAN STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 9 VS. MICHIGAN TBA
NOVEMBER 23 AT OHIO STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 30 VS. PURDUE TBA
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0
NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7
OREGON STATE 38 PURDUE 21
NEBRASKA 28 PURDUE 10
WISCONSIN 52 PURDUE 6
OCTOBER 12 AT ILLINOIS TBA
OCTOBER 18 VS. OREGON 8:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTHWESTERN TBA
NOVEMBER 9 AT OHIO STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 16 VS. PENN STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 22 AT MICHIGAN STATE 8:00
NOVEMBER 30 AT INDIANA TBA
NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
NOTRE DAME 23 TEXAS A&M 13
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 16 NOTRE DAME 14
NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7
NOTRE DAME 28 MIAMI OH 3
NOTRE DAME 31 LOUISVILLE 24
OCTOBER 12 VS. STANFORD 3:30
OCTOBER 19 AT GEORGIA TECH TBA
OCTOBER 26 AT NAVY 12:00
NOVEMBER 9 VS. FLORIDA STATE 7:30
NOVEMBER 16 VS. VIRGINIA 3:30
NOVEMBER 23 AT ARMY 7:00 (YANKEE STADIUM)
NOVEMBER 30 AT USC TBA
BUTLER BULLDOGS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
BUTLER 40 UPPER IOWA 7
BUTLER 19 MURRAY STATE 17
BUTLER 53 HANOVER 0
BUTLER 63 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY-LYNCHBURG 0
BUTLER 40 MOREHEAD STATE 6
OCTOBER 12 AT DRAKE 1:00 CT
OCTOBER 19 VS. DAYTON 1:00
OCTOBER 26 AT DAVIDSON 1:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. STETSON 1:00
NOVEMBER 9 AT VALPO 1:00 CT
NOVEMBER 16 VS. ST. THOMAS 1:00
NOVEMBER 23 AT PRESBYTERIAN 1:00
BALL STATE CARDINALS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
BALL STATE 42 MISSOURI STATE 34
MIAMI FL 62 BALL STATE 0
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 37 BALL STATE 34
JAMES MADISON 63 BALL STATE 7
WESTERN MICHIGAN 45 BALL STATE 42
OCTOBER 12 AT KENT STATE TBA
OCTOBER 19 AT VANDERBILT TBA
OCTOBER 26 VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS TBA
NOVEMBER 5 VS. MIAMI OH TBA
NOVEMBER 12 AT BUFFALO 7:00
NOVEMBER 23 VS. BOWLING GREEN TBA
NOVEMBER 29 AT OHIO TBA
INDIANA STATE SYCAMORES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0
EASTERN ILLINOIS 27 INDIANA STATE 20
INDIANA STATE 24 DAYTON 13
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 27 INDIANA STATE 24
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 21 INDIANA STATE 14
OCTOBER 12 VS. MURRAY STATE 1:00
OCTOBER 19 AT MISSOURI STATE 3:00
OCTOBER 26 VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTH DAKOTA 1:00
NOVEMBER 9 AT SOUTH DAKOTA 2:00
COLTS SCHEDULE
HOUSTON 29 INDIANAPOLIS 27
GREEN BAY 16 INDIANAPOLIS 10
INDIANAPOLIS 21 CHICAGO 16
INDIANAPOLIS 27 PITTSBURGH 24
JACKSONVILLE 37 INDIANAPOLIS 34
OCT. 13: AT TENNESSEE, 1 P.M., CBS
OCT. 20: VS. MIAMI, 1 P.M., FOX
OCT. 27: AT HOUSTON, 1 P.M., CBS
NOV. 3: AT MINNESOTA, 1 P.M., CBS
NOV. 10: VS. BUFFALO, 1 P.M., CBS
NOV. 17: AT N.Y. JETS, 8:20 P.M., NBC PEACOCK
NOV. 24: VS. DETROIT, 1 P.M., FOX
DEC. 1: AT NEW ENGLAND, 1 P.M., CBS
DEC. 15: AT DENVER, 4:25 P.M., CBS
DEC. 22: VS. TENNESSEE, 1 P.M., CBS
DEC. 29: AT N.Y. GIANTS, TBD
JAN. 5: VS. JACKSONVILLE, TBD
WEEK 5 SCORES
WEEK 6 SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VS CHICAGO BEARS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, TOTTENHAM)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P FOX)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P CBS)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (4:25P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:25P FOX)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 14
BUFFALO BILLS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
DENVER BRONCOS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (9:30A NFLN, WEMBLEY)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:05P CBS)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (4:05P CBS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:25P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 21
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (8:15P ESPN)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (9:00P ESPN+)
WEEK 8 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 24
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 27
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:05P FOX)
BUFFALO BILLS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (4:25P CBS)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:25P CBS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 28
NEW YORK GIANTS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
WEEK 9 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 31
HOUSTON TEXANS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
DALLAS COWBOYS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
DENVER BRONCOS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P CBS)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 4
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)
MLB PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
WILD CARD SERIES
(ALL TIMES ET)
DIVISION SERIES
FRIDAY, OCT. 11
LOS ANGELES 2 SAN DIEGO 0
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
DET @ CLE, GAME 5^ (TBS, MAX)
(^IF NECESSARY)
WNBA SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
NBA PRE-SEASON
MINNESOTA 121 PHILADELPHIA 111
WASHINGTON 113 TORONTO 95
GOLDEN STATE 109 SACRAMENTO 106
DETROIT 109 PHOENIX 91
LA CLIPPERS 101 PORTLAND 99
NHL SCORES
TAMPA BAY 4 CAROLINA 1
WINNIPEG 2 CHICAGO 1 OT
VEGAS 4 ST. LOUIS 3
PHILADELPHIA 3 VANCOUVER 2 SO
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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FOOTBALL USES BALANCED OFFENSE, ATTACKING DEFENSE TO UPSET NO. 16 UTAH
TEMPE – Cam Skattebo rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns, while Caleb McCullough added 12 tackles and two interceptions as Sun Devil Football upset No. 16 Utah 27-19 on Friday night at Mountain America Stadium.
Arizona State (5-1, 2-1, Big 12) earned its first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 6 Oregon during the 2019 season by forcing Utah (4-2, 1-2 Big 12) into three turnovers and making them kick field goals on three of the Utes’ four trips into the red zone.
“I think the biggest thing today is when you look at the rushing statistics, we ran the ball decent,” ASU head coach Kenny Dillingham said. “We stopped the run decently versus a program where that’s their identity. And listen, I would love to say this one win puts us on that level and gives us that consistency but it doesn’t. It shows that we’re trending in the right direction and shows that what we’re doing is working.”
Trailing 6-0 midway through the opening quarter, the Sun Devils drove 81 yards on 11 plays to tie the game on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Sam Leavitt to Jordyn Tyson. ASU converted a pair of third downs and a fourth-and-seven on the play preceding the score to keep the drive moving.
After the ASU defense forced a Utah three-and-out, Leavitt led the Sun Devils into the red zone before leaving with an injury. Skatteboo rushed for six yards on a fourth-and-one from the Utah nine, and then Jeff Sims scored two plays later on a two-yard rush in relief of Leavitt.
With Utah driving into the ASU red zone trailing 13-6, McCullough stepped in front of a Cam Rising pass for to stop the drive with his first interception since the 2020 season. The Utes forced an ASU punt and drove deep into ASU territory again before settling for a field goal that sent the game to the half, with ASU leading 13-9.
Keith Abney II picked up the second interception of the game from the Sun Devil defense on the first defensive possession of the second half. Unable to capitalize, the Sun Devils punted, and then Utah took the lead back with a 79-yard scoring drive that finished with a 6-yard rush from Micah Bernard, putting the Utes up 16-13.
Three straight completions from Leavitt moved the Sun Devils to midfield and set up Skattebo for a 50-yard scamper through several Utah defenders, including one with a stiff arm that led to a burst down the sideline for his first of his two scores.
Now, trying to preserve the win, the ASU defense stopped the Utes on fourth-and-eight to end one drive before forcing another field goal on the next defensive possession. With the ball back to the offense, Leavitt connected with Skattebo on a 21-yard pass to convert a third down and then the senior broke through the line and went 47 yards for his second touchdown of the night.
Leading 27-19 with 2:41 to play, Zac Swanson and Jeff Clark combined to sack Rising on the first play of the Utah drive. Four plays later, McCullough snagged his second interception of the contest to seal the win for the Sun Devils.
Skattebo averaged 7.2 yards per rush for the game and gained 62 of his 158 total rushing yards in the fourth quarter. Leavitt completed 11 of 18 passes for 154 yards and found Tyson five times for 84 yards and one score. Leavitt also ran six times for 22 yards.
ASU finished with 343 yards of offense and totaled 15 first downs. They went 5 of 13 on third downs but added two conversions of three fourth-down attempts.
Six of the 12 tackles by McCullough were solo, and he added 1.5 tackles-for-loss. Xavion Alford added nine tackles, with seven apiece from Swanson and Jordan Crook. The defense recorded four tackles-for-loss and two sacks overall while allowing 349 yards to the Utes.
The Sun Devils scored on four offensive drives, each accounting for at least 72 yards and ending in the end zone. Two of those drives saw ASU run at least ten plays while picking up eight chunk plays.
Dillingham added after the fans stormed the field, “All of a sudden I was shaking Coach Whittingham’s hand and then there was thousands of people on the field, swarming around us and it was awesome. That’s what college sports is about. That’s what activating the valley is about and that’s what coming to a college is about.”
Next for the Sun Devils is a trip to Cincinnati where they will face the Bearcats on Saturday, October 19, at noon ET / 9 a.m. AZT.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: #2 OHIO STATE AT #3 OREGON
OHIO STATE NOTES:
Ohio State and Oregon meet for the first time as Big Ten member institutions Saturday at 4:30 p.m. PDT (7:30 p.m. EDT) in Eugene, Ore. Ohio State will travel to Eugene Friday afternoon. It is a huge game among huge games this weekend but certainly not a season-smashing game for the non-prevailing in this inaugural 12-team CFP season that has only nine Power 4 teams still left undefeated. NBC will broadcast the game that features two of those nine unbeatens: Ohio State and Oregon are each 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten Conference, with each team also ranked in the Top 3 of both the AP and football coaches polls. The coaches have terrific records: Ryan Day is 61-8 overall for an .884 winning percentage while Dan Lanning is 27-5 for a winning pct. of .843. Ohio State was the second team to play Oregon in Autzen Stadium, which opened in 1967. Oregon played Colorado Sept. 23 that year in its first game in its new stadium and then hosted Ohio State Oct. 7 in front of 25,000 fans. Ohio State and Oregon will next meet in the regular season in 2026 at Ohio Stadium and again in 2027 at Autzen Stadium. Dates TBD.
THE BUCKS vs. THE DUCKS SERIES The game will be the 11th meeting between Ohio State and Oregon and only the second played in Eugene, Ore. Ohio State leads the series, 9-1, having won the first nine games with Oregon winning most recently: 35-28 in 2021 at Ohio Stadium. The first meeting in the series came in the 1958 Rose Bowl, a 10-7 Ohio State win that capped Woody Hayes’ first national championship. The teams met in Columbus in back-to-back years – 1961 and 1962 – with Ohio State winning 22-12 and 26-7, respectively. A home-and-home series occurred in 1967 and 1968 with Ohio State winning 30-0 and 21-6, respectively. The series was then renewed twice in the 1980s – both times at Ohio Stadium – with a 31-6 win in 1983 and a 24-14 triumph in 1987. It would be 23 years before the programs met again, on Jan. 1, 2010 in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State won that game, 26-17, and then won again on Jan. 12, 2015 in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Dallas. On the strength of a 246-yard rushing effort by Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State won its eighth national championship with that 42-20 victory in the CFP title game.
Michigan State has played Ohio State and Oregon in the last two weeks. Ohio State led 14-7 early, 24-7 at the half and had a balanced 483 yards of offense in a 38-7 victory at Spartan Stadium two weeks ago. Oregon hosted the Spartans last Friday, led 21-0 halftime, increased the lead to 31-0 before winning 31-10. The Ducks amassed 477 yards of offense. Ohio State’s defense forced three turnovers and allowed the Spartans 246 yards (47 rushing), while Oregon’s defense allowed 250 total yards to the Spartans (59 yards rushing).
It’s not a night game. Kickoff in Eugene is 4:35 Pacific Daylight Time. A 5 p.m. local start is considered a night game. Oregon (Sept. 11, 2021) is the only team to defeat a Ryan Day team before Thanksgiving. His teams have otherwise started 13-0 (2019), 7-0 (’20), 11-0 (’22) and 11-0 (’23). Ten Buckeyes are at or near 30 career starts: CB Denzel Burke (40), RB TreVeyon Henderson (34), QB Will Howard (33), DE JT Tuimoloau (31), WR Emeka Egbuka (29), LT Josh Simmons (31), RG Donovan Jackson (28), C Seth McLaughlin (29), CB Davison Igbinosun (28) and SAF Lathan Ransom (27). Ohio State’s offensive line is T11th nationally allowing just 4.0 sacks this season. Ohio State players have been tackled behind the line of scrimmage just 13 times which is tied for third-fewest nationally. Congrats! That interception vs. Iowa was Davison Igbinosun’s first career INT. Denzel Burke leads all Buckeyes with four INTs with Lathan Ransom, Jordan Hancock and Caleb Downs each having two. JT Tuimoloau (26 TFLs for 132 lost yards) leads all Buckeyes in that category with Jack Sawyer (22-106), Tyleik Williams (21-81) and Cody Simon (12-50) following. Sawyer leads in sacks (16.5) with Tuimoloau (14) and Williams (10.5) right behind. Will Howard’s four rushing TDs are the most by a Buckeye QB in five seasons, or since Justin Fields had five in 2020 (after scoring 10 times in 2019). 15 punts by the Buckeyes are T19th nationally for fewest this season. Ryan Day’s teams have scored 40 or more points 42 times. The Buckeyes are 41-1 in those games with the 2022 CFP semifinals against No. 1 Georgia the only loss. Day’s Buckeyes are 20-1 vs. the Big Ten in Columbus; 21-2 in road games. Ohio State lost 25 scholarship players to the transfer portal while picking up seven. Ohio State football was one of just two programs nationwide with an Academic Progress Rate score of 1,000 (Harvard). The APR accounts for academic eligibility, retention and graduation.
OREGON NOTES:
HISTORIC MATCHUP All eyes will be on Eugene this Saturday as the No. 3 Ducks welcome No. 2 Ohio State to Autzen Stadium for one of the most anticipated matchups of the 2024 season. It will be the first showdown of top-five teams in Autzen Stadium history, and Oregon will host a top-five opponent in Autzen for the first time since 2016 (11th overall). Both teams enter the game at 5-0 overall and 2-0 in Big Ten play, with major Big Ten Championship Game and College Football Playoff implications on the line. Ohio State holds a 9-1 advantage in the all-time series, but Oregon won the most recent matchup in 2021, a historic 35-28 win in Columbus. A WIN WOULD… » Be Oregon’s highest-ranked victory ever in Autzen Stadium and fourth against a top-five opponent. » Match the highest-ranked win in program history (59-20 vs. No. 2 Florida State in 2016 Rose Bowl). » Be UO’s ninth all-time against a top-five team. » Make Oregon 6-0 to start the season for the first time since 2013 and ninth time in program history. » Improve Oregon to 4-0 at home to open a season for the fifth year in a row (excluding 2020). » Make Oregon 19-12 all-time when ESPN’s “College GameDay” is on site, and 9-3 when the pregame show visits Eugene. DUCKS EARN FIRST BIG TEN HOME WIN The Ducks improved to 5-0 by winning its first conference home game as a member of the Big Ten last Friday over Michigan State. Oregon’s defense was terrific once again, holding the Spartans scoreless through the first three quarters and allowing just 250 total yards. JORDAN BURCH continued to wreak havoc off the edge, earning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after notching a career-high 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. JORDAN JAMES powered the offense with a career-high 166 rushing yards and a touchdown, and both TEZ JOHNSON and EVAN STEWART caught touchdowns as DILLON GABRIEL completed 20-of-32 passes for 257 yards and also rushed for a score.
HISTORY VS. OHIO STATE Saturday will mark the 11th all-time meeting between Oregon and Ohio State, with the Buckeyes holding a 9-1 advantage in the series. The Ducks claimed their first-ever win over the Buckeyes on Sept. 11, 2021, securing one of the most significant regular season wins in program history, 35-28, in front of the fourth-biggest crowd (100,482) ever to watch Oregon. UO’s win over No. 3 Ohio State was the program’s fifth-ever against a top-three opponent, and its first road win over a top-five team since 2011. The Ducks and Buckeyes also squared off in the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Jan. 12, 2015, with Ohio State coming out on top, 42-20. Saturday’s game will also be the second-ever trip by Ohio State to Eugene; the Buckeyes played the second game ever in Autzen Stadium on Oct. 7, 1967, a 30-0 Ohio State victory. TOP-FIVE SHOWDOWN Autzen Stadium will host a top-five showdown for the first time on Saturday, with a top-five opponent coming to Autzen for the first time since 2016 and 11th time overall. Oregon is 3-6-1 in those games, with wins over No. 4 USC (10/31/09), No. 3 Michigan (9/20/03) and No. 4 BYU (9/29/90). The Ducks are 28-4 all-time as a top-five team in Autzen Stadium, with eight of those wins coming against ranked opponents. Saturday will be the highest-ranked matchup in Autzen since No. 3 Oregon took down No. 7 Michigan State, 46-27, on Sept. 6, 2014. ESPN “COLLEGE GAMEDAY” RETURNS TO EUGENE ESPN’s “College GameDay” pregame show will return to Eugene on Saturday ahead of Oregon’s showdown with Ohio State. “College GameDay” will make its 12th all-time appearance in Eugene, and its first since 2022. The Ducks are 8-3 in the 11 games when the pregame show is on site, including a 45-30 win over No. 9 UCLA on Oct. 22, 2022. The show’s first trip to Eugene was on Sept. 23, 2000, when Oregon took down the Bruins, 29-10. Oregon has played 30 previous games with “College GameDay” on site, going 18-12 in those games. 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 3-0 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 go go unbeaten at home while playing at least seven home games. Oregon is 34-1 (.971) 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 43-3 (.935) at home since the start of the 2017 season, boasting the nation’s fifth-best win percentage at home during that time while tying for the fourth-most wins.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: #1 TEXAS AT #18 OKLAHOMA
LONGHORNS NOTES:
THE OPENING KICKOFF • No. 1/1 Texas (5-0) continues its 132nd season of football at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday, Oct. 12, vs. No. 18/16 Oklahoma (4-1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. In this year’s edition of the Allstate Red River Rivalry, Texas and Oklahoma meet for the 120th time on Saturday and the first time as members of the Southeastern Conference. The game will broadcast on ABC with Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) and Holly Rowe (reporter) on the call. • It’ll be a matchup between two of the nation’s winningest football programs as UT boasts the fourth most wins (953) in NCAA history while the Sooners rank sixth with 948 victories. Texas has 953 all-time wins, the fourth-most in college football history. UT holds an all-time record of 953-392-33 (.704). The Longhorns’ 953 wins are the second most by an SEC program following Alabama’s 968 victories. • Fresh off a bye week, UT’s last outing was a 35-13 win at home vs. Mississippi State on Sept. 28 in Texas’ first ever SEC game. • Following Texas’ 56-7 win over UTSA on Sept. 14, Texas moved to No. 1 in the AP Poll for the first time since Oct. 26, 2008. The Longhorns were ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for two consecutive weeks before moving to No. 2 during Week 6. Texas is back at No. 1 in the AP Poll after this week’s rankings dropped on Oct. 6. The Longhorns are the undisputed No. 1 team after earning the No. 1 ranking for the second-consecutive week in the Coaches Poll as well. The Longhorns have 48 appearances at No. 1 in the AP Poll.
SERIES HISTORY VS. OKLAHOMA • There is no rivalry quite like the Texas-Oklahoma series, which is being played for the 120th time on Saturday. UT leads the all-time series, 63-51-5. • Texas enters the Red River Rivalry ranked No. 1 in the country in one of the two major polls for the sixth time, and the first time since 1984 (40 years ago). That game was a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup and played to a 15-all tie. The Longhorns also entered the Texas-OU game ranked No. 1 in 1965 (W, 19-0), 1964 (W, 28-7), 1962 (W, 9-6) and 1946 (W, 20-13). • UT is 4-0-1 in its six Red River matchups as the No. 1-ranked team. • Texas is 4-7 vs. OU since 2013 (in regular season at Cotton Bowl). Nine of those last 10 games have been decided by one score. • The series, which began in 1900, has been played in Dallas since 1912 and at the State Fair since 1929. Saturday marks the 102nd time the game will be played at a neutral site in Dallas. • The first matchup between the two teams in 1900 ended with a 28-2 Longhorns’ victory. • It’s the most played series in UT history at 119 games with Texas A&M trailing just behind at 118. • Since 1900, the only years Texas and Oklahoma have not played were 1918, 1920-21 and 1924-28. • Texas and Oklahoma will meet as AP-ranked opponents for the second-consecutive year. • The Longhorns enter a game against Oklahoma as an unbeaten team for the 53rd time, including two season opening games against the Sooners (1900, 1902). • UT has a 34-17-1 record against OU when entering the game unbeaten, including wins in three of the last five games. • Texas will be 5-0 when facing Oklahoma for the fifth time in series history (2002, 2008-09, 2023) — Texas was 6-0-1 entering the 1923 contest. • The game marked the season opener for Texas in 1900 and 1902 and for the Sooners in 1900 and 1901.
A TEXAS WIN WOULD … • Be Texas’ 954th all-time victory, the fourth-winningest program in college football history. • Give Steve Sarkisian his 78th victory as a head coach and 31st at Texas in his 126th career game as a head coach. • Notch Texas’ first 6-0 start to a season since 2009. It would be the fourth time since 2000 that the Longhorns have started the season 6-0 (2009, 2008 and 2005). • Secure UT’s 64th victory over Oklahoma and grant Texas a 64-51-5 series edge against the Sooners. • Record the Longhorns’ second AP Top-25 victory on the season. • Stretch Texas’ record in SEC play to 2-0, which would mark the second-straight year the Horns have started conference play 2-0. • Secure UT’s fifth win of the season inside the state of Texas.
TRACKING THE RED RIVER RIVALRY • The higher-ranked team in the AP Top 25 has won 19 of the last 31 matchups (19-11-1) when at least one of the programs are ranked in the AP Top 25. Texas is responsible for eight of the 11 victories when the lower ranked team pulls off the Red River upset. • Texas has won the turnover battle in eight of the last 10 meetings with OU, with the two teams tying at one turnover apiece in the 2018 Big 12 Championship Game. The team that wins the turnover battle between Texas and OU is 15-7 since 2000. • Nine of the previous 11 meetings between the Longhorns and Sooners had been decided by eight points or less after 15-straight years in which the annual game was decided by at least two scores (1999-2013). Texas leads the all-time series, 29-22-5, when the rivalry game is decided by one possession (eight points or less). • The Longhorns have scored at least 20 points against Oklahoma 30 times since 1980, posting a 15-14-1 record in those instances. Texas is 9-3 during that stretch when scoring 30-plus points, and 4-3 when scoring at least 40 points against the Sooners. Conversely, UT is 17-9-2 when holding Oklahoma to under 30 points or less since 1980, and 13-3-1 when limiting the Sooners to no more than 20 points. • The Longhorns are 6-4 since 2000 when averaging at least four yards per carry on offense vs. Oklahoma. UT is 4-0 when rushing for at least 200 yards and 0-7 when rushing for less than 100 yards against OU during that stretch.
RED RIVER RIVALRY TRADITIONS • The Cotton Bowl: After the series ended following a game in Austin in 1923, the tradition of the two schools playing at the State Fair of Texas began in 1929 in an old wooden structure called Fair Park Stadium. The new structure, also called Fair Park Stadium, but renamed the Cotton Bowl in 1936, was built in time for the 1930 matchup. The first Texas-OU game played at “The Cotton Bowl” was in 1937. This year’s Red River Showdown will be held in the Cotton Bowl for the 87th consecutive year. • The Battle Line: One of the unique characteristics of the great rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma is the colors. Tickets are divided equally and the stadium is split in half (burnt orange and crimson) at the 50-yard line. As the away team in 2024, the Longhorns will wear their white uniforms and occupy the east bench area. • The Governor’s Cup: The Governor’s Cup is exchanged annually by the Governor of Texas (Greg Abbott) and the Governor of Oklahoma (Kevin Stitt) following the Allstate Red River Rivalry. The tradition began when Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe donated the trophy, and each year it is transported from the office of the previous year’s winning governor to Dallas. Following the game, the trophy will once again be engraved with the winner after the game and housed in the office of the winning governor for the year. • The Golden Hat: To the victor goes the Golden Hat, a rotating trophy given annually to the winner of the Texas-Oklahoma game. A gold cowboy hat that is mounted on a large block of wood, it has been part of the rivalry since the State Fair of Texas donated it in 1941. When the hat first arrived, it was known as the “Bronze Hat” and was actually made out of bronze. The hat was reworked in the 1970s and came out gold, hence the name change to the “Golden Hat.”
BY THE NUMBERS: 1 Quinn Ewers is now the only FBS quarterback in the country since the start of last season to throw three touchdowns without an interception against multiple AP top-10 opponents, according to ESPN Stats & Info; Ewers led Texas to a victory at Alabama last season, as well. 1 Texas is unanimous No. 1 in the AP and Coaches Poll this week. 2 UT’s scoring defense ranks second nationally and leads with SEC with allowing opponents to score an average of 7.0 points per game. 4 True freshman EDGE Colin Simmons’ 4.0 sacks this season leads all FBS freshmen while he ranks seventh overall in the SEC in total sacks. 7 Texas has recorded seven interceptions through four games this season which leads the SEC and sits 13th nationally. 8 The Longhorns rank eighth nationally in 3rd down conversion defense, allowing a first down just 27.8 percent of the time. 11 The Longhorns dipped into the transfer portal this offseason, welcoming 11 new Longhorns to the Forty Acres. 16 The Longhorns intercepted 16 passes in 2023, tied for 10th-most in the nation and the most for Texas since 2017 (16). 23 So far this season, Texas is 24-of-26 on red zone chances with 23 touchdowns. 45 After tossing two touchdown passes vs. UTSA on Sept. 14, Quinn Ewers moved up to sixth all-time in career passing touchdowns at UT with 45 to his name.
OKLAHOMA NOTES:
OPENING KICK u In a matchup of the SEC’s new members, No. 18/16 Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1) takes on No. 1/1 Texas (5-0, 1-0) for the 96th straight year in Dallas when the teams meet Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT in the Allstate Red River Rivalry. The game will be played at the Cotton Bowl and televised by ABC with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge announcing. OU is the designated home team. u Saturday’s game will mark the 120th meeting between Oklahoma and Texas, with the first matchup occurring Oct. 10, 1900, in Austin. Since 1929, the Sooners and Longhorns have played annually at Fair Park in Dallas. The game has been played inside the Cotton Bowl every year since 1937. u Oklahoma has won five of its last six meetings against Texas, 11 of the last 15 and 17 of the last 25. u Since 2000, the Sooners are 4-3 in the series when Texas is ranked in the AP top 5. u OU has posted an 11-8 (.579) regular season record against AP top5 teams since the start of the 2000 season, good for the best winning percentage nationally. Stanford (9-7; .563) ranks second, followed by Alabama (14-12; .538), Ohio State (7-8; .467) and LSU (13-19; .406). u Oklahoma and Texas rank fifth and seventh, respectively, in all-time winning percentage. OU is 948-342-53 (.726) while UT is 953-392- 33 (.704). The Sooners have played 1,343 games and the Longhorns have played 1,378. UT has played two more seasons than OU. u Oklahoma has won its last four games against Texas when both teams are ranked in the AP poll, seven of its last eight and 13 of its last 17. The Sooners are 24-16 in the series under the circumstance. u OU won 14 Big 12 Conference championships in the league’s first 28 years, including six in the last nine years. Texas ranked second with four titles (one in the last 14 seasons). u This marks the first season since Oklahoma and Texas started playing each other annually in 1929 that both teams had a bye immediately before the October matchup. The Sooners are 3-9-1 in the series when they’ve had a bye the week before playing the Longhorns (wins came in 1954, 1966 and 1972). This is only the second time since the 1984 season OU had a bye the week before meeting UT (also in 2006).
u The designated visiting team has won the last three Red River Rivalry matchups and six of the last seven. Before that stretch, the home team won five straight matchups (2012-16) and seven of eight. u The 2024 season marks the 130th in OU football history. The Sooners lead the nation with their 50 all-time conference championships, 27 11-plus-win seasons (tied), 33 AP top-five finishes and five No. 1 overall NFL Draft picks (tied). They rank second with their seven Heisman Trophy winners (tied), third with seven AP national championships, their 101 weeks as the AP’s No. 1 team and 431 total weeks in the AP Top 5, and fourth with their 57 bowl appearances, 31 bowl wins (tied) and 417 NFL Draft picks. u Since the end of World War II (1946 season to present), OU leads all programs with 704 wins (31 more than Alabama, the program with the next most). Texas ranks fifth with 634 wins during the same span. KEY STORYLINES u OU head coach Brent Venables has faced Texas 15 times as a member of the Sooners’ coaching staff and is 9-6. He went 8-5 against UT as an OU assistant coach (he was co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 1999-2003 and associate head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2004-11) and is 1-1 as head coach. The Sooners won five straight from 2000-04, outscoring UT 189-64 (average of 38-13). In a 55-17 win in 2011, OU scored three defensive touchdowns (on two fumble returns and an interception). u Michael Hawkins Jr. is slated to become Oklahoma’s seventh freshman quarterback to start vs. Texas, but the first true freshman. The previous six QBs (all redshirt freshmen) went a combined 3-2-1 in their first Red River contests. They were Tink Collins in 1989 (OU lost 28-24), Eric Moore in 1995 (tied 24-24), Justin Fuente in 1996 (OU won 30-27 in overtime), Rhett Bomar in 2005 (OU lost 45-12), Sam Bradford in 2007 (OU won 28-21) and Spencer Rattler in 2020 (OU won 53-45 in four overtimes). u Oklahoma owns a 7-16-2 all-time record against teams ranked No. 1 in the AP poll. OU’s wins over AP No. 1s occurred in the 1953 season (7-0 vs. Maryland in Orange Bowl), 1963 (17-12 at USC), 1984 (17-7 at Nebraska), 1985 (25-10 vs. Penn State in Orange Bowl to win national title), 1987 (17-7 at Nebraska), 2000 (31-14 vs. Nebraska) and 2007 (38-17 vs. Missouri in Big 12 Championship Game). The Sooners, who have lost their last four games against the AP’s No. 1 team, are 0-3-1 against Texas when the Longhorns are ranked No. 1 (lost 20-13 in 1946, 28-7 in 1964 and 19-0 in 1965, and tied 15-15 in 1984). u Saturday’s game will pit an Oklahoma team that ranks fourth nationally in turnovers gained (13) and third in turnover margin (+1.6 per game) against a Texas squad that is tied for 67th with its seven turnovers lost and ranks 46th in turnover margin (+0.4 per game). Last year in the Red River Rivalry contest, UT had three turnovers on offense and OU none. u OU has registered five interceptions and a nation-leading eight fumble recoveries, two more than it had all of last season (no other team has more than six recoveries this year). Texas has thrown four interceptions and lost three fumbles. u Since the start of the 2023 season, OU is 12-0 when it wins the turnover battle (4-0 this year) and 2-3 when it loses it (0-1 this year). u During the Venables era (since the start of the 2022 season), Oklahoma’s defense leads the nation with its 42 interceptions. The Sooners have registered at least one interception in 10 of their last 11 games and in 26 of their last 31. u Junior defensive linemen Gracen Halton and R Mason Thomas entered the season with a combined 8.0 career tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks, but through five games this season have teamed for 10.0 TFLs and 8.0 sacks. Halton was named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after registering a career-high 2.0 TFLs (11- yard sack and a 5-yard safety) in a 16-12 win over Houston in week two. He has 3.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks, a forced fumble, fumble recovery and safety. Thomas turned in a 3.0-sack effort vs. Tulane in which he also logged a forced fumble and recovery, a pass breakup and a QB hurry en route to being named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week. In OU’s win at Auburn last game, he registered sacks on back-to-back fourth-quarter plays with OU clinging to a 24-21 lead. Thomas has team highs of 6.5 TFLs and 5.5 sacks on the year. His 5.5 sacks are fifth most nationally and already more than any Sooner had last season. u Redshirt junior receiver Deion Burks has 26 receptions, the most ever by a player in the first four games of his OU career. The Purdue transfer, who missed last game due to injury, ranks third in the SEC and 17th nationally with his 6.5 catches per game. He also has a team-high three receiving touchdowns. u OU has featured a different starting offensive line in all five games this season and nine players have started at least one contest. Febechi Nwaiwu (right guard all five games), Jacob Sexton (two games at left tackle and three at left guard) and Michael Tarquin (two games at left tackle and three at right tackle) have started all five games. Other starters have been Branson Hickman (three games at center), Joshua Bates (two games at center), Logan Howland (two games at left tackle), Geirean Hatchett (one game at left guard; out for the year), Heath Ozaeta (one game at left guard) and Jake Taylor (two games at right tackle).
