October 2007 in Sports - 21 October 2007 (Sunday)

21 October 2007 (Sunday)

• American football
  • National Football League Week 7:
    • Detroit Lions 23, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16
    • Tennessee Titans 38, Houston Texans 36
      • The Titans blow a 32–7 fourth-quarter lead, but are rescued by their kicker Rob Bironas, who kicks the winning field goal as time expires. The winning field goal was his eighth of the game, setting an NFL record.
    • Washington Redskins 21, Arizona Cardinals 19
    • New England Patriots 49, Miami Dolphins 28
      • Tom Brady throws five of his six touchdown passes in the first half as the Pats romp.
    • New York Giants 33, San Francisco 49ers 15
    • Buffalo Bills 19, Baltimore Ravens 14
    • New Orleans Saints 22, Atlanta Falcons 16
    • Cincinnati Bengals 38, New York Jets 31
    • Kansas City Chiefs 12, Oakland Raiders 10
    • Chicago Bears 19, Philadelphia Eagles 16
    • Seattle Seahawks 33, St. Louis Rams 6
    • Dallas Cowboys 24, Minnesota Vikings 14
    • Denver Broncos 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
      • The Steelers come back from a 28–14 fourth-quarter deficit, but Jason Elam kicks the game-winning field goal as time expires.

• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, São Paulo:

  (1) Kimi Räikkönen (2) Felipe Massa (3) Fernando Alonso .

  Lewis Hamilton finishes 7th in the final race of the season, with the result that Kimi Räikkönen wins the Drivers Championship with 110 points, followed by Hamilton and Alonso, both on 109 points.

  • NASCAR: Subway 500 at Martinsville, Virginia:

  (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Ryan Newman (3) Jeff Gordon

  This race sees 21 cautions, with more than one-fourth of the race (127 out of 506 laps) run under yellow, and ends with a caution during an overtime lap. Johnson's win closes his deficit to teammate Gordon in the Chase to 53 points.

  • Champ Car: Lexmark Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia:

  (1) Sébastien Bourdais (2) Justin Wilson (3) Bruno Junqueira

  The win wraps up Bourdais' fourth consecutive title.

  • Motorcycle GP: Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang, Malaysia:

  (1) Casey Stoner (2) Marco Melandri (3) Dani Pedrosa

  • V8 Supercar: V8 Supercar Challenge at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia:

  (1) Garth Tander (2) Russell Ingall (3) Jason Richards

• Baseball:
  • 2007 American League Championship Series Game 7:
    • Boston Red Sox 11, Cleveland Indians 2. The Bosox punch their ticket to the World Series, led on offense by Dustin Pedroia, who hits a two-run homer in the seventh inning to break open a close game, and a three-run double in the eighth to help put the game out of reach. Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches five innings, and Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon each pitch two innings of scoreless relief. Red Sox win series 4–3.

• Rugby union: 2007 IRB Awards
  • IRB International Player of the Year: Bryan Habana, South Africa
  • IRB International Team of the Year: South Africa
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Jake White, South Africa
  • IRB Sevens Player of the Year: Afeleke Pelenise, New Zealand
  • IRB Sevens Team of the Year: New Zealand
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Takudzwa Ngwenya, United States
  • For other awards, see the main IRB Awards article.