September 2007 in Sports - 8 September 2007 (Saturday)

8 September 2007 (Saturday)

• Tennis:
  • 2007 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
    • Justine Henin def. Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1 6–3

• American football:
  • NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
    • (2) LSU 48, (9) Virginia Tech 7
    • (3) West Virginia 48, Marshall 23
    • (4) Florida 59, Troy 31
    • (5) Oklahoma 51, Miami (FL) 13
    • (5) Wisconsin 20, UNLV 13
    • (7) Texas 34, (19) TCU 13
    • (10) California 34, Colorado State 28
    • South Carolina 16, (11) Georgia 12
    • (12) Ohio State 20, Akron 2

    Ohio State leads only 3–2 at halftime but goes on to win with defense. The Zips get only three first downs and are forced to punt a school-record 14 times.

    • (13) UCLA 27, BYU 17
    • (14) Penn State 31, Notre Dame 10
    • (16) Nebraska 20, Wake Forest 17

    A late end-zone interception helps the Cornhuskers avoid a major upset.

    • South Florida 26, (17) Auburn 23 (OT)
    • (20) Hawaiʻi 45, Louisiana Tech 44 (OT)
    • (21) Georgia Tech 69, Samford 14
    • Washington 24, (22) Boise State 10

    The Huskies end the Broncos' 14-game winning streak, which had been the nation's longest.

    • (23) Texas A&M 47, Fresno State 45 (3 OT)
    • (24) Tennessee 39, Southern Miss 19
    • (25) Clemson 49, UL-Monroe 26
  • Other games:
    • Oregon 39, Michigan 7
      • The Ducks provide the Wolverines their most-lopsided loss since 1968. Ducks quarterback Dennis Dixon throws for three touchdowns and runs for a fourth.

• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR: Chevy Rock & Roll 400 near Richmond, Virginia.

  (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Tony Stewart (3) David Ragan

  Johnson wins his sixth race of the season, and his second in a row. Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer clinch the last two spots in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup.

• Basketball:
  • EuroBasket 2007 in Spain – qualifying phase; teams securing a quarterfinal berth are in bold
    • Group F: France 78–66 Germany
    • Group F: Lithuania 79–74 Italy
    • Group F: Slovenia 66–51 Turkey

• Figure skating:
  • 2007 Junior Grand Prix Harghita Cup
    • Ladies singles:
      Gold: Chrissy Hughes
      Silver: Alena Leonova
      Bronze: Rumi Suizu

• Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
  • Group A: Serbia 0 – 0 Finland
  • Group A: Portugal 2 – 2 Poland
  • Group B: Scotland 3 – 1 Lithuania
  • Group B: Georgia 1 – 1 Ukraine
  • Group B: Italy 0 – 0 France
  • Group C: Hungary 1 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Group C: Malta 2 – 2 Turkey
  • Group C: Moldova 0 – 1 Norway
  • Group D: Wales 0 – 2 Germany
  • Group D: San Marino 0 – 3 Czech Republic
  • Group D: Slovakia 2 – 2 Republic of Ireland
  • Group E: England 3 – 0 Israel
  • Group E: Russia 3 – 0 Macedonia
  • Group E: Croatia 2 – 0 Estonia
  • Group F: Latvia 1 – 0 Northern Ireland
  • Group F: Iceland 1 – 1 Spain
  • Group F: Sweden 0 – 0 Denmark
  • Group G: Luxembourg 0 – 3 Slovenia
  • Group G: Belarus 1 – 3 Romania
  • Group G: Netherlands 2 – 0 Bulgaria

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool A: England 28 – 10 United States at Lens
  • Pool B: Australia 91 – 3 Japan at Lyon
  • Pool C: New Zealand 76 – 14 Italy at Marseille

• Cricket:
  • Indian cricket team in England in 2007
    • England 188/3 (36.2 ov.) beat India 187 (47.3 ov.) by 7 wickets

    England win the 7-match series 4–3.

• 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa:
  • 20,000 people attend the closing ceremony.