September 2007 in Sports - 29 September 2007 (Saturday)

29 September 2007 (Saturday)

• Major League Baseball:
  • American League:
    • Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 4
    • Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 3
      • Boston clinches the No. 1 seed in the AL playoffs; Cleveland is No. 2.
  • National League playoff races:
    • New York Mets 13, Florida Marlins 0
      • John Maine carries a no-hitter into the eighth inning, and the Mets stop their slide in a game that featured a bench-clearing brawl in the fifth inning.
    • Washington Nationals 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2
      • The Phillies fall back into a tie with the Mets for the NL East lead. If the teams remain tied after Sunday's season-closing games, they will meet in a one-game playoff Monday in Philadelphia.
    • Milwaukee Brewers 4, San Diego Padres 3 (11 innings)
      • Tony Gwynn, Jr. victimizes his father's former team with a two-out triple off Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, and the Brewers go on to win. The Padres' loss gives Arizona both the NL West title and home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs.
    • Colorado Rockies 11, Arizona Diamondbacks 1
      • The Rockies remain alive in the wild-card race.

• American football:
  • NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
    • (1) USC 27, Washington 24
      • The Trojans outgain the Huskies, 463 yards to 188, but Washington remains in the game until the end due to USC miscues.
    • (2) LSU 34, Tulane 9
    • Colorado 27, (3) Oklahoma 24
      • The Buffaloes score 17 unanswered points to tie the game, then win on a last-second 45-yard field goal by Kevin Eberhart.
    • Auburn 20, (4) Florida 17
      • Wes Byrum kicks the game-winning 43-yard field goal as the Tigers top the Gators for the second-straight year.
    • (6) California 31, (11) Oregon 24
      • With seconds remaining, Golden Bears cornerback Marcus Ezeff forces Ducks wide receiver Cameron Colvin to fumble the ball on Cal's 1-yard line. The ball goes into and out of the end zone, resulting in a touchback and Cal win.
    • Kansas State 41, (7) Texas 21
      • The Wildcats return a punt, kickoff and one of Colt McCoy's four interceptions for touchdowns.
    • (8) Ohio State 30, Minnesota 7
    • (9) Wisconsin 37, Michigan State 34
    • Maryland 34, (10) Rutgers 24
      • Maryland puts up 246 rushing yards on the Scarlet Knights and wins despite an injury to starting quarterback Jordan Steffy.
    • (12) Boston College 24, Massachusetts 14
    • Georgia Tech 13, (13) Clemson 3
      • The Tigers miss four field goals, fumble a kickoff and have a punt blocked.
    • (14) Kentucky 45, Florida Atlantic 17
      • Andre' Woodson's major-college record for most consecutive pass attempts without an interception ends at 325, but he also throws for a career-high five TDs.
    • (15) Georgia 45, Mississippi 17
    • (16) South Carolina 38, Mississippi State 21
    • (17) Virginia Tech 17, North Carolina 10
      • The Hokies offense sputters, but the defense comes up with key takeaways and fourth-down stops.
    • (19) Hawaiʻi 48, Idaho 20
    • Illinois 27, (21) Penn State 20
      • The Nittany Lions' Anthony Morelli is intercepted as he threw for the end zone on the last play of the game, giving Ron Zook's surprise Illini a 5–1 record.
    • Florida State 21, (22) Alabama 14
    • (23) Arizona State 41, Stanford 3
    • (24) Cincinnati 52, San Diego State 23
    • (25) Nebraska 35, Iowa State 17

• Basketball:
  • FIBA Oceania Championship for Women at Dunedin, New Zealand:
    • Final Australia 87–46 New Zealand – New Zealand qualify for the 2008 Olympics since Australia already qualified by virtue of winning at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women.
  • UAAP basketball Finals at Manila.
    • Juniors: La Salle 98–92 (OT) Ateneo, La Salle wins series, 2–0
    • Women: Ateneo 62–58 UP, Ateneo wins series, 2–0

• Australian rules football:
  • Australian Football League Grand Final:
    • Geelong 24.19 (163) def. Port Adelaide 6.8 (44) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

• Cricket:
  • Australian cricket team in India in 2007-08
    • 1st ODI-match abandoned

• Football (soccer):
  • Portsmouth 7–4 Reading
    • This is the highest-scoring match in the history of the English Premier League.

• Ice hockey:
  • National Hockey League season openers:
    • Los Angeles Kings 4 – 1 Anaheim Ducks

• Rugby league:
  • Super League Play-Offs: Elimination Semi-Final
    • Hull 18–21 Wigan Warriors at KC Stadium

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool B: Australia 37–6 Canada at Bordeaux
  • Pool B: Wales 34–38 Fiji at Nantes
    • In a classic game and major shock, Wales fail to get past the pool stage for the first time ever, while Fiji set up a quarter-final match against South Africa.
  • Pool C: New Zealand 85–8 Romania at Toulouse
  • Pool C: Scotland 18–16 Italy at Saint-Étienne