Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday October 13 2003 — B3 Pitt NFL ' 4) Continued from B1 of giving the ball to Stephen Davis and rumble over defenses they got a him watching field goal by John Kasay 5:34 into overtime A week after Pleyton Manning led the Colts to a comeback over Tampa Bay on Mong could not come up with day night Indianapolis (5-Instead 47-ya- rd from 3) 10-2- record-settin- 1) fop 25 second straight overtime win ' DeShaun Foster ran for 85 yards and set up Kasay are for the winning field goal as the Panthers (5-and one of three unbeatens — Kansas City (6-Minnesota (5-are the others Titans 38 Texans 17 0) - 0) 0) PITTSBURGH (AP) — What was supposed to be Pitt’s best football season since it ended a string of annual Top 10 finishes in the early 1980s is fast resembling the recent 2) At Nashville Tfenn Steve McNair had a perfect quarterback rating in the first half finished with a 421 yards passing and threw three career-hig- h touchdowns to Derrick Mason for the Titans also intercepted three passes returnThe Titans ing ore for a touchdown against the Tfcxans (2-3- ) Erron Kinney dropped McNair’s first pass on the Supposedly certain wins Titans’ second play but McNair completed his next failmorph into unexpected 12 including TO passes of 32 and 46 yards to ures Breakdowns develop Mason for a quick 14-- 0 lead when least expected Funda— mentals Cowboys 23 Eagles 21 tackling blocking add beating Philadelphia to the list Texas At timeouts clock Irving protecting do under new coach Bill Pareells can Dallas — of become things management g onside Randal Williams foiled a tough to master at touchdown 37 and it for a kick critical times yards by returning 1:11 with field kicked a Cundiff And of course the Panthers goal Billy left as the Cowboys ended a six-galose to Notre Dame losing streak to their division rivals Less than a month after With a fourth straight win the Cowboys improved seemed move to they ready to 4-- 1 for the first time since 1995 and remain alone into the Top Five the Pan-the- rs (3-aren’t even in the atop the NFC East 25 They have yet to play Philadelphia (2-3- ) didn’t lead until 4:14 left when Top " touchdown a ranked team have lost two Condi Buckhalter broke off a 21-2- 0 as rookie the Down run and their last three of Cowboys responded games "' Zuriel Smith took the ensuing kickoff 54 yards to still have to play No 2 the Philadelphia 40 Then Quincy Carter beat the Miami and No 3 Virginia blitz on third-and-- 7 Tech lobbing a pass that Joey Gal- ' ' What frustrated coach Walt ' loway took 19 yards A few runs later Cundiff ' nailed the winner Harris after Saturday night’s 20-1- 4 unranked loss to Dolphins 24 Jaguars 10 upset ' Notre Dame at Heinz Field ' y Y At Jacksonville Fla Randy McMichael scooped score Jay Fiedler ran wasn’t just what happened 11 up a fumble for the Sf but how it happened YYYYYv interference for Ricky Williams and defensive ends We had trouble physically Jason Taylor and Adewale Ogunleye played Y Yf Y superbly to help Miami (4-plunge the Jaguars (1-getting it done’’ he said “It ' 'VY donie into a hole is tough to get things deeper Y Of course losing is only one of tire problems few V when you can’t handle the V the Jaguars Y game physically You have to try and trick them or disguise ' : : The team was a source of national ridicule this tire fact that you can’t handle Y week when punter Chris Hanson was lost for the season after he gashed open his leg while using an :iVthemY (2) 1) APphoto Carolina's Steve Smith is chased by Indianapolis' Mike Doss on a punt return during the fourth quarter Sunday - 28-ya- rd ax to chop the log coach Jack Del Rio put in the locker room to inspire the team Saints 20 Bears 13 M At New Orleans Aaron Brooks threw two touchdown passes against one of the NFL’s worst defens- es to lead the Saints scorBrooks connected with Joe Horn on a ing pass with 7:18 left for tire clinching score as the Saints won for the second time in six games The Bears fell to Buccaneers 35 Redskins 13 ! At Landover Md tight end Todd Yoder caught his first two NFL touchdowns as Tampa Bay’s offense broke loose in the second half Yoder had four catches fere 28 yards He had only seven catches total in his first three years in the ? £?' Y V" league Y YYY' Bucs quarterback Brad Johnson returning to Y Washington for the first time since his bittersweet departure in 2000 threw four touchdown passes and completed 22 of 30 passes for 268 yards And that was with Joe Jurevicius out injured and Keyshawn Johnson playing with a bruised thigh Browns 13 Raiders 7 2) 20-ya- rd rd 1- -4 ' ' go-ahe- ad Continued from B1 1 4) 14-a- game-openin- 5) 1) 3) 47-ya- rd frus-tratin- Y' 26 cafries leading the Browns to a rare and ugly Oakland home win over penalty-pron- e The Raiders (2-- committed an NFL season-hig- h 19 penalties y- - five on consecutive plays in the thud quarter — and looked nothing like the team that rep-- 1 resented the AFC in last year's Super Bowl Green scored on a