December 2005 in Sports - 3 December 2005 (Saturday)

3 December 2005 (Saturday)

• NCAA Men's College Basketball
  • (4) Villanova 85, (5) Oklahoma 74: In an early matchup of Top 5 teams, Villanova's outstanding guard play is enough to outscore Oklahoma's stars. Villanova star Randy Foye accounted for 32 of Nova's points on the night, while often injured big man Jason Fraser added 10 of his own. It was the 4th game for Nova who go to 4–0 and was the fifth for Oklahoma who fall to 4–1. Both teams are thought of as perennial contenders for the final four.
  • North Carolina 83, (10) Kentucky 79: Defending champion North Carolina, who is unranked coming into the game, defeats Top 10 team Kentucky behind 25 points from Reyshawn Terry and 6 from freshman star Tyler Hansbrough, who also had 9 rebounds. UNC improved to 4–1, while Kentucky fell to 5–2.

• Boxing: Jermain Taylor defeats Bernard Hopkins by a razor-thin unanimous decision, scoring 115–113 on all three ringside judges' scorecards and retains the undisputed middleweight championship in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• NCAA College Football (Includes all AP Top 25 teams)
  • Conference Championship Games
    • Conference USA: Tulsa 44, UCF 27: The Golden Hurricane storm into the Citrus Bowl, upset the home team and earn a trip to the Liberty Bowl.
    • Big 12 at Reliant Stadium, Houston: Texas 70, Colorado 3: The Longhorns steamroll into the Rose Bowl with a six-touchdown performance in the first half. Heisman Trophy candidate Vince Young was responsible for four of those touchdowns, three through the air and running in another.
    • SEC at Georgia Dome, Atlanta: (13) Georgia 34, (3) LSU 14: The "homestanding" Bulldogs, led by D.J. Shockley, upset the Tigers and will return to Atlanta to meet West Virginia in the Sugar Bowl as the game moves from its regular home at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans due to damage suffered by Hurricane Katrina.
    • ACC at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida: Florida State 27, (5) Virginia Tech 22: The Seminoles win the first ACC Championship Game in a stunning upset of the Hokies, mostly due to turnovers and in spite of a late comeback by VPI. Next for Bobby Bowden: A date in the Orange Bowl against Joe Paterno and the Penn State Nittany Lions.
  • Army–Navy Game in Philadelphia: Despite a 257-yard, three touchdown performance from Army QB Zac Dahman, Navy wins their fourth straight game, 42–23 behind 490 yards rushing, 129 of them by Adam Ballard. The Poinsettia Bowl-bound Midshipmen take home the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, by virtue of beating both Army and Air Force for the third straight year. and now lead the series 50–49 with seven ties
  • (1) Southern California 66, (11) UCLA 19: The Trojans manhandled the Bruins to earn a trip to the Rose Bowl on January 4 against Texas, thanks to Heisman Trophy candidate Reggie Bush's 260 yards rushing and 2 TDs.
  • (12) West Virginia 28, South Florida 13
  • (16) Louisville 30, UConn 20

• Canadian football
  • Vanier Cup in Hamilton: Wilfrid Laurier 24, Saskatchewan 23: The Golden Hawks win the championship of Canadian university football on a 32-yard field goal with 19 seconds left.