October 2007 in Sports - 14 October 2007 (Sunday)

14 October 2007 (Sunday)

• American football
  • National Football League Week 6:
    • Minnesota Vikings 34, Chicago Bears 31
      • Vikings running back Adrian Peterson rushes for 224 yards and three touchdowns. In addition, Peterson racked up a rookie record 361 all-purpose yards.
    • Cleveland Browns 41, Miami Dolphins 31
    • Green Bay Packers 17, Washington Redskins 14
    • Kansas City Chiefs 27, Cincinnati Bengals 20
    • Philadelphia Eagles 16, New York Jets 9
    • Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13, Tennessee Titans 10
    • Jacksonville Jaguars 37, Houston Texans 17
    • Baltimore Ravens 22, St. Louis Rams 3
    • Carolina Panthers 25, Arizona Cardinals 10
      • Vinny Testaverde, signed this week by the Panthers, becomes the oldest starting quarterback to win a game in NFL history. He also extends his record of consecutive seasons with at least one TD pass to 21.
    • New England Patriots 48, Dallas Cowboys 27
    • San Diego Chargers 28, Oakland Raiders 14
    • New Orleans Saints 28, Seattle Seahawks 17

• Auto racing:
  • A1 Grand Prix: A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic at Brno Circuit, Czech Republic:

  (1) Jonny Reid (2) Jeroen Bleekemolen (3) Neel Jani

  • MotoGP: Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, Australia:

  (1) Casey Stoner (2) Loris Capirossi (3) Valentino Rossi

  • WRC: Rallye de France at Corsica, France:

  (1) Sébastien Loeb (2) Marcus Grönholm (3) Dani Sordo

• Baseball: 2007 MLB Postseason
  • 2007 National League Championship Series
    • Colorado Rockies 4, Arizona Diamondbacks 1 — Yorvit Torrealba's three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth gives the Rockies their winning margin and puts them on the verge of their first-ever World Series appearance. Rockies lead series 3–0.

• Golf: Lorena Ochoa wins the LPGA Samsung World Championship in Palm Desert, California by four shots over Mi Hyun Kim, and in the process clinches her second straight LPGA Player of the Year award.

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup Semi-finals:
  • SF2: South Africa 37–13 Argentina at Paris – Saint Denis

• Football (soccer):
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL):
    • Colombia 0–0 Brazil
  • 2007 Military World Games:
    • Prelim Match: India beats Afghanistan 1–0 at AOC Grounds, Secunderabad, India

• Handball: 2007 Military World Games at Hyderabad, India
  • Prelim Match: India draws with Turkey 30–30
  • Prelim Match: South Korea beats Greece 30–28

• Cricket:
  • Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08
    • Australia 317/8 (50 ov.) beat India 299/7 (50 ov.) by 18 runs