November 2005 in sports

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30 November 2005 (Wednesday)

28 November 2005 (Monday)

27 November 2005 (Sunday)

26 November 2005 (Saturday)

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21 November 2005 (Monday)
  • NHL: During a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Nashville Predators, Red Wings star player Jiri Fischer collapses on the bench and suffers a seizure. The game is postponed. The Predators were leading 1–0 when the incident, which took place during the first period, occurred. (Yahoo!)
  • NFL Monday Night Football
  • College basketball
    • (2) Texas 76, (13) West Virginia 75: On the final play of the game with West Virginia down one point and 3.6 seconds to go with the ball, the ball is sent down floor to Mike Gansey (WVU), who is under the basket, but he is blocked by LaMarcus Aldridge and Texas survives in the Guardians Classic.
    • (3) UConn 77, Arkansas 68: Connecticut goes to 2–0 against unranked Arkansas who kept it close the entire game, but were never able to break through against UConn's defense. UConn will play Arizona in the 2nd round of the Maui Invitational.
    • (18) Iowa 67, (7) Kentucky 63: Behind a double-double from Greg Brunner (17 points, 12 rebounds) and a defense that harasses the Wildcats into 32-percent shooting from the field, the Hawkeyes advance to the final of the Guardians Classic against Texas. In a losing effort, Rekalin Sims leads all scorers with 22 points, and Rajon Rondo sets a tournament record with 19 rebounds.
    • (8) Gonzaga 88, (23) Maryland 76: Gonzaga goes to 2–0 with the help of Adam Morrison's 25 points. Gonzaga advances in the Maui Invitational and will face Michigan State on November 22. Maryland goes to 1–1.
    • (12) Michigan State 89, Chaminade 67: After a very close first half that appeared to be the beginning of another upset for Michigan State (who had just lost to Hawaii), the second half featured Shannon Brown and Maurice Ager took over for MSU to pull them away from Division II Chaminade.

