THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2025

“THE SCOREBOARD”

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

STATE FINALS WEEKEND

FRIDAY, NOV. 28

CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 11 AM ET
PIONEER (13-1) VS. SOUTH PUTNAM (12-2)

PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-1a-football-state-championship-preview

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CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 3 PM ET
FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS (9-5) VS. CASCADE (14-0)

PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-3a-football-state-championship-preview

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CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 7 PM ET
MERRILLVILLE (11-2) VS. NEW PALESTINE (13-0)

PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-5a-football-state-championship-preview

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SATURDAY, NOV. 29

CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 11 AM ET
ANDREAN (12-1) VS. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (14-0)

PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-2a-football-state-championship-preview

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CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 3 PM ET
FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER (12-2) VS. RONCALLI (11-3)

PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-4a-football-state-championship-preview

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CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 7 PM ET
WESTFIELD (11-2) VS. BROWNSBURG (13-0)

PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-6a-football-state-championship-preview

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES EASTERN

FISHERS AT INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH 1:30 PM

HAMMOND NOLL AT HAMMOND MORTON 8:00 PM

HEBRON AT KOUTS 8:00 PM

LANESVILLE AT CORYDON CENTRAL 7:30 PM

MORGAN TWP. AT WHEELER 8:00 PM

MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) VS. LEBANON (OHIO) TBA

SHAWE MEMORIAL AT COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN 7:30 PM

TRI-COUNTY AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL 7:30 PM

WASHINGTON CATHOLIC AT NORTH DAVIESS 7:30 PM

CHICAGO HEIGHTS TOURNAMENT

HAMMOND CENTRAL VS. TBA TBA

RED HILL (ILL.) TOURNAMENT

VINCENNES LINCOLN VS. SALEM (ILL.) 12:00 PM

VINCENNES LINCOLN AT LAWRENCEVILLE (ILL.) 8:30 PM

SCHLARMAN (ILL.) TOURNAMENT

COVINGTON VS. BHRA (ILL.) 8:30 PM

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INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES EASTERN

BATESVILLE AT JAC-CEN-DEL 7:30 PM

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL AT SCOTTSBURG 7:30 PM

FORT WAYNE SNIDER AT MERRILLVILLE 4:00 PM

FRANKTON AT SHENANDOAH 7:30 PM

HOMESTEAD AT BELLMONT 7:30 PM

JAY COUNTY AT WOODLAN 7:30 PM

SOUTH ADAMS AT BLUFFTON 7:30 PM

WEST NOBLE AT FREMONT 7:30 PM

HAMILTON COUNTY (ILL.) TOURNAMENT

MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) VS. GALLATIN COUNTY (ILL.) 1:00 PM

OAKWOOD (ILL.) TOURNAMENT

COVINGTON VS. TBA TBA PLACE

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING RESULTS:

https://indianamat.com/index.php?/dualresults.html/boys-dual-results/&d=36

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING RESULTS:

https://indianamat.com/index.php?/dualresults.html/211_girls-dual-results

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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE

#8 ALABAMA 105 MARYLAND 72

#24 VANDERBILT 89 VCU 74

TCU 84 #10 FLORIDA 80

#11 MICHIGAN STATE 74 #16 NORTH CAROLINA 58

#9 BYU 72 MIAMI FLORIDA 62

#4 DUKE 80 #22 ARKANSAS 71

BOISE STATE 102 CHAMINADE 76

UTAH 75 OLE MISS 74

FURMAN 73 RICHMOND 72

ST. BONAVENTURE 67 E. CAROLINA 58

ILLINOIS STATE 79 CHARLOTTE 69

COLORADO 79 SAN FRANCISCO 69

CREIGHTON 76 OREGON 66

ST. MARY’S 77 VIRGINIA TECH 66

WASHINGTON 83 NEVADA 66

RUTGERS 80 UNLV 65

WISCONSIN 104 PROVIDENCE 83

SOUTH FLORIDA 97 WESTERN KENTUCKY 91 OT

ST. LOUIS 71 SANTA CLARA 70

DAYTON 84 GEORGETOWN 79 OT

COLORADO STATE 76 WICHITA STATE 70

STANFORD 72 MINNESOTA 68

OKLAHOMA STATE 86 NORTHWESTERN 81

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES

#12 NORTH CAROLINA 83 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 48

#7 MARYLAND 95 HOFSTRA 38

#25 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 79 GREEN BAY 67

#17 VANDERBILT 88 OREGON STATE 66

#4 TEXAS 66 #2 SOUTH CAROLINA 64

#18 TCU 68 RICHMOND 52

#3 UCLA 89 DUKE 59

EAST CAROLINA 73 ILLINOIS STATE 66

OREGON 84 OLD DOMINION 46

FLORIDA ATLANTIC 76 AIR FORCE 71

STEPHEN F AUSTIN 67 HAMPTON 61

WAKE FOREST 65 CENTRAL FLORIDA 60 OT

TULANE 64 ELON 61

KANSAS STATE 95 COLUMBIA 92

CHARLESTOWN 72 NEW MEXICO STATE 42

LONGWOOD 68 BUFFALO 64

TEXAS TECH 67 N. TEXAS 47

BOISE STATE 65 NORTH DAKOTA 45

BYU 64 VIRGINIA TECH 60

RICE 75 MORGAN STATE 44

ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM 77 SOUTHERN MISS 72

TROY 103 TEXAS SOUTHERN 74

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/SCORES

THURSDAY, NOV. 27

NAVY 28 MEMPHIS 17

FRIDAY, NOV. 28

12 P.M. | NO. 7 OLE MISS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | ABC

12 P.M. | IOWA AT NEBRASKA | CBS

12 P.M. | OHIO AT BUFFALO | ESPNU

12 P.M. | KENT STATE AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS | CBSSN

12 P.M. | NO. 13 UTAH AT KANSAS | ESPN

3 P.M. | AIR FORCE AT COLORADO STATE | FS1

3:30 P.M. | NO. 4 GEORGIA VS. NO. 23 GEORGIA TECH | ABC

3:30 P.M. | SAN DIEGO STATE AT NEW MEXICO | CBSSN

3:30 P.M. | TEMPLE AT NORTH TEXAS | ESPN

4 P.M. | BOISE STATE AT UTAH STATE | CBS

7:30 P.M. | NO. 2 INDIANA AT PURDUE | NBC/PEACOCK

7:30 P.M. | NO. 3 TEXAS A&M AT NO. 16 TEXAS | ABC

9 P.M. | NO. 20 ARIZONA STATE VS. NO. 25 ARIZONA| FOX

SATURDAY, NOV. 29

12 P.M. | TOLEDO AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPN+

12 P.M. | NO. 5 TEXAS TECH AT WEST VIRGINIA | ESPN

12 P.M. | KENTUCKY AT LOUISVILLE | ACC NETWORK

12 P.M. | BALL STATE AT MIAMI (OHIO) | CBSSN

12 P.M. | NO. 12 MIAMI (FLA.) AT NO. 22 PITT | ABC

12 P.M. | COLORADO AT KANSAS STATE | FS1

12 P.M. | NO. 1 OHIO STATE AT NO. 15 MICHIGAN | FOX

12 P.M. | IOWA STATE AT OKLAHOMA STATE | ESPNU

12 P.M. | HOUSTON AT BAYLOR | TNT/HBO MAX

12 P.M. | CLEMSON AT SOUTH CAROLINA | SEC NETWORK

12 P.M. | EAST CAROLINA AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC | ESPN+

12 P.M. | YALE AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | HARVARD AT VILLANOVA (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE AT RHODE ISLAND (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | ASSUMPTION AT KUTZTOWN (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | RANDOLPH-MACON AT JOHN CARROLL (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE AT HOPE (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | EASTERN AT FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | ENDICOTT AT SALISBURY (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | MUHLENBERG AT MOUNT UNION (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | LAGRANGE AT BERRY (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | SUSQUEHANNA AT CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | SPRINGFIELD AT JOHNS HOPKINS (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

12 P.M. | FROSTBURG STATE AT CALIFORNIA (PA) (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | NO. 11 BYU VS. UCF | ESPN2

1 P.M. | UTEP AT DELAWARE | ESPN+

1 P.M. | FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT SAM HOUSTON | ESPN+

1 P.M. | LAMAR AT ABILENE CHRISTIAN (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | ILLINOIS STATE AT SE LOUISIANA (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA AT TENNESSEE TECH (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | NEW HAMPSHIRE AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | DRAKE AT SOUTH DAKOTA (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | ASHLAND AT FERRIS STATE (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | BENEDICT AT ALBANY STATE (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | HARDIN-SIMMONS AT TRINITY (TX) (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | ALMA AT WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | DEPAUW AT WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | MONMOUTH (IL) AT SAINT JOHN’S (MN) (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | WHEATON (IL) AT WARTBURG (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | HANOVER AT NORTH CENTRAL (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | COE AT BETHEL (MN) (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | NEWBERRY AT WEST FLORIDA (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1 P.M. | CHAPMAN AT WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

1:30 P.M. | GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT MARSHALL | ESPN+

2 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | LOUISIANA TECH AT MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | GEORGIA STATE AT OLD DOMINION | ESPN+

2 P.M. | GRAMBLING VS. SOUTHERN (IN NEW ORLEANS) | SWAC TV

2 P.M. | PITTSBURG STATE AT HARDING (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

2 P.M. | MINNESOTA STATE AT UINDY (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

2:30 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT APPALACHIAN STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | UL MONROE AT LOUISIANA | ESPN+

3 P.M. | MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT NEW MEXICO STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | BOSTON COLLEGE AT SYRACUSE | THE CW NETWORK

3 P.M. | SOUTH ALABAMA AT TEXAS STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | UAB AT TULSA | ESPN+

3 P.M. | FLORIDA A&M AT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE | SWAC TV

3 P.M. | UT PERMIAN BASIN AT WESTERN COLORADO (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 6 OREGON AT WASHINGTON | CBS

3:30 P.M. | NO. 8 OKLAHOMA VS. LSU | ABC

3:30 P.M. | NO. 14 VANDERBILT AT NO. 19 TENNESSEE | ESPN

3:30 P.M. | NO. 22 MISSOURI AT ARKANSAS | SEC NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | WAKE FOREST AT DUKE | ACC NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT LIBERTY | CBSSN

3:30 P.M. | WISCONSIN AT MINNESOTA | FS1

3:30 P.M. | PENN STATE AT RUTGERS | BIG TEN NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT TCU | FOX

3:30 P.M. | TROY AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | ARMY AT UTSA | ESPN+

3:45 P.M. | JAMES MADISON AT COASTAL CAROLINA | ESPNU

4:30 P.M. | FLORIDA STATE AT FLORIDA | ESPN2

6:30 P.M. | OREGON STATE AT WASHINGTON STATE | THE CW NETWORK

7 P.M. | NO. 18 VIRGINIA VS. VIRGINIA TECH| ESPN

7 P.M. | MARYLAND AT MICHIGAN STATE | FS1

7 P.M. | RICE AT SOUTH FLORIDA | ESPN+

7:30 P.M. | NO. 10 ALABAMA AT AUBURN | ABC

7:30 P.M. | UCLA AT NO. 17 USC | NBC

7:30 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN AT ILLINOIS | FOX

7:30 P.M. | NO. 24 TULANE VS. CHARLOTTE | ESPNU

7:30 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK

7:30 P.M. | NO. 17 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VS. UCLA | NBC

8 P.M. | NO. 21 SMU AT CAL | ESPN2

9 P.M. | UNLV AT NEVADA | CBSSN

10:30 P.M. | FRESNO STATE AT SAN JOSE STATE | FS1

10:30 P.M. | NO. 9 NOTRE DAME AT STANFORD | ESPN

11 P.M. | HAWAII VS. WYOMING | SPECTRUM SPORTS

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WEEK 15/CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

FRIDAY, DEC. 5

7 P.M. | CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP | CBSSN

7 P.M. | SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP | ESPN (CITY TBD)

8 P.M. | AMERICAN ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC

TBD P.M. | MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP | FOX

SATURDAY, DEC. 6

12 P.M. | BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC (ARLINGTON, TEXAS)

12 P.M. | MAC CHAMPIONSHIP | ESPN (DETROIT, MICHIGAN)

2 P.M. | SWAC NO. 2 VS. SWAC NO. 1 | ESPN2 (CITY TBD)

4 P.M. | SEC CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC (ATLANTA, GEORGIA)

8 P.M. | ACC CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC (CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA)

8 P.M. | BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP | FOX (INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA)

WEEK 16

3 P.M. | ARMY VS. NAVY | CBS/PARAMOUNT+ (IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND)

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MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER

NCAA TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY, NOV. 29

MARYLAND VS. UCONN, 1 P.M.

PORTLAND VS. GRAND CANYON, 4 P.M.

GEORGETOWN VS. HIGH POINT, 5 P.M.

SUNDAY, NOV. 30

FURMAN VS. HOFSTRA, 1 P.M.

AKRON VS. DUKE, 4 P.M.

BRYANT VS. SAINT LOUIS, 6 P.M.

NC STATE VS. UNC GREENSBORO, 6 P.M.

STANFORD VS. WASHINGTON, 8 P.M.

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER

NCAA TOURNAMENT

QUARTERFINALS: FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, NOV. 28 OR 29

FRIDAY, NOV. 28

4 P.M. | NO. 2 DUKE VS. NO. 4 WASHINGTON

5 P.M. | NO. 1 STANFORD VS. NO. 2 MICHIGAN STATE

5 P.M. | NO. 3 FLORIDA STATE VS. OHIO STATE

SATURDAY, NOV. 29

7:30 P.M. | NO. 1 VANDERBILT VS. NO. 2 TCU

WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP

SEMIFINALS: FRIDAY, DEC. 5

FINALS: MONDAY, DEC. 8

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NFL SCHEDULE/SCORES

NFL WEEK 13 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, NOV. 27

GREEN BAY 31 DETROIT 24

DALLAS 31 KANSAS CITY 28

CINCINNATI 32 BALTIMORE 14

FRIDAY, NOV. 28

CHICAGO AT PHILADELPHIA, 3 P.M. (PRIME VIDEO BLACK FRIDAY)

SUNDAY, NOV. 30

SAN FRANCISCO AT CLEVELAND, 1 P.M. (CBS)

JACKSONVILLE AT TENNESSEE

HOUSTON AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1 P.M. (CBS)

ARIZONA AT TAMPA BAY, 1 P.M. (FOX)

NEW ORLEANS AT MIAMI, 1 P.M. (FOX)

ATLANTA AT NY JETS, 1 P.M. (FOX)

LA RAMS AT CAROLINA, 1 P.M. (FOX)

MINNESOTA AT SEATTLE, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)

LAS VEGAS AT LA CHARGERS, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)

BUFFALO AT PITTSBURGH, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)

DENVER AT WASHINGTON, 8:20 P.M. (NBC)

MONDAY, DEC. 1

NY GIANTS AT NEW ENGLAND, 8:15 P.M. (ESPN)

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NBA SCOREBOARD

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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NHL SCOREBOARD

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYOFFS

SEMI-FINALS

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29

MIAMI AT NEW YORK CITY 6:00

SAN DIEGO AT VANCOUVER 9:00

CHAMPIONSHIP

SATURDAY, DEC. 6: 2:30 P.M.

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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES

NFL ROUNDUP: DAK PRESCOTT-LED COWBOYS OUTDUEL PATRICK MAHOMES, CHIEFS

Dak Prescott passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns and the resurgent Dallas Cowboys won their third consecutive game by defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28 on Thursday in Arlington, Texas.

Prescott completed 27 of 39 passes and prevailed against Patrick Mahomes in a battle of the NFL’s top two passing offenses as the Cowboys (6-5-1) beat the reigning AFC champion Chiefs (6-6) four days after they downed the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles 24-21.

Mahomes completed 23 of 34 passes for 261 yards with four touchdowns — two to Rashee Rice — and no interceptions.

Brandon Aubrey kicked a 36-yard field goal for the only points of the third quarter, extending the Cowboys’ 17-14 halftime lead to six points.

Bengals 32, Ravens 14

Joe Burrow passed for 261 yards and two touchdowns in his first appearance since Week 2 and Cincinnati forced five turnovers while stunning host Baltimore.

Burrow missed nine games with a turf toe injury that required surgery but was in top form in the AFC North battle. He completed 24 of 46 passes as the Bengals (4-8) snapped a four-game losing streak and won for just the second time in 10 games. Cincinnati’s Tanner Hudson and Andrei Iosivas caught touchdown passes while Ja’Marr Chase had seven receptions for 110 yards. Evan McPherson kicked a career-high six field goals, Cedric Johnson recovered two fumbles and Demetrius Knight Jr. made a key fourth-quarter interception.

Lamar Jackson completed 17 of 32 passes for 246 yards and one interception while losing two fumbles for the Ravens (6-6), who had a five-game winning streak halted. Baltimore’s Derrick Henry and Keaton Mitchell each rushed for a score.

Packers 31, Lions 24

Jordan Love passed for 234 yards and four touchdowns and visiting Green Bay topped Detroit in a pivotal NFC North matchup.

Dontayvion Wicks caught six passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns for the Packers (8-3-1). Micah Parsons registered 2 1/2 sacks.

Jared Goff passed for 256 yards and two touchdowns for the Lions (7-5). Jameson Williams caught seven passes for 144 yards and a touchdown, but Detroit receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown departed in the first quarter with an ankle injury that could keep him out at least one or two weeks.

NFL NEWS

FRIDAY CAPSULE: CHICAGO BEARS (8-3) AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8-3)

Lincoln Financial Field | Referee: Carl Cheffers

All-Time Series History

Regular Season: CHI leads series, 28-14-1 (PHI won past 5)

Postseason: PHI leads series, 3-1 (away team won past 2)

The Last Time…

Regular Season: 12/18/22: PHI 25 at CHI 20

Postseason: NFC-WC 1/6/19: PHI 16 at CHI 15

BEARS NOTES:

QB CALEB WILLIAMS passed for 239 yards & 3 TDs for 104.3 rating in Week 12. Has TD pass in 3 of his past 4 games & 200+ pass yards in 4 of his past 5 games. Ranks 5th in NFC with 2,568 pass yards in 2025. • RB KYLE MONANGAI (rookie) had team-high 48 rush yards & TD in Week 12. Aims for 4th in row with rush TD. Ranks tied-5th among rookies with 4 rush TDs this season. • RB D’ANDRE SWIFT has 90+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 3 games. Had 144 rush yards & rush TD in his last game vs. Phi (09/11/22 w/ Det.). Had career-high 1,049 rush yards & had 6 scrimmage TDs with Phi in 2023. • WR ROME ODUNZE has 50+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 games & 2+ rec. in 10 of 11 games this season. Aims for 100 career receptions (96) & 1,500 career rec. yards (1,387). Ranks tied-10th in NFL with 6 TD catches this season. • WR DJ MOORE had team-high 5 receptions for 64 yards & season-high 2 TDs last week. Has 70+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 games on road. • TE COLSTON LOVELAND (rookie) had 49 rec. yards & TD catch last week. Ranks tied-1st with 3 rec. TD & 4th with 378 rec. yards among rookie TEs this season. • DL MONTEZ SWEAT had 2 sacks, 3 TFL, FF & FR last week, the only player to do so in a single game this season. Has 7.5 sacks in 2025, tied-6th most in the NFC this season. • LB D’MARCO JACKSON had team & career-high 15 tackles & TFL in Week 12. • LB AMEN OGBONGBEMIGA had season-high 14 tackles last week. • CB TYRIQUE STEVENSON had 5 tackles in Week 12 & has 5+ tackles in 3 of his past 4 games. Aims for 3rd in row on road with PD. • CB NAHSHON WRIGHT & S KEVIN BYARD rank tied-1st (Jaycee Horn) in INTs (5) this season, 1st teammates tied for league lead in INT through Week 12 since 2008. • S JAQUAN BRISKER had 7 tackles & PD in Week 12. Has PD in 2 of his past 3.

