PRO FOOTBALL
NFL
THURSDAY
New Orleans 14, Minnesota 9
TOMORROW
Detroit at Chicago, 1
Oakland at Tennessee, 1
Miami at Buffalo, 1
Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 1
Denver at Jacksonville, 1
Indianapolis at Houston, 1
Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1
Cincinnati at New England, 1
Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 1
Arizona at St. Louis, 4:15
San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15
Green Bay at Philadelphia, 4:15
Dallas at Washington, 8:20
MONDAY
Baltimore at N.Y. Jets, 7
San Diego at Kansas City, 10:15
SUNDAY, SEPT. 19
Chicago at Dallas, 1
Arizona at Atlanta, 1
Buffalo at Green Bay, 1
Philadelphia at Detroit, 1
Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 1
Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1
Kansas City at Cleveland, 1
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1
Miami at Minnesota, 1
Seattle at Denver, 4:05
St. Louis at Oakland, 4:05
Houston at Washington, 4:15
Jacksonville at San Diego, 4:15
New England at N.Y. Jets, 4:15
N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, 8:20
MONDAY, SEPT. 20
New Orleans at San Francisco, 8:30
THURSDAY
Minnesota 0 9 0 0 – 9
New Orleans 7 0 7 0 – 14
NO–Henderson 29 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 12:56.
Min–FG Longwell 41, 5:28.
Min–Shiancoe 20 pass from Favre (kick blocked), :34.
NO–P.Thomas 1 run (Hartley kick), 6:13.
A–70,051.
TEAM STATS
Min NO
First downs 12 18
Total Net Yards 253 308
Rushes-yards 23-91 25-79
Passing 162 229
Punt Returns 2-2 3-7
Kickoff Returns 2-41 3-70
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-5
Comp-Att-Int 15-27-1 27-36-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 1-8
Punts 7-44.3 5-43.2
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 6-60 3-20
Time of Possession 26:17 33:43
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING–Minnesota, Peterson 19-87, Young 3-2, Harvin 1-2. New Orleans, P.Thomas 19-71, Bush 2-14, Brees 4-(minus 6).
PASSING–Minnesota, Favre 15-27-1-171. New Orleans, Brees 27-36-0-237.
RECEIVING–Minnesota, Shiancoe 4-76, Peterson 3-14, Young 2-11, Camarillo 1-29, Harvin 1-12, Lewis 1-12, Dugan 1-8, Kleinsasser 1-6, Berrian 1-3. New Orleans, Colston 5-62, Bush 5-33, Meachem 3-33, Moore 3-23, Shockey 3-23, P.Thomas 3-15, Henderson 2-38, D.Thomas 2-3, H.Evans 1-7.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Mid-American Conference
East
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Temple 1 0 13 10 2 0 44 34
Buffalo 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 0
Kent St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 41 10
Ohio 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 10
Akron 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29
BGSU 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 30
Miami 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 34
West
Ball St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 10
E. Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 31
N. Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 27
Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 41
W. Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 38
C. Michigan 0 1 10 13 1 1 43 13
THURSDAY
Temple 13, Central Michigan 10 OT
Today
Gardner-Webb at Akron, noon
E. Michigan at Miami, 2
Kent St. at Boston College, 3:30
Bowling Green at Tulsa, 7
Nicholls St. at W. Michigan, 7
North Dakota at N. Illinois, 7
Toledo at Ohio, 7
Buffalo at Baylor, 7
Liberty at Ball St., 7
Big Ten
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Indiana 0 0 0 0 1 0 51 17
Iowa 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 7
Michigan 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 10
Michigan St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 38 14
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 17
Northwestern 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 21
Ohio St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 7
Penn St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 44 14
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 1 0 41 21
Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 23
Purdue 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 23
TODAY
Illinois State at Northwestern, noon
Michigan St. vs. Florida Atlantic at Ford Field, noon
San Jose St. at Wisconsin, noon
South Dakota at Minnesota, noon
Western Illinois at Purdue, noon
Michigan at Notre Dame, 3:30
Iowa St. at Iowa, 3:30
Miami at Ohio St., 3:30
Penn St. at Alabama, 7
Southern Illinois at Illinois, 7:30
National
LAST NIGHT
SOUTH
West Virginia 24, Marshall 21, OT
SOUTHWEST
UTEP (1-0) at Houston (1-0), late
BASEBALL
IL Playoffs
(x-if necessary)
First Round
(Best-of-5)
Columbus 2, Scranton/Wilkes Barre 1
Last night: Columbus 1, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 0
Louisville 2, Durham 1
Last night: Louisville 2, Durham 1
TENNIS
U.S. Open
Singles
Women
Semifinals
Vera Zvonareva (7) d. Caroline Wozniacki (1) 6-4, 6-3.