20 November 2005 (Sunday)

19 November 2005 (Saturday)
  • NBA: The Dallas Mavericks ended the Detroit Pistons' season-opening eight-game winning streak with a 119–82 blowout of the defending Eastern Conference champions. Josh Howard led the Mavs with 26 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 23 in the blowout.
  • Canadian football: Canadian Interuniversity Sport national semifinals:
    • Mitchell Bowl: (2) Saskatchewan Huskies 29, (1) Laval Rouge et Or 27: Laval missed a two-point conversion with 30 seconds left on the clock, giving Saskatchewan the victory. Saskatchewan advances to the Vanier Cup for the third time in four years, and avenge a Vanier Cup loss to Laval in 2004 by doing so. It is Laval's first loss in 19 games, dating back to last year.
    • Uteck Bowl: (3) Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 31, (10) Acadia Axemen 10: Laurier quarterback Ryan Pyear throws four touchdown passes, three of them to receiver Bryon Hickey, in the victory. It is only the second time since Laurier changed its name from Waterloo Lutheran that the Golden Hawks advance to the Vanier Cup.
  • NASCAR: Ted Musgrave wins the 2005 Craftsman Truck Series Championship, and Martin Truex, Jr. wins his second straight Busch Series title after races in Homestead, Florida, the former after a rainout that was made up with an 8:40 AM US EST green flag.
  • Rugby union, November Tests
  • NCAA College Football
    • AP Top 25
      • (1) Southern California 50, (16) Fresno State 42: Reggie Bush keeps the Trojans' winning streak alive with a Pac-10 record 516 all-purpose yards. An epic back-and-forth battle ends with a late SoCal interception by Darnell Bing.
      • Georgia Tech 14, (3) Miami (FL) 10: The Hurricanes' hopes of being in a BCS game are driven backwards as the Yellow Jackets upset them in a makeup game from Hurricane Wilma in Little Havana.
      • (4) LSU 40, Ole Miss 7: JaMarcus Russell's two touchdown passes lead the Bayou Bengals one step closer to a date with Georgia in the SEC title game, and only Arkansas on Friday (November 25) stands in their way.
      • (5) Penn State 31, Michigan State 22: The Nittany Lions not only win the Land Grant Trophy, but more importantly clinch the Big Ten BCS berth.
      • (6) Notre Dame 34, Syracuse 10: In an easy Irish win, Brady Quinn becomes the first Notre Dame quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a season, and also becomes the school's all-time leader in career passing yardage.
      • (7) Virginia Tech 52, Virginia 14: The Hokies keep their BCS hopes alive by winning the Commonwealth Cup. Cedric Humes runs for three touchdowns and Marcus Vick throws for two, even after some vandalism by unknown forces placing a "T" next to Virginia's logo at midfield of Scott Stadium.
      • (11) Auburn 28, (8) Alabama 18: The Tigers take a 21–0 first-quarter lead and never look back, winning their fourth consecutive Iron Bowl. Auburn's defense holds Alabama to 41 yards rushing and sacks Tide quarterback Brodie Croyle 11 times.
      • (9) Ohio State 25, (17) Michigan 21: Antonio Pittman's last-minute 3-yard touchdown seals a Buckeye victory. Troy Smith throws for 301 yards.
      • (10) Oregon 56, Oregon State 14: The Civil War left the Beavers in a fog — no pun intended — as the Ducks roll all over them at home, and post 50 points on the scoreboard for the first time in this rivalry.
      • (14) Georgia 45, Kentucky 14: The Bulldogs clinch the SEC East and the spot up the road in Atlanta for the title game in their backyard December 3. D.J. Shockley throws four touchdown passes.
      • Clemson 13, (19) South Carolina 9: James Davis scores a touchdown and the Tigers upset the Gamecocks in their backyard.
      • (21) Texas Tech 23, Oklahoma 21: Red Raiders running back Taurean Henderson scores on a two-yard run as time expires.
      • (23) Boston College 31, Maryland 16: The Eagles return a fumble and an interception for touchdowns.
      • UAB 35, (24) UTEP 23: The Blazers stun the Miners at home, thanks to Darryl Hackney's four touchdown passes.
    • Other notable games:
      • In Bill Snyder's final game as Kansas State coach, he leads the program he largely built to a 36–28 win over Missouri.
      • Vanderbilt beats rival Tennessee 28–24 in Knoxville, the Commodores' first win over the Volunteers since 1982 and their first in Knoxville since 1975. This also assures that the Vols, ranked third nationally in the preseason, will not be eligible for a bowl this season.
  • Speed skating: Two world records are broken on the second day of the ISU World Cup meet in the Utah Olympic Oval. Joji Kato of Japan breaks the 500 m record with a time of 34.30 seconds, beating Hiroyasu Shimizu's old record by two hundredths of a second, while Chad Hedrick's week-old 5000m record is beaten by Sven Kramer, who skated 6:08.78. (AP)

18 November 2005 (Friday)
  • Football: Manchester United and 34-year-old team captain Roy Keane announce that they are parting company with immediate effect "by mutual agreement". Keane's contract was due to expire next summer, but he hit the headlines earlier this month when he criticised many teammates by name for lack of effort in an unaired interview on MUTV. The club has offered Keane a testimonial in recognition of his 12½ years' service to the club. (MUFC)
  • Speed skating: Chad Hedrick sets his second world record in six days at the 1500 metres at the ISU World Cup event in the Utah Olympic Oval. With a time of 1:42.78, he beat the previous record set by fellow American Shani Davis by just over half a second. Davis finished second at the event. (AP)

