September 2007 in Sports - 9 September 2007 (Sunday)

9 September 2007 (Sunday)

• Tennis:
  • 2007 U.S. Open - Men's Singles
    • Roger Federer d. Novak Đoković, 7–6 (4), 7–6 (2), 6–4

• American football:
  • National Football League Week 1:
    • Washington Redskins 16, Miami Dolphins 13 (OT)

    The Redskins' running tandem of Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts wear down the Dolphins; Washington wins the overtime coin toss and drives to the winning Shaun Suisham field goal.

    • Carolina Panthers 27, St. Louis Rams 13

    The Rams lead at halftime, but two costly Steven Jackson fumbles shift the momentum to Carolina for good.

    • New England Patriots 38, New York Jets 14

    In his first game as a Patriot, Randy Moss catches nine passes for 183 yards and a touchdown.

    • Pittsburgh Steelers 34, Cleveland Browns 7

    Ben Roethlisberger throws four touchdown passes; the Browns give up six sacks in the first half.

    • Green Bay Packers 16, Philadelphia Eagles 13

    Two muffed punts by the Eagles lead to 10 Green Bay points, including the game-winning 42-yard field goal by rookie Mason Crosby.

    • Houston Texans 20, Kansas City Chiefs 3

    Mario Williams has two sacks and returns a fumble 38 yards for a touchdown.

    • Minnesota Vikings 24, Atlanta Falcons 3

    The Vikings return two Joey Harrington passes for touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

    • Tennessee Titans 13 Jacksonville Jaguars 10

    The Titans rush for 272 yards, with Chris Brown picking up 175 of them.

    • Denver Broncos 15, Buffalo Bills 14

    With the clock about to expire, the Broncos manage to snap the ball for Jason Elam's 42-yard winning kick.

    Bills tight end Kevin Everett suffers a cervical spinal injury in a head-to-head collision with Broncos wide receiver Domenik Hixon, whom he was tackling on a kickoff return. He was evacuated from the field via ambulance, and underwent emergency surgery in an attempt to prevent quadriplegia.

    • Seattle Seahawks 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6

    The Bucs take an early lead with two early field goals, but fail to score the rest of the game.

    • San Diego Chargers 14, Chicago Bears 3

    LaDainian Tomlinson rushes for a touchdown, and passes for the Chargers' other.

    • Detroit Lions 36, Oakland Raiders 21

    Kicking proves vital as Jason Hanson of the Lions makes three field goals while Sebastian Janikowski of the Raiders misses all three of his FG attempts.

    • Dallas Cowboys 45, New York Giants 35
      • Tony Romo throws for 345 yards and four touchdowns on 24 passes and runs for a fifth touchdown. Eli Manning also has a four-touchdown game but leaves due to injury, as do Giants running back Brandon Jacobs and defensive end Osi Umenyiora.

• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Italy:

  (1) Fernando Alonso (2) Lewis Hamilton (3) Felipe Massa

  • IRL: Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 in Joliet, Illinois.

  (1) Dario Franchitti (2) Scott Dixon (3) Sam Hornish, Jr.

  Franchitti wins both the race and the season championship.

• Basketball:
  • EuroBasket 2007 in Spain – qualifying phase; teams that have secured a quarterfinal berth are in bold
    • Group E: Portugal 94–85 Israel
    • Group E: Greece 81–78 Croatia
    • Group E: Spain 81–69 Russia

• Figure skating:
  • 2007 Junior Grand Prix Harghita Cup
    • Mens singles:
      Gold: Adam Rippon
      Silver: Ivan Bariev
      Bronze: Takahito Mura
    • Ice dancing:
      Gold: Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
      Silver: Ekaterina Riazanova / John Guerreiro
      Bronze: Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool A: South Africa 59–7 Samoa at Parc des Princes, Paris
    • Bryan Habana scores four tries for the Springboks.
  • Pool B: Wales 42–17 Canada at Nantes
  • Pool C: Scotland 56–10 Portugal at Saint-Étienne
  • Pool D: Ireland 32–17 Namibia at Bordeaux

• Hockey
  • 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
    • India beats Korea 7–2 to life Asia Cup Hockey.