NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
WLTPctPFPA
New England2001.0007345
Buffalo2001.0007942
N.Y. Jets2001.0005927
Miami020.0003761
South
WLTPctPFPA
Houston2001.0005720
Jacksonville110.5001946
Tennessee110.5004029
Indianapolis020.0002661
North
WLTPctPFPA
Baltimore110.5004833
Cincinnati110.5004941
Cleveland110.5004446
Pittsburgh110.5003135
West
WLTPctPFPA
Oakland110.5005858
San Diego110.5004552
Denver110.5004445
Kansas City020.0001089
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
WLTPctPFPA
Washington2001.0005035
Dallas110.5005151
Philadelphia110.5006248
N.Y. Giants110.5004244
South
WLTPctPFPA
New Orleans110.5006455
Atlanta110.5004761
Tampa Bay110.5004447
Carolina020.0004458
North
WLTPctPFPA
Green Bay2001.0007257
Detroit2001.0007523
Chicago110.5004342
Minnesota020.0003748
West
WLTPctPFPA
San Francisco110.5005744
Arizona110.5004943
St. Louis020.0002959
Seattle020.0001757
Monday
N.Y. Giants 28, St. Louis 16
SUNDAY
Houston at New Orleans, 1
Denver at Tennessee, 1
Detroit at Minnesota, 1
San Francisco at Cincinnati, 1
New England at Buffalo, 1
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1
Miami at Cleveland, 1
Jacksonville at Carolina, 1
Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05
N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 4:05
Baltimore at St. Louis, 4:05
Arizona at Seattle, 4:15
Green Bay at Chicago, 4:15
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:15
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 8:20
MONDAY, Sep. 26
Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY
St. Louis60100-16
N.Y. Giants71470-28
StL-FG Jo.Brown 21, 9:14.
NYG-Nicks 3 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 5:47.
StL-FG Jo.Brown 25, 3:21.
NYG-Boley 65 fumble return (Tynes kick), 10:58.
NYG-Hixon 22 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), :21.
StL-FG Jo.Brown 27, 11:49.
NYG-Jacobs 9 run (Tynes kick), 6:19.
StL-Alexander 19 pass from Bradford (Jo.Brown kick), 1:18.
A-78,290.
TEAM STATS
StLNYG
First downs1422
Total Net Yards367300
Rushes-yards19-5938-119
Passing308181
Punt Returns2-293-17
Kickoff Returns4-902-51
Interceptions Ret.1-00-0
Comp-Att-Int22-46-018-29-1
Sacked-Yards Lost2-233-19
Punts7-44.77-46.0
Fumbles-Lost4-20-0
Penalties-Yards8-855-55
Time of Possession25:4834:12
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING-St. Louis, C.Williams 13-36, Bradford 3-15, Norwood 3-8. N.Y. Giants, Bradshaw 15-59, Jacobs 16-50, Ware 3-22, Manning 4-(minus 12).
PASSING-St. Louis, Bradford 22-46-0-331. N.Y. Giants, Manning 18-29-1-200.
RECEIVING-St. Louis, Sims-Walker 6-92, B.Gibson 4-52, Salas 4-27, Alexander 3-122, C.Williams 3-4, Kendricks 1-26, Hoomanawanui 1-8. N.Y. Giants, Bradshaw 5-45, Manningham 3-56, Nicks 3-15, Hixon 2-29, Cruz 2-17, Jacobs 1-17, Ballard 1-13, Hynoski 1-8.
PREP FOOTBALL
STATS
NOTE: The Blade will run football stats on Friday. The deadline for submission is noon on Wednesdays. Stats should be emailed to highschoolstats@theblade.com or faxed to 419-724-6116. Coaches from the City League, TRAC, NLL, NBC, TAAC, and NWOAL should contact their athletic director for more information.
City League
Friday
Bowsher at Sandusky
Rogers at Chardon Notre Dame
Scott vs. Warrensville Heights at Waite
Start at Tiffin Columbian
Waite at Bellevue
Woodward at Dover
Three Rivers Athletic Conf.
Friday
Central Catholic at Findlay
St. Francis at Clay
Fremont Ross at Lima Senior
St. John's at Whitmer
Northern Lakes League
Friday
Anthony Wayne at Perrysburg
Bowling Green at Northview
Southview at Maumee
Springfield at Napoleon
Northern Buckeye Conf.