17 November 2005 (Thursday)
  • Football:
    • The Bahrain Football Association announced an appeal was filed to FIFA over a disputed call by Colombian referee Oscar Julian Ruiz Acosta that disallowed a controversial goal by the Bahrain national side against the Trinidad and Tobago team in the second half of the second leg of their 2006 FIFA World Cup intercontinental qualifying playoff. Reuters via ESPN soccernet.com
    • The English Premier League settles its TV rights dispute with the Commission of the European Union. From the 2007–08 season, rights to live matches will be offered in six packages, and no one broadcaster will be allowed to buy all six. How this will affect the League's income compared to the £1 billion it currently receives for Sky's exclusive deal is unknown. (BBC)
    • German match-fixing scandal: Disgraced referee Robert Hoyzer, 26, is jailed for two years and five months after admitting fixing or trying to fix nine matches by judge Gerti Kramer. The prosecution had asked for a two-year suspended sentence for Hoyzer; however, Kramer said she was sending him up the river because his crimes were "adult acts" of serious weight. Another banished referee, Dominik Marks, who denied involvement, was also convicted and received a suspended sentence of eighteen months as the prosecution had asked for a two-year jail sentence. Croatian Ante Sapina, who led the betting ring involved, was jailed for two years and eleven months, while his brothers Filip and Milan Sapina received suspended sentences, Filip's suspended sentence is for 16 months, while Milan will have a one-year suspended sentence. According to the indictment, Sapina made €700,000 from one match, for which Hoyzer received €67,000 ($78,300 US) and a television set. Marks was accused of receiving €37,000 for his involvement in four matches. (BBC)
  • Rugby union: The International Rugby Board (IRB) decide that the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup will be held in New Zealand. At a meeting in Dublin the IRB delegates viewed presentations from the three bidding nations, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. South Africa dropped out after the first round of voting and New Zealand received a majority of votes in the second round. New Zealand previously co-hosted the inaugural 1987 Rugby Union World Cup. (NZPA)

16 November 2005 (Wednesday)
  • Football: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (qualifying countries shown in bold):
    • Intercontinental playoffs, second leg:
      • Bahrain 0 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago win their first-ever appearance at the World Cup Finals via a 2–1 aggregate score, though neither side looked like that they would be anything but easy targets for the major nations.
      • Australia 1 – 0 Uruguay: Australia wins the penalty shootout 4–2 to reverse their play-off defeat by Uruguay four years ago. Mark Schwarzer saves two Uruguay shots, and John Aloisi fires in the clincher to send the Socceroos back to the World Cup for the first time since 1974.
    • European playoffs, second leg:
      • Slovakia 1 – 1 Spain Spain advances on a 6–2 aggregate scoreline.
      • Turkey 4 – 2 Switzerland: In a pulsating match, Turkey almost recover from their first leg two-goal deficit and conceding a second minute penalty, with a hat-trick by Tuncay, but Switzerland qualify on the away goals rule. Things turn ugly after fights break out between players in the tunnel leading to the locker room at match's end.
      • Czech Republic 1 – 0 Norway: Petr Čech's clutch goalkeeping and Tomas Rosicky's 35th-minute goal leads the Czechs to bounce the Norwegians from the competition and clinch the final spot for Germany 2006, winning 2–0 on aggregate.
  • Canadian football: The Canadian Football League and Canadian Interuniversity Sport announce that Toronto's Rogers Centre will host the 2007 Grey Cup and Vanier Cup. It will be the first time since 1973, when the Vanier Cup was known as the Canadian College Bowl, that the two Cup games will be hosted in the same city on the same weekend. (TSN)

