THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2025

“THE SCOREBOARD”

+++++++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL+++++++

THE FINAL INDIANA SRN FOOTBALL POWER POLL

6A

1. BROWNSBURG 9-0
2. CARMEL 8-1
3. CROWN POINT 9-0
4. CENTER GROVE 8-1
5. WESTFIELD 7-2
6. LAWRENCE NORTH 7-2
7. PENN 9-0
8. DECATUR CENTRAL 7-2
9. FISHERS 6-3
10. FW CARROLL 6-3

5A

1. NEW PALESTINE 9-0
2. LAFAYETTE JEFF 8-1
3. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 8-1
4. CATHEDRAL 6-3
5. MERRILLVILLE 7-2
6. CONCORD 8-1
7. EAST CENTRAL 7-2
8. PLAINFIELD 7-2
9. WHITELAND 7-2
10. FLOYD CENTRAL 8-1

4A

1. EAST NOBLE 9-0
2. HERITAGE HILLS 8-1
3. BISHOP CHATARD 7-2
4. MISHAWAKA 8-1
5. PENDLETON HEIGHTS 8-1
6. FW DWENGER 7-2
7. LEO 7-2
8. RONCALLI 6-3
9. YORKTOWN 7-2
10. SB ST. JOSEPH 8-1

3A

1. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 9-0
2. GIBSON SOUTHERN 8-1
3. CASCADE 9-0
4. LAWRENCEBURG 8-1
5. KNOX 9-0
6. MISSISSINEWA 8-1
7. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 7-2
8. TRI-WEST 6-3
9. MACONAQUAH 8-1
10. SCOTTSBURGH 7-2

2A

1. ADAMS CENTRAL 9-0
2. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 9-0
3. LAPEL 9-0
4. ANDREAN 8-1
5. EASTBROOK 9-0
6. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 8-1
7. TRITON CENTRAL 8-1
8. BLUFFTON 8-1
9. LINTON 6-3
10. WHEELER 7-1

1A

1. SPRINGS VALLEY 9-0
2. SOUTH PUTNAM 7-2
3. PROVIDENCE 6-2
4. PIONEER 8-1
5. FRONTIER 9-0
6. RIVERTON PARKE 9-0
7. NORTH JUDSON 7-2
8. NORTH DECATUR 6-2
9. NORTH DAVIESS 8-1
10. WEST CENTRAL 8-1

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SECTIONAL WEEK 1

SECTIONAL 14

WHITELAND (7-2) AT SEYMOUR (2-7)

SECTIONAL 17

HANOVER CENTRAL (4-5) AT LOWELL (7-2)

HIGHLAND (2-7) AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (3-6)

KANKAKEE VALLEY (1-8) AT GARY WEST (4-4)

NEW PRAIRIE (3-6) AT HOBART (7-2)

SECTIONAL 18

PLYMOUTH (3-6) AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (2-7)

MISHAWAKA (8-1) AT NORTHWOOD (5-4)

WAWASEE (1-8) AT NORTHRIDGE (2-7)

SOUTH BEND RILEY (4-5) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (8-1)

SECTIONAL 19

FORT WAYNE WAYNE (0-9) AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH (2-7)

NEW HAVEN (2-7) AT EAST NOBLE (9-0)

COLUMBIA CITY (5-4) AT DEKALB (7-2)

FORT WAYNE DWENGER (7-2) AT LEO (7-2)

SECTIONAL 20

LEBANON (7-2) AT CULVER ACADEMY (3-6)

MUNCIE CENTRAL (5-4) AT MARION (2-7)

HUNTINGTON NORTH (4-5) AT LOGANSPORT (6-3)

SECTIONAL 21

BEECH GROVE (6-3) AT RICHMOND (3-6)

PENDLETON HEIGHTS (8-1) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (0-9)

NEW CASTLE (2-7) AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (5-4)

SECTIONAL 22

INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (4-5) AT DANVILLE (5-4)

INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (6-3) AT NORTHVIEW (8-1)

INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (7-2) AT MOORESVILLE (5-4)

INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (8-1) AT BREBEUF JESUIT (2-7)

SECTIONAL 23

BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (6-3) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (2-7)

CONNERSVILLE (4-5) AT SHELBYVILLE (4-5)

MARTINSVILLE (3-6) AT GREENWOOD (2-7)

SILVER CREEK (3-6) AT CHARLESTOWN (7-2)

SECTIONAL 24

EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-8) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (6-3)

HERITAGE HILLS (8-1) AT WASHINGTON (4-5)

JASPER (7-2) AT BOONVILLE (4-5)

EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-9) AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON (2-7)

SECTIONAL 25

JOHN GLENN (2-7) AT CALUMET (5-4)

MISHAWAKA MARIAN (2-7) AT RIVER FOREST (4-5)

GRIFFITH (8-1) AT HAMMOND NOLL (2-7)

KNOX (9-0) AT JIMTOWN (2-7)

SECTIONAL 26

GARRETT (4-5) AT FAIRFIELD (3-6)

WOODLAN (2-7) AT LAKELAND (5-4)

TIPPECANOE VALLEY (7-2) AT ANGOLA (4-5)

FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (1-8) AT WEST NOBLE (7-2)

SECTIONAL 27

NORTHWESTERN (4-5) AT PERU (2-7)

MACONAQUAH (8-1) AT TWIN LAKES (7-2)

WEST LAFAYETTE (3-6) AT WESTERN (6-3)

FRANKTON (1-8) AT BENTON CENTRAL (0-9)

SECTIONAL 28

MISSISSINEWA (8-1) AT OAK HILL (5-4)

JAY COUNTY (3-6) AT BELLMONT (0-9)

NORWELL (1-8) AT HERITAGE (5-4)

FORT WAYNE LUERS (4-5) AT DELTA (3-6)

SECTIONAL 29

CASCADE (9-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (3-5)

TRI-WEST (6-3) AT WEST VIGO (0-9)

SPEEDWAY (1-8) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (4-5)

GUERIN CATHOLIC (5-4) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (4-5)

SECTIONAL 30

FRANKLIN COUNTY (7-2) AT BATESVILLE (3-6)

GREENSBURG (2-7) AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD (6-3)

RUSHVILLE (2-7) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (4-5)

SECTIONAL 31

OWEN VALLEY (2-7) AT MADISON (1-8)

CORYDON CENTRAL (3-6) AT NORTH HARRISON (3-6)

EDGEWOOD (5-3) AT SCOTTSBURG (7-2)

SECTIONAL 32

GIBSON SOUTHERN (8-1) AT VINCENNES LINCOLN (3-6)

MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (6-3) AT SOUTHRIDGE (5-4)

EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (4-5) AT PRINCETON (3-6)

SECTIONAL 33

WHEELER (7-1) AT LAKE STATION (6-3)

RENSSELAER CENTRAL (7-2) AT BOONE GROVE (4-4)

BREMEN (5-4) AT WHITING (2-7)

SECTIONAL 34

DELPHI (3-6) AT SOUTHMONT (8-1)

NORTH PUTNAM (4-5) AT WESTERN BOONE (5-4)

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (2-7) AT SEEGER (8-1)

LEWIS CASS (6-3) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (1-8)

SECTIONAL 35

PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (0-9) AT MANCHESTER (6-3)

WHITKO (1-8) AT EASTSIDE (7-2)

CENTRAL NOBLE (1-8) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (9-0)

BLUFFTON (8-1) AT CHURUBUSCO (7-2)

SECTIONAL 36

EASTBROOK (9-0) AT ALEXANDRIA (7-2)

ROCHESTER (8-1) AT ELWOOD (3-6)

EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (8-1) AT BLACKFORD (0-9)

WABASH (2-7) AT TIPTON (5-4)

SECTIONAL 37

INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (8-1) AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN (2-7)

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (5-4) AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (3-6)

MONROVIA (3-6) AT INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (5-4)

SECTIONAL 38

NORTHEASTERN (8-1) AT SHENANDOAH (6-3)

TRITON CENTRAL (8-1) AT CENTERVILLE (7-2)

LAPEL (9-0) AT WINCHESTER (8-1)

EASTERN HANCOCK (5-4) AT UNION COUNTY (1-8)

SECTIONAL 39

SULLIVAN (6-3) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (3-6)

PIKE CENTRAL (0-9) AT NORTH POSEY (6-3)

GREENCASTLE (4-5) AT BROWN COUNTY (2-7)

MITCHELL (1-8) AT LINTON (6-3)

SECTIONAL 40

CRAWFORD COUNTY (4-5) AT CLARKSVILLE (4-5)

SALEM (4-5) AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (6-2)

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (9-0) AT TELL CITY (5-4)

EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-8) AT PAOLI (7-2)

SECTIONAL 41

LAVILLE (5-4) AT CULVER (3-6)

NORTH JUDSON (7-2) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (0-9)

WEST CENTRAL (8-1) AT SOUTH NEWTON (3-6)

NORTH NEWTON (5-4) AT BOWMAN ACADEMY (5-4)

SECTIONAL 42

FRONTIER (9-0) AT TRI-COUNTY (1-8)

PIONEER (8-1) AT CASTON (3-6)

CARROLL (FLORA) (5-3) AT WINAMAC (2-7)

NORTH WHITE (2-7) AT TAYLOR (5-3)

SECTIONAL 43

NORTH MIAMI (6-3) AT NORTHFIELD (2-7)

SOUTHERN WELLS (2-7) AT TRITON (6-3)

FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (2-7) AT FREMONT (6-3)

SECTIONAL 44

UNION CITY (2-7) AT HAGERSTOWN (3-6)

CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (0-9) AT MONROE CENTRAL (4-5)

MADISON-GRANT (5-4) AT SOUTH ADAMS (6-3)

WES-DEL (5-3) AT TRI (5-4)

SECTIONAL 45

ATTICA (2-7) AT SOUTH PUTNAM (7-2)

PARKE HERITAGE (5-4) AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (5-4)

COVINGTON (5-4) AT NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (6-3)

RIVERTON PARKE (9-0) AT NORTH VERMILLION (0-9)

SECTIONAL 46

CLINTON CENTRAL (3-5) AT CLOVERDALE (5-4)

SECTIONAL 47

SOUTH DECATUR (3-5) AT EASTERN GREENE (1-8)

WEST WASHINGTON (5-4) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (5-4)

GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (2-7) AT NORTH DECATUR (6-2)

SECTIONAL 48

FOREST PARK (3-6) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (9-0)

PROVIDENCE (6-2) AT NORTH KNOX (3-6)

NORTH DAVIESS (8-1) AT PERRY CENTRAL (0-9)

SOUTH SPENCER (2-7) AT TECUMSEH (5-4)

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+++++INDIANA FOOTBALL SECTIONAL CHANCES+++++

(BASED ON RATINGS, DRAW AND HOME FIELD)

6A

SECTIONAL 1: CROWN POINT 66.16%

SECTIONAL 2: FW CARROLL 60.27%

SECTIONAL 3: CARMEL 74.56%

SECTIONAL 4: FISHERS 56.80%

SECTIONAL 5: BROWNSBURG 72.32%

SECTIONAL 6: DECATUR CENTRAL 52.60%

SECTIONAL 7: WARREN CENTRAL 86.49%

SECTIONAL 8: CENTER GROVE 69.49%

5A

SECTIONAL 9: MERRILLVILLE 75.74%

SECTIONAL 10: MICHIGAN CITY 37.83%

SECTIONAL 11: CONCORD 41.04%

SECTIONAL 12: LAFAYETTE JEFF 78.29%

SECTIONAL 13: NEW PALESTINE 57.83%

SECTIONAL 14: EAST CENTRAL 60.23%

SECTIONAL 15: BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 49.92%

SECTIONAL 16: FLOYD CENTRAL 52.68%

4A

SECTIONAL 17: HOBART 45.73%, LOWELL 44.79%

SECTIONAL 18: MISHAWAKA 39.95%

SECTIONAL 19: EAST NOBLE 46.50%

SECTIONAL 20: LEBANON 58.21%

SECTIONAL 21: PENDLETON HEIGHTS 49.26%

SECTIONAL 22: BISHOP CHATARD 52.63%

SECTIONAL 23: BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 43.03%

SECTIONAL 24: HERITAGE HILLS 76.91%

3A

SECTIONAL 25: KNOX 61.43%

SECTIONAL 26: TIPPECANOE VALLEY 32.73%

SECTIONAL 27: WESTERN 47.55%

SECTIONAL 28: MISSISSINEWA 36.21%

SECTIONAL 29: CASCADE 54.70%

SECTIONAL 30: LAWRENCEBURG 73.02%

SECTIONAL 31: INDIAN CREEK 78.47%

SECTIONAL 32: GIBSON SOUTHERN 62.93%

2A

SECTIONAL 33: ANDREAN 64.31%

SECTIONAL 34: SOUTHMONT 35.31%

SECTIONAL 35: ADAMS CENTRAL 48.81%

SECTIONAL 36: EASTERN GREENTOWN 28.79

SECTIONAL 37: INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 49.62

SECTIONAL 38: LAPEL 41.83%

SECTIONAL 39: LINTON 63.60%

SECTIONAL 40: BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 82.38%

1A

SECTIONAL 41: NORTH JUDSON 44.27%

SECTIONAL 42: PIONEER 37.03%

SECTIONAL 43: NORTH MIAMI 41.36%

SECTIONAL 44: SOUTH ADAMS 44.58%

SECTIONAL 45: SOUTH PUTNAM 53.59%

SECTIONAL 46: CLOVERDALE 44.04%

SECTIONAL 47: NORTH DECATUR 53.35%

SECTIONAL 48: NORTH DAVIESS 34.24%

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+++++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES:+++++

REGIONAL BRACKETS:

4A: https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/dUkZhZHnTEeS-kRhk6TIyA/J3yRirWPVE24zXrU_13pNw/volleyball-25/2025-26-ihsaa-class-4a-girls-volleyball-state-tournament-class-4a-state-championship.htm

3A: https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/Bkmn7h48uU6cl4BiKchRDw/ku8PODDlKUufwEO_u7S5nw/volleyball-25/2025-26-ihsaa-class-3a-girls-volleyball-state-tournament-class-3a-state-championship.htm

2A: https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/fj8r23NcfkCQkQfJhMyk8Q/Rd2ckwpKNUetZSXxGYLjvA/volleyball-25/2025-26-ihsaa-class-2a-girls-volleyball-state-tournament-class-2a-state-championship.htm

1A: https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/U9Gehq7tc0iC_AAkRwxHTQ/VE0JFzVfL0Kco7scaVtCcg/volleyball-25/2025-26-ihsaa-class-1a-girls-volleyball-state-tournament-class-1a-state-championship.htm

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+++++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER+++++

REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS:

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=10/18/2025

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+++++INDIANA GIRLS SOCCER+++++

REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS:

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=10/18/2025

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+++++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY +++++

REGIONALS OCTOBER 25

1. NEW PRAIRIE | 10:30 AM CT | RESULTS | TICKETS  
FEEDER SECTIONALS: HIGHLAND, CHESTERTON, NEW PRAIRIE, GOSHEN, RENSSELAER CENTRAL

2. NEW HAVEN (@ HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY) | 10:30 AM ET | RESULTS | TICKETS  
FEEDER SECTIONALS: MANCHESTER, WEST NOBLE, NEW HAVEN, DELTA, MARION

3. BROWNSBURG | 10:30 AM ET | RESULTS | TICKETS  
FEEDER SECTIONALS: LOGANSPORT, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, BEN DAVIS

4. SHELBYVILLE (BLUE RIVER PARK) | 10:30 AM ET | RESULTS | TICKETS  
FEEDER SECTIONALS: NOBLESVILLE, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SHELBYVILLE, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER)

5. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (ANGEL MOUNDS) | 10:30 AM CT | RESULTS | TICKETS 
FEEDER SECTIONALS: BROWN COUNTY, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, JASPER, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI

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+++++MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL+++++

MLB PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

ALL TIMES ET

SUNDAY, OCT. 12
SEATTLE 3 TORONTO 1 (SEATTLE LEADS SERIES 1-0)

MONDAY, OCT. 13
SEATTLE 10 TORONTO 3 (SEATTLE LEADS SERIES 2-0)
LOS ANGELES 2 MILWAUKEE 1 (LOS ANGELES LEADS SERIES 1-0)

TUESDAY, OCT. 14
LOS ANGELES 5 MILWAUKEE 1 (LOS ANGELES LEADS SERIES 2-0)

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15
TORONTO 13 SEATTLE 4 (SEATTLE LEADS SERIES 2-1)

THURSDAY, OCT. 16
LOS ANGELES 3 MILWAUKEE 1 (LOS ANGELES LEADS SERIES 3-0)
TORONTO 8 SEATTLE 2 (SERIES EVEN 2-2)

FRIDAY, OCT. 17
LOS ANGELES 5 MILWAUKEE 1 (DODGERS WIN SERIES 4-0)

SEATTLE 6 TORONTO 2 (SEATTLE LEADS SERIES 3-2)

SUNDAY, OCT. 19
TORONTO 6 SEATTLE 2 (SERIES TIED 3-3)

MONDAY, OCT. 20
SEA VS. TOR, GAME 7^ (FOX/FS1/FOX DEPORTES)

^(IF NECESSARY)

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+++++COLLEGE FOOTBALL+++++

AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL

1. OHIO STATE
2. INDIANA
3. TEXAS A&M
4. ALABAMA
5. GEORGIA
6. OREGON
7. GEORGIA TECH
8. OLE MISS
9. MIAMI FLORIDA
10. VANDERBILT
11. BYU
12. NOTRE DAME
13. OKLAHOMA
14. TEXAS TECH
15. MISSOURI
16. VIRGINIA
17. TENNESSEE
18. SOUTH FLORIDA
19. LOUISVILLE
20. LSU
21. CINCINNATI
22. TEXAS
23. ILLINOIS
24. ARIZONA STATE
25. MICHIGAN

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:

SOUTHERN CAL 97, UTAH 40, TULANE 37, HOUSTON 34, NAVY 28, SAN DIEGO ST. 7, JAMES MADISON 6, BOISE ST. 4, TCU 2, MINNESOTA 1.

