September 2005 in Sports - 26 September 2005

26 September 2005

• College football: Tennessee 30, LSU 27 (OT): Gerald Riggs Jr. completed a comeback by scoring on a one-yard run in overtime to give the 10th-ranked Volunteers a stunning upset over the 4th-ranked Tigers in the first game played after Hurricane Katrina in Baton Rouge which was postponed from Saturday due to Hurricane Rita.
• Major League Baseball playoff races:
  • American League:
    • New York Yankees 11, Baltimore Orioles 3
    • Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, rained out
      • The Yankees now lead the AL East by a half-game over the Red Sox, who are now a half-game behind the Cleveland Indians in the AL wild-card race. The rainout will be made up as part of a doubleheader Tuesday.
    • Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 3
      • The White Sox' lead over the Indians drops to 2 games.
    • Los Angeles Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 3
      • This result reduces the Angels' magic number in the AL West to 2.
  • National League:
    • New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5
      • The Mets stay mathematically alive for the NL wild card. The Phillies fall 1.5 games behind the idle Houston Astros for the NL wild card.
    • Washington Nationals 4, Florida Marlins 0
      • The Marlins are now all but eliminated from the wild card race.
    • Colorado Rockies 6, Atlanta Braves 5
      • The Braves' loss prevented them from clinching their 14th consecutive division title. However, one Braves win or one Phillies loss will clinch the NL East for the Braves.
    • San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 2
      • The Padres' lead over the Giants in the NL West drops to 3 games.
• NFL
  • Monday Night Football: Denver Broncos 30, Kansas City Chiefs 10: The Broncos hold the Chiefs' normally potent running game to 74 yards, and the Chiefs hurt themselves with 118 yards in penalties. Denver wide receiver Rod Smith becomes the first undrafted player to reach 10,000 yards in career receiving. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Tennessee Titans running back Travis Henry was suspended for four games for violating the NFL's steroid abuse policy.