15 November 2005 (Tuesday)
  • NFL:
  • Major League Baseball
    • The players union and the owners agreed to toughen penalties on the use of steroids and other illegal drugs, such as amphetamines. Under the new plan, the first suspension will be for 50 games, the second offense 100 games, and the third will be a lifetime ban, with reinstatement appeals two years after the original punishment. In addition, random testing year round as well as tests during spring training and the regular season were made mandatory.
    • The New York Yankees and outfielder Hideki Matsui agreed to a four-year, $52 million contract extension.
    • Joe Maddon, the longtime bench coach of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim has been named the new manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
    • Ned Coletti, who began in baseball as a beat writer for the Philadelphia Journal in 1980, following the world championship season of the Philadelphia Phillies, was named the new general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, coming from their archrival nemesis the San Francisco Giants where he served as assistant general manager.
    • Post-Season Awards: Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals was named the winner of the 2005 National League Most Valuable Player Award, garnering 18 of the possible 32 first-place votes. Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves, who had the rest of the first-place markers with fourteen, finished in second place.
  • NCAA College Football: Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder will retire following Saturday's game against Missouri.

14 November 2005 (Monday)

13 November 2005 (Sunday)

Bye Week: Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Titans.
 (NOTE: This the final week for byes this season.)

12 November 2005 (Saturday)
  • Football:
  • Rugby union, November Tests:
  • Canadian Interuniversity Sport football – conference championships
    • Jewett Trophy: (10) Acadia Axemen 69, St. Francis Xavier X-Men 6: The Axemen break the record for the largest score and the largest winning margin in Jewett Trophy history as Chris Judd and Eric Nielsen connected for four touchdowns.
    • Hardy Trophy: (2) Saskatchewan Huskies 30, Alberta Golden Bears 17: Hec Crighton Trophy nominee David Stevens rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns.
    • Dunsmore Cup: (1) Laval Rouge et Or 19, (5) University of Montreal Carabins 13: Pierre-Luc Yao leads Laval to two touchdowns to extend Laval's winning streak to 20 games, including the regular season.
    • Yates Cup: (3) Laurier Golden Hawks 29, (8) Western Ontario Mustangs 11: Nick Cameron scores three touchdowns for Laurier in the victory.
    • Laval will meet Saskatchewan next week in the Mitchell Bowl, while Laurier meets Acadia in the Uteck Bowl.
  • NCAA College Football AP Top 25
    • (1) Southern California 35, Cal 10: LenDale White rushes for three touchdowns in the Trojans' 32nd-straight win, avenging their last loss two years ago at Berkeley.
    • (2) Texas 66, Kansas 14: The 'Horns score 28 first-quarter points and rock chalk the Jayhawks in Austin.
    • (3) Miami (FL) 47, Wake Forest 17: Kyle Wright throwns five touchdown passes, tying the Hurricanes' school record.
    • (5) LSU 16, (4) Alabama 13 (OT): JaMarcus Russell hits Dwayne Bowe with an 11-yard touchdown in overtime to end the Crimson Tide's bid for a perfect season. The Bayou Bengals now control their own destiny in the SEC's Western Division with games against Ole Miss and Arkansas left.
    • (7) Notre Dame 42, Navy 21: Irish quarterback Brady Quinn throws for 288 yards and four touchdowns.
    • (15) Auburn 31, (9) Georgia 30: After the Tigers complete a pass for 62 yards on fourth and ten, John Vaughn hits a 20-yard field goal with six seconds left.
    • (10) Ohio State 48, (25) Northwestern 7: The Buckeyes pile up 322 rushing yards prepping for next week's showdown against Michigan.
    • (11) Oregon 34, Washington State 31: Dennis Dixon and Brady Leaf (Ryan's brother) combine for 296 passing yards for the Ducks, who win on a last-second, 19-yard field goal from Paul Martinez.
    • South Carolina 30, (12) Florida 22: Steve Spurrier upsets the team he coached for twelve seasons. This is also the Gamecocks' first win over the Gators since 1939.
    • Oklahoma State 24, (13) Texas Tech 17: Al Peña scores on a quarterback sneak with 23 seconds left to complete the Cowboys' upset.
    • (14) UCLA 45, Arizona State 35: The Bruins bounce back from last week's humiliation with the help of 510 yards and five touchdown passes from Drew Olson.
    • Clemson 35, (17) Florida State 14: The "Bowden Bowl" sees son Tommy's Tigers squad defeat his father Bobby's Seminoles team thanks to a 269-yard, three-touchdown performance by Charlie Whitehurst.
    • (18) TCU 51, UNLV 3: The Horned Frogs go 8–0 in their first Mountain West Conference season, holding the Rebels to five yards rushing in their regular-season finale.
    • Iowa 20, (19) Wisconsin 10: The Hawkeyes spoil Barry Alvarez' final regular season home game as Wisconsin coach as the Badgers muster only nineteen rushing yards.
    • (21) Michigan 41, Indiana 14: The Wolverines run up all their points in the first half, warming up for next week's big home game against The Ohio State University.
    • Iowa State 30, (22) Colorado 16: In a game delayed due to a real tornado warning, the Cyclones scored two defensive touchdowns and kept their Big 12 North hopes alive.
    • Virginia 27, (24) Georgia Tech 17: The Cavaliers blow a 17-point lead but hold on to win and knock the Yellow Jackets out of the ACC Coastal Division race.

