22 October 2005
- NCAA College Football: AP Top 25
- Golf: Tiger Woods misses the cut at the Funai Classic at Walt Disney World after finishing his second round this morning (rain pushed the completion of round two to today) with an overall two-round score of 3-under. Vijay Singh also misses the cut, shooting 4-under. It's Woods' second missed cut this year; Singh's third.
- Major League Baseball playoffs
- NFL Week 6
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- At The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas: Atlanta Falcons 34, New Orleans Saints 31: After a miss from 41 yards was called back for a penalty, the Falcons' Todd Peterson kicks a game-winning field goal as time expires.
- Carolina Panthers 21, Detroit Lions 20: Ricky Proehl catches a three-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Chris Weinke with 32 seconds left for the Panthers.
- Cincinnati Bengals 31, Tennessee Titans 23: Carson Palmer completes 27 of 33 passes for 272 yards and two touchdowns for the Bengals.
- Baltimore Ravens 16, Cleveland Browns 3: The Ravens defense forces four turnovers and holds the Browns' offense to 186 total yards.
- Jacksonville Jaguars 23, Pittsburgh Steelers 17 (OT): Tommy Maddox, playing for an injured Ben Roethlisberger, throws three interceptions, the last of which is returned for the game-winning touchdown by Rashean Mathis.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27, Miami Dolphins 13: Ricky Williams carries only five times for eight yards in his first game after a one-year retirement and a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, while the Bucs' Michael Pittman rushes for 127 yards. However, Bucs' QB Brian Griese was lost for the season with a torn ACL and MCL on his left knee.
- Chicago Bears 28, Minnesota Vikings 3: The Bears sack Daunte Culpepper four times and intercept him twice.
- Dallas Cowboys 16 , New York Giants 13 (OT): Drew Bledsoe throws for 312 yards, and José Cortez kicks a 45-yard field goal in overtime.
- Kansas City Chiefs 28, Washington Redskins 21: Chiefs defensive end Jared Allen records three sacks and forces two fumbles. Redskins WR Santana Moss catches ten passes for 173 yards in the loss.
- Denver Broncos 28, New England Patriots 20: The Broncos hold off a furious comeback attempt to win their fifth-straight game.
- Buffalo Bills 27, New York Jets 17: The Bills sack Vinny Testaverde five times and pick him off twice, while Willis McGahee rushes for 143 yards and a TD.
- San Diego Chargers 27, Oakland Raiders 14: LaDainian Tomlinson throws, catches and runs for a touchdown for the second time this season, and the Chargers defense holds the Raiders to 39 rushing yards. Tomlinson also equals Lenny Moore's forty-year-old record of scoring a TD in 18 consecutive games.
- Seattle Seahawks 42, Houston Texans 10: The Seahawks set a team record with 320 rushing yards against the winless Texans with Shaun Alexander accounting for 141 of those yards and four touchdowns.
Bye Week: Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers.
- NHL
- NCAA football AP Top 25:
- No. 1 Southern Cal 34, No. 9 Notre Dame 31: The Trojans win their 28th straight game in wild fashion. With Notre Dame up by three, quarterback Matt Leinart fumbles out of bounds on the one-yard-line, the clock expires, and fans crowd the field. But the officials rule there should be seven seconds left. USC signals as if they were planning to throw the ball away to stop the clock and try a field goal, but Leinart sneaks into the end zone (with a little shove in assist from teammate Reggie Bush) to win the game.
- No. 2 Texas 42, No. 24 Colorado 17.
- Virginia 26, No. 4 Florida State 21.
- No. 5 Georgia 34, Vanderbilt 17.
- No. 6 Alabama 13, Ole Miss 10: Jamie Christenson hits a 31-yard field goal as time expires to move the Crimson Tide to 6-0.
- No. 7 Miami (Fla.) 34, Temple 3
- Michigan 27, No. 8 Penn State 25: Mario Manningham catches a 10-yard touchdown pass on the last play to hand the Nittany Lions their first loss of the season.
- No. 11 LSU 21, No. 10 Florida 17
- No. 12 UCLA 44, Washington State 41 (OT)
- No. 13 Texas Tech 59, Kansas State 20.
- No. 14 Boston College 35, Wake Forest 30.
- No. 15 Ohio State 35, No. 16 Michigan State 24
- Oregon State 23, No. 18 California 20
- West Virginia 46, No. 19 Louisville 44 (3 OT): Freshman Steve Slaton rushes for five touchdowns in the fourth quarter and overtime for the Mountaineers.
- No. 20 Oregon 45, Washington 20
- No. 21 Auburn 34, Arkansas 17
- No. 23 Wisconsin 38, No. 22 Minnesota 34: The Badgers score a touchdown on a blocked punt with thirty seconds left to win Paul Bunyan's Axe.
- No. 25 TCU 38, Army 17.
. Matches to be held 12 and 16 November; first team listed will host the first leg.
- Major League Baseball playoffs
- Major League Baseball playoffs
Teams in boldface have already qualified for Germany 2006.
- NFL:
- Major League Baseball (Non-postseason news): Ed Wade was fired as general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies after the team missed the playoffs by one game.
- Jim Beattie told reporters at a charity golf event he would not be coming back as an executive with the Baltimore Orioles. Mike Flanagan, who shared the duties with Beattie, will become full-time vice president of baseball operations.
- Major League Baseball playoffs
- Baseball: MLB playoffs:
- 2005 American League Division Series, Game 4
- 2005 National League Division Series, Game 4
- Houston Astros 7, Atlanta Braves 6 (18 innings)
- WP: Roger Clemens. LP: Joey Devine. HRs: Atl — Adam LaRoche (Grand Slam), Brian McCann; Hou — Lance Berkman (Grand Slam), Brad Ausmus, Chris Burke. In the longest post-season game ever in terms of innings (18) and time (five hours, 50 minutes), the Astros overcame a 6-1 deficit and used three homers: a grand slam by Lance Berkman in the eighth, a game-tying home run by Brad Ausmus in the ninth with two out and a walk-off homer by Chris Burke with one out in the eighteenth inning to eliminate the Braves for the second straight year and advance to a NLCS rematch with the St. Louis Cardinals. Both teams hit grand slam homers — Adam LaRoche for the Braves, Berkman for the 'Stros — a post-season first. Astros win series, 3-1.
- NFL: Week 5
- Detroit Lions 35, Baltimore Ravens 17 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Cleveland Browns 20, Chicago Bears 10 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Buffalo Bills 20, Miami Dolphins 10 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- New England Patriots 31, Atlanta Falcons 28: Adam Vinatieri kicks a 29-yard field goal with 20 seconds left to give New England a win in the Georgia Dome. The Falcons were without Michael Vick, who sat out with an injury. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Green Bay Packers 52, New Orleans Saints 3: The Packers' 52 points are the most they have scored since 1983 and the margin of victory their biggest in 39 years. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- New York Jets 14, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12: Curtis Martin rushed for two touchdowns as Vinny Testaverde wins his first start of the year. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Seattle Seahawks 37, St. Louis Rams 31 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Tennessee Titans 34, Houston Texans 20 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Indianapolis Colts 28, San Francisco 49ers 3 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Carolina Panthers 24, Arizona Cardinals 20 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Dallas Cowboys 33, Philadelphia Eagles 10 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Denver Broncos 21, Washington Redskins 19 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
- Jacksonville Jaguars 23, Cincinnati Bengals 20 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
Bye Week: Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders.
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