September 2005 in Sports - 18 September 2005

18 September 2005

• Golf
  • HSBC World Match Play Championship : Kiwi Michael Campbell, the 2005 US Open champion, wins the world's richest golf prize of £1,000,000 when defeating Paul McGinley of Ireland 2 and 1 in the final at Wentworth in England.
  • Jason Gore wins his first event on the PGA Tour, the 84 LUMBER Classic. Gore, who had received a "battlefield promotion" from the Nationwide Tour as a reward for winning three tournaments on that tour in 2005, shot a 2-under 70 en route to a 14-under-par final score, one shot ahead of Carlos Franco. (PGATOUR.com)
• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: Ryan Newman passes Tony Stewart with two laps to go, winning the Sylvania 300, his first win of the season. (NASCAR.com)
  • World Rally Championship – the Wales Rally Great Britain is ended after stage 15 due to the death of co-driver Michael Park. Championship leader Sébastien Loeb deliberately incurs a two minute penalty to avoid winning the title under the circumstances.
• NFL: Week Two (Designated by the NFL as "Hurricane Relief Weekend" for the benefit of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Contributions can be made at http://www.bushclintonkatrinafund.org.)
  • Carolina Panthers 27, New England Patriots 17: The Patriots commit three turnovers and Stephen Davis scores three touchdowns in a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVIII. Tom Brady throws his 100th career touchdown pass. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Indianapolis Colts 10, Jacksonville Jaguars 3: Edgerrin James runs for 128 yards but Rae Carthon scored the game-winning touchdown. Jaguars quarterback Byron Leftwich was injured late in the game, while Peyton Manning failed to throw for a touchdown. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Philadelphia Eagles 42, San Francisco 49ers 3: Donovan McNabb was 22-for-29 for 356 yards and five touchdowns — two of them to Terrell Owens — in a rout of the 49ers. Top draft pick Alex Smith made his NFL debut in this game and was 0-for-1 in the passing department. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Houston Texans 7: Willie Parker runs for 111 yards while Texans quarterback David Carr is sacked eight times. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Cincinnati Bengals 37, Minnesota Vikings 8: Chad Johnson catches a 70-yard touchdown on the second play of the game; one of three touchdown passes by Carson Palmer. Daunte Culpepper throws five interceptions. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Chicago Bears 38, Detroit Lions 6: Lions quarterback Joey Harrington throws five interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by Mike Brown, while Thomas Jones scores two touchdowns for Chicago. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Tennessee Titans 25, Baltimore Ravens 10: The Titans sack Anthony Wright six times, force two turnovers, and block a punt for a safety. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19, Buffalo Bills 3: Rookie "Cadillac" Williams runs for 128 yards and a touchdown. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Seattle Seahawks 21, Atlanta Falcons 18: Matt Hasselbeck throws two TD passes and Shaun Alexander runs for a TD to stake the Seahawks to a 21–0 halftime lead. The Seahawks nearly blow the lead, but their defense stops the Falcons late in the fourth quarter to preserve the win. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • St. Louis Rams 17, Arizona Cardinals 12: The Rams' Marc Bulger throws two TD passes, and their defense keeps the Cardinals out of the end zone all four times they advanced inside the Rams 12. Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner goes 28-for-41 with 307 yards passing against his former team. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Cleveland Browns 26, Green Bay Packers 24: Both quarterbacks, the Browns' Trent Dilfer and the Packers' Brett Favre, throw for over 300 yards and three TDs apiece, but Favre also throws two interceptions in a closely fought game. Favre becomes the third NFL quarterback, behind Dan Marino and John Elway, to throw for more than 50,000 passing yards. The uniform number 92 of late Packers great Reggie White was retired during halftime ceremonies. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • New York Jets 17, Miami Dolphins 7: The Jets defense holds the Dolphins to 66 yards rushing, and Chad Pennington leads the offense on a fourth-quarter TD drive that seals the win. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Denver Broncos 20, San Diego Chargers 17: The Broncos come back from a 14–3 halftime deficit, sparked by a Champ Bailey interception return for a TD and a defense that holds the Chargers to 41 yards of offense in the second half. Jason Elam kicks the winning field goal with 5 seconds left. Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson scores both Chargers TDs, giving him a rushing TD in 14 consecutive games, an NFL record. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Kansas City Chiefs 23, Oakland Raiders 17: Trent Green was 18-for-28 for 238 yards, and Priest Holmes carried the ball 19 times for 75 yards and a touchdown, and the rebuilt Chiefs' defense withstood a late game drive by the Raiders in Oakland's home opener. Randy Moss made his official home debut with 5 catches for 127 yards and a touchdown, while Kerry Collins was 21-for-35 and 263 yards along with the Moss touchdown. (AP/Yahoo!)
• College football:
  • The USC Trojans are ranked Number 1 by the AP for the 22nd consecutive poll, breaking the previous record set by the Miami Hurricanes during 2001 and 2002. The streak began with the poll of December 7, 2003. (AP/Yahoo!)