LAST YEAR VS. THE LONGHORNS u Quarterback Dillon Gabriel accounted for 398 total yards and threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Nic Anderson with 15 seconds remaining to give No. 12 Oklahoma a 34-30 over No. 3 Texas at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Oct. 7, 2023. It was OU’s fifth win in its last six meetings with UT and 11th in the last 15 matchups. u The Sooners, who led for the majority of the day, fell behind 30-27 with 1:17 remaining. OU’s ensuing 75- yard touchdown drive consumed 1:02 of game clock. u OU gained 486 yards (285 passing, 201 rushing) and scored 34 points against a Texas team that entered the day giving up 290.8 yards and 12.8 points per game. u The Sooners’ defense registered three takeaways (interceptions by Gentry Williams and Kendel Dolby on UT’s first two possessions and a fumble recovery by Williams [forced by freshman defensive back Peyton Bowen]) while the offense finished with no turnovers. u Gabriel completed 23 of 38 passes for 285 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a career-high 113 yards and a TD on 14 carries (8.1 yards per rush). He became the first Sooner to ever throw for at least 250 yards and rush for at least 100 yards in a game vs. Texas. He was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, Maxwell Award Player of the Week, Walter Camp FBS Offensive Player of the Week and Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week. u OU rushed for 201 yards, its second-highest total of the season, against a Texas team that was allowing 94.6 rushing yards per game. Junior running back Tawee Walker rushed for 46 yards and two TDs. u Wide receiver Jalil Farooq was named the Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week after catching five passes for a career-high 130 yards, rushing three times for 13 yards and returning two kickoffs for 37 yards (long of 31). u Redshirt senior left tackle Walter Rouse was named the Outland Trophy National Player of the Week, largely for simultaneously blocking two Texas defenders on OU’s game-winning pass play. u Sophomore linebacker Jaren Kanak registered a career-high 13 tackles, one of them a sack for five yards. Junior safety Billy Bowman Jr. tied a career high with 11 tackles, including a stop inside the OU 1-yard line on a fourth-quarter pass play on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line. He also broke up a pass that resulted in an interception at the OU 3-yard line in the first quarter.
GETTING DEFENSIVE u Oklahoma’s defense made big strides in year two under Brent Venables in 2023, and many analysts predicted the improvement to continue this season. That includes Phil Steele, who this summer ranked OU’s linebacker and defensive back units each as second best nationally and No. 1 in the SEC. So far, the Sooners have not disappointed. u OU ranks 19th in the country by permitting just 16.0 points per game. It gave up three points to Temple, 12 to Houston, 19 to Tulane, 25 to Tennessee and 21 to Auburn. Tennessee averaged 63.7 points entering the game in Norman and Auburn averaged 36.5 ahead of the matchup with the Sooners. u The Sooners rank 27th nationally in rushing defense, permitting only 105.6 yards per game on the ground. They rank fifth in the country and third in the SEC by allowing just 2.6 yards per rush, and have surrendered just one rushing touchdown (by Tennessee). u OU also ranks first nationally in fumble recoveries (eight), fifth in sacks (3.5 per game), ninth in tackles for loss (8.0 per game) and 42nd in total defense (324.2 ypg). u Preseason All-America linebacker and Butkus Award-hopeful Danny Stutsman ranks seventh in the SEC with his 8.0 tackles per game and fourth in the league with his 4.4 solo tackles per outing. The senior has led OU in tackles each of the last two seasons (125 in 2022 and 104 in 2023) and has 307 career stops. u Sophomore linebacker Sammy Omosigho made his first career start last game at Auburn, taking the place of injured Kendel Dolby at OU’s “Cheetah” position. Omosigho ranks fifth on the team with his 19 tackles, which are already 12 more than he had in his 10 games last season. He is tied with safety Robert Spears-Jennings and defensive lineman Gracen Halton for second on the squad with 3.5 tackles for loss and has two QB hurries. u Oklahoma is tied for second nationally by allowing just one rush of at least 20 yards this season (22-yarder by Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter). Army is the only team that has not allowed a 20-yard rush. u OU has allowed only eight touchdowns on its opponents’ 65 possessions (one every 8.1 possessions). The defense has forced 29 punts and has recorded 12 takeaways, a safety and two turnovers on downs. NOTING THE OFFENSE u Freshman QB Michael Hawkins Jr. is 23 for 37 through the air this season for a 62% completion rate with one touchdown and no interceptions. His lone career start came last game in the 27-21 win at Auburn. Hawkins Jr. also has 101 yards and a TD on 28 rushes (no fumbles). u Sophomore quarterback Jackson Arnold, who started Oklahoma’s first four games this season, has completed 61 of 102 pass attempts (60%) for 538 yards and seven touchdowns versus three interceptions. He ranks second on the team with 138 rushing yards and has a team-high-tying two rushing TDs. u Redshirt junior wide receiver Deion Burks ranks third in the SEC and 17th nationally with his 6.5 catches per game. He also has three receiving touchdowns, which all came in the first half against Temple. In that game, Burks became the first Sooner to register three receiving TDs in his OU debut. The Purdue transfer entered the season with seven career receiving TDs (all in 2023). u Junior running back Jovantae Barnes leads the team with his 199 rushing yards (averaging 3.5 yards per carry) and has two rushing TDs. Freshman Taylor Tatum, the consensus No. 1 running back nationally in the 2024 class, is averaging 6.4 yards on his 18 rushes (116 total yards) and has run for a pair of TDs and caught another. He missed the Auburn game due to injury. u Redshirt sophomore running back Gavin Sawchuk started each of the first three games but has been held to 33 yards on 18 carries. Sawchuk ran for over 100 yards in each of the last five games in 2023. u Oklahoma tight ends have scored two touchdowns this season (one by Bauer Sharp vs. Temple and one by Jake Roberts vs. Houston), already matching the total number of TDs scored by OU tight ends last season (one each by Austin Stogner and Blake Smith). u Similarly, OU’s tight ends combined for 20 catches for 252 yards in 13 games last season. This year they have already totaled 24 catches for 226 yards. u Redshirt sophomore receiver Nic Anderson sustained an injury in August camp and has missed all but one game this season (he started vs. Tennessee but left the game in the first half and did not return). Anderson earned 2023 freshman All-America honors from The Athletic after catching 38 passes for 798 yards and a team-high-tying 10 TDs. He averaged 21.0 yards per catch to rank fifth nationally. u Senior receiver Jalil Farooq was lost to injury in the first half of the season opener against Temple and is out indefinitely. Farooq entered the year with 86 career catches for 1,229 yards and seven TDs, and 32 rushes for 235 yards. OU is also without the services of junior receiver Jayden Gibson, who was lost for the year following an August injury. Gibson caught 14 passes for 375 yards (26.8 per reception) and five TDs last season (scored in each of the last three regular season games). u The Sooners are tied for 20th nationally by converting 95% (16 of 17) of their red-zone trips into points (13 TDs and 5 FGs). u OU’s offensive linemen who have played this season have combined for just 30 career starts as Sooners. Eight of the nine who have started at least one game this season had never started at OU prior to this year (Jacob Sexton started one game in 2022 and four last season).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: #9 OLE MISS VS. #13 LSU
OLE MISS NOTES:
WHAT TO WATCH FOR • This is the 113th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and LSU dating back to 1894 … LSU is Ole Miss’ second-most played opponent behind Mississippi State, who the Rebels will play for the 120th time this November. • LSU holds a 65-42-4 advantage in the series, including a 43-24-1 mark in Baton Rouge … The original series record is 65-43-4 in favor of LSU, with Ole Miss’ 2013 victory vacated due to NCAA ruling. • Since the rivals started playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008, LSU holds a 10-5 edge. • This will be the 12th all-time meeting with Ole Miss and LSU both ranked … LSU leads 7-4 in such games. • Lane Kiffin (100) and LSU’s Brian Kelly (190) are the lone active SEC head coaches with 100 career FBS victories. • The Rebels are 34-11 overall since 2021 and rank third among all SEC schools in wins in that span. • Ole Miss owns both the FBS’ top point differential (+219) and yardage differential (+1,856). • Ole Miss leads the FBS in rushing defense (63.7), yards per rush allowed (1.79), sacks (24), tackles for loss (63) and is tied with Texas for fewest touchdowns allowed (3). • Ole Miss has two of the top-five PFF pass rushers in DE Jared Ivey (3rd, 89.5) and DE Princely Umanmielen (6th, 86.9), and two of the top-five run defenders in DT JJ Pegues (1st, 91.4) and DT Walter Nolen (3rd, 90.6). • QB Jaxson Dart ranks top-five in six passing categories and is PFF’s current top-rated QB at a 91.8 grade … Dart is one of four active FBS QBs with 9,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards. • WR Tre Harris leads the FBS with 885 receiving yards, 173 more than the next best receiver nationally. • DT JJ Pegues owns four rushing TD this season, the most by a DL in at least the last 20 years (per ESPN). • Ole Miss owns the SEC’s fastest offense at 22.2 seconds per play (FBS No. 6).
LAST 5 GAMES AGAINST LSU:
Sept. 30, 2023 • Oxford, Miss. • #20 Ole Miss 55, #12 LSU 49 In came down to the last play of the game, but No. 20 Ole Miss held on for a 55-49 victory over the No. 12 LSU in an offensive showdown. The Rebels and the Tigers combined for a mind-boggling 104 points and 1,343 yards. Ole Miss put up 706 total yards of offense, including 317 yards on the ground en route to a top-15 win. Oct. 22, 2022 • Baton Rouge, La. • LSU 45, #7 Ole Miss 20 A 20-17 halftime wasn’t enough for No. 7 Ole Miss, as the LSU Tigers rode dual-threat quarterback Jayden Daniels and a feisty defense to a 28-0 second half to hand the Rebels their first loss in a 45-20 upset victory. Freshman running back Quinshon Judkins led with 111 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns. Oct., 23, 2021 • Oxford, Miss. • #12 Ole Miss 31, LSU 17 In front of 64,523 fans on Eli Manning Day at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Ole Miss delivered a dominant 31-17 win over LSU. The Rebel defense created three turnovers and tallied five sacks, while the offense used a balanced attack to mount a 31-7 lead going into the fourth quarter. Dec. 19, 2020 • Baton Rouge, La. • LSU 53, Ole Miss 48 Facing an early deficit, Ole Miss never gave up at Tiger Stadium. Ole Miss trailed 37-21 in the third quarter but reeled off a 27-3 run to claim a 48-40 advantage. However, six Rebel turnovers proved too much to overcome as LSU found the end zone on its final two drives to steal a 53-48 victory. Nov. 16, 2019 • Oxford, Miss. • #1 LSU 58, Ole Miss 37 Freshman QB John Rhys Plumlee ran wild for 212 yards and four TDs, but it wasn’t quite enough as eventual national champion LSU survived the offensive flurry in a 58-37 win. Eventual Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow threw for 489 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions as the Tigers held off the Rebels’ second-half rally at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
TIGERS SCOUTING REPORT LSU enters the week 4-1 overall and 1-0 in SEC play, and is ranked No. 10 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and No. 13 in the AP rankings. Their lone loss of the year came in their season-opener against No. 23 USC, a 27-20 loss at the Vegas Kickoff Classic. LSU ranks No. 16 in the FBS in total offense (468.2 ypg) and No. 7 in passing yards (337.0 ypg). Junior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has thrown for 1,652 yards with 15 touchdowns, compared to just four interceptions. Four Tiger receivers have hauled in 20 or more receptions, including Kyren Lacy who has tallied five TDs this year. Caden Durham, a true freshman running back, is averaging 8.4 yards per carry, with three touchdowns on the ground. Helping supplement that offense is extreme discipline on both sides of the ball, as LSU is the SEC’s least-penalized team with just 15 flags this season. LSU ranks No. 4 in the country with just two sacks allowed through the season’s first five games. Defensively, the Tigers allowing just 353.6 yards per game. Linebacker Whit Weeks leads the Tigers with 41 total tackles, including four TFL. Defensive ends Bradyn Swinson and Sai’vion Jones both rank in the top 20 nationally in sacks, with five and 4.5 respectively.
OLE MISS-LSU SERIES HISTORY • This game marks the 113th all-time meeting between the Ole Miss Rebels and LSU Tigers dating back to 1894. • LSU holds a 65-42-4 advantage in the series, including a 43-24-1 mark in Baton Rouge. • The original record is 65-43-4 in favor of LSU, with Ole Miss’ 2013 victory in Oxford vacated due to NCAA ruling. • LSU is Ole Miss’ second-most played opponent behind Mississippi State, which will reach 120 meetings on Nov. 29. • Since the rivals started playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008, LSU holds a 10-5 edge … Ole Miss’ win in 2013 was vacated due to NCAA ruling. • The home team has won 10 of the last 12 meetings on the field. • This will be the 12th all-time meeting with both the Rebels and Tigers simultaneously ranked, the second in a row and only the second since 2016 … LSU leads 7-4 in such games.
WIN NO. 100 FOR LANE KIFFIN With Ole Miss’ 27-3 win at South Carolina, head coach Lane Kiffin passed the century mark in his coaching career with his 100th total victory. Kiffin is 39-16 in his five seasons with the Rebels, which joins a 7-6 record at Tennessee (2009), a 28-15 mark at USC (2010-13) and a 26-13 split at Florida Atlantic (2017-19). His victory at South Carolina also stands as his 25th career SEC win, which includes a 21-14 mark at Ole Miss and a 4-4 record during his one season at Tennessee in 2009. Kiffin is among 30 active FBS head coaches with 100 victories across all levels of college football, and he sits as one of only three in the SEC alongside LSU’s Brian Kelly (287) and Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer (109). But in FBS-only victories, Kiffin is among a company of just 15 active coaches with 100 FBS wins — one of two in the SEC alongside Kelly (190). At current power conference schools (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC), Kiffin ranks among 10 active coaches with 100 FBS wins.
LSU NOTES:
Tiger Stadium To Host Top 10 Saturday Night Matchup This Week LSU (4-1, 1-0 SEC), ranked No. 10 in the Coaches Poll and No. 13 in the AP Top 25, welcomes Top 10-ranked Ole Miss to Tiger Stadium on Saturday Night. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on ABC with Sean McDonough (pxp), Greg McElroy (analyst) and Molly McGrath (sideline reporter) on the call. LSU, winners of four straight, is coming off an open date. The Tigers beat South Alabama, 42-10, in their last action on Sept. 28 to run their winning streak to four-straight. Ole Miss, ranked No. 8 in the Coaches Poll and No. 9 in the AP Poll, is coming off a 27-3 win over South Carolina and stands at 5-1 overall and 1-1 in SEC play. LSU and Ole Miss meet as Top 10 teams for the first time since 1962 when the No. 6 Rebels beat the No. 4 Tigers, 15-7, in Tiger Stadium. Saturday’s game will mark the 19th Top 10 matchup in Tiger Stadium with LSU holding a 12-6 mark in those games. Saturday’s game marks the celebration of 100 years of Tiger Stadium with over 125 former players expected to be on hand for the contest. It’s also LSU’s Homecoming game. LSU has won 13 straight games in Tiger Stadium and third-year head coach Brian Kelly is 16-1 overall in Death Valley. LSU’s 13-game Tiger Stadium winning streak started on Oct. 22, 2023 when the Tigers beat then-No. 7 Ole Miss, 45-20. LSU enters the game averaging 35.2 points and 468.2 total yards per game (131.2 rushing, 337.0 passing). Defensively, LSU is allowing 21.6 points and 353.6 total yards per game (117.2 rushing, 236.4 passing). Junior QB Garrett Nussmeier leads the SEC in passing TDs (15). His 330.4 yards passing per game ranks No. 2 in the league and No. 5 nationally. In 5 games, Nuss has completed 138-of-198 passes for 1,652 yards, 15 TDs and 4 interceptions. Freshman Caden Durham leads the Tigers in rusher with 244 yards and 3 TDs on 29 carries. LSU has 4 players with at least 20 receptions led by TE Mason Taylor (28 rec., 280 yards, 1 TD). Kyren Lacy ranks No. 2 in the SEC in TD receptions (5). LBs Whit Weeks (41 tackles, 4.0 TFL) and Greg Penn (38 TFL) lead the Tiger defense. DEs Bradyn Swinson (5 sacks, 6 TFL, 2 FF) and Sai’vion Jones (4.5 sacks, 5.5 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR) have the most impact plays for the Tiger defense. LSU Coach Brian Kelly: Winningest Active Coach In NCAA Football Brian Kelly, in his third season with the Tigers, has guided LSU to a 24-8 overall mark. He entered 2024 riding a streak of seven straight 10-win seasons. Kelly is the winningest active coach in NCAA football (no matter division) with an on-field record of 308-104-2. After inheriting a roster with only 39 scholarship players, Kelly quickly turned LSU into a 10-win team in his first season in 2022 as the Tigers went 10-4 overall, beat Top 10 teams in Ole Miss and Alabama and won the SEC Western Division. Kelly, the most accomplished hire in LSU football history when he was named to the position in December of 2021, took over the program after 12 years and 113 wins at Notre Dame. His coaching resume includes 12 10-win seasons at the FBS level (7 at Notre Dame, 3 at Cincinnati, 2 at LSU), along with 15 bowl/CFP playoff appearances and 3 National Coach of the Year honors. He won two Division II National Championships at Grand Valley State.
QUICK NOTES:
LSU is 12-0 under Brian Kelly in Saturday night games in Tiger Stadium. Overall, LSU is 16-1 in Death Valley since Kelly took over in 2022. • LSU has won 13 straight in Tiger Stadium since dropping a 40-13 decision to No. 8 Tennessee on October 8, 2022. • TE Mason Taylor is the first player at his position in LSU history to catch 100 passes and have 1,000 receiving yards. Taylor has 102 career receptions for 1.042 yards and 5 TDs. • QB Garrett Nussmeier is coming off a career-best 409 passing yards vs. South Alabama. Nuss accounted for 4 TDs (2 rush, 2 pass) becoming only the 5th LSU player to accomplish that feat since 2000. • In its last 2 games, LSU has 3 scoring drives of 90-plus yards. LSU had backto-back TD drives of 96 and 92 yards vs. UCLA and followed that with a 99-yard drive vs. South Alabama. • LSU racked up 429 total yards of offense in the first half vs. South Alabama, the most for the program in a half since putting up 497 yards against Oklahoma in the 2019 CFP Semifinal. • LSU has recorded 13 sacks in its last 3 games (5 vs. South Carolina, 5 vs. UCLA and 3 vs. South Alabama). • 8 different players have scored on receiving TDs this year with Kyren Lacy leading the way with 5. Aaron Anderson, Zavion Thomas, and Caden Durham each have 2 TD receptions. • LSU’s starting offensive line has combined for 123 career starts at LSU. LT Will Campbell, a preseason All-America, and RG Miles Frazier lead the way with 31 starts apiece. RT Emery Jones (29), LG Garrett Dellinger (27) and C DJ Chester (5) round out the lineup. • LSU is riding back-to-back 10-win seasons, the first for LSU since going 10-3 in 2018 followed by a 15-0 mark and the national championship in 2019. LSU still reached the 10-win mark in both 2022 and 2023 after opening the season with losses.
LSU vs. Ole Miss on ABC A sold-out crowd and a Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium will be the setting when No. 10 LSU hosts No. 8 Ole Miss at 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ABC. LSU, winners of 4 straight, brings a 4-1 overall mark and 1-0 league record into the contest. Ole Miss is 5-1 overall and 1-1 in SEC play following its 27-3 win over South Carolina. The game will also serve as the 100 years of Tiger Stadium celebration as over 125 former LSU players will be recognized (by decade) on the field during pre-game activities. In addition, a special endzone design will be painted in both endzones. The Tigers will also wear the 100 years of Tiger Stadium decal on their helmet. Tiger Stadium To Host Its 19th Top 10 Matchup on Saturday Night For only the 19th time in Tiger Stadium history, the venue will serve as host for a Top 10 matchup when No. 10 LSU welcomes No. 8/9 Ole Miss to Death Valley. It’s the first Top 10 matchup in Tiger Stadium since Oct. 12, 2019 when No. 5 LSU beat No. 7 Florida, 42-28, in a battle of undefeated teams. LSU is 12-6 all-time in Top 10 matchups in Tiger Stadium. LSU and Ole Miss has met in Tiger Stadium as Top 10 foes 4 times with the Tigers holding a 3-1 advantage in those games. It’s also the first time LSU and Ole Miss have meet a Top 10-ranked opponents in Tiger Stadium since 1962 when the sixth-ranked Rebels knocked off the fourth-ranked Tigers, 15-7. Here’s a look at previous Top 10 matchups in Tiger Stadium.
Last Time Out: LSU 42, South Alabama 10 LSU won its fourth straight game with a 42-10 win over South Alabama in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 28. LSU scored TDs on 2 of its first 3 offensive plays and built a 21-0 first quarter lead. The Tigers – behind 429 yards of total offense in the first half – led 35-3 at halftime. LSU’s defense put together an outstanding effort, limiting the Jaguars to 333 total yards and 4-of-14 on third-down conversion attempts. The Tiger defense also had a goal line stand in the third quarter. Up Next: at Arkansas LSU plays the first of two straight SEC road games when the Tigers travel to face Arkansas in Fayetteville. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN. Last year, LSU beat Arkansas, 34-31, in Tiger Stadium. In its last trip to Arkansas, the Tigers won 13-10 in 2022. LSU in the Polls The Tigers moved up to No. 10 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and remained at No. 13 in the AP Top 25 following the open date. LSU has played 24 consecutive games as a Top 25 team, a streak that dates back to the Alabama game on November 5, 2022. LSU has been ranked in the AP Top 25 for 30 consecutive weeks, a stretch that ranks as the nation’s seventh-longest active streak and third among SEC teams. LSU-Ole Miss To Play for Magnolia Bowl Trophy Established in 2008 after an agreement between the student governments at both schools, LSU and Ole Miss have squared off each year since then to play for the Magnolia Bowl Trophy. LSU is 10-6 against the Rebels since the establishment of the trophy. Last year, Ole Miss posted a 55-49 win over LSU in Oxford. LSU won the previous meeting in 2022, 45-20. LSU-Ole Miss Series: LSU leads 65-43-4 Ole Miss won last year’s meeting in Oxford, 55-49, but LSU has won 6 of the past 8 games against the Rebels to maintain a 65-43-4 advantage in the series. In the first matchup between Brian Kelly and Lane Kiffin as SEC head coaches, LSU defeated the No. 7 Rebels, 45-20, inside Tiger Stadium during the 2022 season. The Rebels jumped out to a 17-3 lead in the first half before QB Jayden Daniels jump started the Tiger’s offense, scoring 6 touchdowns on its final 8 possessions and outscoring Ole Miss by a total of 42-3 down the stretch. It was the sixth time Ole Miss came into Tiger Stadium as a Top-10 team, and with the win LSU improved to 5-1 in those games. The series between LSU and Ole Miss dates back to 1894 when the teams first met in Baton Rouge (Ole Miss won 26-6). LSU secured its first victory over Ole Miss two years later, 12-4, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Both LSU and Ole Miss began to meet annually in 1945 when LSU defeated the Rebels 32-13 in Baton Rouge. Since then, the Tigers hold a 44-32-4 lead over Ole Miss.
Kelly vs. Kiffin LSU coach Brian Kelly will face Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin for the sixth time on Saturday night. BK is 3-2 vs. Kiffin, which includes a 1-1 mark as head coach at LSU. Kelly and Notre Dame faced Kiffin and Southern Cal three times (2010, 2011, 2012) with Kelly and the Irish winning in 2010 and 2012.
NFL NEWS
NFL WEEK 6: WHAT TO LOOK FOR
NEW YORK — Six teams that missed the postseason last year – Denver (3-2) in the AFC and Minnesota (5-0), Washington (4-1), Atlanta (3-2), Chicago (3-2) and Seattle (3-2) in the NFC – have at least three wins this season, with all four NFC divisions having a team that missed the playoffs in 2023 currently sitting in first place or tied for first place as the NFL enters Week 6.
The 2024 NFC North – with Chicago, Detroit (3-1), Green Bay (3-2) and Minnesota – marks the sixth division since 2002 and the first since the 2012 NFC West to have all four teams each with three-or-more wins through the first five weeks of a season.
- Close Games: More games through Week 5 this season have been decided by seven-or-fewer points (47) and six-or-fewer points (41) than any previous season in NFL history. Last week, six games were decided by a game-winning score in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime, the most in a week since Week 16, 2023 (six games).
- The Atlanta Falcons – with a Kirk Cousins-to-Drake London touchdown pass with 34 seconds remaining in Week 2, a Younghoe Koo 58-yard field goal with two seconds left in Week 4 and a Cousins-to-KhaDarel Hodge touchdown pass in overtime in Week 5 – became the first team since the 2009 Cincinnati Bengals to score the game-winning points in the final minute of regulation or in overtime in three of its first five games of a season.
- Both Atlanta and the Houston Texans have won consecutive games by scoring the game-winning points in the final minute of regulation or in overtime. The last team to win three such consecutive games was the 2020 Los Angeles Chargers (Weeks 14-16).
- DMV Dominance:A historic matchup between elite rushing teams is set to take place in Week 6 as the Washington Commanders (4-1)visit the Baltimore Ravens (3-2)on Sunday (1 p.m. ET, CBS).
- Baltimore, with 211.2 rushing yards per game, and Washington, 178.4 rushing yards per game, rank first and second, respectively, in rushing offense this season. On Sunday, it will mark the first meeting between two teams each averaging 175-or-more rushing yards per game in Week 6 or later of a season in 46 years, since Week 6 of the 1978 season [New England (188.8 rushing yards per game) vs. Philadelphia (186 rushing yards per game)].
- The Ravens lead the league with 1,056 rushing yards and can become the fifth team since 1980 with at least 1,200 rushing yards in its first six games of a season, joining the 2006 Atlanta Falcons (1,333), 1984 Chicago Bears (1,330), 1980 Detroit Lions (1,299) and 2019 Baltimore Ravens (1,230).
- Baltimore has rushed for at least 100 yards in 38 consecutive games, tied with the 1935-39 Detroit Lions (38 consecutive games) for the third-longest such streak by a team in NFL history. Only the 2018-21 Baltimore Ravens (43 consecutive games) and 1974-77 Pittsburgh Steelers (43) have longer such streaks.
- Washington leads the NFL with 13 rushing touchdowns while Baltimore ranks tied for third with eight rushing touchdowns. The combined 21 rushing touchdowns rank as the second-most in a matchup for a Week 6 game since 1970, trailing the 24 combined rushing touchdowns between Miami (13) and Buffalo (11) in Week 6 of the 1975 season.