EAGLES NOTES:

QB JALEN HURTS passed for 289 yards & had 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 pass) in Week 12, his 9th career game with 2+ rush TDs & TD pass, 2nd-most such games in NFL history (Josh Allen – 12 games). Ranks 6th in NFL in rating (106.0) & 6th in AFC in TD passes (17) this season. Has TD pass in 8 of his past 9 games. Had 315 pass yards & 3 rush TDs in last meeting. • RB SAQUON BARKLEY aims for 5th in row with 70+ scrimmage yards & 3rd in row at home with 80+ rush yards. Has TD catch in 2 of his past 3 at home. Aims for 8,000 career rush yards (7,900). Had 146 rush yards in his last game vs. Chi. (10/2/22 w/ NYG). Ranks 4th in NFL in scrimmage yards since entering the league in 2018. • WR A.J. BROWN led team with 8 receptions for 110 yards & TD in Week 12. Aims for 4th in row at home with 5+ catches. Had 9 receptions for career high 181 yards in last meeting. • WR DEVONTA SMITH had 6 receptions for 89 yards in Week 12. Had 5 catches for 126 yards in last meeting. • TE DALLAS GOEDERT ranks tied-1st among TEs with 7 rec. TD this season. Aims for 4,500 career rec. yards (4,461). • LB ZACK BAUN had team-high 9 tackles, PD & FR in Week 12. Is 1 of 3 (Bobby Okereke & Bobby Wagner) with 6+ tackles in 11 games in 2025. Is 1 of 2 (Foye Oluokun) with 1+ FF, INT, FR & 80+ tackles this season. • LB NAKOBE DEAN had 5 tackles & sack in Week 12. Aims for 4th in row with sack. Has 5+ tackles in 4 of his past 5 games. • DT JORDAN DAVIS had 6 tackles & TFL last wek. • CB COOPER DEJEAN had 7 tackles, PD & FF in Week 12. Has 5+ tackles in 4 of his past 5 games. Aims for 3rd in row with PD. • CB ADOREE’ JACKSON has PD in 2 of his past 3. • S REED BLANKENSHIP had 8 tackles & 1st INT of season last week.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW: #4 GEORGIA AT #23 GEORGIA TECH

GEORGIA NOTES:

#4 Georgia (10-1) vs. #16 Ga. Tech (9-2) Nov. 28, 2025, 3:30 pm ET; Site: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (75,000), Atlanta ABC: (Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer & Katie George) UGA Coach: Kirby Smart (115-20, 10th year); GT: Brent Key (27-18, 4th year) Local Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network (Learfield): Scott Howard (PxP), Josh Brock (Analyst), D.J. Shockley (Sideline); Satellite Radio: SiriusXM 81 and on the app. SEC Network Re-Air: TBA Fast Facts On The Invesco QQQ Atlanta Gridiron Classic *Fourth-ranked Georgia (10-1, 7-1 SEC) concludes the regular season Friday in Atlanta against Tech (9-2) at sold out Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Tech’s home game. Last Saturday in Athens, the No. 4 Bulldogs dispatched Charlotte 35-3 while No. 16 Tech was upset 42-28 at home by Pittsburgh. *The Bulldogs are aiming for their record eighth straight win in the series against Tech. Last year’s eight overtime thriller in Athens saw the Bulldogs come out on top again by a score of 44-42. Georgia has won seven in a row in the series three times (1991-97, 2001-07, 2017-’19 plus ’21-curr.). “Hard To Kill” *Georgia went 7-1 in the SEC gauntlet this year, trailing early and/or late in seven of those contests. The Bulldogs rallied to beat No. 15 Tennessee and Auburn on the road for their ninth straight victory in those series. They outlasted No. 5 Ole Miss 43-35 in Athens and never had to punt. Georgia won its fifth straight over Florida in Jacksonville. Georgia erased an early 7-0 deficit at MSU with 38 unanswered points and eventually recorded a 41-21 decision for the program’s 900th all-time win. Georgia used a 21-point fourth quarter to defeat No. 10 Texas 35-10 to close out the SEC regular season. Georgia is 40-3 in its last 43 SEC regular season games. *Georgia blanked then No. 17 Alabama and Auburn in the second half while Kentucky’s lone second half score came on a 23-yard drive with 1:51 left in the contest and the Bulldogs up 35-7. Trailing 35-26, Georgia outscored No. 5 Ole Miss 17-0 in the 4th quarter in that win. Against Florida, Georgia fell behind 20-17 early in the 4th quarter, took the lead for good with 4:36 left and posted a pair of 4th-Down stops including one in the Red Zone as UF came in 22-for-23 there. *The only league contest where Georgia led wire-to-wire was a 35-14 home win over UK while the only comeback that fell short came to then No. 17 UA 24-21 in Athens.

Playing With FPE (Fire, Passion & Energy) *One of Georgia’s main themes in 2025 is to play with “FPE.” *Fifty-four percent of Georgia’s roster consists of players in their first or second season here. *Georgia’s scoring defense this year has allowed 17.4 ppg and posted 20 scoreless quarters. *Junior ILB CJ Allen, the SEC leader in average tackles per game at 7.8, is a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, the Chuck Bednarik Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy and Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award. *Redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton is a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, a semifinalist for the Maxwell, the Davey O’Brien and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Awards. Senior P Brett Thorson (Ray Guy Award), junior PK Peyton Woodring (Lou Groza Award) and senior SN Beau Gardner (Patrick Mannelly Award) are semifinalists for their position awards. *Due to injuries, Georgia started six different offensive line units in the first six games and seven total this year. The regular starting five returned against No. 5 Ole Miss and helped pave the way for 34 first downs and 515 total yards in the win. This unit started in four of the past five games with last week’s win over Charlotte the exception. Taking Stock(ton) In The Heisman Race *Redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton has helped lead No. 4 Georgia to a 10-1 mark (7-1 SEC) in his first season as a starter. He has accounted for 27 TDs (19 passing, 8 rushing) to go with a completion percentage of 71.4. The school record for TDs is 39 by Aaron Murray (2012). *He has been at his best in the biggest games this season per ESPN’s Total QB Rating (QBR). In four games against ranked opponents, he is 3-1 with a 77.5 completion percentage (86-for-111), tallying 952 passing yards with 11 TDs through the air, three rushing TDs and just one INT.

Bulldogs Scoring With Stockton’s Arm and Legs Redshirt junior Gunner Stockton is a 6-1, 215-pound native of Tiger, Ga. *10-2 Career Record as a starter including 4-2 versus ranked teams. *Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist and Semifinalist for Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. *Accounted for 5 TDs in 35-10 win over No. 10 Texas, tying his career-high with four passing and one rushing, finishing 24-for-29 for 228 passing yards *Directed three 4th quarter comebacks in 2025 including over #5 Ole Miss, #15 Tennessee in Knoxville and versus Florida in Jacksonville. *Swept national weekly QB honors after Georgia’s win over No. 5 Ole Miss (26-of-31, 289 yards, 4 TDs, 59 rushing yards including 22-yard TD). *Led Georgia to scoring drives on each of its first 8 drives in win over #5 Ole Miss, the first team to do that against an AP Top-10 team since 2016. *Directed 2nd half comeback against #5 Rebels, going 12-for-12, 135 yards, 3 TDs including erasing a 35-26 deficit in the 4th quarter. *According to ESPN Research, Stockton is the first QB to go 12-for-12 or better in a half against an AP top-five opponent since California’s Aaron Rodgers did it versus then-No. 1 USC in 2004. *On pace to be only the second QB in school history to post a Completion Percentage above 70% for a Season (71.42); Carson Beck, record 72.42 in ’23. *Led 2nd half comeback in 20-10 road win over AU, finished as leading rusher (9-for-26, 1 TD) and was 24-for-37 for 217 yards through the air. *Directed 35-14 win over UK and completed 15-for-23 for 196 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT and 48 rushing yards on six attempts with 2 TDs. *Won first SEC road start at No. 15 Tennessee in front of a crowd of 101,915. *Named Davey O’Brien National QB of the Week after 44-41 overtime win over #15 UT. Georgia trailed five times, including 21-7 after the 1st quarter, 38-30 with 6:40 left in regulation, and in OT. *Successful home debut in the 2025 opening win over Marshall as the team’s leading rusher (73 yards on 10 attempts with 2 scores) plus threw for 190 yards and 2 TDs…First Georgia player to have two passing TDs and two rushing scores in a season opener in the past 80 years per ESPN Stats.

Frazier & Bowens Headline Ground Attack Georgia is averaging 190.5 rushing yards per game with 28 TDs. Georgia’s five rushing TDs in the win over Charlotte was the most since the 2023 Orange Bowl rout of Florida State when the Bulldogs had five in a 63-3 win. *Sophomore Nate Frazier (team-high 701 yards, 5 TDs) has started seven games including the first four contests. He had a team-best 72 rushing yards plus a three-yard TD catch in the win over No. 5 OM. He went for a career-high 181 yards on just 12 carries (15.1 avg.) in a road win over MSU. It was the most yards by a Bulldog since 2018 when D’Andre Swift had 186 in a win at Auburn. Frazier’s big day included a career-best 59-yard TD run. He followed that up with a team-best 72 yards against No. 10 Texas. *Redshirt freshman Chauncey Bowens (493 yards, 6 TDs) made his first career start in the win over UK and provided 70 yards on a career-high 15 carries. Against No. 17 UA, he posted a career-best 119 yards on 12 carries (9.9 average). He had a 36-yard scamper for the go-ahead score in the 4th quarter in the win over UF. *Senior Cash Jones, redshirt senior Josh McCray, sophomore Dwight Phillips Jr., and freshman Bo Walker provide various looks too. Walker had a memorable day in the win over Charlotte, rushing for three TDs in his nine attempts and finished with 48 yards. *The Bulldogs had 55 rushes for 198 yard in the win at No. 15 UT. Frazier had a team-long 21-yard burst on the first play in overtime to set up the game-winning score by McCray who notched a pair of scores in the triumph. *Jones can break tackles, is a solid blocker and wideout. He had a 16-yard TD catch versus UK and recovered an onside kick versus No. 10 Texas.

Defense Looking Better In The Second Half Georgia has had 55 players drafted over the past five seasons, including 30 on defense and 11 of those defenders have gone in the first round. *Opponents have scored 191 points this year (17.4 ppg/12th nationally). *In 2025, opponents have scored 62 points in the 1st quarter (21 of those at #15 UT) and 47 in the 2nd quarter. However, in the 2nd half, the Bulldogs have allowed just a total of 79 points (plus 3 points in OT). *No. 10 Texas averaged 29.6 points/game and managed just 10 points. *No. 5 OM scored 14 in the 3rd quarter and then were shut out in the 4th quarter. *Shut out Auburn in the 2nd half after trailing 10-3 at the half in 20-10 win. *Blanked No. 17 UA in the 2nd half after it scored 24 points in the first half. *UK had seven points in the 1st half, and it’s final TD came courtesy of a 23- yard drive following a turnover with 1:51 left and Georgia up 35-7. *Georgia had a 38-7 lead at MSU before allowing 14 points in the 2nd half.

GEORGIA TECH NOTES:

No. 23/19 Georgia Tech Football (9-2, 6-2 ACC) vs Georgia (10-1, 7-1 SEC)
Friday, Nov. 28· 3:30 p.m. · Atlanta, Ga. · Mercedes-Benz Stadium

TV: ABC| Watch Online
Play-by-Play: Joe Tessitore
Analyst: Jesse Palmer
Sideline Reporter: Katie George

Play-by-Play: Andy Demetra
Analyst: Andrew Gardner
Sideline Reporter: Chris Mooneyham

One of college football’s most historic and bitter rivalries is renewed for the 119th time on Friday when No. 23/19 Georgia Tech hosts No. 4 Georgia for Clean, Old Fashioned Hate at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. • The Yellow Jackets (9-2, 6-2 ACC) and Bulldogs (10-1, 7-1 SEC) have combined for 19 victories going into this season’s edition of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, which is the teams’ most combined wins ever heading into their rivalry showdown. • This season also marks only the third time in series history that both teams bring at least nine wins into the matchup (Tech and UGA also had nine wins apiece going into the 1942 and 2014 editions of COFH). • Both teams are nationally ranked for only the 12th time in series history and the first time since their 2014 matchup. • Last year’s edition of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate was one for the ages, as Georgia outlasted Georgia Tech, 44-42, in eight overtimes at Sanford Stadium in Athens. The eight OTs were the second-most in NCAA Division I FBS history. • This year’s matchup features a pair of Heisman Trophy candidates at quarterback in Georgia Tech’s Haynes King and Georgia’s Gunner Stockton. King is averaging 339.9 yards of total offense per game (251.6 passing, 88.3 rushing) with 27 total touchdowns (15 rushing, 12 passing) while Stockton averages 256.9 total yards per game (221.4 passing, 32.8 rushing) with 27 TDs (19 passing, eight rushing). • The Georgia Tech-Georgia rivalry dates back to 1893. After a three-year break in the series from 1894-96, the teams have met annually since 1897 with the exception of 1901, 1908, an eight-year gap from 1917-24 and 2020.

TECH BY THE NUMBERS:

1 Georgia Tech is the only power-conference team in the nation — and one of just two overall (including USF) — that ranks among the top 25 nationally in all five major offensive statistical categories — total offense (fifth – 485.9 ypg), passing efficiency (14th – 159.13), rushing (17th – 215.2 ypg), scoring (20th – 35.3 ppg) and passing (25th – 270.7 ypg). 2 r-Sr. QB Haynes King ranks second nationally — and first among power-conference players — in total offense with 339.9 yards per game. 3 For only the third time in their 119 games played, both Georgia Tech (9-2) and Georgia (10-1) come into their matchup with at least nine wins apiece (both teams had nine wins going into the 1942 and 2014 editions of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate). 5 Georgia Tech ranks fifth nationally in total offense as a team at 485.9 yards per game. 9-2 Georgia Tech’s 9-2 record marks just the 15th time in its 133-season football history that the Yellow Jackets have won at least nine of their first 11 games in a season (1942, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2025). 19 Georgia Tech’s and Georgia’s 19 combined wins are the most ever for both teams entering Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate. The previous record was 18 (nine apiece), set in both 1942 and 2014. 23 Brent Key has led Georgia Tech to 23 wins since taking the reins at his alma mater on a full-time basis in 2023. With at least two games still to play in his third full season at the helm, Key’s 23 victories are already tied for the second-most by a coach in his first three full seasons at Georgia Tech. The only three coaches that won as many games as Key already has in their first three full seasons at Tech are all in the College Football Hall of Fame — Paul Johnson (25 – 2008-10), Bobby Dodd (23 – 1945-47) and William Alexander (23 – 1920-22). 32 r-Sr. WR Eric Rivers has caught a pass in 32-consecutive games, which is the longest active streak in the ACC and the ninth-longest active streak in the nation.

CLEAN, OLD FASHIONED HATE:

• Georgia Tech and Georgia are meeting for the 119th edition of their “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate” rivalry. • The series dates back to 1893, Georgia Tech’s second season of football. Tech won the first meeting, 28-6, in Athens. • After a three-year break in the series from 1894-96, the teams have met annually since 1897 with the exception of 1901, 1908, an eight-year gap from 1917-24 and 2020. • The Yellow Jackets (9-2, 6-2 ACC) and Bulldogs (10-1, 7-1 SEC) have combined for 19 victories going into this season’s edition of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, which is the teams’ most combined wins ever heading into their rivalrly showdown. • This season also marks only the third time in series history that both teams bring at least nine wins into the matchup (Tech and UGA also had nine wins apiece going into the 1942 and 2014 editions of COFH). • Both teams are nationally ranked for only the 12th time in series history and the first time since their 2014 matchup, a 30-24 Georgia Tech victory. • The Georgia Tech-Georgia series is one of major college football’s oldest and most-played rivalries. Only 13 NCAA Division I FBS rivalries began before Georgia Tech and Georgia played for the first time in 1893 and only 18 FBS rivalries have been played more often than “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.” • Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is also the sixth-oldest and tied for the 11th-most-played in-state rivalry in FBS.

• Georgia leads the all-time series, 72-41-5, including a 39-26-4 advantage in Atlanta. • Tech has lost the last seven games in the series, with its last win over UGA coming in a 28-27 thriller in Athens on Nov. 26, 2016. • Last year, Georgia outlasted Georgia Tech, 44-42, in eight overtimes in Athens. The eight OTs were the second-most in NCAA Division I FBS history.

ARIZONA STATE AT ARIZONA GAME NOTES

ARIZONA NOTES:

» The Arizona Wildcats polish off their regular season schedule with a matchup against the Arizona State Sun Devils in the 99th iteration of the Territorial Cup. » Friday’s game will be nationally televised on FOX with Tim Brando (play-by-play), Devin Gardner (analyst) and Josh Sims (reporter) on the call. » It will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM featuring play-by-play from the Voice of the Wildcats, Brian Jeffries. » Arizona and Arizona State have faced off 98 times previously, with games dating back to 1899 and the Wildcats holding a 51-46-1 edge in the all-time series. » The Wildcats have won two of the last three meetings in the Territorial Cup, including the most recent matchup in Tempe in 2023. The Sun Devils won last year’s contest, 49-7, in Tucson. » Arizona and ASU play for the nation’s oldest rivalry trophy. In summer 2001, officials at Arizona and Arizona State received NCAA Division I-A designation for the 1899 Territorial Cup as the oldest trophy for a rivalry game in America. The annual Territorial Cup winner obtains possession of the Cup for their Hall of Fame; a replica goes to the winning school’s president’s office, while the two newer trophies in the hardfought rivalry are awarded to the winning coach and the Most Valuable Player as voted on by the media. » QB Noah Fifita’s 69 career touchdown passes are the most in program history; his 68th TD pass at Cincinnati two weeks ago broke the record previously held by Nick Foles and Willie Tuitama. » Arizona’s defense is among the top 25 units in the nation in total defense (21st), turnovers gained (6th), team TFL (14th), team pass efficiency defense (2nd), scoring defense (24th), passing yards allowed (6th), interceptions (6th), and first downs defense (18th).

The Wildcats have reached the 8-win mark for the 19th time in program history. This week also marks the first time since 2014 that Arizona and ASU both entered the Territorial Cup with eight wins. QB Noah Fifita has thrown 69 career touchdown passes, the most in program history. He has two more than the previous record holders Nick Foles and Willie Tuitama. Fifita also ranks third in program history with 8,632 career passing yards. He is 580 yards shy of moving past Willie Tuitama (9,211; 2005–08) for second all-time. Arizona’s defense has created 23 turnovers this season, tied for the 6th most in the nation. It is 11 more than the team created in 12 games last year, and their most since creating 25 turnovers in 2017. Fifita has 25 touchdown passes this season, tied for his career-high and also tied for the sixth most in a single season in program history. He is just three TD passes shy of the record of 28 (three players). Arizona has held seven straight opponents to under 200 passing yards, the longest active streak in the FBS.

SOME GAME THEMES: The Arizona Wildcats (8-3, 5-3) head north to face the Arizona State Sun Devils (8-3, 6-2) in the 99th iteration of the Territorial Cup, the nation’s oldest rivalry trophy game…Friday’s game will be nationally televised on FOX with Tim Brando (play-by-play), Devin Gardner (analyst), and Josh Sims (reporter) on the call…The game will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM and KHYT 107.5 FM featuring play-by-play from the Voice of the Wildcats, Brian Jeffries…Arizona and Arizona State have faced off 98 times previously, with games dating back to 1899 and the Wildcats holding a 51-46-1 edge in the all-time series…The Wildcats have won two of the last three meetings in the Territorial Cup, including the most recent matchup in Tempe in 2023…The Sun Devils won last year’s contest, 49-7, in Tucson…The Wildcats dominant win last week over the Baylor Bears secured a winning conference record for Arizona, their first in the Big 12…Arizona has reached the eight-win mark for the 19th time in program history; it is the first eight-win season for Head Coach Brent Brennan.

THE NATION’S OLDEST RIVALRY TROPHY: In summer 2001, officials at Arizona and Arizona State received NCAA Division I-A designation for the 1899 Territorial Cup as the oldest trophy for a rivalry game in America. The annual Arizona–Arizona State winner obtains possession of the Cup for its Hall of Fame, a replica goes to the winning school’s president’s office, and two later trophies used over the years in the hard fought rivalry are awarded to the winning coach and the Most Valuable Player. On Thanksgiving Day in 1899, then Arizona Territorial Normal School defeated Arizona 11-2 in front of a reported 300 fans, and the Cup had its first curator. But over the years, the silver-plated antique prize was misplaced and supplanted by various other awards for the Big Game: the Governor’s Trophy (1953-1979), a “Victory” sculpture by artist Ben Goo, and a Saguaro Trophy, among others. Now, to ensure the safety of the original trophy, the actual Territorial Cup moves from one school to the other only under escort and the supervision of gloved archivists. Each year, members of the media vote on the Most Valuable Player at the conclusion of the game. Since 2008, the honor has been named the Bob Moran Most Valuable Player Award, named after the longtime East Valley Tribune sports reporter who also worked at the Arizona Daily Star for 13 years and covered both schools as a beat writer and columnist. The Ben Goo Trophy, awarded from 1979 to 1998 as the game trophy, has become the physical award given to the game’s MVP. The Saguaro Trophy, a smaller bronze piece commissioned from artist Dora Perry in 1998, is presented and kept each year by the winning coach.

LAST TIME OUT: The Wildcats defense posted a second half shutout while the Arizona offense scored 21 points to pull away from Baylor for a come-from-behind victory. Saturday’s win secured a 6-1 home record for Arizona this season. Additional highlights from the Baylor game includes… Notable Postgame Notes • Arizona improved to 8-3 on the year with a 5-3 record in Big 12 Conference play. The Wildcats are now guaranteed to have a winning record in conference play. This marks the 19th time that Arizona has boasted a winning record in conference play since the Wildcats joined the Pac-12 Conference in 1978. • The Wildcats finished their home slate with a record of 6-1 in seven home games, tying the program record for home wins in a season. Arizona has won six home games seven times, with this season being the first time since 2014. • The Wildcats defense pitched a shutout in the second half while limiting Baylor to only 135 yards. Arizona has now posted 15 scoreless quarters this year. Arizona’s defense has allowed just 84 points in the second half and 36 in the fourth quarter this year. • DB Dalton Johnson led the Wildcats defense with a career-high 18 tackles, the most by a Wildcat since Scooby Wright has 19 at UCLA on Nov. 1, 2014. • RB Kedrick Reescano paced the offense with a trio of touchdowns, giving him eight rushing touchdowns on the year. It was the first three rushing touchdown performance by a Wildcat since Quali Conley accomplished the feat against New Mexico in the 2024 season opener.