Friday
Eastwood at Elmwood
Otsego at Fostoria
Genoa at Lake
Woodmore at Rossford
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Friday
Danbury at Edon
Northwood at Gibsonburg
Hilltop at Ottawa Hills
Saturday
Cardinal Stritch vs. Toledo Christian at Clay
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Friday
Swanton at Archbold
Bryan at Montpelier
Delta at Norwalk
Evergreen at Patrick Henry
Liberty Center at Wauseon
Other Northwest Ohio
Friday
Van Buren at Arcadia
Lakota at Fremont St. Joseph
Ayersville at Holgate
Cory-Rawson at Liberty-Benton
McComb at Vanlue
North Baltimore at Seneca East
Oak Harbor at Port Clinton
Saturday
Fostoria St. Wendelin at Cleveland Heights Lutheran East
Southeast Michigan
Friday
Bedford at Saline
Blissfield at Ida
Onsted at Erie Mason
Britton-Deerfield at Whiteford
Morenci at Summerfield
WNBA
(x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-3)
Western Conference
Minnesota 2, San Antonio 1
Last night: Minnesota 85, San Antonio 67
Phoenix 2, Seattle 1
Monday: Phoenix 77, Seattle 75
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Mid-American Conference
East
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Bwling Green00002111756
Kent St.00000319105
Miami0000022946
Ohio00003011834
Akron013410317142
Buffalo012528127670
West
WLPFPAWLPFPA
Ball St.102825216282
W. Mich.104414219255
E. Mich.0000215847
N. Illinois00001298120
Toledo0000129589
C. Mich.011444124877
Saturday
E. Michigan at Penn St., Noon
Toledo at Syracuse, Noon
Bowling Green at Miami, 1 p.m.
Ohio at Rutgers, 2 p.m.
VMI at Akron, 2 p.m.
Army at Ball St., 2 p.m.
South Alabama at Kent St., 3:30 p.m.
Cal Poly at N. Illinois, 3:30 p.m.
UConn at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Big Ten
Legends
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Michigan00003010044
Nebraska00003013374
Iowa00002110678
Mich. St.0000218537
N'western0000218059
Minnesota0000126770
Leaders
WLPFPAWLPFPA
Illinois00003010632
Wisconsin00003013524
Ohio St.0000217546
Penn St.0000216644
Purdue00002110848
Indiana0000128982
SATURDAY
E. Michigan at Penn St., Noon
Louisiana-Monroe at Iowa, Noon
San Diego St. at Michigan, Noon
Cent. Michigan at Michigan St., Noon
W. Michigan at Illinois, 3:30 p.m.
Colorado at Ohio St., 3:30 p.m.
South Dakota at Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m.
N. Dakota St. at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Indiana at North Texas, 7 p.m.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Boys
Northview 26 Bowling Green 30
Northview 21 Napoleon 40
Bowling Green 22 Napoleon 39
1) Weaver, NAP 16:35 2) Seymour BG 16:57 3) Kobylski BG 17:14 4) MCloskey NV 17:22 5) Disher NV 17:31
Girls
Northview 25 Napoleon 30
Northview 19 Bowling Green 39
Napoleon 17 Bowling Green 41
1) Work NV 19:52 2) Dean NV 20:07 3) Masters NV 20:16 4) Grooms NAP 20:29 5) Monnin NAP 20:41
TENNIS
ATP Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Singles
First Round
Alessandro Giannessi, Italy, d. Albert Montanes (8), Spain, 7-5, 6-4.
Florent Serra, France, d. Gianluca Naso, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.
Albert Ramos, Spain, d. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-3.
Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, d. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 6-2, 6-1.
Marius Copil, Romania, d. Victor Crivoi, Romania, 6-3, 6-3.
Igor Andreev, Russia, d. Peter Torebko, Germany, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.
Filippo Volandri, Italy, d. Rui Machado, Portugal, 6-3, 6-3.
Adrian Ungur, Romania, d. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1.
Andreas Seppi (7), Italy, d. Eric Prodon, France, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
PREP SOCCER
Boys
ST. JOHN'S 5, Clay 0: Gramza, Lee 2, Almester, Stearns.
ST. FRANCIS 17, FREMONT ROSS 0: Wagener 9, Ellis-Brown 3, Brown 2, Francis, McGowan, Wisniewski.
FINDLAY 10, WHITMER 0: Fleasman 6, Rooney 2, Shanahan.
ANTHONY WAYNE 6, NAPOLEON 2: AW - Conkin 2, Combs 3, Frank; N - Lauf 2.
PERRYSBURG 5, SPRINGFIELD 1: P- Jemma 3, Beaujean 2; S- Baker.
