November 2005 in Sports - 19 November 2005 (Saturday)

19 November 2005 (Saturday)

• NBA: The Dallas Mavericks ended the Detroit Pistons' season-opening eight-game winning streak with a 119–82 blowout of the defending Eastern Conference champions. Josh Howard led the Mavs with 26 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 23 in the blowout.
• Canadian football: Canadian Interuniversity Sport national semifinals:
  • Mitchell Bowl: (2) Saskatchewan Huskies 29, (1) Laval Rouge et Or 27: Laval missed a two-point conversion with 30 seconds left on the clock, giving Saskatchewan the victory. Saskatchewan advances to the Vanier Cup for the third time in four years, and avenge a Vanier Cup loss to Laval in 2004 by doing so. It is Laval's first loss in 19 games, dating back to last year.
  • Uteck Bowl: (3) Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 31, (10) Acadia Axemen 10: Laurier quarterback Ryan Pyear throws four touchdown passes, three of them to receiver Bryon Hickey, in the victory. It is only the second time since Laurier changed its name from Waterloo Lutheran that the Golden Hawks advance to the Vanier Cup.
• NASCAR: Ted Musgrave wins the 2005 Craftsman Truck Series Championship, and Martin Truex, Jr. wins his second straight Busch Series title after races in Homestead, Florida, the former after a rainout that was made up with an 8:40 AM US EST green flag.
• Rugby union, November Tests
  • England 19–23 New Zealand: The All Blacks stay on course for a potential "Grand Slam" over all four Home Nations, but must hold on as they play almost all of the last 24 minutes a man down, as three of their players are sin-binned in succession. (BBC)
  • Ireland 14–30 Australia: The Wallabies end their longest Test losing streak since 1969 at Lansdowne Road behind two tries from Drew Mitchell and 15 points from the boot of Mat Rogers. (BBC)
  • Italy 22–39 Argentina: Los Pumas claim their second Six Nations scalp in as many weeks.
  • Wales 16–33 South Africa: Bryan Habana scores two tries to lead the Springboks to victory in Cardiff. (BBC)
• NCAA College Football
  • AP Top 25
    • (1) Southern California 50, (16) Fresno State 42: Reggie Bush keeps the Trojans' winning streak alive with a Pac-10 record 516 all-purpose yards. An epic back-and-forth battle ends with a late SoCal interception by Darnell Bing.
    • Georgia Tech 14, (3) Miami (FL) 10: The Hurricanes' hopes of being in a BCS game are driven backwards as the Yellow Jackets upset them in a makeup game from Hurricane Wilma in Little Havana.
    • (4) LSU 40, Ole Miss 7: JaMarcus Russell's two touchdown passes lead the Bayou Bengals one step closer to a date with Georgia in the SEC title game, and only Arkansas on Friday (November 25) stands in their way.
    • (5) Penn State 31, Michigan State 22: The Nittany Lions not only win the Land Grant Trophy, but more importantly clinch the Big Ten BCS berth.
    • (6) Notre Dame 34, Syracuse 10: In an easy Irish win, Brady Quinn becomes the first Notre Dame quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a season, and also becomes the school's all-time leader in career passing yardage.
    • (7) Virginia Tech 52, Virginia 14: The Hokies keep their BCS hopes alive by winning the Commonwealth Cup. Cedric Humes runs for three touchdowns and Marcus Vick throws for two, even after some vandalism by unknown forces placing a "T" next to Virginia's logo at midfield of Scott Stadium.
    • (11) Auburn 28, (8) Alabama 18: The Tigers take a 21–0 first-quarter lead and never look back, winning their fourth consecutive Iron Bowl. Auburn's defense holds Alabama to 41 yards rushing and sacks Tide quarterback Brodie Croyle 11 times.
    • (9) Ohio State 25, (17) Michigan 21: Antonio Pittman's last-minute 3-yard touchdown seals a Buckeye victory. Troy Smith throws for 301 yards.
    • (10) Oregon 56, Oregon State 14: The Civil War left the Beavers in a fog — no pun intended — as the Ducks roll all over them at home, and post 50 points on the scoreboard for the first time in this rivalry.
    • (14) Georgia 45, Kentucky 14: The Bulldogs clinch the SEC East and the spot up the road in Atlanta for the title game in their backyard December 3. D.J. Shockley throws four touchdown passes.
    • Clemson 13, (19) South Carolina 9: James Davis scores a touchdown and the Tigers upset the Gamecocks in their backyard.
    • (21) Texas Tech 23, Oklahoma 21: Red Raiders running back Taurean Henderson scores on a two yard run as time expires.
    • (23) Boston College 31, Maryland 16: The Eagles return a fumble and an interception for touchdowns.
    • UAB 35, (24) UTEP 23: The Blazers stun the Miners at home, thanks to Darryl Hackney's four touchdown passes.
  • Other notable games:
    • In Bill Snyder's final game as Kansas State coach, he leads the program he largely built to a 36–28 win over Missouri.
    • Vanderbilt beats rival Tennessee 28–24 in Knoxville, the Commodores' first win over the Volunteers since 1982 and their first in Knoxville since 1975. This also assures that the Vols, ranked third nationally in the preseason, will not be eligible for a bowl this season.
• Speed skating: Two world records are broken on the second day of the ISU World Cup meet in the Utah Olympic Oval. Joji Kato of Japan breaks the 500 m record with a time of 34.30 seconds, beating Hiroyasu Shimizu's old record by two hundredths of a second, while Chad Hedrick's week-old 5000m record is beaten by Sven Kramer, who skated 6:08.78. (AP)