ARIZONA STATE NOTES:

TEMPE – Sun Devil Football will conclude the regular season this weekend as it hosts rival Arizona at Mountain America Stadium in the 99th edition of the Territorial Cup on Friday, Nov. 28. Scheduled for a 7 p.m. AZT kickoff, the contest will be broadcast nationally on FOX (Tim Brando, Devin Gardner, Josh Sims). The game will also be available over the local airwaves in Arizona on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM (Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, Kevin Turner, Jeff Munn). ON THE WILDCATS/TERRITORIAL CUP » This will be the 99th Duel in the Desert, with Arizona leading the all-time series 51-45*-1 (Arizona State’s 2021 victory was later vacated, dropping ASU from 46 wins to 45). A majority of those Wildcat wins came prior to Arizona State becoming a state university, however. Since becoming a university in 1958, the Sun Devils lead the series, 37-28-1 – and 44-34-1 since the series resumed following World War II (the Wildcats led 17-2 up until the pause). » The Sun Devils have a 10-5 advantage in the last 15 contests and have won six of the last eight, including last year in Tucson. » The visiting team has won three of the last five in the series, including each of the last two. » The winner of the game will receive (or retain) the Territorial Cup Trophy, and the game is recognized by the NCAA as the nation’s oldest rivalry trophy game. » Despite that long-standing rivalry, the typical last game of the year for both programs has often simply been a matter of bragging rights with very little in the way of high stakes involved. In fact, this years contest marks the just the second time since both teams joined the Pac-12 in 1978 that both squads enter the game with eight or more victories to their credit – joining the 2014 contest that would eventually decide the Pac-12 South Champion. » Arizona enters on a four-game winning streak to ASU’s three-game stretch. Arizona has scored 25+ in six of its last seven games – notable as ASU has held teams under 25 points in 10-of-11 games this year. » The Wildcats have allowed just 23 second-half points over its last four games as the Sun Devils are coming off a game where it scored 21 points in the fourth quarter alone against Colorado. KICKING OFF » ASU now has 38 fourth down conversions since the start of last year – sixth in the FBS – resulting in 22 touchdowns and four field goals on drives that included one such conversion. ASU’s 56 fourth-down conversions since 2023 when Kenny Dillingham took the reins are the ninth-most in the FBS. Arizona State has gone for it on fourth down 105 times under Dillingham, the fifth-most in the FBS. » ASU is 10-1 when leading after the first quarter under Kenny Dillingham and has won 16 straight games when leading at halftime – the longest active streak in the Big 12. Dillingham is 9-3 in November as head coach. » Keyshaun Elliott and Auburn’s Xavier Atkins are the only two players in the FBS with 80+ tackles, 13+ tackles for loss and 7+ sacks. » Arizona State is the only FBS team this season to have two different players rush for over 200 yards in a single game. » Keith Abney is one of just 18 FBS corners with 300+ snaps (136 total) played in coverage and no touchdowns credited against him. His 406 snaps in coverage without allowing a touchdown are the most in the country among corners without giving up a score. » Two of Derek Eusebio’s three career touchdown receptions have gone for 64 (last year at Arizona) and 68 yards (at Colorado). He also had a 61-yard reception in a pivotal moment of the Baylor game earlier this season. He is just the eighth Sun Devil since the 1996 season to record three receptions of 60+ yards in their careers. He is one of just six FBS players to have three or more catches of 60+ yards in ROAD games over the last two seasons (Kansas State’s Jayce Brown, Hawaii’s Jackson Harris (4), Texas State’s Beau Sparks), Ole Miss’ De’Zhaun Stribling, North Texas’ Wyatt Young (4)). » The Sun Devils have shut out a team in the fourth quarter for the third time in the last four games. It had held opponents scoreless in the fourth just once in its first seven games. » Kanyon Floyd 30th FBS punter since the 1996 season to complete three or more passes in their career (tied for 12th among all punters in that time).

AN ASU VICTORY WOULD… • Give ASU consecutive nine win seasons for the first time since 2013-14. • Keep the Sun Devils mathematically alive in the hunt for a spot in Big 12 Championship Game barring results from Saturday’s games. • Give ASU two-straight wins in the series and victories in seven of the last nine, bringing the overall series to 51-46-1 in the process. • Give Arizona State a 4-0 in games broadcast on the national FOX network this season and 6-0 in its games played on FOX over the last two seasons. MILESTONE WATCH • Wide receiver Jordyn Tyson is 240 receiving yards away from 2,500 career receiving yards (currently at 2,260). Tyson is three touchdown receptions away from 25 career TD catches (currently at 22). Tyson is one total touchdown shy of 25 career total touchdowns (currently at 24; 1 rushing, 1 punt return, 22 receiving). • Defensive lineman Prince Dorbah is two sacks away from 15 career sacks (currently at 13.0). Dorbah is 3.5 tackles for loss away from 25 career TFLs (currently at 21.5). • Jeff Sims needs 135 rushing yards (currently at 1865) to reach 2,000 career rushing yards. In doing so he would become just the 44th quarterback since 1996 to accomplish the feat at a Power Four school(s). • Keyshaun Elliott needs eight tackles (currently at 292) to reach 300 for this career. MAKING THE GRADE (NOTABLE PFF GRADES) • Raleek Brown posted the nation’s 13th-best overall offensive grade among running backs (78.6) and 12th-best rushing grade 79.6) for Week 13. • Brown is now the nation’s No. 9 ranking running back on overall offense (80.1) and the No. 19 running back on rushing plays (87.0). • Maki Stewart, despite being a true freshman, posted the Big 12’s top grade as a pass blocker for the week (88.0), which was good for 16th among ALL FBS players and seventh among guards. • Max Iheanachor was the FBS’s No. 16 graded tackle on overall offense and top-graded tackle in the Big 12 for Week 13 (75.1). His 87.7 pass block grade was second in the Big 12 and 19th among all FBS players (ninth among tackles. His 73.1 run blocking score was tops among Big 12 tackles and 16th among FBS tackles. • Iheanachor is the FBS’s 15th-highest graded tackle as a run blocker this season (67.1) and 36th-highest graded pass blocker (78.2). • Keith Abney is the FBS’s No. 11 graded corner on overall defense (85.3) and No. 34th among all players regardless of position. He has the No. 14 grade in coverage among corners (84.0/33rd among all FBS players) and the No. 24 run defense grade among corners (79.6). • Abney’s 90.3 tackling grade is ninth among all FBS players and third among corners. Teammate Javan Robinson (87.2) ranks eighth and 24th in those categories himself.

LAST TIME OUT – COLORADO » Raleek Brown’s 255 rushing yards broke Ben Malone’s long-standing 1973 road record of 251 yards at Oregon State and helped pace ASU to a 42-17 victory in Boulder last week. Brown went over 1,000 yards for the season – the 11th time in the last 15 seasons producing one. » ASU’s 355 rushing yards were its eighth-most in a single game since 1996 and fourth most in a road game. It was the 11th-most by an FBS team this season on the road. It was the first time three different running backs rushed for a touchdown in a single game since the 70-7 Arizona victory in 2020 (Rachaad White, Daniyel Ngata, Jackson He). » The Sun Devil defense limited Colorado (3-8, 1-7) to just three points off of ASU’s four giveaways and held the Buffs to just 300 total yards of offense. Arizona State recorded 11 tackles for loss and four sacks while holding its fifth straight opponent under 25 points. Colorado had five passes over 15 yards and three rushes over 10 yards. Those eight explosive plays accounted for 202 of Colorado’s 300 total yards. On Colorado 61 other plays, the Buffs averaged just 1.61 yards per play. » The Sun Devils scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to turn what was a one-possession game into a convincing victory – ASU’s first Big 12 win by more than one score this season. The decisive final frame saw the Sun Devils record 205 total yards of offense – ALL of which came on the ground. » Saturday marked the first time ASU had a 60+ yard rushing touchdown and 60+ yard passing touchdown in a game since the 70-7 victory over Arizona in 2020 and just the third game where ASU had one of each, period, since the 1996 season (2007 against Stanford). » The victory gave ASU consecutive eight-win seasons for the first time since 2013-14. It also gave ASU a winning record in road games in consecutive seasons (3-2 in 2025 and 4-2 in 2024) for the first time since 2013 and 2014 (3-2 and 4-2) – just the fourth time accomplishing the feat in consecutive years since joining a Power Conference in 1978 (1981-82, 1996-97, 2013-14). » The Sun Devils won their first game when turning the ball over four times since defeating Oregon State, 35-20, on Oct. 1, 2011. It was the first time winning a ROAD game with four-plus turnovers since Oct. 10, 2009 at Washington State. » It was the first time three different running backs rushed for a touchdown in a single game since the 70-7 Arizona victory in 2020 (Rachaad White, Daniyel Ngata, Jackson He).

TEXAS A&M AT TEXAS PREVIEW

TEXAS A&M NOTES:

AUSTIN – No. 3 Texas A&M seeks to lock up its spot in the SEC Championship Game with a victory over the No. 16 Texas Longhorns at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium on Friday.

SETTING THE SCENE:
Texas A&M at Texas
6:30 p.m. CT | Friday, Nov. 28, 2025
Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium

Rankings
Texas (8-3 Overall, 5-2 SEC)
TBD (CFP) | No. 16 (AP) | No. 16 (Coaches)

Texas A&M (11-0 Overall, 7-0 SEC)
TBD (CFP) | No. 3 (AP) | No. 3 (Coaches)

Television
ABC (National)
Sean McDonough, Play-by-Play
Greg McElroy, Analyst
Molly McGrath, Sideline

Radio
SiriusXM:
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Texas A&M Radio Network (Regional)
The Texas A&M Radio Network provides coverage via nearly 60 stations across the state of Texas. For a complete list of affiliates, please go to 12thMan.com.
Andrew Monaco, play-by-play
Dave Elmendorf, analyst
Will Johnson, sideline

Texas A&M Spanish Broadcast (Regional)
Texas A&M’s Spanish broadcast is streamed on RadioAggieland.com and airs in the Bryan-College Station area on La Jefa 102.7 FM, as well as in Monterrey, Mexico on Radio Nuevo Leon.
Pedro Luna, play-by-play
Michael Gonzalez, analyst

NCAA STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Statistic	Rank	Texas A&M	Rank	Texas
Total Offense	15	465.1	72	381.5
Rushing Offense	25	195.9	110	121.6
Passing Offense	28	269.2	33	259.9
Passing Efficiency	25	154.03	33	149.34
Scoring Offense	10	38.1	50	29.8
Total Defense	16	301.9	39	335.5
Rushing Defense	27	118.8	8	92.7
Passing Defense	23	183.1	105	242.8
Passing Eff. Defense	40	121.18	55	129.02
Scoring Defense	T-38	21.5	T-24	20.0
Turnover Margin	108	-0.45	T-10	0.91
3rd Down %	49	.418	62	.408
4th Down %	T-6	.733	T-97	.467
3rd Down Defense%	1	.220	37	.350
4th Down Defense %	18	.412	6	.333
Red Zone Offense	59	.860	T-75	.837
Red Zone Defense	T-128	.933	T-79	.852
Net Punting	77	39.10	84	38.61
Punt Returns	8	16.10	2	23.78
Kickoff Returns	27	23.47	124	15.31
First Downs	T-24	253	98	204
First Downs Allowed	13	174	T-60	211
Penalties/Game	119	7.45	132	8.09
Penalty Yards/Game	114	64.73	119	65.91
Time of Possession	17	32:25	102	28:43

NEED-TO-KNOWS

ABOUT THE START: Texas A&M is 11-0 for the first time since 1992 when NFF Hall of Famer R.C. Slocum’s Aggies posted a perfect 12-0 regular season. It is the third time in program history that the Aggies have reached 11-0 and the second time the Maroon & White has won 11 games in the regular season.

It marks the first 10-win season since 2012 and the 13th in school history.
Aggie head coaches that have started a season 11-0 are Mike Elko, Slocum and Homer Norton.
Texas A&M’s 11-game win streak is tied as the sixth-longest in school history. It’s the longest in-season win streak since Slocum’s Aggies won the first 12 games of the 1992 season.
Texas A&M is 7-0 in SEC play for the first time and have won seven-plus league games for the second time. Only the 2020 team has won more league games with an 8-1 worksheet in the SEC-only pandemic season.
It’s the first time the Aggies have reached 7-0 in conference play in any league since Slocum’s teams were undefeated in Southwest Conference play from 1991-93.

HISTORIC RIVALRY: The Texas A&M-Texas series represents both teams’ most-played opponent with 119 previous matchups. It’s the 16th-most played series in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The Longhorns hold a 77-37-5 advantage in the overall series, dating back to the first meeting in 1894. Over the past 50 years, however, the two teams have split the matchups, 19-19.
Texas has won the past two matchups (both in College Station), while Texas A&M has won two of the last three in Austin.

RANKED-ROAD WINS: Texas A&M leads the nation with a program-record three road wins over Associated Press top 25 opponents. The Aggies have logged road wins over No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 20 LSU and No. 19 Missouri.

MARQUEE VICTORIES: Via Jeff Sagarin’s CFB Ratings, the Aggies have recorded a 5-0 record against top 30 opponents while playing the nation’s 19th-toughest schedule. The five victories are third among FBS teams behind Alabama and Oklahoma with six.

Texas A&M’s strength of schedule is the ninth-toughest among Sagarin’s top 30 teams.
According to ESPN’s CFB Power Index, Texas A&M has the nation’s top strength of record (SOR) and ranks ninth in its football power index (FPI). The Aggies’ strength of schedule (SOS) for games already played is No. 23 and their remaining SOS ranks ninth.

COMPLEMENTARY FOOTBALL: Texas A&M is one of four teams ranking in the top 20 nationally in total offense and total defense – the others are Indiana, Oregon and Texas Tech.

QB1 REED LEADS THE OFFENSE

Redshirt sophomore QB Marcel Reed has been a driving force behind a strong and balanced Aggie offense that ranks No. 16 in total offense (464.1) and is only offense ranking in the top 30 nationally in total offense, passing yards, passing efficiency, scoring, rushing and time of possession.
Reed is a semifinalist for three national awards (see above) and has been the national offensive or quarterback of the week three times. He was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week after rushing and passing for two touchdowns in the Aggies’ first win in Baton Rouge in more than 30 years.

Marcel Reed Statistical Snapshot

PASSING: 189-306 (.618), 2,752 yards, 25 TDs, 8 INTs
RUSHING: 77 attempts, 395 yards (5.13), 6 TDs
TOTAL OFFENSE: 383 plays, 3,147 yards, 31 TDs, 286.1
Reed is one of two players in the SEC with 25+ passing TDs and 5+ rushing TDs
Has posted five games with 3+ passing TDs this season
15-4 record as Texas A&M’s starting QB (two-year span)

In the SEC Rankings:

1st in passing yards per completion (14.6)
2nd in offensive TDs (31) and passing TDs (25)
3rd in pass efficiency (159.0)
4th in total offense (286.1)
5th in passing yards (2,752) and passing yards per game (250.18)

HOW IT STARTED VS. HOW IT’S GOING
Marcel Reed’s Statistics

Statistic	2024	2025
Total Offense	219.2	286.1
Touchdowns Responsible For	22	31
Yards per Play	6.8	8.2
20-Plus Yard Plays	27	48
Passing	169.5	250.2
Pass Efficiency	142.1	159.0
Passing Touchdowns	15	25
Yards per Completion	12.7	14.6
Yards per Attempt	7.8	9.0
Yards per Rush	4.7	5.1

MARCEL MODE: By The Numbers
3 –Marcel Reed has led the Aggies to a FBS-best three road victories over teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 in 2025.

31 – Reed has accounted for 31 touchdowns (6 rushing + 25 passing), which is tied for seventh nationally (second in the SEC)

25 – Reed has passed for 25 touchdowns, which is tied for eighth nationally (second in the SEC).

14.6 – Reed leads the SEC with an average of 14.6 yards per completion, which ranks fourth nationally.

16.0 – Reed averages 16.0 yards per completion against AP Top 25 opponents, which leads the nation by nearly a full yard.

7.0 – His 7.0 yards per rush against AP Top 25 opponents ranks first nationally among quarterbacks with a minimum of three games.

9.0 – The Aggies’ signal-caller is one of two quarterbacks in the country averaging 9.0-plus yards per pass attempt against AP Top 25 foes. He also averages 9.0 yards per attempt for the season, which ranks third in the SEC and No. 13 nationally.

8.2 – Reed averages 8.2 yards per offensive play, which ranks eighth nationally.

8.6 – He has averaged 8.6 yards per offensive play in four games away from Kyle Field, which ranks second nationally in road or neutral site contests.

319.0 – Reed is one of five quarterbacks nationally averaging 300-plus total yards against AP Top 25 opponents.

55 – Reed is the sixth player in school history to reach the 55 touchdown responsible for plateau and he reached the milestone in just his 25th career game. Only Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel reached 55 faster (17 games).

439 – Reed’s career-best passing game of 439 yards vs. South Carolina (11/15) was the first 400-yard effort by an Aggie since 2018 and the 15th in school history.

10 – With Reed directing the offense, the Aggies have gained 400-plus total yards in 10-straight games, which is the longest streak of 400-plus outings in a season since Manziel directed the Maroon & White offense to 400-plus yards in the final 12 games of his Heisman-winning season in 2012.

25 – In just 25 career games, Reed is within reach of becoming the fifth quarterback in school history to reach the 5,000- and 1,000-yard plateaus in passing and rushing, respectively. Reed enters the Texas game with 4,990 passing and 987 rushing yards. Texas A&M’s 5,000/1,000 QBs are Reggie McNeal (2002-05), Stephen McGee (2005-08), Manziel (2012-13) and Kellen Mond (2017-20).

CA$H MONEY

Redshirt senior DE Cashius Howell ranks second nationally and leads the SEC with 11.5 sacks (1.05 per game). Additionally, he ranks 19th nationally with 13.0 tackles for loss (1.18 per game).
Howell’s 11.5 QB takedowns are the most in a season by an Aggie since current NFL sack record-setter Myles Garrett had 11.5 in 2014.
Howell is a semifinalist for multiple national awards after entering 2025 with a second-team All-SEC selection by Athlon as his most notable preseason honor.
According to Pro Football Focus, the disruptive Howell has pressured the opposing QB 38 times in 2025.
The game-changer has logged two-plus QB pressures in 9-of-11 games, including a season-high eight at Arkansas, according to PFF.
Against South Carolina (11/15), Howell batted down a career-high three Gamecock passes, which matched his own school record for pass breakups by a defensive lineman that he shares with Alonzo Williams. Howell also swatted three opponent aerials against Mississippi State in 2024.
Howell was chosen to Midseason All-America teams by the Associated Press, Athlon, The Athletic, CBS Sports and The Sporting News.

FBS Sack Leaders

Rk	Player, School	Sacks	Sacks/G
1	David Bailey, Texas Tech	12.5	1.14
2	Cashius Howell, Texas A&M	11.5	1.05
	John Henry Daley, Utah	11.5	1.05
4	Nadame Tucker, Western Mich.	11.0	1.00
	Nathan Voorhis, Ball State	11.0	1.00

SEC Sack Leaders

Rk	Player, School	Sacks	Sacks/G
1	Cashius Howell, Texas A&M	11.5	1.05
2	Colin Simmons, Texas	10.0	0.91
3	Damon Wilson II, Missouri	8.0	0.73
	Quincy Rhodes, Jr., Arkansas	8.0	0.73
5	Xavier Atkins, Auburn	7.5	0.68

TEAM TRENDS

Texas A&M has rushed for 180-plus yards in seven of its last eight games, marred only by a 64-yard effort while rallying from a 27-point deficit vs. South Carolina (11/15).
The Aggies have generated 21-plus first downs in five-straight games and in 9-of-11 contests this season. The low of 17 came in the season-opener against UTSA.
Texas A&M has outscored its opponents 110-39 (+71) in the third quarter and has opened the second half with a touchdown in each of its last five games.
The offense has gained over 400 total yards in its last 10 games, which is the longest streak of 400-plus outputs since 2012.
Texas A&M ranks second in the nation with 39.0 sacks and had its streak of nine-straight games with 2.0-plus sacks snapped with just 1.0 last week vs. FCS Samford.
The defense has posted 6.0-plus tackles for loss in every game, including matching its season high with 11.0 tackles for loss last week vs. Samford. It was the Aggies’ third game with double-digit TFLs. The Aggies received 0.5-plus TFLs from 10 different players vs. the Bulldogs.
Texas A&M has allowed just 5.0 sacks in its last seven games and leads the SEC in fewest sacks allowed (No. 11 nationally) at 1.0 per game. Aggie quarterbacks have been sacked just 11 times while attempting over 30 passes per game.
Texas A&M leads the nation in fewest tackles for loss allowed at 2.9 per game and have allowed 2.0 or less seven times.
The Aggies have won the time of possession battle in eight-straight games after opponents had the TOP advantage in two of the season’s first three games.
The defense held its opponent without a third-conversion for the second time this season after Samford went 0-of-14 on third-down tries.
The Aggies are 11-of-15 (.733) on fourth-down conversions this season, including 8-of-9 over the past five games.
Since Mike Elko announced the fictitious “Coaches Cabo Fund” after piling up 13 penalties for 119 yards vs. Auburn (9/27), the Aggies have remained in single digits in penalties in the last seven games and averaged 6.3 per outing.

PLAYERS TRENDS

QB1 Marcel Reed has thrown for two-plus touchdowns in five-straight outings and has at least two passing scores in 9-of-11 games.
Reed is averaging a 167.6 passer rating for the last five games (159.0 for full season).
Junior WR KC Concepcion has had at least three catches in every game and scored a touchdown in four of his last five outings. Concepcion has had at least one reception of 15-yards plus in every game.
Junior S Dalton Brooks, who rushed for 2,500-plus yards at Class 2A Shiner High School, has put his running skills on display past three games with a 48-yard scamper on a fake punt and 26-yard fumble return vs. Missouri and a 39-yard interception return vs. South Carolina.
Brooks is the only player in the FBS with a 20-plus yard rush, fumble return and interception return on his resume this season.
Texas A&M’s receivers average 14.6 yards per catch, which leads the SEC and ranks sixth nationally. Led by WR Ashton Bethel-Roman’s 24.6 yards per catch, the Aggies have 11 players averaging 10.0-plus yards per reception.
Bethel-Roman has averaged 27.4 yards on 13 catches over the last five games while scoring five touchdowns. He has at least one 20-plus yard reception in every game during that stretch. In the first six games of 2025, ABR had five catches for 86 yards and no TDs.
Redshirt sophomore RB Rueben Owens II did not play last week against Samford, but had rushed for 436 yards and five touchdowns on 81 carries (5.4 per carry) in the previous six contests, including a pair of 100-yard games.