START 5, ROSSFORD 1: S- Richatdson 3, Mohamed, Alleye; R- Hotz.
OTTAWA HILLS 4, CARDINAL STRITCH 0: Pappas 2, Saddeki, Zaker.
EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 1, BOWSHER 0: Creech.
CENTRAL CATHOLIC 7, LIMA SENIOR 1: CC- Tracey, Maloney, Maciejewski, Troy 2, Drees 2; LS- Rapp
SOUTHVIEW 5, MAUMEE 1: (S) Sinram, Brown, Ellis, Kanwal, Yoshino; (M) Kausch.
GENOA 3, LIBERTY CENTER 1: (G) Eppard 2, Pettit; (L) Meister.
Girls
ARCHBOLD 3, WAUSEON 0: Rupp 2, Nofziger.
ST. URSULA 8, ROSS 0 : Rafac 2, Farell 2, Armstrong, Toth, Joseph, Sullivan, Romanoff.
PREP GOLF
Boys
NLL Tournament: Bowling Green 303; Napoleon 311; Maumee 314; Northview 316; Anthony Wayne 320; Southview 325; Perrysburg 342; Springfield 343.
Final team standings: Bowling Green 36, Napoleon 35, Northview 28, Maumee 22, Anthony Wayne 18, Southview 15, Springfield 7, Perrysburg 6.
First team NLL- Tansel, AW, 110.5; Han Sung, BG 110; Lambert, Nap 109; Czerniatkowski, NV 104.5; Taylor, Nap 100; Herringshaw, BG 95.
Second team NLL- Weber, Mau 88.5; McMacken, NV 88; Frankel SV 87.5; Dill, BG 85; Haas, Mau 83; Kontak, Mau 82.
NBC Tournament: Woodmore 322; Eastwood 324; Lake 329; Rossford 344; Genoa 360; Elmwood 364; Fostoria 395. Top individuals: Blanchard (East) 74; Yeager (L) 77; Blausey (W) 78; Robinson (R) 80; Zatko (W) 80; Goeckerman (G) 80; Baer (W) 81; Conine (L) 81; Speck (East) 82; Smithey (Elm) 82. At Green Hills
Others
WHITMER 179, CLAY 187: (W) Krum 36, Groell 41, Huffman 40, Clayton 52; (C) Brummett 45, Fussel 47, Sheehan 47, Quinlan 48. At Bedford Hills.
Girls
EVERGREEN 185, TOLEDO CHRISTIAN 193: (E) Mossing 39, DeBruyne 46; Good 50, Yunker 50; (TC) J. Graham 45, Freeman 47, Granfsko 48, C. Graham 5
Ottawa Hills 163 ; Maumee Valley 175: (OH) Dayton 38, Silverman 39, Sundvold 43, Abendroth 43. (MV) Frasco 40, Deichart 43, McPherson 43, Krueger 49. Ottawa Park Golf Course
SPORTS NOTE
LACROSSE COACH: Sylvania Recreation is accepting applications for high school girls head lacrosse coach. Information Mike McMahon at 429-882-1500 or mmcmahon@sev.org.
CULVER LINE
NCAA Football
Thursday
FAVORITE OPEN WEDNESDAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Cincinnati6 1/27 1/2(59 1/2)NC State
Friday
at BYU3 1/22 1/2(43)UCF
Saturday
at Ohio St.15 1/214 1/2(44)Colorado
at Duke1110(54 1/2)Tulane
at Syracuse3 1/22 1/2(54)Toledo
at East Carolina9 1/213 1/2(60 1/2)UAB
at South Florida2829(47 1/2)UTEP
at Illinois12 1/213 1/2(53 1/2)W. Michigan
at Rutgers4 1/24(50 1/2)Ohio
at Penn St.2829(44)E. Michigan
at Miami1313(49)Kansas St.
SMU2322(53 1/2)at Memphis
at Maryland109(51 1/2)Temple
at Michigan St.2424(49 1/2)Cent. Mich
Georgia10 1/29 1/2(54 1/2)at Mississippi
at Miami (Ohio)64 1/2(50)Bowling Green
Army34(50 1/2)at Ball St.
Virginia Tech18 1/220 1/2(46)at Marshall
at Alabama1411 1/2(50 1/2)Arkansas
at Washington32(57 1/2)California
LSU65 1/2(50 1/2)at West Virg
at Michigan7 1/210(60 1/2)San Diego St.
at Georgia Tech56 1/2(58)N. Carolina
Florida16 1/219 1/2(43)at Kentucky
Notre Dame5 1/26 1/2(53)at Pittsburgh
Florida St.32(50 1/2)at Clemson
at San Jose St.9 1/29 1/2(45 1/2)New Mex. St.
