NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 3 2 0 .600 96 89

New England 3 2 0 .600 123 107

Miami 2 2 0 .500 96 97

N.Y. Jets 1 4 0 .200 79 127

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 156 108

Houston 3 2 0 .600 104 87

Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 88 139

Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 67 169

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 97 76

Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 116 80

Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 114 108

Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 103 105

W L T Pct PF PA

San Diego 4 1 0 .800 133 63

Denver 3 1 0 .750 116 87

Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 119 101

Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 103

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 4 1 0 .800 156 132

Dallas 4 1 0 .800 135 103

N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 133 111

Washington 1 3 0 .250 95 109

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 3 2 0 .600 104 120

Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 151 143

New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 132 141

Tampa Bay 1 4 0 .200 103 156

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 3 2 0 .600 99 79

Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 134 106

Minnesota 2 3 0 .400 101 126

Chicago 2 3 0 .400 116 131

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 3 1 0 .750 86 86

Seattle 2 1 0 .667 83 66

San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 110 106

St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 84 119

Thursday, Oct. 2

Green Bay 42, Minnesota 10

Sunday, Oct. 5

Cleveland 29, Tennessee 28

New Orleans 37, Tampa Bay 31, OT

Dallas 20, Houston 17, OT

Carolina 31, Chicago 24

Philadelphia 34, St. Louis 28

N.Y. Giants 30, Atlanta 20

Buffalo 17, Detroit 14

Indianapolis 20, Baltimore 13

Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 9

Denver 41, Arizona 20

San Francisco 22, Kansas City 17

San Diego 31, N.Y. Jets 0

New England 43, Cincinnati 17

Open: Miami, Oakland

Monday, Oct. 6

Seattle at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 9

Indianapolis at Houston, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 12

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Denver at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Miami, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Chicago at Atlanta, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Kansas City, New Orleans

Monday, Oct. 13

San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.

 

MLB Playoffs

Major League Baseball Postseason

x-if necessary

WILD CARD

Tuesday, Sept. 30: Kansas City 9, Oakland 8, 12 innings

Wednesday, Oct. 1: San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 0

DIVISION SERIES

(Best-of-5)

American League

All AL games televised by TBS

Baltimore 3, Detroit 0

Thursday, Oct. 2: Baltimore 12, Detroit 3

Friday, Oct. 3: Baltimore 7, Detroit 6

Sunday, Oct. 5: Baltimore 2, Detroit 1

Kansas 3, Los Angeles 0

Thursday, Oct. 2: Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 2, 11 innings

Friday, Oct. 3: Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 1, 11 innings

Sunday, Oct. 5: Kansas City 8, Los Angeles 3

National League

San Francisco 2, Washington 0

Friday, Oct. 3: San Francisco 3, Washington 2

Saturday, Oct. 4: San Francisco 2, Washington 1, 18 innings

Monday, Oct. 6: Washington (Fister 16-6) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 18-10), 5:07 p.m. (MLBN)

x-Tuesday, Oct. 7: Washington at San Francisco, 8:37 or 9:07 p.m. (FS1)

x-Thursday, Oct. 9: San Francisco at Washington, 5:07 or 8:37 p.m. (FS1)

St. Louis 1, Los Angeles 1

Friday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 10, Los Angeles 9

Saturday, Oct. 4: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2

Monday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles (Ryu 14-7) at St. Louis (Lackey 3-3), 9:07 p.m. (FS1)

Tuesday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles (Haren 13-11) at St. Louis (Miller 10-9), 5:07 or 8:37 p.m. (FS1)

x-Thursday Oct. 9: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 8:37 or 9:07 p.m. (FS1)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7)

American League

All AL games televised by TBS

Friday, Oct. 10: Kansas City at Baltimore

Saturday, Oct. 11:Kansas City at Baltimore

Monday, Oct. 13: Baltimore at Kansas City

Tuesday, Oct. 14: Baltimore at Kansas City

x-Wednesday, Oct. 15: Baltimore at Kansas City

x-Friday, Oct. 17: Kansas City at Baltimore

x-Saturday, Oct. 18: Kansas City at Baltimore

National League

Saturday, Oct. 11: St. Louis-Los Angeles winner at Washington OR San Francisco at St. Louis-Los Angeles winner (Fox)

Sunday, Oct. 12: St. Louis-Los Angeles winner at Washington OR San Francisco at St. Louis-Los Angeles winner (FS1)