SCORING IN THE SEC

Texas A&M ranks second in scoring offense (34.9) and third in scoring defense (21.4) in SEC play. The Aggies and Georgia are the only SEC schools ranked in the top five in both categories.
In league play, the Aggies are tied for second with 17 rushing touchdowns and are tied for fifth with 13 passing scores. Texas A&M is one of four SEC schools (others are Georgia, Vanderbilt and Tennessee) with 13-plus rushing and passing TDs.

SEC Team Scoring Leaders (SEC games)

Rk	School	Total	Avg.
1	Tennessee	250	35.7
2	Texas A&M	244	34.9
3	Georgia	263	32.9
4	Ole Miss	228	32.6
5	Arkansas	226	32.3

SEC Team Scoring Defense Leaders (SEC games)

Rk	School	Total	Avg.
1	Alabama	133	19.0
2	Oklahoma	135	19.3
3	Texas A&M	150	21.4
4	Georgia	175	21.9
5	Vanderbilt	160	22.9

WINNING ON THIRD DOWN

Texas A&M leads the nation in third-down conversion defense, allowing opponents to convert just 22.0% of the time. In league play, the Aggies are even stingier, holding opponents to just a 20.5% success rate.
Four of the Aggies’ seven SEC opponents faced double-digit yards-to-gain on third downs in 2025, and the average yards-to-gain was 10.0. Opponents average just 26.3 yards per drive against the Aggies in league play.

Third-Down Yards-to-Gain in SEC Play

Opponent	Yards-to-Gain Avg.	Third Downs
Auburn	10.7	0-13 (.000)
Mississippi State	11.4	1-10 (.100)
Florida	9.5	1-10 (.100)
at Arkansas	10.1	4-10 (.400)
at LSU	10.2	2-13 (.154)
at Missouri	8.2	5-13 (.384)
South Carolina	8.7	4-15 (.267)

CAPABLE OF COMEBACKS

The 27-point comeback against South Carolina (11/15) was the largest in school history, breaking the old record of 21 points in the Aggies’ 52-48 win over Duke in 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Texas A&M also rallied from a 10-point deficit at Notre Dame (24-14, 9:43, 2Q) and a four-point halftime shortfall at LSU (18-14).
The Aggies have had unanswered scoring streaks of 21-plus points four times in SEC play: 35 at LSU, 28 vs. Mississippi State and South Carolina, and 21 at Missouri. Additionally, the Aggies used a 20-3 run over the final three quarters against Florida to secure the win.

MAROON GOONS PAVING THE WAY

Texas A&M’s success on offense starts with the strong play of its offensive front, also known as the “Maroon Goons.” The Aggies’ offensive line was recently named semifinalists for the Joe Moore Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top offensive line.
Texas A&M has the nation’s only offense that ranks in the top 30 in total yards, passing yards, passing efficiency, rushing, scoring and time of possession.
According to Pro Football Focus, Texas A&M’s starting five offensive linemen of LT Trey Zuhn III, LG Chase Bisontis, C Mark Nabou Jr., RG Ar’maj Reed-Adams and RT Dametrious Crownover have allowed just two sacks and four QB hits while all logging more than 290 snaps.
The five starters average 33.4 career starts, led by 48-game starter Zuhn III.
Also via PFF, Texas A&M’s offensive line has a 91.4 pass block efficiency rating, which ranks 13th among Power 4 conference teams.
The Aggies’ offensive line unit was one of the most experienced in the nation with 161 career starts entering 2025, which ranked fifth-most among FBS schools.
The 2025 starting unit ranks as one of the heaviest in school history, weighing in at 1,617 pounds, or 323.4 per goon.

FBS: Fewest Tackles for Loss Allowed/Game

Rk	School	TFL-Yards	Avg.
1	Texas A&M	32.0-121	2.91
2	Navy	30.0-96	3.00
3	Cincinnati	35.0-78	3.18
4	Ohio State	36.0-87	3.27
	Miami (FL)	36.0-108	3.27

WALKING TALL

Graduate student LT Trey Zuhn III stands out among the Maroon Goons as he surpassed the 3,000-snap plateau for his five-year career earlier this season. According to Pro Football Focus, Zuhn III has played 3,144 offensive snaps for the Aggies.
With a team-high 48 career starts, the two-time team captain has committed just nine penalties in his career since seeing his first action in 2021.
In 339 pass block snaps in 2025, Zuhn III has allowed just a single sack and four QB hurries while earning a 96.7 pass blocking grade, which leads FBS offensive linemen, according to PFF.

Pro Football Focus Pass Blocking Grades

Rk	Player, School	Pass Snaps	Pass Blocking Grade
1	Trey Zuhn III, Texas A&M	339	96.7
2	Carter Smith, Indiana	355	93.9
3	Beau Stephens, Iowa	260	93.2
4	Febechi Nwaiwu, Oklahoma	411	92.3
5	Sheridan Wilson, Texas Tech	409	91.4

IMPROVED NUMBERS
Texas A&M’s offense has made significant strides in the national statistical rankings from 2024 to 2025.

In the NCAA Statistics: Comparing Year 1 to Year 2

Statistic	2024	2025	Difference
4th Down Conversion %	106	6	100
Passing Offense	87	28	59
Sacks Allowed	55	11	44
Scoring Offense	50	10	40
Team Passing Efficiency	65	25	40
Passing Yards Per Completion	40	6	34
Total Offense	49	15	34
First Down Offense	48	24	24
Tackles For Loss Allowed	12	1	11
Time Of Possession	28	17	11
Rushing Offense	26	25	1

PLAYING KEEP AWAY

Texas A&M has earned a time of possession advantage in each of the past eight games, after logging a possession deficit in two of the first three games of 2025.

Controlling Time of Possession

Opponent	TAMU / Opponent	Margin
Auburn	34:06 / 25:54	+8:12
Mississippi State	38:17 / 21:43	+16:34
Florida	33:42 / 26:18	+7:24
at Arkansas	33:48 / 26:12	+7:36
at LSU	30:12 / 29:48	+0:24
at Missouri	35:44 / 24:16	+11:28
South Carolina	30:16 / 29:44	+0:32

TEXAS NOTES:

THE OPENING KICKOFF • The Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown returns to DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium for the first time since 2010 as the No. 16/16/17 Texas Longhorns clash against the No. 3/3/3 Texas A&M Aggies at 6:30 p.m. CT Friday, Nov. 28. The game will broadcast on ABC with Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst) and Molly McGrath (reporter) on the call. • The Longhorns have won eight-consecutive home games at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, dating back to the 2024 season. That streak ties for the fifth-longest by a P4 team. • Texas has won five of its last six SEC games this season. • Texas currently boasts 969 all-time wins, the fifth-most all-time victories in FBS history. Texas A&M’s 797 all-time wins rank 15th in FBS history. • Texas has won 20-straight home games against unranked opponents – the team’s longest such streak since an 18-game stretch that spanned between the 1999 and 2003 seasons. Texas has won two-consecutive home contests against ranked opponents (No. 9/11 Vanderbilt on Nov. 1 and No. 13/13/16 Clemson in 2024). • The Longhorns concluded the 2024 season with a 13-3 overall record, including an SEC-best 7-1 mark during conference play, and their second-consecutive trip to the College Football Playoff Semifinal. Texas’ 13-3 record matched the school record in wins. UT finished the season with its second-straight top-five ranking (No. 3 Coaches/No. 4 Associated Press). • Texas is 33-8 over the last three seasons and is the only program to appear in each of the last two College Football Playoffs. • Steve Sarkisian holds a 46-20 record at Texas and an 93-55 mark in 12 seasons as a head coach.

COTTON HOLDINGS LONE STAR SHOWDOWN • For the first time since 2010, the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown returns to DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday. • In 2024, the rivalry was renewed in Texas’ first year in the Southeastern Conference. The Longhorns captured a 17-7 win vs. the Aggies on Nov. 30, 2024, in College Station, Texas. • Texas leads the all-time series, 77-37-5, including a 46-13-1 mark at home. • The Longhorns and Aggies will meet on the gridiron for the 120th time in history on Saturday. • Texas and Texas A&M had been in the Southwest Conference together from 1915-95, followed by the Big 12 from 1996-2011 before the Aggies departed for the SEC. Texas joined the SEC in 2024. • The series began back in 1894, and for decades, it was often a back-and-forth battle. That changed in 1939 when Texas took over, dominating the series with a record of 27-7-1 from the 1940s through the 1980s. • Since 1994, Texas has won 12 of the last 17 matchups, reasserting its dominance in the series. • This legendary series was played every year from 1915- 2011, until Texas A&M left the Big 12 to join the SEC. For the next 11 years, the rivalry went dark before returning in 2024 with the Horns traveling to College Station and coming back to Austin with a 17-7 win over the Aggies to close out the 2024 regular season and clinch a spot to the 2024 SEC Championship game.

Memorable Games • 1894 (Texas 38, Texas A&M 0): Texas’ shutout win to open the 1894 season would prove prophetic for both teams – the Longhorns opened the series with seven straight victories and A&M would go scoreless in the first eight contests. • 1998 (Texas 26, No. 6 Texas A&M 24): Kris Stockton kicked a 24-yard field goal with five seconds left to cap off a game in which Ricky Williams rushed for 259 yards and a touchdowns. After knocking off the sixth-ranked Aggies, Texas would go on to win the Cotton Bowl over Mississippi State, 38-11. • 2008 (No. 4 Texas 49, Texas A&M 9): Texas’ 40-point win was the series’ largest margin since the 19th century. UT outgained the Aggies, 536-to-269. Linebackers Sergio Kindle and Brian Orakpo combined for six tackles for loss and 2.5 tackles. Colt McCoy threw for 311 yards and two TDs. Cody Johnson ran for 102 yards on eight carries. • 2011 (Texas 27, Texas A&M 25): Though not in Austin, the final meeting between the schools as Big 12 members. Texas kicked a 40-yard field goal in the game’s final seconds to secure a 27-25 win. • 2024 (No. 3/3/3 Texas 17, No. 20/19/20 Texas A&M 7): Texas clinched a berth into the SEC Championship with a 17-7 win over Texas A&M in the first meeting since 2011. The Longhorns’ defense was outstanding, holding the Aggies to just 244 yards of total offense, forcing a pair of turnovers and not allowing an offensive touchdown. With those two turnovers gained, UT forced a turnover in all 12 regular season games that season (and later all 16 games played that season) and 20 games in a row. Quintrevion Wisner was a workhorse with 33 rushes for a career high 186 yards on the ground. Quinn Ewers finished 17-of-28 for 218 passing yards and a touchdown. Arch Manning carried the ball three times and had one rushing touchdown. A TEXAS WIN WOULD … • Move Texas’ 2025 overall record to 9-3 and its conference record to 6-2 to close out the regular season. • Clinch Texas’ ninth-consecutive home victory, including its third-straight home win vs. a ranked opponent. • Be Texas’ 970th all-time victory. • Secure Steve Sarkisian his 94th victory as a head coach and 47th at Texas in his 149th career game as a head coach. • Move Texas’ series edge to 78-37-5, including a 47-13-1 record at home. • Secure three-consecutive wins over the Aggies. • Grant UT its third ranked win over an AP Top 10 opponent this season.

WHAT DO AN AXE, A BUCKET AND A CANNON HAVE IN COMMON? MEET THE RIVALRY TROPHIES OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The most-played series in major college football history, the bitter border-state rivalry between Minnesota and Wisconsin, is punctuated each year with a postgame ritual by the winning team that could be described as jubilant yardwork.

When time expires on Saturday in the 135th edition of the Gophers-Badgers grudge match, currently even at 63-63 with eight ties, the victors will sprint toward Paul Bunyan’s Axe, take turns hoisting the six-foot shaft above their heads as they parade it around the stadium, and aim the head at one of the goal posts in pretending to chop it down like it’s a giant tree in the north woods. The axe has been awarded annually since 1948.

There’s hardly a richer — or quirkier — tradition in college football than rivalry trophies, one of the few elements of the game that remains the same in the new era of revenue sharing and the transfer portal. From the small schools to the powerhouse programs, nothing captures a sports fan’s attention quite like a traveling trophy.

“It’s a way for a community — certainly the students, alumni, fans and faculty, but even more casual fans — to get revved up for a football game,” said Christian Anderson, a University of South Carolina professor whose research focus is on the history of higher education. “There are a lot of people who may not pay attention the whole season, and then the rivalry game comes and they’re a passionate fan for one Saturday.”

Longtime members of the Big Ten boast perhaps the richest history of these one-of-a-kind prizes. The Little Brown Jug, which is neither little nor brown, dates to the Michigan-Minnesota game in 1903. Wolverines coach Fielding Yost, out of fear the Gophers might tamper with their water, had a student manager buy a jug for the team. After a brutal struggle ended in a tie as Minnesota fans stormed the field, the container was left behind. The Gophers formally returned it after the Wolverines won the next meeting in 1909.

Minnesota fared better at the beginning with Floyd of Rosedale, a 98-pound bronze pig named after the state’s governor in 1935 who suggested the trophy to his Iowa counterpart as a way to deescalate tension between two fan bases with deep roots in farming.

Indiana will face Purdue on Friday for the Old Oaken Bucket, found in disrepair on a local farm in 1925 with the belief it might have been used by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. Indiana and Michigan State have competed since 1950 for the Old Brass Spittoon, a relic from the trading post era purchased at an antique shop by an MSU student to add incentive to the game.

Illinois and Ohio State have played for a century for the Illibuck Trophy, now a wooden turtle after an ill-fated attempt to award the real thing — a 16-pound snapper — to a student society on the campus of the winning team. Michigan and Michigan State have fought since 1953 for annual ownership of the Paul Bunyan Trophy, a four-foot wooden statue of the mythical lumberjack donated by the state’s governor to mark MSU’s entry into the conference.

As football became the front-of-the-brochure image of a college campus, the power of visuals has helped make these trophies lasting legends.

“It’s a tangible representation that we beat our rivals,” Anderson said. “Maybe we only keep it for a year because it’s a traveling trophy, but next time we’re going back to get it if we didn’t win it.”

19th-century drinkware

The NCAA certified the Territorial Cup played for by Arizona and Arizona State as the oldest known rivalry trophy, awarded after their first meeting in 1899. But there’s a gap in the history of the small, silver-plated pitcher. It was missing for decades until its rediscovery in a storage area of a church near the ASU campus in 1983. Traveling-trophy formality was finally reinstated in 2001.

From an earlier time

If there’s one recurring theme among rivalry trophies, it is relics from the pre-industrial age. Nevada and UNLV play for the Fremont Cannon, a 545-pound replica of the cannon the explorer of the same name abandoned in a snowstorm during his trek through the state in 1844.

Notre Dame and USC have the Jewelled Shillelagh, a wooden symbol of a traditional Gaelic war club that was first presented in 1952. Oh, and there are all kinds of bells waiting to be rung by a winning team out there. Lots of bells.

Found in a hardware store

California and Stanford play for an axe, too, except theirs is just the head mounted on a plaque, an oft-stolen trophy annually awarded since 1933. Kentucky and Tennessee battle for a beer barrel.

What’s for breakfast?

When Mississippi fans stormed Mississippi State’s field after a Rebels win in 1926, MSU supporters balked and brawls broke out. To help restore dignity to the rivalry the following year, the student bodies from both schools introduced the Golden Egg, a gold-plated football mounted on a pedestal.

Fortunately, the egg never gets too close to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas, where SMU and TCU have played for the Iron Skillet since 1946. The rivals from the defunct Southwest Conference have met 104 times in 110 years, but no future games have been scheduled.

The Slab of Bacon is safely away from the skillet, too.

That was the first version of the Minnesota-Wisconsin hardware, a wooden slab that went missing in 1943 after the planned exchange following a Gophers victory never took place, for reasons that depend on which school is telling the story.

A summer storage cleanout project in Madison in 1994 turned up the trophy, which Wisconsin has since kept on display. Somehow, all the game scores through 1970 are inscribed on it even though it was supposedly unable to be found for all those years.

QBS ARCH MANNING AND MARCEL REED SET FOR HIGH-STAKES SHOWDOWN IN TEXAS-TEXAS A&M RIVALRY GAME

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Arch Manning started the season as a top Heisman Trophy contender. Texas A&M’s Marcel Reed is finishing it as one.

The two quarterbacks duel Friday night when the No. 16 Longhorns and No. 3 Aggies clash in the 120th meeting in the rivalry. Texas A&M (11-0, 7-0) is trying to secure its first appearance in the Southeastern Conference championship game, while Texas (8-3, 5-2) could boost its faint hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff.

For Manning, the showcase matchup is a chance to rally Texas’ postseason chances, and show how far he’s come in a roller-coaster season that saw him roasted by critics as an over-hyped bust.

For Reed, a victory to cap one of A&M’s best regular seasons in school history could propel him from surging late-season Heisman hopeful into one of the favorites, and into Aggie lore.

The Manning name carried title and trophy expectations

No player began the season with more hype or scrutiny than Manning. The latest prodigy from the famous football family was the the Heisman Trophy favorite when Texas began the season at No. 1.

And that made him a lightning rod for national critics and frustrated Longhorns fans when Texas started the season 3-2 and fell out the way out of the Top 25.

“I was bad,” Manning said this week. “I was playing like garbage.”

He struggled to read defenses, missed open receivers and was often on the run behind a rebuilt offensive line. Snarky headlines and hot-take social media posts piled on. Manning shrugged them off with a promise that he would play better.

“I think he’s the most hated-on person in all of college football,” Texas senior safety Michael Taaffe said. “And he doesn’t even care. He just cares about winning, and he cares about his teammates.”

Manning has gotten better and showed grit as he has took the hits to his body and his reputation. A concussion knocked him out of an overtime win at Mississippi State.

His play of late has been much more Heisman-like, with 1,314 yards passing and 11 touchdowns, and two more on the ground, over the last four games.

“I would have liked to have played like this since week one,” Manning said.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian praised Manning’s resilience.

“I don’t know if any college player has gone through what he went through before he was even the full-time starter. Part of that was his last name, part of it was our brand,” Sarkisian said. “To his credit, the guy showed so much resolve.”

Reed revamps his game to be total package for Aggies

While Manning struggled to live up to expectations, Reed exceeded them.

The second-year starter quieted doubters who questioned his throwing ability and deemed him as a run-first quarterback last season as a freshman. His 14.6 yards per completion leads the SEC. His 25 touchdown passes rank second.

Reed needs 248 yards passing to become just the fifth Aggie to throw for 3,000 yards in a season.

Reed’s teammates and coaches praise his ability to stay calm and deliver big plays in big moments.

None were bigger than a inning touchdown pass in the final seconds at Notre Dame, and the rally to save the Aggies’ undefeated season two weeks ago.

Texas A&M trailed South Carolina 30-3 at halftime and Reed’s poor play helped dig the hole. He came out of the locker room blazing, with 316 yards and three touchdowns in the second half. The Aggies won 31-30 in the biggest comeback in school history.

Reed and the Aggies could wrap up a chance to play for their first SEC title Friday night. They are a virtual lock for the playoff and a chance to play for a national championship.

The last Aggies quarterback among the Heisman contenders was Johnny Manziel, who was the first freshman to win the trophy in 2012.

Like Reed, Manziel’s name wasn’t anywhere among the Heisman favorites when that season started. He won it in the end by a big margin.

“I always knew that I had the capability of becoming a Heisman contender because I know what I can do on the field,” Reed said. he said. “And I think a lot of my teammates believe in me as well.”

WASHINGTON HOPES TO PUT A DAMPER ON NO. 5 OREGON’S CFP CHANCES IN REGULAR-SEASON FINALE

Whenever Oregon coach Dan Lanning hits the road with donors and support groups, he most frequently is asked about the Ducks’ yearly matchup against Washington.

Saturday’s meeting with the Huskies in Seattle will not only be an opportunity for Washington (8-3) to earn its fourth win in five tries in the 117-game series, but it also will be a pivotal game for No. 5 Oregon (11-1, No. 6 CFP) and its playoff chances, which could take a serious hit with a loss. Washington coach Jedd Fisch is amply aware of such.

“Beating Oregon does a lot for me,” Fisch said Monday. “Knocking them out is just another part of it. But, we want to do everything we possibly can to get a win on Saturday.”

It won’t be easy for the Huskies, though they are hosting Oregon and Lanning has a 1-3 record in the rivalry series that dates back to 1900. After a couple of trying offensive games against Iowa and Wisconsin, the Ducks have scored 42 points in each of their last two games, including in a 42-27 victory over Southern California last weekend.

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore, who was injured in the game against Wisconsin, has returned to form the last two weeks, completing 49 of 60 (82%) passes for 563 yards and four touchdowns with one interception. Moore has the fourth-highest completion percentage in the nation, which Lanning attributes to his preparation.

“He works really hard,” Lanning said. “It’s being on the same page. Several of those plays he’s made are checks based on coverages as well. To piece all those pieces together, it’s a lot of hard work on his part and work by the wideouts knowing they’re going to be where he trusts them to be.”

Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. has had a similarly stellar season, ranking sixth in the country in completion percentage. He will need to be at his best for the Huskies to knock off Oregon in what both coaches figure will be an emotional regular-season finale for each squad.

“I’m sure that our crowd will be fired up,” Fisch said. “The energy will be elite. The passion our players will play with should be great.

Said Lanning: “I know that for our guys, there will be a high level of emotion in this game. They’re going to have that. It’s definitely an important rivalry for us. This game means a lot.”

Huskies’ reinforcements

Washington’s leading receiver and running back — Denzel Boston (ankle) and Jonah Coleman (knee) — have each been dealing with injuries that have limited their action the last few weeks. On Monday, Fisch said he expects both Boston and Coleman to be back in much more significant manners than during last weekend’s 48-14 win at UCLA.

“I don’t know how many reps that is,” Fisch said. “But a substantial amount.”

Wide receiver Raiden Vines-Bright, who left the Huskies’ 49-13 victory over Purdue on Nov. 15 in an ambulance after taking a big hit, also has been cleared to play.