- Washington can become the fourth team with 14-or-more rushing touchdowns in its first six games of a season since 1970, joining the 1975 Miami Dolphins (16 rushing touchdowns), 2023 Miami Dolphins (15) and 2004 Kansas City Chiefs (14).
- With Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson (241.2 passing yards per game and 72.6 rushing yards per game in 2024) and Washington’s Jayden Daniels (227 passing yards per game and 60 rushing yards per game in 2024), this will mark the first matchup of opposing quarterbacks in Week 6 or later who are both averaging at least 200 passing yards per game and 50 rushing yards per game.
- Rookie Quarterbacks Finding Success: Between Washington’s Jayden Daniels (four wins), Denver’s Bo Nix (three) and Chicago’s Caleb Williams (three), rookie quarterbacks have combined for 10 wins this season, the second-most by rookie quarterbacks in the first five weeks of a season since 1970, trailing only 1987 (12 wins).
- Daniels became the third rookie quarterback since 1950 to start and win four of his team’s first five games of a season, joining Joe Ferguson (1973 with Buffalo) and Dak Prescott (2016 with Dallas).
- Nix is the first rookie quarterback to win three consecutive games in Broncos franchise history.
- Williams became the fourth rookie quarterback since 1950 to win each of his first three home starts and throw no interceptions in each game, joining Matt Ryan (2008), Tua Tagovailoa (2020) and Russell Wilson (2012).
- London Continues: The NFL international schedule continues in London at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the second-consecutive week, as the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-4) face the Chicago Bears (3-2) on Sunday (9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network). The Jaguars will stay in London and take on New England in Week 7, playing two regular-season games outside of the United States for the second-consecutive season.
- With the Jaguars earning their first win of the season in Week 5, 2024 marks the fourth season since 1970 in which every team has at least one win through the first five weeks, joining 2022, 2018 and 1990.
- Sunday will mark the 10th NFL regular-season game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since 2019. Eight of the first nine contests have been decided by one score (eight points or fewer).
- Last season, Jacksonville became the first team ever to win multiple international games in a season. The Jaguars have six wins in international games, the most among all clubs.
- The Bears competed in the first regular-season game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against the Oakland Raiders on Oct. 6, 2019, and have a 2-1 record in international contests, earning wins at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada, in 2010 and Wembley Stadium in London in 2011.
- Sacks Abound: The New York Giants (2-3) lead the NFL with 22 sacks through Week 5, while the Denver Broncos (3-2) lead the AFC and rank third in the NFL with 19 sacks.
- The Giants, who host the Cincinnati Bengals (1-4) on Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), had eight sacks in Week 3 and seven sacks in Week 5, becoming the first team since the 2006 Philadelphia Eagles to record seven-or-more sacks in two of their first five games of a season. The last team to record at least seven sacks in three of its first six games of a season was the 1989 Minnesota Vikings.
- The Broncos host the Los Angeles Chargers (2-2)on Sunday (4:05 p.m. ET, CBS) in a matchup of two top scoring defenses. The Chargers lead the NFL in scoring defense (12.5 points allowed per game) while the Broncos are tied for second (14.6) through the first five weeks. The last time two clubs met in Week 6 or later of a season that were both allowing fewer than 15 points per game was Week 6 of the 2013 season [New England (14.0 points allowed per game vs. New Orleans (14.6)].
- Follow Up: Two quarterbacks – Atlanta’s Kirk Cousins and Detroit’s Jared Goff – are looking to follow up exceptional performances.
- In Week 5, Cousins had a Falcons single-game franchise-record 509 passing yards, the 24th game in NFL history of 500-or-more passing yards. Of the previous 23, nine players passed for 300-or-more yards in their next game and two players – Joe Burrow (446 passing yards on Jan. 2, 2022) and Tom Brady (423 on Sept. 18, 2011) passed for more than 400 yards.
- In Week 4, Goff became the first player in NFL history with a 100 percent completion percentage on 15-or-more attempts, going 18-for-18 in the Lions’ win over Seattle. Including his final pass attempt in Week 3, he has completed 19 consecutive pass attempts. The NFL record for the most consecutive completions is 25, held by four players: Nick Foles (2018), Marcus Mariota (2018), Philip Rivers (2018) and Ryan Tannehill (2015).
- LSU Stars in Primetime: When Cincinnati (1-4)visits the New York Giants (2-3)on Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), former LSU Tigers Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Malik Nabers will be in the spotlight.
- Burrow recorded a career-high five touchdown passes in Week 5, including touchdown passes of 41- and 70-yards to Chase. Burrow (27 years old) and Chase (24 years old) have connected for 14 touchdowns of 40-or-more yards, the second-most by a quarterback-wide receiver duo both under the age of 28 in NFL history, trailing only John Hadl and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth (20 touchdowns).
- Burrow has 23 touchdown passes of 40-or-more yards since entering the NFL in 2020, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner (22 touchdown passes) for the third-most such touchdown passes by a player in his first five seasons among quarterbacks whose career began after 1990. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (28 touchdown passes) and Patrick Mahomes (26) have more.
- Chase has 10 touchdown receptions of 60-or-more yards, becoming the third player with 10-or-more touchdown receptions of 60-or-more yards in his first four seasons in NFL history, joining Homer Jones (12 touchdowns) and Harlon Hill (10).
- Nabers, who missed the Giants’ Week 5 win due to injury, has 35 receptions in four career games, with at least five catches in each game. On Sunday night, he can join Puka Nacua (46 receptions) as the only players with at least 40 receptions in their first five career games in NFL history and become the fourth player in NFL history with at least five receptions in each of his first five career games, joining CeeDee Lamb (first six games), Terry Glenn (first five) and Nacua (first five).
NFL GAME CAPSULES
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1-4) VS. CHICAGO BEARS (3-2)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 9:30 AM ET | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London) | Referee: Brad Allen
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: CHI leads series, 5-3 (won 3 of past 4)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/27/20: CHI 41 at JAX 17
Postseason: —
JAGS NOTES:
JACKSONVILLE is 6-5 in 11 all-time London games, incl. 2-0 in 2 games in 2023. • QB TREVOR LAWRENCE set season highs in completions (28), comp. pct. (82.4), pass yards (career-high 371) & rating (119.5) last week, 3rd-career game with 350+ pass yards. Aims for 3rd in row with 2+ TD passes. Is 3-1 in 4 career starts in London, with 0 INTs & 90+ rating in 3 of 4 starts. • RB TRAVIS ETIENNE aims for 8th in row with 55+ scrimmage yards. Has 418 scrimmage yards (139.3 per game) & 3 rush TDs in 3 career games in London, most career scrimmage yards ever in NFL international games. • RB TANK BIGSBY led team with career-high 129 scrimmage yards (101 rush, 28 rec.) & career-high 2 rush TDs last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 90+ rush yards. • WR CHRISTIAN KIRK had 4 catches for season-high 88 yards in Week 5. Aims for 4th in row with 60+ rec. yards. Aims for his 3rd in row in London with 75+ rec. yards. • WR BRIAN THOMAS JR. (rookie) had 5 catches for season-high 122 yards & TD last week. Aims for 4th in row with 5+ catches & 3rd in row with 85+ rec. yards & rec. TD. Leads rookies with 397 rec. yards in 2024. • WR GABE DAVIS had TD catch in only career game vs. Chi. (12/24/22 w/ Buf.). • TE EVAN ENGRAM has 4+ catches in each of 3 career games in London. • TE BRENTON STRANGE had TD catch last week & has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. • DE JOSH HINES-ALLEN had sack & 1st FR of season last week. Had 3 sacks & FF in 2 London games last season. • DE TRAVON WALKER had career-high 3 sacks & 2nd-career FF in Week 5. Is 1 of 4 in AFC with 2+ sacks in multiple games this season. • CB RONALD DARBY has PD in 4 of 5 games this season. • S ANTONIO JOHNSON led team with career-high 11 tackles last week. Aims for 6th in row with 5+ tackles.
BEARS NOTES:
CHICAGO is 2-1 in international games & participated in inaugural game vs. Oak. Raiders at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 10/6/19. • QB CALEB WILLIAMS passed for 304 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 126.2 rating in Week 5 & became 4th rookie QB since 1950 to win each of his 1st 3 home starts & throw 0 INTs in each start. Aims for his 3rd in row with 100+ rating. Can became 2nd rookie QB selected No. 1 overall (Trevor Lawrence) to start an international game. • RB D’ANDRE SWIFT had 120 scrimmage yards (73 rush, 47 rec.) & 25thcareer rush TD, his 17th-career game with 100+ scrimmage yards. Aims for his 3rd in row with 120+ scrimmage yards & TD. Has 234 scrimmage yards (117 per game) & 3 rush TDs in 2 career games vs. Jax. & aims for his 3rd in row vs. Jax. with 110+ scrimmage yards & rush TD. • RB ROSCHON JOHNSON had 1st-career game with 2 rush TDs last week & aims for his 3rd in row with rush TD. • WR DJ MOORE had 5 catches for season-high 105 yards & 2 rec. TDs in Week 5, his 5th-career game with 2+ TD catches. Has 5+ catches in 4 of his 5 games this season. Aims for his 3rd in row with TD catch. Had 7 catches & 86 scrimmage yards (73 rec., 13 rush) in his only career game at Tottenham (10/13/19 w/ Car. vs. TB). • WR KEENAN ALLEN had 10 catches for 125 yards in his last game vs. Jax. (10/25/20 w/ LAC) & has 5+ catches & 80+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4 vs. Jax. • WR ROME ODUNZE (rookie) has 5+ catches in 2 of his past 3. • S KEVIN BYARD had 1st INT of season last week. Has PD in 3 of his past 4 vs. Jax. Had 10 tackles in his only career game at Tottenham (10/15/23 w/ Ten. vs. Bal.). • DL GERVON DEXTER is 1 of 3 (Derick Hall & T.J. Watt) with sack in 4 games in 2024. • LB TREMAINE EDMUNDS had 4th-career FF last week. • LB T.J. EDWARDS has 6+ tackles in 4 of 5 games this season. • DB TYRIQUE STEVENSON has 21 PD in 21 career games. • DB KYLER GORDON aims for his 3rd in row with FR.
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (4-1) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (3-2)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | M&T Bank Stadium | Referee: Land Clark
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: BAL leads series, 4-3 (Home team won 3 of past 4)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/4/20: BAL 31 at WAS 17
Postseason:
COMMANDERS NOTES:
COMMANDERS have 13 rush TDs in 2024, tied with 1975 Dolphins for most by team in 1st 5 games of season since 1970. Are 1st team since 1954 49ers with 3+ rush TDs in 4 of 1st 5 games of season. • QB JAYDEN DANIELS became 3rd rookie QB since 1950 to start & win 4 of his team’s 1st 5 games of season. Is 1st player ever with 1,000+ pass yards (1,135) & 250+ rush yards (300) in 1st 5 career games & has most rush yards by QB in 1st 5 career games in SB era. Has 77.1 comp. pct. (101 of 131), 2nd-highest by player in 1st 5 games of season all-time (min. 100 atts). Had 82 rush yards in Week 5 & is 1 of 4 rookie QBs in SB era with 2+ games (2) of 80+ rush yards. • RB BRIAN ROBINSON had 2nd career game with 2 rush TDs last week & has career-high tying 5 rush TDs in 2024. Aims for his 4th in row on road & 4th in row overall with rush TD. • RB AUSTIN EKELER had season-high 97 scrimmage yards (67 rush, 30 rec.) in Week 5 & aims for his 5th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. • RB JEREMY MCNICHOLS aims for his 3rd in row with rush TD. • WR TERRY MCLAURIN had 112 rec. yards in Week 5, his 17th-career game with 100+ rec. yards. Has 50+ rec. yards in 5 of his past 6 on road. Had 10 catches for 118 yards in last meeting. • LB BOBBY WAGNER had 6 tackles, 1.5 sacks & 7th-career FF in Week 5 & has 35 career sacks. Has 6 TFL in 5 games this season. • LB FRANKIE LUVU had 7 tackles, career-high 2.5 sacks & 5th-career FR in Week 5. Aims for his 3rd in row with FR. Had 10 tackles & sack in his last game vs. Bal. (11/20/22 w/ Car.). • DT JONATHAN ALLEN aims for his 3rd in row with sack. • DE DORANCE ARMSTRONG aims for his 4th in row with 0.5+ sacks.
RAVENS NOTES:
RAVENS lead NFL with 1,056 rush yards, 5th team since 1980 with 1,000+ rush yards in 1st 5 games. Have 100+ rush yards in 38 straight games, tied-3rd longest streak ever. • QB LAMAR JACKSON completed 26 of 42 atts. (61.9 pct.) for 348 yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 119.9 rating & rushed for 55 yards last week. Has 6 career games with 50+ rush yards & 4+ pass TDs, most ever. Has 0 INTs in 4 of 5 games this season & 115+ rating in each of past 3. Had 246 yards (193 pass, 53 rush) & 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush) with a 107.8 rating in last meeting. Ranks 8th in NFL with 363 rush yards this season. • RB DERRICK HENRY rushed for 92 yards & TD last week, 6th-straight game with rush TD. Has 170+ scrimmage yards & 2 TDs in 2 of his past 3 games. Has 224 scrimmage yards (112 per game) & 3 rush TDs in 2 career games vs. Was. Leads NFL with 572 rush yards & ranks tied-1st with 6 rush TDs this season. • WR ZAY FLOWERS led team with 7 catches for career-high 111 yards last week. Has 90+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 home games. • TE ISAIAH LIKELY had 2 rec. TDs last week, 2nd-career game with 2+ TDs. • LB ROQUAN SMITH led team with 15 tackles last week. Has 11+ tackles in 3 of his past 4 games. Had 12 tackles & sack in his last game vs. Was. (10/13/22 w/ Chi). • LB KYLE VAN NOY has 2 sacks in 3 of his past 4 games. Aims for 5th in row with 2+ tackles. Had PD in his last game vs. Was. (10/6/19 w/ NE). • LB TAVIUS ROBINSON had 2nd-career sack in Week 5. • CB MARLON HUMPHREY had 15th-career INT last week. Has 6+ tackles in each of his 2 home games this season. Had 9 tackles, FF & PD in last meeting. • S KYLE HAMILTON had 4 tackles, sack & PD last week. Aims for 5th in row with 4+ tackles.
ARIZONA CARDINALS (2-3) AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (3-2)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Lambeau Field | Referee: Alex Kemp
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: GB leads series, 45-24-4 (ARI won 2 of past 3)
Postseason: ARI leads series, 2-1 (won past 2)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/28/21: GB 24 at ARI 21
Postseason: NFC-D 1/16/16: GB 20 at ARI 26
CARDS NOTES:
QB KYLER MURRAY had 278 yards (195 pass, season-high 83 rush) & 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) in Week 5, his 19th-career game with both pass TD & rush TD. Aims for his 8th in row on road & 13th in row overall with TD pass. Passed for 274 yards in last meeting. • RB JAMES CONNER had 100 scrimmage yards (86 rush, 14 rec.) in Week 5. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his past 4 overall & 4 of his past 5 on road. Has 10 TDs (8 rush, 2 rec.) in his past 10. Rushed for 2 TDs in last meeting. • WR MARVIN HARRISON JR. (rookie) has 5+ catches in 2 of his past 3 & rec. TD in 3 of his past 4. • WR MICHAEL WILSON had 5 catches for season-high & team-high 78 yards in Week 5. • TE TREY MCBRIDE had 6 catches for 53 yards in Week 5 & has 5+ catches in 3 of his 4 games this season. Aims for his 7th in row on road with 5+ catches. • S BUDDA BAKER led team with 12 tackles in Week 5 & ranks tied-1st among DBs with 52 tackles in 2024. Has 29 games with 10+ tackles since 2017, most among DBs. Aims for his 3rd in row with 12+ tackles & 7th in row with 7+ tackles. • S JALEN THOMPSON had 2 PD last week, his 5th-career game with 2+ PD. Had 10 tackles & PD in last meeting. Has 5+ tackles in 4 of 5 games in 2024. • LB MACK WILSON had 1st-career FR & 2nd-career INT last week. • LB DENNIS GARDECK has PD in 2 of his past 3. • LB KYZIR WHITE had 6th-career INT last week. Has 7+ tackles in 4 of 5 games this season. • LB ZAVEN COLLINS has TFL in 4 of 5 games this season & aims for his 3rd in row on road with TFL. • DL NAQUAN JONES had sack in season debut last week.
PACKERS NOTES:
QB JORDAN LOVE has 2+ TD passes in 7 straight games, tied with Joe Flacco for longest active streak in NFL & has 2+ TD passes in 11 of his past 12 overall. Has 0 INTs & 100+ rating in 5 of his past 6 home starts. • RB JOSH JACOBS had 94 scrimmage yards (73 rush, 21 rec.) & 1st rush TD of season, his 47th-career rush TD. Has 75+ scrimmage yards in 4 of his 5 games this season. • WR JAYDEN REED had 97 scrimmage yards (78 rec., 19 rush) in Week 5. Has 414 rec. yards & 110 rush yards in 2024 & is 6th player ever & 1st since 1985 with 400+ rec. yards & 100+ rush yards in his team’s 1st 5 games of season. Has 50+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4 at home. • WR DONTAYVION WICKS has 5 rec. TDs in his past 3 at home & aims for his 4th in row at home with TD catch. • TE TUCKER KRAFT had 4 catches for team-high & career-high 88 yards & 1stcareer game with 2 rec. TDs last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with rec. TD. • S XAVIER MCKINNEY had 5th INT of season & 3rd-career FR last week & became 4th player since 1970 with takeaway in each of his team’s 1st 5 games of season. Is 1 of 4 since 1990 with INT in 6 straight games. • S EVAN WILLIAMS (rookie) led team with 10 tackles & had 2 PD last week. • CB KEISEAN NIXON aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. • LB QUAY WALKER had 9 tackles & 15th-career TFL last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with TFL & 15th in row with 5+ tackles. • LB EDGERRIN COOPER (rookie) had 1st-career full sack last week & aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. • DL DEVONTE WYATT has TFL in each of his 4 games in 2024 & aims for his 6th in row overall with TFL.
HOUSTON TEXANS (4-1) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1-4)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Gillette Stadium | Referee: Ron Torbert
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: NE leads series, 9-3 (HOU won 2 of past 3)
Postseason: NE leads series, 2-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 10/10/21: NE 25 at HOU 22
Postseason: AFC-D 1/14/17: HOU 16 at NE 34
TEXANS NOTES:
QB C.J. STROUD completed 28 of 38 atts. (73.7 pct.) for 331 yards & TD vs. INT with 97.6 rating & rushed for season-high 27 rush yards last week, 2ndstraight & 6th-career game with 325+ pass yards, tied-most in NFL since 2023. Has 90+ rating in 4 of 5 starts this season. Has 0 INTs in 3 of his past 4 on road. Ranks 3rd in NFL with 1,385 pass yards in 2024. • RB JOE MIXON has 264 scrimmage yards (132 per game) in 2 career games vs. NE. • RB CAM AKERS rushed for 42 yards & TD last week. Has TD in 2 of past 3. Had career-high 194 scrimmage yards (171 rush, 23 rec.) in only career game vs. NE (12/10/20 w/ LAR). • RB DARE OGUNBOWALE led team with career-high 87 scrimmage yards (57 rec., 30 rush) last week, with career-high 6 catches. Aims for 3rd in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. Had 68 scrimmage yards (36 rush, 32 rec.) & rec. TD in only career game vs. NE (1/2/22 w/ Jax.). • WR NICO COLLINS had 78 rec. yards & TD catch in Week 5, his 7th-straight reg. season game with 75+ rec. yards & is 1st player since 2020 (DK Metcalf) with 75+ rec. yards in each of team’s 1st 5 games of season. Aims for 3rd in row with rec. TD. Leads NFL with 567 rec. yards in 2024 & tied-3rd with 32 catches. • WR STEFON DIGGS had 6 catches for 82 yards last week. Aims for 4th in row with 5+ catches & 65+ rec. yards. Has 6 rec. TDs over his past 4 games at NE. • DE DANIELLE HUNTER had sack in his last game vs. NE (11/24/22 w/ Min.). • DE WILL ANDERSON has TFL in 4 of 5 games this season. • DT KHALIL DAVIS had 2 TFL & 1st sack of season in Week 5. • LB AZEEZ AL-SHAAIR led team with 8 tackles & had 2 PD & TFL last week. Has 8+ tackles in 3 of past 4. Had FF in only career game vs. NE (10/25/20 w/ SF). • CB DEREK STINGLEY had season-high 7 tackles & PD last week.
PATRIOTS NOTES:
QB JACOBY BRISSETT passed for 160 yards with 0 INTs last week. Has 0 INTs in 4 of 5 starts this season. Has 0 INTs in each of 4 career home starts with NE. Is 5-1 with 10 TDs (8 pass, 2 rush) vs. 2 INTs for 92.9 rating in 6 career starts vs. Hou. • RB RHAMONDRE STEVENSON rushed for 89 yards & 3rd TD of season last week. Has 90+ scrimmage yards & rush TD in each of 2 home games this season. Has 85+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his past 6 at home. • RB ANTONIO GIBSON rushed for 52 yards on 6 carries (8.7 yards per rush) last week. Has 55+ scrimmage yards in 3 of past 4 & in each home game this season. Had 103 scrimmage yards (72 rush, 31 rec.) in only career game vs. Hou. (11/20/22 w/ Was.). Ranks 6th in NFL with 5.9 yards per rush in 2024 (min. 30 rushes). • WR DEMARIO DOUGLAS led team with 6 catches for 59 yards last week. Has 6+ catches & 55+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. • TE HUNTER HENRY has 65+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 at home. Had 6 catches for 75 yards & TD in last meeting & has rec. TD in each of 2 career games vs. Hou. • DE KEION WHITE had 1st PD of season last week. Has PD in 2 of past 3 at home. • DE DEATRICH WISE JR. has sack in 2 of past 3. • DT DANIEL EKUALE led team with career-high 9 tackles & had half sack in Week 5. • LB JOSH UCHE had sack last week & has sack in 2 of past 3. • LB RAEKWON MCMILLAN aims for 5th in row with 6+ tackles. • LB JAHLANI TAVAI has TFL in 4 of 5 games this season. Had FR in only career game vs. Hou. (11/26/20 w/ Det.). • CB CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ had 6 tackles, 2 PD & 1st INT of season last week.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (3-2) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (2-3)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Caesars Superdome | Referee: Clete Blakeman
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: NO leads series, 40-24 (TB won 3 of past 4)
Postseason: TB leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/31/23: NO 23 at TB 13
Postseason: NFC-D 1/17/21: TB 30 at NO 20
BUCS NOTES:
QB BAKER MAYFIELD completed 19 of 24 atts. (79.2 pct.) & had 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 137.5 rating in Week 5, 1 of 2 (Jayden Daniels) with 3 games of 75+ comp. pct. in 2024. Passed for 309 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. NO with 2+ TD passes. • RB RACHAAD WHITE aims for his 3rd in row overall & 4th in row vs. NO with 65+ scrimmage yards. • RB BUCKY IRVING (rookie) has 50+ scrimmage yards in 4 of his 5 career games & aims for his 4th in row with 50 scrimmage yards. • WR MIKE EVANS had 2 rec. TDs last week, his 22nd-career game with 2+ TD catches. Has 99 career reg. season TD catches & can become 11th player ever with 100+ rec. TDs. Aims for his 3rd in row with rec. TD . • WR CHRIS GODWIN is only player with 5+ catches in each of 1st 5 games. Aims for his 7th in row with 5+ catches & 11th in row with 50+ rec. yards. Has 4 rec. TDs in his past 5 at NO. Aims for his 3rd in row at NO with 8+ catches & 110+ rec. yards. • TE CADE OTTON had TD catch in last road meeting. • LB LAVONTE DAVID had 13th-career INT last week. Aims for his 19th in row with 5+ tackles. Has 5+ tackles in each of his 24 career games vs. NO. • NT VITA VEA aims for his 3rd in row with sack. Had 2 sacks & FF in last road meeting. • DL LOGAN HALL had 1st career 2-sack game last week & aims for his 3rd in row with sack. • CB JAMEL DEAN aims for his 3rd in row with PD. • CB ZYON MCCOLLUM had career-high 10 tackles & 2 PD last week. Has 2+ PD in 3 of his past 4 & ranks tied-1st in NFC (Paulson Adebo) with 8 PD this season. • S TYKEE SMITH (rookie) led team with 11 tackles & had 1st-career FF last week.
SAINTS NOTES:
QB DEREK CARR passed for 165 yards & 2 TDs last week. Has 40,089 pass yards & became 7th player ever with 40,000 pass yards in 1st 11 career seasons. Has 3+ TD passes & 130+ rating in 3 of his past 4 home starts. Passed for 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 111.1 rating in last meeting. • QB JAKE HAENER had 17 pass yards & 11 rush yards in NFL debut last week. • RB ALVIN KAMARA had 6 catches & 66 scrimmage yards (40 rec., 26 rush) in Week 5 & ranks tied-2nd in NFL with 602 scrimmage yards this season. Leads all RBs with 23 catches in 2024 & aims for his 3rd in row with 6+ catches. Aims for his 4th in row at home with 110+ scrimmage yards. Has 624 scrimmage yards (104 per game) & 8 TDs (5 rush, 3 rec.) in 6 career home games vs. TB. • WR CHRIS OLAVE has 80+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4. Has TD catch in 3 of his past 4 at home. • WR RASHID SHAHEED led team with 86 rec. yards, incl. 43-yard TD catch last week. Since 2022, is 1 of 3 (Ja’Marr Chase & Tyreek Hill) with 8+ 40-yard TDs (8). Is 1 of 3 (Nico Collins & Justin Jefferson) with 4+ games (4) of 70+ rec. yards in 2024. • LB DEMARIO DAVIS led team with season-high 11 tackles in Week 5. Has 5 TFL & 3.5 sacks in his past 5 at home. Had FR in last meeting. Has 5+ tackles in 13 of his 14 career games vs. TB. • DE CHASE YOUNG had 18th-career sack last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. • DT BRYAN BRESEE has 4 sacks in his past 4. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. TB with sack. • DT KHALEN SAUNDERS had 7 tackles & 1st-career INT in Week 5. • CB ALONTAE TAYLOR had 2 TFL & 2nd FF of season last week. Is only player with 4+ TFL (6) & 4+ PD (4) in 2024. Had INT in last meeting. • CB PAULSON ADEBO is 1 of 5 with PD in each of 1st 5 weeks.
CLEVELAND BROWNS (1-4) AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (2-2)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Lincoln Financial Field | Referee: Shawn Hochuli
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: CLE leads series, 32-17-1 (PHI won 5 of past 6)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/22/20: PHI 17 at CLE 22
Postseason: —
BROWNS NOTES:
QB DESHAUN WATSON had TD pass & 0 INTs last week. Has 0 INTs in 3 of his past 4. Totaled 388 yards (339 pass, 49 rush) & 4 TDs (2 pass, 2 rush) vs. 0 INTs with 114.5 rating in only career start vs. Phi. (12/23/18 w/ Hou.). • RB JEROME FORD has 60+ scrimmage yards in 4 of 5 games this season. Ranks 4th among RBs with 20 catches this season. • RB D’ONTA FOREMAN had season-high 60 scrimmage yards (44 rush, 16 rec.) last week. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 2 of 3 road games this season. Had TD catch in only career game vs. Phi. (12/23/18 w/ Hou.). • WR AMARI COOPER led team with 60 rec. yards in Week 5. Has 60+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. Aims for 4th in row with 4+ catches. Had 5 catches for 79 yards in his last game vs. Phi. (1/8/22 w/ Dal.) & has 41 catches & 719 rec. yards in 9 career games vs. Phi., both 2nd-most vs. any opponent. • WR JERRY JEUDY has 4+ catches in 3 of past 4. Has 70+ catches in 4 of his past 5 on road. Had 6 catches in only career game vs. Phi. (11/14/21 w/ Den.). • WR ELIJAH MOORE had 6 catches for 77 yards & TD in only career game vs. Phi. (12/5/21 w/ NYJ). • TE DAVID NJOKU has 4+ catches in 5 of his past 6. • TE JORDAN AKINS had 1st TD catch of season last week. • DE MYLES GARRETT has sack in 2 of his past 3 on road. Ranks 6th among active players with 92.5 career sacks. • DE ZA’DARIUS SMITH had 3rd sack of season last week. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Phi. with sack. • LB JEREMIAH OWUSU-KORAMOAH last week became 2nd player in NFL this season (Fred Warner) with sack, FF & INT in a game. Aims for 5th in row with TFL. • CB DENZEL WARD had 2 PD last week & leads NFL with 9 PD this season.