USA TODAY SPORTS/US LBM COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES POLL

RANK	SCHOOL (RECORD)	POINTS	LAST RANK	FIRST-PLACE VOTES
1	OHIO STATE (7-0)	1,625	1	65
2	INDIANA (7-0)	1,549	3	0
3	TEXAS A&M (7-0)	1,470	4	0
4	ALABAMA (6-1)	1,408	6	0
5	GEORGIA (6-1)	1,358	7	0
6	OREGON (6-1)	1,302	9	0
7	GEORGIA TECH (7-0)	1,153	12	0
8	MISSISSIPPI (6-1)	1,110	5	0
9	MIAMI (FLA.) (5-1)	1,027	2	0
10	BRIGHAM YOUNG (7-0)	990	14	0
11	OKLAHOMA (6-1)	960	13	0
12	VANDERBILT (6-1)	902	18	0
13	NOTRE DAME (5-2)	872	15	0
14	MISSOURI (6-1)	778	16	0
15	TEXAS TECH (6-1)	738	8	0
16	VIRGINIA (6-1)	528	19	0
17	TENNESSEE (5-2)	523	11	0
18	TEXAS (5-2)	483	17	0
19	LSU (5-2)	451	10	0
20	SOUTH FLORIDA (6-1)	393	23	0
21	CINCINNATI (6-1)	355	24	0
22	LOUISVILLE (5-1)	336	NR	0
23	ILLINOIS (5-2)	192	25	0
24	MICHIGAN (5-2)	175	NR	0
25	ARIZONA STATE (5-2)	144	NR	0

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: NAVY (6-0) 59; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (5-2) 52; UTAH (5-2) 51; TULANE (6-1) 45; HOUSTON (6-1) 34; IOWA (5-2) 17; IOWA STATE (5-2) 9; JAMES MADISON (6-1) 9; NORTH TEXAS (6-1) 4; SAN DIEGO STATE (5-1) 4; MEMPHIS (6-1) 3; SMU (5-2) 3; UNLV (6-1) 3; WASHINGTON (5-2) 3; BOISE STATE (5-2) 2; PITTSBURGH (5-2) 2; TCU (5-2) 2; NORTHWESTERN (5-2) 1.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 9 SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, OCT. 21

7 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL | ESPN2

7:30 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT LOUISIANA TECH | CBSSN

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22

7:30 P.M. | MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT DELAWARE | ESPN2

9 P.M. | MISSOURI STATE AT NEW MEXICO STATE | CBSSN

THURSDAY, OCT. 23

7:30 P.M. | SOUTH ALABAMA AT GEORGIA STATE | ESPN2

FRIDAY, OCT. 24

7 P.M. | NORTH TEXAS AT CHARLOTTE | ESPN2

7:30 P.M. | CAL AT VIRGINIA TECH | ESPN

10 P.M. | BOISE STATE AT NEVADA | CBSSN

SATURDAY, OCT. 25

12 P.M. | UCLA AT NO. 2 INDIANA | FOX

12 P.M. | NO. 8 OLE MISS AT NO. 13 OKLAHOMA | ABC

12 P.M. | SYRACUSE AT NO. 7 GEORGIA TECH | ESPN

12 P.M. | NO. 16 VIRGINIA AT NORTH CAROLINA | ACC NETWORK

12 P.M. | NO. 18 SOUTH FLORIDA AT MEMPHIS | ESPN2

12 P.M. | RUTGERS AT PURDUE | BIG TEN NETWORK

12 P.M. | SMU AT WAKE FOREST | THE CW NETWORK

12 P.M. | KANSAS STATE AT KANSAS | TNT

12 P.M. | APPALACHIAN STATE AT OLD DOMINION | ESPNU

12 P.M. | BOWLING GREEN AT KENT STATE | ESPN+

12 P.M. | OHIO AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | CBSSN

12:45 P.M. | AUBURN AT ARKANSAS | SEC NETWORK

1 P.M. | AKRON AT BUFFALO | ESPN+

3 P.M. | UCONN AT RICE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | UTAH STATE AT NEW MEXICO

3:30 P.M. | NO. 4 ALABAMA AT SOUTH CAROLINA | ABC

3:30 P.M. | NO. 11 BYU AT IOWA STATE | FOX

3:30 P.M. | TOLEDO AT WASHINGTON STATE | THE CW NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | NC STATE AT PITT | ACC NETWORK

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

3:30 P.M. | FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT NAVY | CBSSN

3:30 P.M. | TEMPLE AT TULSA | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | BALL STATE AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | UMASS AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | WESTERN MICHIGAN AT MIAMI (OHIO) | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 23 ILLINOIS AT WASHINGTON | BIG TEN NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | NO. 15 MISSOURI AT NO. 10 VANDERBILT | ESPN

4 P.M. | OKLAHOMA STATE AT NO. 14 TEXAS TECH | ESPNU

4 P.M. | BAYLOR AT NO. 21 CINCINNATI | ESPN2

4 P.M. | WISCONSIN AT NO. 6 OREGON | FS1

4:15 P.M. | NO. 22 TEXAS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | SECN

6 P.M. | TCU AT WEST VIRGINIA | ESPN+

7 P.M. | STANFORD AT NO. 9 MIAMI (FLA.) | ESPN

7 P.M. | GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT ARKANSAS STATE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | LOUISIANA AT TROY | ESPN+

7:30 P.M. | NO. 3 TEXAS A&M AT NO. 20 LSU | ABC

7:30 P.M. | BOSTON COLLEGE AT NO. 19 LOUISVILLE | ACC NETWORK

7:30 P.M. | COLORADO STATE AT WYOMING | CBSSN

7:30 P.M. | NO. 25 MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN STATE | NBC

7:45 P.M. | NO. 17 TENNESSEE AT KENTUCKY | SEC NETWORK

8 P.M. | HOUSTON AT NO. 24 ARIZONA STATE | ESPN2

10:15 P.M. | COLORADO AT UTAH | ESPN

NORTHWESTERN AT NEBRASKA

MINNESOTA AT IOWA

SAN DIEGO STATE AT FRESNO STATE | FS1

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WEEK 7 SCORES

SUNDAY, OCT. 19

LA RAMS 35 JACKSONVILLE 7

NEW ENGLAND 31 TENNESSEE 13

CHICAGO 26 NEW ORLEANS 14

CLEVELAND 31 MIAMI 6

CAROLINA 13 NY JETS 6

PHILADELPHIA 28 MINNESOTA 22

KANSAS CITY 31 LAS VEGAS 0

DENVER 33 NY GIANTS 32

INDIANAPOLIS 38 LA CHARGERS 24

DALLAS 44 WASHINGTON 22

GREEN BAY 27 ARIZONA 23

SAN FRANCISCO 20 ATLANTA 10

MONDAY, OCT. 20

TAMPA BAY AT DETROIT, 7 P.M. (ESPN/ABC)

HOUSTON AT SEATTLE, 10 P.M. (ESPN+)

BYES: BALTIMORE, BUFFALO

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VANCOUVER 4 WASHINGTON 3

DETROIT 4 EDMONTON 2

CHICAGO 2 ANAHEIM 10T

UTAH 3 BOSTON 2

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SEVEN FROM SUNDAY – WEEK 7

 A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, October 19, the seventh week of the 2025 season.

• Three teams – Cincinnati, Denver and Green Bay – recorded game winning scores in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter in Week 7.
  
  Denver defeated the New York Giants, 33-32, after trailing 19-0 entering the fourth quarter and 26-8 with six minutes remaining, becoming the first team since 1970 to overcome a deficit of 18-or-more points with six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and win in regulation.
  
  The Broncos’ 33 fourth quarter points are tied with Dallas on Dec. 4, 2022 (33 points) for the second-most points scored by one team in a fourth quarter in NFL history, trailing only Detroit on Sept. 30, 2007 (34 points en route to a 37-27 win against the Chicago Bears).
  
  Denver quarterback Bo Nix became the first player in NFL history with two touchdown passes and two rushing touchdowns in a fourth quarter.
  
  Seven teams that missed the playoffs last year have at least four wins through Week 7, including three – Carolina, Chicago and New England – that currently have at least three-game winning streak. Atlanta (3-2 entering Sunday Night Football at San Francisco) can join this group as well.
• New England quarterback Drake Maye completed 21 of 23 pass attempts (single-game franchise-record 91.3 percent, minimum 20 attempts) for 222 yards and two touchdowns with a 135.9 passer rating in New England’s 31-13 win at Tennessee.
  
  Maye is the third quarterback under the age of 24 with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in each of his first four road starts of a season in NFL history, joining Dak Prescott (first six road starts in 2016 with Dallas) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (first five road starts in 1984 with Miami).
  
  Maye is the third player under the age of 24 to record at least 200 passing yards and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in six consecutive games in NFL history, joining Patrick Mahomes (seven consecutive games in 2018) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (six games in 1984).
  
  Maye is the first player in NFL history with five games with a completion percentage of 80-or-higher (minimum 15 attempts per game) in his first two career seasons.
  
  Maye is the fifth player under the age of 24 with a completion percentage of 90-or-higher (minimum 15 attempts per game) in a single game in NFL history, joining Jayden Daniels [91.3 percent (21 of 23) on Sept. 23, 2024], Robert Griffin III [93.3 percent (14  of 15) on Nov. 18, 2012], Trevor Lawrence [90.9 percent (20 of 22) on Oct. 16, 2022] and Brock Purdy [95.2 percent (20 of 21) on Oct. 1, 2023].
  
  Maye has completed 75.2 percent of his pass attempts (152 of 202) this season and is the second player all-time with a completion percentage of 75-or-higher in his team’s first seven games of a season (minimum 200 attempts), joining Drew Brees [77.4 percent (188 of 243) in 2018].
• Indianapolis quarterback Daniel Jones passed for 288 yards and two touchdowns – including one to rookie tight end Tyler Warren – with a 113.4 passer rating and running back Jonathan Taylor rushed for 94 yards and three touchdowns in the Colts’ 38-24 win at the Los Angeles Chargers.
  
  Jones is the third quarterback since 1950 with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in six of his first seven starts with a team, joining Sam Darnold (2024 with Minnesota) and Ryan Tannehill (2019 with Tennessee).
  
  Taylor, who has 61 career rushing touchdowns in 74 career games, is the fifth running back since 1990 with at least 60 rushing touchdowns in his first 75 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson (71 rushing touchdowns), Emmitt Smith (69) and Terrell Davis (60) as well as Adrian Peterson (66).
  
  Taylor, who has three rushing touchdowns in Weeks 3, 5 and 7 this season, is the third player in the past 20 seasons (2006-25) with three games of three-or-more rushing touchdowns in a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (five games in 2006) and Derrick Henry (three games in 2021).
  
  Taylor is the fifth running back since 2000 with at least three rushing touchdowns in five games in his first six career seasons, along with Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (10 games), Shaun Alexander (six), Derrick Henry (six) and Adrian Peterson (five).
  
  Warren is the third rookie tight end in the Super Bowl era with a scrimmage touchdown in four consecutive games, joining Evan Engram (2017 with the New York Giants) and Heath Miller (2005 with Pittsburgh).
• Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford tied his career high with five touchdown passes – including three to wide receiver Davante Adams – and a 117.7 passer rating in the team’s 35-7 win over Jacksonville at Wembley Stadium in London.
  
  Stafford is the first player ever with five touchdown passes in an international game.
  
  Per Next Gen Stats, Stafford completed 13 of his 19 pass attempts against the blitz for 97 yards and five touchdowns. His five touchdowns against the blitz are tied for the most in a game by a quarterback in the NGS era (since 2016).
  
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  Adams is the first wide receiver and second player ever with three touchdown receptions in an international game, joining Marcedes Lewis (Sept. 24, 2017 with Jacksonville).
  
  Adams has 25 career games with at least two touchdown receptions and joined Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice (44 games), Randy Moss (36), Terrell Owens (32), Cris Carter (29) and Marvin Harrison (29) as the only players with at least 25 such games in the Super Bowl era.
• Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott passed for 264 yards and three touchdowns with a 130.4 passer rating, tight end Jake Ferguson had seven catches, including two touchdown receptions, and cornerback DaRon Bland had a 68-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Cowboys’ 44-22 win over Washington.
  
  Prescott is the third player in NFL history with at least three touchdown passes and a passer rating of 120-or-higher in four consecutive games, joining Russell Wilson (five consecutive games in 2015 with Seattle) and Andrew Luck (four consecutive games in 2018 with Indianapolis).
  
  Prescott is the sixth player all-time with at least three touchdown passes in 40 games in his first 10 career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (48 games) and Dan Marino (48) as well as Patrick Mahomes (45, in ninth season), Aaron Rodgers (43) and Russell Wilson (41).
  
  Ferguson, who has 51 receptions and six touchdown receptions this season, is the first tight end in NFL history with 50 receptions and six touchdown receptions in his team’s first seven games of a season.
  
  Bland is the first player in NFL history with six interceptions returned for a touchdown in his first four career seasons.
• Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes passed for 286 yards and three touchdowns with a 126.6 passer rating in Kansas City’s 31-0 win over Las Vegas.
  
  Mahomes, who turned 30 years old last month, has 93 career regular-season wins and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (92 wins) for the most regular-season wins ever by a player under the age of 31.
  
  Mahomes recorded his 60th career game with a passer rating of 100-or-higher and is the fourth player all-time with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in 60 games in his first nine career seasons, joining Russell Wilson (74 games), Dak Prescott (63) and Matt Ryan (61).
  
  Mahomes has 28 games with at least three touchdown passes and no interceptions, surpassing Russell Wilson (27 games) for the most such games by a quarterback in his first nine seasons in NFL history.
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  • Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert completed 37 of 55 pass attempts (67.3 percent) for 420 yards and three touchdowns, wide receiver Keenan Allen registered 11 receptions for 119 yards and a touchdown and rookie tight end Oronde Gadsden registered seven receptions for 164 yards and a touchdown in Week 7.
    
    Herbert recorded his 30th career game with at least 300 passing yards and is the fourth player all-time with 30 such games in his first six career seasons, joining Patrick Mahomes (41 games) and Pro Football Hall of Famers Dan Marino (32) and Kurt Warner (30).
    
    Herbert has 2,128 career completions, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (2,128) for the most completions by a player in his first six seasons.
    
    Allen is the third player in NFL history with at least 10 receptions and 100 receiving yards in 20 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Johnson (21 games) and Antonio Brown (20).
    
    Gadsden’s 164 receiving yards are the fourth-most ever by a rookie tight end in a game in NFL history, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers Jackie Smith (212 receiving yards on Oct. 13, 1963) and Mike Ditka (190 on Nov. 12, 1961) as well as Mark Bavaro (176 on Oct. 13, 1985).
    
    Gadsden is the third rookie tight end in the Super Bowl era with at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in a game, joining Pete Mitchell (161 receptions and a touchdown on Nov. 19, 1995, with Jacksonville) and Bob Tucker (150 receiving yards and two touchdowns on Oct. 25, 1970, with the New York Giants).
    
    
  • New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart recorded four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) and linebacker Brian Burns recorded two sacks in Week 7.
    
    Dart is the second quarterback in NFL history with seven touchdown passes and three rushing touchdowns in his first four career starts, joining Eric Hipple (seven passing, five rushing in 1981).
    
    Burns has nine sacks this season and is the sixth player since 2000 with at least 7.5 sacks in each of his first seven career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Jared Allen and DeMarcus Ware as well as Aaron Donald, Ryan Kerrigan and Yannick Ngakoue.
    
    
  • Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson recorded five receptions for 79 yards in Week 7.
    
    Jefferson has 529 career receptions and surpassed DeAndre Hopkins (528 receptions) for the second-most receptions by a player in his first six seasons in NFL history. Only Jarvis Landry (564 receptions) has more.
    
    
  • Arizona tight end Trey McBride registered 10 receptions for 74 yards and two touchdowns in Week 7.
    
    McBride has 268 receptions since entering the NFL in 2022 and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Antonio Gates (265 receptions) for the second-most receptions by a tight end in his first four seasons in NFL history, trailing only Jimmy Graham (301).
    
    McBride recorded his sixth career game with at least 10 receptions, surpassing Jeremy Shockey (five games) and Kellen Winslow Jr. (five) for the most such games by a tight end in his first four seasons in NFL history.
    
    
  • Green Bay defensive lineman Micah Parsons recorded five tackles and three sacks in Green Bay’s 27-23 win at Arizona.
    
    Parsons recorded his 16th career game with at least two sacks, tied with T.J. Watt for the fifth-most such games by a player in his first five seasons since 1982. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (24 games), Richard Dent (19) and Jared Allen (17) as well as J.J. Watt (21) have more.

NFL WEEK 7 TAKEAWAYS: WHAT WE LEARNED FROM SUNDAY’S 12 GAMES

Rams adapt without Puka Nacua, roll in London. No Puka Nacua, no problem. Without Nacua, the NFL’s receptions leader and 36.6% of Los Angeles’ passing offense who was sidelined by an ankle sprain, the Rams under Sean McVay made the unorthodox decision to lean on the tight end. L.A. utilized 13 personnel (1 RB, 3 TEs) on 24 of 59 non-kneel plays, per Next Gen Stats; the Rams ran just six such plays from 2021 through 2024. As a result, Matthew Stafford spread the ball around more than he had all year with 10 players recording receptions; three tight ends caught passes on Stafford’s three first attempts, and the other one, Terrance Ferguson, reeled in his first career touchdown in the fourth quarter to salt the game away. L.A. moved the ball with ease in the first half, reaching inside the 10-yard line on three of its four drives and finishing those marches with TD tosses to Stafford targets obvious (Davante Adams, at home in the end zone with three short scores on the day) and surprising (Konata Mumpfield, reaching pay dirt on his second career catch). Stafford (21 of 33, 182 yards) finished with his fifth career five-TD day and his first for Los Angeles. The Rams were briefly slowed in the second half but still rumbled into their bye on a high, dominating an AFC opponent for the second straight week (by a combined score of 52-10) and securing at least a tie for first in the NFC West through seven weeks.

Lawrence, Jags offense limp into bye. Jacksonville spent an entire week in London, re-acclimating to the familiar United Kingdom atmosphere ahead of Sunday’s game. So how on Earth did the Jags, London’s “home team,” look so lost at Wembley? Trevor Lawrence’s attack was awful from the jump, with the quarterback missing easy passes, receivers dropping the ones that found them and the run game left in Duval. Jacksonville’s offensive line, which welcomed back center Robert Hainsey, let the Rams’ front run wild. Seven players had at least three QB pressures — Braden Fiske had eight! — and six had at least one sack of Lawrence; that’s two straight games that the Jags have given up seven sacks. Travis Hunter was a non-factor in the first half — as was Brian Thomas Jr. for the entirety of the game. Hunter broke out in the final two frames, punctuating his international debut with his first career TD, albeit down four scores in the fourth quarter. Too little, too late for the 2025 No. 2 pick. Hunter’s encouraging finish was the lone highlight for a Duval attack stuck in a soggy pitch. After their galvanizing win over Kansas City in Week 5, the Jaguars enter their bye losers of two straight and completely lost on offense. Life comes at you fast in the NFL, stateside or worldwide. Can the Jags rejigger their attack during the break, or will they let a competitive AFC South slip away?