Fightin’ Finney

Defensive back Brandon Finney Jr., who leads Oregon in passes defended this season with six, was called for a pass interference penalty last Saturday that resulted in a first down for USC. Lanning came to Finney’s defense on Monday, noting how his “next play” mentality has served him well during his freshman season with the Ducks.

“When you go against good players, that’s part of understanding that moments like that can happen,” Lanning said. “That’s not a surprise, you have an expectation that moments like that will happen at some point this year. It’s about how you respond, and he’s already responded. I have a lot of confidence in him.”

OU, QBU?

When the Ducks scored seven touchdowns against Washington last year in a 49-21 win, quarterback Dillon Gabriel was at the helm as he wrapped up his sixth college season before jumping to the NFL. Fisch is highly complimentary of both Gabriel and Moore.

“I mean, the quarterback’s different, but the quality of the quarterback’s the same,” Fisch said. “They’re both NFL quarterbacks that are exceptional.”

Road rules

Oregon has won 11 straight true home games under Lanning. The Ducks last lost away from Autzen Stadium on Oct. 14, 2023, falling 36-33 to Washington at Husky Stadium.

TOP-RANKED OHIO STATE’S REBUILT DEFENSE DEPENDS ON VERSATILE STARS ARVELL REESE AND CALEB DOWNS

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State won the national championship last season with the nation’s No. 1 defense.

It was full of talented players, but arguably the most important was Caleb Downs, a sophomore safety whose versatility gave then-defensive coordinator Jim Knowles lots of options for stopping opposing offenses and confusing their quarterbacks.

Lining up deep on one play and in the box on the next, he kept opponents guessing about what he was doing on a given snap and made multiple game-saving stops during the Buckeyes’ playoff run in January.

Although Knowles and eight NFL draft picks are gone, No. 1 Ohio State again tops the nation in total defense and scoring going into Saturday’s pivotal rivalry game at No. 15 Michigan.

With 39 tackles, including five for loss, two interceptions and three other pass breakups, Downs is again a big reason why, though he’s had plenty of help.

Few have provided more than Arvell Reese.

After serving as the third linebacker in a Knowles defense that typically featured only two on the field at a time, the junior from Cleveland has been a jack-of-all-trades for Matt Patricia, who replaced Knowles after 20 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the New England Patriots.

Splitting time between inside linebacker and outside linebacker or defensive end depending on the scheme, the 6-foot-4, 243-pound Reese has 59 tackles, including 10 1/2 for loss and 6 1/2 sacks.

Clips of him overpowering offensive tackles and running down speedy ball carriers have littered the internet throughout the fall, and now Reese is a finalist for the Butkus Award as the nation’s best linebacker. (The others are Indiana’s Aiden Fisher, Texas Tech’s Jacob Rodriguez, Georgia’s CJ Allen and Texas’ Anthony Hill Jr.)

“Early in his career, he could have very easily been discouraged because he didn’t play as much early on,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said earlier this season. “We moved him to the defensive line for a couple of months and all those things helped him.

“Now his athletic ability, his mindset and now his understanding of what goes on in that room with what (linebackers coach) James Laurinaitis has done in terms of just the football IQ in that room has allowed him to play at a high level.”

A product of the same Glenville High School that produced nearly two dozen Ohio State players earlier this century, including Ted Ginn Jr., Donte Whitner and Troy Smith, Reese has jumped all the way to the top of The Athletic’s latest 2026 NFL draft prospect rankings (Downs is third).

“It’s been awesome,” middle linebacker Sonny Styles said of playing with Reese. “I think we feed off each other. He does a great job. He’s physical, flies around. You see him off the edge. I think we just complement each other very well.”

If the nation was caught off guard by his ascension, Reese did not sound all that surprised when he spoke to reporters earlier this fall.

“Yeah, yes, sir,” he replied when a reporter asked if he thought this would be his breakout year.

When asked why, Reese stifled a laugh before adding, “I just know what I can do.”

This week he is likely to be in a pivotal role trying to help slow down a potent Michigan running game that is 10th in the nation.

At the same time, the top-ranked Buckeyes will want to prevent dual-threat freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood from having too much time to throw or being able to escape the pocket to move the chains with his legs.

Patricia’s ability to move Reese around the front seven and deploy Downs in different places in the secondary could present a challenge for Underwood before the snap, too.

“Bryce has played at an elite level the whole year,” Downs said. “He’s a really good quarterback. He does what he does really well, so I think he’s going to be a challenge either way, but Coach P does have a lot of experience, especially playing against rookie quarterbacks and stuff like that. So we’re confident in what we can do.”

MISSOURI LOCKS IN ELI DRINKWITZ WITH SIX-YEAR, $10.75 MILLION ANNUAL CONTRACT THROUGH 2031 SEASON

Missouri and Eli Drinkwitz have agreed to a six-year contract that will push the football coach’s average compensation to $10.75 million annually and likely end any speculation that he could leave for one of the high-profile job openings elsewhere.

The new contract was announced Thursday, one day after the University of Missouri Board of Curators held a meeting in which they voted unanimously to approve the deal. It would keep Drinkwitz leading the Tigers through the 2031 season.

“My family and I believe deeply in the vision and leadership from our administration and are incredibly happy to continue calling Columbia our home,” Drinkwitz said. “I’m grateful for the unwavering support of President Mun Choi, the Board of Curators, led by chair Todd Graves and incoming vice chair Bob Blitz, along with our athletics director, Laird Veatch.

“We’re also incredibly thankful for the support of our generous donors and NIL partners,” Drinkwitz added in a statement released by the school. “I’m committed to continuing our work to build Mizzou into a championship program.”

Drinkwitz was hired by Missouri in December 2019 after a single season at Appalachian State, where he went 12-1 and finished the year ranked in the top 20. The Tigers had fallen on hard times, but Drinkwitz steadily built them into a contender in the Southeastern Conference, reaching a bowl game in each of his first five seasons with a record of 45–28 heading into Saturday’s game against Arkansas.

That success, which included an 11-2 record and Cotton Bowl victory two years ago, made Drinkwitz a hot commodity on the coaching carousel. Missouri has acted aggressively to keep him, and the deal given to him this week is the second in the last four months.

Missouri officials were no doubt worried about losing Drinkwitz amid a hot coaching market. SEC rivals LSU, Florida, Arkansas and Auburn have openings, while power programs such as Penn State, UCLA and Stanford also are looking for new coaches.

“Under his vision and leadership, Coach Drinkwitz has transformed the standard for Mizzou football and united our entire program and fan base behind a clear pursuit of excellence,” Veatch said. “We’re thrilled he will continue leading our team into the future.”

Missouri has invested heavily in its football program, building a robust NIL program and undertaking massive renovations to Memorial Stadium. That includes a $250 million rebuild of the north end zone that is expected to be completed for the 2026 season.

The Tigers have sold out 20 consecutive home games, breaking the school record set in 1978.

“It’s critically important that we continue providing Coach Drinkwitz with the resources necessary to build and develop championship rosters in the Southeastern Conference,” Veatch said. “This new contract reflects our commitment to further strengthening and enhancing those resources. Our will to win is clear. We’re fully aligned behind Coach Drinkwitz and eager to keep building with him as he leads this program forward in the pursuit of championships.”

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TOP 25 ROUNDUP: CAMERON BOOZER CARRIES NO. 4 DUKE PAST NO. 22 ARKANSAS

Freshman forward Cameron Boozer scored 35 points to match his career high, and he had enough help down the stretch as No. 4 Duke beat No. 22 Arkansas 80-71 on Thursday night in Chicago.

Boozer made 13 of 18 shots from the field, including a pair of 3-point baskets, and had clutch moments in what was a one-possession margin in the waning minutes. He also had nine rebounds.

Caleb Foster added 15 points and Patrick Ngongba II had 11 points for Duke, which is off to its first 8-0 start to a season in eight years.

Darius Acuff Jr.’s 21 points led Arkansas (5-2), while Meleek Thomas had 13 points and Billy Richmond III and Trevon Brazile each added 11 points. Brazile had a game-high 11 rebounds.

No. 9 BYU 72, Miami 62

The trio of AJ Dybantsa, Kennard Davis Jr. and Robert Wright III combined for 51 points to lead the Cougars to a victory over the Hurricanes in the semifinals of the ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla.

BYU (5-1) rallied from a 33-29 halftime deficit against Miami (5-2) and advanced to Friday’s tournament championship against Dayton. The Hurricanes will play Georgetown in the consolation game on Friday.

Davis finished with 18 points and five rebounds. Wright totaled 17 points, four assists and three steals, and Dybantsa had 16 points and eight rebounds. Malik Reneau’s 14 points and nine rebounds and Shelton Henderson’s 13 points led the Hurricanes.

TCU 84, No. 10 Florida 80

Brock Harding scored seven of his 19 points in the final minute as the Horned Frogs snapped a tie and claimed a victory over the Gators in the Rady Children’s Invitational semifinals in San Diego.

Jace Posey led TCU (4-2) with a career-high 21 points while David Punch added 19 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. The Horned Frogs will play Wisconsin on Friday afternoon in the finals.

Urban Klavzar and Thomas Haugh led the Gators (4-2) with 20 points each. Rueben Chinyelu added 13 points and nine rebounds and Boogie Fland had 12 points before fouling out with 1:10 left. Florida, which had a four-game winning streak snapped, faces Providence in the consolation match on Friday.

No. 11 Michigan State 74, No. 16 North Carolina 58

Jeremy Fears Jr. poured in 15 of his 19 points in the second half and Carson Cooper racked up 14 points as te Spartans used a key 9-0 run down the stretch to beat the Tar Heels in the Fort Myers Tip-off in Fort Myers, Fla.

Cam Ward had 11 points off the Michigan State bench and Jaxon Kohler contributed 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Spartans (7-0) shot 62.1% in the second half.

North Carolina (6-1) went more than four minutes without a field goal to end the game. Caleb Wilson notched 18 points, Henri Veesaar finished with 13 points and Luka Bogavac had 11 for the previously unbeaten Tar Heels. North Carolina shot 4-for-23 from 3-point range, with starting guards Bogavac and Kyan Evans a combined 1-for-11.

No. 24 Vanderbilt 89, VCU 74

The Commodores shot 60.9% from the field in the second half to hold off the upset-minded Rams and clinch a spot in the Battle 4 Atlantis final at Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Vanderbilt (7-0) will play Saint Mary’s in the final after the Gaels defeated Virginia Tech 77-66 in the second semifinal. VCU (4-3) will oppose the Hokies in the third-place game.

Duke Miles led four Vanderbilt double-digit scorers, finishing with 20 points. VCU’s Jadrian Tracey scored 15 points and Nyk Lewis chipped in 16, but they shot a combined 8-for-25 from the field.

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WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 7 MARYLAND THROTTLES HOFSTRA

No. 7 Maryland blitzed Hofstra 95-38 at the Puerto Rico Shootout, racing out to a 10-0 lead and never easing off on Thursday in Carolina, Puerto Rico.

The Terrapins (9-0) got a team-high 13 points from Kaylene Smikle, while Addi Mack, Marya Boiko and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu each chipped in 10 points.

Maryland carved up the Pride (1-4) with efficient shot-making and ball movement, shooting 58.1% from the field and 45% from deep while piling up 22 assists compared to just seven for Hofstra. The Terps also owned the glass with a 40-17 rebound advantage and added 14 steals.

Hofstra never found a rhythm, shooting 32.6% overall and 23.5% from beyond the arc while committing 24 turnovers. Olivia VanPatten led her team with eight points. The Pride mustered just 19 points in both halves as Maryland closed out a 2-0 stay in Puerto Rico in emphatic fashion.

No. 12 North Carolina 83, South Dakota State 48

Indya Nivar recorded the second triple-double in program history, helping the Tar Heels to a dominant victory over the Jackrabbits at the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico.

With 13 points, 12 rebounds and 10 steals, Nivar joined Alyssa Ustby with the only triple-doubles in Tar Heel women’s basketball history. Nivar’s 10 steals also matched Pam Leake’s single-game school record.

Elina Aarnisalo and Nyla Brooks led North Carolina (6-1) with 14 points apiece. Brooklyn Meyer had a game-high 16 points for South Dakota State (5-1).

No. 25 NC State 79, Green Bay 67

Zoe Brooks led the Wolfpack with 21 points and seven assists, while Zamareya Jones added 17 points as they pulled away late to top the Phoenix at the Cancun Challenge.

Khamil Pierre was a force on the glass for the Wolfpack with a massive 21 rebounds as NC State (4-3) dominated the boards 49-30.

Green Bay (5-2) stayed close behind Gracie Grzesk’s 23 points and Jenna Guyer’s 15 off the bench, but the Phoenix couldn’t overcome NC State’s interior edge, where the Wolfpack had a 40-26 advantage in points in the paint.

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FUZZY ZOELLER, TWO-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION HAUNTED BY RACIST JOKE ABOUT TIGER WOODS, DIES AT 74

Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf’s most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colleague. He was 74.

A cause of death was not immediately available. Brian Naugle, the tournament director of the Insperity Invitational in Houston, said Zoeller’s daughter called him Thursday with the news.

Zoeller was the last player to win the Masters on his first attempt, a three-man playoff in 1979. He famously waved a white towel at Winged Foot in 1984 when he thought Greg Norman had beat him, only to defeat Norman in an 18-hole playoff the next day.

But it was the 1997 Masters that changed his popularity.

Woods was on his way to a watershed moment in golf with the most dominant victory in Augusta National history. Zoeller had finished his round and had a drink in hand under the oak tree by the clubhouse when he was stopped by CNN and asked for his thoughts on the 21-year-old Woods on his way to the most dominant win ever at Augusta National.

“That little boy is driving well and he’s putting well. He’s doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it?,” Zoeller said.

He smiled and snapped his fingers, and as he was walking away he turned and said, “Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.”

That moment haunted him the rest of his career.

Zoeller apologized. Woods was traveling and it took two weeks for him to comment as the controversy festered. Zoeller later said he received death threats for years after that moment.

Writing for Golf Digest in 2008, he said it was “the worst thing I’ve gone through in my entire life.”

“If people wanted me to feel the same hurt I projected on others, I’m here to tell you they got their way,” Zoeller wrote. “I’ve cried many times. I’ve apologized countless times for words said in jest that just aren’t a reflection of who I am. I have hundreds of friends, including people of color, who will attest to that.

“Still, I’ve come to terms with the fact that this incident will never, ever go away.”

It marred a career filled with two famous major titles, eight other PGA Tour titles and a Senior PGA Championship among his two PGA Tour Champions titles.

More than winning was how he went about it. Zoeller played fast and still had an easygoing nature to the way he approach the game, often whistling between shots.

He made his Masters debut in 1979 and got into a three-way playoff when Ed Sneed bogeyed the last three holes. Zoeller defeated Sneed and Tom Watson with a birdie on the second playoff hole, flinging his putter high in the air.

“I’ve never been to heaven, and thinking back on my life, I probably won’t get a chance to go,” Zoeller once said. “I guess winning the Masters is as close as I’m going to get.”

Zoeller was locked in a duel with Norman at Winged Foot in the 1984, playing in the group behind and watching Norman make putt after putt. So when he saw Norman make a 40-footer on the 18th, he assumed it was for birdie and began waving a white towel in a moment of sportsmanship.

Only later did he realize it was for par, and Zoeller made par to force a playoff. Zoeller beat him by eight shots in the 18-hole playoff (67-75). Zoeller’s lone regret was giving the towel to a kid after he finished in regulation.

“If you happen to see a grungy white towel hanging around, get it for me, will you?” he once said.

He was born Frank Urban Zoeller Jr. in New Albany, Indiana. Zoeller said his father was known only as “Fuzzy” and he was given the same name. He played at a junior college in Florida before joining the powerful Houston golf team before turning pro.

His wife, Diane, died in 2021. Zoeller has three children, including daughter Gretchen, with whom he used to play in the PNC Championship. Zoeller was awarded the Bob Jones Award by the USGA in 1985, the organization’s highest honor given for distinguished sportsmanship.

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GAME PREVIEW: PACERS VS WIZARDS (NBA CUP)

The Pacers (2-16) tip off a four-game homestand on Friday night, when they host the Washington Wizards (2-15) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the final NBA Cup game for both teams.

Indiana is coming a last-second loss on Wednesday night in Toronto, where Brandon Ingram’s game-winning jumper with 0.6 seconds left lifted the Raptors to a 97-95 win.

The Pacers were excellent for much of the first half on Wednesday, building a double-digit lead, but surrendered 22 unanswered points across the end of the second and beginning of the third quarters. They showed plenty of fight down the stretch, clawing their way back from a 13-point deficit, but came up one play short of picking up their first road win of the season.

One bright spot lately for the Pacers has been the play of T.J. McConnell. The veteran sparkplug had 16 points, seven rebounds, and six assists in a season-high 24 minutes off the bench on Wednesday. It took McConnell a little while to find a rhythm after making his season debut on Nov. 11 after a preseason hamstring injury, but he has now scored in double figures in four straight games.

After winning at Dallas in their second game of the season, the Wizards dropped 14 straight games before finally snapping their skid on Tuesday night with a 132-113 win over Atlanta. While it was Washington’s first victory in a month, they looked awfully impressive on Wednesday, particularly CJ McCollum.

The veteran sharpshooter was on fire, exploding for 46 points and going 10-for-13 from 3-point range. Second-year center Alex Sarr — a first-team All-Rookie selection in 2024-25 — also had strong night with 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting and 11 rebounds, while veteran forward Khris Middleton matched his career high with 12 assists.

Friday’s matchup with the Wizards tips off a four-game homestand and a home-heavy stretch that will see the Blue & Gold play 16 of their next 24 games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. After Friday, Indiana will host Chicago on Saturday on the second night of a back-to-back, welcome Cleveland on Monday, and then host Denver on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

Probable Starters

Pacers: G – Andrew Nembhard, G – Bennedict Mathurin, F – Jarace Walker, F – Pascal Siakam, C – Isaiah Jackson

Wizards: G – CJ McCollum, G – Corey Kispert, F – Bilal Coulibaly, F – Khris Middleton, C – Alex Sarr

Injury Report

Pacers: Johnny Furphy – out (left ankle sprain), Tyrese Haliburton – out (right Achilles tendon tear), Quenton Jackson – out (right hamstring strain), Kam Jones – out (lower back stress reaction), Aaron Nesmith – out (left knee MCL sprain), Obi Toppin – out (right foot stress fracture)

Wizards: TBD

Last Meeting

April 8, 2025: The Pacers bested the Wizards 104-98 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to sweep the season series with Washington.

Pascal Siakam led the way for Indiana with a game-high 24 points on 11-of-19 shooting and 10 rebounds. Tyrese Haliburton scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half, Bennedict Mathurin tallied 17 points off the bench, and Myles Turner recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds while also blocking five shots.

Justin Champagnie had 20 points and 13 rebounds for Washington, while Alex Sarr stuffed the stat sheet with 20 points, 12 boards, six assists, and three blocks.

Noteworthy

The Pacers swept four games against Washington last season and have won their last five games against the Wizards.

Indiana has also won five straight home games against the Wizards. Washington’s last win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse came on Oct. 19, 2022.

Indiana traditionally hosts a home game on the Friday following Thanksgiving at Gainbridge Fieldhouse with rare exceptions (they didn’t in 2020 or 2011, for instance, when the start of the season was was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the NBA lockout, respectively). The Pacers have won 9 of their last 11 home games on “Gold Friday,” though they lost last year to Detroit.

Broadcast Information (Where to Watch and Listen to Pacers Games >>)

TV: FanDuel Sports Network – Chris Denari (play-by-play), Quinn Buckner (analyst), Jeremiah Johnson (sideline reporter/host)

Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – Mark Boyle (play-by-play), Eddie Gill (analyst), Pat Boylan (sideline reporter/host)

Tickets

The Pacers will host Alex Sarr and the Washington Wizards at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for their traditional “Gold Friday” home game on Friday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 PM ET.

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MEMORABLE MOMENTS HAVE DEFINED OLD OAKEN BUCKET SERIES BETWEEN NO. 2 INDIANA AND PURDUE

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts tight end Will Mallory learned to appreciate the Indiana-Purdue rivalry the old-fashioned way — through family stories.

His father, Mike, might recount the time he was a grad assistant when Will’s grandfather, Bill, earned the first of his seven Old Oaken Bucket victories in 1987. One uncle, Curt, could brag about being on Indiana’s staff long enough to add two “I’s” to the chain in 1993 and 1994. Another other uncle, Doug, might talk about his field-side view as an assistant when the Indiana players honored their head coach with one final victory ride after beating Purdue 33-16 in 1996.

Yes, the Thanksgiving week stories became as much a part of the Mallory lore as turkey dinners. Even today, as Will Mallory prepares to play Sunday, he’ll monitor Friday night’s big game — the 100th presentation of The Bucket.

“I wasn’t born when my grandfather was coaching, but, obviously, just growing up with it and knowing how much that meant to my family, it’s a big game,” said Mallory, who attended high school and college in Florida. “I’m excited for them (the Hoosiers). They’ve got to keep it rolling.”

The late Bill Mallory’s 69 career wins still stand as the school record.

And though he beat Ohio State twice, Michigan once, pulled off the rarest of triples by beating both Big Ten powers and Purdue in 1987 and delivered two of the program’s three bowl wins, it’s those seven wins against the Boilermakers — and the indelible image of him pumping his fists while riding on his players’ shoulders in 1996 — that rekindle so many memories.

It’s the kind of moment that has defined this series, which began in 1891. The Bucket was introduced in 1925 after representatives of the two in-state schools located the decaying, mossy, moldy object on a family farm in southern Indiana. Once restored, it was ready for prime time.

Ever since, coaches and players at both schools spend entire years chasing the prized trophy and making the sprint across the field to get their hands on the trophy so they can put their imprint on the series by adding either an “I” or a “P” to the chain that fits inside The Bucket.

Those who have experienced the atmosphere recognize it’s not just another rivalry — or trophy.