EAGLES NOTES:
QB JALEN HURTS had 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) in Week 4, his 19th-career game with both pass TD & rush TD, 3rd-most by QB in 1st 5 seasons all-time. Has 43 career reg. season rush TDs, tied with HOFer Steve Young for 3rd-most by QB in NFL history. Has 27 TDs (18 pass, 9 rush) in his past 10 home starts. • RB SAQUON BARKLEY had 116 scrimmage yards (84 rush, 32 rec.) in Week 4 & can become 6th player since 2000 & 1st since 2014 (DeMarco Murray) with 115+ scrimmage yards in each of his team’s 1st 5 games of season. • WR A.J. BROWN had 53 catches for 691 yards (86.4 per game) & 5 rec. TDs in 8 home games last season. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Cle. with 85+ rec. yards. • WR DEVONTA SMITH aims for his 4th in row with 7+ catches & 75+ rec. yards. Has TD catch in 5 of his past 6 at Lincoln Financial Field. • TE DALLAS GOEDERT aims for his 3rd in row with 7+ catches & 60+ rec. yards. Had 5 catches for 77 yards & rec. TD in last meeting. • LB ZACK BAUN aims for his 5th in row with 6+ tackles. • LB JOSH SWEAT had 1st sack of season in Week 4. Had sack in last meeting. • DE BRANDON GRAHAM had 1st sack of season in Week 4, his 74th-career sack. Had sack & FF in last home meeting (9/11/16). • DT JALEN CARTER aims for his 3rd in row with PD. • CB DARIUS SLAY led team with 9 tackles in Week 4. Aims for his 3rd in row with PD. • CB QUINYON MITCHELL (rookie) can become 5th player in past 10 seasons with PD in each of his 1st 5 career games. • CB AVONTE MADDOX has 2 PD in 2 of his past 3 games. • S REED BLANKENSHIP has PD in 3 of 4 games this season. • S C.J. GARDNER-JOHNSON aims for his 3rd in row with PD.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (2-3) AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1-3)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET | Nissan Stadium | Referee: Brad Rogers
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: IND leads series, 37-21 (Won past 2)
Postseason: TEN leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/3/23: IND 31 at TEN 28
Postseason: AFC-D 1/16/00: TEN 19 at IND 16
COLTS NOTES:
QB ANTHONY RICHARDSON has 2 rush TDs in 2 career road starts. Has rush TD in 3 of 4 career games vs. division. • QB JOE FLACCO completed 33 of 44 atts. (75 pct.) for 359 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 121.3 rating in 1st start of season last week. Has 300+ pass yards in each of his past 5 starts & 2+ TD passes in each of his past 7 games overall. • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR has 100+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his past 6, incl. each of past 3. Has TD in 9 of his past 10. Had 85 scrimmage yards (58 rush, 27 rec.) & career-high 7 catches in his last game at Ten. (10/23/22). Ranks 4th in NFL with 87.3 rush yards per game this season (min. 50 rushes). • RB TREY SERMON had season-best 63 scrimmage yards (38 rush, 25 rec.) & rush TD last week. Has rush TD in 2 of past 3. • WR ALEC PIERCE had career-high 134 rec. yads & TD catch in Week 5, 3rdcareer 100-yard game (all vs. division). Has 55+ rec. yards & TD catch in each of 2 road games this season. Had 100 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • WR MICHAEL PITTMAN aims for 3rd in row with 5+ catches. Has 5+ catches in 10 of his past 11 on road. Had 11 catches for 105 yards & TD in last meeting. • WR JOSH DOWNS led team with 9 catches for 69 yards last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 8+ catches & 65+ rec. yards. • TE MO ALIE-COX had 1st TD catch of season in Week 5. • DE LAIATU LATU (rookie) had season-high 6 tackles & FF last week. Has FF in 2 of past 3 & is only rookie with 2 FFs this season. • LB E.J. SPEED aims for 12th in row with 6+ tackles & 3rd in row with TFL. Had career-high 3 TFL in last meeting. Ties for NFL lead with 54 tackles in 2024. • LB ZAIRE FRANKLIN had 10 tackles & 1st PD of season last week. • S NICK CROSS had 1st INT of season in Week 5. Ties for lead among DBs with 52 tackles.
TITANS NOTES:
TITANS have won 1st game after bye week in each of past 8 seasons. • QB WILL LEVIS passed for 224 yards & TD with 0 INTs in last meeting. Has 0 INTs in 3 of 4 career starts vs. division. • QB MASON RUDOLPH completed 9 of 17 atts. (52.9 pct.) for 85 yards in season & Ten. debut in Week 4. Completed 26 of 35 atts. (74.3 pct.) with TD pass in only career start & win vs. Ind. (11/3/19 w/ Pit.). • RB TONY POLLARD led team with season-high 108 scrimmage yards (88 rush, 20 rec.) & had 2nd rush TD of season in Week 4. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 3. Had 106 scrimmage yards (91 rush, 15 rec.) & 2 rush TDs in only career game vs. Ind. (12/4/22 w/ Dal.). • RB TYJAE SPEARS had 1st rush TD of season in Week 4. Had 88 scrimmage yards (75 rush, 13 rec.) in last meeting. • WR DEANDRE HOPKINS has TD catch in 2 of past 3 at home. Had 5 catches for 75 yards & TD in last meeting, his 4th-straight game vs. Ind. with 5+ catches & 75+ rec. yards. Has TD catch in 6 of his past 7 vs. Ind. • WR CALVIN RIDLEY aims for his 4th in row vs. AFC South with 5+ catches, 85+ rec. yards & rec. TD. • DT JEFFERY SIMMONS has TFL in 2 of his 3 games this season. • DE SEBASTIAN JOSEPH-DAY had 2nd sack of season in Week 4. • LB HAROLD LANDRY had 5 tackles & sack in Week 4 & has sack in 3 of 4 games this season. Has 0.5+ sacks in 4 of his past 5 vs. Ind. • LB ERNEST JONES aims for 4th in row with 5+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of past 3. Had 10 tackles & sack in his last game vs. Ind. (10/1/23 w/ LAR). • LB KENNETH MURRAY aims for 4th in row with 8+ tackles & TFL. Had sack in only career game vs. Ind. (12/26/22 w/ LAC).
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (2-2) AT DENVER BRONCOS (3-2)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 4:05 PM ET | Empower Field at Mile High | Referee: Tra Blake
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: DEN leads series, 72-55-1 (won past 3)
Postseason: DEN leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/31/23: LAC 9 at DEN 16
Postseason: AFC-D 1/12/14: SD 17 at DEN 24
CHARGERS NOTES:
QB JUSTIN HERBERT passed for 179 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs with 91.4 rating in Week 4. Has 90+ rating in each of 4 games this season, & 0 INTs in 3 of 4 games. Passed for 273 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 107.2 rating in his last game at DEn. (1/8/23) & has 2+ TD passes in each of 3 career games at Den. • RB J.K. DOBBINS had 62 scrimmage yards (32 rush, 30 rec.) in Week 4. Aims for 5th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. Ranks 5th in NFL with 85.5 rush yards per game this season (min. 50 rushes). • WR QUENTIN JOHNSTON aims for his 3rd in row on road with TD catch. Had 120 rec. yards (60 per game) in 2 games vs. Den. last season. • WR LADD MCCONKEY (rookie) led team with 5 catches for season-high 67 yards & 2nd-career TD in Week 4. • WR JOSHUA PALMER has 100+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 on road. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Den. with 4+ catches. • TE WILL DISSLY has TD catch in each of 2 career games vs. Den. • LB KHALIL MACK had 5 tackles & PD in Week 4. Aims for 3rd in row with 5+ tackles. Has TFL in 6 of his past 7 on road. Had 7 tackles, 2 TFL & sack in last meeting. Has sack in 3 of his past 4 vs. division. • LB JOEY BOSA has sack in 2 of his 3 games this season. Has sack in 2 of his past 3 vs. Den. • LB DENZEL PERRYMAN aims for 4th in row with 8+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of past 3 overall & in 6 of past 7 on road. Has 4 TFL in his past 3 vs. Den. • LB BUD DUPREE had 1st 2 sacks of season in Week 4, 5th-career game with 2+ sacks. Had sack & FF in his last game vs. Den. (9/20/20 w/ Pit.). • CB KRISTIAN FULTON had 2 PD & 1st INT of season in Week 4. Has PD in 2 of past 3. • S DERWIN JAMES aims for his 7th in row with 6+ tackles. Had 2 PD & sack in last meeting.
BRONCOS NOTES:
QB BO NIX (rookie) completed 19 of 27 atts. (season-high 70.4 pct.) for 206 yards & season-high 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with season-high 117.2 rating & had 3rdcareer rush TD last week, 3rd-straight game with 0 INTs. Is 1st Den. QB ever to start & win 3 straight games. • RB JAVONTE WILLIAMS led team with season-high 111 scrimmage yards (61 rush, 50 rec.) last week, 6th-career 100-yard game. Aims for 3rd in row with 80+ scrimmage yards. • RB JALEEL MCLAUGHLIN had 1st TD catch of season last week & has TD in 2 of past 3. Had 62 scrimmage yards (44 rush, 18 rec.) in last meeting. • WR COURTLAND SUTTON has 60+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. LAC with TD catch. Has rec. TD in 5 of his past 7 vs. division. • WR LIL’JORDAN HUMPHREY had 48 rec. yards last week. Aims for his 4th in row at home with 45+ rec. yards. Had 69 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • WR JOSH REYNOLDS had 1st TD catch of season in Week 5. • TE GREG DULCICH had rec. TD in in only career game vs. LAC (10/17/22). • DE ZACH ALLEN had season-high 7 tackles & sack last week & has sack in 3 of past 4. Is only player in NFL with TFL in 5 games this season. Has sack in 2 of 3 career games vs. LAC. • LB NIK BONITTO aims for 4th in row with sack. Aims for 3rd in row vs. LAC with TFL. • LB JONATHON COOPER had 4th sack of season last week. Has sack in 2 of past 3 overall & 3 of past 4 at home. Had sack in last meeting. • LB JUSTIN STRNAD led team with career-high 9 tackles & had TFL in Week 5. • CB PAT SURTAIN II had 2 INTs last week, incl. 100-yard INT-TD, 2nd-career TD & 3rd 100+ yard INT-TD in franchise history. Aims for 3rd in row with PD. • CB RILEY MOSS had 2 PD & 1st-career INT in Week 5. Aims for 4th in row with PD.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (3-2) AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2-3)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 4:05 PM ET | Allegiant Stadium | Referee: Alan Eck
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: LV leads series, 14-12 (PIT won past 2)
Postseason: Series tied, 3-3 (Home team won past 3)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 9/24/23: PIT 23 at LV 18
Postseason: AFC-D 1/1/84: PIT 10 at LAA 38
STEELERS NOTES:
QB JUSTIN FIELDS totaled 158 yards (131 pass, 27 rush) & had season-high 2 TD passes vs. 0 INTs with 93.3 rating last week. Is only QB with 90+ rating in 5 games this season. Has 0 INTs in 4 of 5 games in 2024. Passed for 111 yards & TD with 91.9 rating in only career start vs. LV (10/10/21 w/ Chi.). • RB NAJEE HARRIS led team with 77 scrimmage yards (42 rush, 35 rec.) last week. Has 70+ scrimmage yards in 8 straight games, longest active streak in NFL. Is 1 of 2 RBs (Jordan Mason) with 70+ scrimmage yards in 5 games this season. Has 65+ scrimmage yards in each of 3 career games vs. LV. • WR GEORGE PICKENS has 5+ catches & 55+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. Has 85+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 on road. Had 75 rec. yards in last meeting. • WR VAN JEFFERSON had TD catch in only career game vs. LV (12/8/22 w/ LAR). • TE PAT FREIERMUTH aims for 3rd in row with rec. TD. Aims for his 4th in row on road with 4+ catches. Had rec. TD in last meeting. • TE CONNOR HEYWARD had 1st rec. TD of season last week. • LB T.J. WATT set season highs in tackles (8) & sacks (1.5) & had 1st FF of season last week. Is 1 of 3 in NFL (Gervon Dexter & Derick Hall) with sack in 4 games this season. Had 2 sacks in last meeting & has sack in 2 of past 3 vs. LV. Has 101 career sacks, 4th player since 1982 with 100+ sacks in 1st 8 seasons. • LB PATRICK QUEEN had season-high 9 tackles last week. Aims for 4th in row with 8+ tackles. Had 9 tackles & sack in only career game vs. LV (9/13/21 w/ Bal.). • DT CAMERON HEYWARD has sack in 2 of past 3. Had 7 tackles, 2 sacks & PD in his last game vs. LV (12/24/22) & aims for his 3rd in row vs. LV with PD. • S MINKAH FITZPATRICK led team with season-high 10 tackles & had PD last week. Has 7+ tackles in 4 of 5 games this season. Had 11 tackles in last meeting. • CBs DONTE JACKSON & JOEY PORTER JR. each had INT in Week 5.
RAIDERS NOTES:
QB GARDNER MINSHEW completed 12 of 17 atts. (70.6 pct.) for 137 yards & TD last week. Passed for 215 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 123.4 rating in only career start vs. Pit. (12/16/23 w/ Ind.). • QB AIDAN O’CONNELL can make 1st start of season. Is 4-2 with 8 TDs vs. 2 INTs & 94.4 rating in 6 career home starts. • RB ALEXANDER MATTISON had 61 scrimmage yards (38 rush, 23 rec.) last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 60+ scrimmage yards. • RB AMEER ABDULLAH rushed for season-high 42 yards & TD in Week 5. • WR DAVANTE ADAMS has TD catch in 2 of his past 3 at home. Had 13 catches for 172 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. • WR JAKOBI MEYERS had 6 catches for season-high 72 yards last week. Aims for 4th in row with 5+ catches. Has rec. TD in 3 of his past 4 at home. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Pit. with 7+ catches & 85+ rec. yards. • WR TRE TUCKER aims for his 4th in row at home with 5+ catches. • TE BROCK BOWERS (rookie) led team with 8 catches for 97 yards & 1st-career TD last week. Ranks 2nd among rookies with 28 catches & 3rd with 313 rec. yards. • DE MAXX CROSBY had 2 sacks in Week 5, 13th-career game with 2+ sacks, 3rd-most in NFL since 2019. Has 2 sacks in 2 of past 3. Has PD in 2 of past 3. Has TFL in 4 of his past 5 at home. Had sack in last meeting. • DT CHRISTIAN WILKINS had 5 tackles, 2 TFL & sack last week & aims for 4th in row with 0.5+ sacks. Had half sack in his last game vs. Pit. (10/23/22 w/ Mia). • LB ROBERT SPILLANE is only player in NFL with 10+ tackles in 5 games this season. Aims for 4th in row with TFL. Had 7 tackles in last meeting. • S TRE’VON MOEHRIG had season-high 8 tackles & PD last week. Aims for 5th in row with 5+ tackles & 3rd in row with PD.
ATLANTA FALCONS (3-2) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1-4)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 4:25 PM ET | Bank of America Stadium | Referee: Clay Martin
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: ATL leads series, 36-22 (Home team won past 4)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/17/23: ATL 7 at CAR 9
Postseason: —
FALCONS NOTES:
QB KIRK COUSINS completed career-high 42 of 58 atts. (72.4 pct.) for career high & franchise-record 509 yards with 4 TD passes vs. INT for 114.8 rating in Week 5, 24th 500-yard game in NFL history. Has 2+ TD passes in 4 of his past 5 road starts. Has 300+ pass yards in 3 of his past 4 vs. Car. & aims for his 4th in row vs. Car. with 2+ TD passes. • RB BIJAN ROBINSON had 77 scrimmage yards (61 rush, 16 rec.) last week & has 50+ scrimmage yards in 20 of his 1st 22 career games. Has 75+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his past 6 on road. • RB TYLER ALLGEIER has 50+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his 4 career games vs. Car. • WR DRAKE LONDON had career-high 12 receptions for 154 yards & TD catch in Week 5, his 2nd-career game with 150+ rec. yards & is 1st Atl. player with 12+ catches in game since 2019 (Julio Jones – 13). Aims for his 5th in row with 6+ catches & 50+ rec. yards. Has rec. TD in 3 of his past 4. • WR DARNELL MOONEY had 9 catches for 105 yards & career-high 2 rec. TDs in Week 5, his 5th-career game with 100+ rec. yards. Aims for his 5th in row with 50+ rec. yards. • WR KHADAREL HODGE had GW 45-yard rec. TD in OT last week & aims for his 3rd in row with TD. • TE KYLE PITTS had season highs in catches (7) & rec. yards (88) in Week 5. • S JESSIE BATES led team with 8 tackles & had 1st-career game with 2 FFs last week. Aims for his 6th in row with 5+ tackles. Has 3 INTs in his past 3 vs. Car. & aims for his 3rd in row vs. Car. with 10+ tackles. • LB MATTHEW JUDON aims for his 3rd in row with PD. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Car. with TFL. • DL DAVID ONYEMATA had 1st sack of season & 4th-career game with 2 TFL in Week 5.
PANTHERS NOTES:
QB ANDY DALTON has 25+ completions & 2+ TD passes in 2 of his 3 starts this season. Has 100+ rating in each of his 3 career starts vs. Atl. Had 2 TD passes & 132.2 rating in his last start vs. Atl. (12/18/22 w/ NO). • RB CHUBA HUBBARD rushed for 97 yards & TD in Week 5. Aims for his 3rd in row with rush TD & 4th in row with 95+ scrimmage yards & TD. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 14 of his past 15 at home & aims for his 14th in row at home with 50+ scrimmage yards. Had 103 scrimmage yards (87 rush, 16 rec.) in last home meeting. • RB MILES SANDERS has 95+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 3 vs. Atl. • WR DIONTAE JOHNSON has 7+ catches, 80+ rec. yards & TD catch in 2 of his past 3. Had 5 catches for 60 yards in his only career game vs. Atl. (12/4/22 w/ Pit.). • WR JALEN COKER (rookie) led team with 4 catches & 68 rec. yards last week. • LB JOSEY JEWELL has 5+ tackles in each of his 4 games in 2024 & aims for his 7th in row overall with 5+ tackles. Had 10 tackles & TFL in his only career game vs. Atl. (11/8/20 w/ Den.). • LB JADEVEON CLOWNEY had 2nd TFL of season last week. Had sack & FF in his last game vs. Atl. (10/27/19 w/ Sea.). • LB TREVIN WALLACE led team with career-high 15 tackles in Week 5, 3rd rookie in past 5 seasons (Jalen Pitre – Week 13, 2022; Nick Bolton – Week 7, 2021) with 15+ tackles in game. • LB CHARLES HARRIS had 1st sack of season last week. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Atl. with TFL. • S XAVIER WOODS has 6+ tackles in 4 of 5 games this season. Had 2 TFL & INT in last meeting. • CB JAYCEE HORN aims for his 3rd in row with PD.
DETROIT LIONS (3-1) AT DALLAS COWBOYS (3-2)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 4:25 PM ET | AT&T Stadium | Referee: John Hussey
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: DAL leads series, 17-11 (won past 5)
Postseason: DAL leads series, 2-1 (Home team won past 3)
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 12/30/23: DET 19 at DAL 20
Postseason: NFC-WC 1/4/15: DET 20 at DAL 24
LIONS NOTES:
QB JARED GOFF completed 18 of 18 atts. (100 pct.) for 292 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 155.8 rating & had 1st-career TD catch in Week 4, becoming 1st player ever with 0 incompletions on 15+ atts. in single game. Aims for his 3rd in row with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating. Passed for 271 yards in last meeting. • RB JAHMYR GIBBS rushed for 78 yards & 2 TDs in Week 4, his 4th-career 2-TD game. Aims for his 3rd in row with TD & 5th in row with 70+ scrimmage yards. • RB DAVID MONTGOMERY has 19 rush TDs in 21 games (incl. playoffs) with Det. Aims for his 4th in row on road & 8th in row overall in reg. season with rush TD. • WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN has TD catch in 8 of his past 10 on road. Aims for his 3rd in row overall & 4th in row on road with rec. TD. Had 6 catches, 101 scrimmage yards (90 rec., 11 rush) & TD catch in last meeting. • WR JAMESON WILLIAMS had career-long 70-yard rec. TD in Week 4 & has 75+ rec. yards in 3 of 4 games this season. • TE SAM LAPORTA had season-high 53 rec. yards in Week 4. Had 7 catches for 84 yards in last meeting. • DL AIDAN HUTCHINSON has 11.5 sacks, 13 TFL & 2 FFs in his last 6 reg. season games, incl. 3 sacks, 4 TFL & FF in last meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Dal. with 1.5 sacks. • LB JACK CAMPBELL had 1st-career FF in Week 4. Has 5 TFL in his past 5. • DB KERBY JOSEPH has INT in 3 of 4 games this season & aims for his 3rd in row with INT. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Dal. with PD. • DB BRIAN BRANCH has 2+ PD in each of his 3 games this season & has 2+ PD in 5 of his past 6 reg. season games, incl. 2 PD in last meeting. • CB CARLTON DAVIS had season-high 3 PD, TFL & 5th-career FR in Week 4, his 9th-career game with 3+ PD. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Dal. with PD.
COWBOYS NOTES:
QB DAK PRESCOTT passed for 352 yards & 2 TDs in Week 5, his 17th-career game with 350+ pass yards, 2nd-most in NFL since 2018. Has 2+ TD passes in 7 of his past 8 at home. Can become 3rd player ever [Drew Brees (twice) & Ben Roethlisberger] with 250+ pass yards in 13 straight home starts. Has 1,463 pass yards (292.6 per game) & 11 TDs vs. INT for 118.6 rating in 5 career starts vs. Det., incl. 100+ rating in each start. • RB RICO DOWDLE had career-high 114 scrimmage yards (career-high 87 rush, 27 rec.) & 4th-career TD catch last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with rec. TD & 5th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. • RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT has 462 scrimmage yards (115.5 per game) & 7 TDs (5 rush, 2 rec.) in 4 career games vs. Det., incl. TD in each game. • WR CEEDEE LAMB had 5 catches for 62 yards last week & has 4+ catches in 38 straight games, tied with Julio Jones for 2nd-longest such streak ever, trailing only Michael Thomas (43). Has TD catch in 8 of his past 9 at home. Tied his career high with 13 catches for career-best 227 rec. yards & had rec. TD in last meeting. • WR JALEN TOLBERT led team with career highs in catches (7) & rec. yards (87) & had GW rec. TD with :20 left in 4th Qtr. in Week 5. • TE JAKE FERGUSON aims for his 4th in row with 6+ catches. • LB MICAH PARSONS aims for his 3rd in row vs. Det. with TFL. • LB ERIC KENDRICKS led team with 10 tackles & had TFL, PD & had 6th-career FF last week. Aims for his 4th in row with 10+ tackles. Has 5+ tackles in 12 of his 13 career games vs. Det. • LB DEMARVION OVERSHOWN aims for his 3rd in row with PD. • DT LINVAL JOSEPH had 1st sack of season & 9th-career FF last week.
CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-4) AT NEW YORK GIANTS (2-3)
Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 8:20 PM ET | MetLife Stadium | Referee: Carl Cheffers
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: CIN leads series, 6-5 (Home team won 10 of past 11)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/29/20: NYG 19 at CIN 17
Postseason: —
BENGALS NOTES:
QB JOE BURROW set season highs in completions (30), comp. pct. (76.9), pass yards (392), TD passes (career-high 5) & rating (137) last week, 1st QB with 5 TD passes in a game this season. Aims for 5th in row with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating & 4th in row with 70+ comp. pct. Is 9-1 with 27 TDs (24 pass, 3 rush) vs. 5 INTs for 109.6 rating in his past 10 starts vs. NFC. Has 4 TDs (3 pass, 1 rush) with 97.3 rating in 2 career starts on SNF. Leads NFL with 12 TD passes in 2024 & ranks 2nd with 113.6 rating. • RB CHASE BROWN rushed for 46 yards & had 1st TD catch of season last week. Aims for 4th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards & 3rd in row with TD. • RB ZACK MOSS had 52 scrimmage yards (28 rec., 24 rush) last week & has 50+ scrimmage yards in 4 of 5 games this season. Rushed for 74 yards in only career game vs. NYG (1/1/23 w/ Ind.). • WR JA’MARR CHASE had 10 catches for 193 yards & 2 TDs last week, most rec. yards in NFL game this season & 6th-career game with 100+ rec. yards & 2+ rec. TDs, 2nd-most in NFL since 2021. Aims for 4th in row with 85+ rec. yards & TD catch. Tied for NFL lead with 5 rec. TDs in 2024 & ranks 2nd with 493 rec. yards. • WR TEE HIGGINS set season highs in catches (9) & rec. yards (83) in Week 5. Aims for 3rd in row with 6+ catches & 60+ rec. yards. Had 5 catches for 44 yards & TD in last meeting. • DE TREY HENDRICKSON has 0.5+ sacks in 9 of his past 10 on road. Has 5 sacks in his past 5 in primetime, with sack in each of his past 3. • DE SAM HUBBARD had 2 TFL & 1st sack of season in Week 5. • LB GERMAINE PRATT had 9 tackles & 2nd FR of season last week. Has 8+ tackles in each of 5 games this season. Had 8 tackles & 2 TFL in last meeting. • CB CAM TAYLOR-BRITT had 6 tackles & 2 PD last week. Aims for 3rd in row with PD.
GIANTS NOTES:
QB DANIEL JONES passed for 257 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for season high 109.6 rating in Week 5. Is 1 of 4 QBs (Joe Burrow, Sam Darnold & Baker Mayfield) with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating in 3+ games (3) this season. Has 20+ completions in 12 of his past 13 primetime starts. • RB DEVIN SINGLETARY has 50+ scrimmage yards in 3 of 4 games this season. Had 161 scrimmage yards (career-high 150 rush, 11 rec.) & rush TD in his only career reg. season game vs. Cin. (11/12/23 w/ Hou.). • RB TYRONE TRACY (rookie) had career-high 129 rush yards in Week 5. • WR MALIK NABERS leads all rookies with 35 catches & ranks 2nd with 386 rec. yards in 2024. Can join Puka Nacua (46 catches) as only players ever with 40+ catches in 1st 5 career games. Can become 4th player ever (Terry Glenn, CeeDee Lamb & Nacua) with 5+ catches in each of 1st 5 career games. Can become 3rd player ever (Billy Howton & Nacua) with 500+ rec. yards in 1st 5 career games. • WR WAN’DALE ROBINSON had 6 catches & career-high 2nd rec. TD of season last week. Has 5+ catches in 6 of his past 7 games & aims for his 6th in row at home with 5+ receptions. • WR DARIUS SLAYTON led team with 8 catches for 122 yards & had 1st rec. TD of season last week, his 6th-career game with 100+ rec. yards. • DL DEXTER LAWRENCE had career-high 3 sacks last week & ranks tied-2nd in NFL with 6 sacks this season. • LB BRIAN BURNS had 2 PD & sack last week. Has 5 PD in his past 4. Aims for his 4th in row with TFL. • CB DEONTE BANKS had career-high 3 PD & 1st-career FF last week. Has 16 PD in 20 career games. • S TYLER NUBIN (rookie) led team with 9 tackles & had TFL & 1st-career FR last week.
BUFFALO BILLS (3-2) AT NEW YORK JETS (2-3)
Monday, October 14, 2024 | 8:15 PM ET | MetLife Stadium | Referee: Adrian Hill
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: BUF leads series, 68-58 (Home team won past 5)
Postseason: BUF leads series, 1-0
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 11/19/23: NYJ 6 at BUF 32
Postseason: AFC-WC 12/27/81: BUF 31 at NYJ 27
BILLS NOTES:
QB JOSH ALLEN totaled 185 yards (131 pass, season-high 54 rush) & had TD pass last week, 24th-career game with 50+ rush yards, 7th-most ever by QB. Has 10 TDs (8 pass, 2 rush) vs. 0 INTs this season & is only QB in NFL this season with 100+ atts. (131) & 0 INTs. Passed for 275 yards & 3 TDs with 108.2 rating in last meeting. Is 4-1 with 107.3 rating in his past 5 starts in primetime. • RB JAMES COOK led team with 99 scrimmage yards (season-high 82 rush, 17 rec.) & had rush TD last week. Has 85+ scrimmage yards & rush TD in 3 of past 4. Had 102 scrimmage yards (73 rush, 29 rec.) & TD catch in last meeting. Is 1 of 5 RBs with 400+ scrimmage yards (432) & 5+ TDs (5) in 2024. • RB TY JOHNSON has TD in 2 of past 3. Had TD catch in last meeting. • WR KHALIL SHAKIR aims for his 4th in row with 50+ rec. yards. Has 5+ catches in 2 of his past 3. Had career-high 115 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • WR KEON COLEMAN (rookie) had 49-yard TD catch in Week 5. Has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. • WR MACK HOLLINS had 72 rec. yards & TD catch in his last game at NYJ (11/21/21 w/ Mia.). • TE DALTON KINCAID has 4+ catches in 3 of his past 4 on road. Had 6 catches for 46 yards in last meeting. Has 80+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3 vs. division. • LB DORIAN WILLIAMS led team with 11 tackles & had 2nd FR of season last week, 4th-straight game with 10+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of past 3 on road. • LB TERREL BERNARD had 5 tackles & 1st INT of season in Week 5. • DT ED OLIVER aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYJ with 0.5+ sacks. • DE GREG ROUSSEAU has TFL in 5 of 6 career games vs. NYJ. • DE DAWUANE SMOOT had 1st sack & FF of season last week. • S DAMAR HAMLIN had 9 tackles last week. Has PD in 2 of past 3.
JETS NOTES:
QB AARON RODGERS set season highs in atts. (54) & completions (29) & passed for 244 yards & 2 TDs last week. Has 2+ TD passes in 3 of past 4. Has 10 TDs (8 pass, 2 rush) vs. 0 INTs with 102.8 rating in his past 5 starts at MetLife Stadium. Has 60,148 career pass yards, 9th player ever with 60,000+ pass yards. • RB BREECE HALL has 418 scrimmage yards (104.5 per game) & 4 TDs (3 rush, 1 rec.) in his past 4 at home. Had 220 scrimmage yards (110 per game) & rec. TD in 2 games vs. Buf. last season. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. division with rush TD. • RB BRAELON ALLEN (rookie) has 45+ scrimmage in each of 2 games at home. • WR GARRETT WILSON led team with career-high 13 catches for 101 yards & TD last week, 2nd-most catches by a player in a game this season & 6thcareer game with 100+ rec. yards. Aims for 4th in row with 5+ catches. Has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. Has 5+ catches in each of 2 career home games vs. Buf. Ranks 2nd in NFL with 33 catches this season. • WR ALLEN LAZARD had TD catch last week & has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. Ranks tied-3rd in NFL with 4 rec. TDs in 2024. • TE TYLER CONKLIN had season-high 6 catches for 55 yards in Week 5. Has 5+ catches & 55+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. • DL QUINNEN WILLIAMS had 2 TFL & sack in last meeting & has sack in 3 of his past 4 vs. Buf. Aims for his 4th in row vs. division with 0.5+ sacks. • EDGE WILL MCDONALD IV had sack last week & has sack in 3 of past 4. Had TFL in last meeting. Ranks tied-2nd in NFL with 6 sacks in 2024. • LB QUINCY WILLIAMS had 6 tackles & 2nd FR of season in Week 5. Aims for his 10th in row with 6+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of past 3. Had 10 tackles & TFL in each of 2 games vs. Buf. last season. • CB SAUCE GARDNER had PD last week. Has PD in 3 of 4 career games vs. Buf. • CB BRANDIN ECHOLS had 2nd INT of season last week.