Kim Clijsters (2) d. Venus Williams (3) 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Doubles
Men
Championship
Bob and Mike Bryan (1) d. Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (16), Pakistan, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).
BASKETBALL
World Championships
Classification Semifinals
Yesterday
Spain 97, Slovenia 80
Argentina 73, Russia 61
Medal Round
Today
Semifinal – United States vs. Lithuania, Noon
Semifinal – Serbia vs. Turkey, 2:30 p.m.
Seventh/Eighth Place – Slovenia vs. Russia, 9 a.m.
HOLE IN ONE
JOHN GERCAK, No. 8 at Woodlawn, 161 yards, 7-wood.
DON KUJAWA, No. 12 at South Toledo, 117 yards, 7-iron.
AUTO RACING
Air Guard 400 Lineup
NASCAR-Sprint Cup
After Friday qualifying; race tonight
Richmond, Va.
1. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 127.762 mph. 2. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 127.455. 3. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 127.101. 4. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 127.077. 5. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 127.017.
6. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 126.975. 7. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 126.951. 8. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 126.939. 9. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 126.784. 10. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 126.767.
11. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 126.654. 12. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 126.505. 13. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 126.505. 14. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 126.47. 15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 126.44.
16. (26) Jeff Green, Ford, 126.422. 17. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 126.41. 18. (13) Casey Mears, Toyota, 126.369. 19. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 126.345. 20. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 126.21.
21. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 126.133. 22. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 126.039. 23. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 126.039. 24. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 126.027. 25. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 125.933.
26. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 125.845. 27. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 125.827. 28. (71) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 125.81. 29. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 125.745. 30. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 125.716.
31. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 125.687. 32. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 125.564. 33. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 125.523. 34. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 125.465. 35. (32) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 125.331.
36. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 125.284. 37. (55) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 125.232. 38. (38) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 125.127. 39. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 125.012. 40. (34) Tony Raines, Ford, 124.792.
41. (7) Kevin Conway, Toyota, Owner Points. 42. (83) Mattias Ekstrom, Toyota, Owner Points. 43. (09) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, Past Champion.
Virginia 529 College Savings 250
NASCAR Nationwide
At Richmond International Raceway
1. (1) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 250 laps, 149.5 rating, 195 points, $49,795. 2. (3) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 250, 123.7, 175, $27,500. 3. (8) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 250, 105.4, 165, $35,368. 4. (23) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 250, 102.2, 160, $32,343. 5. (18) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 250, 101.5, 155, $29,418.
6. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 250, 107.3, 150, $18,850. 7. (2) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 250, 117, 146, $19,310. 8. (10) Paul Menard, Ford, 250, 99.2, 142, $18,720. 9. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 250, 113.1, 143, $19,100. 10. (4) Carl Edwards, Ford, 250, 106.4, 134, $18,775.
11. (21) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 250, 92.5, 135, $24,268. 12. (14) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 250, 88.6, 127, $24,193. 13. (31) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 250, 90.7, 129, $18,075. 14. (9) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 250, 81.1, 121, $24,093. 15. (7) Parker Kligerman, Dodge, 250, 84.3, 118, $17,775.
16. (25) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 250, 79.9, 115, $24,318. 17. (20) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota, 250, 71.4, 112, $23,893. 18. (26) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 250, 68.9, 109, $24,343. 19. (16) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 250, 75.3, 106, $23,793. 20. (19) Michael Annett, Toyota, 249, 72.6, 103, $24,893.
21. (12) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 249, 74.9, 105, $17,225. 22. (17) Erik Darnell, Ford, 249, 71.6, 97, $23,593. 23. (36) Jason Keller, Chevrolet, 249, 55.5, 94, $23,908. 24. (29) Shelby Howard, Chevrolet, 248, 62.9, 91, $23,393. 25. (37) Coleman Pressley, Chevrolet, 248, 57.6, 88, $23,793.
