September 2007 in Sports - 15 September 2007 (Saturday)

15 September 2007 (Saturday)

• American football:
  • NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
    • (1) USC 49, (14) Nebraska 31
    • (2) LSU 44, Middle Tennessee 0
    • (3) Oklahoma 54, Utah State 3
    • (5) Florida 59, (22) Tennessee 20
      • Tim Tebow throws for two touchdowns and rushes for two more.
    • (6) Texas 35, Central Florida 32
      • The Knights open the new Bright House Networks Stadium by throwing a scare into the Longhorns, but Texas wins on a 46-yard Jamaal Charles touchdown.
    • (7) Wisconsin 45, The Citadel 31
      • P. J. Hill, Jr.'s four touchdowns prevent the Badgers from falling, like Michigan two weeks ago, to a lower-division team.
    • (8) California 42, Louisiana Tech 12
    • Kentucky 40, (9) Louisville 34
      • Andre' Woodson throws for four TD passes, including the game-winner with 28 seconds remaining, to give the Wildcats their first win over a top-10 team since 1977.
    • (10) Ohio State 33, Washington 14
    • Utah 44, (11) UCLA 6
      • Utes quarterback Tommy Grady throws four touchdowns in the Utes' embarrassment of the Bruins.
    • (12) Penn State 45, Buffalo 24
    • (13) Rutgers 59, Norfolk State 0
    • (21) Boston College 24, (15) Georgia Tech 10
    • Alabama 41, (16) Arkansas 38
    • (17) South Carolina 38, South Carolina State 3
    • (18) Virginia Tech 28, Ohio 7
    • (19) Oregon 52, Fresno State 21
    • (20) Clemson 38, Furman 10
    • (23) Georgia 45, Western Carolina 16
    • (24) Hawaiʻi 49, UNLV 14
    • (25) Texas A&M 54, Louisiana-Monroe 14
  • Other games:
    • Michigan 38, Notre Dame 0

• Basketball:
  • EuroBasket 2007 in Spain
    • Semifinals
      • Spain 82–77 Greece
      • Russia 86–74 Lithuania
        • Russia book their place in the 2008 Olympics. With Spain already qualified for Beijing as reigning world champions, the winner of the third-place match tomorrow between Greece and Lithuania will also book a place in Beijing, with the loser going to the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament.
    • Classification round
      • Croatia 86–69 France
      • Germany 69–65 Slovenia
        • Croatia and Germany also book places in the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament. They will be joined by the winner of the seventh-place match tomorrow between France and Slovenia.

• Figure skating:
  • 2007 Junior Grand Prix Vienna Cup
    • Ice Dancing:
      Gold: Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
      Silver: Maria Monko / Ilia Tkachenko
      Bronze: Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso
      Samuelson and Bates have earned a spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final. They are the first to do so.
    • Men's singles:
      Gold: Brandon Mroz
      Silver: Guan Jinlin
      Bronze: Artem Borodulin

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China (all times local, UTC+8)
    • Group C: Canada 4–0 Ghana, Hangzhou
    • Group D: Denmark 2–0 New Zealand, Wuhan
    • Group C: Norway 1–1 Australia, Hangzhou
    • Group D: China PR 0–4 Brazil, Wuhan

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool B: Wales 20–32 Australia at Cardiff, Wales
  • Pool C: New Zealand 108–13 Portugal at Lyon
  • Pool D: Ireland 14–10 Georgia at Bordeaux
    • Ireland narrowly avoid a sensational defeat by Georgia, a country with only eight rugby pitches and fewer than 300 registered players, trailing by 10 points to 7 at one stage.