September 2008 in Sports - 14 September 2008 (Sunday)

14 September 2008 (Sunday)

• American football:
  • National Football League Week 2:
    • Tennessee Titans 24, Cincinnati Bengals 7
      • The Titans combine an effective running game with short passes from backup quarterback Kerry Collins to win in windy Paul Brown Stadium.
    • Buffalo Bills 20, Jacksonville Jaguars 16
      • Trent Edwards completes 20 of 25 passes, including the game-winner to James Hardy
    • Oakland Raiders 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8
      • Darren McFadden accounts for 164 of the Raiders' 300 rushing yards.
    • Indianapolis Colts 18, Minnesota Vikings 15
      • Peyton Manning leads the Colts back from a 15–0 deficit, then Adam Vinatieri boots a 47-yard field goal to win the game.
    • Carolina Panthers 20, Chicago Bears 17
      • The Panthers score 17 unanswered points before stopping the Bears on fourth-and-1 to go 2–0.
    • Green Bay Packers 48, Detroit Lions 25
      • Green Bay blows a 21–0 lead but scores three touchdowns off Jon Kitna interceptions in the final 3:31.
    • New York Giants 41, St. Louis Rams 13
      • Eli Manning torches the hapless Rams for three touchdowns.
    • Washington Redskins 29, New Orleans Saints 24
      • Jason Campbell hits Santana Moss for a 67-yard touchdown pass with 3:29 left; rookie Chris Horton then intercepts Drew Brees for his third turnover of the game.
    • New England Patriots 19, New York Jets 10
      • In his first start since high school, Matt Cassel makes no mistakes and the Pats spoil Brett Favre's home debut with the Jets.
    • Arizona Cardinals 31, Miami Dolphins 10
      • Kurt Warner carves up the Dolphins defense, going 19-for-24 with three TDs, all to Anquan Boldin, and 361 yards.
    • Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, Atlanta Falcons 9
      • The Bucs intercept Matt Ryan twice, and Earnest Graham runs for 116 yards, including a 68-yard TD run with 3:23 left that seals the win.
    • San Francisco 49ers 33, Seattle Seahawks 30 (OT)
      • J.T. O'Sullivan throws for 321 yards, leading to Joe Nedney's game-winning field goal from 40 yards.
    • Denver Broncos 39, San Diego Chargers 38
      • After a blown call keeps the Broncos alive, Jay Cutler hits Eddie Royal for a TD with 29 seconds left. Coach Mike Shanahan goes for two, and Cutler connects with Royal for the winning points. Brandon Marshall catches a team-record 18 passes for Denver.
    • Pittsburgh Steelers 10, Cleveland Browns 6
      • In the rements of Hurricane Ike, which postponed the Baltimore Ravens–Houston Texans game until November 9 due to damage to the retractable roof at Reliant Stadium, the Steelers win thanks to the only touchdown of the game by the Steelers' Hines Ward.

Bye week: Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens.

• Auto racing:
  • Formula One:
    • Italian Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy
      • (1) Sebastian Vettel (2) Heikki Kovalainen (3) Robert Kubica
      • Sebastian Vettel gives the Toro Rosso team their first-ever Grand Prix win, and at 700121000000000000021 years, 700173000000000000073 days old becomes the youngest-ever winner of a Formula 1 race.
  • FIA GT Championship:
    • Brno 2 Hours, at Brno Circuit, Czech Republic:
      • (1) Karl Wendlinger & Ryan Sharp (2) Mike Hezemans & Fabrizio Gollin (3) Christophe Bouchut & Xavier Maassen
  • Sprint Cup:
    • Sylvania 300 in Loudon, New Hampshire, United States
      • (1) Greg Biffle (2) Jimmie Johnson (3) Carl Edwards
  • V8 Supercar:
    • L&H 500 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
      • (1) Garth Tander & Mark Skaife (2) Jamie Whincup & Craig Lowndes (3) Will Davison & Steven Johnson

• Baseball:
  • In a game moved to Milwaukee due to the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in Houston, Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs throws a no-hitter against the Houston Astros. This is the second no-hitter this season, the first by a Cubs pitcher since 1972, and the first no-hitter at a neutral site in Major League Baseball history.

• Motorcycle racing:
  • Moto GP:
    • Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana, United States:
      • (1) Valentino Rossi (2) Nicky Hayden (3) Jorge Lorenzo

• Tennis:
  • Fed Cup Final in Madrid, Spain:
    • Russia def. Spain 4–0
  • ATP Tour:
    • Romanian Open in Bucharest, Romania:
      • Final: Gilles Simon def. Carlos Moyá 6–3 6–4
  • WTA Tour:
    • Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia:
      • Final: Patty Schnyder def. Tamira Paszek 6–3 6–0