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Northwestern blanks Purdue for first shutout in 8 years
Quarterback Preston Stone passed for two touchdowns and the Northwestern Wildcats piled up 232 rushing yards to extend their winning streak to four games with a 19-0 Big Ten victory over Purdue on Saturday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.,Joseph Himon Jr. had 87 yards rushing -- one of three Wildcats wit...

Golden Knights pour it on Flames, continue points streak
Mark Stone had two goals and two assists, Mitch Marner scored two goals and Jack Eichel dished off four assists as the Vegas Golden Knights cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night in Las Vegas., ,It was the 28th multi-goal game of Marner's career. Ivan Barbashev and Tomas ...

Kraken sink Leafs in OT, extend season-opening points streak
Defenseman Josh Mahura scored at 3:06 of overtime Saturday night and the visiting Seattle Kraken defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3.,Mahura scored on an 11-foot wrist shot in the Kraken's fourth straight overtime game (one went to a shootout). They have won three of five to open the season and hav...

Missed FGs haunt Auburn as No. 16 Missouri prevails in OT
Beau Pribula passed for 252 yards and rushed for the winning touchdown as No. 16 Missouri defeated Auburn 23-17 in overtime Saturday night in Auburn, Ala.,Ahmad Hardy rushed for two touchdowns as Missouri (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) kept its College Football Playoff hopes alive.,Jackson Arnol...

Golden Knights pour it on Flames, continue point streak
Mark Stone had two goals and two assists, Mitch Marner scored two goals and Jack Eichel dished off four assists as the Vegas Golden Knights cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night in Las Vegas., ,It was the 28th multi-goal game of Marner's career. Ivan Barbashev and Tomas ...

San Diego FC clinches top Western Conference seed with rout of Portland
Anders Dreyer scored two goals and added an assist to complete a sensational campaign and lift visiting San Diego FC to a Western Conference-sealing 4-0 victory over the Portland Timbers in both teams' regular-season finale.,Dreyer finishes with 19 goals and 19 assists in his maiden MLS regular seas...

Auburn rue three missed FGs, No. 16 Missouri capitalizes in OT
Beau Pribula passed for 252 yards and rushed for the winning touchdown as No. 16 Missouri defeated Auburn 23-17 in overtime Saturday night in Auburn, Ala., ,Ahmad Hardy rushed for two touchdowns as Missouri (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) kept its College Football Playoff hopes alive., ,Jackson A...

Minnesota United drops regular-season finale to Galaxy
Matheus Nascimento and Joseph Paintsil scored as the Los Angeles Galaxy held on for a 2-1 win over visiting Minnesota United on MLS Decision Day on Saturday in Carson, Calif.,The loss ensures that Minnesota (16-8-10, 58 points) will finish in fourth place in the Western Conference. The Loons will ho...

Pick-six sparks No. 6 Alabama to win over No. 11 Tennessee
Zabien Brown returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown and Ty Simpson passed for two touchdowns to lead No. 6 Alabama to a 37-20 victory over No. 11 Tennessee in Southeastern Conference play on Saturday night at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Jam Miller and Daniel Hill rushed for touchdowns and Isaiah Hor...

Steady QB Brendan Sorsby leads No. 24 Cincinnati to rout of Oklahoma State
The No. 24 Cincinnati Bearcats clinched bowl eligibility Saturday night with a 49-17 road win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys.,It's Cincinnati's first time being bowl eligible since 2022, and it's the first time Cincinnati (6-1, 4-0 Big 12) is eligible for a bowl game as members of the Big 12 and in...

Sporting KC, Houston end their seasons with scoreless draw
The Houston Dynamo and host Sporting Kansas City each enter the offseason with a bitter taste in their mouths after failing to find the back of the net in a 0-0 draw. ,Both teams had been eliminated from playoff consideration before Decision Day began., ,Houston (9-15-10, 37 points) had lost three o...

Jeremiyah Love's career day helps No. 13 Notre Dame run past No. 20 USC
Jeremiyah Love rushed 24 times for a career-high 228 yards and a touchdown, and No. 13 Notre Dame pulled away for a 34-24 win over No. 20 USC on a rain-soaked Saturday night in South Bend, Ind.,Jadarian Price returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and rushed for 87 yards and a score for Notre ...

UCLA rallies past Maryland for third straight win
Anthony Frias II rushed for a 55-yard touchdown and broke a late 35-yard run that set up Mateen Bhaghani for a game-winning field goal as time expired, and UCLA scored its third consecutive victory with a 20-17 defeat of visiting Maryland on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif.,A defensive struggle most of ...

Kraken win in OT, extend season-opening point streak
Defenseman Josh Mahura scored at 3:06 of overtime Saturday night and the visiting Seattle Kraken defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3.,Mahura scored on an 11-foot wrist shot in the Kraken's fourth straight overtime game (one went to a shootout). They have won three of five to open the season and hav...

Marcel Reed shines as No. 4 Texas A&M holds off late Arkansas rally to stay perfect
Marcel Reed passed for 280 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another to help Texas A&M remain unbeaten with a 45-42 victory over host Arkansas on Saturday at Fayetteville, Ark.,The No. 4 Aggies (7-0, 4-0 SEC) won their first seven games in a season for the first time since 1994 and withstood a ...

Lionel Messi's hat trick powers Inter Miami past Nashville on Decision Day
Lionel Messi recorded a hat trick and added an assist and Baltasar Rodriguez scored the tiebreaking goal as visiting Inter Miami used a second-half assault to defeat Nashville SC 5-2 in a Decision Day matchup on Saturday night.,Telasco Segovia also scored for Inter Miami (19-7-8, 65 points), who won...

Evander, Brenner power FC Cincinnati past Montreal to clinch No. 2 seed in East
Evander and Brenner scored goals in the second half to lift host FC Cincinnati to a 3-0 win over CF Montreal on Saturday.,The win clinched the second spot in the Eastern Conference for Cincinnati (20-9-5, 65 points) on Decision Day for Major League Soccer. Montreal finishes 6-18-10 with 28 points.,C...

Crew move up two spots, finish 7th in East with win over Red Bulls
Daniel Gazdag scored the go-ahead goal as the Columbus Crew defeated the visiting New York Red Bulls 3-1 on Saturday in the regular-season finale to avoid the Eastern Conference wild-card play-in match.,Gazdag put the Crew (14-8-12, 54 points) ahead in the 66th minute and Ibrahim Aliyu added an insu...

UAB stuns No. 22 Memphis in Alex Mortensen’s coaching debut
The UAB Blazers gave interim coach Alex Mortensen an upset in his debut thanks to quarterback Ryder Burton's impressive first collegiate start and a last-second defensive stand to beat No. 22 Memphis 31-24 Saturday in Birmingham, Ala.,Burton, tabbed as the starter after the Blazers announced quarter...

SMU stays perfect in ACC with win over Clemson
Kevin Jennings tossed two touchdown passes and Sam Keltner made three field goals to help visiting SMU defeat Clemson 35-24 on Saturday in a rematch of last year's Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. ,Jennings completed 23 of 43 passes for 290 yards. He was intercepted once.,SMU (5-2, 3-0 A...