MONDAY RESULTS – December 24
(N-F-L football)
Oakland 27, Denver 14
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dwayne Harris returned a punt 99 yards for a touchdown after Denver failed to down it, and the Raiders gave their fans plenty to celebrate in their possible final game in Oakland, beating the Broncos 27-14. Oakland native Doug Martin rushed for 107 yards and a score and Jalen Richard also ran for a touchdown for the Raiders. The Raiders are set to move to Las Vegas in 2020 and it’s not clear where they will play next year.
(N-B-A basketball)
no games scheduled
(N-H-L hockey)
no games scheduled
TUESDAY RESULTS – December 25
Merry Christmas
(college basketball)
no games scheduled
(N-B-A basketball)
Milwaukee 109, New York 95
Houston 113, Oklahoma City 109
Boston 121, Philadelphia 114, OT
L.A. Lakers 127, Golden State 101
Utah 117, Portland 96
(N-H-L hockey)
no games scheduled
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – December 26
(college football)
FIRST RESPONDERS BOWL — (25) Boise State vs. Boston College – cancelled due to severe weather
QUICK LANE BOWL — Minnesota 34, Georgia Tech 10
CHEEZ-IT BOWL — T-C-U 10, California 7, OT
DALLAS (AP) — The First Responder Bowl had to be canceled due to the threat of severe weather after a delay of nearly 90 minutes. Boston College was leading Boise State 7-0 with 5:08 remaining in the first quarter when play was stopped. The delay came not long after AJ Dillon ran 19 yards for a touchdown. NCAA spokesman J.D. Hamilton said via email that it was believed to be the first bowl canceled by weather.
UNDATED (AP) — Minnesota and TCU won their bowl games on Wednesday. Mohamed Ibrahim ran for career-high 224 yards and two touchdowns as the Golden Gophers silenced Georgia Tech, 34-10 in the Quick Lane Bowl at Detroit. Jonathan Song kicked a 27-yard field goal in overtime to send Horned Frogs past California, 10-7 in the Cheez-It Bowl at Phoenix.
(college basketball)
no games scheduled
(N-B-A basketball)
Phoenix 122, Orlando 120, OT
Detroit 106, Washington 95
Brooklyn 134, Charlotte 132, 2 OT’s
Indiana 129, Atlanta 121
Toronto 106, Miami 104
Memphis 95, Cleveland 87
Minnesota 119, Chicago 94
San Antonio 111, Denver 103
Dallas 122, New Orleans 119
L.A. Clippers 127, Sacramento 118
(N-H-L hockey)
no games scheduled
THURSDAY RESULTS – December 27
(college football)
INDEPENDENCE BOWL — Duke 56, Temple 27
PINSTRIPE BOWL — Wisconsin 35, Miami (Fla.) 3
TEXAS BOWL — Baylor 45, Vanderbilt 38
UNDATED (AP) — Jonathan Taylor ran for 205 yards and a touchdown as Wisconsin ripped Miami, 35-3 in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. Charlie Brewer’s 52-yard touchdown pass to Marques Jones broke a tie with under two minutes to play in Baylor’s 45-38 victory over Vanderbilt in the Texas Bowl. Duke has won the Independence Bowl as Daniel Jones threw for 423 yards and five touchdowns in the Blue Devils’ 56-27 rout of Temple.
(college basketball)
no games scheduled
(N-B-A basketball)
Houston 127, Boston 113
Milwaukee 112, New York 96
Sacramento 117, L.A. Lakers 116
Philadelphia 114, Utah 97
Portland 110, Golden State 109, OT
(N-H-L hockey)
New Jersey 5, Boston 2
Columbus 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT
Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 2
Washington 3, Carolina 1
Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia 5, OT
St. Louis 4, Buffalo 1
Calgary 4, Winnipeg 1
Dallas 2, Nashville 0
Chicago 5, Minnesota 2
Vancouver 4, Edmonton 2
Vegas 2, Colorado 1
San Jose 4, Anaheim 2
Los Angeles 2, Arizona 1
FRIDAY RESULTS – December 28
(college football)
MUSIC CITY BOWL — Auburn 63, Purdue 14
CAMPING WORLD BOWL — (20) Syracuse 34, (16) West Virginia 18
ALAMO BOWL — (13) Washington State 28, (24) Iowa State 26
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jarrett Stidham threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in his final college game, and Auburn routed Purdue 63-14 in the Music City Bowl. Auburn scored the most points by a Southeastern Conference team in a bowl, topping Alabama’s 61-6 win over Syracuse in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 1953. The Tigers had a chance to match the most points ever scored in a bowl at 70, but they took a knee at the Purdue 1 with 61 seconds left.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Eric Dungey threw for 303 yards, and Syracuse capped its first 10-win season since 2001 with a 34-18 win over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl. Abdul Adams rushed for two touchdowns in his Syracuse debut after transferring in, and fellow transfer newcomer Trishton Jackson caught a TD pass from Dungey. West Virginia quarterback Jack Allison threw for 277 yards in his first college start.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gardner Minshew II threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score and No. 12 Washington State stopped No. 25 Iowa State on a late two-point conversion in a 28-26 victory in the Alamo Bowl. Minshew passed for 299 yards to help Washington State (11-2) set a school record for wins in a season.