Master pummels protégé. Liam Coen was the latest Sean McVay disciple to parlay his time as an assistant to the Rams wunderkind into a head coaching job when the Jags hired him this offseason. In their first head-to-head meeting, the Jacksonville skipper was thoroughly outclassed. Trevor Lawrence, Coen’s project, was off all afternoon. After promising to get dual-threat rookie Travis Hunter more involved, Coen’s offense barely went to him in the first half; Hunter didn’t play a single defensive snap in the first half (12 on the day) and only awoke on offense when the Jags were already down three scores. The Jags reached Rams territory on six straight drives on either side of halftime and scored zero points; a missed field goal was followed by three straight turnovers on downs. It didn’t help that Jacksonville was also undisciplined, incurring 13 penalties for a season-high 119 yards, including one that wiped out a potentially game-changing punt-return TD. With the win over Coen’s Jags, McVay moved to 5-7 against his former assistants as head coaches (5-2 if you don’t count his awful record against Matt LaFleur).

Next Gen Stats Insight for Rams-Jaguars (via NFL Pro): Travis Hunter caught eight of his 13 targets for 101 yards and a touchdown, all career highs, against the Rams. From the slot, Hunter caught seven of eight targets for 90 yards, including his 34-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. Hunter was more efficient against zone coverage, catching six of 10 targets for 51 yards, but more explosive against man coverage, catching two of four targets for 50 yards and a touchdown. Playing 12 snaps on defense, Hunter had one pass defensed while matched up against Davante Adams.

NFL Research: Matthew Stafford had five passing touchdowns in London, the most in an international game all time. Sunday’s win was also Stafford’s second career game with five passing TDs and zero interceptions (Week 12, 2015 versus Eagles with Lions) and his first career such game on the road. Meanwhile, Davante Adams became the first WR with at least three receiving TDs in an international game.

Bears defense sets tone with four-takeaway game. Early this NFL season, the Jaguars were the takeaway kings, with 13 in their first four contests of the season. But the Bears have now upped the ante, forcing four Saints turnovers on Sunday and bringing Chicago’s four-game total to a stunning 15 takeaways. The Bears strip-sacked and picked off Spencer Rattler in the first 20 minutes, helping build a 20-0 lead. The Saints rallied to make it a one-score game in the third quarter, but the Bears’ defense picked off Rattler twice on New Orleans’ final three drives to preserve their fourth straight victory. Chicago’s defense also had four sacks and nine passes defended. It allowed two long TD drives to make things interesting, but the overall performance was strong, even with Bears defensive back Tyrique Stevenson (shoulder) missing the entire second half.

Rattler took a step back. One of the more intriguing elements of the Saints’ season entering Sunday had been the respectable play of Spencer Rattler, who had only one turnover on the season so far. That number quadrupled against the Bears in Week 7. Rattler was strip-sacked on the opening drive, leading to a Bears field goal, and he threw three interceptions. All three picks were arguably on the QB, too. Rattler threw behind Mason Tipton on the first, overthrew Rashid Shaheed on the second and threw into traffic on the third. He had some success on some downfield shots to Chris Olave, but most of the game felt like a struggle. Rattler never got in a true rhythm as a passer and was constantly evading pressure and throwing from tough body angles. It didn’t help that the run game was stuck in neutral and that they all but abandoned it late in the third quarter, but Rattler’s struggles can’t be dismissed.

Bears run game helped pick up the slack. Caleb Williams never truly found a groove as a passer Sunday, hitting on less than 60 percent of his passes and averaging only 6.6 yards per attempt. He threw a first-quarter pick that stalled the offense, and Williams and center Drew Dalman had all kinds of issues with snaps. One of those snap mishaps actually saved the Bears on fourth-and-goal because there was a false start, allowing them to kick a fortunate field goal. It was that kind of day. But the Bears’ run game helped fill the void, with D’Andre Swift continuing his hot streak and rookie Kyle Monangai having his best day as a pro. They scored the Bears’ two offensive TDs, combining for 205 yards on the ground and 232 yards from scrimmage. On a day when Williams was misfiring and doing little as a scrambler, Swift and Monangai were the heroes – along with a Bears offensive line that opened nice running lanes. This game wasn’t a Ben Johnson showcase, but it did show that the Bears have a Plan B when the pass game is sluggish.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Saints-Bears (via NFL Pro): Caleb Williams completed 7 of 8 passes for 102 yards against Saints blitzes, as they brought extra rushers on 28.6% of his dropbacks. Williams was significantly less effective when not blitzed, completing only 8 of 18 attempts for 70 yards, with an interception.

Browns deliver old-fashioned beatdown. Cleveland’s defense has followed a consistently effective first-half playbook throughout most of this season but has failed to receive the same contributions from the offense, leading to second-half disintegrations and a collection of bitter losses. That changed Sunday thanks to an explosive touchdown run and the Browns’ relentless defense, which capitalized on an ugly outing from Tua Tagovailoa, forcing three turnovers via interception (including one returned by Tyson Campbell for a touchdown). Statistically, this wasn’t an overwhelming victory for the Browns but the tape doesn’t lie. They dominated the Dolphins, exerting their will over Miami’s offense and capitalizing on the takeaways to build an insurmountable lead in a runaway triumph.

Dolphins descend to new low. After losing a heartbreaker in Week 6, Miami had a chance to bounce back against a struggling club in Cleveland on Sunday. Instead, the Dolphins played the role of doormat. Tagovailoa accounted for three interceptions for a second straight week, but the fashion in which he produced those giveaways was vastly different and typified the direction of these Dolphins. On Sunday, all three picks were the fault of the quarterback, each came in Dolphins territory, each preceded a Browns touchdown and each buried Miami deeper into a hole that appears increasingly inescapable. Whether it was penalties (11 for 103 yards), errant throws resulting in turnovers or poor discipline on defense, Miami couldn’t get out of its own way all afternoon. Even worse, the Dolphins appeared to lose interest as the game grew more lopsided. Mike McDaniel was already on the hot seat entering Week 7; that seat might not exist by Monday afternoon.

Have a day, Quinshon Judkins. Cleveland’s season has been filled with struggles but Quinshon Judkins has enjoyed some bright spots in the first month and a half. Sunday represented a new peak for the rookie. Judkins’ 46-yard touchdown run through the middle of Miami’s defense injected life into what was a sleepy game and gave the Browns an early advantage to build upon. They did so by leaning almost exclusively on the Ohio State product, turning to him twice inside Miami’s 5-yard line for two more scores, giving Judkins three touchdowns on the day and making him the face of the Browns’ triumphant day offensively. While he averaged just 3.4 yards per carry — a product of an unusual outing in which he was cut down for losses on multiple occasions but also ran hard enough to balance things out with positive gains — Judkins paced the Browns’ offense on a windy, rainy day in Cleveland.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Dolphins-Browns (via NFL Pro): Quinshon Judkins rushed 15 times for 69 yards and three touchdowns from jumbo sets (six-plus offensive linemen) in the Browns’ Week 7 win over the Dolphins. The Browns used an extra lineman on 22 of 52 plays overall (40.9%), the highest rate by any team in a game this season. Judkins became the first player since the start of 2022 to score three rushing touchdowns from jumbo in a game and gained the third-most rushing yards from jumbo of any player this season.

NFL Research: Miami’s six points were the fewest allowed by the Browns since Week 9 of the 2023 season, a shutout win over Arizona. Cleveland also snapped its 11-game streak of scoring 17 or fewer points.

Rice led Chiefs’ impressive offensive surge. Rashee Rice celebrated his return to action following a six-game suspension with two first-half touchdowns to highlight a strong offensive outing by the Chiefs. We’ve now seen what an offense with Marquise Brown, Xavier Worthy and Rice playing together looks like, and the results were impressive. The Chiefs ran 42 first-half plays (to the Raiders’ 14) and built a 21-0 lead, scoring on three drives of 84 yards or longer. Patrick Mahomes threw for 206 yards in the first half alone — more than he did in five entire games last season. Impressively, he was still able and willing to spread the ball around to nearly all of his targets and make it an offense that looked very tough to defend. Mahomes’ day was done before the third quarter was over, allowing Gardner Minshew to get some snaps versus his former team. The only potential negative was an injury to Jawaan Taylor (shoulder), who replaced the absent Josh Simmons at left tackle.

Raiders looked inept in all phases. This felt like one of the most lopsided games of the 2025 NFL season. The Raiders were pretty non-competitive out of the chute, running only 14 offensive plays and allowing 21 first downs in the first half alone. Losing defensive tackle Adam Butler (back) and defensive end Maxx Crosby (knee/back) only worsened the suffering. Knowing their only real shot of winning was getting a first-drive stop to open the third quarter, down 21-0, the Raiders allowed the Chiefs to march 65 yards for another TD. They then went three-and-out on offense. Vegas’ first real “stop” was holding the Chiefs to a short field goal late in the third quarter. The offense also shared the blame readily. Geno Smith completed a 6-yard pass to Jack Bech with 3:49 left in the first quarter … and Smith’s next completion, a 4-yarder, didn’t come until the 2:09 mark of the third quarter. Smith was benched for Kenny Pickett, who fumbled on his first snap. The afterglow of last week’s win faded pretty quickly for the wayward Raiders. Don’t be shocked if Pete Carroll burns this game tape, using highly flammable accelerants.

Chiefs’ defense gave Reid his first regular-season shutout. Hard to believe but true: Sunday was Andy Reid’s first-ever regular-season shutout win. The Chiefs shut out the Texans, 30-0, in the 2015 postseason, and they allowed only a safety in Reid’s Chiefs debut in 2013, but this was Reid’s first regular-season blanking — in his 427th regular-season game. Reid has had some of the best defensive minds in recent history coordinating his units, with Jim Johnson in Philadelphia and Steve Spagnuolo, which makes the achievement all the more surprising. Shutouts are rare (only five since the start of the 2024 season), but the sentiment holds up. Kansas City’s defense certainly deserves praise for its dominant showing, even with it coming against an inept Raiders offense. The Raiders netted 27 yards on their first two drives and didn’t have another first down until the fourth quarter, netting 93 for the game. Pure dominance. If the Chiefs play this well in all three phases, they’re absolutely title contenders again.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Raiders-Chiefs (via NFL Pro): Patrick Mahomes only attempted one pass longer than 28.5 air yards on Sunday, a 40.3-air-yard completion to Tyquan Thornton.

NFL Research: The Raiders had only three first downs in the game, the fewest in the NFL since the Raiders had three in a Week 9 loss to the Falcons in the 2008 NFL season.

Hurts divebombs Vikings. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts played his best game of the season. Whenever Philadelphia needed a play, the QB made a spot-on deep shot to put a dagger into an aggressive Vikings defense. The Super Bowl MVP made play after play out of the structure, keeping things alive for splash plays. Hurts might struggle with intermediate passing, but he thrives with one of the prettiest deep balls in the league. He threw a 37-yard TD to A.J. Brown, a 79-yarder to DeVonta Smith, a 26-yarder to Brown again. On Sunday, he went 5 of 5 for 216 yards and three TDs on passes of 20-plus yards. With Saquon Barkley and the Eagles running back still stuck in the next, Philly needed every one of Hurts’ deep shots. It was apropos that Hurts iced the game with a 45-yard bomb to Brown. Sunday was the type of game that was a reminder of the upside of a bombs-away Eagles offense.

Wentz stumbles way to two-pick day. Facing his former club, Carson Wentz’ brutal second quarter had Minnesota scrambling. Wentz rushed a throw, leading to a pick-six. Then things got really wacky. On his next attempt, Wentz threw it backward for an 8-yard loss. The following snap, he got flushed from the pocket and threw a prayer that was intercepted. Wentz put up 313 passing yards, picking up chunk gains, repeatedly picking apart Philly cornerbacks with out routes, but the offense stumbled in scoring range. Kevin O’Connell’s crew went 1 of 6 in the red zone, the worst RZ TD rate for Minnesota in a game with six or more red zone drives since at least 2000. On a day the Vikings only punted once on nine possessions, the turnovers and settling for field goals were the difference. The loss isn’t all on Wentz’ shoulders, but it also wasn’t a performance that would make O’Connell reticent to turn to J.J. McCarthy if he’s healthy.

Hunt’s pick-six leads Eagles defense. Young linebacker Jalyx Hunt dropped into coverage, snagged a pass seemingly thrown right to him, and sprinted to paydirt. It was a brilliant call from Vic Fangio that spun Wentz’ head. Hunt became the second Eagles defensive player at 250-plus pounds to score a TD this season. The rest of the NFL has had one such player (Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins). A banged-up Eagles defense needed Sunday’s five-pressure performance from Hunt. Jalen Carter’s return to action made a world of difference for Philly. The game-wrecking defensive tackle earned a game-high six QB pressures and owned the middle of the Vikings’ offensive line. It’s a completely different Eagles D when he’s on the field. Elsewhere on defense, Quinyon Mitchell allowed just one catch for 10 yards on three targets against Justin Jefferson (20 snaps). The Eagles’ defense still has holes at pass rusher and corner, but Sunday, they got the job done.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Eagles-Vikings (via NFL Pro): DeVonta Smith recorded a career-high 183 receiving yards and a touchdown on nine receptions, with most of his production coming on downfield passes (10-plus air yards). Smith was targeted six times downfield, catching five of those targets for 163 yards and a touchdown; 107 of those yards came on deep receptions (20-plus air yards).

NFL Research: Hurts generated the third perfect passer rating game in Eagles history (minimum 10 attempts). Others were Nick Foles in 2013 at Oakland and Donovan McNabb in 2007 versus Detroit.

Horn’s two INTs propel Panthers over Jets. With the offense sputtering even before Bryce Young left with an injury, Carolina’s defense stood tall. The defensive line, led by Derrick Brown controlled things up front, stuffing the run and pestering Gang Green quarterbacks. Brown generated two sacks and seven tackles. Surging rookie Nic Scourton earned 1.5 sacks and added a team-high six pressures. His improved play has been a big part of the Panthers’ turnaround. Carolina generated six sacks after having five entering the week. The crown of the defensive performance goes to Jaycee Horn, who made a spectacular one-handed interception in the end zone. He added another INT in the fourth quarter, squelching a Jets comeback attempt. After last season’s dismal output, Ejiro Evero has improved immensely during the Panthers’ three-game win streak. On tap next week: Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.

Fields benched, but Jets offense still can’t get off the ground. Aaron Glenn pulled the plug on Justin Fields after another inefficient first half — 6-of-12 passing for 46 yards with three sacks, 22 yards rushing. The issues remain the same for the QB: He holds it too long, struggles to read defenses post-snap, makes unforced errors and takes bad sacks. Tyrod Taylor took over in the second half. The passing offense perks up with the veteran, who can stay in rhythm in the short game. However, Taylor repeatedly missed deep, underthrowing several balls on which New York receivers beat defenders. Taylor went 1 of 7 for 35 yards with two INTs (8.3 passer rating) on passes of 20-plus yards, per Next Gen Stats. The reality is that there is no long-term answer at QB on the Jets roster.

Panthers lose Young to injury. Panthers starting quarterback Bryce Young exited the game deep in the third quarter, slowly walking to the locker room. He was ruled out with an ankle injury. Before the injury, it was an up-and-down game from Young, who made an excellent improv play to find Xavier Legette for a TD but also missed a few layups. Andy Dalton entered, and the offense didn’t do much, generating four first downs with two three-and-outs on four fourth-quarter drives. However, the veteran ended the game with a nice lob to Legette. Young’s status will be one to keep an eye on during the week. Sidenote: With Chuba Hubbard return, the Panthers split carries between him and Rico Dowdle. Dowdle was the more productive, generating 79 yards on 17 carries to Hubbard’s 31 on 14 totes. The question is whether the Panthers will ride Dowdle, clearly the better back at this point, or continue to lean on both and hope Hubbard’s 2.2 yards per carry this week was a product of knocking off rust.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Panthers-Jets (via NFL Pro): The Panthers defense generated season highs in total pressures (16), pressure rate (36.4%) and sacks (6).

NFL Research: Carolina (4-3) is .500 or better through seven games for the first time since 2019 (also 4-3). The 2019 Panthers started 4-3, finished 5-11 (last in the NFC South) and Ron Rivera was fired mid-season.

Patriots overwhelm Titans in runaway win. Mike Vrabel brought his team to Nashville with a clear intent on Sunday: Win the physical battle. The Patriots set the tone on their very first drive, repeatedly handing the ball to Rhamondre Stevenson for hard-earned rushing yards and moving into Tennessee territory before settling for a field goal. That brief limitation was not indicative of what was to come. New England regained the lead just before halftime, then exploded for two touchdowns in 11 seconds of game time midway through the third quarter, following up a 12-play, 88-yard touchdown drive with a fumble recovery and return for a score. In seemingly a flash, the Patriots took total control of this game and cruised to victory in emphatic fashion, sacking Cam Ward five times while delivering a statement to Vrabel’s former team and moving forward with their fifth win of 2025.

Struggles continue for Titans despite coaching change. Tennessee made the decision to fire Brian Callahan early in the week and entered Sunday hoping for a boost in performance with Mike McCoy serving as interim coach. Unfortunately, this game followed a familiar script. After competing and keeping things close for almost two quarters, the Titans lost Jeffery Simmons to a hamstring injury and watched their resilience leave with him. Tennessee surrendered a touchdown pass in the final minute of the first half, then melted down in the third quarter, losing all hope of a comeback before the fourth quarter arrived. Ward fumbled away possession in unfortunately familiar fashion, losing the ball while winding up to throw, and despite an impressive first half from the rookie, it was clear the Titans lacked the strength to overcome their sudden 18-point deficit. Tennessee isn’t going to improve overnight regardless of who is coaching, and Sunday was a painful reminder of this.

Maye continues to dazzle. Patriots second-year quarterback Drake Maye has been on a heater and compiled another fantastic outing in Nashville on Sunday, completing 21 of 23 passes that included some beautifully layered passes, perfectly placed and timed tosses and his latest majestic touchdown pass to Kayshon Boutte. Perhaps even more impressive, Maye took a hard hit to the back of his head, exited briefly and then returned in time to toss a touchdown pass to Austin Hooper that capped a key 11-play, 93-yard touchdown drive to tie things up at 10. Maye rolled from there, directing a well-balanced offense that acted like a boa constrictor in the second half, squeezing the life out of the Titans and earning yet another win for these ascending Patriots.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Patriots-Titans (via NFL Pro):  Drake Maye recorded career highs in completion percentage (91.3%) and completion percentage over expected (+24.4%) on Sunday. Maye was particularly efficient on passes over 10 air yards, completing 7 of his 9 attempts for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Maye also added 62 rushing yards on eight scrambles, giving him 193 scramble rush yards this season, third in the NFL entering the Week 7 afternoon window.

