November 2005 in Sports - 6 November 2005 (Sunday)

6 November 2005 (Sunday)

• Auto racing
  • NASCAR 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: Carl Edwards edges Roush Racing teammate Mark Martin to win the Dickies 500. Tony Stewart's points lead over Jimmie Johnson narrowed to 35 points. (NASCAR.com)
  • Champ Car: Justin Wilson wins the season-ending El Gran Premio de Mexico City. (Champ Car Web Site)
  • A1 Grand Prix: A1 Team France wins both the sprint and feature races of the Australian round of the 2005–06 championship. (Pitpass)
• Canadian Football League, Week 20 – Calgary Stampeders quarterback Henry Burris carries to team to a 43–23 victory over archrivals Edmonton Eskimos, giving both teams identical 11–7 records. The two teams will meet again at McMahon Stadium in the Western Division semifinal next week. (TSN)
• NFL Week 9
  • Atlanta Falcons 17, Miami Dolphins 10: The Falcons make eleven third-down conversions, while the Dolphins go 0-for-9 on third.
  • Carolina Panthers 34, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14: Steve Smith has his sixth 100-yard receiving game and Chris Gamble returns one of two Chris Simms pass interceptions for a 61-yard touchdown.
  • Cincinnati Bengals 21, Baltimore Ravens 9: Carson Palmer throws for 248 yards and two touchdowns to keep the Bengals in first place in the AFC North.
  • Minnesota Vikings 27, Detroit Lions 14: Michael Bennett, who enters the game when Mewelde Moore sprains his wrist, runs for 106 yards on 18 carries.
  • Jacksonville Jaguars 21, Houston Texans 14: Greg Jones' 12-yard touchdown run with 2:53 to go turns out to be the winning score.
  • Kansas City Chiefs 27, Oakland Raiders 23: Starting on his own 28-yard line with 1:45 to go, Trent Green leads Kansas City on a game-winning drive that ends with a one-yard Larry Johnson touchdown run with one second left in the game.
  • San Diego Chargers 31, New York Jets 26: LaDainian Tomlinson scores a career-high four touchdowns, and the Chargers hold off a furious comeback attempt by Brooks Bollinger and the Jets.
  • Cleveland Browns 20, Tennessee Titans 14: Reuben Droughns gains 116 yards rushing and 73 receiving as the Browns break a three-game losing streak.
  • At LSU Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Chicago Bears 20, New Orleans Saints 17: "Da Bears" win on a 28-yard field goal by Robbie Gould with ten seconds left.
  • New York Giants 24, San Francisco 49ers 6: The Giants hold the 49ers to 138 total yards and five first downs. Brandon Jacobs scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to seal the win.
  • Seattle Seahawks 33, Arizona Cardinals 19: Shaun Alexander rushes for 173 yards and two touchdowns, including an 88-yard touchdown to open the second half.
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 20, Green Bay Packers 10: No Ben Roethlisberger, no Jerome Bettis and no Willie Parker? No problem for the Steelers, who fail to make a third-down conversion and throw for only 59 yards. They still win thanks to a stingy defense that forces three turnovers, including a Troy Polamalu touchdown on a 77-yard return of a Brett Favre fumble.
  • Washington Redskins 17, Philadelphia Eagles 10: Donovan McNabb throws for 304 yards but is picked off by Ryan Clark at Washington's three-yard line with 1:30 left.

Bye Week: Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams.

• Cricket:
  • Australia (435 & 289–2d) complete a four-day victory over the West Indies (210 & 129) by 379 runs in the first Test of the 3-Test series. Ricky Ponting scores centuries in both innings, while Shane Warne and Brett Lee gets five-fors in the first and second innings respectively. Nathan Bracken takes career-best figures in the second innings, with four for 48, while only one West Indies batsman passes 50 in any innings – Devon Smith, with 88 in the first. West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul states that this was "probably the worst we've had so far." (Cricinfo) (Cricinfo interview)
  • Sri Lanka (286 for 5) break India's (285 for 8) four-match winning streak with a five-wicket victory in the fifth ODI at Ahmedabad. India bats first, and after scores of 103 from Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid they make 285, despite Farveez Maharoof getting a bowling analysis of 5–0–20–4. Maharoof is subbed on for Nuwan Zoysa (5–0–29–2) in the 14th over. After two wickets from Ajit Agarkar, Sri Lanka are 155 for 5, but Tillakaratne Dilshan makes 81 to guide them to their first win on tour – but they're still 1–4 down in the 7-match series. (Cricinfo)

• Soccer: MLS Cup 2005 Playoffs: Conference Finals
  • Eastern Conference Final: New England Revolution 1, Chicago Fire 0: Clint Dempsey scores the match's only goal in the fourth minute. A controversial moment occurred near the end of the game when Chicago thought they had leveled the score by Gonzalo Segaras, but referee Terry Vaughn disallowed it as assistant referee George Gerner rules Segaras was offside, leading to the sending off of Fire player Andy Herron for abusive language and a scuffle after the final whistle blew at midfield. The Revs will now face the Galaxy in the MLS Cup final on November 13 in Frisco, Texas in a rematch of the 2002 final, which the Galaxy won in extra time 1–0.
• Football: English Premiership
  • Chelsea's 40 match unbeaten run in the FA Premier League is ended by a 1–0 defeat by CManchester United.

World Middleweight Armwrestling Champion Chris Coletti will suffer a massive stroke in 2 days at his home.