TD run following a trick late die third in play quarter and the Browns (3-improved to just 5 at home since 1999 Patriots 17 Giants 6 Y At Foxboro Mass New York giveaways kept New England in the game for a half Then Tom Brady and the rest of the Patriots took over Brady and Kevin Faulk led the Patriots to 10 ‘ " drives and points on their first two second-ha- lf Richard Seymour played a dominant defensive game to lead New England (4-over the Giants (2-for 7 yards in the first half as Brady was the Patriots were outgained 199-2- 9 and had just one first down Broncos 17 Stcdera 14 At Denver Jason Elam settled a tight struggle between the AFC’s top two defenses Elam hit a field goal on the final play of handed Pittsburgh (2-the game as Denver (5-its third straight loss Pittsbuigh tied it at ll on Jerome Bettis’ dive and an improbable conversion but the Broncos got the ball back at their 20 with 2:41 left The Steelers nearly halted Denver’s winning drive but safety Brent Alexander dropped an interception at yy ' W Pittsburgh’s 20 with less than a minute left Jets 30 Bills 3 At East Rutherford NJ Vinny Testaverde threw three touchdown passes and New York sacked Drew Bledsoe a season-hig- h seven times en route to its first win of the season The Jets who had last week off improved to 0 after a bye week under third-yecoach Herman Edwards Last season they were entering the bye but finished the season with the AFC East title 3-- ar 1- -4 and a record Ravens 26 Cardinals 18 Y At Tempe Ariz Cardinals quarterback Jeff Blake faced the latest of his three former teams on Sunday Chris McAlister Jamal Lewis and Ed Reed made it a rude reunion McAlister intercepted Blake twice returning the second one 83 yards for a touchdown to lead Balti' is more ’YY YvY-Seahawks 20 49ers 19 At Seattle the Seahawks are off to their best start in 17 years thanks to a rookie kicker who ignored the pressure and an opportunistic defense that creat'V ed some pressure of its own Josh Brown kicked a field goal with 3:03 to play lifting the Seahawks to a 9 victory over 9-- 7 ' 1- -5 "t 37-ya- rd 20-1- -- j ' Yr BOSTON (AP) — Rain caused Major ' League Baseball to postpone Game 4 of the ALchampionship series Sunday night ' Wood would pitch Game 7 the next day as Chicago tries to reach the Series for the first time since 1945' : VY K came back to hit an 1 1 homer that ' ' 1 Game won the magnitude of this game and the impor- When he batted in the eighth Beckett drew a tance of this series we felt it was best to Marlins standing ovation from towel-wavin- g V reschedule Y fans in the crowd of 65279 YYY Y ' The game was pushed back until 6:18 pm Beckett allowed only one ball beyond the Yi? Monday when Game 5 originally had been infield before the Cubs got their first hit a softY KfoednletUl Fcpway Y v single by AtexGonzalez widrtwoouts in the- -fifth Moises Alou also singled in the seventh as hitters on both sides struggled in the twilight start A half-inniafter Marlins rookie Miguel Cabrera was (hilled in the left elbow by Zam- - ' brano Beckett almost nailed Sosa v Beckett’s first pitch in the fourth was a head-hig- h heater to Sosa — tailing in toward him too — that caused duck and stumble WednesY :backwW it would be Ms feet -y day as scheduled at YimkwStadi-0f steps a mound " shouting and pointing his bat at Becked T was so surprised 1 had to shoot something else back at him It was kind of baffling to me with Beckett on the mound really” Beckett said Plate umpire Larry Poncino and Rodriguez “Once again it all starts with pitching’’ the Marlins catcher quickly sealed off Sosa to Marlins manager Jack McKeon said “When we get good pitching we can be troublesome’ prevent big trouble as a few Cubs rushed to the At 23 the top step of the dugout righty pitched the best game of his young career allowing only Rodriguez patted Sosa on the back trying to calm down his fellow All-Sttwo singles and a walk He shut down a Cubs while they stood ' several feet up foe third-bas- e team that had totaled 33 runs in the first four line While Rodriguez Sosa and Poncino were sorting it games of the series Lowell hit a two-ru- n out Beckett calmly walked in from foe mound homer in the fifth off and took a new ball from the umpire’s bag Carlos Zambrano in the fifth and Rodriguez “I’m sure he wasn't trying to do it” Baker said and Conine later connected V r Parkipr- - World Series play have 1 deficit to win a back from a 3-- - best-of-sev- en V V matchup The Marlins began their comeback behind Beckett who struck out 11 in the first com-ple- te game of his 5 1 starts in the majors He also tied the NLCS record for fewest hits ' ' allowed in a complete game: Y Beckett’s signature moment came in the v fourth when he came close to Sosa The ten- sioii wasn’t nearly as high as it was between the Yankees and Red Sox at Fenway Park in the ALCS a day earlier but it had the ballpark buzzing “He overreacted a lot I don’t know if he was trying to pull a Boston Red thing’’ Beckett said “It was (Hetty ignorant I’m