(college basketball)
(7) Gonzaga 96, North Alabama 51
(10) Virginia Tech 85, Maryland-Eastern Shore 40
(11) Texas Tech 71, UT Rio Grande 46
(18) Marquette 84, Southern 51
(20) North Carolina State 97, Loyola (MD.) 64
NORTHWESTERN/PIZZA RANCH CLASSIC — Friends (KS.) 94, Northwestern 90 (Le Mars alum, Trent Hilbrands, had 27 pts. & 8 reb. and Hinton alum, Jay Small, had 26 pts. for NW)
(W) LAS VEGAS CLASSIC — Gettysburg 78, Buena Vista 60 Le Mars alums, Jenn Schneider had 10 pts. and Holly Schneider had 6 pts. & 5 reb. for B-V)
(N-B-A basketball)
Charlotte 100, Brooklyn 87
Chicago 101, Washington 92
Indiana 125, Detroit 88
Orlando 116, Toronto 87
Atlanta 123, Minnesota 100, OT
Miami 118, Cleveland 94
New Orleans 114, Dallas 112
Oklahoma City 118, Phoenix 102
Denver 102, San Antonio 99
L.A. Clippers 118, L.A. Lakers 107
(N-H-L hockey)
Montreal 5, Florida 3
Toronto 4, Columbus 2
N.Y. Islanders 6, Ottawa 3
SATURDAY RESULTS – December 29
(college football)
C-F-P SEMIFINALS
COTTON BOWL CLASSIC — (2) Clemson 30, (3) Notre Dame 3
ORANGE BOWL — (1) Alabama 45, (4) Oklahoma 34
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns and No. 2 Clemson beat No. 3 Notre Dame 30-3 in the Cotton Bowl to reach the College Football Playoff championship game for the third time in four seasons.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns and No. 1-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. Alabama (14-0) advanced to the national championship game for the fourth consecutive season and will play Jan. 7 in Santa Clara, California, against familiar foe Clemson (14-0).
PEACH BOWL — (10) Florida 41, (7) Michigan 15
BELK BOWL — Virginia 28, South Carolina 0
ARIZONA BOWL — Nevada 16, Arkansas State 13, OT
ATLANTA (AP) — Lamical Perine had a 5-yard scoring catch and added a 53-yard touchdown run to lead No. 10 Florida’s strong rushing attack as the Gators capped their comeback season with a runaway 41-15 win over No. 8 Michigan in the Peach Bowl. After finishing 4-7 in 2017, Florida enjoyed a dramatic turnaround in Dan Mullen’s debut season as coach.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Perkins threw three touchdown passes to Olamide Zaccheaus, Virginia’s defense dominated and the Cavaliers beat South Carolina 28-0 in the Belk Bowl for their first bowl win since 2005. Perkins completed 22 of 31 passes for 208 yards and ran for 81 yards as the Cavaliers ended the ACC’s longest bowl drought. Zaccheaus, named the game’s Most Outstanding Player, had 12 catches for 100 yards.
TEMPE, Arizona — Reagan Roberson dove into the end zone on an 11-yard catch-and-run in overtime to lift Nevada over Arkansas State, 16-13 in the Arizona Bowl. Wolfpack QB Ty Gangi was 18 of 34 passing for 200 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Arkansas State’s Justice Hansen threw for 275 yards but also had three interceptions, two in the end zone.