ROBERT KRAFT: JABRIL PEPPERS “GONE” IF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said that if the domestic violations allegations against safety Jabril Peppers are true, Peppers has played his last game for the team, according to reports.
” . . . If what has been reported is true, he’s (Peppers) gone,” is what was reported that Kraft said during an appearance on “The Breakfast Club” morning show.
Peppers pleaded not guilty Monday in Quincy (Mass.) District Court after he was arrested on multiple charges that include strangulation and drug possession, per police in Braintree, Mass. Multiple reports indicated the alleged victim is his girlfriend.
The NFL placed Peppers, 29, on the commissioner’s exempt list on Wednesday.
But Kraft also stressed the team would wait and confirm the facts of the case before taking any action.
” . . . Once he goes on the commissioner’s exempt list, they do their independent checking. We’re doing ours,” Kraft said.
Peppers will continue to be paid while on the exempt list. He is in the first season of a three-year, $24 million contract.
He is in his eighth season after being drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (25th overall) in 2017 from the University of Michigan. Peppers has also played with the New York Giants.
BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO, DODGERS BLANK PADRES, ADVANCE TO NLCS
LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched five shutout innings, Enrique Hernandez and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series with a 2-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday.
By claiming Game 5 of the best-of-five NL Division Series, the Dodgers will play host to Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against the New York Mets on Sunday.
Yamamoto (1-0), who was not named the Dodgers’ official starter until late Thursday, gave up two hits and one walk. He struck out two while throwing 63 pitches.
Los Angeles relievers Evan Phillips, Alex Vesia, Michael Kopech and Blake Treinen combined to set down every batter over the final four innings. Treinen pitched the ninth and earned his second save of the postseason.
Los Angeles exacted revenge on its NL West rival that won the season series 8-5 and came out on top in the 2022 NLDS between the same teams. The Dodgers advanced to their sixth NLCS in the past nine seasons and a league-best 16th NLCS in franchise history.
Padres right-hander Yu Darvish (1-1) gave up two runs on three hits over 6 2/3 innings after winning Game 2 of the series, also at Los Angeles. It was the first-ever playoff matchup between pitchers born in Japan.
The Padres had a 2-1 series lead but did not score a run over the last 24 innings.
Enrique Hernandez gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a towering home run deep into the left field seats. He hit 12 home runs in 126 regular-season games this year, and he now has 14 home runs in 75 career playoff games.
Yamamoto made just four starts at the end of the regular season after returning from a three-month absence caused by a shoulder injury. With a fastball that reached 98.2 mph, after he averaged 95.5 in the regular season, Yamamoto gave up just a pair of singles, although Manny Machado hit a pair of fly balls against him to the right field warning track.
Teoscar Hernandez made it 2-0 in the seventh inning with a home run to left off Darvish, his second of the series.
Vesia struck out the lone batter he faced, Jackson Merrill, to end the top of the seventh and was set to pitch the eighth but departed with an undisclosed injury without facing a batter. Kopech needed just nine pitches to get through a perfect eighth.
NHL NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: NIKITA KUCHEROV’S HAT TRICK LIFTS LIGHTNING TO WIN
Nikita Kucherov scored a hat trick in the final nine minutes and the Tampa Bay Lightning posted a 4-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes in the season opener for both teams Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Brayden Point scored the first Tampa Bay goal, with Kucherov picking up an assist on the goal. Kucherov added two empty-net goals, including the last one with 16 seconds left.
The first two Lightning goals came on power plays.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves for the Lightning, who responded quickly with the Hurricanes using an extra attacker with more than two minutes to play.
Jets 2, Blackhawks 1 (OT)
Mark Scheifele scored 38 seconds into overtime after tying the score in the closing stages and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots to lift host Winnipeg over Chicago.
The game-winner was the 300th career goal for Scheifele, who put it in on a redirect from Kyle Connor. Josh Morrissey had the secondary assist for the Jets.
Blackhawks goaltender Arvid Soderblom appeared on the verge of his first career shutout in a duel with Hellebuyck, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner. Ryan Donato scored late in the second period for Chicago. Soderblom stopped 33 shots.
Flyers 3, Canucks 2 (SO)
Morgan Frost scored the decisive goal in the fifth round of a shootout as visiting Philadelphia won its season opener, beating Vancouver.
Tyson Foerster and Cam York scored in regulation for the Flyers, who are beginning the season with a four-game western road trip. Goaltender Samuel Ersson made 24 saves in regulation and stopped three Canucks attempts in the shootout. Another Vancouver shooter missed the target in the tiebreaker.
Nils Hoglander and Teddy Blueger scored and Kevin Lankinen made 29 stops in regulation for the Canucks, who were playing the second contest of a two-game homestand to begin the season.
Golden Knights 4, Blues 3
The forward line of Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone combined for six points as Vegas defeated St. Louis in Las Vegas.
Eichel and Barbashev each had a goal and an assist and Stone had two assists for the Golden Knights, who have won their first two games of the season.
Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and an assist for the Blues, who finished 2-1-0 on their season-opening road trip. Jordan Kyrou logged two assists and Jordan Binnington made 24 saves.
GOLF NEWS
STEPHAN JAEGER MOVES IN FRONT AT BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP
Germany’s Stephan Jaeger held a one-stroke lead at the Black Desert Championship when second-round play was suspended due to darkness Friday in Ivins, Utah.
Jaeger posted an 8-under-par 63 at Black Desert Resort to move to 14-under 128, one shot clear of Ben Kohles (64) and Canadian Adam Svensson (69).
Twenty players were still on the course Friday evening when tour officials suspended play. Among them was Matt McCarty, who was 3 under for his round and 12 under for the tournament with three holes to go. He is tied for fourth with Harris English (64), Sam Ryder (66) and Sweden’s Henrik Norlander (68).
Play will resume Saturday morning at 8:15 a.m. local time.
The Black Desert Championship is the first PGA Tour stop played in Utah since 1963 and the newest addition to the FedEx Cup Fall series. At the end of the fall, players in the top 125 in the points standings will have full status on the PGA Tour for 2025.
That’s important for players such as Norlander, who is No. 131 entering the week, and Ryder, who is No. 132.
Jaeger’s 63 matched the lowest round of the day. He made nine birdies and just one bogey, and he concluded his round with birdies at Nos. 14, 15, 16 and 18. He chipped in from the rough for a birdie at the par-3 15th.
Jaeger, 35, does not need to worry about keeping his card for next season. He won the Houston Open in March for his first career PGA Tour title, made the FedEx Cup playoffs and finished inside the top 50 in points.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
COLTS PREVIEW
COLTS PRESS RELEASE
COLTS-TITANS PREVIEW: BANGED-UP COLTS KNOW WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR AFC SOUTH RACE IN WEEK 6
The Colts went into Week 6 knowing they’d be without the following players, all of whom are on injured reserve:
- Defensive end Samson Ebukam
- Cornerback JuJu Brents
- Defensive tackle DeForest Buckner
- Defensive end Tyquan Lewis
- Right guard Will Fries
Those five players combined to start 69 games since the beginning of the 2023 season.
On Friday, the Colts ruled out running back Jonathan Taylor (ankle), and listed as questionable a handful more players for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium
- Quarterback Anthony Richardson (oblique)
- Wide receiver Josh Downs (toe)
- Wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. (back)
- Right tackle Braden Smith (knee, ankle)
- Cornerback Kenny Moore II (hip, shoulder)
While there’s some good news here – center Ryan Kelly and defensive end Kwity Paye do not have game status designations, clearing the way for them to play Sunday – even if everyone who’s questionable plays Sunday, the Colts will still be depleted.
And the Colts aren’t just without starters, they’re without star players like Buckner and Taylor. And they aren’t just turning to backups; in some cases, they’re digging deep into their roster to find guys to fill in.
But the thing with the NFL: These injuries cannot be treated as an excuse for losing games.
“The reality is,” linebacker Zaire Franklin said, “the other team does not care who you don’t have out there.”
What’s staring the Colts in the face more than these injuries is an 0-2 record in the AFC South. It’s not a coincidence the last two times the Colts had a winning record in their division (4-2 in both 2018 and 2020) were the last two times this team made the playoffs.
It’s also not impossible to make the playoffs with a .500 or worse record against divisional opponents – the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns in 2023 went 3-3 against the AFC North and still made it into the postseason – but it’s an exception to a rule of the NFL.
The Colts lost their first two divisional games by a total of five points: A 29-27 home loss to the Houston Texans in Week 1, and a 37-34 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars last weekend at EverBank Stadium. Both games were sealed when the Colts’ defense was unable to make a stop after the two-minute warning, with the Texans running out the clock and the Jaguars hitting a game-winning field goal with under 20 seconds left.
“Any time you feel like you didn’t play the way you want to, the quick cure is to get out there again,” Franklin said. “So honestly just can’t wait to get out there and prove ourselves again against the Titans knowing it’s a big one – we’re down two in the division, so it’s important that we get this one on the road.”
When the Colts have the ball
The Colts are still in wait-and-see mode with Richardson, Pittman and Downs – three of the team’s most important players on offense.
Whoever is on the field, though, will face a stiff challenge from a Titans defense that enters Week 6 near the top of the NFL in several telling statistics:
| Stat | # | NFL Rank |
| Yards/game | 243.8 | 1 |
| Yards/play | 4.39 | 3 |
| Rushing yards/play | 4.24 | 10 |
| Passing yards/game | 124.0 | 1 |
| Passing yards/play | 4.96 | 2 |
| First downs allowed/game | 14.0 | 1 |
| Third down conversion rate | 27.45% | 2 |
| Red zone touchdown rate | 42.86% | 7 |
| Touchdowns allowed | 6 | T-2 |
First-year Titans defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson spent time with Steichen on the Philadelphia Eagles’ coaching staff in 2021 and 2022.
“You look at what they have on defense – shoot, they’re tops in a lot of categories defensively right now,” Steichen said. “I’ve got a lot of respect for Dennard.”
When the Colts are on defense
The Colts’ defense, collectively, issued a challenge to itself this week after allowing 37 points – and three plays of 60 or more yards – in last weekend’s loss to the Jaguars.
“It’s more about who we want to be,” Franklin said. “Are we gonna be the defense that was stout against Pittsburgh and Chicago, or are we gonna be the defense that’s letting people have career highs every week. So we gotta make that decision internally, together.”
Franklin, though, acknowledged this challenge won’t matter if it isn’t met on Sunday against the Titans.
“It’s not about promise,” Franklin said. “It’s about action.”
The Colts defense enters Week 6 having allowed the most plays of 40 or more yards in the NFL (six). They’re 25th in points per game allowed (24.4) and are the only team in the NFL allowing over 400 yards per game (419.2).
Among the Colts’ issues on defense has been tackling – they’ve missed the fifth-most tackles in the NFL (62) though they’re more middle of the road on a per-play basis (their missed tackle rate is 14 percent, 17th in the NFL). Still: This is a problem the Colts’ defense knows it has to fix.
“First and foremost is tackle,” Franklin said. “… I think a lot of it is just relentlessness. A lot of it is effort from all 11 guys. Sometimes there’s no such thing as a missed tackle if you take a tackle with leverage and acceleration because you’re taking your and slowing them down, and if the other 10 guys are hunting, then he should be down. It’s on all of us. It’s not just on whoever may have missed a tackle or have a good play. We’re all supposed to have each other’s back out there. That’s how defense is supposed to play.”
As defensive coordinator Gus Bradley has sough solutions to generating more pressure on opposing quarterbacks and limiting back-breaking explosive plays, he’s done so with confidence in the group of players at his disposal – no matter how many reserves may be called upon in a given week.
“I think it starts with our players,” Bradley said. “We believe in our players, and we know that we can get it done and we can keep these points down. That’s our whole objective. I mean, are you going to eliminate explosive plays, keep the points down, give your offense a chance to get the ball many times and score some points? We have faith in our group. We have faith in our coaching staff that we can get it done.”
The Titans have struggled on offense this year – they’re 30th in yards per play (4.34), 29th on third down (29.66 percent conversion rate) and are tied for the most giveaways in the NFL (nine) despite already having had their bye week. Quarterback Will Levis – who will start Sunday – leads the NFL with six interceptions, and Titans quarterbacks (backup Mason Rudolph played the majority of the Titans’ Week 4 win over the Miami Dolphins after Levis exited with a shoulder injury) have the second-highest sack rate in the NFL (13.9 percent).
But while the Titans’ offense has its issues, so has the Colts’ defense. And whether the Colts were facing a struggling offense or the 2007 New England Patriots this weekend, the mission would be the same.
“At this point, there’s no more apologies,” Franklin said. “Just change behaviors.”
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
IU SWEPT BY BLOCK OF NO. 14 MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – No. 14 Minnesota put up 12 team blocks in three sets, using its physicality to sweep the Indiana Volleyball team (9-6, 2-3 B1G) on Friday night at Maturi Pavilion (25-18, 25-19, 25-19). Golden Gopher middle blocker Calissa Minatee had a hand in a match high 10 blocks.
The Hoosiers were able to rack up 41 kills in three games but found the Minnesota defense suffocating on out-of-system balls. Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles led the way with 14 kills. Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum had eight kills but committed seven attacking errors.
Senior setter Camryn Haworth had an impressive all-around stat line with 28 assists, nine digs and five kills. She hit .833 with her five kills coming on six errorless swings. She hit on the right side for one rotation at the end of the match, terminating on a line shot off an assist from freshman setter Sade Ilawole.
IU hung close the entire way but Minnesota found enough in the tank to pull away in each set. The hosts hit .358 (44-10-95) on the evening, never hitting below .320 in a single game. Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary had 13 digs. IU managed just three blocks, two of those coming at the end of the match on solo blocks from senior outside hitter Mady Saris.
Saris tallied five kills on the evening, reaching the 1,000-kill mark in her IU career. She becomes just the 20th player in program history to hit the threshold and the second in the head coach Steve Aird era (since 2018).
A tough stretch in conference play continues Sunday afternoon. IU returns home to Wilkinson Hall to face No. 3 Penn State. The Nittany Lions are fresh off a sweep of Michigan State and are undefeated in conference play.
Set Breakdown
Set 1: Minnesota 25, Indiana 18
The Hoosiers were competitive offensively but were hurt by four service errors. IU hit .250 (13-4-36) but Minnesota responded by hitting .364 (16-4-33). With Camryn Haworth forced to dig five balls, IU spent most of the set out-of-system. Avry Tatum had four kills in game one while Candela Alonso-Corcelles had three.
• IU opened the set with an early 6-3 advantage. Alonso-Corcelles and Haworth converted on back-to-back kills to keep the Maturi Pavilion quiet. The three-point lead was as big of a lead that IU would have all night. Minnesota took the lead at 8-7 and wouldn’t relinquish it the rest of the way.
• The Hoosiers looked to have leveled the set at 14-all on an attacking error from Minnesota middle blocker Lydia Grote. However, Mady Saris was ruled to have been in the net. Minnesota took a 15-13 lead into the media timeout.
• Minnesota finally pulled away late in game one. Mckenna Wucherer, who had missed the last few games through injury, terminated on a kill. Minnesota setter Melani Shaffmaster pulled IU’s middle blocker away, leaving the attacker a clean look offensively to go up 21-16.
• IU searched for answers late in the set. Freshman Ella Boersema entered the game and got a pair of block touches and a kill but Minnesota finished off a 25-18 set victory in game one.
Set 2: Minnesota 25, Indiana 19
Minnesota’s block fully got going in set two. It stifled Tatum, IU’s number one choice offensively. Tatum committed four attacking errors in set two. Phoebe Awoleye had a hand in five of Minnesota’s six blocks. Alonso-Corcelles terminated on five kills but IU had no answer defensively. Minnesota pulled away late to win 25-19.
• The Hoosiers briefly held a lead at 3-2 following a kill from Tatum but Minnesota responded with a 6-0 run on the serve of Elise McGhie. IU was able to side out finally on a kill by Alonso-Corcelles, helped by a blocking error from Shaffmaster.
• Three was the tough numbers to break through for IU. That was as low as the deficit would get the rest of the way. Alonso-Corcelles aced Wucherer on a brilliant float serve to trim the deficit to three (8-11). The Hoosiers had a good chance to close the gap but Saris was blocked by the big hands of Shaffmaster to send Minnesota up 15-11 into the media timeout.
• Chances came up for IU down the stretch but it again struggled to terminate on long rallies. Down 19-22, the two teams battled through a long rally but Minnesota’s Julia Hanson recorded the kill. Out of a timeout, Minnesota got consecutive points on a kill from Shaffmaster and an ace from Hanson to win the second set 25-19.
Set 3: Minnesota 25, Indiana 19
IU seemed to have a little bit of life left but Minnesota put that to bed, staving off a late run from the Hoosiers to win the match in a sweep. The Golden Gophers hit .393 (13-2-28) in the final set and tacked on four blocks. Alonso-Corcelles was benched briefly but still tallied six kills. Six different IU players had an assist in game three.
• Saris terminated on a kill as IU took its last lead of the match at 7-6. Saris would respond moments later with a kill (aided by a Minnesota net violation). That leveled the match at 9-all, the last time the contest was tied.
• IU made a late push on a 3-0 run. Saris recorded her 1,000th kill as an IU player before denying Minnesota on the slide with consecutive solo blocks. The Golden Gophers called timeout as the lead was trimmed to two (19-17).
• Out of the break, old mistakes continued to hurt IU. Hanson terminated over the IU block and past the server (Kenzie Daffinee) in right back. Saris committed consecutive attacking errors to quickly push the lead back out to five points (22-17).
• Tatum tooled the block to fend off one match point but Saris’ ensuing serve went straight into the net to end the contest. Minnesota improved to 10-5 (3-2 B1G) while IU fell to 9-6 (2-3 B1G).
Top Hoosier Performers
#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
14 kills, 6 digs, 2 aces
#10 Haworth, Camryn
28 assists, 9 digs, 5 kills
#32 Gary, Ramsey
13 digs, 5 assists
Notes to Know
• IU has now been swept at Minnesota on 21-straight occasions. The last set the Hoosiers won in Minneapolis came in 1999. Since that set victory, IU has lost 65-straight frames at Maturi Pavilion.
• Senior outside hitter Mady Saris hit 1,000 kills for her career with five on Friday night in Minneapolis. She becomes the 20th member of the 1,000-kill club in program history and the first since Breana Edwards in 2021. She’s just the second to hit the threshold in the Steve Aird era (since 2018).
• All three of IU’s contests so far this season against ranked opponents have come in true road environments. The Hoosiers are 0-3 in those contests, winning just one set (at No. 11 Oregon).
• Senior setter Camryn Haworth’s run of 13-straight matches with an ace comes to a close. She’s been held without a service ace in just two matches this season (at Kennesaw State, at No. 14 Minnesota).
INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
HEUER’S HEROICS PUSH HOOSIERS PAST PENN STATE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — “Charlie’s on fire!” teammates sang to Indiana men’s soccer freshman midfielder Charlie Heuer in the postgame locker room celebration.
So too are the Hoosiers.
Indiana (5-3-5, 3-1-2 B1G) extended its undefeated streak to five matches (3-0-2) Friday (Oct. 11) night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium thanks to Heuer’s brace, as the Hoosiers snapped Penn State’s own five-game unbeaten run.
Coming off Tuesday’s 3-2 comeback win over Kentucky in which freshman forward Michael Nesci landed the final blow, it was another Hoosier rookie’s turn to make his mark. Heuer, who had not appeared in a match since Sept. 4, opened his account in the 68th minute and doubled the deed eight minutes later. Indiana kept a clean sheet in the 2-0 victory.
KEY MOMENTS
• 8′ – Penn State came inches away from an early lead as sophomore midfielder Caden Grabfelder clanked a shot off the far post.
• 37′ – Senior forward Samuel Sarver’s incisive through ball found sophomore Clay Murador in the box. Murador celebrated what he thought was his first-career goal but turned to see the linesman’s flag ruling him offside. The sequence was reviewed, but the referee could not overturn the call.
• 68′ – A throw-in in IU’s attacking third fell to the head of senior defender Jansen Miller, who flicked to freshman defender Josh Maher, who passed the ball over a pair of defenders to Heuer in front of goal. Another review checked for offside, but the call again could not be overturned – this time in Indiana’s favor.
• 76′ – Heuer gave IU late insurance, dancing around a defender before slamming a strike into the back corner of goal.
NOTABLES
• Indiana has defeated Penn State in five consecutive matches since the 2022 season and has not lost at home to the Nittany Lions since 2014 (7-0-1).
• Four unique Hoosiers have scored a brace in four consecutive matches (Oduro, Elliot, Mihalic, Heuer). IU had previously not seen a player score a brace in three consecutive matches, let alone four, since at least 2010.
• IU has scored 12 goals during its five-match unbeaten run. In the eight games prior, the Hoosiers had scored seven goals.
• Over its last four seasons, Indiana is 20-4-6 (.767) in the month of October.
• Heuer is the first freshman Hoosier since 2021 (Sarver twice, Mihalic once) to score a brace.
UP NEXT
After a three-match homestand, Indiana will visit No. 22-ranked Michigan Tuesday (Oct. 15) night. Fans can watch the match on the Big Ten Network.
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY
HOOSIERS UPSET THE NO.12 HAWKEYES
IOWA CITY, IOWA ––– Indiana continues their winning streak as the Hoosiers upset No. 12 Iowa, 2-1, in a double overtime thriller this Friday.
With the win, the Hoosiers now stand at 5-6 overall, and 2-3 in conference play.
KEY MOMENTS
• The Hoosier defense started the game strong as they held Iowa to zero shot attempts through the first half. They would be tied 0-0 going into the break.
• Senior Midfielder Meredith Lee put the Hoosiers on the board in the 37th minute to give Indiana a 1-0 lead. Mijntje Hagen would earn the assist.
• Iowa tied the game at one in the 48th minute from a goal by Annika Herbine to force the game to overtime.
• The defense from both teams stepped up through the first overtime, forcing the game to go to a second extra period.
• Senior midfielder Sofia Arrebola Garcia would score the game winner after Indiana earned a penalty corner. Jemima Cookson and Inés Garcia Prado earned the assist.
NOTABLES
• Lee’s goal marked her first of the season and the second in her IU career.
• Arrebola Garcia’s goal marked her first of the season and fourth of her IU career.
• IU outshot Iowa 15-9 in the game
• This was the first ranked win since the 2022 season (No. 21 Rutgers).
• IU has won back-to-back overtime games for the first time in program history.
UP NEXT
• IU continues the weekend in Iowa City, Iowa for a neutral site matchup with Monmouth on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. EST. This will be the second meeting in program history with Monmouth.
PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES: VS ILLINOIS
PURDUE NOTES:
Purdue Football returns to the Big Ten road for the second straight week, making the 93-mile trek west to Champaign, Illinois to face No. 23 Illinois for the Cannon Trophy. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1. • The Boilermakers have won four straight over the Fighting Illini as well as seven of the past eight. • Purdue holds a 40-30-2 advantage in Cannon Trophy games. The first Cannon Trophy game took place in 1943, but the two teams have battled on the gridiron since 1890 with the Boilermakers leading the all-time series 48-45-6. • The Boilermakers are concluding a stretch that features three road games over four contests. • Five of Purdue’s remaining seven games are against ranked opponents. The Boilermakers have recorded seven wins over Top 25 teams over the past six seasons despite being listed as underdogs in every game. • Purdue head coach Ryan Walters and four Boilermaker assistant coaches face their former team for the second time. Walters, the 2022 On3 Coordinator of the Year that built the nation’s No. 1 scoring defense, led Purdue to a 44-19 victory last year in his first matchup against his former squad. • Eight Boilermakers hail from the state of Illinois: Ben Freehill, Ben Furtney, Jalen Grant, Luke Jones, Jimmy Liston, Luke Pettaway, Luke Williams and Zeke Williams. • One of the nation’s leading tacklers as an All-American a season ago, sophomore Dillon Thieneman ranks third in the Big Ten and 11th nationally in solo tackles (5.4 per game) this year. The 2023 Big Ten Freshman of the Year has recorded 31 total tackles over the last three games. • Kydran Jenkins ranks fourth in the Big Ten in sacks (0.70 per game). • Tight end Max Klare leads the Boilermakers in receptions (15), receiving yards (219) and receiving touchdowns (2). • Spencer Porath is one field goal away from becoming just the sixth freshman in Purdue history to make four field goals in a season. Porath made both field goal attempts last week at Wisconsin for his first career multi-field goal game. • Joseph Jefferson has recorded 25 tackles over the past three contests after making only three through the first 14 games of his career, stepping up and providing an impact in the Purdue secondary. • Against Wisconsin, Kyndrich Breedlove made a pair of interceptions on back-to-back drives for Purdue’s first INTs of the season. • In his first season as a Boilermaker, Keelan Crimmins is on pace for the second best punting average (45.0 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 22nd nationally. • Devin Mockobee ranks eighth in the Big Ten in yards per carry (6.03). • Purdue has produced four All-Americans over the past three seasons (Dillon Thieneman – 2023, Charlie Jones – 2022, David Bell – 2021, George Karlaftis – 2021), the most in a three-year stretch since 1967-69.
CANNON TROPHY HISTORY • The Cannon was conceived by Purdue students more than 100 years ago but was first presented as a trophy by an Illinois alumnus 76 years ago. • It all started in 1905 when a group of Purdue students took the weapon to Champaign in anticipation of firing it to celebrate a victory. Although Purdue did win the game 29-0, Illinois supporters, including Quincy A. Hall, had discovered the Cannon in its hiding place – in a culvert near the old Illinois field – and confiscated it before the Purdue students could start their “booming” celebration. Later, Hall moved the Cannon to his farmhouse near Milford, Illinois, where it survived a fire and gathered dust until Hall suggested it be used as a trophy between the two schools when the rivalry was resumed in 1943 after a 12-year lapse. • The Tomahawk Service and Leadership Honorary at Purdue and Illini Pride now share the maintenance duty for the Cannon. RECENT SUCCESS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS • Purdue has beaten seven ranked teams over the past six seasons, going 7-10 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 defeated a ranked Illinois team three times throughout history (1947, 2011, 2022). • Five of Purdue’s final seven opponents on its 2024 schedule are against ranked teams, including three ranked in the Top 5.
LAST YEAR’S MATCHUP • The last time the two rivals met in Champaign, the Boilermakers kept possession of the Cannon by going on the road to defeat No. 21 Illinois 31-24. • Purdue held the nation’s leading rusher, Chase Brown, to 98 yards on the ground, his first game under 100 yards rushing all season. • In the other backfield, Devin Mockobee notched his fourth 100-yard game of the season, going for 106 yards on 28 carries with a touchdown. • Payne Durham (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) recorded a team-high seven catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns. • Sanoussi Kane (Baltimore Ravens) topped all tacklers with nine on the afternoon with eight solos, one for loss and a forced fumble.
ILLINOIS NOTES:
#23 Illinois and Purdue Battle for The Cannon • Illinois, #23 in the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll, hosts Purdue on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT on FS1. • Illinois and Purdue play for The Cannon Trophy (more information on page 24). Illinois Off to 4-1 Start, Ranked for the Fourth Straight Week • Illinois is 4-1 including two AP Top 25 wins for the first time since 1991. • Illinois is 4-1 for the second time in Bret Bielema’s four seasons as head coach (2022). • Illinois had its fourth 4-0 start in the AP poll era (since 1936): 1942, 1951, 2011, and 2024. • Illinois, #8 Tennessee, and Syracuse are the only teams in the nation with two AP Top 25 wins this season. • Illinois had two AP Top 25 wins during September for the first time in program history. • Illinois has two AP Top 25 wins in a single season for the first time since 2007, when the Illini beat three AP ranked teams. • At Nebraska, Illinois picked up its first ranked vs. ranked win since #12 Illinois defeated #25 Ohio State on Nov. 17, 2001. • The Sept. 15 AP Top 25 poll marked the earliest in the season that Illinois has been voted into the top 25 since 2008. • Before back-to-back wins against #19 Kansas and #22 Nebraska, Illinois was 2-32 in its previous 34 games against the AP Top 25. The Bielema Era • Bret Bielema has improved to 22-20 during his Illinois career. Since Robert Zuppke went undefeated in two of his first three seasons at Illinois from 1913-15, Bielema’s 22-20 start is the third-best through 42 games by an Illini head coach, behind only Mike White (1980-83) and John Mackovic (1988-91). • Bielema is 4-6 (.400) against ranked teams (AP/Coaches/CFP) as Illinois’ head coach. His .400 winning percentage against ranked teams is the best since John Mackovic (8-8, .500, 1988-91). • Bielema’s four ranked wins (AP/Coaches/CFP) during his first four seasons are tied for the third-most in program history, behind only John Mackovic (8, 1988-91) and Mike White (5, 1980-83). • Bielema tied the program record for road ranked wins (AP/Coaches/CFP) during his first four seasons. He is the second coach in Illinois history to win three ranked games on the road during his first three seasons, joining Lou Tepper (1992-96). • Bielema is the first Illini coach to earn Top 25 rankings in two of his first four seasons since Ron Zook led the Illini into the top-25 rankings in 2007 and 2008, his Years 3 and 4 in Champaign, respectively. Illinois reached as high as #14 and were ranked for five consecutive weeks in October and November 2022 under Bielema. • Following the team’s Week 3 Homecoming win vs. Central Michigan, Bielema improved to 9-4 through his first 13 nonconference games (including postseason) at Illinois. It is the best record through 13 nonconference games for an Illinois head coach since Robert Zuppke started 10-3 against non-Big Ten opponents from 1913-18. • Illinois’ 23-17 victory over #19 Kansas in Week 2 marked the program’s highest-ranked nonconference win since beating #17 Arizona, 9-7, on Sept. 16, 1995. • The Illini’s sellout crowd of 60,670 vs. KU was the program’s first capacity crowd since Week 2 of 2016 vs. North Carolina. • The Illini’s win over the Jayhawks was the first in front of a Memorial Stadium sellout crowd since the Orange and Blue defeated Iowa, 27-24, on Nov. 1, 2008. It also marked the Illini’s first win in front of a sellout home crowd vs. a nonconference opponent since Sept. 6, 1986, vs. Louisville (23-0). • Bielema is looking to join John Mackovic (1988-91) and Lou Tepper (1992-95) as the only head coaches in Illinois history to win 5+ games in each of their first four seasons leading the Fighting Illini. Illinois Facing Stretch of Ranked Opponents • Illinois is on track to play five ranked opponents over a seven-game stretch, which would tie the program record for the most ranked opponents played during a regular season. The last time Illinois played five ranked opponents during a regular season was 2005. • Illinois is on track to start its Big Ten schedule with four ranked opponents in its first five Big Ten games. The Fighting Illini have never started their Big Ten schedule with four ranked opponents in their first five Big Ten games. • Illinois has only played five previous stretches of 4+ ranked opponents over five games during its program history: 1958, 1968, 1971, 1997, 2003 • Prior to the off week, Illinois faced three AP-ranked opponents over a four-game stretch for the first time since 2011. • This season was the first time in program history Illinois started its Big Ten schedule with two ranked opponents on the road. • Illinois started its Big Ten schedule with road games in back-to-back weeks for the first time since 2008. • Illinois started its Big Ten schedule with two ranked games for the first time since 2009. • Illinois’ game at Penn State was the program’s first top-20 vs. top-20 Big Ten game since 2000 (#19 Illinois lost vs. #10 Michigan) and the Illini’s first top-20 vs. top-20 road game since 1991 (#13 Illinois lost at #15 Iowa with Bielema playing for Iowa).