NFL Research: With 222 passing yards and a 135.9 passer rating, Drake Maye became the third player under the age of 24 with 200-plus passing yards and a 100-plus passer rating in six consecutive games.

Broncos accomplish the unfathomable. Denver was largely lifeless offensively through two and a half quarters, even drawing boos from fans after going three-and-out midway through the third quarter in a game that appeared to be on the verge of getting out of hand. The fourth quarter produced enough magic to make most forget about the frustrating first three quarters, though, because the Broncos awoke from their slumber and remembered they have the talent necessary to move the ball and put points on the board. Invigorated by a sense of urgency, Bo Nix exploded in the fourth, completing 16 of 25 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns while running three times for 46 yards and another score. He threw the ball without fear, firing missiles toward receivers with the hopes they’d make the 50/50 plays to preserve their hopes of a comeback (they did). It took some luck (see: Troy Franklin’s touchdown catch off a deflection in the end zone) and a timely takeaway, plus two more big completions in the final minute and a 39-yard field goal as time expired to pull off the comeback, but it all counts the same.

Giants will rue how they handled the fourth quarter. New York had control of this game and appeared poised to pull off the upset when coach Brian Daboll (understandably) decided to get conservative, calling two run plays up the middle that gained a combined total of five yards before asking Jaxson Dart to throw for a first down. Dart instead tossed a very regrettable interception, opening the door for a Denver comeback. That sequence could have explained New York’s eventual meltdown if not for a courageous (and penalty-assisted) final possession that saw Dart score to take the lead inside the final minute — and yet, the Giants then immediately managed to allow the Broncos to move into very makeable field goal range in short order. Daboll tossed his headset as soon as Wil Lutz’ kick passed through the goal post and while the frustration was understandable, it’s hard to not think it was avoidable.

It would be nice if Denver didn’t wait until the 11th hour to wake up. As the Broncos drove toward the Giants’ end zone to close the third quarter, I joked via social media that Denver was just lulling us to sleep before firing off another 21-point comeback as it did in Philadelphia in Week 5. I never thought it would end up being a 33-point explosion. This is the duality of the 2025 Broncos through seven weeks: They’re a team with a defense that is good enough to keep them in every game (if not outright dominate an opposing offense), but the Broncos’ offense is still searching for the consistency they often displayed a season ago. Often, their likelihood of success depends on whether they can run the ball effectively, but it wasn’t a great predictor on Sunday given they’d broken 100 yards through three quarters yet remained scoreless. Much of their struggles resulted from another up-and-down game from Nix, who missed open targets downfield a few times in the first three quarters and had just as many of his passes batted down at the line of scrimmage. Denver’s offense appeared disjointed and only earned one quality scoring opportunity, which was stuffed on the goal line. There’s something about the fourth quarter that just wakes up this team, though, and it certainly did in an unbelievably frantic final period. Broncos fans would prefer their team not wait until the fourth to roll out of bed, but they’ll take the wins however they come.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Giants-Broncos (via NFL Pro): Bo Nix completed 16 of 25 passes for 170 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter of the Broncos’ Week 7 win, generating +8.0 expected points added on his dropbacks. Nix also executed two designed runs for touchdowns, the first two touchdowns on designed runs in his 24-game career, gaining 25 yards and +4.98 EPA on those carries.

NFL Research: The Broncos became the first team in NFL history to score 33-plus points after being shut out through the first three quarters.

Colts’ offense unstoppable, steamrolling Chargers on the road. Shane Steichen is in his bag, and every single Indianapolis player is thriving. Once again, Daniel Jones led a seamless operation that scored on six of its first seven possessions, including three touchdowns to open the contest. The quarterback was calm in a good pocket, dishing the ball off to seven different targets. If Jones threw a bad ball Sunday, it wasn’t memorable. The offense consistently gets wide-open targets on every level. Tyler Warren in the flat. Michael Pittman over the middle. Alec Pierce deep. A balanced offense with MVP candidate Jonathan Taylor ripping off runs and dashing for another three-TD day makes the Colts seemingly impossible to stop. We shouldn’t discount an impressive offensive line, which opens big holes on the ground and gives Jones plenty of time to survey. Enough with questioning Indy. This is a legit AFC contender.

Chargers get things going far too late. L.A. put up just 141 yards in the first half. Add in two Justin Herbert interceptions, including one in the end zone, and the 20-point halftime deficit was too big to overcome, particularly with the defense unable to get any stops. Herbert missed a few balls behind his targets as he constantly played in a muddy pocket behind an injury-riddled offensive line. Herbert got things going in the second half, finding rookie tight end Oronde Gadsden II (seven receptions for 164 yards and a touchdown) and Keenan Allen (11/119/1) for big plays. The Chargers QB put up a career-high 421 passing yards with three TDs. With the turnovers and a defense that couldn’t get stops, it wasn’t nearly enough to avoid a third loss in four games.

Colts’ injured defense steps up when needed. Big man Grover Stewart swatted a ball high in the air in the second quarter and corralled it for his first career INT with the Chargers in scoring range. On the next possession, safety Nick Cross made an excellent play on a Herbert pass to swipe another ball in the end zone. Those two plays taking potential points off the board allowed the Colts to build an insurmountable lead. With an already banged-up secondary, Indy’s defense lost two linemen Sunday with Tyquan Lewis and Samson Ebukam exiting with injuries. With the Chargers threatening to make it a game, DeForest Buckner came up with two big sacks, the second to help force a late turnover on downs. The injuries are a concern moving forward, but Indy showed they can overcome.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Colts-Chargers (via NFL Pro): Justin Herbert faced a career-high 57.4% pressure rate against the Colts in Week 7. Despite constant duress, Herbert completed 19 of his 31 pass attempts under pressure for 252 yards, all three of his touchdowns and one interception. His 252 passing yards under pressure are the third-most by a quarterback since 2018.

NFL Research: Jonathan Taylor has more three-plus rushing touchdown games in 2025 than the rest of the NFL combined (Others: Two– both by rookies, Quinshon Judkins Sunday and Cam Skattebo Week 6). Taylor has 10 rushing TDs over his last five games (last player with 10-plus over a five-game span was Taylor himself in 2021).

Parsons led Packers’ second-half defensive stands. The Packers were swimming upstream most of the game Sunday, and neither the offense nor the defense was having much success. Needing a big-play spark, the Packers received several from the defense in the second half to spur them to a difficult big clutch win. Rashan Gary’s strip-sack got things going in the third quarter, leading to the game-tying touchdown for Green Bay. Then, after a long kick return and a Green Bay facemask, the Packers’ defense held Arizona to a field goal, spearheaded by Micah Parsons in arguably his biggest game for the Packers. He had three sacks, which more than doubled his season total entering the game, including another big one on Arizona’s final drive after they’d reached the Packers’ 26-yard line. The Cardinals never got any closer, with the Packers defense earning its second turnover on downs in the fourth quarter.

Another late, heartbreaking loss for Cardinals. For a second straight game, Jacoby Brissett replaced Kyler Murray and gave the offense a boost with mostly efficient play. But Brissett was strip-sacked in the third quarter, one of three sacks he took in the second half, and missed just enough late throws to come up a little bit short again. Fourth quarters have been nail-biting time for Cardinals fans, even in the team’s two wins. But that’s now five straight losses that came down to the final play of the game – three game-winning kicks by the opponent followed by two straight failed throws into the end zone, each more frustrating than the next. Brissett took several big hits Sunday and gamely captained an offense that had little run game, completing 14 straight passes at one point. But Brissett was stuffed on a fourth-and-1 from Arizona’s 48-yard line, giving the ball back to Green Bay, which took control of the game. Brissett offered as much as could have been hoped from him, but it wasn’t quite enough to end the skid.

After taking a few shots, Love delivered for Packers. The Packers still haven’t solved all their offensive issues, but their quarterback delivered some big plays under heavy pressure in the second half. Down, 20-13, late in the third quarter, Jordan Love took a shot from Budda Baker after a scramble and was hit a few plays later on a roughing call, but he stood tall and delivered a game-tying TD drive. Late in the fourth, Love made a huge third-down completion to Tucker Kraft under heavy pressure to keep the drive alive, then later floated a fourth-and-2 pass to Kraft, setting up Josh Jacobs go-ahead score. The Packers initially lined up to kick the game-tying field goal on that fourth down, but Matt LaFleur called timeout to set up a play for Love. That’s trust you like to see. It was a tough environment for the offense, with Jacobs limited, but Love found a way in the end.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Packers-Cardinals (via NFL Pro): In addition to Micah Parsons’ three sacks, he also generated 10 pressures and had one stuff.

NFL Research: The Cardinals have lost three straight games after leading by seven or more points entering the fourth quarter.

Just another day at the office for the Cowboys’ offense. Heading into Sunday’s game, Dallas scored 40-plus points during its first two games at AT&T Stadium. The Cowboys extended that streak by scoring a season-high 44 points against former Dallas defensive coordinator, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn in Week 7. It was an impressive all-around performance from Dak Prescott and the playmakers in Dallas’ offense. Prescott found CeeDee Lamb for a 74-yard touchdown in the first quarter and connected with tight end Jake Ferguson for a pair of touchdowns in the red zone. George Pickens contributed some key plays, too. Whether it was making an impressive sideline catch to keep the drive alive or drawing penalties on Washington’s defense, Pickens was a problem for the Commanders. Prescott finished the afternoon completing 21 of 30 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns. The Cowboys certainly have one of the most lethal offenses in the NFL.

Injury bug infecting Commanders’ offense. With Washington’s top three wide receivers Terry McLaurin (quad), Deebo Samuel (heel) and Noah Brown (groin; placed on injured reserve this week) missing Sunday’s game, quarterback Jayden Daniels did the most he could to keep up with Dallas’ offense. The injury bug followed the Commanders to Dallas in the third quarter. Daniels suffered a hamstring injury and did not return to action. In Marcus Mariota’s first drive in relief, he escaped the pocket, avoiding multiple Cowboy defenders, but was intercepted by DaRon Bland, who returned it for a touchdown. The Commanders couldn’t recover after Bland’s 68-yard pick-six. Rookie running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt struggled on the ground with Washington trying to play catch up. The Commanders will hope the news of Daniels’ injury isn’t too serious as he’s already missed two games this season due to a knee injury. 

Welcome back, CeeDee Lamb. After missing the last three games due to an ankle injury, CeeDee Lamb quickly appeared to be in midseason form. Dak Prescott didn’t shy away from targeting Lamb early and often Sunday afternoon. In the first half, Lamb was targeted eight times as he caught five passes for 110 yards and a touchdown. With the Cowboys leading, 27-15, at halftime, Lamb didn’t see a target in the second half as Dallas leaned on the running game to run the clock down. According to Next Gen Stats, Lamb played 48 out of 62 offensive snaps (77.4%) in Sunday’s win. With Lamb returning to the lineup, the Cowboys offense is rolling heading into next week’s game against the Broncos in Mile High.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Commanders-Cowboys (via NFL Pro): Cowboys cornerback Kaiir Elam allowed two receptions on seven targets for 31 yards in Week 7, after allowing zero receptions since Week 5 (seven combined targets). This marks a significant turnaround from Weeks 1-4, when Elam allowed a league-high 282 yards and four touchdowns in coverage.

NFL Research: Dak Prescott has had three-plus pass touchdowns and zero interceptions in four straight games, setting a new Cowboys franchise record.

In CMC, 49ers trust. It was hardly easy going for the 49ers offense, but the sturdy legs of Christian McCaffrey drove San Francisco to victory. Dynamic as McCaffrey has been throughout a stellar career, he’s established himself as a true workhorse when needed in San Francisco. He was needed for just that against the Falcons, and he produced phenomenally by churning out a season-best 114 yards on 23 carries and a pair of touchdowns to go with a team-high seven receptions for 72 yards. CMC surpassed his 69-yard season-high rushing in the second quarter. With no Brock Purdy, no Ricky Pearsall, still no Brandon Aiyuk and tight end George Kittle ineffective in his first game back from injury (zero catches on two targets), McCaffrey was too much for Atlanta to handle. McCaffrey scored the game’s first touchdown on a 1-yard plunge and emphatically salted away the victory in the fourth quarter. Clinging to a three-point lead, Mac Jones sent a bullet McCaffrey’s way for a 17-yard gain on third-and-13. On the very next play, McCaffrey powered to a 4-yard score, pushing through the pile for six. In a ballyhooed matchup featuring McCaffrey and Bijan Robinson, both had their moments, but CMC was the do-it-all back who shined brightest on Sunday night.

Bijan can’t do it all for Falcons. Six days after a sensational showing on Monday night, Bijan Robinson and Atlanta were back in prime time. The back who’s been at the center of best-in-the-league convos played well, but he was kept in check running the rock and simply couldn’t do it all himself offensively. Robinson had 40 yards on just 2.9 yards per carry, and 52 yards and Atlanta’s only TD on six receptions. To be fair, tight end Kyle Pitts also had a solid showing (seven receptions for 62 yards), but Drake London (four catches on 10 targets for 42 yards) was corralled and quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was absolutely abysmal under pressure. Rattled throughout by a 26.2 pressure rate from S.F., Penix was 0 of 9 under pressure. The Falcons looked rather uncreative in their approach and came away with just 292 yards (62 rushing). Less than a week after garnering notice with a win over the Buffalo Bills, the Falcons found themselves in a grind-it-out game against the Niners and couldn’t answer the bell.

Defenders step up for banged-up Niners. In a curious setup, 49ers all-world linebacker Fred Warner was seen in a suite, seated sideways with his surgically repaired ankle propped up on Sunday night. What he looked down on was a defensive performance to be proud of, highlighted by a slew of step-up performances. Warner’s replacement in the starting lineup, Tatum Bethune, had a team-best 10 tackles. Bryce Huff had a sack, forced fumble, five tackles, two QB hits and a game-high six QB pressures. Cornerback Chase Lucas, filling in for an injured Upton Stout , had a massive pass breakup on a fourth down. There’s a lot season left and neither Warner nor Nick Bosa are going to be coming to the rescue. But throughout this season, the 49ers have been rescuing themselves, no matter how unfamiliar the names making the plays. Banged up on both sides of the ball, San Francisco rose to the occasion to keep pace with the Rams atop the NFC West in the process.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Falcons-49ers (via NFL Pro): With no pressure, Michael Penix was 21 of 29 for 241 yards, a touchdown and 108.5 rating. Against pressure, he was 0 for 9 with a 39.6 rating.

NFL Research: Christian McCaffrey had 100-plus rushing yards and 70-plus receiving yards in a game for the seventh time in his career. It’s the most all time, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes.

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AP TOP 25 GETS AN OVERHAUL BEHIND NO. 1 OHIO STATE; VANDY IS A TOP-10 TEAM FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 1947

Vanderbilt is a top-10 team in college football for the first time since 1947 in an Associated Press poll that got a nearly complete makeover Sunday after a weekend when nine Top 25 teams lost.

Ohio State was the only team to hold its spot, remaining No. 1 for an eighth straight week after shutting out Wisconsin 34-0 on the road.

Beyond the Buckeyes, significant revision was required with four top-10 teams losing in the same week for a third time this season. Nine Top 25 losing teams were the most since Week 5 in 2022, when 10 went down, according to Sportradar. Four of the losses this week were to unranked opponents.

The Buckeyes received 60 first-place votes, 10 more than a week ago. No. 2 Indiana pulled away from Michigan State, improved its program-record ranking by one spot and got the other six first-place votes.

Texas A&M’s one-rung promotion to No. 3 gives the Aggies their highest ranking since 1995. No. 4 Alabama has its highest ranking of the season and No. 5 Georgia returned to the top five after a three-week absence.

Oregon, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, Miami and Vanderbilt round out the top 10.

The Ducks bounced back from their home loss to Indiana with a lopsided road win over Rutgers.

Georgia Tech, which won at Duke, hadn’t been in the top 10 since 2014 or ranked as high since 2009. Mississippi’s loss to Georgia caused it to slip three spots, and Miami fell seven after losing to unranked Louisville.

Vanderbilt rallied from its loss at Alabama two weeks ago with a 31-24 win over then-No. 10 LSU. The Commodores earned a seven-spot promotion for their first win over the Tigers since 1990. At 6-1, Vandy is off to its best start since 1950 with two wins over ranked opponents.

Texas Tech’s first loss came at Arizona State and dropped the Red Raiders seven spots to No. 14.

LSU took the biggest fall, plunging 10 spots to No. 20 for its lowest ranking of the season.

In and out

— No. 19 Louisville makes its season debut in the Top 25. The Cardinals, whose only loss was by three points to Virginia on Oct. 4, were 0-18 all-time against top 10 teams in true road games before knocking off the Hurricanes.

— No. 23 Illinois returned despite being idle. The Illini had dropped out for the first time this season after a home loss to Ohio State.

— No. 24 Arizona State, which fell out of the poll after a 32-point loss at Utah, returned following its first win over a top-10 opponent since 2019.

— No. 25 Michigan’s 17-point home win over Washington returned the Wolverines to the rankings after a one-week absence.

— Southern California (20), Memphis (22), Utah (23) and Nebraska (25) dropped out.

Poll points

— Ohio State’s 10 straight appearances in the top five is the longest active streak.

— Georgia’s 140th consecutive week in the poll is the second-longest active streak to Alabama’s 287.

— Vanderbilt’s top-10 ranking is its fifth in program history. The others were in 1937 (1), 1941 (1) and 1947 (2).

— No. 16 Virginia’s ranking is its highest since 2007.

Conference call

SEC (10) — Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22.

Big Ten (5) — Nos. 1, 2, 6, 23, 25.

Big 12 (4) — Nos. 11, 14, 21, 24.

ACC (4) — Nos. 7, 9, 16, 19.

American (1) — No. 18.

Independent (1) — No. 12.

Ranked vs. ranked

— No. 3 Texas A&M (7-0) at No. 20 LSU (5-2): The home team has won the last eight meetings. LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier threw three second-half interceptions and Marcel Reed came off the bench to run for three TDs in Aggies’ 38-23 win last year.

— No. 8 Mississippi (6-1) at No. 13 Oklahoma (6-1): Only their third all-time meeting. Rebels recorded nine sacks in 26-14 win last year.

— No. 15 Missouri (6-1) at No. 10 Vanderbilt (6-1): Vandy kicker Brock Taylor has made 17 consecutive field goals since missing 31-yarder that gave the Tigers a 30-27 double-overtime win last year.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF BRACKET WATCH: ALABAMA IN TOP FOUR, MIAMI HANGS ON, TEXAS TECH DROPS OUT

Alabama replaces Miami as a top-four seed in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday and Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and BYU are on the mock bracket for the first time.

Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M and Alabama would be the top four seeds as the Nos. 1-4 teams in the AP poll.