“I’ve been at several different universities, especially in the Big Ten with the different rivalries or games you play, but I just remember that one being pretty special because of the disdain you had for IU,” said Colts defensive backs coach Jerome Henderson said, who was on Purdue’s staff for the 2016 loss. “(Bucket week) just meant a little more — the preparation, the details, were done just a little more. That was a game, no matter how the season was going, you wanted to win.”

The result has produced many memorable moments.

In 1966, Purdue won the Big Ten title by taking The Bucket. The Hoosiers returned the favor in 1967 and haven’t won a conference crown since then.

Purdue punched its ticket to Pasadena in 2000 by beating the Hoosiers 41-13 as Drew Brees and late coach Joe Tiller celebrated with a Bucket full of roses. The Boilermakers also took the Big Ten West Division title and a trip to their first league championship game in 2022.

Indiana delivered one of the most emotional moments in 2007 when Austin Starr’s 49-yard field goal with 30 seconds left helped Indiana fend off Purdue’s furious second-half comeback for a 27-24 victory that made the Hoosiers bowl eligible — fulfilling coach Terry Hoeppner’s three-year pledge, five months after his death.

Now there’s a whole new set of players — and coaches — taking center stage.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, a Heisman Trophy frontrunner, will get his first taste of the rivalry after leading California to wins over Stanford in The Big Game the last two seasons.

And after handing Purdue the worst loss in school history last year, 66-0, Curt Cignetti will try to become the first Hoosiers coach since Hall of Famer Bo McMillin in 1934-35 to beat the Boilermakers in each of his first two contests. If he does, the Hoosiers (11-0, 8-0) will play for the Big Ten title and likely will lock up another playoff berth after a much needed bye week.

“I think the entire organization was a little tired. I could feel it, sense it, Penn State week and Wisconsin week, so I think it came at a really good time,” Cignetti said. “Everybody seems to be refreshed. There was a lot of spirit at practice yesterday, and I can tell in the office everybody is rested up, so it’s a good thing.”

Perhaps not so good for Purdue (2-9, 0-8).

The Boilermakers have lost nine straight overall, a school-record 17 straight in conference play and enter the game as a 28 1/2-point underdog as coach Barry Odom — and dozens of newcomers — make their Bucket debuts.

On paper, it’s perhaps the biggest mismatch in decades. For the Boilermakers, it’s a chance to salvage something valuable from another dismal season.

“They all will leave here with experiences of what this past season was,” Odom said, reflecting on Senior Night. “Some are really good, some are leaning experiences and not great, but all of them, I believe, will look back on this experience and be thankful for the opportunity we had together.”

But for fans of the two programs, it will add yet another chapter to this storied rivalry, one many will continue to talk about at dinner tables for years to come just like the Mallory’s.

And Will Mallory will eagerly await hearing one more tale from outside his family.

“I know Mendoza from growing up in Miami and stuff, so it’s been awesome to watch him play,” Mallory said. “They (the Hoosiers) have built a great program, they’ve invested a lot of money in it and they brought in the right guys.”

INDIANA VS. PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

INDIANA NOTES:

GAME 12

No. 2/2 Indiana (11-0, 8-0 B1G) at Purdue (2-9, 0-8 B1G)
Friday, November 28, 2025
Ross-Ade Stadium | West Lafayette, Ind.

Setting The Scene

• No. 2/2/2 Indiana will make the drive north to face Purdue for the annual Old Oaken Bucket Game on Friday (Nov. 28) night at 7:30 p.m. in Ross-Ade Stadium on NBC. This will be the second time the rivalry has been played on a Friday and the first since 1995.
• It will be the 127th meeting between the two programs and 100th meeting since the inception of the Old Oaken Bucket. The first game against the two teams dates back to 1891 and the first Bucket Game was in 1925.
• Indiana won last year’s matchup, 66-0, in Bloomington. The 66 points marks the most points Indiana has scored in a Bucket Game and it is the largest margin of victory in series history for the Hoosiers. Purdue leads the all-time series, 77-43-6.
• The rivalry matchup also marks the first time in program history that Indiana will play two Friday games in a season. In Week 3, Indiana defeated Indiana State, 73-0, on Merchants Bank Field in Memorial Stadium. Indiana has a 7-5 record on Fridays.

NEWS & NOTES

• Indiana’s ranking in the AP and USA Today/US LBM Coaches Poll is No. 2 for the sixth-straight week. The Hoosiers also have been ranked at No. 2 in each of the three editions of the College Football Playoff rankings this season.
• The 22 victories since the beginning of the 2024 season are the most in any two-year span in program history and rank tied for No. 4 nationally over that span. The 16 Big Ten wins during that span are also the most in a two-year stretch in IU history.
• Indiana is 11-0 for the first time in program history after its 31-7 win in Week 12 over Wisconsin (11/15). The 11 victories tie the single season mark for wins in a season (2024).
• The 8-0 start in Big Ten play is the first time in program history an Indiana team started with an unblemished mark through at least eight conference games. The start also ties for the most conference wins in program history (2024).
• The Hoosiers are 42-27-1 all-time as a ranked team, which includes a 35-20-1 mark in Big Ten play.
• The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an unblemished record at Memorial Stadium, its sixth such season since the venue opened in 1960. The other seasons include 1967 (5-0), 1987 (6-0), 1991 (5-0), 2020 (3-0), and 2024 (8-0).
• Head coach Curt Cignetti started a season with an 11-0 mark for the first time in his head coaching tenure, after he started two seasons at 10-0 (Indiana, 2024; James Madison, 2023).
• With 70 yards rushing allowed against Wisconsin, Indiana held its ninth opponent of the season under 100-yards rushing – a new program standard.
• Indiana is the only Power 4 defense to rank among the top-15 nationally in scoring defense (No. 2, 11.6), total defense (No. 4, 249.0 ypg), rushing defense (No. 4, 82.4 ypg), passing defense (No. 13, 166.5 mpg) and sacks (TNo. 10, 30.0).
• Fernando Mendoza threw four touchdown passes in the win over the Badgers to move him to 30 on the year, the most of any Hoosier in a single season. His 30 passing scores are tied for No. 1 in the FBS with Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson and leads the Big Ten.
• Elijah Sarratt and Omar Cooper Jr. are tied for the Big Ten lead with 10 touchdown receptions with Jeremiah Smith (Ohio State). The Hoosier duo are also both on the top-five of the program’s career receiving touchdowns charts.
• Charlie Becker logged 108 yards receiving on five catches to make it back-to-back weeks with 100 yards along with a 31-yard touchdown reception against Wisconsin.
• Rolijah Hardy‘s 1.0 sack against Wisconsin marked back-to-back weeks and has logged a sack in five of the last six games.
• Stephen Daley had 3.0 tackles for loss versus the Badgers to put him in a tie at No. 1 in the Big Ten with 13.5. Isaiah Jones is at No. 4 in the conference with 12.0.

PURDUE NOTES:

GAME 12 PREP: BOILERS HOST #2 HOOSIERS FOR 100TH BUCKET GAME FRIDAY NIGHT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Coming off a bye week, Purdue Football closes out the 2025 season by hosting Indiana in the annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket on Black Friday. The rivalry matchup is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

QUICK HITS

While this will be the 127th meeting between Purdue and Indiana, Friday’s contest will be the 100th game for the Old Oaken Bucket.
While Purdue leads the all-time series 77-43-6, the Boilermakers also hold a 63-33-3 advantage when the Old Oaken Bucket is on the line.
The Boilermakers have won five of the past seven matchups, including three of the past four.
This marks the second time Purdue and Indiana have played on a Friday night, the other being a convincing 51-14 Boilermaker victory in Bloomington 30 years ago (Nov. 24, 1995).
The Boilermakers beat the Hoosiers 26-7 in the first ever game at Ross-Ade Stadium (Nov. 22, 1924).
Purdue has only faced a ranked Indiana team five times throughout history.
The Boilermakers’ month of November has featured opponents with a combined record of 39-5, including 28-4 in B1G play. That includes hosting the top two teams in the country and back-to-back weeks against the last two national champions.
Dennis Kelly, a three-year starting offensive tackle for the Boilermakers (2009-11) before embarking on a 12-year NFL career, will serve a Purdue’s honorary captain for Friday’s finale.
Friday’s game will also by Senior Night for the Boilermakers.
Averaging a Big Ten-best 10.9 tackles per conference game, one full tackle more than the second ranked defender, linebacker Mani Powell is looking to become the first Boilermaker in history to lead the Big Ten in tackle average. Powell’s 103 tackles lead the Big Ten and rank 14th nationally.
Powell is one of only two players in the country to tally at least 100 tackles, 10 TFLs and five sacks this season.
Powell (103), Tahj Ra-El (98) and Charles Correa (91) combine for 292 tackles, the most by any trio of teammates in the Big Ten. While Powell leads the league, Ra-El ranks third (22nd nationally) and Correa ranks seventh (41st nationally).
CJ Nunnally IV is one of four players in the FBS with at least nine tackles-for-loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one INT.
The Purdue defense ranks fourth in the Big Ten in red zone defense (75%).
Spencer Porath is 14-for-15 on field goals this season, ranking second in the Big Ten and sixth nationally in field goal percentage (93.3%). Porath is on pace to break Purdue’s single-season record for field goal percentage.
Purdue leads the Big Ten and ranks 14th nationally in net punting with a 42.3 average.
The Boilermakers also rank 12th nationally in punt return defense, allowing only 3.7 yards per return.
Jack McCallister ranks second in the Big Ten in punt average (44.7) and leads the conference with 19 punts pinned inside the 20-yard line.

A LOOK AT THE RIVALRY

Friday’s game will be the 127th meeting between the Boilermakers and Hoosiers, but just the 100th edition of the Old Oaken Bucket Game.
Purdue leads the all-time series 77-43-6, including a 40-23-4 at home. The Boilermakers defeated Indiana 26-7 in the first ever game at Ross-Ade Stadium (Nov. 22, 1924).
Since 1925, Purdue and Indiana have played annually for the Old Oaken Bucket. The Boilermakers lead the Bucket portion of the all-time series 63-33-3, including 18 wins in the last 27 showdowns that started at the beginning of the Joe Tiller era.
Purdue has won five of the past seven matchups.

OLD OAKEN BUCKET HISTORY

The Chicago alumni groups of both schools came up with the idea for a traveling trophy, and Russell Gray of Purdue and Clarence Jones of Indiana were given the task of finding an appropriate object. They recommended that “an old oaken bucket would be a most typical trophy from this state and should be taken from a well somewhere in Indiana.” Purdue’s Fritz Ernst and Whiley J. Huddle of Indiana found the fabled bucket, in a bad state of repair, covered with moss and mold, on the Bruner farm between Kent and Hanover in southern Indiana.
The Bruner farm was settled in the 1840s, and family lore suggests the bucket might have been used by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his soldiers during their incursion into Indiana in 1863 during the Civil War.
George Ade, distinguished humorist from Purdue, and Harry Kurrie, president of the Monon Railroad, representing Indiana, formally introduced the Old Oaken Bucket in 1925. The Boilermakers and Hoosiers subsequently battled to a 0-0 tie Nov. 21 at Ross-Ade Stadium, resulting in an “I-P” link being attached to the bucket.
Throughout its history, the bucket has been kidnapped by partisans from both schools – a couple of times missing so long that it was given up as lost, only to turn up mysteriously just before or after the annual game.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

In 137 seasons of Purdue Football, the Boilermakers have played on Fridays 15 times throughout history, recording a 5-9-1 record. Eight of those games have been night games and only three have been in Ross-Ade Stadium.
Last season, the Boilermakers had two Friday games on the schedule for the first time in program history.
Purdue has faced Indiana once on a Friday night, a dominating 51-14 victory in Bloomington 30 years ago (Nov. 24, 1995

SUCCESS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS

Purdue has beaten seven ranked teams over the past seven seasons despite being the underdog in each one of those games.
Three of those wins were against Top 3 teams, while Purdue handed five of those ranked teams their first loss of the season.
The victories during the 2021 campaign (No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Michigan State) gave Purdue multiple wins over Top 5 teams in one season for the first time since 1960 (No. 3 Ohio State, No. 1 Minnesota).
Five of the seven wins have been by double digits, the biggest being a 29-point victory over No. 2 Ohio State in 2018.

MISSING MOCKOBEE

For the rest of the season, Purdue is without one of the best running backs in program history.
Devin Mockobee suffered an injury in the fourth quarter against Rutgers (Oct. 24), which required season-ending surgery.
Mockobee missed the matchup at No. 21 Michigan (Nov. 1) due to injury, snapping a streak of 45 straight games played by the starting running back going all the way back to the 2022 season opener.
Mockobee appeared in five games before earning the starting position midway through the 2022 campaign and never looking back.
The Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year semifinalist ranks in the program’s Top 10 in several career categories: 100-yard rushing games (4th – 9), rushing yards (4th – 2,987), all-purpose yards (7th – 3,864) and rushing touchdowns (9th – 23).
This season, Mockobee leads the team in rushing yards (521) and rushing touchdowns (4). He has also thrown a touchdown and caught a touchdown this year.
Mockobee is close to becoming the first Boilermaker in program history to lead Purdue in rushing for four straight seasons.

CJ STUFFS THE STAT SHEET

Joining Purdue after two years as a First Team All-MAC defensive lineman at Akron, CJ Nunnally IV has proven to be a major transfer pickup for Barry Odom’s Boilermakers.
The Douglasville, Georgia, native leads Purdue in sacks (5.0), forced fumbles (2) and QB hurries (8), while ranking second in tackles-for-loss (9.5). He also has an interception and a fumble recovery to his credit.
Nunnally is one of four players in the FBS this season with at least nine tackles-for-loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception (Xavier Adkinson – Auburn, Mitchell Melton – Virginia and Byrun Parham – UConn).
He recorded the first interception of his career last game against No. 1 Ohio State picking off Heisman Trophy favorite Julian Sayin in the end zone. His interception was the first by a Boilermaker defensive lineman since George Karlaftis against TCU in 2019.
Nunnally has picked up the pace lately, forcing two fumbles and intercepting a pass over the last four games.
Nunnally IV is one of four players in the nation to record five or more sacks in each of the last three seasons – David Bailey (Stanford, Texas Tech), Isaiah Smith (SMU) and Malachi Lawrence (UCF).

SWARM THE BALL

Mani Powell (103), Tahj Ra-El (98) and Charles Correa (91) have combined for 292 tackles this season, more than any other trio of teammates in the Big Ten.
In Big Ten rankings, Powell leads the way, Ra-El ranks third, and Correa is seventh. Those numbers are even better in conference play. Powell’s 10.9 tackles per conference contest lead the Big Ten, while Ra-El (9.4) is second and Correa (8.5) rounds out the Top 5
With Ra El’s career-high 15-tackle performance against Rutgers, Purdue became the second team nationwide to record at least three individual 15-tackle games this season (Buffalo).
Correa and Powell led the attack against No. 22 Illinois, recording 15 and 14 tackles, respectively. They became the first pair of Purdue teammates to have at least 14 tackles in the same game since the Boilermakers’ 2021 Music City Bowl win over Tennessee (Chris Jefferson, Jaylan Alexander and Kieren Douglas).

FROM GEORGIA TO PURDUE

In the offseason, the Purdue wide receiver room welcomed a pair of Georgia transfers who have become an important part of the Boilermaker offense.
After making the move north, Michael Jackson III and Nitro Tuggle have combined for 86 catches for 924 yards and five touchdowns this season.
Jackson leads the Boilermakers in receptions (57) and receiving yards (504), while Tuggle ranks second in both categories, 29 and 420, respectively, and his four receiving touchdowns are a team best.
Jackson hauled in a career-high 14 receptions against No. 22 Illinois, the only Big Ten player to reach that mark this season. It was also the most catches by a Boilermaker since Rondale Moore (Minnesota Vikings) caught 15 passes against Minnesota (Nov. 20, 2020).
Scoring a touchdown against Notre Dame, Tuggle became the first Purdue wide receiver to find the end zone in three straight games since Charlie Jones (Cincinnati Bengals) accomplished the feat during his 2022 All-American season.

SPECIAL SPENCER

Spencer Porath has been a major factor in Purdue’s special teams play this season, going 14-of-15 on field goals.
His 93.3 field goal percentage ranks second in the Big Ten and sixth nationally, on pace to set a single-season school record.
Porath is the only kicker in the Big Ten to make multiple 50-yard field goals this season.
The sophomore kicked a career-long 53-yard FG at Washington, the third-longest in program history.
Against Michigan, Porath connected on a 50-yard field goal. It was Purdue’s first kick of 50 or more yards since J.D. Dellinger made a 53-yard boot against TCU in 2019.
Porath’s perfection through his first nine kicks of the season matched the best start by a Purdue kicker since Mitchell Fineran in 2021.
Porath went 7-for-11 as a freshman. He eclipsed his make total in game four this season.
In just 19 career games, Porath ranks 14th on the Purdue career charts with 21 made kicks.
His 80.8% career field goal clip (21-of-26) is currently the best in Purdue history.
He made a career-high three field goals at No. 21 Notre Dame. That included a career-long 48-yard field goal in the second quarter.
Against Southern Illinois, he scored 10 points thanks to a pair of field goals and splitting the uprights on four PATs. For his performance, Porath became Purdue’s first Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week since Dellinger six seasons ago (Nov. 11, 2019).

MANI’S THE MAN

A leader on the field and in the locker room as a team captain, Mani Powell is the Big Ten’s leading tackler through the first 11 games of the season.
Powell leads the conference in total tackles (103) and ranks 14th nationally with 9.4 tackles per game. He has been even better in conference play, as his 10.8 tackles per game in B1G games lead the league. The linebacker is looking to become the first Boilermaker in history to lead the Big Ten in tackles in conference games for a season.
He also paces Purdue with 11.0 tackles-for-loss and 5.0 sacks, becoming one of only two players (Byrun Parham – UConn) in the country with at least 100 tackles, 10 TFLs and five sacks.
Against Northwestern, the Columbus, Ohio, native produced one of the best performances this century by a Purdue defender. He made a career-high 20 tackles, the most by a Big Ten player in a conference game since 2018.
Powell’s game marked the first time a Boilermaker recorded 20 tackles in a game since Willie Fells accomplished the feat against Iowa 28 years ago (Nov. 1, 1997).

TACKLING MACHINE

Making the move with head coach Barry Odom from Las Vegas to West Lafayette, sophomore linebacker Charles Correa has made an immediate impact for the Boilermaker defense.
Correa has made 91 tackles on the season and averaging 8.3 tackles per game to rank seventh in the Big Ten and 41st nationally.
He was the first Boilermaker underclassmen with at least 49 tackles through five games since Ja’Whaun Bentley in 2015.
Correa was the first Boilermaker since at least 1995 to record 10 or more tackles in four of the first five games and just the 14th Big Ten player to do so in that span.
He is one of three underclassmen with 10 or more tackles in at least five games this season.
With five double-digit tackle games, Correa is tied for seventh-most in a season at Purdue since 1995.

THAT’S A FACT, JACK – FOR THE BRAND

A starting punter for the past three seasons at Washington, senior Jack McCallister had no problem bringing his talents from the Pacific Northwest to West Lafayette.
A weapon for the Boilermakers, McCallister’s punts forced opponents to a starting field position of their own 21.9-yard line; that number was the 10.8-yard line over the opening three games of the season.
Purdue ranks 14th nationally and leads the Big Ten in net punting at 42.3 yards.
McCallister has punted 42 times on the year for an average of 44.7 yards per boot. He has dropped 19 balls inside the 20-yard line and launched 13 punts of 50 yards or more with a long of 68.
His punts have been returned just 16 times for an average of 3.7 yards per return.
McCallister ran a fake punt for 10 yards and a first down through contact at Notre Dame, the first Purdue punter to run for a first down since Joe Schopper at Rutgers in 2017.
Against USC, McCallister was called upon three times for an average of 54.3 yards per game, including a 68-yard boot.
The 68-yard punt was the longest by a Boilermaker since Brooks Cormier‘s 69-yard punt against Minnesota in 2019.
He is one of three Purdue punters to average 50+ yards on a minimum of three punts twice in a season since at least 1995, joining Jared Armstrong (2006) and Travis Dorsch (2000, 2001).
In his Purdue debut, McCallister landed all three of his punts inside the 20-yard line for an average of 50.3 yards.
He was named to the Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 after Week 1 and Week 3 of the season.

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INDIANA AND GONZAGA MEET IN GEICO COCONUT HOOPS OPENER

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Hoosiers bring its unblemished record into Thanksgiving weekend when it takes part in Geico Coconut Hoops. They will meet Gonzaga in the opening round on Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET.

GAME DAY INFO

Indiana (6-0) vs. Gonzaga (3-3)

Friday, November 28, 2025 • 1:30 p.m. ET

Alico Arena • Fort Myers, Fla.

ABOUT THE BULLDOGS

Gonzaga has split its six games to open up the season, most recently coming off a win over Eastern Washington on Sunday at home. They are led by WCC Freshman of the Week forward Lauren Whittaker’s 17.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Allie Turner adds 14.0 points per game while junior guard Zeryiah Aokuso adds 10.0 points per outing. The Bulldogs were picked to finish second in the WCC this season.

SERIES HISTORY

First meeting

LAST MEETING

First meeting

NOTES

Indiana used big games from senior guard Shay Ciezki (26 points) and redshirt sophomore guard Lenée Beaumont (23 point) to score a season-high 82 points in an 82-64 win over Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday. The Hoosiers shot 55.4 percent from the floor and 55.8 percent from the 3-point line.

Ciezki continues on her opening tear of games as she leads IU with 22.0 points per game through the first six games. She has scored 20 points or more in four games and holds a 52.8 percent clip from the field, 50 percent from 3-point range and a 91.7 free throw percentage.