Illinois Excelling in Close Games • Illinois has a 7-3 record in one-score games over the last two seasons, including one-score wins over #19 Kansas and #22 Nebraska this season. The Illini have been underdogs in four of the seven one-score wins, including three as road dogs. • Illinois controlled the ball for 18:11 of the second half at #22 Nebraska, while outscoring the Huskers 21-7 in the second half and overtime to secure a 31-24 (OT) win. • Illinois shut down Nebraska’s running game in the second half, limiting the Huskers to 11 carries for seven yards between the third and fourth quarters, then sacked Nebraska three times in four overtime plays for -38 yards. Over the second half and overtime, Nebraska totaled 14 rushes for -27 yards. • Illinois won five one-score games in 2023 (5-3), tied for the most in program history with the 1934 team. The Illini’s eight one-score games played in 2023 were the most in program history. • Illinois’ five one-score wins in 2023 tied for the third-most in the nation during the regular season, behind only Old Dominion and Washington, which each had six one-score wins during the 2023 regular season. • Illinois is 3-0 in overtime games under Bret Bielema with wins against #7 Penn State (9 OT, 2021), Indiana (1 OT, 2023), and #22 Nebraska (1 OT, 2024). • Five of Illinois’ seven one-score wins over the last two seasons have come in the final minute or overtime. This season, Illinois topped Nebraska in overtime. Last season, K Caleb Griffin had game-winning field goals to beat Toledo (0:05) and Maryland (0:00), and WR Isaiah Williams had game-winning touchdown receptions from QB John Paddock at Minnesota (0:50) and against Indiana (OT) in back-to-back weeks in November. • QB Luke Altmyer has led three game-winning drives in the final minute or overtime during his Illini career. He led the Illini on last-second field goal drives against Toledo (0:05) and Maryland (0:00) in 2023, then threw the deciding touchdown to Pat Bryant in overtime at Nebraska this season. Illinois Among Nation’s Youngest Teams • Illinois has only 14 players on its 2024 roster in their final season of eligibility, tied for the lowest total in Power-4 with Iowa State. • In all of FBS football, only Troy (12) has fewer players in their final season of eligibility than Illinois. • On the travel roster to Penn State, Illinois carried only nine players in their final year of eligibility. Ball Control and Turnover Margin • Illinois is 13th in the nation and second in the Big Ten in turnover margin (+1.00 per game). • Illinois leads the Big Ten and ranks seventh in the nation in forced fumbles (7). • Illinois ranks 13th in the nation and third in the Big Ten in interceptions (7). • Illinois’ +5 turnover margin on the season comes despite unlucky results on fumbles. Illinois has recovered five of 14 total fumbles during its games (36%), including missing on all four fumbles at Nebraska (1 giveaway, 3 forced fumbles that Illinois did not recover). • The Illini are averaging 9:36 time of possession during fourth quarters, including 12:04 in the win over #19 Kansas. • Illinois snapped a streak of scoring on 36 straight trips to the red zone (dating back to Oct. 14, 2023) when it failed to score before halftime at Penn State. This season, Illinois is 17-for-18 scoring in the red zone with 12 touchdowns. The Illinois Offense • QB Luke Altmyer is 19th in the nation in passing efficiency. His 164.0 passing efficiency would be the best in Illini history. • Altmyer joined an impressive list of Illini quarterbacks who have led the team to a 4-1 start with at least one AP Top 25 win since 1980: Tony Eason (1982), Jack Trudeau (1983), Jeff George (1989), Jason Verduzco (1990-91), Kurt Kittner (2001), Juice Williams (2007), Nate Scheelhaase (2011), and Altmyer (2024). • WR Pat Bryant ranks fifth in the nation in receiving touchdowns (6) and second in the Big Ten. The Illinois Defense • In Aaron Henry’s second season as defensive coordinator, Illinois ranks 12th in the nation in scoring defense (14.2) • The Illini defense also ranks in the top 30 nationally in forced fumbles (7th, 7), interceptions (13th, 7), passing efficiency defense (20th, 110.7), total defense (26th, 308.6), and fourth down defense (2nd, 16.7%). • Illini DBs Xavier Scott (3 interceptions), Miles Scott (2), and Torrie Cox Jr. (2) have multiple interceptions. Only Illinois, Minnesota, UNLV, and Iowa State have three players with 2+ interceptions. The Illinois Special Teams • Kicker David Olano is 7-for-9 on field goals, including 6-for-7 inside of 50 yards and 4-for-4 inside of 40 yards. • Kicker Ethan Moczulski’s 59-yard field goal vs. Central Michigan, the first attempt of his career, set an Illinois program record. At the time it tied for the longest field goal in the nation, and ranks third nationally through Week 6. • Punter Hugh Robertson has landed 64.7% (11/17) of his punts inside the 20, which is on pace for an Illinois record. • Hank Beatty leads the Big Ten and ranks 14th in the nation with a 15.6 yard punt return average.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
#10 PURDUE FALLS IN 5-SET HEARTBREAKER AT #2 NEBRASKA
LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 10 Purdue volleyball team went the distance with the No. 2 Nebraska Cornhuskers, falling in extra points in the fifth set, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 15-17. The Boilermakers nearly had its highest-ranked win since 2011, however their serve proved the Achilles heel, giving up 19 serve errors in the match.
The Boilermakers had the fifth-set lead at 15-14 following a block assist by Raven Colvin and Kenna Wollard, but the Husker responded with a 3-0 run to clinch the match. Purdue went errorless in the fifth set, posting 13 kills and a .481 clip.
The Boilermakers’ efficiency shined, hitting .311% overall in the match while holding the Huskers to .242% and out-blocked the home team, 15-5. It was a Big Ten play season-high for the Boilermaker block.
Eva Hudson posted a double-double behind a season-high 26 kills and 15 digs. The junior hit at a .349 clip (26-4-63) to lead the offensive effort. Meanwhile, Chloe Chicoine totaled a season-high 22 kills alongside 13 digs on a .327 clip (22-4-55) and a season-high 5 assists.
Setter Taylor Anderson rounded out the double-doubles with 52 assists, 10 digs, 7 blocks and an errorless three kills on four attempts to guide the team and produced Purdue’s lone service ace.
Raven Colvin led the block with 11 total on the night.
There were 13 ties and four lead changes in the fifth set alone and 40 total ties in the match.
With the result, Purdue suffered its fourth loss of the season, all to top-10 opponents, as the team moves to 12-4 (3-2 Big Ten). Meanwhile, Nebraska improves to 15-1 (5-0 Big Ten).
Purdue travels tonight to Iowa, and will play again tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
GAME NOTES VS. STANFORD
IRISH NOTES:
WEEKEND AT A GLANCE • Saturday will mark the 38th meeting between Notre Dame and Stanford. The series stands with a 23-14 Notre Dame record. • Notre Dame is 13-5 when playing Stanford at home. • Notre Dame and Stanford have played one another in every season since 1997, with the exception of 2020, during which Notre Dame played an ACC conference schedule. • Since 1989, the two teams have faced off for the Legends Trophy, which consists of Irish crystal and California redwood • The Legends Trophy is named after the fist meeting betweej Notre Dame and Stanford in the 1925 Rose Bowl game, which was considered to have included some of the game’s most storied legends, some thing it the game with the most “Legends” in history to that point. • Stanford is now a member of the ACC, beginning this season. Notre Dame is 216- 84-3 against ACC Teams, going 113-32 in home games. • The game is sold-out, marking the tenth-consecutive sellout in Notre Dame Stadium. • Notre Dame is 524-132-13* all-time at home. • The victory over Louisville is the ninth-ranked win of the Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame. Only Frank Leahy (10 such wins) earned more ranked victories in his first three years on the Irish sidelines. • This season, the Irish rank fourth in fourth down conversion defense (0.182), sixth in team passing efficiency defense (93.46), ninth in scoring defense (12.6), 12th in first downs allowed (75), 13th in interceptions (7), 16th in passing yards allowed (161.0) and 19th in total defense (284.0). • Safety Xavier Watts ranks seventh in the nation in passes defended this season (1.4 per game). • Quarterback Riley Leonard ranks fourth this season among all FBS quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns with seven, and fifth in rushing yards among FBS quarterbacks with 374 this season. He leads all Power 4 quarterbacks in rushing yards on the season.
IRISH ITEMS – BY THE NUMBERS 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 and No. 15 Louisville to make nine on his career. 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). 2 Senior quarterback Riley Leonard owns 26 rushing touchdowns for his career, including three in the first half at Purdue, and two vs. Miami (OH). He ranks tied for second among all active FBS quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns (Dillon Gabriel – 29, Dequan Finn – 26). With three rushing touchdowns in a single game at Purdue, Leonard is one of just seven quarterbacks to achieve the feat so far this season, and the only to do so in a single half. 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, 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). 4 This season, the Irish rank fourth in fourth down conversion defense (0.182), sixth in team passing efficiency defense (93.46), ninth in scoring defense (12.6), 12th in first downs allowed (75), 13th in interceptions (7), 16th in passing yards allowed (161.0) and 19th in total defense (284.0). 9 The victory over Louisville is the ninth-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. Only Frank Leahy (10 such wins) earned more 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. 162 Notre Dame limited Purdue to 162 yards of total offense, the fewest by any team facing a Power 4 team that weekend. Notre Dame was one of just two programs to limit a Power 4 opponent to 38 or fewer rushing yards over that weekend (Memphis allowed 37).
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 year, catching 12 passes for over 180 yards and a touchdown. • Beaux Collins led the Irish receivers at Texas A&M and snagged a pivotal 20- yard contested catch to keep the game-winning drive alive. He also led Irish receivers vs. Northern Illinois. 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 – 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. Jagusah and Craig have both been ruled out for the 2024 season. 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. He played in eight games as a junior, 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 is the only Power 4 quarterback this season to rush for 100+ yards in multiple games, one of just four FBS quarterbacks this season to achieve the feat and one of only three FBS quarterbacks to do so in consecutive games. 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 17 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.
TWO-DEEP TIDBITS – DEFENSE • Boubacar Traore led all FBS freshman players in sacks (three) and sacks per game (0.75) after Week Four. For more on Traore, see page 16. Junior Tuihalamaka appeared in all 13 games in 2023 while posting 10 tackles. Jordan Botelho suffered a season-ending injury vs. Purdue. • Rylie Mills was named a 2024 team captain and was a distruptive force on the Irish defensive line in 2023. See page 16 for more information on Mills. Jason Onye emerged as a dependable reserve defensive lineman for the Irish in 2023. He also blocked two field goal attempts during the season, one of which came during his five-tackle performance against Tennessee State. • Howard Cross III established himself as one of the top playmaking interior defensive lineman in the country during the 2023 season. See page 15 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. Joshua Burnham finished the 2023 season with 18 tackles, four tackles-for-loss and a sack. Bryce Young is a four-star true freshman and was an Adidas All-American as a high school senior. • Jack Kiser leads a linebacker room with young talent. A team captain, Kiser will make a run for the Notre Dame career games played record. See page 16 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 appeared in 12 games in 2023 (missing one contest with an injury) and recorded 14 stops and a forced fumble. Jaylen Sneed appeared in all 13 games in 2023, totaling 14 tackles, five QB hurries and two PBU • Jordan Clark joins the Irish from Arizona State with 22 career starts and 39 games played. Throughout his college career, he has snagged three interceptions (one for a touchdown) and 139 tackles (101 solo) with 6.5 TFL and 20 passes defended. • Benjamin Morrison followed up his freshman All-America campaign in 2022 with an impressive 2023, intercepting three passes while making 31 tackles and breaking up 10 passes. See page 16 for more on Morrison. • 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. 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. • 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 Bednarik Award and was a unanimous All-American. 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.
STANFORD NOTES:
Stanford makes its third trip to the Eastern Time Zone in the last four weeks, taking on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 pm PT on NBC and streamed on Peacock. • Saturday is a non-conference game for the Cardinal after playing its first three ACC games over the last three weeks. Stanford won its inaugural ACC game at Syracuse on Sept. 20. • Stanford’s defense has been much-improved in 2024. Last year, the Cardinal defense allowed 461.7 yards per game, the most in program history. This season, they are limiting opponents to just 358.6 yards per game, a difference of over 100 yards per game. • A theme of Stanford in wins under Coach Taylor has been the Card’s ability to stop the run. Stanford is allowing an average of just 36.4 rushing yards per game to opponents in wins since the start of the 2023 season, or 182 yards in five games. Through six weeks of the 2024 season, Stanford’s run defense ranks 12th in FBS and is second in the ACC, allowing just 88.2 rushing yards per game. • Young players have been making an impact for the Cardinal all season long. Freshman running back Micah Ford has been the team’s leading rusher over the last three games, with 216 yards since the start of ACC play, and threw a touchdown pass vs. Virginia Tech. The top two receivers for Stanford are underclassmen, with Elic Ayomanor (R-So.) and Ismael Cisse (R-Fr.) combining for 46 receptions, 503 yards, and five touchdowns. • A number of defensive players racked up career bests in tackles last week against Virginia Tech. The leading tacklers on the team, Tristan Sinclair and Gaethan Bernadel, tied for the team lead with 12 apiece. For Sinclair, it was a career-best, while it was a Stanford-best for Bernadel, who had 15 in a game while at FIU. Scotty Edwards (10) and Tevarua Tafiti (8) also posted new career highs in tackles. • Stanford and Notre Dame are playing for The Legends Trophy this weekend. The Cardinal most recently won this coveted trophy after its most recent trip to Notre Dame Stadium in 2022, beating the Fighting Irish 16-14. The rivalry has been nearly split over the last decade-plus, with Stanford winning eight of the last 14 games against Notre Dame.
THE MATCHUP • Stanford and Notre Dame meet for the 38th time on Saturday afternoon. • Last season, the Fighting Irish reclaimed The Legends Trophy with a 56-23 win to close out the 2023 regular season. • Despite the outcome, the Stanford defense forced four Notre Dame turnovers, the first four-turnover game by the Cardinal defense since the 2019 season opener against Northwestern. • Stanford’s last visit to Notre Dame Stadium was a memorable one, with the Cardinal beating the Fighting Irish 16-14. Three Joshua Karty field goals and a Casey Filkins touchdown were all Stanford needed to secure the road victory. • The Legends Trophy was created by the Notre Dame Club of the San Francisco Bay Area and is made, appropriately, from Northern California redwood with an Irish crystal bowl. The Legends Trophy is named in honor of the 1925 Rose Bowl meeting, which was said by sportswriters to contain more legends on one field than had ever played the game.
NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL
IRISH FALL TO MIAMI IN FIVE SET BATTLE ON THE ROAD
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-5, 2-3) fell to Miami (11-5, 2-3) in five sets (22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 13-25, 12-15) on Friday night on the road.
Freshman Morgan Gaerte led the way with 16 kills, 10 digs, 3 service aces, and 2 blocks. Sydney Palazzolo finished with 15 kills and 10 digs.
Phyona Schrader recorded her seventh triple-double of the year with 13 kills, 15 digs, 35 assists, and a team-best 4 blocks.
The Hurricanes were able to take an early 9-5 lead in set one and while the Irish closed the gap to two at 9-7, Miami extended their lead to 13-8 to force the Notre Dame timeout. Trailing 15-8, a Trump ace would cap off a 4-0 run to bring Notre Dame within three. A Bjork kill closed the gap to two at 22-20, which was followed by kills from Palazzolo and Schrader to bring the Irish within one and force the Miami timeout. The Canes would score the final two points as set one went to Miami 25-22.
Notre Dame led 7-4 to start set two, but a small run from the Canes would tie it up at 8-all. A 3-0 run put the Irish in front 15-14 heading into the media timeout. Tied at 17-all, a 5-0 run gave Notre Dame the 22-17 advantage. Kills from Schrader and Palazzolo made it 24-19 as the Irish capped off the set with a block from Bjork and Schrader to win 25-19.
It was a close set in the start of third, but as the Canes started to pull away the Irish called a timeout as they trailed 13-9. The Irish would come out of the timeout strong, tying it up 15-all before taking the lead 19-16 to force a Miami timeout. Still a three-point set at 22-19, the Irish would close it out on a 3-0 run to win the third 25-19 and take a 2-1 advantage going into set four.
The Canes came out strong in the fourth capturing an early lead at 12-3. The Irish closed the gap to five at 14-9, but Miami would go on to take set four 25-13.
A kill from Gaerte made it an even 5-5 in the final set. Miami would take the lead 10-7, forcing an Irish timeout. A 3-0 Irish run, which included two more Gaerte kills, would tie it up again at 12-all. Miami would respond with a 3-0 run of their own to win it 15-12.
The Irish are back in action on Sunday, Oct. 13 as they face the Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee at 1:00 pm.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER
IRISH DRAW #7 UNC IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT ALUMNI STADIUM CROWD
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s soccer team battled No. 7 North Carolina to a 1-1 draw in front of a sold-out Alumni Stadium crowd on Friday evening.
The draw moves Notre Dame’s record to 5-3-4 on the season and 2-2-1 in ACC play.
Matthew Roou moved into the lead for most goals in the country at the men’s DI level, scoring his 12th goal of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish and Tar Heels played a scoreless opening 45 minutes of soccer, as both teams limited each other’s scoring chances in the first half of action.
The match sprang to life in the second half, as the Irish started controlling play out of the halftime break.
Jack Flanagan nearly put the Irish in front in the 56th minute, as a great through ball from Bryce Boneau sent Flanagan into space down the right flank but his low shot was saved by the diving UNC keeper.
Just five minutes later the Irish were knocking on the door again. Roou turned at the edge of the area and slipped KK Baffour into space in the box. The junior curled a shot that seemed destined for the back of the net just inside the far post but the Tar Heel goalie made an acrobatic one-handed diving stop to keep the match scoreless.
All the pressure paid off in the 66th minute, as Roou put the Irish in front with a moment of brilliance. After a North Carolina headed clearance was sent out of the box, Wyatt Lewis nodded it back into the area. Roou was the first to react and was able to chip the ball while sliding over the Carolina keeper to complete the incredible finish and put Notre Dame on top 1-0.
The visitors started sending numbers forward, searching for the equalizer but the Irish defense remained firm over the next 15 minutes of play. However, in the 84th minute the Tar Heels managed to tie the contest off a strike from distance courtesy of Matthew Acosta to level the score at 1-1.
Neither side was able to find the winner over the final six minutes of play, as the teams shared the points.
McFARLAND FAMILY MEN’S HEAD SOCCER COACH CHAD RILEY’S TAKE
On the match…
“I’m pleased with the performance. UNC is clearly a top team and we knew that coming into the match. Our guys did a good job of handling their attacking weapons and you are never going to create a ton of great chances against them but I think we created a few good looks so overall I’m proud of the performance.”
On the play of Matthew Roou this season…
“He’s always switched on and he scores in a variety of different ways. He could have had a few more over the course of the season so I love that his mentality is just to keep going. He was switched on and he made a great play tonight.”
On the sellout crowd…
“The crowd was amazing. It gives us such a boost to play in front of so many Irish fans and it was hopefully an exciting game for them.”
UP NEXT
The Irish are back in action next week with an ACC matchup against Boston College at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 19. Admission to the match is free and the match will be streamed on ACCNX.
NOTRE DAME HOCKEY
IRISH OPEN SEASON WITH ROAD WIN
CANTON, N.Y. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team opened its 2024-25 campaign on the road at St. Lawrence University, defeating the Saints 4-1 inside Appleton Arena.
Hunter Strand had the best chance of the opening minutes as a feed from Maddox Fleming crashing in on net was tipped just wide of an open back door opportunity.
Earning the nod in net in Friday’s opener, Owen Say faced his first test just over six minutes into the contest. The rebound bounced off the pads of Say to generate a rush up ice for the Irish offense where Michael Mastrodomenico’s wrister hit the crossbar and play continued, knotted 0-0.
The Irish opened the scoring on the 2024-25 season with a backhander from Blake Biondi for his first official goal in an Irish sweater.
Notre Dame was whistled for too many men after a couple of skaters from either side got tangled up near the Irish bench in the middle of a change. The Saints capitalized on the man-advantage to make it a 1-1 game at 8:38 of the opening period.
At 11:11 of the first frame, the Saints were sent to the penalty box for slashing and the Irish powerplay unit went to work. Despite chances from Danny nelson and Brennan Ali, the Irish were unable to convert on the powerplay opportunity and both teams five-on-five hockey returned at Appleton Arena.
Biondi nearly had his second of the night late in the opening stanza but his shot ricocheted off the pipes and bounced out.
The two sides headed to the first intermission knotted 1-1 despite the Irish doubling up the Saints in shots on goal, 14-7.
The teams returned to the ice for period two and the Irish drew a penalty just eight seconds in to head back on the powerplay however the Irish could not capitalize on the man-up opportunity.
The Irish and Saints continued to skate even aside halfway through the middle stanza before Cole Knuble lit the lamp in his first game back, intercepting a clear attempt by SLU to make it a 2-1 game.
Notre Dame extended their lead late in the second with a powerplay goal from Danny Nelson to make it a 3-1 game. The Irish had one more solid look on net in the frame when Brennan Ali backhanded a shot from the doorstep into the chest of Kucenski but the Saints’ netminder made the save and the horn sounded on the period.
The Irish continued to pepper the Saints end with shots midway through the third period, outshooting the home team 33-17 to that point. At 8:44 of the frame the Irish were whistled for their second infraction of the night, this time a hold, and were sent to the kill for two minutes. The PK unit successfully killed off the third period penalty to maintain the two-goal lead just over halfway through the third stanza.
Knuble picked off a SLU rush in the neutral zone to create a two-on-one in the opposite direction. Feeding the puck over to Justin Janicke, Knuble raced in on net and took the pass back from Janicke before burying his second goal of the night.
The Saints called timeout and pulled their netminder moments after the Knuble goal in favor of the extra attacker. Nelson nearly had his second of the night but his shot on the empty net hit the right post.
After the Irish called timeout with 60 seconds to play in regulation. An offensive zone faceoff for the Irish drew the Saints goalie back in his crease. After winning the faceoff, Hunter Strand got tripped up at the blue line and drew a penalty as the Irish finished the night off on the powerplay. The Irish closed out the night with possession but did not convert on the late powerplay and finished with the 4-1 final for their first win of the season.
The Irish rounded out the night with the 38-33 edge in shots on goal, with Owen Say turning aside 32 shots faced, including 18 in the third period to keep the Irish on top.
GOALS
Blake Biondi net his first official goal with the Irish at 6:45 of the first period Friday night, outstretching for the rebound and lifting the puck over the pads of Mason Kucenski in the St. Lawrence net. Michael Mastrodomenico who took the initial shot was credited with the primary assist while Ryan Helliwell also tallied an assist on the play.
The Irish took a 2-1 lead at 11:55 of the second period behind an unassisted tally from Cole Knuble. The sophomore intercepted a pass in the offensive zone and buried his shot high glove side to give the Irish the one-goal lead.
Danny Nelson extended the Irish lead with a deflection in front of the net at 17:12 of the second frame. Paul Fischer’s shot from the top of the slot found the tape of Nelson in traffic who tipped it behind the SLU netminder to make it a 3-1 game. Justin Janicke earned the second assist on the play.
Knuble continued his offensive pressure with the final goal of the night, assisted by Justin Janicke. The sophomore center stole the puck in the neutral zone and created a two-on-one opportunity the opposite way as he and Janicke connected on a series of passes before Knuble buried a shot over the glove of Kucenski for the 4-1 final.
KEY STATS
After recording the first two goals in the team’s exhibition last week, Blake Biondi got the Irish season underway with the first official tally of the year for the Blue and Gold. The graduate student’s goal at 6:45 of the first period was his first countable goal in an Irish sweater.
After missing the exhibition last weekend for precautionary reasons, Cole Knuble made his return to the lineup Friday evening against the Saints and scored twice for the Irish, including the eventual game-winning goal halfway though the second period.
Knuble’s two goals both came off defensive picks as the sophomore’s game-winner in the second was an unassisted tally following a failed clear attempt by a SLU defenseman in the Irish offensive end. His second goal at 16:29 of the third period came after picking off a Saints skater in the neutral zone and creating an odd-man rush the opposite way.
The Irish fired 38 shots on goal Friday night in the win, including eight off the stick of Cole Knuble.
Getting his first nod in net for the Irish, Owen Say stopped 32 of 33 shots faced for a .970 save percentage, including over half of those in the third period of play.
UP NEXT
The Irish close out their opening weekend road trip with a 7pm tilt at Clarkson on Saturday, Oct. 12. The two teams last clashed in the season opener a year ago with both teams skating away with a victory in the two-game split.
BUTLER VOLLEYBALL
BUTLER LOSES HARD FOUGHT MATCH IN HINKLE TO UCONN
INDIANAPOLIS — The Bulldogs came up just short to UConn losing in three sets (25-15, 25-19, 25-14) in the first of four matches inside Hinkle Fieldhouse during the next two weeks. Abby Maesch led the team with 11 kills while Cora Taylor recorded 20 assists.
UConn 25-15
Three early kills from Abby Maesch helped kick off the match, but the Huskies would take a 5-3 lead. UConn then used two 4-0 spurts to jump to an 18-11 lead. The Huskies would then eventually close out the first set at 25-15. Maesch would finish with a set-high seven kills.
UConn 25-19
Butler began the second set on top using three straight kills from Elise Ward to take an early 5-1. UConn would come crawling back to take the lead at 8-7. A huge block by Destiny Cherry would give the Bulldogs the momentum they needed to take a 15-13 lead. Reese Bates then added consecutive serving aces to make the score 19-15. The Huskies then went on to score the next 10 points to steal Set 2 at 25-19.
UConn 25-14
The third set was all Huskies as they ran out to an early 9-3 lead. Maesch responded with back-to-back serving aces to cut the lead to 9-6. UConn would then use a 5-0 spurt to extend their lead to 16-8 and eventually secure the win at 25-14.
Stats of the Match
Abby Maesch’s seven kills in the first set were the most by a Bulldog in a single set this season. Maesch would eventually finish with 11 kills while setting a new career-high with three serving aces in the match.
Inside The Box Score
Maesch tied for the match-high 11 kills while adding three serving aces and three digs
Cora Taylor led the team with 20 assists and seven digs
Ward recorded eight kills and six digs
Jersey Loyer tallied six digs and three assists
Up Next
The Dawgs will remain at home to face Providence on Sunday beginning at 1 PM.
IU-INDY VOLLEYBALL
IU INDY EARNS FIRST #HLVB WIN OF THE SEASON OVER ROBERT MORRIS
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy volleyball team returned to the Jungle tonight as they earned their first Horizon League win of the season over Robert Morris. Sophomore Elle Patterson collected 17 kills in the five-set win.
The Jags came out strong, taking the first two sets. In the opening set, IU Indy took the lead early and held onto it. Kills from Patterson, Morgan Ostrowski and Maia Long strung together to give the Jags their longest run of the set with five straight points to extend their lead to 16-10. Despite the Colonials pulling within one late in the set, the Jags sealed the set with kills from Patterson and Ostrowski and a couple attack errors from Robert Morris, 25-22.
After taking a 1-0 lead, the Jags got off to a slowly start in the second set. The Colonials took the lead first and held onto it until IU Indy went on a five point run to tie the set and take the lead at 13-10. Robert Morris would tie the set up twice before taking a 24-22 lead. With set point on the line, IU Indy closed out the second set with four straight points including an ace from Long to secure the second set, 26-24.
IU Indy needed one more set to secure the match win and after jumping out to a 17-10 lead, the Jags could feel the win. Robert Morris then went on an eight-point run to take the lead and extend the match to a fourth set, 25-23.
The Jags hit just .054 compared to the Colonials’ .276 in the fourth set. Robert Morris took the fourth set to tie the match at two sets apiece, 25-22.