Tuesday, Oct. 14: Washington at St. Louis-Los Angeles winner OR St. Louis-Los Angeles winner at San Francisco (FS1)

Wednesday, Oct. 15: Washington at St. Louis-Los Angeles winner OR St. Louis-Los Angeles winner at San Francisco (FS1)

x-Thursday, Oct. 16: Washington at St. Louis-Los Angeles winner OR St. Louis-Los Angeles winner at San Francisco (FS1)

x-Saturday, Oct. 18: St. Louis-Los Angeles winner at Washington OR San Francisco at St. Louis-Los Angeles winner (Fox)

x-Sunday, Oct. 19: St. Louis-Los Angeles winner at Washington OR San Francisco at St. Louis-Los Angeles winner (FS1)

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7)

All games televised by Fox

Tuesday, Oct. 21: at American League

Wednesday, Oct. 22: at AL

Friday, Oct. 24: at National League

Saturday, Oct. 25: at NL

x-Sunday, Oct. 26: at NL

x-Tuesday, Oct. 28: at AL

x-Wednesday, Oct. 29: at AL

 

Browns stats

Cleveland 0 10 3 16 — 29

Tennessee 7 21 0 0 — 28

First Quarter

Ten—Wright 11 pass from Locker (Succop kick), 4:46.

Second Quarter

Ten—Locker 11 run (Succop kick), 14:41.

Cle—FG Cundiff 38, 10:05.

Ten—Wright 11 pass from Whitehurst (Succop kick), 3:43.

Ten—Hunter 75 pass from Whitehurst (Succop kick), 2:44.

Cle—Dray 1 pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick), :12.

Third Quarter

Cle—FG Cundiff 42, 12:55.

Fourth Quarter

Cle—Carder safety, 11:02.

Cle—Benjamin 17 pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick), 6:49.

Cle—Benjamin 6 pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick), 1:09.

A—69,143.

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Cle Ten

First downs 27 22

Total Net Yards 460 410

Rushes-yards 36-175 30-149

Passing 285 261

Punt Returns 4-14 3-16

Kickoff Returns 4-79 2-31

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0

Comp-Att-Int 21-37-1 21-32-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 3-12

Punts 3-49.0 5-37.6

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 7-74 7-68

Time of Possession 29:17 30:43

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Cleveland, Tate 22-123, West 7-31, Crowell 6-19, Hoyer 1-2. Tennessee, Wright 2-43, Greene 11-36, Locker 4-34, Sankey 8-27, McCluster 3-10, Whitehurst 2-(minus 1).

PASSING—Cleveland, Hoyer 21-37-1-292. Tennessee, Whitehurst 13-21-0-194, Locker 8-11-0-79.

RECEIVING—Cleveland, Gabriel 4-95, Benjamin 4-48, Cameron 3-33, Hawkins 3-27, Dray 3-25, Austin 2-54, Agnew 1-12, Tate 1-(minus 2). Tennessee, Wright 6-47, N.Washington 4-57, Walker 4-47, Hunter 3-99, Coffman 2-18, L.Washington 1-7, McCluster 1-(minus 2).

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

 

Bengals stats

Cincinnati 0 3 14 0 — 17

New England 14 6 14 9 — 43

First Quarter

NE—Ridley 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 10:03.

NE—Wright 17 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 3:12.

Second Quarter

Cin—FG Nugent 23, 4:33.

NE—FG Gostkowski 48, 1:12.

NE—FG Gostkowski 19, :09.

Third Quarter

Cin—Sanu 37 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 11:27.

NE—Gronkowski 16 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 6:06.

NE—Arrington 9 fumble return (Gostkowski kick), 6:00.

Cin—Green 17 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 3:43.

Fourth Quarter

NE—FG Gostkowski 23, 14:54.

NE—FG Gostkowski 47, 7:53.

NE—FG Gostkowski 35, 2:55.

A—68,756.

———

Cin NE

First downs 17 30

Total Net Yards 320 505

Rushes-yards 18-79 46-220

Passing 241 285

Punt Returns 2-53 3-12

Kickoff Returns 7-141 1-16

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 18-29-0 23-35-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 1-7

Punts 4-41.5 3-40.3

Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0

Penalties-Yards 4-37 12-114

Time of Possession 21:04 38:56

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Cincinnati, Bernard 13-62, Dalton 2-16, Hill 2-1, Tate 1-0. New England, Ridley 27-113, Vereen 9-90, Brady 4-13, Develin 2-5, Bolden 1-3, Garoppolo 3-(minus 4).

PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 15-24-0-204, Campbell 3-5-0-45. New England, Brady 23-35-0-292.

RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Green 5-81, Sanu 5-70, Hill 3-68, Gresham 2-15, Bernard 2-10, Sanzenbacher 1-5. New England, Gronkowski 6-100, Wright 5-85, Edelman 5-35, Vereen 3-18, LaFell 1-20, Dobson 1-16, Develin 1-11, Amendola 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cincinnati, Nugent 52 (SH).

 

H.S. football

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Saturday’s Football Scores

Akr. Buchtel 26, Akr. Garfield 3

Akr. Ellet 19, Akr. East 6

Bellaire 29, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 28

Bishop Donahue, W.Va. 51, Conotton Valley 12

Canfield 34, Youngs. East 8

Cin. McNicholas 14, Middletown Fenwick 13

Cle. Cent. Cath. 20, Warren JFK 7

Cle. Hts. 37, Euclid 20

Cle. St. Ignatius 34, Pinehurst, Ontario 7

Cle. VASJ 21, Parma Hts. Holy Name 20, OT

Conneaut 58, Port Clinton 29

Hudson WRA 53, Tol. Horizon Science 0

Lancaster Fisher Cath. 31, Berne Union 25

Lockland 33, St. Bernard 18

Norwalk St. Paul 51, New London 8

Sandusky St. Mary 42, Kansas Lakota 7

Tol. Bowsher 48, Tol. Woodward 18

Tol. Christian 70, Fostoria St. Wendelin 0

Youngs. Christian 40, Bellaire St. John 25

Youngs. Ursuline 48, Farrell, Pa. 14

 

AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Florida St. (35) 5-0 1,461 1

2. Auburn (23) 5-0 1,459 5

3. Mississippi 5-0 1,320 11

3. Mississippi St. (2) 5-0 1,320 12

5. Baylor 5-0 1,258 7

6. Notre Dame 5-0 1,186 9

7. Alabama 4-1 1,060 3

8. Michigan St. 4-1 981 10

9. TCU 4-0 979 25

10. Arizona 5-0 951 NR

11. Oklahoma 4-1 904 4

12. Oregon 4-1 888 2

13. Georgia 4-1 854 13

14. Texas A&M 5-1 731 6

15. Ohio St. 4-1 534 20

16. Oklahoma St. 4-1 527 21

17. Kansas St. 4-1 486 23

18. UCLA 4-1 460 8

19. East Carolina 4-1 344 22

20. Arizona St. 4-1 325 NR

21. Nebraska 5-1 283 19

22. Georgia Tech 5-0 235 NR

23. Missouri 4-1 212 24

24. Utah 4-1 206 NR

25. Stanford 3-2 143 14

Others receiving votes: Clemson 92, Marshall 78, Southern Cal 61, Louisville 36, LSU 35, BYU 26, West Virginia 18, Arkansas 14, Wisconsin 7, California 6, Penn St. 5, Kentucky 4, Rutgers 4, N. Dakota St. 3, Minnesota 2, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1.

 

Amway coaches poll

The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Florida State (44) 5-0 1505 2

2. Auburn (16) 5-0 1477 5

3. Baylor (1) 5-0 1372 6

4. Mississippi 5-0 1308 11

5. Notre Dame 5-0 1269 8

6. Mississippi State 5-0 1237 14

7. Alabama 4-1 1065 1

8. Michigan State 4-1 1062 10

9. Oklahoma 4-1 929 3

10. Georgia 4-1 898 12

11. Oregon 4-1 897 4

12. TCU 4-0 865 25

13. Arizona 5-0 743 NR

14. Texas A&M 5-1 706 7

15. Ohio State 4-1 645 18

16. Kansas State 4-1 567 22

17. UCLA 4-1 483 9

18. Oklahoma State 4-1 479 23

19. East Carolina 4-1 451 21

20. Arizona State 4-1 354 24

21. Nebraska 5-1 261 17

22. Stanford 3-2 241 13

23. Georgia Tech 5-0 240 NR

24. Missouri 4-1 182 NR

25. Clemson 3-2 138 NR

Others receiving votes: Marshall 98; Utah 80; LSU 75; Louisville 36; Wisconsin 36; Southern California 28; Brigham Young 16; Minnesota 13; Duke 12; Washington 12; Kentucky 11; West Virginia 8; Arkansas 6; Iowa 6; Memphis 5; California 4; Penn State 3; Rutgers 2.

