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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in September of 2005. Deaths
30 September 2005 (Friday) Major League Baseball playoff races American League Boston Red Sox 5, New York Yankees 3 The Red Sox and Yankees are now tied for the AL East lead. Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 2 (13 innings) The White Sox clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The Indians are now one game behind the Red Sox and Yankees for the AL Wild Card. Clinched: Chicago White Sox (AL Central), Los Angeles Angels (AL West). National League Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies 4, Washington Nationals 3 Chicago Cubs 4, Houston Astros 3 The wild card gap now stands at one game between the Phillies and the Astros. A combination of two Astros wins and/or Phillies losses will clinch the Wild Card for Houston. All three NL Divisions have been clinched: Atlanta Braves (East), St. Louis Cardinals (Central) and San Diego Padres (West).
29 September 2005 (Thursday) Major League Baseball playoff races American League Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 2 White Sox clinch the AL Central title, their first since 2000. New York Yankees 8, Baltimore Orioles 4 Boston Red Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 Yankees lead in AL East remains one game with a magic number of 4. Cleveland Indians 6, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 Indians, Red Sox still tied for AL Wild Card lead. Clinched: Los Angeles Angels (AL West) National League Wild Card Philadelphia Phillies: idle Chicago Cubs 3, Houston Astros 2 The Astros' magic number to clinch the NL wild card remains at 2. Clinched: Atlanta Braves (NL East); St. Louis Cardinals (NL Central); San Diego Padres (NL West). World Baseball Classic: Major League Baseball announces San Diego's Petco Park will host the event's semifinals and championship game next March. Football (soccer): 2005–06 UEFA Cup, first round, second leg. Teams progressing to the group stage shown in bold: Xanthi 0 – 0 Middlesbrough Metalurh Donetsk 2 – 2 PAOK (PAOK win on away goals) KRC Genk 0 – 1 Litex Lovech Mainz 0 – 2 Sevilla Marseille 0 – 0 Germinal Beerschot (After extra time; Marseille win 4–1 on penalties) Austria Vienna 2 – 1 Viking Stavanger (Viking win on away goals) Wisła Kraków 0 – 1 Vitória Guimarães Široki Brijeg 0 – 1 FC Basel Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1 – 2 Bolton Wanderers Strasbourg 5 – 0 Grazer AK Partizan Belgrade 2 – 5 Maccabi Petach Tikva Lokomotiv Moscow 3 – 2 Brann Everton 1 – 0 Dinamo Bucharest Heerenveen 5 – 0 Baník Ostrava CSKA Sofia 1 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen FC Zürich 2 – 1 Brøndby Hertha BSC Berlin 3 – 1 APOEL Rapid București 1 – 0 Feyenoord Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Auxerre (Levski win on away goals) Debrecen 0 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk AZ Alkmaar 3 – 1 Krylya Sovetov Samara (AZ win on away goals) MyPa 0 – 3 Grasshopper Anorthosis 0 – 4 Palermo Aris 0 – 0 Roma FC Midtjylland 1 – 3 CSKA Moscow Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 5 – 1 Hibernian Espanyol 2 – 0 Teplice FC København 0 – 1 Hamburg AEK 0 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg Dyskobolia Grodzisk 2 – 4 Lens Domžale 1 – 0 VfB Stuttgart Sporting Lisbon 2 – 3 Halmstads BK (After extra time; Halmstads win on away goals) Braga 1 – 1 Red Star Belgrade (Red Star win on away goals) Sampdoria 1 – 0 Vitória Setúbal Malmö 1 – 4 Beşiktaş Osasuna 0 – 0 Rennes Willem II 1 – 3 AS Monaco Steaua Bucharest 3 – 1 Vålerenga Cork City 1 – 2 Slavia Prague Galatasaray 1 – 1 Tromsø See also 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
28 September 2005 (Wednesday) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 2 New York Yankees 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 The Yankees lead by one game over the Red Sox. Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1, Cleveland Indians 0 The ChiSox' magic number is now one as the White Sox won the season series over the Indians. The Indians and Red Sox are now tied for the AL wild card. Clinched: Los Angeles Angels (AL West) National League Philadelphia Phillies 16, New York Mets 6 Houston Astros 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6 Astros magic number to clinch NL Wild Card is two. San Diego Padres 9, San Francisco Giants 1 Padres clinch the NL West title. Clinched: Atlanta Braves (NL East); St. Louis Cardinals (NL Central). Football (soccer) 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, group stage, matchday 2: Group E: Schalke 04 2 – 2 A.C. Milan Group E: Fenerbahçe 3 – 0 PSV Group F: Rosenborg 0 – 1 Lyon Group F: Real Madrid 2 – 1 Olympiakos Real Madrid star Raúl becomes the first player to score 50 goals in European Cup/Champions League play. Group G: Liverpool 0 – 0 Chelsea Group G: RSC Anderlecht 0 – 1 Real Betis Group H: Internazionale 1 – 0 Rangers Group H: Porto 2 – 3 Artmedia Bratislava Champions League newcomers Artmedia come back from 2–0 down. See also 2005–06 UEFA Champions League. Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final Los Angeles Galaxy 1 — 0 FC Dallas