26. (15) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 248, 62.6, 85, $16,775. 27. (30) Kelly Bires, Ford, 248, 59.2, 82, $16,725. 28. (32) Landon Cassill, Ford, 247, 49.8, 79, $23,068. 29. (38) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 247, 40.1, 76, $23,418. 30. (34) Eric McClure, Ford, 247, 36.9, 73, $23,218.
31. (35) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 247, 51.7, 70, $22,863. 32. (42) Willie Allen, Chevrolet, 247, 40.9, 67, $22,778. 33. (27) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 247, 44.4, 64, $22,718. 34. (13) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 246, 44.9, 61, $16,215. 35. (11) Mark Green, Chevrolet, 246, 51.4, 58, $16,165.
36. (39) Hermie Sadler, Ford, 245, 35.7, 55, $22,573. 37. (24) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 245, 35, 52, $22,513. 38. (40) Brian Scott, Toyota, 216, 42.7, 49, $22,433. 39. (41) Carl Long, Chevrolet, 207, 29.3, 46, $15,920. 40. (28) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, engine, 120, 36.6, 43, $22,348.
41. (33) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, brakes, 43, 32.9, 40, $15,840. 42. (43) Derrike Cope, Dodge, brakes, 14, 29.1, 37, $15,795. 43. (22) Kevin Lepage, Toyota, fuel pump, 6. 26, 34, $15,742.
Race Statistics
Average speed of race winner: 98.039 mph.
Time of race: 1 hour, 54 minutes, 45 seconds.
Margin of victory: 0.256 seconds.
Caution flags: 6 for 30 laps.
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers.
Lap leaders: K.Harvick 1-109; E.Sadler 110-129; A.Almirola 130-132; K.Harvick 133-144; E.Sadler 145-148; K.Busch 149-162; B.Keselowski 163-197; K.Harvick 198-206; R.Newman 207-210; K.Harvick 211-250.
Leaders summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 4 times for 170 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 35 laps; E.Sadler, 2 times for 24 laps; K.Busch, 1 time for 14 laps; R.Newman, 1 time for 4 laps; A.Almirola, 1 time for 3 laps.
LATEST LINE
NFL
(Sunday)
NY GIANTS 61/2 Carolina
Miami 3 BUFFALO
Atlanta 21/2 PITTSBURGH
CHICAGO 61/2 Detroit
NEW ENGLAND 41/2 Cincinnati
TAMPA BAY 21/2 Cleveland
JACKSONVILLE 21/2 Denver
Indianapolis 21/2 HOUSTON
TENNESSEE 6 Oakland
Green Bay 3 PHILADELPHIA
San Francisco 3 SEATTLE
Arizona 4 ST. LOUIS
Dallas 31/2 WASHINGTON
(Monday)
NY JETS 21/2 Baltimore
San Diego 41/2 KANSAS CITY
College Football
Georgia Tech 14 KANSAS
EAST CAROLINA 131/2 Memphis
S. CAROLINA 3 Georgia
WAKE FOREST 61/2 Duke
ARMY 3 Hawaii
WISCONSIN 38 San Jose St
FLORIDA 151/2 South Florida
NEBRASKA 281/2 Idaho
Lsu 10 VANDERBILT
IOWA 131/2 Iowa St
CALIFORNIA 10 Colorado
OKLAHOMA 7 Florida St
NOTRE DAME 31/2 Michigan
MIAMI-OHIO 14 Eastern Mich.