Alabama moved up two spots in the poll after beating Tennesee 37-20 and landed as a top-four seed on the bracket for the first time this season. The top four seeds receive a first-round bye.

Georgia Tech won at Duke to go 7-0, Vanderbilt beat LSU to go 6-1 and BYU is 7-0 following a win over Utah.

Miami’s loss to Louisville knocked it out of the top four but the Hurricanes remain on the bracket. Texas Tech lost at Arizona State and dropped off the bracket along with LSU and Tennessee.

The Southeastern Conference would have five of the 12 teams on the bracket. The Big Ten would have three teams, the Atlantic Coast Conference would have two and the Big 12 and American one each.

Based on the AP Top 25, the CFP would open like this:

— No. 9 seed Miami at No. 8 Mississippi. Winner vs. No. 1 Ohio State.

— No. 12 seed South Florida at No. 5 Georgia. Winner vs. No. 4 Alabama.

— No. 10 seed Vanderbilt at No. 7 seed Georgia Tech. Winner vs. No. 2 Indiana.

— No. 11 seed BYU at No. 6 Oregon. Winner vs. No. 3 Texas A&M.

The first three teams outside the bracket: Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Texas Tech. The Fighting Irish are ranked No. 12 by the AP but would get bumped by automatically qualifying conference champion South Florida of the American.

The five highest-ranked conference champions automatically qualify for the CFP, but no longer do the four highest-ranked champions receive a first-round bye. The 12-team bracket is now seeded directly based on the CFP’s final rankings on Dec. 7.

The top four seeds will be assigned to quarterfinals in ranking order and in consideration of current bowl relationships. This year, quarterfinal winners advance to the semifinals at the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. The No. 1 seed would receive preferential placement based on geography.

Teams ranked Nos. 5-12 by the CFP will play in the first round, with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds either on campus or at other sites designated by the higher-seeded school. First-round games are Dec. 19 and 20, quarterfinals Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, semifinals Jan. 8 and 9 and the championship game is Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The AP will publish brackets based on the weekly Top 25 until the CFP selection committee unveils its initial rankings Nov. 4.

COLORADO STATE FIRES COACH JAY NORVELL AFTER 2-5 START AND A YEAR REMOVED FROM BOWL GAME

Colorado State fired football coach Jay Norvell on Sunday, a day after losing to Hawaii and dropping to 2-5 a year removed from a bowl game.

Norvell was in his fourth season at Colorado State. He is owed a $1.5 million buyout, according to reports. He finished 18-26 with the Rams, including an appearance in the Arizona Bowl last season.

The Rams appointed defensive coordinator Tyson Summers as their interim head coach. He takes over as the Rams get set to play at Wyoming next weekend in the annual Border War.

“My admiration for Jay and appreciation for his integrity make this decision that much more difficult,” Colorado State athletic director John Weber said in a statement. “Jay has made this program better during his tenure at CSU.”

Norvell became the first Black head football coach in program history when he signed a five-year deal on Dec. 6, 2021, after making Nevada a contender in the Mountain West Conference. His teams showed improvement in each of his first three season in Fort Collins. The Rams were 3-9 in 2022, 5-7 in ’23 and 8-5 last season.

But this season has been a step back. They barely held off FCS-level Northern Colorado in early September.

To try to ignite a stagnant offense, Norvell made a quarterback change late last month, benching Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi and going with Jackson Brousseau. It didn’t pay off immediately as the Rams lost 20-3 to Washington State. Colorado State followed that up with a loss at San Diego State before beating Fresno State at home. The final game for Norvell was a 31-19 loss to Hawaii.

Colorado State elected to make the coaching change as the program prepares to leave the Mountain West next season for the Pac-12. The Rams are set to join Utah State, San Diego State, Fresno State and Boise State in a rebuilt version of the storied conference, which already includes Oregon State and Washington State. The Pac-12 added Texas State last month in order to reach the eight-team minimum to be eligible for an automatic bid for its conference champion in the College Football Playoff.

Known for his innovative offenses, the 62-year-old Norvell was brought in after going 33-26 at Nevada.

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GUERRERO HITS 6TH POSTSEASON HOMER AND BLUE JAYS BEAT MARINERS 6-2 TO FORCE GAME 7 OF ALCS

TORONTO (AP) — Look dad, Game 7!

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his sixth home run this postseason, rookie Trey Yesavage struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays pushed the American League Championship Series to the limit by beating the sloppy Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Sunday night.

The AL pennant will be decided Monday night in Toronto, the second Game 7 in Blue Jays history. Toronto lost to Kansas City in the 1985 ALCS.

“Got to enjoy it, man. This is what we sign up for,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “It’s special and unique, but you have to look at it as a game.”

For one famous baseball family, it will also be a first. Guerrero’s father, Hall of Fame outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, never played in a postseason Game 7 during his 16-year career.

“My dad was telling me, Game 7 is give it all you have,” the Toronto slugger said.

Seattle, the only big league team without a pennant, will play a Game 7 for the first time. The winner faces the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series beginning Friday.

“Win or go home,” Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez said. “We’re going to lay everything out there.”

Addison Barger homered and drove in three early runs for the Blue Jays, who turned three double plays behind Yesavage — two of them to escape bases-loaded jams.

That made Toronto the first team to induce consecutive bases-loaded, inning-ending double plays in a postseason game, and only the fourth team to turn two in a single postseason game.

“I knew my defense had my back,” Yesavage said.

Toronto also took advantage of Seattle’s season-high three errors. By comparison, the Blue Jays have made four errors in 10 playoff games.

“Balls just kind of in and out of the glove there that put a couple extra guys on base,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “Unfortunately, it led to a couple runs.”

Guerrero’s sixth career postseason homer — all this year — tied him with José Bautista and Joe Carter for the most in Blue Jays history.

“This is what you look for from one of the elite players in the game,” Schneider said.

Bautista threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game.

Toronto had lost its previous four games when facing postseason elimination. That streak stretched to Game 5 of the 2016 ALCS against Cleveland and included wild-card round losses to Tampa Bay in 2020, Seattle in 2022 and Minnesota in 2023.

Guerrero’s leadoff homer in the fifth made it 5-0 and chased Mariners starter Logan Gilbert. The right-hander allowed four earned runs and seven hits in four-plus innings.

“I thought he had a good fastball, especially early,” Wilson said. “His split was good at times. This is a tough lineup and they did what they had to do to get the ball in play.”

Yesavage took a shutout into the sixth. He was charged with two runs and six hits, five of them singles. Five of his strikeouts came on his split-finger fastball, as did both double-play grounders with the bases loaded.

“I just believed in myself. I know my stuff plays at this level,” Yesavage said. “I know the defense behind me is going to play at the best of their abilities, and getting three double plays in back-to-back-to-back innings was huge.”

The 22-year-old Yesavage threw a season-high 31 splitters. He got 10 whiffs on splitters and five more on sliders.

“He brings the energy,” Guerrero said. “He’s young. He wants to win so bad.”

Three of Yesavage’s six major league starts have come in the playoffs. He’s won twice this postseason after winning one of three outings during the regular season.

Louis Varland got four outs and Jeff Hoffman struck out four over two hitless innings to end it.

The Mariners used two walks and a single to load the bases against Yesavage in the third but were denied when slugger Cal Raleigh grounded into a 3-6-1 double play started by Guerrero and completed by Yesavage covering first base. Raleigh’s first-pitch grounder came off his bat at 101 mph.

“Underappreciated, I think, is how Vlad can play really deep because of his arm,” Schneider said. “In that situation, too, you need some wiggle room for a guy that hits the ball really hard.”

Raleigh finished 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.

Seattle came up empty again after another bases-loaded opportunity in the fourth when J.P. Crawford grounded into a 4-6-3 double play.

The Mariners broke through and chased Yesavage in the sixth. Josh Naylor’s solo shot was his third home run of the playoffs. Yesavage exited after Randy Arozarena’s base hit, and Eugenio Suárez greeted Varland with a bloop RBI single.

Toronto took advantage of fielding errors by Rodríguez in center field and Suárez at third base to score twice in the second, when Barger and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had RBI singles.

Ernie Clement hit a two-out triple off the left-field wall in the third and scored when Barger homered, his second of the postseason.

George Springer started at designated hitter for the Blue Jays and went 0 for 4 with a walk. Springer exited in the seventh inning of Friday’s Game 5 loss in Seattle after he was hit on the right kneecap by a 95.6 mph pitch from Bryan Woo.

Guerrero was hit by a pitch from Seattle reliever Matt Brash in the seventh. Guerrero moved to second on Alejandro Kirk’s single and was advancing on a wild pitch when he scored on Raleigh’s throwing error.

Up next

Toronto is expected to start RHP Shane Bieber on Monday night. Bieber allowed two runs and four hits over six innings in Game 3, a 13-4 win for the Blue Jays. He struck out eight and walked one as he bounced back from a poor outing against the Yankees in the Division Series.

RHP George Kirby will start for Seattle. He allowed eight runs and eight hits, including three homers, over four innings in Game 3.

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CANUCKS SCORE 3 IN 1ST PERIOD, SNAP CAPITALS’ 4-GAME WINNING STREAK

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tyler Myers and Kiefer Sherwood scored 41 seconds apart in the first period, and the Vancouver Canucks snapped Washington’s four-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory over the Capitals on Sunday.

Washington had allowed only eight goals in its first five games before the Canucks put three past Charlie Lindgren in the first period. The Capitals contested the second tally in which Myers flipped the puck into the net with Lindgren on his stomach following a lengthy goalmouth scramble. But a Washington challenge was unsuccessful, giving Vancouver a power play, and Sherwood converted a rebound to make it 3-0.

Elias Petterson and Teddy Blueger also scored for the Canucks. Down 4-0, the Caps got goals from Ryan Leonard, Jakob Chychrun and John Carlson to pull within one.

Vancouver forward Brock Boeser missed the game for personal reasons.

Washington’s Tom Wilson delivered a big hit on Vancouver’s Filip Chytil in the first period. Chytil went slowly to the tunnel, but it was ruled a legal hit after a review.

In addition to Chytil, forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki also left the game early for the Canucks.

Myers’ goal was the 100th of his career.

Alex Ovechkin remained two goals shy of 900.

Lindgren shut out the New York Rangers in his only other start this season, but Petterson scored 59 seconds into the game Sunday to end any bid for a repeat. After starting the second with a three-goal lead, Vancouver made it 4-0 when a puck bounced off Canucks forward Evander Kane’s skate to Blueger, who was alone in front.

Leonard put a rebound past Thatcher Demko on the power play in the second to get Washington on the board. Chychrun scored during an extended push by the Capitals in the third, and Carlson’s goal with 2:14 left made it 4-3. Chychrun had one last chance in close but couldn’t convert.

Up next

Canucks: At Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Capitals: Host Seattle on Tuesday night.

RED WINGS WIN 5TH CONSECUTIVE GAME, HAND OILERS 3RD STRAIGHT LOSS

DETROIT (AP) — Dylan Larkin and rookie Emmitt Finnie each scored twice to help the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Sunday.

Detroit has won five straight since opening with a 5-1 loss to Montreal.

Edmonton has a losing record after dropping a third straight game as superstar Connor McDavid extended his career-long, season-opening, goal drought to six games.

Detroit’s John Gibson stopped 16 shots, including one that denied McDavid midway through the third period. On the same shift, Larkin poked the puck away from the three-time MVP to take away another potential scoring opportunity.

Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner had 21 saves.

Leon Draisaitl was all alone with a chance to pull the Oilers into a tie late in the game, but lost control of the puck.

Shortly thereafter, Finnie scored an empty-net goal to seal it.

Finnie, a 2023 seventh-round pick, had the first goal of midway through the second period to put Detroit ahead 2-0 after Larkin broke a scoreless tie a few minutes earlier in the period.

Larkin, who has a point in all six games this season, resored the Red Wings’ two-goal lead late in the third period after Edmonton’s Noah Philp scored.

Detroit’s captain is the third Red Wing to have multiple season-opening point streaks of six or more games, joining Hall of Famers Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman.

The Red Wings are off to a desperately needed strong start after extending their franchise-record postseason drought to nine years last spring.

The Oilers, coming off back-to-back losses in the Stanley Cup Final, didn’t earn a point for the first time against Detroit in eight games to end their longest active streak against an opponent.

Up next

Oilers: At Ottawa on Tuesday night.

Devils: At Buffalo on Wednesday night.

DONATO SCORES IN OT, BLACKHAWKS EDGE DUCKS 2-1 IN QUENNEVILLE’S RETURN TO CHICAGO

CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan Donato scored from the edge of the crease at 2:58 of overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Anaheim 2-1 on Sunday night in Ducks coach Joel Quenneville’s first game at United Center since being banned in a sexual assault scandal.

The ban stemmed for the scandal involving his 2010 Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks squad that surfaced in October 2021. Quenneville was forced to resign as Florida’s coach, then banned from the NHL for nearly three years before taking over the Ducks in May. He won three titles in 10 years with the Blackhawks.

Donato had his third goal in three games. Connor Bedard set up it from behind the net to cap a 3-on-1 rush. Frank Nazar also scored to help Chicago improve to 3-0-1 in its last four.

Spencer Knight made 38 saves and was beaten only on Mason McTavish’s power-play goal from a sharp angle with 35.8 seconds left in the third period.

McTavish scored on a rising shot from low in the right circle for his first goal of the season on Anaheim’s 36th shot and fifth manpower advantage. Wyatt Kaiser had been sent off for delay of game with 1:47 left after lifting the puck over the glass.

Knight outdueled Lukas Dostal, who stopped 28 shots in Anaheim’s second straight loss.

Up next

Ducks: At Nashville on Tuesday night.

Blackhawks: At Tampa Bay on Thursday night.

GUENTHER SCORES IN THIRD PERIOD AS MAMMOTH BEAT BRUINS 3-2 FOR THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dylan Guenther scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Utah Mammoth beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Sunday night.

Logan Cooley and Clayton Keller also scored and Nick Schmaltz had two assists to help the Mammoth win their third straight — all at home — and fourth in five games overall. Vitek Vanecek stopped 23 shots to earn the win in his second career start for Utah.

David Pastrnak scored twice for Boston and Joonas Korpisaio had 24 saves. The Bruins finished 0-3 on their Western Conference road trip and lost their fourth straight overall. Boston has allowed 17 goals over the last four games.

Utah struck first with Cooley’s power-play goal at 4:20 of the first. Schmaltz — who had a hat trick on Friday night — deflected the puck off Cooley’s back, and it ricocheted into the net.

Pastrnak countered with his own power-play goal to level it with 5:22 left in the period. His wrist shot at the 5:46 of the second gave Boston a 2-1 lead.

Schmaltz picked up his second assist on Keller’s equalizer late in the second. He attacked Korpisalo’s left side and then sent the puck over to Keller on the opposite side and Keller quickly snapped in an easy goal from close range.

Guenther helped Utah go back in front with 9:23 left after one-timing a slap shot from long distance, picking up his second game-winner of the season and 16th of his NHL career.

Up next

Bruins: Host Florida on Tuesday night.

Mammoth: Host Colorado on Tuesday night.

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FLEETWOOD’S BEST YEAR GETS BETTER WITH RALLY TO WIN INDIA CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tommy Fleetwood’s best season got even better Sunday when he ran off four straight birdies around the turn and closed with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Keita Nakajima in the India Championship.

Fleetwood had cause to celebrate for the third time in the last three months — the FedEx Cup title with his first win on U.S. soil, the leading points-earner in another win for Team Europe in the Ryder Cup and now his first European Tour win of the year.

Nakajima had a two-shot lead to start the final round at Delhi Golf Club and played bogey-free. He just couldn’t keep pace with Fleetwood, who made four straight birdies starting at the par-3 seven to turn a two-shot deficit into a two-shot lead.

“I feel like for all the good that’s happened this year, a couple of things have disappointed me,” said Fleetwood, who had not won on the European Tour. “Another win, it feels great.”

Even after another Ryder Cup highlight, the 34-year-old from England felt he had more to achieve this year and winning on the European Tour – his eighth career tour win – was high on his list. Fleetwood, for all his success on the PGA Tour this year, was still not eligible for the closing two events on the European schedule.

Now he is. The victory moves him from No. 94 to No. 25 in the Race to Dubai, making him eligible for the Abu Dhabi Championship and season-ending Tour Championship in Dubai.

Most pleasing to Fleetwood was watching his 8-year-old son, Frankie, run onto the 18th green after he tapped in for par to finish on 22-under 266.

They were playing golf recently when Fleetwood said his son told him he had never won a tournament where the boy could run out to green to greet him.

“All day today, I had in my mind,’Could I put myself in position to make that happen?'” Fleetwood said. “It’s just one of those little things it means a lot to me. It means so much to me. That was really cool. That’s what I wanted to do all day.”

Nakajima struggled with accuracy off the tee when he needed to make up ground late in the final round, though he holed enough putts to stay close. He shot 69 and moved into the top 10 on the list of European Tour players who would be eligible for PGA Tour cards next year.

Shane Lowry (68), Thriston Lawrence (65) and Alex Fitzpatrick (67) tied for third at 270.

Rory McIlroy, playing in India for the first time in his career, birdied his final hole for a 71 to finish in a tie for 26th, 11 shots behind Fleetwood.

SEI YOUNG KIM ENDS 5-YEAR DROUGHT WITH LPGA SOUTH KOREA VICTORY

HAENAM, South Korea (AP) — Decade-long LPGA Tour veteran Sei Young Kim carded a final round 67 to hold off any final round challengers as she claimed a four-stoke victory at the BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday.

It was Kim’s 13th career title since joining the tour in 2015, and ended a five-year long drought since her last tournament victory at the Women’s PGA Championship in 2020.

Kim, 32, finished with a four-round total of 24-under-264 at Pine Beach Golf Links on the Korean peninsula, with the South Korean only dropping a shot at the par-3 third before finding six birdies through the remainder of the round to comfortably hold her closest rival, Nasa Hataoka, at bay.

Hataoka of Japan also had a final round 67 to finish at 20-under 268, with Celine Boutier (67) and Kim A-lim (66) a further two shots back in a share for third place.

Defending champion Hannah Green shot 66 and finished at 17-under 271 in a share for fifth with Yealimi Noh (70) of the United States. Fellow American Lindy Duncan (65) was a shot further back in a three-way tie for seventh with South Korean pair Choi Hye-jin (63) and An Na-rin (63) who shared the lowest round of the day.

Jeeno Thitikul last week became the first multiple winner on the LPGA this season with a five-hole playoff win in Shanghai over Minami Katsu. Thitikul did not play this week but will be part of Thailand’s team in the International Crown next week.

After the International Crown, two more LPGA events are scheduled on the five-event Asian swing – at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Japan.