11 November 2005 (Friday)
  • Rugby union, November Tests:
  • NCAA College Football AP Top 25
    • (23) Louisville 56, Rutgers 5: Brian Brohm passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Cardinals extended their home winning streak at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium to eleven games.

10 November 2005 (Thursday)

9 November 2005 (Wednesday)

8 November 2005 (Tuesday)

7 November 2005 (Monday)

6 November 2005 (Sunday)

Bye Week: Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams.

  • Cricket:
  • Soccer: MLS Cup 2005 Playoffs: Conference Finals
    • Eastern Conference Final: New England Revolution 1, Chicago Fire 0: Clint Dempsey scores the match's only goal in the fourth minute. A controversial moment occurred near the end of the game when Chicago thought they had leveled the score by Gonzalo Segaras, but referee Terry Vaughn disallowed it as assistant referee George Gerner rules Segaras was offside, leading to the sending off of Fire player Andy Herron for abusive language and a scuffle after the final whistle blew at midfield. The Revs will now face the Galaxy in the MLS Cup final on November 13 in Frisco, Texas in a rematch of the 2002 final, which the Galaxy won in extra time 1–0.
  • Football: English Premiership

World Middleweight Armwrestling Champion Chris Coletti will suffer a massive stroke in 2 days at his home.