BOSTON COLLEGE 17 Kent St
OHIO ST 9 Miami-Florida
AIR FORCE 11/2 Byu
UTAH 211/2 Unlv
Oregon 12 TENNESSEE
TULSA 17 Bowling Green
TEXAS 29 Wyoming
TEXAS A&M 191/2 Louisiana Tech
WASHINGTON 13 Syracuse
OHIO 10 Toledo
BAYLOR 161/2 Buffalo
ALABAMA 12 Penn St
CENTRAL FLORIDA 3 N.C. State
San Diego St 131/2 NEW MEXICO ST
SMU 11 Ala-Birmingham
Texas Tech 25 NEW MEXICO
Mississippi 201/2 TULANE
Stanford 6 UCLA
NEVADA 231/2 Colorado St
USC 20 Virginia
KENTUCKY 241/2 Western Kentucky
Michigan St 28 Fla. Atlantic
Arkansas 34 UL-Monroe
NORTH TEXAS 3 Rice
UL-LAFAYETTE 21/2 Arkansas St
OKLAHOMA ST 131/2 Troy
Home Team in CAPS
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS–Signed OF Pat White to a minor league contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS–Activated INF Nick Punto from the 15-day DL.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS–Reinstated RHP Mike Leake and OF Jim Edmonds from the 15-day DL.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES–Reinstated RHP Danys Baez from the 15-day DL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES–Released INF Aki Iwamura. Announcred C Erik Kratz cleared waivers and was was sent outright to Indianapolis (IL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS–Placed LB Kawika Mitchell on injured reserve. Signed LB Akin Ayodele.
GOLF
BMW Championship
Lemont, Ill., par 71
Charlie Wi 67-69–136
Matt Kuchar 64-72–136
Marc Leishman 72-65–137
Ian Poulter 66-72–138
Paul Casey 69-69–138
Luke Donald 68-70–138
Retief Goosen 67-71–138
Dustin Johnson 68-70–138
Hunter Mahan 71-68–139
Ryan Moore 65-74–139
Kevin Na 70-69–139
Justin Rose 68-71–139
Rory Sabbatini 69-71–140
Tim Clark 70-70–140
K.J. Choi 71-69–140
Adam Scott 71-69–140
Camilo Villegas 70-70–140
Greg Chalmers 72-69–141
Ernie Els 70-71–141
Matt Jones 71-70–141
Vaughn Taylor 70-71–141
Brian Gay 68-73–141
Robert Allenby 72-70–142
Michael Sim 72-70–142
Tom Gillis 70-72–142
David Toms 70-72–142
Justin Leonard 72-71–143
Bill Haas 70-73–143
Zach Johnson 70-73–143
Phil Mickelson 72-71–143
Steve Stricker 70-73–143
Stewart Cink 70-73–143
Tim Petrovic 73-70–143
Bo Van Pelt 72-71–143
Sean O’Hair 75-68–143
Nick Watney 70-74–144
Jim Furyk 73-71–144
Rickie Fowler 71-73–144
Carl Pettersson 72-72–144
Ryan Palmer 73-72–145
Tiger Woods 73-72–145
Brian Davis 73-72–145
Heath Slocum 71-74–145
Geoff Ogilvy 73-72–145
Anthony Kim 70-75–145
Brendon de Jonge 74-71–145
NW Arkansas
LPGA Tour
Rogers, Ark., par 71
Morgan Pressel 34-32–66
Gloria Park 35-32–67
Yani Tseng 35-32–67
Na Yeon Choi 34-33–67
Janice Moodie 36-32–68
Danielle Downey 34-34–68
Suzann Pettersen 34-34–68
Jee Young Lee 36-32–68
Michelle Wie 35-33–68
Ji Young Oh 35-33–68
Mika Miyazato 36-33–69
Diana D’Alessio 33-36–69
Song-Hee Kim 36-33–69
Hee-Won Han 35-34–69
Azahara Munoz 35-34–69
Juli Inkster 37-32–69
Sun Young Yoo 35-34–69
Stacy Lewis 35-34–69
Leta Lindley 35-34–69
Jimin Kang 36-33–69
Lindsey Wright 35-34–69
Silvia Cavalleri 35-34–69
Ilmi Chung 33-36–69
Jean Reynolds 35-35–70
Meaghan Francella 34-36–70
Karine Icher 35-35–70