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JONATHAN TAYLOR SCORES 3 TOUCHDOWNS AND COLTS BEAT CHARGERS 38-24 FOR NFL-LEADING 6TH VICTORY

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts finally got a win in Los Angeles, where coach Shane Steichen paid his dues before now directing the NFL’s best scoring offense.

Steichen said he felt emotional going against his old team, especially after seeing so many Los Angeles Chargers alumni on the field before the game.

“It’s great to come back here,” Steichen said. “I got a lot of great memories here.”

The Colts gave him another one after earning their NFL-leading sixth win, 38-24 on Sunday behind Jonathan Taylor’s third three-touchdown game of the season and Daniel Jones throwing for 288 yards and two scores.

“Shout out to Shane,” Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. said. “Man, great, great game plan. Great team, a playoff-caliber team.”

Taylor wasn’t touched on TD runs of 23, 8 and 19 yards. He had 16 carries for 94 yards.

“When you have an offensive line like we have,” Taylor said, “I try to give them as much praise as possible because they do a lot of the heavy lifting and dirty work and they really make the job easy.”

Jones hit Michael Pittman Jr. for a 4-yard score and Tyler Warren with a 5-yard pass. The quarterback was 23 of 34 while getting sacked once.

“It’s electrifying. We have playmakers all over the place,” Taylor said. “It doesn’t matter who’s scoring, we can’t wait for each other to score.”

The Colts (6-1) also snapped a five-game skid in Los Angeles after losing to the Rams at SoFi Stadium last month. They hadn’t beaten the Chargers, Rams or now-Las Vegas Raiders in L.A. since 1986. Overall, the Colts hadn’t defeated the Chargers since Sept. 25, 2016, in Indianapolis.

“It just felt like every play was working for them,” Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen said.

Off to their best start since 2009, the AFC South-leading Colts led 23-3 at halftime while holding the Chargers to 10 rushing yards on six carries. Taylor got the Colts going with his first score 2 1/2 minutes into the game.

“We know teams are going to continue to give us their best shot,” Taylor said, “so it’s just going to get harder and harder.”

The Chargers (4-3) never led while losing for the third time in four games despite a career-high 420 passing yards and three touchdowns by Justin Herbert. His 37 completions set a franchise record. He was sacked three times and intercepted twice.

“It’s tough the way it went,” Herbert said.

The Chargers outscored the Colts 21-17 in the second half, rallying with three touchdowns on three straight possessions, after being limited to Cameron Dicker’s 43-yard field goal in the first half.

Their last drive of the game killed nine minutes but the Chargers turned the ball over on downs without getting to the red zone.

“I was proud of the way the guys fought. They never gave up,” Herbert said. “We always thought we were in it.”

Quentin Johnston caught a 7-yard TD pass on the Chargers’ first possession of the third. The Colts answered with Taylor’s second TD and Pittman on a 2-point conversion for a 31-10 lead.

Pittman had a 4-yard TD, Jones hit Tyler Warren with a 5-yard score, and Michael Badgley kicked a 36-yard field goal in the second quarter for a 23-3 halftime lead.

Big man’s big pick

Grover Stewart got his first career interception with a pick of Herbert in the second quarter.

Herbert had the ball batted at the line of scrimmage by the 6-foot-4, 314-pound nose tackle. It popped in the air and Stewart caught it. Several Colts players charged up the field in celebration.

“Whenever a big man gets an interception like that, it’s always just electrifying on the sideline,” Taylor said. “We know similar to the offensive line, they do a lot of the heavy lifting and dirty work, so when they get rewarded for something like that, hey, let them go in the end zone, let them celebrate.”

Injuries

Colts: DE Samson Ebukam got hurt and left in the third quarter.

Chargers: DL Otito Ogbonnia hurt his elbow in the first quarter and didn’t return.

Up next

The Colts host Las Vegas on Sunday.

The Chargers host Minnesota on Thursday.

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HOOSIERS WIN AGAINST PENN STATE

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  –   Indiana women’s soccer started their final two home games with a 2-1 victory over Penn State. In an uneven series, the Hoosiers fought their way to their first win against the Nittany Lions in 29 years.

With the win, The Hoosiers hold a record of 5-5-6 overall and a 2-3-5 conference. The win also keeps Indiana in contention to make the Big Ten Tournament.

KEY MOMENTS

Everything ran through the defense in the first half of play. Indiana (3) and Penn State (5) combined for eight shot attempts. Through the first 45′.

Senior goalkeeper Dani Jacobson stood strong in goal, pulling in a season high of four saves, keeping the score tied at zero.

Sophomore midfielder Maggie Ledwith played a corner kick into the box in the 58th minute that found the head of sophomore defender Bella Haggerty. She was able to find the net for her first career goal, putting Indiana ahead 1-0.

Junior midfielder Paige Droner scored her second goal in three matches when she found the back of the net in the 67th minute. This put the cream and crimson up two goals heading into the final stretch.

Penn State scored in the 88th minute of play, but the Hoosiers continued to stay strong the final two minutes, taking the 2-1 victory.

NOTABLE

This is the first win over Penn State since 1996 (1-0) during the Big Ten Tournament.

Haggerty’s goal was the first of her career.

Droner’s goal was her second in the last three matches.

Jacobson recorded a season high in saves made (4).

Seven Hoosiers recorded a shot: Hamm 2, Droner 2, Haggerty, Kim, Ledwith, Sirdah, Grzesiak

UP NEXT

IUWS will close out the regular season at home when they welcome Iowa to Bloomington, Ind. The match is set for a 2 pm start on Big Ten Plus.

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INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY ENDS ROAD TRIP WITH WIN OVER PENN STATE

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ––– The Hoosiers complete their east coast road trip with a 3-1 victory over Penn State on Sunday afternoon at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex. 

The win moves IU’s record to 7-7 and their conference record stands at 2-3. 

KEY MOMENTS

• Penn State’s Natalie Freeman found the back of the cage in the sixth minute of play to put the Nittany Lions up 1-0. 

• Inés Garcia Prado countered for the Hoosiers in the 13th minute of play, tying the game at 1-1. 

•  In the 44th minute of play, Garcia Prado added her second goal of the day. The goal put Indiana up 2-1. Hannah Riddle recorded the assist. 

• IU’s third and final goal of the game came from sophomore Charlotte Glasper in the 48th minute of play. Mijntje Hagn notched the assist. 

NOTABLES

• The Hoosiers outshot Penn State 17-9. 

• Sadie Canelli added five saves, bringing her season saves to 37 and her career saves to 95. 

• Inés Garcia Prado’s two goals moves her season total to six goals and her career total to 17 goal. 

• Charlotte Glasper’s goal total for the season and her career now stands at six. 

• Mijntje Hagen now has nine assists for the 2025 season and eleven career assists. Hannah Riddle’s assist moves her season and career total to two.  

UP NEXT

• The Hoosiers are set to return to Bloomington to take on Ohio State on Friday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. at Deborah Tobias Field. 

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SHONDELL, JEWELL REACH 500 WINS

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Purdue volleyball head coach Dave Shondell and associate head coach-recruiting coordinator Kathy Jewell reached their 500th win with the program as the No. 12 Boilermakers took down the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on their home court, 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-17). Grace Heaney powered the team to victory behind an errorless 18 kills on 31 swings (.581%) for her second errorless performance of the season.

The win puts Shondell just 12 away from tying legend Gene Keady as Purdue Athletics’ all-time leader in wins (512). Meanwhile, Jewell holds the honor as the all-time winningest assistant coach in Purdue Athletics history. The pair have coached together at Purdue since Shondell’s hiring (23 seasons).

With the win, Purdue improves to 15-3 (6-2 Big Ten), including an undefeated record on the road at 7-0. Meanwhile, Rutgers falls to 10-10 (1-7 Big Ten).

Up next, Purdue will continue its road stretch next Friday with a trip to Illinois, a team receiving votes in the AVCA poll. The matchup will be the second of the season, as the Boilermakers look for revenge after falling in Mackey in four last month. Then, the Boilermakers will host No. 18 Minnesota at home on Sunday. Both matches will be streamed on B1G+.

Boiler Notes

In the first set, four Boilers remained errorless on the attack with Grace Heaney (5-0-10, .500), Akasha Anderson (5-0-9, .556), Taylor Anderson (3-0-3, 1.000) and Dior Charles (2-0-2, 1.000).

Grace Heaney set a season-high .581 attack % in her second errorless performance of the season. Finishing just shy of her career-high (.600%). The Boilermaker totaled 19.5 points, adding three block assists in the performance.

Taylor Anderson dished out a double-double 34 assist, 10 digs along with four errorless kills and a block assist. Her back row performance led the team.

Over the season, Heaney has produced 10 matches with two attack errors or fewer, including four of the last five matches.

The win was Purdue’s seventh sweep of the season.

Over the last 19 sets of play, Purdue is 15-4 in sets won.

Dior Charles totaled six blocks with an errorless three kills on eight swing (.375).

Akasha Anderson posted just one attack error for a .400 hitting clip and nine kills and a block solo.

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BOILERMAKERS LEAP PAST #1 WAKE FOREST TO END THE FALL

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Closing out the fall, Purdue Women’s Golf outplayed the top team in the country. The Boilermakers finished one shot ahead of No. 1 Wake Forest, previously undefeated, at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational.

Facing a field that featured six teams ranked in the Top 25, Purdue (+37) moved up from 10th to finish in eighth place, two strokes behind No. 20 Kentucky (+35). The top-ranked Demon Deacons (+38) placed ninth, and Michigan (+41) rounded out the Top 10 of the leaderboard.

Ashley Kim led Purdue throughout the tournament with a 5-over 215 (71-73-71), her best 54-hole total as a Boilermaker. The Arkansas State transfer produced the lowest scores in each of the final two rounds, including a 71 (+1) on Sunday. Kim was on fire to start the final round, carding a bogey-free 35 (-1) on the back nine before turning to the front and making back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth to move to 3-under through 13 holes. Some miscues over the last five holes prevented Kim from carding her best round as a Boilermaker. She tied for 14th among the competitive field, securing her third Top 20 of the fall.

Luana Valero tied for 26th, finishing 8-over for the tournament. Her 218 (71-73-74) bested her previous career low by three strokes. She began her final round with a birdie and moved to 2-under through four holes with a birdie at the par-4 13th.

Lauren Timpf got off to a hot start on Sunday with birdies on three of her first six holes. She made the turn 1-under but had to settle for a 74. Ella Weber contributed to the team score with a 74 of her own in the final round.

Samantha Brown ranked fourth in par-5 scoring throughout the event, playing those holes 3-under par. Her opening round 69 (-1) was Purdue’s best of the tournament, the third time this season that the sophomore fired a round in the 60s.

The Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational was the fifth and final tournament of the fall for Purdue. Flipping the calendar to 2026, the Boilermakers return to the links and serve as hosts of the annual Purdue Puerto Rico Classic at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (Feb. 1-3).

BOILERMAKERS

T-14. Ashley Kim: 71-73-71—215 (+5)

T-26. Luana Valero: 71-73-74—218 (+8)

T-35. Lauren Timpf: 71-76-74—221 (+11)

T-47. Samantha Brown: 69-80-75—224 (+14)

T-67. Ella Weber: 74-82-74—230 (+20)

*T-60. Ida Lindqvist: 75-77-76—228 (+18)

*Competing as an individual

TEAM LEADERBOARD

#16 Auburn: 281-274-280—835 (-5)

#17 Duke: 282-285-283—850 (+10)

NC State: 275-287-289—851 (+11)

Virginia Tech: 283-281-296—860 (+20)

#7 South Carolina: 287-281-294—862 (+22)

#21 North Carolina: 283-292-289—864 (+24)

#20 Kentucky: 290-288-297—875 (+35)

Purdue: 282-302-293—877 (+37)

#1 Wake Forest: 296-284-298—878 (+38)

Michigan: 288-293-300—881 (+41)

UNCW: 298-293-305—896 (+56)

Louisville: 289-298-310—897 (+57)

T-13. Miami (FL): 304-297-301—902 (+62)

T-13. FIU: 305-296-301—902 (+62)

15. Rollins: 310-314-311—925 (+95)

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BOILERS FALL IN HOME FINALE

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue soccer dropped its home finale Sunday night, falling 3–1 to Northwestern at Folk Field.

The Boilermakers battled back from an early deficit to tie the match in the first half but couldn’t hold off a strong second-half surge from the Wildcats.

With the loss, the Boilers have been officially eliminated from the Big Ten Soccer tournament.

Northwestern struck first in the 13th minute when Caterina Regazzoni finished from close range to make it 1–0. Purdue answered 17 minutes later as Irene Campo scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season, slotting home after a corner kick on the double assist from Zoe Cuneio and Margaux Chauvet.

The match went into halftime level at 1–1, but Northwestern regained control shortly after the break. Kennedy Roesch scored twice in a three-minute span—first in the 48th minute off a setup from Megan Norkett, then again in the 51st minute from Audrey Alberts—to give the Wildcats a decisive 3–1 advantage.

Purdue kept pushing, finishing with 11 shots (five on goal) and holding 51% possession, but couldn’t break through again. Campo led the attack with three shots, while Chiara Singarella tested the keeper twice off the bench.

Emily Edwards finished with five saves in goal, three off of her career high.

UP NEXT

Purdue will close out its season on the road against Minnesota on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2:00 p.m. est.

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IRISH FALL TO #8 SMU

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Volleyball team dropped Sunday’s match to eighth-ranked SMU in three sets inside Purcell Pavilion. The Irish are now 7-9 on the season and 4-4 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Morgan Gaerte led the Irish with 13 kills on .423 hitting percentage. The sophomore has double-digit kills in all 16 games this season and now has 251 total kills on the year. Sydney Helmers was the other Irish player with double-digits, recording 12 of her own. Helmers also had a team-high three service aces.

Chichi Nnaji was effective in her role, recording eight kills. Harmony Sample, who started at setter, notched 18 assists.

Notre Dame will head to North Carolina this upcoming week, facing North Carolina on Friday, October 24th at 7 p.m. ET before a clash with Duke on Sunday, October 26th at 1 p.m. ET. Both matches will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.

How it happened

Set 1

The game started off with back-to-back aces from Sydney Helmers for a 2-0 Irish lead.

SMU answered with an 8-2 run and had a 10-5 lead at the first timeout.

A 3-0 Irish run, capped with a Morgan Gaerte ace, forced a SMU score at 17-14 Mustangs

A late charge from Notre Dame forced the second SMU timeout at 24-21 Mustangs after another 3-0 Irish run, But SMU took the opening set 25-21

Gaerte and Chichi Nnaji both had four kills in the opening set while Harmony Sample had seven assists in the opening set

Set 2

The Irish got kills early from Helmers, Nnaji and Gaerte to jump out to a 5-3 lead

Consecutive Helmers’ kills put Notre Dame up 15-14 at the media timeout

With the match tied at 22, Helmers put the Irish up 23-22 with her sixth kill of the set. Maya Baker notched a kill at the net to put Notre Dame at set point 24-23.

SMU wouldn’t falter, getting three kills in a row to take the second set and match advantage

Set 3

The Mustangs took over the third set, going on an 8-3 run to open the third frame

Notre Dame clawed back only a four-point deficit, but SMU 5-0 run pushed the lead to 19-10 in favor of the Mustangs

The Irish made a late charge, but it wasn’t enough as the Mustangs took the third set 25-19.

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+++++++BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL+++++++

TELFORT SIGNS TWO-WAY CONTRACT WITH LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

Butler alum Jahmyl Telfort signed an NBA two-way contract Saturday with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Telfort will split the season between the Clippers and the organization’s G League affiliate in San Diego. Players on NBA two-way contracts can play up to 50 games with the NBA team during the season.

Telfort has been in the Clippers camp since being part of their NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in July. His performance there earned him a Training Camp invite from the Clippers. Telfort went undrafted in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Telfort earned All-BIG EAST Third Team honors during the 2024-25 season. He averaged 16.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. He led Butler to the tournament title at the 2024 Arizona Tip-Off, garnering Tournament MVP honors.

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+++++++IU INDY WOMEN’S SOCCER+++++++

EARLY PENALTY KICK SENDS JAGUARS TO 1-0 ROAD DEFEAT

GREEN BAY, Wisc. – The IU Indianapolis women’s soccer team suffered a tough road loss at Green Bay on Sunday (Oct. 19) as the Jaguars yielded an early penalty kick goal in a 1-0 defeat. Green Bay’s Senah Hanes delivered the game-winner, slipping a shot inside the right post in the game’s ninth minute for the day’s only offense.

While the Jaguars trailed the majority of the day after the Phoenix (5-7-4, 3-2-3 HL) converted the early PK, the attack was unable to muster much against the Green Bay defense. IU Indy (3-11-2, 2-5-1 HL) was limited to just five total shots and one on frame. The lone attempt on frame came from Emma Frey in the 13th minute. Keilah Muldrow stepped over a cross from the right side, allowing it to get through to Frey near the top of the 18. The senior midfielder put an attempt on target that Green Bay keeper Anna Scott was able to push aside.

Just after the PK, IU Indy goalkeeper Sarah Bambrick had an active couple minutes, including a big stop on an Ella Rogowski drive from the left side.

While the Jaguars increased possession in the second half, they were unable to create many quality chances as Frey and Caroline Kelley each finished with a team-high two shot attempts. The Jaguars did think they earned a penalty kick late in the contest at nearly the same spot they were whistled for a handball inside the penalty box in the first half, but were not awarded a whistle on the play.

Bambrick finished with three saves as Hanes and Rogowski had a team-high three shots apiece for the Phoenix.

The Jags will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 25 when they trek north to face Oakland University at 3:00 p.m. on ESPN+.

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+++++++BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER+++++++

SOCCER WINS FOURTH IN A ROW WITH 1-0 DECISION AT BOWLING GREEN

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Ball State soccer team won its fourth match in a row with a 1-0 decision at Bowling Green on Sunday afternoon at Cochrane Stadium.

The Cardinals (9-5-2, 6-3-1 Mid-American Conference) handed the Falcons (8-2-6, 3-1-5 MAC) their first MAC loss of the year and only second overall this season.

Addie Chester provided the day’s scoring with an unassisted goal in the 34th minute. The senior tallied her 10th goal of the year with the game-winner, which was her fourth in 2025.

Chester became the second Cardinal in program history to record double digit goals in multiple seasons after also scoring 10 in 2024 (Avery Fenchel with 11 in 2022 and 2023).

Ball State goalkeeper Kate Pallante made six saves among the 16 shots the hosts took to earn the solo shutout.

Chester took 3 of 4 Ball State shots on the afternoon, placing two on goal. Fellow senior Delaney Caldwell had the other look for the Cardinals, who generated more corner kicks than Bowling Green (3-1).