Although Robert Morris came back to tie the match, IU Indy wasn’t letting the win slip away as they hit a high .500 percent, totaling 10 kills to take the fifth set, 15-9.
Patterson led the attack with 17 kills as Long added 16 and Ostrowski collected 15. Long also added three aces while Ostrowski collected five blocks. Purichia totaled 58 assists while Jordyn pax led the defense with 18 digs.
Robert Morris and IU Indy are set for a rematch tomorrow, Saturday, October 12. First serve is set for 2:00 PM.
BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL ZIPS PAST AKRON IN FRIDAY NIGHT #MACTION
MUNCIE, Ind. – – Led by a program record .917 (11-0-12) attack percentage from graduate middle Aayinde Smith, the Ball State women’s volleyball team opened the weekend with a dominating 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-20) sweep of Akron Friday night in Worthen Arena.
“Aayinde attacking was unbelievable tonight,” head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said after the match. “She worked hard and did a spectacular job finishing some long rallies. She worked and worked to put herself in a position to get set and finish those. Her blocking presence was also consistent and helped slow down Akron’s fast-paced attack. That certainly brought the whole vibe, the whole energy up another notch.”
Prior to Smith’s effort against the Zips (7-11; 3-3 Mid-American Conference), the previous program record for attack percentage for a player with 10-14 attempts was .900 (9-0-10) set by Deb Wehman in 1980 and later tied by Rhonda Gardemann in 1993.
In addition, the record for a player with at least 15 attempts is currently .833 (15-0-18) set by Marie Plitt in 2022.
Overall, Smith’s effort helped the Cardinals (10-7; 3-3 MAC) finish the night with a season-best .446 (48-7-92) hitting mark in its first venture into a 6-2 offense this year. It’s the sixth-best team mark in program history and the best since BSU hit .478 (49-6-90) versus Arkansas State on Sept. 9, 2022.
Along with Smith’s big night redshirt freshman outside Aniya Kennedy hit .533 (9-1-15) and freshman outside Carson Tyler connected at a .522 (13-1-23) clip.
All three were set up by the combined effort senior setter Megan Wielonski and sophomore setter Lindsey Green. Wielonski finished the night with 20 assists, while Green handed out 15. Green also collected career highs of eight digs, two aces and two kills, while Wielonski added six digs and one ace.
“Running the 6-2 tonight certainly gave us a lot more offensive options,” Phillips said. “I also thought we passed at a high level, which allowed us to use all our attackers consistently. Both setters did good facilitating to the right people at the right time, mixing it up, and then the hitters just did their jobs. The first time rolling it out, we didn’t know exactly what was going to happen, but I thought the group did a really, really good job of just trusting it, playing hard and the results speak for themselves.”
In the backcourt, the Cardinals held a 45-to-33 edge in team digs, led by nine from freshman libero Sophie Ledbetter. Junior outside Katie Egenolf tied her season high for a third time with eight digs, while also tying for match-high honors with three service aces.
Junior opposite Madison Buckley led all players with six total blocks, followed closely by Smith’s five.
The Akron offense was paced by three players with eight kills each, while Vanessa Del Real tied Ledbetter for match-high honors with nine digs.
The Ball State women’s volleyball team returns to action Saturday afternoon when it hosts Buffalo for a 4 p.m. first serve.
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL
SYCAMORES SHOW FIGHT IN ROAD SETBACK AT ILLINOIS STATE
NORMAL, Ill. – Emma Kaelin paced Indiana State with 12 kills Friday night, but homestanding Illinois State defeated the Sycamores in three sets (25-18, 25-15, 25-22) inside CEFCU Arena.
Lily Mueller added five kills on a .417 hitting percentage, while Kira Holland had five kills and a team-leading nine digs in her 2024 season debut. Ella Scott led all players with four blocks, with Hannah Baudin and Emily Weber adding three blocks each.
Illinois State took an early lead in set one, but kills from Curry Kendall, Kaelin and Holland got the Sycamores back on level terms at 7-7. Avery Hales added an ace and Kaelin put down another kill midway through as the Trees kept pace with the Redbirds, but a 9-0 Illinois State run proved to be the difference. Indiana State fended off five set points on Cadence Gilley’s serve, featuring a pair of service aces and a pair of block assists from Scott and Weber. The Sycamores weren’t able to fully overturn their large deficit, though, and dropped the opening set 25-18.
Kaelin got things started in set two for the Sycamores with a trio of kills, but an 8-1 Redbird run saw Indiana State facing a 14-7 deficit midway through. Holland, Jadyn Smith and Kaelin added kills, but the home side maintained control of its large lead and extended it to double-digits late. Indiana State saw off a pair of set points before ultimately falling 25-15 in the second set.
Mueller gave Indiana State early life in the third set with a kill and a block solo, with Weber adding a kill to keep the Trees on pace with Illinois State. Kills from Mueller and Kaelin helped give Indiana State an 11-10 lead as part of a four-point run, with a pair of blocks for the Sycamores keeping the Blue and White on par with the host Redbirds. Holland and Kaelin tacked on kills to knot things up at 16-all, but a late run for the home side shifted the momentum in the set. Late kills from Holland and Mueller pulled the Trees within a pair, but Illinois State held on to take the third set 25-22 and clinch the match.
News and Notes
2023 MVC Freshman of the Year Kira Holland made her season debut Friday after missing the first 16 matches due to an injury suffered in the Sycamores’ exhibition at Ball State in August. Holland led Indiana State with nine digs and added five kills.
Emma Kaelin accounted for more than 40 percent of Indiana State’s kills Friday, finishing with 12 kills on 39 attempts
Friday’s match was the first time Emily Weber returned to Illinois State since transferring from the Redbirds to the Sycamores prior to the 2024 season. Weber finished with 14 assists and three blocks as part of the Trees’ two-setter rotation.
Indiana State’s attacking numbers improved from set to set, culminating with 11 kills and a .205 hitting percentage in set three.
Indiana State finished with more blocks than Illinois State (8-5), with five different Sycamores registering multiple blocks in Friday’s match.
Up Next
Indiana State closes its four-match road trip Saturday at 6 p.m. against Bradley.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ROAD MATCH AT ILLINOIS STATE UP NEXT FOR SYCAMORES
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State continues the road trip this week as ISU heads to Normal, Ill. and the Adelaide Street Field for a 2 p.m. ET kickoff against Illinois State University. The match will be carried live on ESPN+.
Indiana State women’s soccer (7-4-4, 2-2-2) looks to bounce back this weekend after they fell to UIC in their most recent matchup on Tuesday evening, as the Flames netted three goals to secure a 3-0 victory over ISU.
The Sycamores outshot the Flames 8-7, while UIC maintained a 10-5 edge in corner kicks during the matchup. Both teams had five shots on target, with Alexander making two saves for Indiana State and UIC goalkeeper recording five.
Sundays matchup between the Redbirds and Sycamores will serve as the 31st contest between these two teams, as Illinois State leads the all time series 22-7-1 over Indiana State. The Sycamores won the most recent matchup against the Redbirds in 2023, with a score of 2-0 at Memorial Stadium.
Sycamore Standouts:
Brooklyn Woods led the Sycamore offense on Tuesday night at Flames Field, registering two shots, both on target for Indiana State. She has started in all 15 games this season, with three goals and a .682 shot-on-goal percentage.
Maddie Alexander was recognized as the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Goalkeeper of the Week and the GoGo Squeeze ISU Student-Athlete of the Week following her performance for the Sycamores against Drake & UNI. She played a key role in helping the team achieve a 1-0-1 record in MVC play while remaining undefeated at home. In two games, she made an impressive 21 saves, securing shutouts against Drake and Northern Iowa at Memorial Stadium.
Lehnert and Kent have played crucial roles in the Sycamores’ success this season, both tallying a team-high of 26 shot attempts and four goals.
Scouting Illinois State:
Raleigh DeRose enters her first season as head coach for the Redbirds in the 2024 season.
The Redbirds head into Sunday’s matchup with an overall record of (3-7-3,1-2-2). Their solo MVC victory came last week against Valparaiso, where they won 2-1. They have lost to Belmont and Drake and secured draws against Southern Illinois and Murray State.
Illinois State has scored six goals this season, paced by Chloe Cline’s pair of goals as she has started and played in 12 matches this season.
After a successful week in MVC play, Illinois State soccer’s sophomore Erika Wells was named MVC Player of the Week, while Eve Gricius received the Valley Freshman of the Week honor. Wells provided assists on all three Redbird goals last week as Illinois State finished with a record of 1-0-1 in Valley play. Gricius netted her first career goal, the game winner for Illinois State in the win over Valparaiso.
Up Next:
The Sycamores will close out their road trip at Murray State on Thursday, October 17, at 4 p.m. ET.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE VOLLEYBALL
‘DONS SNEAK PAST OAKLAND IN FIVE-SET BEHEMOTH
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s volleyball defeated Oakland on Friday night (Oct. 11) in a marathon five-setter that took every bit of three hours. The Mastodons won 26-28, 25-23, 25-22, 24-26, 27-25 with 20 ties and four lead changes in the fifth set alone.
The Mastodons 127 points earned in the contest are the fifth-most in an NCAA contest by any team since the current scoring format was implemented in 2008.
Panna Ratkai was the star of the show for the Mastodons. In her first match back after injury, she finished with 30 kills, 16 digs, three aces and three blocks. Friday’s win was the third 30-kill match of Ratkai’s career. She owns three of the top-seven single-match kill performances in program history.
Ratkai’s 30 kills came on 78 attempts, as she finished with a relatively efficient mark of .269. She had six kills in the first set, four in the second, nine in the third, four in the fourth and seven in the decisive fifth.
In the fifth, Oakland had the first match point at 14-13, then had three more until a 17-17 stymie. From there, the Mastodons had five chances to take the match that the Golden Grizzlies turned away. OU had two more looks at the match before the Mastodons ultimately got four of the next five, including the final match point. In that finishing run, the ‘Dons got a block from Ratkai and Mya Plemons, a kill from Riley Rosneck, then a block from Jena Medearis and Nicole Jones to seal the deal.
To complement Ratkai, Rosneck got a career-high of her own with 17 kills. She had seven of her 17 kills in the fifth. Medearis added 13 kills and eight blocks. LonDynn Betts led the defense with 25 digs. She was joined in double-figures by Jones (17), Ratkai (16) and Becky Barrett (15). Jones finished with 38 assists for the double-double, while Taya Haffner dished out 25 assists.
Purdue Fort Wayne improves to 10-9, 3-3 in the Horizon League. Oakland falls to 6-12, 2-4. These two teams will meet again on Saturday (Oct. 12) for a 2 p.m. rematch.
EVANSVILLE MEN’S SOCCER
UE MEN’S SOCCER BACK IN ACTION AGAINST UIC
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — After over a month away from Arad McCutchan Stadium, the University of Evansville men’s soccer team returns to its home stadium this weekend.
| Evansville vs. UIC | Saturday, October 12 | 7 PM CT | |
| Site | Location | Arad McCutchan Stadium | Evansville, Ind. |
| Links | 7 PM CT: Live Stats | TV: ESPN+ |
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The Purple Aces return to action on Saturday night after two weeks away from the pitch. UE entered its bye period in a big way with the team’s first conference win over the Bradley Braves. Along with being Evansville’s first conference road win, it was also the Aces first win on the road since August when they shut out the Memphis Tigers 3-0 on their home field.
UIC comes to Evansville on a hot streak with back-to-back Valley wins against Bowling Green and NIU. The Flames have a 6-4 overall record while 2-1 in conference play. Their lone loss of MVC action came to the current 17th-ranked Missouri State in a 3-1 defeat at Flames Field. UIC is led on offense by junior midfielder Rui Reis with four goals and four assists on the season while the Flames leading goal scorer is redshirt senior Bart Muns with five scores on the year.
Another UE player scored their first goal of the season against Bradley at the end of September. Senior forward Edward Mendy (Overland Park, Kan. / Blue Valley West HS) put his first goal since 2021 in the back of the net at the start of the second half. In his first game back from injury, Mendy found himself alone with the ball and took a shot from the 12, putting the ball down into the bottom left corner of the net for his first of the year.
Evansville now has nine separate goal scorers through the 2024 season. Only a third of the Aces goal scorers have multiple goals with senior forward Nacho Diaz Barragan leading the way with five followed by graduate forward Sami Owusu with three.
EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL
ACES FALL SHORT IN WEEKEND OPENER
PEORIA, Ill. – Giulia Cardona and Angelica Gonzalez combined for 17 kills on Friday as the University of Evansville volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision at Bradley.
Cardona led the Purple Aces with 11 kills and Gonzalez added six. Jenna Heidbreder posted five kills. Ainoah Cruz had 10 digs while Lexi Owen paced the team with 14 assists. Kaylenn Hunt completed the match with 11 kills for the Braves.
Game 1 – Bradley 25, UE 16
Bradley took a 3-1 lead out of the gate before pushing the advantage to 10-4. From there, the Braves went up by a 19-10 score and took the set by a similar 9-point advantage to pick up the 1-0 match lead.
Game 2 – Bradley 25, UE 15
After scoring the first three points, Bradley added to the lead to make it a 13-4 game. Evansville made a nice run to make it a 14-9 game as Maddie Hawkins registered an ace while Angelica Gonzalez picked up a kill. Gonzalez kept the deficit at five with a kill that made it a 15-10 game before BU regrouped to complete the set on a 10-5 run to take a commanding 2-0 lead.
Game 3 – Bradley 25, UE 16
Looking to clinch the match, the Braves quickly jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Evansville never gave up, remaining within striking distance as a Chloe Cline kill saw the Aces get within three at 14-11. Things quickly turned when Bradley countered with a 6-1 run that put them up by a 20-12 margin. They finished with a 25-16 win to take the match.
Saturday evening features a match-up at Illinois State with a 6 p.m. start time.
SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
EAGLES SUFFER FIRST OVC ROAD LOSS AT LITTLE ROCK
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (8-10, OVC 3-3) were unable to mount a comeback digging an early hole against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (9-10, OVC 4-2) falling in four sets, (23-25, 21-25, 25-16, 15-25). The Screaming Eagles and Trojans entered play tied for fourth place in the Ohio Valley Conference both looking to make jumps into the top three after the weekend as Little Rock gains the edge.
Freshman Kerigan Fehr earned a career high of 14 digs, while sophomore Leah Coleman tied her career high of 13 kills on the offensive side. Sophomore Ashby Willis extended her double digit kill streak to five games with a team best 18 tonight.
Set 1: USI 23, LR 25
USI’s defense came out strong in set one as junior Keira Moore had three shoestring digs and Willis swatted a block to fire up the Eagles leading 8-7. Two straight USI service errors helped the Trojans gain a 11-9 lead. The outside hitters kept the Eagles within striking distance as graduate senior Jasmine Green, Coleman, and Willis combined for eight kills trailing 17-19. Green laid her body out on the line diving into the scorers table, along with getting rewarded with a kill later in the rally as the Eagles trailed 23-24 before the Trojans clinched set one with a kill. The Trojans took advantage of two USI service errors, while manufacturing three aces and three and a half blocks.
Set 2: USI 21, LR 25
Coleman smashed her team leading sixth kill as both squads traded early points. Junior Bianca Anderson found the seam in the block with two slides, along with an ace from freshman Layla Gonzales tying the match at nine. Willis transitioned into the net three times before finally finishing her seventh kill tying the match at 12. Senior Abby Weber gave the Eagles a 18-16 lead with her 19th service ace of the season. The Trojans used a 7-1 run to end the set as the Eagles dug themselves a hole down two sets. Middle hitters senior Paris Downing and Anderson took their turns in set two with eight combined kills.
Set 3: USI 25, LR 16
Anderson’s signature slide worked again helping the Eagles gain a 7-5 lead. Willis used an off-speed kill for her 11th of the match gaining the 10-8 advantage. Senior Carly Sobieralski and Anderson executed a textbook block assist extending the lead to 17-14. Another successful Gonzales ace and slide from Downing helped contribute to the 8-1 run giving USI a 23-15 lead. Back-to-back kills from Willis gave USI the dominant set three victory tallying 15 on the game, along with 15 digs.
Set 4: USI 15, LR 25
The Trojans used three early blocks to build a 11-5 lead. Coleman helped the Eagles climb back with her 12th kill closing within four. Little Rock totaled their eighth service ace to build a 18-9 lead. Redshirt Freshman Maeve Moonan tallied her first statistic as an Eagle with a block assist with Sobieralski to cut the lead within ten. However, the Trojan attack outlasted the Eagles winning round one of the series.
Willis lead offensively with 18 kills for third straight match along with capturing her sixth double-double at 18 digs. Sobieralski racked up 44 assists on 17 digs, while Moore led defensively with 23 digs. Moore has snatched 15+ digs in her past five matches. Sobieralski and Anderson both swatted three blocks, while Gonzales finished with a career high three service aces.
As a team, USI finished with 64 kills, 48 assists, 97 digs, nine aces, six blocks, and a .089 attacking percentage. The Trojans earned 43 kills, 40 assists, 92 digs, nine aces, 15 blocks, and a .143 hitting percentage.
Next up for the Eagles
USI is back in Little Rock tomorrow looking to sweep the Trojans at 2 p.m.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
WOMEN’S SOCCER TRAVELS TO MOREHEAD STATE SUNDAY
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer continues Ohio Valley Conference play Sunday when the Screaming Eagles travel to Morehead State University for a Noon (CT) kickoff.
Just past the halfway point of the OVC season, Southern Indiana is 2-8-4 overall and 1-2-2 in the OVC while Morehead State is 6-5-3 on the season and 3-2-0 in conference play. USI is tied for fifth in the standings while Morehead State is fourth.
USI continues to trek through a gauntlet in the middle portion of the conference schedule. The Screaming Eagles are in a stretch of four matches against the top four teams in the OVC standings. Last week, Southern Indiana fell to Lindenwood University and Tennessee Tech University, the second and third-place teams. Following Sunday’s match against Morehead State, USI will host first-place University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Southern Indiana looks to bounce back from last week’s setbacks. Last time out, USI dropped a 4-1 decision at home against Tennessee Tech. The Screaming Eagles made early noise when junior forward Payton Seymour scored her second goal of the season nearly five minutes into the game to give USI an early 1-0 lead. However, the Golden Eagles answered with three consecutive first-half goals and one more in the final minutes of the second half.
USI was outshot by Tennessee Tech 14-5 overall and 9-2 in shots on goal. The five shot attempts by USI were a season low, and Sunday was also the second consecutive match that USI was limited to two shots on goal. Southern Indiana will seek to regain its offensive spark from earlier in the conference season this Sunday against Morehead State.
Eight different players have scored a goal this season for Southern Indiana, and following Seymour’s goal last Sunday, five players have scored twice this season. Junior midfielder Emerson Grafton leads USI with seven points off two goals and three assists. Sophomore midfielder Pilar Torres tops the squad with 18 shots and five assists, which ranks third in the OVC. In conference play, USI is third in the OVC in goals and assists.
Morehead State is coming off a 1-0 win against the University of Tennessee at Martin in a low-scoring shootout. The Eagles scored a 39th-minute goal that held the rest of the game, but two of the top-shooting teams in the conference had plenty of shooting chances. The two sides combined for 40 shots and 21 shots on goal.
Morehead State is top two in the conference in shots, shots on goal, and goals scored. Defensively, the Eagles have been just as strong, ranking second in fewest goals allowed.
Sophomore forward Hedda Ornberg paces Morehead State with five goals and 12 points. Ornberg is also Morehead State’s top shooting threat with a team-high 30 shots and 22 shots on target. The Eagles have three other players with three goals this season. In the net, freshman goalkeeper Lilly Bailey has been Morehead State’s netminder during conference play. Bailey has eight starts this season with a 1.17 GAA, 34 saves, and two shutouts.
Sunday’s match is the third all-time meeting between Southern Indiana and Morehead State. The two sides have split the first two meetings with the home team winning each contest. USI claimed a 2-1 victory at home last season while Morehead State captured a 1-0 win in the first all-time meeting in 2022.
Sunday’s game can be seen with a subscription to ESPN+. Additional coverage links are available on the USI Women’s Soccer schedule page on usiscreamingeagles.com.
VALPARAISO VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL DROPS FRIDAY MATCH TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Playing at home at the ARC for a second consecutive weekend, the Valpo volleyball team opened weekend action against Southern Illinois Friday evening, falling 3-1 (25-18, 25-18, 15-25, 25-23) to the visiting Salukis.
How It Happened
Valpo led early in the opening set at 5-4 before a six-point spurt for the Salukis gave them a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The Beacons pulled to within three points twice in the second half of the frame, but were unable to get any closer.
Valpo was on top early in the second set, leading by as many as three points. It was a two-point edge at 8-6, but SIU put together a 13-1 run to take control on its way to going up 2-0 in the match.
The Beacons hit the halfway mark of set three in front, in the midst of a 5-0 run which gave them separation from the Salukis. The five-point spurt opened up a larger 13-4 stretch to close out the frame as Valpo extended the match to a fourth set.
It was a race to 10 in the fourth set, as the sides were even up at 15-15. SIU took control at that point with three consecutive points and earned match point at 24-20. The Beacons won each of the next three points to get to within one point of sending the frame to extra points, but an SIU kill closed out the match.
Inside the Match
Valpo held a 54-51 advantage in the kills department Friday, but SIU outhit the Beacons by 44 points as Valpo committed eight more attack errors.
Freshman Jordyn Gove (Amarillo, Texas/Randall) paced the Beacons in kills with 11, her sixth effort of the season in double figures.
Fellow rookie Drew Glaser (Edwardsburg, Mich./Edwardsburg) reached double digits in kills for the first time in her collegiate career, posting 10 kills — a mark matched by senior Elise Swistek (LaPorte, Ind./New Prairie).
Junior Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) tallied a match-best 24 digs, while Swistek recorded her 10th double-double of the year as she registered 17 digs.
Freshman Jessica Pickett (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) led Valpo with five blocks, the eighth time this season she has recorded at least five rejections.
Next Up
Valpo (9-9, 1-5 MVC) closes out the weekend at home on Saturday when it hosts Missouri State at 5 p.m.
UINDY MEN’S SOCCER
DAVID’S TWO GOALS LIFT GREYHOUNDS PAST LINCOLN
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy men’s soccer team won a scrappy 2-1 game at home on Friday night against Lincoln.
This was the first ever meeting between the two schools, and it comes in the Blue Tigers’ inaugural season in the GLVC.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Greyhounds started strong with multiple chances in the opening five minutes from Roman Beko and August Abrahamsen. But Jakob David was the one to get UIndy on the score sheet first, after Beko’s deflected shot found the feet of David at the top of the 18-yard box and was fired home to give the Hounds a 1-0 lead.
UIndy controlled most of the first half , but didn’t come without big stops from Ionas Giovanidis late in the first half to keep the score at 1-0 headed to the half.
The Hounds continued their push for a second early in the second half, and their pressure was rewarded three minutes in when Vincent Montoya’s long ball to the top of the 18-yard box was met by a flying David leg to chip Lincoln’s, Antwone Gooden, with the outside of his foot to give UIndy a 2-0 lead.
But the Hounds couldn’t keep the Blue Tigers off the board for long. Lincoln’s Albert Kemeh got on the end of an in-swinging free kick that beat a diving Giovanidis, and cut into the Hounds lead to make it 2-1.
The rest of the second half was full of chances for the Blue Tigers. Their biggest chance came in the 71st minute when Jake Plant made a heroic effort with his head to keep the Hounds up 2-1 off of Brady Charles’ right footed shot.
Giovanidis made another big save in the 87th minute with a diving effort with his left hand on Guillherme Capaldi’s low driven shot, and ultimately preserved the 2-1 victory for UIndy.
INSIDE THE BOX
– David had his first career two goal game today vs the Blue Tigers.
– Beko recorded another assist today, bringing his season total up to five.
– Montoya notched his first point of the season with his assist on David’s second goal.
– Griffin Atkison made his season debut tonight for the Hounds.
ON ANOTHER NOTE
The Greyhounds capped an undefeated evening for the UIndy soccer programs, as the women’s team secured a 5-0 victory prior to the men’s contest.
UP NEXT
UIndy will look to stay hot in GLVC play in their next home outing on Sunday Oct. 13, when the Hounds face off against Missouri S&T.
UINDY WOMEN’S SOCCER
UINDY DOMINATES LINCOLN ON FRIDAY AT KEY
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy women’s soccer team defeated first-year GLVC program Lincoln on Friday with a commanding 5-0 win at Key Stadium. The Greyhounds dominated throughout, moving their record to 6-4-1 on the year and 5-2-1 in league play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds wasted no time testing Kanon Dehama in net for the Blue Tigers, as Mia Winters and Antiya Sidibe registered shots within the first three minutes of the first half. UIndy landed two more shots on Dehama over the bulk of the first, but in the 41st minute, Mia Winters made a long run from a UIndy counterattack to find the back of the net in the 41st minute.
In the second half, UIndy’s offense kicked into high gear. Just three minutes after the halftime intermission, Sidibe doubled the lead with her first goal of the season, with Winters assisting. Later in the second, Stephanie Brady netted a goal in the 75th minute off a nifty setup by Winters, who recorded her second assist of the game.
Less than a minute later, Genevieve Crocker added another, assisted by Dierkers. The final nail in the coffin came in the 83rd minute when Ella DeSmet placed a shot top left corner perfectly past Dehama to make it 5-0, with another assist from Dierkers. The Greyhounds’ offense was relentless, finishing the game with 26 shots, including 15 on goal.
N THE BOX
– Mia Winters recorded her seventh goal of the season and added two assists, bringing her season assist total to three.
– Marin Dierkers tallied three assists in the match, for her first assists of her career.
– Jenna Taghikhani earned her sixth clean sheet of the season, making six saves in the shutout.
– Antiya Sidibe and Genevieve Crocker both recorded their first goals of the season.
ON ANOTHER NOTE
The Hounds were the first of both UIndy soccer programs to defeat the Blue Tigers on Friday evening, as the men’s team secured the sweep in the night cap.
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20 – 29 – 42 – 32 – 81 – 16 – 34 – 4
October 12, 1967 – At the World Series, Cardinals Number 20, Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson
October 12, 1977 – In a game no known as “Throwaway Game” Catfish Hunter, Number 29 lost Game 2 of the World Series contest 6-1 to the LA Dodgers as the resting Yankees were apparently resting other pitchers
October 12, 1979 – Boston Celtics guard Number 42, Chris Ford scores first 3-point basket in NBA history in 1st quarter of 114-106 win v Houston at Boston Garden; game also marks debut of Boston rookie Larry Bird
October 12, 1979 – Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard/ forward Number 32, Magic Johnson made his debut for Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers; Lakers win, 103-102
October 12, 1982 – Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor, Number 4 produced a World series record 5 hits
October 12, 1989 – Blockbuster NFL Trade. Dallas running back Herschel Walker (Number 34) was traded from the Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith (Number 22), Russell Maryland (Number 67), Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson
October 12, 1991 – Doug Flutie, Number 22 of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime
October 12, 1991 – Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
October 12, 1992 – Washington Redskins Number 81, Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
October 12, 1999 – Pat LaFontaine, Number 16 for multiple franchises, was forced to formally retire from the NHL due to lingering concussion problems
October 12, 2003 – FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, Home Depot Center, Carson, CA: Number 4, Nia Künzer scored the winner in sudden death extra time as Germany beats Sweden, 2-1
October 12, 2016 – Auston Matthews, Number 34 became first player to score 4 goals in his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa
FOOTBALL HISTORY
October 12, 1989 – In what was the largest player trade in the history of the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys traded running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for 5 then current players and 6 draft picks of the future. The Cowboys were winless at this point of the 1989 season after five games played. The franchise was somewhat of a laughing stock of the league as their new Owner/GM Jerry Jones and Rookie head Coach Jimmy Johnson looked like they got into something a little bit too much for them to handle. They really looked foolish when they traded their star player, but the compensation of basically 11 players for one? That seemed like an offer too good to pass on. According to an ESPN article on the trade the deal went something like this: the Cowboys would give the Vikings Walker, their third and 10th round picks in 1990, and their third pick in 1991. In return, the Vikings would send linebackers Jesse Solomon and David Howard, defensive end Alex Stewart, running back Darrin Nelson, cornerback Issiac Holt and Minnesota’s first-, second- and sixth-round picks in 1990. Then the real craftiness started, Nelson refused to report with Dallas, so he was traded to the San Diego Chargers and became two draft picks: a sixth-rounder in 1990 and a second-rounder in ’91. The Cowboys took Emmitt Smith of Florida, in the first round of the 1990 draft; defensive tackle Russell Maryland of Miami in the first round in ’91; cornerback Kevin Smith of Texas A&M in the first round in ’92; safety Darren Woodson of Arizona State in the second round in ’92; and cornerback Clayton Holmes of Carson-Newman in the third round in ’92. A dynasty had been born in Dallas with the jump start of trading one star player, and the clever draft maneuvering of the Cowboys brass. The Vikings did make the playoffs in 1989 with Walker running the ball, only to get knocked out by a very good SanFrancisco team.
October 12, 1991 – Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards along with 4 touchdowns to lead the then unbeaten Princeton Tigers to a 59-37 victory over a winless Brown University.
October 12, 1991 – Doug Flutie, formerly of Boston College and now with the BC Lions set a CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime
October 12, 1992 – Washington Redskins wide out Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception. Monk did it in grand style too as the game was played on the Monday Night Football stage, with all of the nation watching. The Redskins had their way with their opponents that night the Denver Broncos as they won handedly 34-3. It was a 10-yard reception from Redskin quarterback Mark Rypien in the fourth quarter, when Monk passed Steve Largent for the most career receptions in NFL history. Monk finished the game with seven receptions for 69 yards. For his career, Monk totaled 840 catches, 788 of which came in his 14 seasons as a Washington Redskin.
October 12, 2019 – The University of South Carolina knocks off the 3rd ranked University of Georgia by a score of 20-17.