5 November 2005 (Saturday)
  • NFL: The Philadelphia Eagles suspend their superstar wide receiver Terrell Owens indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the team." This came after an Owens interview with ESPN in which he criticized the Eagles for not publicly recognizing his 100th career receiving touchdown two weeks ago, and also said the Eagles would be undefeated if Brett Favre were their quarterback instead of Donovan McNabb. (AP/Yahoo!) For an update, see listing for 7 November.
  • NCAA football AP Top 25:
    • (1) Southern California 51, Stanford 21 The Trojans score on each of their first seven possessions in the first half, with Matt Leinart throwing for four touchdowns.
    • (2) Texas 62, Baylor 0 Ramonce Taylor rushes for three touchdowns and catches a TD pass, and Vince Young has 351 yards of total offense in a Longhorns rout.
    • (5) Miami (Florida) 27, (3) Virginia Tech 7 The Hurricanes defense forced Marcus Vick into throwing two interceptions and forced a total of six turnovers in an easy win in Blacksburg, taking the lead in the ACC Coastal Division. The loss drops the Hokies to 8–1 and leaves Southern California, Texas and Alabama as the only undefeated teams in Division I-A.
    • (4) Alabama 17, Mississippi State 0 The Tide return a fumbled kickoff and an interception for TDs, and their defense holds the Bulldogs to 103 total yards.
    • (6) LSU 24, Appalachian State 0: JaMarcus Russell threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bayou Bengals past the Division I-AA Mountaineers.
    • Arizona 52, (7) UCLA 14: The Bruins are humiliated in Tucson by the Wildcats, who score the first 28 points and never look back. Arizona rushed for 320 yards, with Mike Bell and Gilbert Harris combining to rush for 269 yards.
    • (8) Notre Dame 41, Tennessee 21 The Fighting Irish become bowl-eligible thanks to three Brady Quinn TD passes and two Tom Zbikowski return TDs (a punt and an interception).
    • NC State 20, (9) Florida State 15 The Wolfpack are paced to the road upset by Andre Brown's 179 rushing yards and a defense that intercepts three FSU passes. Nonetheless, the Seminoles clinch the ACC Atlantic Division due to Boston College's loss to North Carolina, and will play in the conference championship on December 3 in Jacksonville, Florida.
    • (10) Penn State 35, (14) Wisconsin 14: The Nittany Lions all but clinch the Big Ten Conference BCS bowl bid, routing the Badgers in University Park as Badgers' QB John Stocco was sacked nine times by the Penn State defense. The reason that it is the "BCS" berth is because the Rose Bowl serves as the BCS National Championship game this year.
    • (12) Ohio State 40, Illinois 2: Troy Smith threw for three touchdowns and Antonio Pittman ran for the other two n a rout of the Fighting Illini.
    • (13) Florida 49, Vanderbilt 42 (2 OT) Although Vandy quarterback Jay Cutler made a fourth-quarter comeback to tie the game at 35–35, he was intercepted by Reggie Lewis in the second overtime as the Gators pulled one out at home.
    • (15) Oregon 27, (23) Cal Berkeley 20 (OT): Brady Leaf's four-yard TD pass to James Finley in overtime was the difference for the Ducks.
    • (16) Texas Tech 52, Texas A&M 17 Cody Hodges passes for 409 yards as the Red Raiders and their run-and-shoot offense dominate the Aggies at home.
    • (17) Auburn 49, Kentucky 27 The Tigers rush for 384 yards and five TDs in a rout of the homestanding Wildcats.
    • North Carolina 16, (19) Boston College 14: Wallace Wright returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a TD and Connor Barth kicked three field goals, propelling the home team to an upset of the Eagles.
    • (20) TCU 33, Colorado State 6: The Horned Frogs wrapped up their first outright conference championship since 1958 as a member of the late Southwest Conference with the Mountain West Conference title in a thrashing of the Rams.
    • (21) Fresno State 45, San Jose State 7 The Bulldogs roll thanks to a great performance from quarterback Paul Pinegar who threw for 374 yards and 3 TD passes.
    • (25) Colorado 41, Missouri 12 Lawrence Vickers rushed for four TDs as the Buffaloes and Mason Crosby kicked a pair of field goals including a 56 yarder. They have all but clinched the Big 12 North.
  • Rugby union November Tests:
    • Argentina 23–34 South Africa
    • France 26–16 Australia Les Bleus send the Wallabies crashing to their sixth consecutive Test defeat, their worst streak since 1969. Wallabies captain George Gregan takes sole possession of the all-time lead for national team caps in the sport's history with his 115th appearance. (BBC)
    • Wales 3–41 New Zealand Rico Gear scores a hat trick of tries; Daniel Carter scores all the other points, including two tries of his own; and a stifling All Blacks defence frustrates the Welsh. (BBC)
  • Soccer: MLS Cup 2005 Playoffs: Conference Finals
    • Western Conference Final: Los Angeles Galaxy 2, Colorado Rapids 0: The Galaxy, fourth in the West at the start of this postseason, reaches their fifth MLS Cup Final in franchise history, winning once in 2002. Landon Donovan scores both of L.A.'s goals. What would've been Colorado's only goal of the match in the 34th minute was taken away after referee Brian Hall blew the whistle while the ball was in the air to deal with pushing and shoving in the box.

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3 November 2005 (Thursday)

2 November 2005 (Wednesday)

1 November 2005 (Tuesday)

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