 

NASCAR results

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Hollywood Casino 400 Results

Sunday

At Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, 267 laps, 144.7 rating, 48 points, $364,356.

2. (18) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, 118.4, 42, $257,900.

3. (7) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, 104.6, 42, $222,096.

4. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 109.8, 40, $173,163.

5. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267, 92, 39, $148,705.

6. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, 101.8, 39, $135,545.

7. (25) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 89.9, 37, $126,470.

8. (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, 94.8, 36, $158,306.

9. (13) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, 87.4, 35, $138,584.

10. (2) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 267, 82, 34, $142,220.

11. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 267, 82, 33, $126,543.

12. (1) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 116.7, 33, $155,018.

13. (27) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, 82.8, 31, $150,421.

14. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, 92, 31, $147,546.

15. (11) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 77.9, 29, $146,385.

16. (29) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 267, 67.9, 28, $111,310.

17. (9) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 267, 71.5, 27, $136,668.

18. (19) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 267, 68.1, 26, $136,801.

19. (23) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 267, 68.9, 25, $136,935.

20. (22) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 267, 68.6, 24, $127,955.

21. (35) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 267, 60, 0, $99,710.

22. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 265, 89.1, 23, $115,110.

23. (39) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 264, 48.1, 21, $98,385.

24. (36) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 264, 55.9, 20, $113,843.

25. (14) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 263, 93.2, 20, $131,699.

26. (30) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 263, 55.8, 18, $110,518.

27. (37) David Ragan, Ford, 262, 44.4, 17, $115,318.

28. (26) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 262, 54.1, 16, $112,607.

29. (38) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 262, 46.7, 0, $94,360.

30. (31) David Gilliland, Ford, 262, 43.4, 14, $101,110.

31. (3) Aric Almirola, Ford, 260, 65.9, 13, $128,346.

32. (33) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 259, 36.4, 12, $91,210.

33. (40) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 259, 32.5, 11, $91,010.

34. (43) Mike Wallace, Toyota, 259, 29.9, 0, $98,810.

35. (28) Michael McDowell, Ford, 258, 41.1, 9, $90,575.

36. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 222, 77.4, 9, $135,793.

37. (42) Joey Gase, Ford, 213, 29.9, 0, $90,156.

38. (34) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 207, 31, 6, $84,465.

39. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 204, 88.9, 6, $88,465.

40. (32) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 180, 42, 4, $130,401.

41. (21) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, accident, 84, 51.4, 3, $80,465.

42. (24) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, accident, 75, 36.9, 2, $68,465.

43. (41) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, vibration, 17, 27.3, 0, $64,965.

Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 141.951 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 49 minutes, 17 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.479 seconds.

Caution Flags: 8 for 34 laps.

Lead Changes: 25 among 9 drivers.

Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Logano, 3,048; 2. Ky.Busch, 3,042; 3. C.Edwards, 3,039; 4. R.Newman, 3,039; 5. D.Hamlin, 3,037; 6. K.Harvick, 3,033; 7. M.Kenseth, 3,031; 8. J.Gordon, 3,031; 9. K.Kahne, 3,023; 10. B.Keselowski, 3,009; 11. D.Earnhardt Jr., 3,006; 12. J.Johnson, 3,004; 13. A.Allmendinger, 2,110; 14. G.Biffle, 2,101; 15. Ku.Busch, 2,075; 16. A.Almirola, 2,074.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Nashville 1 0 1 — 2

Columbus 0 1 2 — 3

First Period—1, Nashville, Nystrom 1, 10:58 (sh).

Second Period—2, Columbus, Foligno 2 (Dubinsky, Hartnell), 14:43.

Third Period—3, Columbus, Foligno 3 (Savard, Johnson), 6:08. 4, Columbus, Atkinson 4 (Johnson, Savard), 15:07 (pp). 5, Nashville, Neal 1 (Ellis, Ribeiro), 18:27 (pp).

Missed Penalty Shot—Ribeiro, NAS, 11:48 third.

Shots on Goal—Nashville 13-17-17—47. Columbus 9-7-7—23.

Goalies—Nashville, Rinne. Columbus, Bobrovsky. A—14,786 (18,144). T—2:25.