September 2007 in Sports - 1 September 2007 (Saturday)

1 September 2007 (Saturday)

• Figure skating:
  • 2007 Junior Grand Prix Lake Placid
    • Mens singles:
      Gold: Armin Mahbanoozadeh
      Silver: Austin Kanallakan
      Bronze: Artem Grigoriev

• American football
  • NCAA Division I FBS Week One:
    • In one of the biggest upsets in college football history, the Football Championship Subdivision's Appalachian State Mountaineers defeat the Michigan Wolverines 34–32 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan, ranked fifth in the Football Bowl Subdivision, has a field goal blocked on the last play. The Mountaineers, who have won the past two FCS titles, become the first FCS (formerly Division I-AA) team to defeat a ranked FBS (formerly Division I-A) opponent since the creation of the subdivisions in 1978. (AP via Albany Times-Union)
    • Fourth-ranked Texas is held to 21 points by the Sun Belt Conference's Arkansas State Indians. Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy throws two interceptions in the 21–13 win.
    • Florida crushes Western Kentucky, 49–3, in the first game of the Gators' national title defense.
    • After a ceremony in memory of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre, the ninth-ranked Hokies defeat East Carolina, 17–7, despite being held to 33 rushing yards.
    • Twelfth-ranked California beats No. 15 Tennessee, 45–31, and No. 18 Auburn tops Kansas State, 23–13
    • All other AP Top 25 teams playing Saturday blow out their opponents.

• Major League Baseball:
  • Starting pitcher Clay Buchholz, in his second career start, pitches a no-hitter, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 10–0 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park. He is only the second pitcher to get a no-hitter within his first two career starts since 1900, after Wilson Alvarez in 1991. He threw nine strikeouts, and gave up three walks and hit one batter.

• Basketball:
  • FIBA Americas Championship 2007 semifinals at Las Vegas
    • Argentina 91–80 Brazil
    • United States 135–91 Puerto Rico
    • Argentina and the United States advance to the finals, therefore qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
    • Brazil and Puerto Rico are eliminated from contention. However, as teams that exited in the semifinal round, Brazil and Puerto Rico join fifth-place finisher Canada in qualifying for the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament.

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