October 2005 in Sports - 2 October 2005

2 October 2005

• Golf:
  • European Tour: Colin Montgomerie wins the Dunhill Links Championship.
  • PGA Tour: K.J. Choi wins the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro with an overall tournament score of 22-under par, his first win on Tour since 2002. (PGATour.com)
• Football: FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005
  • Third Place: Netherlands 2—1 Turkey
  • Final: Mexico 3—0 Brazil
• Rugby league: NRL Grand Final: Wests Tigers defeats North Queensland Cowboys, 30–16.
• Auto racing
  • 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: In a race marred by two big crashes at Talladega Superspeedway finishing under the "green/white/checker" rule, Dale Jarrett wins the UAW Ford 500. Tony Stewart regains the point lead by four points over Ryan Newman with seven races to go. NASCAR.com
• NFL: Week 4.
  • At the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas: New Orleans Saints 19, Buffalo Bills 7 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Denver Broncos 20, Jacksonville Jaguars 7 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17, Detroit Lions 14 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Cincinnati Bengals 16, Houston Texans 10: The Bengals go to 4–0 for the first time since 1988. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Indianapolis Colts 31, Tennessee Titans 10: The Colts offense finally got into gear as Peyton Manning threw for four touchdowns, two to Rodney Harrison. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • New York Giants 44, St. Louis Rams 24: In spite of a major performance by Rams' QB Marc Bulger, the Giants win at home. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • San Diego Chargers 41, New England Patriots 17: The Pats' 21-game home winning streak ends as RB Kevin Faulk breaks his leg. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Washington Redskins 20, Seattle Seahawks 17 (OT) (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Baltimore Ravens 13, New York Jets 3 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Oakland Raiders 19, Dallas Cowboys 13 (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Atlanta Falcons 30, Minnesota Vikings 10: Michael Vick was injured in the second quarter of the Falcons' win. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • Philadelphia Eagles 37, Kansas City Chiefs 31: Larry Johnson's fumble late in the second quarter gave the Eagles the impetus to score 31 consecutive points and roar back from a 17–6 deficit to win. The Chiefs' Dante Hall returns a kickoff for a touchdown, tying him for the career lead in that category with six. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • At Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico: Arizona Cardinals 31, San Francisco 49ers 14: In the first regular season NFL contest to be played outside the Continental United States, 103,467 fans, a record crowd for an NFL regular-season game, saw the Cardinals win. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)

Bye Week: Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers.

• Major League Baseball
  • Wild Card races:
    • American League:
      • Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 1
        • The Indians loss secured the Wild Card for the Boston Red Sox before the end of their game with the New York Yankees, which Boston won 10–1.
    • National League:
      • Philadelphia Phillies 9, Washington Nationals 3
        • Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins extends his hitting streak to 36 games, the longest in MLB since a 39-game streak by the Milwaukee Brewers' Paul Molitor in 1987.
      • Houston Astros 6, Chicago Cubs 4
        • The Astros win the NL Wild Card.
  • In another game: St. Louis Cardinals 7, Cincinnati Reds 4
    • Final regular season game at Busch Stadium. The team will move into the New Busch Stadium in April, 2006.