Joining Pallante in playing the full 90 minutes for the visitors were Delaney Ahearn, Fiona Kilian, Grier Isaacson, Jordyn Klaasen, Tori Monaco and Izzy Ross.

Bowling Green was whistled for more offsides violations (3-2), while Ball State had more fouls (12-9).

The Cardinals get a midweek bye before returning to competition on Sunday, Oct. 26 for the home season finale against Miami (OH).

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+++++++EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S SOCCER+++++++

ACES DROP HIGH-SCORING AFFAIR AT MURRAY STATE

MURRAY, Ky. – Despite holding a 1-0 lead at halftime, the University of Evansville women’s soccer team dropped Sunday’s contest at Murray State by a score of 3-2. The Racers scored three times in the first 16 minutes of the second half to pull away.  

Murray State controlled things in the early going, tallying six shots in the first 15 and a half minutes of play. However, the Evansville defense held strong and did not allow the Racers to put a shot on goal.

The Evansville attack got going beginning in the 17th minute, earning three corner kicks in the span of four minutes. In the 23rd minute, Brielle LaBerge (Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central) won a ball along the sideline in the midfield to create a scoring chance for the Purple Aces. LaBerge then sent a through ball into the left side of the box for Taylor Wehrer (Las Vegas. Nev. Desert Oasis), who passed to a streaking Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) on the far post for a tap-in goal. The goal was Johnson’s third of the season and gave Evansville a 1-0 lead.

The Purple Aces’ 1-0 lead would hold heading into the halftime break, but the Racers jumped early in the second half. Murray State evened things up at one in the 48th minute before earning a penalty kick in the 50th minute. However, Evansville keeper Allie Lammers (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) was up to the task, diving to her right to make the stop.

Just 15 seconds later, the Racers found the back of the net once again to take their first lead of the match. Murray State scored once again in the 62nd minute, extending their lead to 3-1.

Evansville would not go down without a fight, though, putting four shots on goal before Paige Radel (Metamora, Ohio/Evergreen) scored her first goal of the season in the 83rd minute. After shots by Ella McAndrew (Greendale, Ind./Lawrenceburg) and Kathryn Tyler (Dallas, Texas/Liberty Christian) were saved by the Murray State keeper, Radel collected a loose ball in front of the goal and found the back of the net with a right-footed shot to bring the match within one.

However, the Aces were unable to find the equalizer in the final seven minutes as the Racers took a 3-2 win.

With the loss, Evansville moves to 6-5-2 overall and 2-3-1 in MVC play, sitting in sixth place in the conference standings with seven points. UE travels to Iowa next week, taking on UNI on Thursday before playing Drake on Sunday. Kick-off for Thursday’s match against the Panthers is set for 2 PM.

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+++++++PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER+++++++

‘DONS FALL TO CLEVELAND STATE

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s soccer team fell at Cleveland State 2-0 on Sunday (Oct. 19).

Cleveland State took the offensive advantage right after the first kick, taking two shots on goal within the first 15 minutes.

Alexis Purdy took the Mastodons’ first shot of the contest, ending up blocked. Sabrina Sokol took her second shot on goal attempt of the season, but the attempt was rejected by the keeper.

The Vikings owned the shot on goal advantage 4-1 going into the break.

The ‘Dons swung the offensive pressure their way coming out of the half. Alexis Purdy and Morgan Gallagher took shot attempts around the 50 minute mark, both were blocked by the defense.

Cleveland State scored in the 56th minute to take the lead and again in the 67th minute.

Mary McArdle attempted to cut into the score twice through the remainder of the match, taking shots in the 73rd and 80th minutes.

Cleveland State climbs to 4-5-7, 1-2-6 in Horizon League contests. Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 1-14-1, 0-8-0 in league play.

Purdue Fort Wayne will host their final home contest of the season, playing Detroit Mercy on Saturday (Oct. 25) for the Mastodons’ senior day.

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SCREAMING EAGLES COME UP SHORT AFTER LIONS’ SECOND-HALF RALLY

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer fell 2-1 to Lindenwood University at Strassweg Field on Sunday afternoon after the Lions charged back with a pair of goals in the final 15 minutes of action.

Following Sunday’s results and with one regular-season game remaining, USI Women’s Soccer (6-7-4, 3-2-3 OVC) sits fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference standings. After a second straight setback, the Screaming Eagles will have to travel for the OVC Tournament, which begins October 30. USI will be the fifth or sixth seed, depending on the results on the final match day of the regular season next Sunday, October 26. Meanwhile, Lindenwood (8-4-4, 5-2-1 OVC) is tied for third in the league table and still has a chance at the top seed.

On Sunday, USI had the upper hand in shot totals, outshooting Lindenwood 17-7 overall and 6-2 in shots on goal. Redshirt junior midfielder Emma Thurston placed all three of her shots on goal in the game. Senior forward Emerson Grafton placed both of her attempts on target, including her team-best fifth goal of the season that she scored early in the second half. Redshirt sophomore forward Eva Boer and sophomore forward Josie Pochocki each had three shots on Sunday.

USI got a couple of quick looks in the first five minutes on Sunday, wasting no time applying pressure on the Lions’ defense. Lindenwood also had a pair of opportunities early, including one off the post. The two sides continued to exchange stretches of controlling possession. However, the Screaming Eagles had a good run of play near the 15-minute mark of the first half, recording two shots on goal within a minute by Grafton and Thurston that Lindenwood’s goalkeeper saved. The game remained knotted at zero going into halftime.

Just over three minutes into the second half, the Screaming Eagles broke the scoreless deadlock to grab a 1-0 lead. After Lindenwood failed to clear a cross into the box by Thurston, Grafton stepped up to the loose ball and laced a shot into the top half of the netting. Not only did Grafton add to her team lead in goals scored this season, but the senior also added to her team lead in points on the season with 13 points. Grafton also became the first Screaming Eagle to score at least five goals in a season since USI’s inaugural D-I season in 2022, when senior forward Peyton Murphy tallied five as a freshman.

Around the 60-minute mark of the contest, USI nearly doubled its advantage on a few opportunities. Boer had one shot go off the post and another just miss wide of the mark, and Thurston had an attempt from the top of the box that forced Lindenwood’s goalkeeper to make a diving save.

The game settled into a battle for possession once again in the middle of the second half, but once the clock reached under 15 minutes, the tide turned in Lindenwood’s favor. At 76:17, the Lions scored an equalizer off a deflection and follow-up shot that trickled into the goal.

While USI looked to quickly answer with 10 minutes left, the Lions carried a renewed energy into the final stretch. Lindenwood capitalized on a penalty kick at 83:30 after a handball in the box to take a 2-1 lead. Just over a minute later, USI was awarded a penalty kick following a foul in the box, but the Eagles’ attempt to draw back even was saved by the Lions’ goalkeeper. The Screaming Eagles would run out of time in search of a tying goal.

Looking to get back on track, USI Women’s Soccer concludes the regular season next Sunday, October 26, on the road at Western Illinois University. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. and can be seen with a subscription to ESPN+.

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MEN’S SOCCER HAS FIVE-GAME UNBEATEN STREAK SNAPPED AT EIU

CHARLESTON, Ill.- University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer dropped a 2-0 decision at Eastern Illinois University Sunday afternoon, ending the Screaming Eagles’ 5-game unbeaten streak.

USI Men’s Soccer (2-8-4, 1-2-4 OVC) had been on the team’s longest unbeaten streak since the 2019 season before Sunday’s match. Eastern Illinois (3-7-3, 2-3-2 OVC) gets its second Ohio Valley Conference victory, as well as extending its unbeaten streak to three games.

The two teams battled early, but Eastern Illinois struck first, sneaking one past freshman goalkeeper Jacob English at 19:41. For the rest of the half, the two teams battled it out defensively, neither team allowing a score.

Despite the Eagles trailing 1-0 at the break, both teams were even at six shots apiece. The Panthers led in shots on goal 5-1. USI’s lone shot on goal of the first half came off the foot of freshman Edin Cvorovic, but was nabbed by the keeper.

The defensive showdown continued into the second half. USI was limited to two shots, one on goal, through the second 45. EIU extended its lead in the 87th minute, as they were able to capitalize on a USI turnover.

For the game, sophomore David Davila and Cvorovic led the team with two shots apiece, while Cvorovic and freshman Oliver Church recorded the team’s shots on goal. English recorded nine saves between the posts, including five in the second half.

USI Men’s Soccer returns to Strassweg Field on October 25 for a matchup against OVC-leading Lindenwood University. The team will be celebrating seniors Jackson Mitchell and Garrett Morris at the game. Admission to the match will be free courtesy of ProRehab. The match can also be seen with an ESPN+ subscription.

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BEACONS EARN DRAW AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

The Valpo soccer team went on the road Sunday and came away with a point, snapping Southern Illinois’ three-match home winning streak by earning a 1-1 draw with the Salukis.

How It Happened

SIU took the lead four minutes into the contest, as Sophia Schlicklin found the back of the net for the Salukis.

Freshman Martha Goddard (London, England/Alleyns School) had a good look at goal saved in the 38th minute.

Three minutes later, Goddard had another scoring opportunity and made the most of it. Classmate Brylie Walos (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) gained possession on the right side of the midfield and made a run into the attacking third before slipping a pass in between two defenders to Goddard. Goddard took one touch and then applied a neat finish, striking from 10 yards out with her left foot inside the near post.

The match entered halftime level at 1-1.

The Beacons’ defense held stout in the second half, withstanding 10 SIU shots and five Saluki corner kicks to keep the scoreline even.

Inside the Match

Valpo is the first MVC side to keep SIU from taking the full three points at home this year, as the Salukis had previously beaten all three Valley foes they faced in Carbondale.

Goddard’s goal was her third of the season and bumps her season point total to nine.

Walos picked up her first career assist on Goddard’s goal.

Kate Sheridan (Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) made six saves in goal to limit the Salukis to their one goal.

SIU closed the match with a 16-5 advantage in shots, including a 7-2 advantage on goal. The Salukis also earned seven of the match’s 10 corner kicks.

Thoughts From Coach Marovich

“While we were certainly looking to get three points today, we’re not going to turn away a point on the road — it’s a positive result, certainly when considering the conditions today with the wind.”

“There were stretches today when we did quite well. We had a couple really good looks in the first half — Martha had one which was saved, but she bounces back and gets the equalizer late in the half.”

“After going into the wind in the first half, we were hoping to have the wind at our back as a positive going into the second half, but the conditions changed a bit during halftime. It changed the way the game was being played, and our group was battling and fighting through that element of the game — we would have hoped to sneak something there in the second half, but to come out with a draw and a point is a good result.”

Next Up

Valpo (3-7-4, 0-3-3 MVC) returns home to Brown Field for two home matches in four days to close the home campaign, starting on Thursday evening when the Beacons host Belmont at 7 p.m.

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VALPO ANNOUNCES BASKETBALL START TIMES, BROADCAST INFORMATION

The Valparaiso University Department of Athletics has announced start times and broadcast information for the 2025-2026 basketball season.

All seven regular-season men’s basketball nonconference home games will be streamed on ESPN+, as will the nonconference road games at Cleveland State and Marquette. The game at Kentucky will be streamed on SECN+, while the game at Northwestern will air on Peacock.

The men’s basketball game on Feb. 12 at Illinois State has been selected for regional television distribution on the MVC-TV Network. Eight other conference games are under consideration for national or regional television distribution, as the conference and its television partners will utilize a wildcard selection process for those dates, with television designations and start times being announced two weeks prior to the contest.

All men’s conference games, both home and road, that do not air on linear television will air on ESPN+. All women’s home games plus all conference games (home and road) will air on ESPN+.

Unless television alters the start times of select games, men’s basketball home game times will be 7 p.m. on week nights, 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. on Sundays. Full details on men’s basketball start times and broadcast information are available here, while women’s start times are available here.

WVUR student radio broadcasters, led by Jack Hutter and Eli Conklin, will handle the radio play-by-play for women’s games and home men’s games. Todd Ickow and Brandon Vickrey will have the hometown radio call for road men’s games again this season. Ickow and Jamie Stangel will call all home men’s games on ESPN+, while Brian Jennings and Renee’ Turpa return to call home women’s games on ESPN+. The production team for home basketball games on ESPN+ is led by Corwin Leverich.

No video stream will be available for the men’s or women’s home exhibition games, but radio broadcasts of those preseason contests will be available.

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HOUNDS FLY PAST MARYVILLE ON SENIOR DAY

INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy men’s soccer team rolled past Maryville on Sunday in a convincing 5-2 victory on Senior Day.

The Greyhounds celebrated the 10 graduating seniors before today’s match; August Abrahamsen, Cameron McNelis, Demetris Giannakopoulos, Joey Schrand, Jona Hogle, Kabiru Gafar, Keerti Unnamatla, Levi Hallman, Lucas Bedleg, and Roman Beko. 

This is the first win for UIndy in seven tries against Maryville, with the Hounds last win coming in 2019 when the Hounds booked their trip to the NCAA Division II Final Four.

Today’s win also marks the largest win for the Greyhounds against the Saints since 2014 when the Greyhounds dominated 6-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The senior Bedleg got the scoring started in this one under two minutes. Gio Terlizzi’s corner kick found the head of Bedleg, who nestled the ball in the back of the net for his second goal in as many games.

Alex Ziermann doubled the Hounds’ lead just 16 minutes later, when a Gafar cross found him wide open at the back post for an easy tap-in finish to put UIndy in front 1-0.

Maryville responded after a careless turnover from the back line led to a one-on-one opportunity for Marcos Ayelo who tucked it away to cut the UIndy lead to one after 31 minutes.

The second half was much of the same for UIndy, lots of offensive production that resulted in three more goals.

Lucas Binnebose began the second half offensive onslaught, when another Terlizzi corner kick was placed perfectly inside the six yard box to the head of Binnebose, who gave UIndy the 3-1 lead.

The next two goals were scored by the senior, Gafar, on a clinical one-on-one breakaway effort, and Terlizzi who scored his sixth goal of the season, and his first since Sept. 21 against Quincy to push UIndy in front 5-1.

Maryville grabbed one late goal on a direct free kick, but it wasn’t enough as the Hounds cruised past the Saints 5-2 on Sunday.

INSIDE THE BOX

– Four points, two assists and one goal, are the most in a match this season for Terlizzi.

– This is the second time this season the Hounds have had five goal scorers in a game.

– Seniors Hallman and McNelis both made debut appearances for the Hounds today on their Senior Day.

– Gafar tallied his fourth career game with at least one goal and one assist in a game in his time as a Greyhound.

UP NEXT

UIndy will travel out to McKendree on Friday Oct. 25 at 3:30 p.m. in a battle between two top six teams in the 2025 GLVC standings.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER BATTLES MARYVILLE ON SUNDAY

INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy women’s soccer team dropped their second consecutive match on Sunday against Maryville, 2-0 at Key Stadium.

This is the Saints’ second successive win over the Greyhounds, and extending its unbeaten streak over UIndy to five. The Greyhounds last victory over the Saints came in 2019 with a 2-0 victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Maryville controlled the entire match, out shooting the Hounds 30 to three, which marks the largest shot differential, 27, for UIndy since 2019.

The Greyhounds were unable to record a single shot in the first half, while the Saints racked up 14 shots. Those 14 shots resulted in the game’s first goal of the match after a patient 30 minutes from Maryville. Carissa Speight tapped in the flicked on pass from Emily Doane to put the Saints in front 1-0.

Speight doubled the Saints’ lead on another corner kick from Sophia Carter that was fired past Maria White in the 56th minute.

White came in relief for Kendall Ellis in the first half after Ellis sustained an injury attempting to stop a Saints counter attack. White tallied a career high 10 saves in just her third appearance this season.

Izzie Wallace and Zy’Aire Parker were the two Greyhounds to record the lone three shots in this one for UIndy, but all drifted harmlessly wide, as Maryville wrapped this one up with a 2-0 win at Key.

INSIDE THE BOX

– Caressa Addison made her first career appearance for the Greyhounds today.

– Aubrey Crawford and Hannah Magruder both came on as substitutes today.

– Wallace clocked her 10th and 11th shots of the season.

– White’s 10 saves are the most by a Greyhounds goalkeeper this season.

UP NEXT

The Greyhounds will travel to Lebanon, Ill. for a meeting against McKendree on Friday Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. Friday’s game will be UIndy’s first of three straight road matches to end the team’s 2025 regular season.

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+++SPORTS EXTRA+++

+++TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY+++

Oct. 20

1923 — Zev, winner of the 1923 Kentucky Derby, beats England’s Papyrus, winner of the 1923 Epsom Derby, in a $100,000 match race at Belmont Park. The race, the International Special, marks the first time an English champion is sent to the U.S. to race. The race is so popular that it is broadcast on the radio, a first.

1944 — Michigan State and Maryland attempt one pass, the fewest in college football history. The Terrapins threw the pass, while the Spartans did not attempt a pass and Michigan State wins the game 8-0 in College Park, Md.

1963 — Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yds.

1963 — Clem Daniels of the Oakland Raiders rushes for 200 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-26 victory over the New York Jets.

1968 — American Dick Fosbury using his unconventional technique wins the men’s high jump gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; “Fosbury Flop” becomes accepted as the most efficient technique.

1972 — The Buffalo Braves score an NBA record 58 points in the fourth quarter, but still lose to the Celtics at Boston Garden, 126-118.

1976 — The Philadelphia 76ers acquire Julius Erving from the New York Nets for $3 million.

1984 — Rueben Mayes of Washington State rushes for 216 yards and scores four touchdowns to overcome a 28-7 halftime deficit and lead the Cougars to a 49-42 victory over Stanford.

1994 — George McCandless, 83, becomes the oldest harness driver to win a pari-mutuel race when he guides Kehm’s Scooter to victory in the fourth race at Freehold (N.J.) Raceway.

2004 — Just three outs from getting swept in the AL championship series three nights earlier, the Boston Red Sox finally beat the New York Yankees, winning Game 7 in a 10-3 shocker to become the first major league team to overcome a 3-0 postseason series deficit.

2010 — Vancouver enforcer Rick Rypien is suspended indefinitely, pending a hearing, for grabbing a fan in the Canucks’ loss in Minnesota on Oct. 19. The NHL later sentences Rypien to a six-game suspension.

2012 — Kasey Carrier of New Mexico sets a Mountain West Conference record 338 yards rushing and has three TDs in a 28-23 loss to Air Force.

2013 — Tim Cahill scores the fastest goal in MLS history, and the New York Red Bulls beat the Houston Dynamo 3-0. Cahill puts New York ahead 8 seconds into the game. The previous fastest goal in MLS history was Dwayne De Rosario’s score 11 seconds into a 2003 game.

