October 2007 in Sports - 28 October 2007 (Sunday)

28 October 2007 (Sunday)

• American football
  • National Football League Week 8:
    • Philadelphia Eagles 23, Minnesota Vikings 16
    • Cleveland Browns 27, St. Louis Rams 20
    • New York Giants 13, Miami Dolphins 10 (at Wembley Stadium in London)
    • Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Cincinnati Bengals 13
    • Tennessee Titans 13, Oakland Raiders 9
    • Indianapolis Colts 31, Carolina Panthers 7
      • The Colts become the first team since the 1929–31 Green Bay Packers to start three straight seasons 7–0. Quarterback Peyton Manning throws two touchdowns to break Johnny Unitas' franchise record for career touchdown passes.
    • Detroit Lions 16, Chicago Bears 7
    • Jacksonville Jaguars 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23
    • San Diego Chargers 35, Houston Texans 10
    • Buffalo Bills 13, New York Jets 3
    • New Orleans Saints 31, San Francisco 49ers 10
    • New England Patriots 52, Washington Redskins 7
      • The Patriots go to 8–0, setting up a matchup between two unbeaten teams when they travel to Indianapolis next week.
  • In the same week, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady become the first quarterbacks to have beaten 31 of the 32 current NFL teams. Obviously, since both are with their original team, neither have beaten their own team.

• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR: Pep Boys Auto 500 at Hampton, Georgia:

  (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Carl Edwards (3) Reed Sorenson

• Baseball:
  • 2007 World Series:
    • Game 4: Boston Red Sox 4, Colorado Rockies 3:
      • The Red Sox win their second World Series in four years. Series Most Valuable Player Mike Lowell scores from second on a Jason Varitek single in the fifth, then hits a solo home run in the seventh to give the Sox a 3–0 lead. Homers by Colorado's Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins, sandwiching a solo shot by Boston's Bobby Kielty, close the gap to 4–3. But Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon pitches 1⅔ innings for his third save of the series. Red Sox win series 4–0.
  • 2007 Japan Series:
    • Game 2: Chunichi Dragons 8, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1. Series even 1–1.
  • Other news:
    • Scott Boras, the agent for Alex Rodriguez, announces that A-Rod will exercise his option to void the last four years of his contract with the New York Yankees and will become a free agent.