Beaumont has been hot for the Hoosiers in the past three games with three-consecutive 20-point performances. She has led Indiana in scoring in wins over Florida State (23 points) and Butler (21 points) while tying her career-high (23 points) at FGCU on Tuesday. In those three games, the Lisle, Ill. native is averaging a 69.7 percent clip from the floor, 92.3 percent from the 3-point line and 90 percent at the free throw line (9-for-10).

Anchoring the Indiana front court is sophomore forward Zania Socka-Nguemen who is averaging 13.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game in her first six games at Indiana. The Silver Springs, Md. native has three double-doubles to her name and is shooting 68.6 percent from the floor.

UP NEXT

Indiana will either face Marquette or No. 10 Iowa State in action on Sunday, Nov. 30. Time and opponent will be determined after Friday’s games in Geico Coconut Hoops.

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#1 PURDUE HOSTS EASTERN ILLINOIS IN FINAL NON-CONFERENCE TUNEUP

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

[1 / 1] Purdue (6-0) vs. Eastern Illinois (2-4)

Friday, November 28 | Noon ET

West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Arena (14,876)

TV: Big Ten Network (Jack Kizer, Bruce Weber)

RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)

THE SCENE SETTER

• Purdue closes out the opening month of the season when Eastern Illinois visits Mackey Arena for a Black Friday tilt starting at noon. The Boilermakers are coming off a tournament title at the Baha Mar Championship in the Bahamas and are looking to continue their winning ways in Mackey Arena, where Purdue has won 35 straight games against non-conference opposition.

• Following the game with the Panthers, Purdue will open December and Big Ten play at Rutgers on Dec. 2.

THE NOTES TO KNOW

• Purdue leads the all-time series with Eastern Illinois by a 5-0 advantage, winning all five games by at least 13 points. This marks the first meeting between the two teams since Nov. 20, 2013, an 83-55 Purdue victory.

• Purdue is looking for its 10th season starting 7-0 or better since the 1938-39 campaign (first year of NCAA). Five of the previous nine occurrences of 7-0 or better have come under Matt Painter (2009-10, 2015-16, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24).

• Purdue is the only school in America to have two players averaging double-doubles (Oscar Cluff, Trey Kaufman-Renn).

• Purdue is one-of-10 schools to rank in the top 20 in both offensive and defensive efficiency, via KenPom.

• Purdue is 93-23 (.800) during the careers of Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer and Trey Kaufman-Renn. The 93 victories are the fourth-most nationally while the 80.2 winning percentage is fifth nationally (Houston, Duke, Drake, UConn).

• Purdue has won 34 of its last 35 games during the month of November (34-1, .971). The lone loss came last season at No. 15 Marquette (11-19-24). Purdue is 70-3 (.959) at home during the month of November under Painter (losses to Bucknell, Villanova, Texas).

• The Boilermakers are also 47-3 (.940) in non-conference play since the start of the 2021-22 season. No other team has fewer than six losses in non-conference play during that span.

• Purdue ranks in the top 25 nationally in assist/turnover ratio (5th; 2.09), assists per game (13th; 19.8) and 3-point percentage (16th; .414). Individually, Braden Smith is second in assists per game (8.8), Oscar Cluff is 12th in rebounds (11.0) and Fletcher Loyer is 27th in free throw percentage (.952) and 31st in 3-pointers per game (3.33).

• Braden Smith, who has 811 career assists, needs six assists to move into second place on the Big Ten career assists list. Michigan State standout Mateen Cleaves is second with 816 career assists.

• Braden Smith has led the team in assists in 101 of 116 games since he arrived on campus.

• Last season’s leader in blocked shots, Trey Kaufman-Renn, had 11 blocked shots in 36 games. This year’s leader, Daniel Jacobsen, already has 11 blocked shots in just six games.

• Trey Kaufman-Renn and Eastern Illinois’ Kooper Jacobi were teammates on Silver Creek’s Class 3A (Indiana) state-championship teams in 2019 and 2021. The duo combined for 31 points and 28 rebounds in the 50-49 state title victory over Leo.

• C.J. Cox is the only player in the Big Ten to shoot 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from deep and 100 percent from the free throw line.

• Oscar Cluff and Trey Kaufman-Renn are two of eight players nationally to average a double-double and shoot 60 percent from the field.

• Cluff and Kaufman-Renn are combining to average 27.3 points and 23.5 rebounds while shooting 66.2 percent from the field since TKR’s return.

• Purdue has won 33 straight games when holding foes under 59 points. The last loss came on Dec. 8, 2020, at Miami (L, 58-54).

• Purdue has won 75 of its last 77 games when shooting at least 50.0 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from 3-point range and 70.0 percent from the free throw line (losses: Feb. 15, 2025 vs. Wisconsin; Nov. 24, 2014 vs. Kansas State).

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PURDUE FOOTBALL NEWS

GAME 12 PREP: BOILERS HOST #2 HOOSIERS FOR 100TH BUCKET GAME FRIDAY NIGHT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Coming off a bye week, Purdue Football closes out the 2025 season by hosting Indiana in the annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket on Black Friday. The rivalry matchup is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

QUICK HITS

While this will be the 127th meeting between Purdue and Indiana, Friday’s contest will be the 100th game for the Old Oaken Bucket.

While Purdue leads the all-time series 77-43-6, the Boilermakers also hold a 63-33-3 advantage when the Old Oaken Bucket is on the line.

The Boilermakers have won five of the past seven matchups, including three of the past four.

This marks the second time Purdue and Indiana have played on a Friday night, the other being a convincing 51-14 Boilermaker victory in Bloomington 30 years ago (Nov. 24, 1995).

The Boilermakers beat the Hoosiers 26-7 in the first ever game at Ross-Ade Stadium (Nov. 22, 1924).

Purdue has only faced a ranked Indiana team five times throughout history.

The Boilermakers’ month of November has featured opponents with a combined record of 39-5, including 28-4 in B1G play. That includes hosting the top two teams in the country and back-to-back weeks against the last two national champions.

Dennis Kelly, a three-year starting offensive tackle for the Boilermakers (2009-11) before embarking on a 12-year NFL career, will serve a Purdue’s honorary captain for Friday’s finale.

Friday’s game will also by Senior Night for the Boilermakers.

Averaging a Big Ten-best 10.9 tackles per conference game, one full tackle more than the second ranked defender, linebacker Mani Powell is looking to become the first Boilermaker in history to lead the Big Ten in tackle average. Powell’s 103 tackles lead the Big Ten and rank 14th nationally.

Powell is one of only two players in the country to tally at least 100 tackles, 10 TFLs and five sacks this season.

Powell (103), Tahj Ra-El (98) and Charles Correa (91) combine for 292 tackles, the most by any trio of teammates in the Big Ten. While Powell leads the league, Ra-El ranks third (22nd nationally) and Correa ranks seventh (41st nationally).

CJ Nunnally IV is one of four players in the FBS with at least nine tackles-for-loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one INT.

The Purdue defense ranks fourth in the Big Ten in red zone defense (75%).

Spencer Porath is 14-for-15 on field goals this season, ranking second in the Big Ten and sixth nationally in field goal percentage (93.3%). Porath is on pace to break Purdue’s single-season record for field goal percentage.

Purdue leads the Big Ten and ranks 14th nationally in net punting with a 42.3 average.

The Boilermakers also rank 12th nationally in punt return defense, allowing only 3.7 yards per return.

Jack McCallister ranks second in the Big Ten in punt average (44.7) and leads the conference with 19 punts pinned inside the 20-yard line.

A LOOK AT THE RIVALRY

Friday’s game will be the 127th meeting between the Boilermakers and Hoosiers, but just the 100th edition of the Old Oaken Bucket Game.

Purdue leads the all-time series 77-43-6, including a 40-23-4 at home. The Boilermakers defeated Indiana 26-7 in the first ever game at Ross-Ade Stadium (Nov. 22, 1924).

Since 1925, Purdue and Indiana have played annually for the Old Oaken Bucket. The Boilermakers lead the Bucket portion of the all-time series 63-33-3, including 18 wins in the last 27 showdowns that started at the beginning of the Joe Tiller era.

Purdue has won five of the past seven matchups.

OLD OAKEN BUCKET HISTORY

The Chicago alumni groups of both schools came up with the idea for a traveling trophy, and Russell Gray of Purdue and Clarence Jones of Indiana were given the task of finding an appropriate object. They recommended that “an old oaken bucket would be a most typical trophy from this state and should be taken from a well somewhere in Indiana.” Purdue’s Fritz Ernst and Whiley J. Huddle of Indiana found the fabled bucket, in a bad state of repair, covered with moss and mold, on the Bruner farm between Kent and Hanover in southern Indiana.

The Bruner farm was settled in the 1840s, and family lore suggests the bucket might have been used by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his soldiers during their incursion into Indiana in 1863 during the Civil War.

George Ade, distinguished humorist from Purdue, and Harry Kurrie, president of the Monon Railroad, representing Indiana, formally introduced the Old Oaken Bucket in 1925. The Boilermakers and Hoosiers subsequently battled to a 0-0 tie Nov. 21 at Ross-Ade Stadium, resulting in an “I-P” link being attached to the bucket.

Throughout its history, the bucket has been kidnapped by partisans from both schools – a couple of times missing so long that it was given up as lost, only to turn up mysteriously just before or after the annual game.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

In 137 seasons of Purdue Football, the Boilermakers have played on Fridays 15 times throughout history, recording a 5-9-1 record. Eight of those games have been night games and only three have been in Ross-Ade Stadium.

Last season, the Boilermakers had two Friday games on the schedule for the first time in program history.

Purdue has faced Indiana once on a Friday night, a dominating 51-14 victory in Bloomington 30 years ago (Nov. 24, 1995

SUCCESS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS

Purdue has beaten seven ranked teams over the past seven seasons despite being the underdog in each one of those games.

Three of those wins were against Top 3 teams, while Purdue handed five of those ranked teams their first loss of the season.

The victories during the 2021 campaign (No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Michigan State) gave Purdue multiple wins over Top 5 teams in one season for the first time since 1960 (No. 3 Ohio State, No. 1 Minnesota).

Five of the seven wins have been by double digits, the biggest being a 29-point victory over No. 2 Ohio State in 2018.

MISSING MOCKOBEE

For the rest of the season, Purdue is without one of the best running backs in program history.

Devin Mockobee suffered an injury in the fourth quarter against Rutgers (Oct. 24), which required season-ending surgery.

Mockobee missed the matchup at No. 21 Michigan (Nov. 1) due to injury, snapping a streak of 45 straight games played by the starting running back going all the way back to the 2022 season opener.

Mockobee appeared in five games before earning the starting position midway through the 2022 campaign and never looking back.

The Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year semifinalist ranks in the program’s Top 10 in several career categories: 100-yard rushing games (4th – 9), rushing yards (4th – 2,987), all-purpose yards (7th – 3,864) and rushing touchdowns (9th – 23).

This season, Mockobee leads the team in rushing yards (521) and rushing touchdowns (4). He has also thrown a touchdown and caught a touchdown this year.

Mockobee is close to becoming the first Boilermaker in program history to lead Purdue in rushing for four straight seasons.

CJ STUFFS THE STAT SHEET

Joining Purdue after two years as a First Team All-MAC defensive lineman at Akron, CJ Nunnally IV has proven to be a major transfer pickup for Barry Odom’s Boilermakers.

The Douglasville, Georgia, native leads Purdue in sacks (5.0), forced fumbles (2) and QB hurries (8), while ranking second in tackles-for-loss (9.5). He also has an interception and a fumble recovery to his credit.

Nunnally is one of four players in the FBS this season with at least nine tackles-for-loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception (Xavier Adkinson – Auburn, Mitchell Melton – Virginia and Byrun Parham – UConn).

He recorded the first interception of his career last game against No. 1 Ohio State picking off Heisman Trophy favorite Julian Sayin in the end zone. His interception was the first by a Boilermaker defensive lineman since George Karlaftis against TCU in 2019.

Nunnally has picked up the pace lately, forcing two fumbles and intercepting a pass over the last four games.

Nunnally IV is one of four players in the nation to record five or more sacks in each of the last three seasons – David Bailey (Stanford, Texas Tech), Isaiah Smith (SMU) and Malachi Lawrence (UCF).

SWARM THE BALL

Mani Powell (103), Tahj Ra-El (98) and Charles Correa (91) have combined for 292 tackles this season, more than any other trio of teammates in the Big Ten.

In Big Ten rankings, Powell leads the way, Ra-El ranks third, and Correa is seventh. Those numbers are even better in conference play. Powell’s 10.9 tackles per conference contest lead the Big Ten, while Ra-El (9.4) is second and Correa (8.5) rounds out the Top 5

With Ra El’s career-high 15-tackle performance against Rutgers, Purdue became the second team nationwide to record at least three individual 15-tackle games this season (Buffalo).

Correa and Powell led the attack against No. 22 Illinois, recording 15 and 14 tackles, respectively. They became the first pair of Purdue teammates to have at least 14 tackles in the same game since the Boilermakers’ 2021 Music City Bowl win over Tennessee (Chris Jefferson, Jaylan Alexander and Kieren Douglas).

FROM GEORGIA TO PURDUE

In the offseason, the Purdue wide receiver room welcomed a pair of Georgia transfers who have become an important part of the Boilermaker offense.

After making the move north, Michael Jackson III and Nitro Tuggle have combined for 86 catches for 924 yards and five touchdowns this season.

Jackson leads the Boilermakers in receptions (57) and receiving yards (504), while Tuggle ranks second in both categories, 29 and 420, respectively, and his four receiving touchdowns are a team best.

Jackson hauled in a career-high 14 receptions against No. 22 Illinois, the only Big Ten player to reach that mark this season. It was also the most catches by a Boilermaker since Rondale Moore (Minnesota Vikings) caught 15 passes against Minnesota (Nov. 20, 2020).

Scoring a touchdown against Notre Dame, Tuggle became the first Purdue wide receiver to find the end zone in three straight games since Charlie Jones (Cincinnati Bengals) accomplished the feat during his 2022 All-American season.

SPECIAL SPENCER

Spencer Porath has been a major factor in Purdue’s special teams play this season, going 14-of-15 on field goals.

His 93.3 field goal percentage ranks second in the Big Ten and sixth nationally, on pace to set a single-season school record.

Porath is the only kicker in the Big Ten to make multiple 50-yard field goals this season.

The sophomore kicked a career-long 53-yard FG at Washington, the third-longest in program history.

Against Michigan, Porath connected on a 50-yard field goal. It was Purdue’s first kick of 50 or more yards since J.D. Dellinger made a 53-yard boot against TCU in 2019.

Porath’s perfection through his first nine kicks of the season matched the best start by a Purdue kicker since Mitchell Fineran in 2021.

Porath went 7-for-11 as a freshman. He eclipsed his make total in game four this season.

In just 19 career games, Porath ranks 14th on the Purdue career charts with 21 made kicks.

His 80.8% career field goal clip (21-of-26) is currently the best in Purdue history.

He made a career-high three field goals at No. 21 Notre Dame. That included a career-long 48-yard field goal in the second quarter.

Against Southern Illinois, he scored 10 points thanks to a pair of field goals and splitting the uprights on four PATs. For his performance, Porath became Purdue’s first Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week since Dellinger six seasons ago (Nov. 11, 2019).

MANI’S THE MAN

A leader on the field and in the locker room as a team captain, Mani Powell is the Big Ten’s leading tackler through the first 11 games of the season.

Powell leads the conference in total tackles (103) and ranks 14th nationally with 9.4 tackles per game. He has been even better in conference play, as his 10.8 tackles per game in B1G games lead the league. The linebacker is looking to become the first Boilermaker in history to lead the Big Ten in tackles in conference games for a season.

He also paces Purdue with 11.0 tackles-for-loss and 5.0 sacks, becoming one of only two players (Byrun Parham – UConn) in the country with at least 100 tackles, 10 TFLs and five sacks.

Against Northwestern, the Columbus, Ohio, native produced one of the best performances this century by a Purdue defender. He made a career-high 20 tackles, the most by a Big Ten player in a conference game since 2018.

Powell’s game marked the first time a Boilermaker recorded 20 tackles in a game since Willie Fells accomplished the feat against Iowa 28 years ago (Nov. 1, 1997).

TACKLING MACHINE

Making the move with head coach Barry Odom from Las Vegas to West Lafayette, sophomore linebacker Charles Correa has made an immediate impact for the Boilermaker defense.

Correa has made 91 tackles on the season and averaging 8.3 tackles per game to rank seventh in the Big Ten and 41st nationally.

He was the first Boilermaker underclassmen with at least 49 tackles through five games since Ja’Whaun Bentley in 2015.

Correa was the first Boilermaker since at least 1995 to record 10 or more tackles in four of the first five games and just the 14th Big Ten player to do so in that span.

He is one of three underclassmen with 10 or more tackles in at least five games this season.

With five double-digit tackle games, Correa is tied for seventh-most in a season at Purdue since 1995.

THAT’S A FACT, JACK – FOR THE BRAND

A starting punter for the past three seasons at Washington, senior Jack McCallister had no problem bringing his talents from the Pacific Northwest to West Lafayette.

A weapon for the Boilermakers, McCallister’s punts forced opponents to a starting field position of their own 21.9-yard line; that number was the 10.8-yard line over the opening three games of the season.

Purdue ranks 14th nationally and leads the Big Ten in net punting at 42.3 yards.

McCallister has punted 42 times on the year for an average of 44.7 yards per boot. He has dropped 19 balls inside the 20-yard line and launched 13 punts of 50 yards or more with a long of 68.

His punts have been returned just 16 times for an average of 3.7 yards per return.

McCallister ran a fake punt for 10 yards and a first down through contact at Notre Dame, the first Purdue punter to run for a first down since Joe Schopper at Rutgers in 2017.

Against USC, McCallister was called upon three times for an average of 54.3 yards per game, including a 68-yard boot.

The 68-yard punt was the longest by a Boilermaker since Brooks Cormier’s 69-yard punt against Minnesota in 2019.

He is one of three Purdue punters to average 50+ yards on a minimum of three punts twice in a season since at least 1995, joining Jared Armstrong (2006) and Travis Dorsch (2000, 2001).

In his Purdue debut, McCallister landed all three of his punts inside the 20-yard line for an average of 50.3 yards.

He was named to the Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 after Week 1 and Week 3 of the season.

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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL NEWS

NO. 9 NOTRE DAME WILL TRY TO IGNORE THE PLAYOFF CHATTER AS THEY FACE MUST-WIN SCENARIO AT STANFORD

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman sent a clear message to his team this week.

Win Saturday at Stanford and the playoff picture will sort itself out. Nothing else.

For the second straight year, the Fighting Irish find themselves not only playing a must-win regular season finale to make the 12-team field but also without another opportunity to impress the selection committee. Freeman wants his players thinking only about the rivalry game.

“You start thinking about the big picture and an uncertain future, that’s added pressure you don’t need,” he said. “ This game is the Super Bowl. It can’t be lip service. Your actions have to follow that. If our actions do follow that, I’m confident we’ll be prepared for the opportunity Saturday.”

The most immediate scenario for No. 9 Notre Dame (9-2, No. 9 CFP) is simple: Win and they are likely in for the second straight year, lose and they’ll almost certainly be left out. Beyond that, the scenarios are more complex.

The Fighting Irish have won nine straight since opening the season with two straight losses by a total of four points against two potential playoff teams but have been locked into the No. 9 seed for weeks. If they remain there, they’ll open the postseason on the road. If the Irish win again, they could host a game for the second straight year.

There’s even a potential scenario in which Alabama wins the SEC title, BYU wins the Big 12 and Miami joins the fray, perhaps knocking out the Irish. But Freeman doesn’t want his players watching scoreboards or thinking about the what-ifs.

“Coach (Freeman) does a good job of just preaching to us to allow us to elevate each and every week, and not thinking too much about the playoffs,” said cornerback DeVonta Smith, who spent his first four seasons at Alabama. “Practice is about what can we do to be able to elevate, to be able to give it all and reach that team glory on Saturday. The team is truly locked in and focused on what’s ahead of us at Stanford.”

Freeman didn’t have to look far to find warning signs, even though the Irish are riding high after back-to-back blowouts of Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

Stanford (4-7) has won four of its five home games, will celebrate Senior Night and interim coach Frank Reich’s finale. Notre Dame also will be missing two more players — linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and cornerback Chance Tucker — who suffered season-ending injuries last week. And the prime-time start in California will feel like 10:30 p.m. in South Bend.

Freeman is trying to make some adjustments.

“It starts with the mental approach,” he said. “We have to make 7:30 Pacific Time, Notre Dame Time.”

For some, like Smith, hearing playoff banter this time of year has become an annual tradition.

For others, such as receiver Will Pauling who played for Cincinnati and Wisconsin before transferring to Notre Dame this year, it’s a new experience and they are heeding Freeman’s advice.

“Obviously, you hear a lot of the noise from all the outside sources. Coach Freeman’s done a good job of telling us to block all that out and that’s exactly what we’re going to do,” Pauling said. “I think that’s just natural human instinct for everybody to lock in. We’re all competitors, we’re all winners. We want to win every single game. So it doesn’t matter if it’s Stanford or if it’s Syracuse lining up, we want to win every single time.”

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Nov. 28

1906 — Tommy Burns fights to a 20-round draw with light heavyweight Jack O’Brien in a world heavyweight title bout in Los Angeles.

1929 — Ernie Nevers rushes for six touchdowns and kicks four PATs to score all his team’s points, an NFL record, in the Chicago Cardinals’ 40-6 rout of the Chicago Bears.

1948 — Dippy Evans of the Chicago Bears is the only NFL player to score two touchdowns on recovered fumbles in a 48-13 victory over the Washington Redskins.

1969 — The New York Knicks beat the Cincinnati Royals 106-105 at Cleveland to set an NBA record with 18 consecutive victories.