not trying to hit him” Beaned earlier this season Sosa admitted he might have gotten too riled up “He probably wasn’t fordwing at me” he said “But because of what happened before maybe that was my reaction” The Cubs already had made arrangements Sox-Yank- ee Fizzled Continued from B1 yards arid the Cowboys held the ball for just four minutes longer than the Aggies "Yardage-wis- e they didn't have to go very far or work very hard to get the points they got" USU head coach Mick Dennehy said The Aggies did come out and play with a sense of urgency to start the second half pulling within 1 six minutes into the third quarter drawing a hearty cheer from the crowd Tlie biggest cheer after that came when Wyoming was flagged with four unsportsmanlike penalties after a play late in the fourth quarter resulting in 60 yards e homeAnd foe coming fireworks show outside the stadium after the final whistle " n Then came a failed play by the Aggies and the defense giving up two big scoring plays in the fourth quarter to shut the door "We dug ourselves into such a hole in foe first half" Dennehy said Tm pretty proud of the way foe players came out in foe second half and at least 31-2- post-gam- fourth-dow- game was scheduled to start at 6:18 Y YpmMSTY‘ - vY-yyYy:- ng : “The field is in difficult condition right now there’s been a lot of rain This field doesn’t absorb ram real Ywell” said Sandy Alderson execu- Ytive vice president of lbaUopw'Y imthe commissioners office Yy with the Marlins to use champagne chilling in the Florida clubhouse for a celebration if necessary It wasn’t Florida had its bags packed for Chicago well before the game began The Marlins looked for any edge to prolong the season as evidenced by their Sunday morning chapel service at the stadium ' “It was a little more motivational than usual and we had a lot more people there” team chaplain Chris Lane said-No- t that' the Marlins needed any extra help showed some character and a little bit of courage They played hard and tried to make some plays to get back into things We just didn't have our hands on the ball enough in the second half to dig ourselves out of the hole we dug ourselves in the first" It didn't help that there woe plenty of untimely penalties too USU was whistled for 14 infractions amounting to 109 yards Wyoming did finish with 15 penalties for 127 yards but four of those and 60 yards came late when the game was decided "We knew we were getting killed" Coleman said "It was a gut check and we played hard in foe second half" With play done foe Aggies turn their attention to the Sun Belt for foe rest of the way At 0 in the league USU still controls its own destiny The Aggies confertravel to ence favorite North Texas (2-- 0 3-this Saturday "We are still 0 in league so we can still reach our goal of being league champs" Coleman said "If we want to be a winning team it begins this week” tight end Chris Cooley said "This next game is going to be huge for us” pled hard-throwi- immSly tSdfoe ng ar Fined Continued from B1 Tm embarrassed for what happened last night” he said his voice quivering and body shaking “I'm embarrassed for foe Yankees foe Red Sox the fans the umpires and my family” Boston owner John Henry was pleased with the apology “I wouldn't mind seeing the same thing coming from our ' side” he said During a regular-seaso-n game umpires might have issued ejections “Some of the things that happened out there I was a little surprised that no one was thrown out” Boston manager Grady Little said Garda who injured a knuckle during a fight in the bullpen pre-seas- on Ags 3) Continued from B2 Saturday was in New York's original lineup Sunday but was replaced by Juan Rivera about three hours before the game was scheduled to start Watson who was in Florida reviewed tapes of the game that turned ugly after Martinez threw a pitch behind Garcia’s head in the fourth inning and it nicked the batter’s shoulder Garcia slid hard into Boston second baseman Todd Walker later in the inning bringing players out of the dugouts Then in foe bottom half of foe inning Ramirez took offense to a pitch by Roger Clemens that was slightly inride at most Ramirez started yelling and walking toward foe mound bat in hand The benches and bullpens emptied and Zimmer Marcharged at the tinez who threw foe coach to the ground With momentum on their side foe Aggies capitalized on their first scoring opportunity in OT USU found itself with a three-o advantage when Tracy beat her defender off foe (kibble in foe penalty box While Tracy's initial shot was blocked it went right to Harris who promptly found foe open net "Our team just wanted it so bad” Baggaley said on-tw- HLuMfOHaraH Jour Wyoming receiver Jason Amos catches a pass in front of Utah State's Mike Rosencrans during the fourth quarter this past Saturday I W 4- - 4 Baggaley was quick to deflect credit to her teammates "Our defense was great” she said "My outside (defenders) I totally trust them I felt confident my defense was " always behind me" |