October 2007 in Sports - 6 October 2007 (Saturday)

6 October 2007 (Saturday)

• American football
  • NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
    • (1) LSU 28, (9) Florida 24
      • An 8-minute, 11-second Tigers drive that features two fourth-down conversions ends with the game-winning touchdown by Jacob Hester.
    • Stanford 24, (2) USC 23
      • In an upset considered by some to surpass Appalachian State's upset of Michigan earlier this season, a TD pass with 54 seconds left from Tavita Pritchard to Mark Bradford and the ensuing point-after give Stanford the lead, and the defense holds on to hand the Trojans their first home loss since 2001.
    • (4) Ohio State 23, (23) Purdue 7
    • Illinois 31, (5) Wisconsin 26
      • Behind 160 yards and two TDs on the ground from Rashard Mendenhall, the Illini go to 3–0 in the Big Ten for the first time since 1990, and end the Badgers' Division I-leading winning streak at 14.
    • (6) South Florida 35, Florida Atlantic 23
    • (7) Boston College 55, Bowling Green 24
    • (10) Oklahoma 28, (19) Texas 21 (Red River Shootout)
      • Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford's three touchdowns lead Oklahoma to the win.
    • Tennessee 35, (12) Georgia 14
    • (13) West Virginia 55, Syracuse 14
    • (15) Virginia Tech 41, (22) Clemson 23
    • (16) Hawaiʻi 52, Utah State 37
    • (17) Missouri 41, (25) Nebraska 6
    • (18) Arizona State 23, Washington State 20
    • (20) Cincinnati 28, (21) Rutgers 23
    • Kansas 30, (24) Kansas State 24
  • Other significant games:
    • Notre Dame 20, UCLA 6 — The Irish, who entered the game at 0–5 for the first time in school history, surprise UCLA on the road.

• Baseball: 2007 MLB Postseason
  • 2007 National League Division Series
    • Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Chicago Cubs 1. Diamondbacks win series 3–0.
    • Colorado Rockies 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1. Rockies win series 3–0.
      • The Rockies win their first post season series in franchise history.

• Boxing: Bouts at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Manny Pacquiao def. Marco Antonio Barrera via unanimous decision to retain the WBC international super featherweight title.
  • Vicente Escobedo def. Miguel Angel Munguia via unanimous decision in a junior lightweight bout.
  • Librado Andrade def. Yusaf Mack via technical knockout on a super middleweight bout.
  • Stephen Forbes def. Francisco Bojado via split decision in a junior welterweight bout.

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup Quarter-finals:
  • QF1: Australia 10–12 England at Marseille
  • QF2: New Zealand 18–20 France at Cardiff
    • In an astonishing pair of results, two of the three Southern Hemisphere powerhouses of rugby are surprisingly eliminated from the competition, setting up an England-France semifinal next weekend. This is the first time that New Zealand have ever failed to reach the semifinals of the Rugby World Cup.