Fresno St.64(52)at Idaho
UConn109(46 1/2)at Buffalo
at Oregon St.2 1/24 1/2(50)UCLA
at Texas Tech2020(65 1/2)Nevada
at South Carolina1516(53)Vanderbilt
at Mississippi St.1719 1/2(55 1/2)La Tech
at Baylor17 1/220(67)Rice
at Virginia33(53)Sthern Miss.
at Texas A&M33 1/2(69)Oklahoma St.
Nebraska23 1/223 1/2(57 1/2)at Wyoming
at Oklahoma20 1/221 1/2(56 1/2)Missouri
at Utah St.69(56)ColoradoSt.
at Boise St.32 1/232 1/2(62)Tulsa
Oregon11 1/215 1/2(64 1/2)at Arizona
at Arizona St.32 1/2(54)Southern Cal
at Auburn31 1/233 1/2(57 1/2)FAU
at Iowa1817(50)La-Monroe
at Troy12 1/212 1/2(63)Middle Tenn.
Indiana7 1/27(54 1/2)at North Texas
at FIU1717(51 1/2)La. Lafayette
NFL
Sunday
FAVORITE OPEN WEDNESDAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Cincinnati12 1/2(41)San Francisco
New England99(53)at Buffalo
at New Orleans5 1/24(53)Houston
at PhiladelphiaOFFOFF(OFF)N.Y. Giants
at Cleveland12 1/2(41)Miami
at Tennessee4 1/27(42)Denver
Detroit43 1/2(44 1/2)at Minnesota
at Carolina3 1/23 1/2(43)Jacksonville
at San Diego1514 1/2(45)Kansas City
N.Y. Jets3 1/23 1/2(41)at Oakland
Baltimore3 1/23 1/2(41 1/2)at St. Louis
at Tampa Bay+11 1/2(45 1/2)Atlanta
Arizona33(43)at Seattle
Green Bay43 1/2(45 1/2)at Chicago
Pittsburgh1110 1/2(39 1/2)at Indianapolis
Philadelphia QB questionable
Dallas QB questionable
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS - Recalled RHP Corey Kluber from Columbus (IL).
National League
WASHINGTON NATIONALS - Reinstated RHP Ryan Mattheus from the 15-day DL.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS - Signed DT Haloti Ngata to a five-year contract.
BUFFALO BILLS - Placed WR Roscoe Parrish on injured reserve.
CINCINNATI BENGALS - Signed WR Andrew Hawkins from the practice squad. Signed WR Armon Binns to the practice squad.
DALLAS COWBOYS - Re-signed WR Laurent Robinson. Released CB-KR Bryan McCann.
DENVER BRONCOS - Signed WR Quan Cosby. Waived RB Jeremiah Johnson.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS - Waived DE Adrian Awasom. Reinstated DT Kevin Williams from the suspended list.
NEW YORK JETS - Released G Trevor Canfield and CB Julian Posey from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES - Returned D Alex Lepkowski, F Steven Beyers and F Gregg Sutch to Barrie (OHL), F Dan Catenacci to Owen Sound (OHL), F Cedrick Henley to Val D
FLORIDA PANTHERS - Assigned G Brian Foster, D Adam Comrie, D Michael Caruso, C Justin Bernhardt, C Jake Hauswirth, LW AJ Jenks, RW Bill Thomas and LW Garrett Wilson to San Antonio (AHL). Returned LW Vincent Trocheck and C John McFarland to Saginaw (OHL) and RW Josh Birkholz to Everett (WHL).
PREP TENNIS
START 3, WOODWARD 2: Bricker (S) d. Fitzpatric, 6-2, 6-2, Dreslinski (S) d. Sandridge, 6-2, 6-0, Isbell (S) d. Barnett, 6-1, 1-6, 6-0, Sullivan-Reubin (W) d. Watson-Jiminez, 6-2, 6-1, Garner-Edwards (W) d. Lugo-Winchester, 6-4, 6-4.