1981 — Alabama’s Paul “Bear” Bryant becomes the winningest coach in college football history when the Rolling Tide beats Auburn 28-17 in the Iron Bowl. It’s Bryant’s 315th career victory, surpassing Amos Alonzo Stagg for most wins.

1986 — The Celtics beat San Antonio 111-96 at Boston Garden to set an NBA record with their 38th consecutive homecourt victory.

1992 — Bobby Bowden becomes the first major college coach to win 10 games in six straight seasons as Florida State beats Florida 45-24 to finish the regular season at 10-1.

2004 — Cincinnati and Cleveland play the most remarkable game in their intrastate rivalry, a wacky 58-48 victory by the Bengals that is the second-highest scoring game in NFL history. The 106 combined points are the most since the Redskins beat the Giants 72-41 on Nov. 27, 1966, for the league record.

2004 — Bode Miller becomes the first man to open a World Cup season with three victories in three disciplines, winning a super-giant slalom ahead of Hermann Maier in Lake Louise, Alberta. Miller’s first career Super G win comes one day after his first World Cup downhill victory. He also won the season-opening giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, and is just the fourth skier to win World Cup races in all five disciplines over his career (slalom and combined are the others).

2014 — Martin St. Louis reaches 1,000 career points with a goal and an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0. St. Louis scores on a rebound for the 1,000th point of his career to become the sixth undrafted player in NHL history to accomplish the feat.

2014 — Brandon Doughty throws a Conference USA-record eight touchdown passes, the last in overtime to Jared Dangerfield followed by a 2-point conversion pass to Willie McNeal that lifts Western Kentucky over No. 19 Marshall 67-66.

2015 — Paxton Lynch ties the FBS record with seven touchdown passes in a half, and Memphis set single-season records for yards and points in a 63-0 win over SMU.

2015 — Tyson Fury defeats Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision to end the Ukrainian’s nine-and-a-half-year reign as heavyweight champion and take his WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles.

2016 — A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashes near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 75 people. Six people survive. The aircraft, which had departed from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil for the first leg of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.

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Nov. 29

1890 — Navy beats Army 24-0 in the first matchup of this historic series.

1934 — The Detroit Lions play their first traditional Thanksgiving Day home game and lose to the Chicago Bears 19-16 in front of 26,000. CBS Radio does the first national broadcast of an NFL game.

1987 — The New Orleans Saints hold off the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-16 to assure themselves of their first winning season in their 20-year history.

1992 — New York Jets defensive end Dennis Byrd is paralyzed in his lower body after colliding with teammate Scott Mersereau and breaking his C-5 vertebra in a 23-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

1995 — Grant Fuhr becomes the 11th NHL goalie to win 300 games as the St. Louis Blues beat Winnipeg 4-1.

1998 — Miami’s Dan Marino becomes the first player to throw 400 career TD passes, passing for 255 yards and three TDs in the Dolphins’ 30-10 win against New Orleans.

2003 — LeBron James, 18, becomes youngest player in NBA history to score 30 or more points in a game with his 33-point effort in the Cavaliers’ 122-115 double-overtime loss to Memphis. Kobe Bryant was 19 when he reached 30 for the Lakers in 1997.

2003 — Maryland’s Bruce Perry rushes for 237 yards while Wake Forest’s Chris Barclay gains 243 yards, marking the first time in ACC history and only the fifth time in NCAA history that opposing backs have more than 200 rushing yards in the same game. Perry scores three touchdowns in the Terrapins’ 41-28 win.

2004 — Brett Favre celebrates his 200th straight regular-season start with three touchdown passes and yet another record in the Green Bay Packers’ 45-17 rout of the St. Louis Rams.

2008 — Chris Duhon passes out a franchise-record 22 assists in New York’s 138-125 victory over Golden State. Duhon breaks Richie Guerin’s team record of 21 assists set in 1958. New York scores 82 points in the first half to break the record for most first-half points at the present Madison Square Garden, set when Kansas City scored 81 on Dec. 8, 1979.

2009 — Francesco and Edoardo Molinari become the first brothers to win the World Cup of Golf, giving Italy its first title in the team event with a one-stroke victory over Sweden and Ireland.

2009 — The Indianapolis Colts earn their 20th straight regular-season victory with a 35-27 win over Houston. The Colts came back from fourth-quarter deficits in each of their past five games to become the first NFL team to win five in a row when trailing in the fourth quarter of each contest.

2012 — Drew Brees throws a career-high five interceptions and his record touchdown streak of 54 consecutive games ends in New Orleans’ 23-13 loss to Atlanta. Brees completed 28 of 50 passes for 341 yards.

2013 — David Fales throws for 543 yards and six touchdowns in an entertaining showdown with Derek Carr and San Jose State ends No. 16 Fresno State’s run toward a possible BCS bowl with a 62-52 victory. Carr passes for 519 yards and six touchdowns.

2015 — Andy Murray gives Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years when he beats Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the first of reverse singles. The win gives Britain an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five series.

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Nov. 30

1941 — The Chicago Bears score 49 points in the second half to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 49-13.

1948 — Baseball’s Negro National League disbands.

1956 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the world heavyweight title in Chicago.

1969 — Russ Jackson throws a record four touchdowns to lead the Ottawa Rough Riders to a 29-11 victory over Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL Grey Cup championship.

1979 — Sugar Ray Leonard wins the WBC welterweight title with 15th-round knockout of Wilfred Benitez in Las Vegas.

1987 — Bo Jackson, also an outfielder for the Kansas City Royals, rushes for 221 yards to lead the Los Angeles Raiders to a 37-14 rout of the Seattle Seahawks. Jackson, playing in his fifth NFL game, scores on runs of 91 and 2 yards and has a 14-yard touchdown reception.

1990 — Boston’s Larry Bird scores his 20,000th career point in the Celtics’ 123-95 win over Washington at the Garden. Bird is the fifth player in league history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West) to gather 20,000 points, 5,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists in his playing career.

1991 — San Diego State’s Marshall Faulk becomes the first freshman to capture the national rushing and scoring titles after gaining 154 yards on 27 carries in a 39-12 loss to top-ranked Miami.

1996 — Michael Jordan becomes the 10th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points after scoring 35 in the Bulls 97-88 win at San Antonio. Jordan reaches 25,000 in 782 games, faster than any other player but Wilt Chamberlain (691).

2003 — Mark Philippoussis gives Australia its 28th Davis Cup title, fighting off a shoulder injury that nearly forces him to retire after the fourth set to beat Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-0.

2008 — Keith Tkachuk reaches 1,000 career points with the tying goal late in the second period in St. Louis’ 4-2 victory over Atlanta.

2008 — Oakland has only one catch by a wide receiver in its 20-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, and that officially was for 0 yards by Ronald Curry on a hook-and-lateral play.

2012 — NBA Commissioner David Stern fines the San Antonio Spurs $250,000 for “a disservice to the league and our fans” when they don’t bring Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili or Danny Green to Miami for the final game of a six-game trip.

2012 — Georgetown and Tennessee hold each other scoreless over the final four minutes, and the Hoyas beat the Volunteers 37-36 in a display of abysmal shooting in the SEC/Big East Challenge. The teams combine to make just 7 of 20 shots — from the free throw line. The field-goal shooting is just as horrid, with the Vols hitting 33 percent and the Hoyas 36 percent.

2013 — Chris Davis races 100-plus yards with a missed field-goal attempt for a touchdown on the final play to lift No. 4 Auburn to a 34-28 victory over No. 1 Alabama. Davis catches the ball about 9 yards deep in the end zone after freshman Adam Griffith’s 57-yard attempt falls short. He sprints down the left sideline and cuts back with nothing but teammates around him in a second straight hard-to-fathom finish for the Tigers.

2015 — NBA star Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers) announces his intention to retire at the end of the season.

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Dec. 1

1936 — End Larry Kelley of Yale is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1951 — Arnold “Showboat” Boykin of Mississippi scores seven touchdowns in a 49-7 rout of Mississippi State.

1956 — The United States beats the Soviet Union 89-55 to win the gold medal in men’s basketball at the Melbourne Olympics. Bob Jeangerard (16), K.C. Jones (15), Jim Walsh (14) and Bill Russell (13) each score double-digits.

1959 — Louisiana State halfback Billy Cannon is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1961 — Paul Arizin of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 33 points in 138-177 win over the Los Angeles Lakers to become the third NBA player to reach the 15,000-point plateau.

1973 — Jack Nicklaus wins the Disney World Open to become the first professional golfer to surpass $2 million in career earnings.

1980 — South Carolina running back George Rogers is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1984 — Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie is named the 50th Heisman Trophy winner.

1990 — Ty Detmer of Brigham Young wins the Heisman Trophy. Detmer, who had set or tied 25 NCAA passing and total offense records, becomes the first BYU winner and third consecutive junior winner.

1996 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the first player in NHL history to reach the 3,000 point plateau.

2001 — North Texas (5-6) loses to Troy State 18-16 to become the third team to go to a bowl with a losing record. The Mean Green, bound for the inaugural New Orleans Bowl as the Sun Belt Conference champion, joins SMU (4-6 in 1963) and William & Mary (5-6 in 1970) as the only teams to play in a bowl game with losing records.

2003 — Sylvester Croom becomes the Southeastern Conference’s first black head football coach, accepting an offer to take over troubled Mississippi State.

2004 — McKendree College coach Harry Statham tops Dean Smith with his 880th career victory, an 83-72 win over Maryville. Smith, with 879 wins, still holds the NCAA record for career victories because all of Statham’s wins are at the NAIA level.

2012 — Landon Donovan scores the tiebreaking goal on a penalty kick in the 65th minute, and David Beckham leaves the MLS as a two-time champion with the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 3-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup.

2013 — Josh Gordon has 10 catches for 261 yards and two touchdowns in Cleveland’s 32-20 loss to Jacksonville. He becomes the first player in NFL history to record 200 yards receiving in consecutive games.

2015 — The Philadelphia 76ers end the longest losing streak in the history of major professional sports in the United States, topping the Los Angeles Lakers 103-91 to snap a 28-game skid.

2018 — In a dramatic twist on last season’s national championship game, Jalen Hurts comes off the bench to pass for one touchdown and run for another in the fourth quarter, rallying No. 1 Alabama to a 35-28 win over No. 4 Georgia for the Southeastern Conference title.

2018 — Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury fights to a split draw, with Wilder retaining his WBC heavyweight title after knocking down his British challenger twice at Staples Center.

Dec. 2

1907 — Tommy Burns defends his world heavyweight title by knocking out Gunner Moir in the 10th round at London.

1944 — Ohio State quarterback Leslie Horvath wins the Heisman Trophy.

1947 — Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy.

1951 — Future Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Hutson has his #14 jersey retired by the Green Bay Packers; first number retired in franchise history.

1952 — Oklahoma halfback Billy Vessels is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1958 — Army back Pete Dawkins is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1977 — Veterinarian Mark Gerard is indicted in a horse-switching scandal. Cinzano, a purportedly dead 4-year-old champion colt, won a race on Sept. 23 at Belmont Park, under the name of Lebon, a 57-1 long shot.

1984 — Dan Marino throws his 37th touchdown pass to break NFL single-season touchdown pass record.

1995 — Notre Dame advances to the NCAA women’s soccer championship by becoming the first team to beat 13-time champion North Carolina in the national semifinals. The lone score comes when Tar Heels forward Cindy Parlow accidentally heads a ball into her own net.

2002 — Oakland’s Tim Brown and Jerry Rice take turns rewriting the NFL record book in a 26-20 win over the New York Jets. Brown becomes the third player with 1,000 receptions and the third with 14,000 yards receiving. Rich Gannon ties an NFL record with his ninth 300-yard passing game of the season. On the very next play after Brown’s 1,000th catch, Rice scores on a 26-yard catch, giving Oakland a 13-10 lead. It’s Rice’s record 192nd TD catch and puts him over 1,000 yards receiving for a record 14th season.

2009 — The New Jersey Nets are pounded into NBA infamy, falling 117-101 to the Dallas Mavericks for their 18th straight loss to start the season. The Nets pass the 1988-89 Miami Heat and 1999 Los Angeles Clippers, who both dropped their first 17 games.

2018 — Dallas Dorosy of Florida State scores in the 60th minute to help the Seminoles beat North Carolina 1-0 for the NCAA Women’s College Cup championship. Florida State wins the NCAA women’s soccer title for the second time. North Carolina, a 21-time NCAA champion, is shut out for the second time this season.

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Dec. 3

1943 — Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli wins the Heisman Trophy.

1946 — Army halfback Glenn Davis is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1950 — Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams has 18 receptions against Green Bay.

1950 — Cloyce Box of the Detroit Lions has 302 yards receiving and scores four touchdowns against the Baltimore Colts.

1956 — Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in his collegiate debut with Kansas.

1957 — Texas A&M halfback John David Crow is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1972 — Bobby Howfield of the New York Jets kicks six field goals against New Orleans.

1973 — Dick Anderson of the Miami Dolphins intercepts four passes, returning two for touchdowns, against Pittsburgh.

1979 — Southern California halfback Charles White is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1982 — Tommy Hearns wins the WBC welterweight title with a 15-round decision over Wilfred Benitez in New Orleans.

1994 — Sixth-ranked Florida beats undefeated and third-ranked Alabama 24-23 in the first SEC Championship game played in Atlanta.

1999 — Marshall beats Western Michigan 34-30 on the last play of the MAC Championship game. Down 30-27 with four seconds left in the game, Chad Pennington throws his 100th career touchdown pass to Eric Pinkerton as time expires to give the Thundedring Herd their third consecutive MAC title.

2000 — The 200-yard rushing games by Mike Anderson, Corey Dillon, Warrick Dunn and Curtis Martin mark the first time in NFL history that four runners have 200 yards on the same day. Its never happened three times in a single day. Anderson rushes for an NFL rookie record 251 yards and four touchdowns in Denver’s 38-23 victory over New Orleans.

2004 — Bode Miller wins his fourth race of the season in the downhill at Beaver Creek, Colo., and Daron Rahlves is second to give the United States its first 1-2 finish on the World Cup circuit. The last time U.S. men went 1-2 in any elite international race was 1984, when Phil Mahre won the Olympic slalom in Sarajevo and twin brother Steve took the silver medal.

2005 — Southern California wins its 34th consecutive game and 16th straight against a ranked opponent, beating No. 11 UCLA 66-19. The 16 victories against Associated Press ranked teams is one better than Oklahoma, which won 15 from 1973-76.

2014 — The Philadelphia 76ers avoid tying the record for the worst start to a season in NBA history, ending their 0-17 skid with an 85-77 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

2015 — Aaron Rodgers throws a 61-yard touchdown pass to Richard Rodgers with no time left to give the Green Bay Packers a 27-23 comeback victory over the Detroit Lions. Detroit went ahead 17-0 after its first three drives and capped the opening possession of the third quarter with a field goal to go ahead 20-0.

2017 — Tom Brady continues his career-long dominance of the Buffalo Bills completing 21 of 30 for 258 yards and an interception in New England’s 23-3 victory. He improves to 27-3 against Buffalo and breaks Brett Favre’s record for wins by a quarterback against any one opponent.

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Dec. 4

1945 — “Mr. Inside” Doc Blanchard of Army becomes the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy. Blanchard also becomes the only athlete to win both the Heisman and Sullivan Award.

1951 — Princeton triple-threat tailback Richard Kazmaier wins the Heisman Trophy. Kazmaier led the nation in total offense and the Tigers to an undefeated season.

1956 — Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung edges Tennessee’s Johnny Majors to win the Heisman Trophy.

1961 — Floyd Patterson defends his world heavyweight title by knocking out Tom McNeeley in the fourth round in Toronto.

1961 — Syracuse running back Ernie Davis becomes the first black to be taken No. 1 in the NFL draft after being selected by the Washington Redskins.

1977 — Tony Dorsett becomes the third rookie to rush for more than 200 yards in a game with 206 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.

1982 — Georgia’s Hershel Walker wins the Heisman Trophy. The junior running back beats out Stanford quarterback John Elway and Southern Methodist running back Eric Dickerson.

1988 — Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders wins the Heisman Trophy then proves he’s worthy of the award with spectacular performance in a 45-42 win over Texas Tech in Tokyo. Sanders rushes 44 times for 332 yards and four touchdowns, setting the NCAA single-season rushing record with 2,628 yards in 11 games.

2004 — Louisville becomes the first football team in NCAA history to score at least 55 points in five straight games, beating Tulane 55-7.

2005 — Croatia wins its first Davis Cup title when Mario Ancic beats Michal Mertinak of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4 in the decisive fifth match.

2009 — The New Jersey Nets win for the first time this season, ending the worst start in NBA history at 18 losses by beating the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91.

2010 — Cam Newton passes for a career-best 335 yards and four touchdowns, and runs for a couple of TDs to lead No. 2 Auburn past 18th-ranked South Carolina 56-17 for the Southeastern Conference title.

2013 — The NFL fines Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 for interfering with a play against the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving. In the third quarter of the Ravens’ 22-20 win, Jacoby Jones swerves to avoid colliding with Tomlin and is tackled after a 73-yard return that might have gone for a touchdown if not for the obstruction.

2016 — Tom Brady becomes the NFL’s career leader in victories by a quarterback, earning his 201st by throwing for 269 yards and a touchdown to lead New England past Los Angeles 26-10.

2016 — Detroit becomes the first team in 60 Saints home games to stop Drew Brees from throwing a touchdown pass, as the Lions pull away from New Orleans, 28-13. It’s also the Lions’ first victory in a road game following Thanksgiving since 1974, snapping a streak of 22 losses in such games.

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TV SPORTS TODAY

Friday, Nov. 28

AUTO RACING

8:25 a.m.

ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

12:25 p.m.

ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Sprint Qualifying, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

Noon

BTN — E. Illinois at Purdue

12:30 p.m.

FOX — UConn vs. Illinois, New York

2 p.m.

NBC — Oklahoma vs. Marquette, Chicago

5 p.m.

ESPN2 — Texas A&M vs. Florida St., Tampa, Fla.

7 p.m.

ESPN — Ohio St. at Pittsburgh

9:30 p.m.

CBSSN — LSU vs. Drake, Destin, Fla.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon

ABC — Mississippi at Mississippi St.

CBS — Iowa at Nebraska

CBSSN — Kent St. at N. Illinois

ESPN — Utah at Kansas

ESPNU — Ohio at Buffalo

3 p.m.

FS1 — Air Force at Colorado St.

3:30 p.m.

ABC — Georgia at Georgia Tech

CBSSN — San Diego St. at New Mexico

ESPN — Temple at North Texas

4 p.m.

CBS — Boise St. at Utah St.

7:30 p.m.

ABC — Texas A&M at Texas

NBC — Indiana at Purdue

PEACOCK — Indiana at Purdue

9 p.m.

FOX — Arizona at Arizona St.

NBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Milwaukee at New York

10 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Dallas at L.A. Lakers

NFL FOOTBALL

3 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Chicago at Philadelphia

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Saturday, Nov. 29

AUTO RACING

8:25 a.m.

ESPN2 — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

12:55 p.m.

ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Qualifying, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

Noon

BTN — Bethune-Cookman at Indiana

6 p.m.

PEACOCK — Sacred Heart at Penn St.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon

ABC — TBA

ACCN — Kentucky at Louisville

CBSSN — Ball St. at Miami (Ohio)

ESPN — TBA

ESPN2 — TBA

ESPNU — Iowa St. at Oklahoma St.

FOX — Ohio St. at Michigan

SECN — Clemson at South Carolina

2 p.m.

NBC — Grambling St. vs. Southern U., New Orleans

3 p.m.

CW — Boston College at Syracuse

3:30 p.m.

ABC — TBA

ACCN — TBA

CBSSN — Kennesaw St. at Liberty

ESPN — TBA

ESPN2 — TBA

SECN — Missouri at Arkansas

3:45 p.m.

ESPNU — James Madison at Coastal Carolina

6:30 p.m.

CW — Oregon St. at Washington St.

7 p.m.

ESPN — TBA

ESPNU — Charlotte at Tulane

FS1 — Maryland at Michigan St.

7:30 p.m.

ABC — Alabama at Auburn

ACCN — North Carolina at NC State

ESPN2 — TBA

SECN — Alabama at Auburn (SkyCast)

9 p.m.

CBSSN — UNLV at Nevada

10:30 p.m.

ESPN — Notre Dame at Stanford

FS1 — Fresno St. at San Jose St.

NBA BASKETBALL

5 p.m.

NBATV — Boston at Minnesota

8:30 p.m.

NBATV — New Orleans at Golden State

SKIING

1 p.m.

NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Copper Mountain, Colo.

SOCCER (MEN’S)

10 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Burnley at Brentford

12:30 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Newcastle United at Everton

3 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Fulham at Tottenham Hotspur

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Sunday, Nov. 30

AUTO RACING

10:55 a.m.

ESPN2 — Formula 1: The Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

3:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — St. Bonaventure at FAU

5:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — TBA

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)

1 p.m.

BTN — Fairfield at Iowa

2:30 p.m.

FS1 — UConn at Xavier

3 p.m.

BTN — Saint Peter’s at Rutgers

4:30 p.m.

FS1 — Tennessee at UCLA

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

6 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Women’s Volleyball Selection Special

COLLEGE WRESTLING

1 p.m.

ESPN — Iowa at Iowa St.

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at Cleveland, Jacksonville at Tennessee, Houston at Indianapolis

FOX — Regional Coverage: New Orleans at Miami, Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, Arizona at Tampa Bay, L.A. Rams Carolina

4:05 p.m.

FOX — Minnesota at Seattle

4:25 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Buffalo at Pittsburgh OR Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers

8:20 p.m.

NBC — Denver at Washington

PEACOCK — Denver at Washington

SKIING

1 p.m.

NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Copper Mountain, Colo.

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Manchester United at Crystal Palace

9 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Wolverhampton Wanderers at Aston Villa

11:30 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Arsenal at Chelsea

2:30 p.m.

ABC — LaLiga: Real Madrid at Giorana FC

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