Hall of Fame Birthdays of October 12
October 12, 1878 – Truxton Hare was a guard from the University of Pennsylvania. Hare played on the Penn Quakers football team from 1897 through 1900. He was the first of four players to have been a four-year All-American per pennathletics.com. Even more amazing was that Hare played every minute of all 54 games in which he competed, as the rules of his playing era players couldn’t return to the game after being substituted. Truxton was a big dude when he played too as he stood 6’-2” and weighed 208 pounds. Truxton was quite an accomplished athlete even without football. According to Olympic.org, Hare won a Silver medal in the 1900 Olympic games in Paris for the Hammer Throw Competition and a Bronze medal in the 1904 Olympics played in St. Louis. Truxton Hare was selected to enter the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
October 12, 1921 – South Bend, Indiana – Les Horvath was born. Don’t let his birthplace fool you into thinking Les was with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, no he was not. It might get a little bit clearer when you find out that after the family moved he spent most of his childhood in Parma, Ohio. Les attended and played for Ohio State University as a halfback/quarterback. He earned football letters in 1940, 1941, 1942 & 1944. He was not eligible to play football in 1943 as he attended dental school that year. The 1944 season was a special eligibility for Horvath, as most players of that era only had 3 seasons of eligibility but the NCAA granted an extra season due to World War II and the lack of athletes in college. OSU Head Coach Carroll Widdoes asked Horvath to return to the team for a fourth year. Due to the demands of dental school, Horvath was initially reluctant to play but agreed to do so after Widdoes promised that Horvath would be flown to all of the games and would not have to practice as much as the other players. Ohio State went 9-0, won the Big Ten and ranked No. 2 nationally. Horvath rushed for 905 yards and passed for 345. He ranked second in the nation in rushing, third in total offense, was unanimous All-America, Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten, and won the Heisman Trophy. Les was the very first Buckeye Heisman Trophy in 1944 winner according to heisman.com. The National Football Foundation invited Les Horvath into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. Les graduated dental school in 1947 and then the NFL came calling as he was drafted by the LA Rams and played there and with the Cleveland Browns before hanging up his helmet to practice dentistry in the LA area.
October 12, 1970 – Thomasville, Georgia – Charlie Ward was a Quarterback from the Florida State. Charlie may be the most decorated college quarterback of all time according to heisman.com as he won every award he was eligible for in 1993. For starters he won the Heisman Trophy, and he led his Florida State Seminoles to the National Championship title. Ward also was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year and Toyota Leader of the Year. Ward filled his trophy case even more by taking home the Davey O’Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards and was only the second college football player ever to win the Sullivan Award given annually to the nation’s top amateur athlete. His 1993 number were off the charts with completing 69.5 percent of his passes for 3,032 yards with 27 touchdowns and only four interceptions. Football was not where it stopped though as the super athlete also guided FSU’ basketball teams to 3 NCAA tournaments and Charlie became the first ever Heisman winner to play in the NBA. Ward ended up staying in the NBA for 12 seasons and never put on an NFL uniform . Charlie Ward entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1907 At Detroit’s Bennett Park, right-hander Mordecai ‘Three Finger’ Brown throws a 2-0 shutout, beating the Tigers to capture the World Championship for the Cubs. Although Game 1 ended in a 3-3, 12-inning tie, Chicago becomes the first club to sweep a Fall Classic when the team wins the next four games.
1916 In front of a record crowd of 43,620 fans at Braves Field, Red Sox right-hander Ernie Shore three-hits the Robins in Game 5 of the World Series, 4-1, to capture the team’s fourth World Championship in the 13-year history of the Fall Classic. As it did last season, Boston plays its Fall Classic home games in their crosstown National League rival’s larger ballpark, allowing more fans to attend the game than if played at Fenway Park.
1920 At Cleveland’s League Park, the Indians’ hurler Stan Coveleski blanks the Robins on five hits, 3-0, to win the franchise’s first World Championship. The Tribe gives up only eight runs in the Fall Classic, taking the best of nine series five games to two.
(Ed. Note: An expectant first-time mother, Kathleen Daly Chapman, whose husband, Ray, was fatally hit by a pitch during the season, received a full World Series share from the club. In 1928, the shortstop widow died from ingesting poison, predeceasing the couple’s daughter, Rae-Marie, a victim of a measles epidemic the next year while living with her grandmother.- LP)
1923 In front of the largest crowd in baseball history, 62,430 fans are on hand to see Casey Stengel hit his second World Series home run. The round-tripper proves to be the difference when Giants hurler Art Nehf outduels Yankees’ starter Sam Jones in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 1-0.
1929 The A’s, trailing 8-0 during Game 4 of the World Series, erupt for ten runs in the seventh inning off three Cub pitchers en route to a 10-8 victory. Chicago’s Hack Wilson becomes one of the game’s goats when he loses two balls in the sun in center field.
1948 The Yankees surprise their fans and a skeptical press when they name Casey Stengel to replace Bucky Harris as the team’s manager. In his previous stints as the skipper with the National League’s Braves and Dodgers, the ‘Old Perfesser’ had never finished higher than fifth place.
1949 Vin Scully, working his first broadcast ever, does the play-by-play when Maryland defeats Boston University at Fenway Park, 14-13. The football assignment marks the start of a 67-year career in the broadcast booth for the Hall of Fame baseball announcer, who becomes the iconic voice of the Dodgers.
1954 Although a group comes forward to keep the team in Philadelphia, the American League owners approve the sale of the A’s to Arnold Johnson, a Chicago businessman planning to shift the team to Kansas City next season. The last-minute deal to keep the franchise in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ includes Charlie Finley, who will eventually buy the team after moving to KC, taking the club to Oakland in 1968.
1958 Willie Mays makes his first appearance in New York since the Giants moved to San Francisco when his barnstorming NL All-Stars beat Mickey Mantle’s American League All-Stars, 6-2. Before the game, the ‘Say Hey Kid,’ who thrills the Yankee Stadium crowd of 21,129 with a 4-for-5 day at the plate, bests ‘The Mick’ in a home run hitting contest, 2-1.
1963 At the last game featuring major leaguers played at the historic Polo Grounds, the Latin stars from the National League beat their AL peers, 5-2, in the first and only Hispanic Major League All-Star Game. Future Hall of Famers Luis Aparicio, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, and Juan Marichal are on hand to see Vic Power, a native of Puerto Rico, honored as the number-one Latin American player during a pregame ceremony before the postseason exhibition.
1965 Larry Bowa, who did not make the baseball team during his first three years in high school, signs as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia. The persistent infielder, who made the C. K. McClatchy squad as a senior, will be given the Phillies’ starting shortstop position in 1970 by Phillies’ skipper Frank Lucchesi, an admirer of the 24-year-old’s fiery personality.
1967 Lou Brock becomes the third player in major league history to accomplish a trio of thefts in a World Series contest. The three stolen bases during the Cardinals’ 7-2 victory over Boston in Game 7 gives the speedy St. Louis left fielder seven for the series, establishing a new Fall Classic mark.
(Ed. Note: Next season, in the team’s seven-game loss to the Tigers, Brock, again, steals seven bases to equal his own record. – LP)
1967 Boston’s Impossible Dream ends when Cardinals’ ace Bob Gibson throws a three-hitter, his third complete game in the Fall Classic, beating the Red Sox, 7-2. The team’s slogan for the season, based on the hit song from the musical “Man of La Mancha,” became popular as the ninth-place team from last year won the AL flag on the last day of the campaign in a pennant race involving four teams and came up one game short from being the World Champions.
1969 Al Weis’s timely ninth-inning hit, combined with the two-hitter tossed by Jerry Koosman and Ron Taylor, enable the Mets to even the Fall Classic with the Orioles at one game apiece. New York will win the next three games, all played at Shea Stadium, to finish their amazing season with a World Championship.
1972 After clinching the pennant with a 2-1 victory in Game 5 of the ALCS, Blue Moon Odom and Vida Blue give new meaning to the term Swingin’ A’s when the starting pitcher and the game’s closer begin to brawl in the clubhouse. Odom, who left after five innings having allowed a run on two hits, takes exception to the universal choke sign made by Vida Blue when the reliever used the gesture to answer his own question, “How come you starters can’t finish what you begin.”
1972 In Game 5 of the ALCS, the A’s clinch their first American League pennant since 1931 by beating Detroit at Tiger Stadium, 2-1. Oakland’s Blue Moon Odom goes the first five innings, giving up one run on two hits, and Vida Blue shuts down the opponents for a four-inning save.
1982 In Game 1, Brewers’ leadoff batter Paul Molitor becomes the first player to collect five hits in a World Series game. The third baseman’s 5-for-6 Fall Classic performance helps Milwaukee rout the Cardinals, 10-0, the largest shutout margin since the Yankees blanked the Bucs 12-0 in 1960.
1983 At Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, the Orioles even the series at one game apiece when they defeat the Phillies, 4-1. In a battle between rookie pitchers, 26-year-old Mike Boddicker throws a three-hitter, besting 24-year-old Charles Hudson when John Lowenstein paces the Birds’ offense with three hits, including a fifth-inning home run.
1986 The Angels, ahead 5-4 and one strike away from going to the World Series, see their lead vanish when Dave Henderson, who had Bobby Grich’s fly ball bounce over the fence off the heel of his glove, hits a two-run homer off Donnie Moore, putting the Red Sox ahead, 6-5. California will tie the Anaheim Stadium contest in the bottom of the frame, but Boston will prevail, scoring the deciding run in the 11th inning on a Henderson sac fly.
1987 The Twins win their first American League pennant in 22 years, beating Detroit at Tiger Stadium, 9-7. Minnesota, posting the worst road record (29-52) in history for a playoff team, won two of three games in the Motor City to capture the best-of-7 ALCS in five games.
1997 Livan Hernandez, with a complete-game performance at Pro Player Stadium, strikes out 15 Braves in the Marlins’ 2-1 victory in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS. The rookie right-hander, also the winner in Game 2 for the eventual World Champs, is named the MVP of the NL’s championship series.
2001 Tom Kelly retires as the Twins’ skipper. During his 15-season tenure, the longest among current managers, he won two World Series titles and compiled a record of 1140-1244 for the small-market team.
2003 With his team losing three consecutive playoff games and on the brink of elimination in the NLCS, Marlins starter Josh Beckett sends the series back to Chicago, striking out 11 Chicago batters en route to tossing a two-hit 4-0 shutout at Pro Player Stadium. Florida will complete their stunning comeback by winning the final two games at Wrigley Field, including the infamous Game 6 that will make Steve Bartman an instant villain in the Windy City.
2003 Thirty-five years after creating controversy with his non-traditional rendition of the song, Jose Feliciano sings the Star-Spangled Banner at the Marlins’ NLCS game against the Cubs at Pro Player Stadium. The singer’s gospelized version of the national anthem sung before Game 5 of the 1968 World Series at Tiger Stadium caused such a flap that some radio stations stopped playing his records on the air.
2005 Doug Eddings’s controversial call, which he appears to signal the third out of the ninth inning, but A.J. Pierzynski takes first base as the home plate ump belatedly rules the catcher had trapped the swinging strike. Chicago will take advantage of the incident when pinch-runner Pablo Ozuna steals second and scores the winning run on Joe Crede’s double, tying the ALCS at one game apiece with a 2-1 victory over the Angels.
2007 In a move commended by environmentalists, the Devil Rays, which had decided to phase out all free parking, continues to extend its offer to all vehicles transporting four or more passengers. The decision exemplifies Tampa Bay’s continued approach to the greening of Tropicana Field and its team operations.
2009 The Phillies rally for three runs in the top of the ninth, beating the Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 of the division series to advance to the NLCS. For the second consecutive night at Coors Field, Huston Street, Colorado’s reliable closer, gives up runs in the final frame and takes the loss.
2009 The Cubs file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Wilmington, Delaware. The anticipated short-term move will allow the club’s owner, the Tribune Company, to sell the team in an $845 million deal to the family of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.’s founder, Joe Ricketts.
2010 The Rangers, behind the complete-game effort by Cliff Lee, beat Tampa Bay, 5-1, in the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS at Tropicana Field for the team’s first playoff series victory in franchise history, the last major league club to accomplish the task. Texas, who will take on the Yankees for the AL flag, lost three previous playoff appearances with first-round losses to the Bronx Bombers in 1996 and 1998-99.
2012 Twice within a strike of reaching the NLCS, the Nationals suffer the worst collapse in a winner-take-all baseball postseason game when they are stunned by the visiting Cardinals. After his team takes a 6-0 advantage in the third inning and clings to a two-run lead with two outs in the ninth, Washington’s closer Drew Storen gives up four runs in the final frame, resulting in the eventual devastating 9-5 loss at Nationals Park.
2013 Anibal Sanchez becomes the second person to strike out four batters in an inning in the postseason, whiffing Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino (who reaches base on a passed ball), David Ortiz, and Mike Napoli in Detroit’s 1-0 ALCS victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The 29-year-old right-hander, whose first-frame feat matches Cubs right-hander Orval Overall’s total in Game 5 of the 1908 Fall Classic, is also the first Tiger hurler to accomplish the feat in franchise history, including the regular season.
2013 For the first time in baseball history, two playoff games on the same day end with a score of 1-0. In Game One of the ALCS, the Tigers blank the Red Sox with the lone run scoring on Jhonny Peralta’s sixth-inning sac fly, and Jon Jay’s fifth-frame sacrifice fly at Busch Stadium provides the only tally the Cardinals needed to take a 2-0 game advantage to LA in the NLCS.
2015 The Cubs homer six times en route to an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in Game 3 of the NLDS. Chicago’s sextet of round-trippers, including long balls from Kris Bryant, Starlin Castro, Dexter Fowler, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber, and Jorge Soler, sets the postseason mark for home runs by one team in a game.
2018 Brandon Woodruff becomes the first southpaw-swinging reliever to hit a postseason home run off a left-handed pitcher when he drives a Clayton Kershaw fastball 407 feet over the centerfield wall in the Brewers’ 6-5 win over the Dodgers Game 1 of the NLCS. The 25-year-old right-hander, the first Milwaukee pitcher to homer in a postseason game since Lew Burdette accomplished the feat against the Yankees in the 1958 World Series, throws two perfect innings of relief for the victory in the Miller Park contest.
2023 In the Phillies’ 3-1 victory over Braves in Game 4 to win the NLDS, Nick Castellanos, with solo shots in the fourth and sixth innings, becomes the first player to hit multiple homers in consecutive postseason games. Yesterday, the Philadelphia outfielder contributed two round-trippers in the team’s 10-2 rout of Atlanta at Citizens Bank Park.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Oct. 12
1920 — In the final race of his career, 3-year-old Man O War defeats 1919 Triple Crown winner Sir Barton in a match race, the Kenilworth Park Gold Cup. Sent off at odds of 1-20, Man o War wins by seven lengths for his 14th consecutive victory.
1940 — Tennessee registers its 17th consecutive regular-season shutout with a 53-0 rout of Tennessee-Chattanooga. The record streak started on Nov. 5, 1938, also against Tennessee-Chattanooga.
1946 — The No. 2 Texas Longhorns beat No. 1 Oklahoma 28-7. It’s the eighth 1-2 matchup in AP poll history and the first time the second-ranked team wins the game.
1976 — Don Murdoch of the New York Rangers ties an NHL record for rookies with five goals in a 10-4 victory over the Minnesota North Stars.
1979 — Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores first 3-point basket in NBA history in 1st quarter of 114-106 win v Houston at Boston Garden; game also marks debut of Boston rookie Larry Bird.
1979 — Future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Magic Johnson makes his debut for Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers; Lakers win, 103-102.
1986 — Walter Payton becomes the first NFL player to accumulate 20,000 all-purpose yards in the Chicago Bears’ 20-7 victory over the Houston Oilers. Payton has 76 yards rushing and 30 yards receiving for a career total of 20,045.
1989 — Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.
1991 — Doug Flutie of the British Columbia Lions breaks Warren Moon’s CFL record for yards passing in a season with a 582-yard performance in a 45-38 overtime loss to Edmonton.
1997 — James Stewart of the Jacksonville Jaguars becomes the fourth player in NFL history and the first since 1963 to rush for five touchdowns. All the TDs are for less than 10 yards, and he finishes with 102 yards on 15 carries in Jacksonville’s 38-21 victory over Philadelphia.
2003 — FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, Home Depot Center, Carson, CA: Nia Künzer scores winner in sudden death extra time as Germany beats Sweden, 2-1.
2003 — Michael Schumacher wins a record sixth world title. He clinches the Formula One championship by two points after finishing eighth in the Japanese Grand Prix. Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello wins the season-ending race.
2007 — Philadelphia forward Jesse Boulerice is suspended 25 games by the NHL for striking Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick, the longest single-season ban in league history.
2008 — Arizona becomes the first team in NFL history to block a punt to score the winning TD in overtime in their 30-24 win over Dallas.
2009 — Brent Seabrook scores 26 seconds into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks matched the biggest comeback in NHL history, rallying from a five-goal deficit to beat the Calgary Flames 6-5. Chicago fell behind 5-0 in the first period before overtaking the Flames.
2016 — Auston Matthews takes 40 minutes to get into the NHL record book. In the highest-scoring debut in modern NHL history, Matthews scores four goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-4 loss to Ottawa. Kyle Turris scores 37 seconds into overtime to give the Senators the season-opening victory. The 19-year-old Matthews, who was the 12th first overall pick to score in his NHL debut, gets his fourth goal with 3 seconds left in the second period.
2019 — Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first to run the marathon in under two hours (1:59:40)
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Oct. 13
1893 — The U.S. yacht Vigilant wins the America’s Cup with a three-race sweep over the British challenger Valkyrie II.
1903 — The Boston Pilgrims win the first World Series, 5 games to 3, with a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1947 — The NHL holds its first All-Star game with the All-Stars beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3. Toronto’s Harry Watson scores the game’s first goal and assists on the other two goals. Trailing 3-2 after two periods, Montreal’s Maurice Richard and Chicago’s Doug Bentley each score to give the All-Stars the win.
1960 — Bill Mazeroski opens the bottom of the ninth with a home run off Ralph Terry of the New York Yankees to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 10-9 victory and the World Series championship.
1961 — Jacky Lee of the Houston Oilers passes for 457 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-31 tie with the Boston Patriots. Charley Hennigan of the Oilers catches 13 passes for 272 yards.
1963 — Mickey Wright wins her fourth LPGA championship in six years by beating Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills and Louise Suggs by two strokes.
1982 — IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe’s gold medals from the 1912 Olympics.
1985 — Phil Simms of the New York Giants passes for 513 yards with an NFL-record 62 pass attempts in a 35-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Simms completes 40 passes with 29 for first downs, also an NFL record.
1998 — For the first time in NBA history, the league cancels regular season games after labor talks break off.
2001 — DeShaun Foster of UCLA runs for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns as the Bruins beat Washington 35-13.
2001 — Georgia Southern fullback Adrian Peterson is held to 71 yards rushing, snapping his NCAA-record streak of 36 straight regular-season games with at least 100 yards.
2011 — American Jordyn Wieber wins another gold medal, beating Russia’s Viktoria Komova for the all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Wieber, who led the Americans to the team title two days earlier, finishes with 59.382 points, just 0.033 ahead of the Russian.
2013 — Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto, six weeks removed from a bout of malaria, breaks the course mark in capturing the Chicago Marathon. Kimetto finishes in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Kenyan men. He beats the mark of 2:04:38 set by Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede last year.
2017 — Gustav Nyquist scores twice and Detroit has four goals in the third period to beat Vegas 6-3, handing the NHL’s newest franchise its first loss. Vegas is the first NHL expansion team to win its first three games.
2019 — Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Oct. 14
1945 — The Chicago Cardinals snap the longest losing streak in NFL history at 29 games with a 16-7 victory over the Chicago Bears.
1949 — Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1951 — Detroit’s Jack Christiansen returns two punts for touchdowns, but the Lions still lose, 27-21, to the Los Angeles Rams.
1962 — Houston’s George Blanda throws six touchdown passes to lead the Oilers to a 56-17 rout of the New York Titans.
1967 — The Los Angeles Kings, led by Brain Kilrea, beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 in their NHL debut. The game is held at Long Beach (Calif.) Arena. Kilrea scores two goals, including the first one in Kings history.
1973 — 42 year old future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays′ last MLB career hit, as NY Mets beat A’s, 10-7 in World Series Game 2 in Oakland.
1978 — Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs gets seven assists in a 10-7 victory over the New York Islanders.
1979 — Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL goal in a 4-4 tie with the Vancouver Canucks. Gretzky beats goaltender Glen Hanlon with the game-tying power-play goal with 1:09 remaining in the third period.
1990 — Joe Montana passes for career highs of 476 yards and six touchdowns and Jerry Rice ties an NFL record with five scoring receptions as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 45-35.
1991 — New York Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th career goal in the first period of a 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals.
2005 — Ryan Newman sets a NASCAR record by winning his fifth consecutive Busch Series race, the Charlotte 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
2006 — Mats Sundin scores his 500th career goal, completing a hat trick with a short-handed overtime game-winner and giving Toronto a 5-4 victory over Calgary. The third goal is Sundin’s 15th in overtime — the most in NHL history.
2007 — Tom Brady of New England passes for 388 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in a 48-27 win over previously unbeaten Dallas. The five TDs gives Brady the NFL mark with at least three in each of the first six games of the season.
2011 — Japan’s Kohei Uchimura becomes the first man to win three titles at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Uchimura finishes with 93.631 points in the men’s all-around, more than three points ahead of Germany’s Philipp Boy.
2012 — Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers sets a career high and ties a franchise record with six touchdown passes, three to Jordy Nelson, and the Packers rout the Houston Texans 42-24. Rodgers completes 24 of 37 passes for 338 yards and ties Matt Flynn’s single-game record for TD passes, set in last year’s regular-season finale against Detroit.
2015 — Sylvia Fowles has 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx capture their third WNBA title in five years with a 69-52 victory over the Indiana Fever in Game 5.
2018 — Stephen Gostkowski hit a 28-yard field goal as time expires, and the New England Patriots beat the Kansas City Chiefs 43-40 after blowing a big halftime lead. Tom Brady passes for 340 yards and a touchdown and runs for another score in his 200th victory as a starting quarterback, tops in NFL history. With New England leading 24-9 at halftime, Patrick Mahomes directs an impressive rally by Kansas City in the second half. He finishes 23 of 36 for 352 yards in his first loss as a starting quarterback, with three of his four TD passes going to Tyreek Hill.
2020 — The NFL cancels the Pro Bowl scheduled for January, 31, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct. 15
1933 — The Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game and suffers a 56-0 loss to the New York Giants.
1961 — Mickey Wright wins her third LPGA Championship with a rout, nine strokes ahead of Louise Suggs. Wright shoots a 3-over, 287 at the Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas for her third major title of the year and her tenth tour victory of the season.
1972 — Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks becomes the sixth NHL player with 1,000 career points. Mikita assists on Cliff Koroll’s goal in a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Chicago Stadium.
1983 — The Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs score five goals in 1 minute, 24 seconds to set an NHL record for the fastest five goals by two teams. The Maple Leafs beat the Black Hawks 10-8.
1988 — Oklahoma rushes for an NCAA-record 768 yards, including 123 by quarterback Charles Thompson. Thompson scores three touchdowns and passes for one in the first period of a 70-24 rout of Kansas State.
1988 — Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores eight points — two goals and six assists — in a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh.
1989 — Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings passes Gordie Howe as the NHL’s all-time leading scorer in a during a 5-4 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers. Gretzky flips a backhand shot past Oilers goaltender Bill Ranford with 53 seconds remaining to tie the game and pass Howe with 1,851st point. Gretzky wins the game in overtime.
1995 — The Carolina Panthers beat the New York Jets 26-15 for their first NFL victory.
2005 — Michigan gives up a touchdown to Penn State with 53 seconds left, then marches down the field to score on a TD pass from Chad Henne to Mario Manningham with no time remaining for a 27-25 win over the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions.
2005 — Southern California’s Matt Leinart pushes and spins his way into the end zone with 3 seconds left to cap a chaotic finish to the top-ranked Trojans’ 28th straight victory, a back-and-forth 34-31 win over No. 9 Notre Dame.
2008 — Fabian Brunnstrom scores three goals in his NHL debut to match the league record in Dallas’ 6-4 victory over Nashville.
2009 — Detroit’s Nicklas Lidstrom becomes the first European defenseman and eighth overall to reach 1,000 points, assisting on two goals in the Red Wings 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
2012 — The Nets bring professional sports back to Brooklyn with a preseason victory, beating the Washington Wizards 98-88 in the first basketball game at the Barclays Center.
2015 — Carey Price makes 25 saves and the Montreal Canadiens make team history by starting a season with a five straight wins, the latest a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers.
2017 — New England quarterback Tom Brady passes for 257 yards with two touchdowns in the Patriots’ 24-17 win at the New York Jets. Brady, who has 187 regular-season victories, surpasses Hall of Famer Brett Favre (186) and Peyton Manning (186) for the most regular-season victories by a starting quarterback in NFL history.
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Oct. 16
1897 — Michigan beats Ohio State 34-0 at Ann Arbor, the first meeting between theses storied rivals.
1909 — In his 4th title defense Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round at Mission St Arena, Colma, California to retain his heavyweight boxing crown.
1932 — After a 0-0 tie earlier in the season, the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 2-0.
1946 — Detroit’s Gordie Howe scores a goal and gets into two fights in his first NHL game. The Red Wings tie the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3.
1964 — Babe Parilli of the Boston Patriots passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-43 tie with the Oakland Raiders.
1968 — Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salutes during the medal ceremonies of the 200-meter race and are later banned for life from all Olympic competition by the IOC.
1971 — Norm Ullman of the Toronto Maple Leafs records his 1,000th point in a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers. Ullman gets two assists to become the fourth NHL player to reach the milestone.
1976 — Tony Franklin of Texas A&M kicks two field goals over 60 yards for an NCAA record. The distances are 65 and 64 yards as the Aggies beat Baylor 24-0.
1977 — The Denver Broncos intercept seven passes off Ken Stabler of the Oakland Raiders in a 30-7 victory.
1977 — The Minnesota Vikings beat the Chicago Bears 16-10 in overtime with the only successful fake field goal in NFL overtime.
1987 — Mike Tyson retains his undisputed heavyweight title with a seven-round knockout of Tyrell Biggs in Atlantic City, N.J.
1999 — Fourth-ranked Virginia Tech hangs a record-setting 62-0 loss on No. 16 Syracuse. It’s the worst shutout loss by a ranked team in the history of The Associated Press poll.
1999 — Mount Union beats Otterbein 44-20 for its 48th consecutive victory, surpassing Oklahoma’s 42-year-old all-division mark of 47 in a row.
2004 — 17-year old Lionel Messi makes his league debut for FC Barcelona in a 1-0 win against cross-town rivals Espanyol.
2004 — Mount Union beats Marietta 57-0 for its 100th consecutive regular-season victory. The Purple Raiders’ last regular-season loss was on Oct. 15, 1994, at home against Baldwin-Wallace.
2011 — Danell Leyva becomes the first American man gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Championships since 2003. Leyva wins the parallel bars title to become the first gold medalist for the U.S. since Paul Hamm claimed the floor exercise and all-around titles in 2003.
2011 — Dan Wheldon, 33, dies in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his car flew over another on Lap 13 and smashes into the wall just outside turn 2.
2017 — Louisville’s Athletic Association officially fires coach Rick Pitino nearly three weeks after the school acknowledged that its men’s basketball program is being investigated as part of a federal corruption probe. The association, which oversees Louisville’s sports programs and is composed of trustees, faculty, students and administrators, vote unanimously to oust the longtime Cardinals coach following a board meeting.
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Oct. 17
1948 — The Green Bay Packers intercept seven passes off Bob Waterfield in a 16-0 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
1954 — Adrian Burk of the Philadelphia Eagles passes for seven touchdowns in a 49-21 victory over the Washington Redskins. Burk completes 19 of 27 passes for 232 yards and his longest touchdown pass is 26 yards.
1960 — The National League formally awards franchises to the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc. headed by Joan Payson and a Houston, Texas, group headed by Judge Roy Hofheinz, Craig Cullinan and R.E. Smith.
1964 — Quarterback Jerry Rhome is responsible for 56 of Tulsa’s 58 points with seven touchdown passes, two rushing touchdowns and a 2-point conversion in a 58-0 shutout of Louisville.
1974 — The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Black Hawks 4-3 at the Capital Centre to earn the first victory in franchise history.
1989 — The Calgary Flames tie an NHL record by scoring two goals, both short-handed, in 4 seconds and also three goals in a 27-second span during the third period to pull into an 8-8 tie with the Quebec Nordiques.
1991 — Paul Coffey of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the highest-scoring defenseman in NHL history. Coffey gets two assists in an 8-5 victory against the New York Islanders at the Civic Arena, giving him 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists). Coffey passes longtime Islanders star Denis Potvin.
1991 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the 3rd jockey to win 7,000 races.
1992 — Jari Kurri of the Los Angeles Kings scores his 500th goal in an 8-6 win over the Boston Bruins. Kurri becomes the first European-trained player and 18th player overall to reach the mark.
2000 — Patrick Roy sets an NHL record with his 448th career victory as Colorado beats Washington 4-3 in overtime. Roy snaps a tie with Terry Sawchuk, who held the mark since 1970. Sawchuk earned his 447th victory in his 968th game, while Roy wins No. 448 in his 847th game.
2015 — Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raul with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante.
2015 — Jalen Watts-Jackson scoops up a flubbed punt attempt and lumbers 38 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the game, giving No. 7 Michigan State a shocking 27-23 win over No. 12 Michigan at the Big House.
2017 — Boston’s Gordon Hayward breaks his left ankle just five minutes into the season, a grisly injury that overshadows Kyrie Irving’s return to Cleveland and the Cavaliers’ 102-99 win over the shocked Celtics.
2021 — The Chicago Sky defeat the Phoenix Mercury 81-74 to win their first WNBA Championship three games to one. The Sky’s Kahleah Copper is named Finals MVP.
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