2016 — Nneka Ogwumike’s short jumper with 3.1 seconds left gives the Los Angeles Sparks a 77-76 victory over the defending champion Minnesota Lynx for their first title in 14 years in the deciding game of the WNBA Finals.

2024 — The New York Liberty win their first WNBA Championship with a 67-62 OT victory over the Minnesota Lynx in Game 5; MVP: NYL C Jonquel Jones.

Oct. 21

1950 — Tom Powers of Duke scores six touchdowns — three rushing, three receiving — in a 41-0 victory over Richmond.

1956 — Billy Howton of the Green Bay Packers catches seven passes for 257 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-17 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

1961 — Eddie Arcaro wins the Jockey Club Gold Cup for a record 10th time. His mount, Kelso, wins his second straight Gold Cup.

1967 — The expansion Seattle SuperSonics win their first NBA game, a 117-110 overtime victory over San Diego.

1973 — Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first NFL player to record two safeties in a 24-7 victory over the Green Bay Packers.

1975 — Carlton Fisk breaks up a thrilling contest with a homer in the 12th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and force a seventh game in the World Series.

1979 — Chicago Bulls guard Sam Smith scores the first 4-point play in NBA history during a 113-111 loss to the Bucks at Milwaukee.

1980 — The Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series for the first time in their 98-year history, defeating the Kansas City Royals 4-1 in six games.

1998 — The New York Yankees win 3-0 at San Diego, sweeping the Padres for their record 24th World Series championship.

2006 — Two rookie pitchers start the World Series for the first time. Anthony Reyes pitches into the ninth inning to help St. Louis cruise past Detroit and Justin Verlander 7-2 in Game 1.

2006 — Michigan State rallies from a 35-point, third-quarter deficit to beat Northwestern 41-38 in the biggest comeback in NCAA Division I-A history. Brett Swenson kicks the winning 28-yard field goal with 13 seconds left following an interception by Travis Key.

2007 — Rob Bironas kicks an NFL-record eight field goals, the last a 29-yarder with no time left to give Tennessee a 38-36 win over Houston. Bironas adds two extra points to set the NFL record for most points by a kicker, with 26. The Texans, trailing 32-7, survive backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels’ four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. Rosenfels’ fourth touchdown pass, a 53-yarder to Andre’ Davis to put Houston up 36-35 with 57 seconds to play, ties an NFL record.

2007 — New England’s Tom Brady passes for 354 yards and a team-record six touchdowns in a 49-28 victory over Miami.

2012 — Tamika Catchings scores 25 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA title with an 87-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx.

2015 — Daniel Murphy and the New York Mets finish a playoff sweep of the Chicago Cubs with an 8-3 victory to reach the World Series. Murphy homers for a record sixth consecutive postseason game.

2017 — Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov extend their season-opening points streaks to nine games, sending the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-1.

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Oct. 22

1933 — Primo Carnera retains the world heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Paolino Uzcudun in Rome.

1950 — The Los Angeles Rams beat the Baltimore Colts 70-27.

1961 — Erich Barnes of the New York Giants ties an NFL record by returning an interception 102 yards for a touchdown in a 17-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

1966 — Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins scores his first goal.

1975 — The 10-team World Football League, citing lack of television and season ticket support, disbands before the 12th week of a 20-week season.

1975 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox, 4-3 at Fenway Park Four games to three to win the World Series.

1976 — Twin brothers Tom and Dick Van Arsdale play together in a game for the Phoenix Suns, becoming the first and only pair of brothers to play for the same NBA club.

1984 — Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler retires after 17 seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints.

1994 — Alcorn State’s Steve McNair becomes the NCAA’s career yardage leader with 15,049, surpassing the old mark set by Brigham Young’s Ty Detmer, who had 14,665. McNair’s 649 yards also breaks his own Division I-AA single-game record as he leads the Braves to a 41-37 win over Southern.

2000 — Bengals running back Corey Dillon rushes for an NFL single-game record 278 yards in a 31-21 victory over the Denver Broncos. Dillon betters Walter Payton’s 27-year-old mark by three yards.

2001 — New York routs Seattle 12-3 in Game 5 to win the AL pennant for the 38th time. The Yankees become the first team since their predecessors in 1960-64 to win four straight pennants.

2005 — Mount Union drops a regular-season game for the first time since 1994, losing 21-14 to Ohio Northern in a Division III matchup. The Purple Raiders, winners of 110 straight regular-season games, had not lost a regular-season game since they were beaten 23-10 by Baldwin-Wallace on Oct. 15, 1994.

2012 — Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling’s governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accuses him of leading a massive doping program on his teams.

2014 — Serena Williams is routed 6-0, 6-2 by Simona Halep in the WTA Finals round-robin, one of the most one-sided losses in the 18-time Grand Slam champion’s career. The last time Williams managed to win just two games in a WTA Tour or Grand Slam match was in 1998 when she was 16.

2016 — Kyle Hendricks outpitches Clayton Kershaw, Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras homers early and the Chicago Cubs won their first pennant since 1945, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.

2016 — Baker Mayfield has seven touchdown passes and 545 yards to help No. 16 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 66-59 in the game that breaks the NCAA record for combined offensive yards with 1,708 yards.

2016 — Leonard Fournette breaks LSU’s single-game rushing record on just his first eight carries as the No. 25 Tigers beat No. 23 Mississippi 38-21. Fournette finishes with 284 yards rushing in his first action since aggravating a left ankle injury on Sept. 24. He averages 17.8 yards on 16 carries and his touchdowns go for 78, 76 and 59 yards.

2017 — The Phoenix Suns fire coach Earl Watson just three games in to the NBA season.

2020 — The National Hockey League announced the annual NHL All Star Game and Skills Competition would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2024 — LeBron and Bronny James become the first father-son duo in NBA history to appear in a game together as L.A. Lakers beat Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103.

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Oct. 23

1921 — Green Bay Packers play 1st APFA (forerunner to NFL) game; beat Minneapolis Marines, 7-6 at Hagemeister Park, Green Bay, Wis.

1945 — Jackie Robinson signs a contract with the Montreal Royals, minor league farm team of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1949 — Don Doll of the Detroit Lions intercepts four passes in a 24-7 victory over the Chicago Cardinals.

1960 — Jim Martin of Detroit becomes the first kicker to kick two field goals over 50 yards in a game as the Lions beat the Baltimore Colts 30-17.

1964 — Joe Frazier dominates German Hans Huber for an easy points win to capture the boxing heavyweight gold medal in Tokyo.

1971 — Greg Pruitt rushes for 294 yards on 19 carries to lead the Oklahoma Sooners to an NCAA record 711 yards rushing and a 75-28 pounding of Kansas State.

1976 — Pittsburgh’s Tony Dorsett rushes for 180 yards in a 45-0 rout over Navy to become the top career rusher in NCAA history with 5,206 yards.

1988 — Dan Marino passes for 521 yards, three touchdowns and five interceptions as the Miami Dolphins lose to the New York Jets 44-30. Marino completes 35 of 60 passes as he produces the second-best single-game total yardage in NFL history.

1993 — The Toronto Maple Leafs break the NHL record for most victories at the start of the season, winning their ninth straight game by beating the second-year Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0.

1999 — Florida State’s Bobby Bowden gets his 300th win with a 17-14 win over his son, Clemson coach Tommy Bowden. With the victory Bowden joins Bear Bryant, Pop Warner, Joe Paterno and Amos Alonzo Stagg as the only major college coaches to reach 300 victories.

2000 — The New York Jets, trailing 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, come back to beat the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime on Monday night. The Jets score four touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

2005 — San Diego’s LaDainian Tomlinson is held to a career-low 7 yards rushing on 17 carries and fails to score in the Chargers’ 20-17 loss at Philadelphia, ending his NFL record-tying streak of games with a touchdown at 18.

2008 — Carolina’s Brandon Sutter gives one of hockey’s most famous families another milestone, scoring his first NHL goal in a 4-1 loss at Pittsburgh. The 19-year-old Sutter, son of New Jersey Devils coach Brent Sutter, is the ninth member of the Sutter family to play in the NHL.

2011 — Tim Tebow rallies the Broncos for two touchdowns in the final 2:44 of the fourth quarter to force overtime, and Matt Prater’s 52-yard field goal gives Denver an improbable 18-15 victory over the stunned Miami Dolphins. The Broncos appeared beaten when they trailed 15-0 with 5:23 left and took over at their 20.

2016 — Jay Ajayi ties an NFL record by surpassing 200 yards rushing for the second game in a row, helping the Miami Dolphins rally past the Buffalo Bills 28-25. Ajayi rushes for 214 yards in 29 carries after totaling 204 yards a week earlier in a win over Pittsburgh.

2019 — All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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+++TV SPORTS+++

(ALL TIMES EASTERN)
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND/OR BLACKOUTS
Monday, Oct. 20

COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

6 p.m.

BTN — Washington at Penn St.

8 p.m.

BTN — UCLA at Michigan St.

MLB BASEBALL

8:05 p.m.

FOX — A.L. Championship Series: Seattle at Toronto, Game 7 (If Necessary)

FS1 — A.L. Championship Series: Seattle at Toronto, Game 7 (If Necessary)

NFL FOOTBALL

7 p.m.

ABC — Tampa Bay at Detroit

ESPN — Tampa Bay at Detroit

10 p.m.

ESPN — Houston at Seattle

NHL HOCKEY

7 p.m.

NHLN — Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers

SOCCER (MEN’S)

3 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Brentford at West Ham United

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Tuesday, Oct. 21

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN — Kennesaw St. at FIU

7:30 p.m.

CBSSN — W. Kentucky at Louisiana Tech

COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

7 p.m.

BTN — Wisconsin at Indiana

MLB BASEBALL

8:05 p.m.

TBS — N.L. Championship Series: L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, Game 7 (If Necessary)

TRUTV — N.L. Championship Series: L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, Game 7 (If Necessary)

NBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

NBC — Houston at Oklahoma City

PEACOCK — Houston at Oklahoma City

10 p.m.

NBC — Golden State at L.A. Lakers

PEACOCK — Golden State at L.A. Lakers

NHL HOCKEY

7:30 p.m.

ESPN — Florida at Boston

10 p.m.

ESPN — Colorado at Utah

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Wednesday, Oct. 22

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — MTSU at Delaware

9 p.m.

CBSSN — Missouri St. at New Mexico St.

COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

9 p.m.

ESPNU — Santa Clara at Gonzaga

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

7 p.m.

ACCN — Syracuse at Boston College

SECN — Arkansas at Auburn

8 p.m.

FS1 — TCU at Kansas

10 p.m.

BTN — Oregon at UCLA

GOLF

10 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, First Round, New Korea Country Club, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

5 a.m. (Thursday)

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: First Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

NBA BASKETBALL

7:10 p.m.

ESPN — Cleveland at New York

9:35 p.m.

ESPN — San Antonio at Dallas

NHL HOCKEY

7:30 p.m.

NHLN — Detroit at Buffalo

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7 p.m.

FS2 — Canadian Premier League: TBA

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Thursday, Oct. 23

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S)

4:30 a.m. (Friday)

FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Adelaide

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — South Alabama at Georgia St.

COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)

7 p.m.

BTN — Western at Michigan

COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

6 p.m.

ACCN — Florida St. at Virginia

8 p.m.

ACCN — Notre Dame at Virginia Tech

GOLF

5 a.m.

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: First Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

7:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Genesis Championship, First Round, Woo Jeong Hills CC, Cheonan, South Korea (Taped)

5 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Bank of Utah Championship, First Round, Black Desert Resort, Ivins, Utah

10 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, Second Round, New Korea Country Club, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

5 a.m. (Friday)

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: Second Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

NBA BASKETBALL

7:40 p.m.

ESPN — Oklahoma City at Indiana

10:05 p.m.

ESPN — Denver at Golden State

NFL FOOTBALL

8:15 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Minnesota at L.A. Chargers

VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

7 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team Valentin-Anderson vs. Team Cooper, Madison, Wis.

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Friday, Oct. 24

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S)

4:30 a.m.

FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Adelaide

Midnight

FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Essendon

2 a.m. (Saturday)

FS2 — AFL: Richmond at Fremantle

4 a.m. (Saturday)

FS2 — Melbourne at Brisbane

AUTO RACING

2:05 p.m.

FS2 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Practice, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

3:10 p.m.

FS2 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Qualifying, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

2:25 p.m.

ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City

5:55 p.m.

ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City

6 p.m.

FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: The Slim Jim 200, Playoffs – Round of 8, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

2:55 a.m. (Saturday)

FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Malaysia Grand Prix – Sprint Race, Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

6 p.m.

SECN — TBA

7:30 p.m.

ACCN — TBA

COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY

4 p.m.

BTN — Michigan at Northwestern

6 p.m.

ACCN — Syracuse at Boston College

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

6 p.m.

ESPNU — Columbia at Dartmouth

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — North Texas at Charlotte

7:30 p.m.

ESPN — California at Virginia Tech

10 p.m.

CBSSN — Boise St. at Nevada

10:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Montana at Sacramento St.

COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

8 p.m.

BTN — Indiana at Maryland

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

6 p.m.

BTN — Minnesota at Indiana

8 p.m.

SECN — Texas at Mississippi

9 p.m.

ESPNU — Kansas City at Kansas St.

10 p.m.

BTN — Wisconsin at Washington

GOLF

5 a.m.

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: Second Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

7:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Genesis Championship, Second Round, Woo Jeong Hills CC, Cheonan, South Korea (Taped)

2 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Simmons Bank Championship, First Round, Pleasant Valley Coluntry Club, Little Rock, Ark.

5 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Bank of Utah Championship, Second Round, Black Desert Resort, Ivins, Utah

10 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, Third Round, New Korea Country Club, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

4 a.m. (Saturday)

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: Third Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

4 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

8 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MLB BASEBALL

TBA

FOX — World Series: TBD, Game 1

NBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Boston at New York

10 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Minnesota at L.A. Lakers

SOCCER (MEN’S)

3 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: West Ham United at Leeds United

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Saturday, Oct. 25

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S)

4 a.m.

FS2 — Melbourne at Brisbane

AUTO RACING

1:25 p.m.

ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City

4:30 p.m.

TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

4:55 p.m.

ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Qualifying, Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City

5:40 p.m.

TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

7:30 p.m.

CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff Race at Martinsville, Playoffs – Round of 8, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

1:55 a.m. (Sunday)

FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Malaysia Grand Prix, Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon

ABC — Mississippi at Oklahoma

ACCN — Virginia at North Carolina

BTN — Rutgers at Purdue

CBSSN — Ohio at E. Michigan

CW — SMU at Wake Forest

ESPN — TBA

ESPN2 — TBA

ESPNU — Appalachian St. Old Dominion

FOX — TBA

FS1 — TBA

TNT — Kansas St. at Kansas

TRUTV — Kansas St. at Kansas

12:45 p.m.

SECN — Auburn at Arkansas

3:30 p.m.

ABC — Alabama at South Carolina

ACCN — NC State at Pittsburgh

CBS — TBA

CBSSN — FAU at Navy

CW — Toledo at Washington St.

ESPN — TBA

FOX — BYU at Iowa St.

4 p.m.

ESPN2 — TBA

ESPNU — TBA

FS1 — TBA

4:15 p.m.

SECN — TBA

7 p.m.

ESPN — Stanford at Miami

FS1 — TBA

7:30 p.m.

ABC — Texas A&M at LSU

ACCN — Boston College at Louisville

CBSSN — Colorado St. at Wyoming

NBC — TBA

7:45 p.m.

SECN — Tennessee at Kentucky

8 p.m.

ESPN2 — TBA

ESPNU — TBA

10:15 p.m.

ESPN — Colorado at Utah

11 p.m.

ESPNU — Alabama St. at Alabama A&M (Taped)

FIGURE SKATING

3 p.m.

NBC — 2025 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: The Cup of China, Chongquing, China

GOLF

4 a.m.

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: Third Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

7:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Genesis Championship, Third Round, Woo Jeong Hills CC, Cheonan, South Korea (Taped)

1:30 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Simmons Bank Championship, Second Round, Pleasant Valley Coluntry Club, Little Rock, Ark.

5 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Bank of Utah Championship, Second Round, Black Desert Resort, Ivins, Utah

10 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, Final Round, New Korea Country Club, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

5 a.m. (Sunday)

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: Final Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

HORSE RACING

Noon

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

10 a.m.

FX — UFC 321 Early Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Noon

FX — UFC 321 Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

MLB BASEBALL

TBA

FOX — World Series: TBD, Game 2

NBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

NBATV — Oklahoma City at Atlanta

NHL HOCKEY

3 p.m.

NHLN — Colorado at Boston

7 p.m.

NHLN — Montreal at Vancouver

SOCCER (MEN’S)

10 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Fulham at Newcastle United

12:30 p.m.

NBC — English Premier League: Manchester United at Brighton & Hove Albion

3 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Liverpool at Brentford FC

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Sunday, Oct. 26

AUTO RACING

2 p.m.

NBC — NASCAR Cup Series: The Xfinity 500, Playoffs – Round of 8, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

4 p.m.

ABC — Formula 1: The Mexico City Grand Prix, Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City

COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

Noon

ESPNU — Oklahoma St. at West Virginia

3 p.m.

SECN — Vanderbilt at South Carolina

5 p.m.

SECN — Kentucky at Texas A&M

7 p.m.

ACCN — Duke at NC State

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

Noon

ACCN — Stanford at Georgia Tech

1 p.m.

ESPN — Florida at Arkansas

SECN — Auburn at Oklahoma

3 p.m.

ESPN — Louisville at North Carolina

GOLF

5 a.m.

ESPN2 — Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship: Final Round, Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

7:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Genesis Championship, Final Round, Woo Jeong Hills CC, Cheonan, South Korea (Taped)

1:30 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Simmons Bank Championship, Final Round, Pleasant Valley Coluntry Club, Little Rock, Ark.

5 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Bank of Utah Championship, Final Round, Black Desert Resort, Ivins, Utah

GYMNASTICS

Noon

NBC — 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: From Jakarta, Indonesia

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Miami at Atlanta, N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, Chicago at Baltimore

FOX — Regional Coverage: Cleveland at New England, N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, San Francisco at Houston

4:05 p.m.

FOX — Tampa Bay at New Orleans

4:25 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Dallas at Denver OR Tennessee at Indianapolis

8:15 p.m.

NBC — Green Bay at Pittsburgh

NHL HOCKEY

1 p.m.

NHLN — Colorado at New Jersey

SOCCER (MEN’S)

10 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Manchester City at Aston Villa

11 a.m.

ESPN2 — LaLiga: Barcelona at Real Madrid

12:30 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Everton

VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

6:30 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team McCage vs. Team Valentin-Anderson, Madison, Wis.

9 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team Coopers vs. Team Thompson, Madison, Wis.