(college basketball)
(3) Tennessee 96, Texas Tech 53
(5) Kansas 87, Eastern Michigan 63
(6) Nevada 86, Utah 71
(8) Michigan State 88, Northern Illinois 60
(12) Auburn 95, North Florida 49
(13) Ohio State 82, High Point 64
(14) North Carolina 82, Davidson 60
Western Kentucky 83, (15) Wisconsin 76
(16) Kentucky 71, Louisville 58
Princeton 67, (17) Arizona State 66
(19) Mississippi State 103, B-Y-U 81
(21) Buffalo 87, Canisius 72
(22) Houston 80, N-J-I-T 59
(24) Iowa 72, Bryant 67
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyler Cook scored 19 points with 12 rebounds and 24th-ranked Iowa held off lowly Bryant 72-67 in its final tuneup before Big Ten play resumes next week. Jordan Bohannon had 17 points for the Hawkeyes, who swept their non-conference opponents for the first time since 1986-87. Iowa hardly looked ready for conference play to pick back up though.
NORTHWESTERN/PIZZA RANCH CLASSIC — Northwestern 98, Viterbo (WI.) 87 (Hinton alum, Jay Small had 29 pts. and Le Mars alum, Trent Hilbrands, had 22 pts. for NW)
(W) LAS VEGAS CLASSIC — Buena Vista 82, Westfield State 76 (Le Mars alums, Holly Schneider had 19 pts. & 7 reb. and Jenn Schneider had 6 pts. for B-V)
(N-B-A basketball)
Brooklyn 129, Milwaukee 115
Washington 130, Charlotte 126
Houston 108, New Orleans 104
Atlanta 111, Cleveland 108
Boston 112, Memphis 103
Utah 122, New York 97
Denver 122, Phoenix 118
Golden State 115, Portland 105
San Antonio 122, L.A. Clippers 111
(N-H-L hockey)
New Jersey 2, Carolina 0
San Jose 7, Edmonton 4
Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 1
Vegas 4, Los Angeles 1
Boston 3, Buffalo 2, OT
N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 0
Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 5
Florida 2, Philadelphia 1
Washington 3, Ottawa 2
Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 1
Dallas 5, Detroit 1
N.Y. Rangers 4, Nashville 3
Chicago 3, Colorado 2
Arizona 5, Anaheim 4, OT
Vancouver 3, Calgary 2, OT
SUNDAY RESULTS – December 30
(N-F-L football)
UNDATED (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens captured the AFC North title with a 26-24 victory over Cleveland, and the Indianapolis Colts knocked both Pittsburgh and Tennessee out of the postseason by beating the Titans, 33-17. The Kansas City Chiefs clobbered the Raiders, 35-3 to win the AFC West and a first-round bye, New England rolled to a 38-3 win over the New York Jets to take the No. 2 seed, and Houston clinched the AFC South with a 20-3 victory against Jacksonville. The AFC wild-card matchups have the Texans hosting the Colts and the Chargers visiting Baltimore.
UNDATED (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles grabbed the final NFC playoff berth with a 24-0 shutout and Minnesota’s 24-10 loss to Chicago. The Los Angeles Rams beat San Francisco, 48-32 to take the No. 2 seed in the NFC postseason and a first-round bye. The NFC wild-card round will have the Eagles taking on the Bears in Chicago and the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Seattle Seahawks.
Buffalo 42, Miami 17
Detroit 31, Green Bay 0
Indianapolis 33, Tennessee 17
Kansas City 35, Oakland 3
Chicago 24, Minnesota 10
New England 38, N.Y. Jets 3
Carolina 33, New Orleans 14
Dallas 36, N.Y. Giants 35
Pittsburgh 16, Cincinnati 13
Atlanta 34, Tampa Bay 32
Philadelphia 24, Washington 0
Baltimore 26, Cleveland 24
Houston 20, Jacksonville 3
L.A. Chargers 23, Denver 9
L.A. Rams 48, San Francisco 32
Seattle 27, Arizona 24
(end of regular season)
(college basketball)
(2) Michigan 74, Binghampton 52
(N-B-A basketball)
Orlando 109, Detroit 107
Minnesota 113, Miami 104
Toronto 95, Chicago 89
Dallas 105, Oklahoma City 103
Portland 129, Philadelphia 95
L.A. Lakers 121, Sacramento 114
(N-H-L hockey)
Vegas 5, Arizona 1