St. Ursula 3, Notre Dame 2: Shaffer (SU) def T. McNamara. 6-0,6-1, K. McNamara (ND) def Farrar 7-5,6-1, Gum (SU) def Eid 6-4,6-3, Smietanski/Clark (ND) def Nowicki/Moon 6-2,2-6,6-4, Belinske/Nelson (SU) def Cady/Born 6-3,6-4
BOWSHER 5, ROGERS 0: Garman d. Minnfield 6-2, 6-0; Shively d. Cogdell 6-0, 6-1; Piell d. Giouanucci 6-1, 6-3; Kelley/Shriver d. Ybarra/Poossiy 2-6, 6-3, 6-0; Peace/Thornton d. Huston/Baucom 6-3, 6-0.
ANTHONY WAYNE 4, NORTHVIEW 1: Miller (N) d. C. Krieg 6-2, 6-1; Jankowski (AW) d. Rentner 6-0, 6-4; Hoefflinger (AW) d. Forrester 6-3, 7-5; Draheim/Kuck (AW) d. Mills/Gross 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; M. Krieg/Smith (AW) d. Rao/Diment 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
OTTAWA-GLANDORF 4, ARCHBOLD 1: Heckman (OG) d. Nofziger 6-4, 6-1; Kahle (OG) d. Leupp 6-2, 6-2; Schmiedebusch (OG) d. Bowman 7-5, 7-5; Belknap-Beck (A) d. Parker-Ricker 6-3, 6-4; Cromrine-Smith (OG) d. Meyer-Krieger 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Napoleon 3, Bowling Green 2
Schlade (N) def. Fenn 6-2, 6-0, Baker (BG) def. Yarnell 6-4, 6-4, Johnson (BG) def. Parker 6-4, 6-4, Small-Niermann (N) def. Dunn-Fenn 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, Altman-Stelle (N) def. Smith-Spackey 6-3, 7-6
FINDLAY 3, CENTRAL 2: Delp (C) d. Gray, 6-1, 6-1, Soli (F) d. Dominiac, 6-1, 6-1, Gwinn (F) d. Dennis, 6-2, 6-1, O'Hearn-Brown (C) d. Arnet-Kelley, 7-5, 6-1, Petrogsch-Abraham (F) d. Henricks-Brown, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3.
SOUTHVIEW 5, MAUMEE 0: Haidar d. Brown 6-0, 6-1; Darah d. Buehler 6-0, 6-0; Gupta d. Bretzloff -Rohrs 6-1, 6-0; Potter-Pitroda d. Hall-Webber 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Singh-Podolsky d. Burkett-Albright 6-0, 6-0.
PERRYSBURG 5, SPRINGFIELD 0: Messenger d. Smith 6-1, 6-3; Alkire d. Currington 6-0, 6-2; Boos d. Quinto 6-1, 6-1; Sobansli/Zilba d. Heath/Bauser 6-0, 6-0; Hayes/Spidel d. Geiser/Dixon 6-0, 6-0.
COLLEGE GOLF
John Piper Intercollegiate
TEAM STANDINGS--1. Bowling Green 892 (won playoff), 2. Loyola Chicago 892, 3. Cleveland State 896, 4. Indianapolis 902, 5. Youngtstown 906, 6. Detroit Mercy 913, 7. IPFW 915, 8. Ohio 919, 9. Bowling Green B 940, 10. Indianpolis B 952.
BG INDIVIDUALS--Gates 220, Hewit 222, Cooper 223, Preston 229, Melvin 233.
MEDALIST--Alex Cusumano, Loyola, 216
Women
GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE: 1- Eastern Kentucky 576; 18- Bowling Green 612 (Arnold 149, diFrancesco 153, Wilson 153, Ruthenberg 157).
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Bowling Green d. Northview, 25-13, 25-16, 25-10
Swanton d. Montpelier, 25-15, 25-22, 18-25, 25-18.
Southview d. Maumee, 24-26, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16.
Lake d. Fostoria 25-22, 25-19, 25-22.
Eastwood d. Elmwood, 25-15, 26-24, 25-19.
Bedford d. Ann Arbor Huron 25-12, 25-21, 25-4.
Woodmore d. Rossford, 25-19, 15-25, 26-24, 25-21.
Evergreen d. Wauseon, 25-17, 25-9, 25-8
Woodmore d. Rossford, 25-18, 15-25, 26-24, 25-21.
Eastwood d. Elmwood, 25-15,26-24,19-25
SPORTLIGHT
Sept. 21
1997-The Buffalo Bills stage the third-biggest comeback in NFL history, rallying from a 26-0 deficit to beat the Indianapolis Colts 37-35. The Bills made the greatest comeback in the 1992 AFC playoffs, wiping out a 35-3 deficit to beat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime.
2002-The New York Yankees clinch their fifth straight AL East title with a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers.