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Show Page 12 BRIDAL FAIRE Saturday 10:00 To 5:00 AtUSU Student Center 2nd Floor Many Prizes and Discounts Fashion Shows at 11:00 & 1:00 A Bridal Faire Production Monday, Sept. 24, 2007 Favre ties touchdown record and Packers, Steelers and Pats win big Sept. 29 For more information call: 753-6736 or www.bridalfaire.org StatesmanSports Co-sponsored by; (//Statesman GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favres 420th career touchdown pass meant more than just drawing even with Dan Marino. The 57-yard completion to Greg Jennings, with just over two minutes remaining, tied Marino's alltime NFL record for career TD passes and rallied the Packers past the San Diego Chargers for a 31-24 victory Sunday. Favre's 38th career fourth-quarter comeback came one series after the Chargers' defense stopped Favre and the undefeated Packers (3-0) cold on fourlhand-goal. It spoiled a breakout game for Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, who started 15-for-15 to tie Dan Fouls' franchise record for consecutive completions. Rivers drove the Chargers to take the lead in the third quarter. Favre finished 28-of-35 for 369 yards and three touchdowns. The Chargers (1-2) have lost as many games as they did in the entire regular season last year. Steelers 37, 49ers 16 PITTSBURGH (AP) —Mike Tomlin's record after three games as Steelers coach is the same as Bill Cowher's was in 1992. Perfect. Pittsburgh played nearly errorfree for the third week in a row, with Allen Rossum returning a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and Willie Parker running for 133 yards in a defense-driven victory. The Steelers shut down the 49ers the same way they did the Browns (34-7) and the Bills (26-3) the last two weeks, allowing no big plays and repeatedly coming up with key third-down stops. The 49ers (2-1) had won their last three road games. team. Moss, obtained from Oakland in a draft-day trade, finished the day with five catches for 115 yards. The Bills (0-3) lost quarterback J.P. Losman to a knee injury when he was sacked and lost a fumble on his third play. Chiefs 13, Vikings 10 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Damon Huard, giving up on getting any production from Larry Johnson, hit rookie wide receiver Dwayne Bowe with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass. The Chiefs (1-2) beat Minnesota (1-2) to avoid what would have been just their second 0-3 start in 27 years. Johnson, still chipping away rust following his 25-day holdout and dogged by a defense focused on him, was held to 42 yards on 24 carries. At one point in the third quarter, the two-time Pro Bowler lost yardage on three consecutive carries against a Minnesota defense stacking eight and sometimes nine men in the box. So the Chiefs turned to Pro Bowl light end Tony Gonzalez and Bowe, their first-round draft pick last April, to fuel their only sustained drive of the day. The 12-play, 84-yard march ended when Bowe beat Cedric Griffin in the corner of the end zone for a 16-yard catch. Jacksonville 23, Denver 14 DENVER (AP) — Fred Taylor rushed for 84 yards as the Jaguars (2-1) controlled the clock for nearly 39 minutes in shutting down the league's top tailback and its most prolific offense. Denver's Travis Henry ran just 11 times for 35 yards. The Broncos (2-1), who piled up 911 yards in their first two games, managed just 265. The Broncos had no choice but to go to the air in the fourth quarter, and Sammy Knight sealed the win with his first interception for Jacksonville in the closing minutes. Trailing 20-14, the Broncos decided to go for it on fourthand-5 from their own 9 with 4:20 remaining. Tight end Daniel Graham dropped a potential first down pass and then spiked it in frustration, giving the Jaguars the ball at the 4. John Carney's third short field goal, this one from 18 yards, provided the final margin. Seahawks 24, Bengals 21 SEATTLE (AP) — Nate Burleson caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Matt Hasselbeck with 1 minute remaining to rescue sputtering Seattle. Glenn Holt then got hit with a flying shoulder from Lance Laury while returning the ensuing kickoff. Deon Grant recovered the fumble with 54 seconds remaining to seal the win for Seattle (2-1). Kenny Watson, subbing for ineffective and then injured Rudi Johnson, ran 8 yards with 2:42 left to rally the Bengals to a 21-17 lead. TJ. Houshmandzadeh tied his career high with 12 catches and had 141 yards receiving with a touchdown for the Bengals (12), who lost for the 31st time in 43 I lips to the West Coast. The Seahawks began the ensuing drive at their 40, and Hasselbeck's 15-yard pass to Burleson put Seattle in Cincinnati territory. On fourthand-1 with 1:41 to go, Shaun Alexander — who finished with 100 yards on 21 carries — ran 14 yards off tackle to the 22 to set up the go-ahead score. Panthers 27, Falcons 2 0 ATLANTA (AP) — The Carolina Panthers overcame a 361-yard, two-touchdown performance by Joey Harrington and an injury to Jake Delhomme, taking control after Pro Bowl cornerback DeAngelo Hall lost his cool. DeShaun Foster rushed 122 yards and scored a couple of TDs, but Carolina (2-1) may have lost its quarterback for a while. Delhomme injured his throwing arm in the third quarter. Patriots 38, Bills 7 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady and Randy Moss team up for touchdowns as if they've played together all their lives. Brady threw two of his four scoring passes to his new deep threat, and the Patriots (3-0) rolled to their third straight rout. They've combined for five louchdowns and 403 yards, as Moss became the first receiver in NFL history to gain at least 100 yards receiving in each of his first three games with a new GREEN BAY PACKERS QUARTERBACK BRETT FAVRE throws a pass in front of San Diego Ucah State University Music Department Chargers linebacker Carlos Polk during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 23 in Green Bay, Wise. Favre threw a fourth quarter touchdown pass to tie Dan Marino's all-time touchdown record. AP photo Presents UTAH PHILHARMONIA Sunday, Sept. 30, 6p.m., Kent Concert Hall Women's tennis falls at Utah Fall Classic By BLAIR FAIRMAN staff writer Featuring U of U faculty-? ^ t"\ cellist Amy Leung, violinist Hasse Borup, and pianist N l l l g L u FHE UNIVERSITY OK UTAH Itfj Presenting Beethoven's "Triple Concerto, " ^ "Danzon No. 2" byArturo Marquez, jfi' and "The Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky Free Admission W$'i: \School ofMusicl X PHILHARMONIA Pulling off a win at this year's Utah Fall Classic was nearly impossible for the USU women's tennis team. After struggling Thursday and Friday, moving on to Saturday never became a reality. Sophomore Brianna Harris got Thursday off to a good start after winning her first singles match against Weber State's Greyce Farias, 6-2, 60 in round 32. She couldn't keep the momentum going and was unable to beat BYU's Christina Doerr in round 16. "The area we needed to do better on was to dictate tempo more," Head Coach Christian Wright said. "Unfortunately for Harris, Doerr set the pace of the match and took control of the situation. "That girl that she played against from BYU really hit some good shots," he said. "1 think BYU just did a little bit better job controlling the tempo of the points, being the aggressor." Freshman Hailey Swenson put in her best effort for her singles match but fell to Utah's Dee Nelson, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2. Junior Bridgette Strickland was close to victory but couldn't follow through, as she lost to Utah's Erin Monson, 7-5, 6-2, while USU sophomore Britney Watts lost to BYU's Elle Carney. When it came to doubles action, USU was no match for the Universtiy of Utah challengers. Watts and Swenson lost in round 32 to Utah's Andrea Maughan. and Harris and Strickland fell in round 16 to Liz Ferris and Leigh Walsh. Due to her play Thursday, Swenson made it to the consolation semifinals Friday. She started off the day 2-1 but retired early in the round against Colorado State's Greer Satherlie. After Swenson's legs started cramping, Wright pulled her out to prevent any other injuries. The coaches did not want to risk "damaging anything on a more serious level," Wright said. "She was in control of that match," he said, "but we decided to not even push it." Strickland, Harris and Watts all received byes for the first round of singles consolation, but none of them could pull off their later matches. After having an unsuccessful day Friday, the team was unable to compete Saturday, the last day of the tournament. There are no seniors on the tennis team this year, which hurt them in the tournament. The lack of experience was "definitely a big factor," Wright said. As for what needs to be improved to pull off more wins, Wright said "solidifying some concepts and fundamentals into habit" will help get the women ready for their next tournament. Even after beginning the season with a rough start, "I was very proud of them as far as how much effort they put out, sportsmanship, and implementing the new things that we're workrng on," Wright said. 'b.fairman@aggiemailusu.edu |