Mariajo Uribe 37-33–70
Irene Cho 35-35–70
Christina Kim 36-34–70
Amy Yang 38-32–70
Brittany Lincicome 34-36–70
Angela Stanford 36-34–70
Anna Nordqvist 34-36–70
Kristy McPherson 35-35–70
Eun-Hee Ji 34-36–70
Candie Kung 37-33–70
Inbee Park 36-34–70
Pat Hurst 38-32–70
Laura Diaz 37-33–70
Shi Hyun Ahn 34-36–70
Allison Hanna 37-33–70
Pernilla Lindberg 36-34–70
Chella Choi 34-36–70
Ashli Bunch 36-35–71
Beth Bader 36-35–71
Meena Lee 36-35–71
Maria Hernandez 38-33–71
Marianne Skarpnord 37-34–71
Sandra Gal 37-34–71
Ai Miyazato 36-35–71
Jiyai Shin 37-34–71
Hee Young Park 38-33–71
Maria Hjorth 34-37–71
Wendy Ward 36-35–71
Samantha Richdale 34-37–71
Sarah Jane Smith 35-36–71
Karin Sjodin 35-36–71
Moira Dunn 36-35–71
Amy Hung 37-34–71
Ilhee Lee 38-33–71
Lisa Meldrum 36-35–71
Katie Futcher 36-35–71
Alison Walshe 35-37–72
Jennifer Rosales 36-36–72
Kyeong Bae 37-35–72
Mikaela Parmlid 38-34–72
Reilley Rankin 37-35–72
Louise Stahle 35-37–72
Michelle Ellis 35-37–72
Shanshan Feng 35-37–72
Alexis Thompson 38-34–72
Cristie Kerr 37-35–72
Seon Hwa Lee 38-34–72
Jill McGill 37-35–72
Giulia Sergas 37-35–72
Paige Mackenzie 35-37–72
Posco E&C Songdo Championship
Champions Tour
Sondo City, South Korea, par 72
Jay Don Blake 35-34–69
Michael Allen 37-32–69
Fred Funk 34-35–69
John Cook 35-35–70
Sandy Lyle 36-34–70
D.A. Weibring 35-36–71
Olin Browne 37-35–72
Nam-Sin Park 37-35–72
Denis Watson 37-35–72
Naomichi Ozaki 35-37–72
David Frost 35-38–73
Brad Bryant 37-36–73
Gene Jones 37-36–73
Scott Simpson 36-37–73
Keith Fergus 37-36–73
Russ Cochran 38-35–73
Tim Simpson 37-36–73
Ronnie Black 38-35–73
Don Pooley 37-36–73
Andy Bean 36-37–73
Bernhard Langer 38-35–73
Peter Senior 35-38–73
BOWLING
Honor roll
Men 750 or better
Tom Strabley, Southwyck 766
Women 650 or better
Nicole Monto, Timbers 672
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Toledo d. Creighton, 21-25, 26-24, 25-15, 23-25, 15-13.
Bowling Green d. Cornell, 25-15, 25-21, 27-25
Edison d. Owens 25-21, 26-28, 26-24, 18-25, 15-12.
COLLEGE SOCCER
Women
TOLEDO 2, MICHIGAN 2: T--Hensler, Lynn M--Carron, Ezurike.
MINNESOTA d. BOWLING GREEN, 2-0. Brandt, Strahota.
LOCAL GOLF
TWDGA stroke play at Sylvania
Low gross: Jennifer Martenson, Monroe 82; Nan Reno, Toledo GC 83, Lisa Smith, Kettenrig 84. Low net: Bonnie Hampton, unattached 69, Carolyn Ray, Brandywine 73; Cathi Greebe, Brandywine 74.
PREP GOLF
Boys
SLL Shootout II
Woodmore 165; Lake 168, Genoa 174; Gibsonburg 175; Eastwood 181; Elmwood 189; Otsego 202.
Yeager (L) 39; Blausey (W) 39; Smithey (El) 40; Witt (L) 41; Schwab (W) 41. At Birch Run.
FREMONT ROSS 158, CLAY 178. (F) Schwartz 37, Baumann 39, Mowry 40, Hoelzer 42; (C) Davis 42, Waldmenstetter 43, Heilman 45, Belkofer 48.
Girls
SOUTHVIEW 177, ROSSFORD 212. (S) Moreland 38, Breyfogel 41, Hehl 45, Ruffin 48; (R) Wellman 51, Scott 51; Parrish 53, Parisi 57. at Crosswinds.
CLAY 194, WHITMER 198, CENTRAL 203: (Cl) Schareer 43, Brammett 49, Orr 50, Maze 52; (W) Krum 43, McBee 50, Spychalski 51, Breier 54; (CC) Carrigan 42, Comes 48, Nowak 54, Murnen 59. at Tamaron.