27 September 2005 (Tuesday) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League Boston Red Sox 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Game one of a day-night doubleheader) Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game two of day-night doubleheader) Baltimore Orioles 17, New York Yankees 9 Red Sox, Yankees tied again for AL East lead. Detroit Tigers 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Cleveland Indians 4 Neither the Chisox or the Tribe gained ground in the AL Central. Los Angeles Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 3 Angels clinch the AL West championship. National League Washington Nationals 11, Florida Marlins 1 Marlins eliminated from post-season with loss. New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 The Phillies' loss gives the NL East to the Atlanta Braves, their 14th straight division title. The Braves defeated the Colorado Rockies, 12–3. Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1 Astros extend NL Wild Card lead to 2.5 games over Philadelphia; their magic number to clinch the NL Wild Card is three. San Diego Padres 9, San Francisco Giants 6 Padres reduce their magic number for clinching the NL West to two; Barry Bonds hits his 708th career home run in the first inning. Football (soccer): 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, group stage, matchday 2: Group A: Bayern Munich 1 – 0 Club Brugge Group A: Juventus 3 – 0 Rapid Vienna Group B: Ajax 1 – 2 Arsenal Group B: FC Thun 1 – 0 Sparta Prague The Swiss underdogs win with an 89th-minute goal Group C: Barcelona 4 – 1 Udinese A hat trick by Ronaldinho Group C: Panathinaikos 2 – 1 Werder Bremen Group D: Lille 0 – 0 Villarreal Group D: Manchester United 2 – 1 Benfica Ruud van Nistelrooy's 47th Champions League goal takes him to 3rd place in the all-time list, behind Alfredo Di Stéfano and Raúl. See also 2005–06 UEFA Champions League. NFL: The New York Jets sign 41-year-old quarterback Vinny Testaverde after they announce both of their top two QBs, Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler, will miss the rest of the season with shoulder injuries. (SI/AP) The New England Patriots place safety Rodney Harrison on the injured reserve list, ending his season. Harrison tore three ligaments in his left knee during Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. (SI/AP)
26 September 2005 (Monday) College football: Tennessee 30, LSU 27 (OT): Gerald Riggs Jr. completed a comeback by scoring on a one-yard run in overtime to give the 10th-ranked Volunteers a stunning upset over the 4th-ranked Tigers in the first game played after Hurricane Katrina in Baton Rouge which was postponed from Saturday due to Hurricane Rita. Major League Baseball playoff races: American League: New York Yankees 11, Baltimore Orioles 3 Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, rained out The Yankees now lead the AL East by a half-game over the Red Sox, who are now a half-game behind the Cleveland Indians in the AL wild-card race. The rainout will be made up as part of a doubleheader Tuesday. Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 3 The White Sox' lead over the Indians drops to 2 games. Los Angeles Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 3 This result reduces the Angels' magic number in the AL West to 2 National League: New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5 The Mets stay mathematically alive for the NL wild card. The Phillies fall 1.5 games behind the idle Houston Astros for the NL wild card. Washington Nationals 4, Florida Marlins 0 The Marlins are now all but eliminated from the wild card race. Colorado Rockies 6, Atlanta Braves 5 The Braves' loss prevented them from clinching their 14th consecutive division title. However, one Braves win or one Phillies loss will clinch the NL East for the Braves. San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 2 The Padres' lead over the Giants in the NL West drops to 3 games. NFL Monday Night Football: Denver Broncos 30, Kansas City Chiefs 10: The Broncos hold the Chiefs' normally potent running game to 74 yards, and the Chiefs hurt themselves with 118 yards in penalties. Denver wide receiver Rod Smith becomes the first undrafted player to reach 10,000 yards in career receiving. (AP/Yahoo!) Tennessee Titans running back Travis Henry was suspended for four games for violating the NFL's steroid abuse policy.
25 September 2005 (Sunday) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League New York Yankees 8, Toronto Blue Jays 4 Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 3 New York and Boston remain tied in the AL East with seven games to play. Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 1 Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4 The White Sox move 2.5 games up on the Indians, whose lead over New York and Boston in the wild-card race drops to half a game. Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8, Los Angeles Angels 4 Texas Rangers 6, Oakland Athletics 2 Oakland's loss reduces the Angels' magic number in the AL West to 4. National League Atlanta Braves 5, Florida Marlins 3 Atlanta's magic number in the NL East drops to 2. Philadelphia Phillies 6, Cincinnati Reds 3 Chicago Cubs 3 Houston Astros 2 Houston's lead in the NL wild-card race falls to one game. San Francisco Giants 6, Colorado Rockies 2 Arizona Diamondbacks 4, San Diego Padres 3 San Diego's magic number in the NL West remains at 4. Motorcycle sport: Valentino Rossi wins his seventh World Championship when he secures the MotoGP championship for the fourth successive year by finishing second in the Malaysian GP. (Superwheels) Auto racing: Champ Car World Series: In a race that ends near 2 am US EDT (0600 UTC) on the East Coast, Sébastien Bourdais wins the Las Vegas Hurricane Relief 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The only caution of the race occurs late when Bourdais makes contact with then-leader Paul Tracy, who then crashes into the wall in Turn 4. (ChampCar.ws) NASCAR: 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins the MBNA RacePoints 400 at Dover. (NASCAR.com) IndyCar: Scott Dixon wins the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix, but Dan Wheldon finished fifth, and clinches the 2005 IRL series championship. (IndyCar.com) Formula 1: Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Räikkönen give Team McLaren a 1–2 finish at the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix at São Paulo. Fernando Alonso, who finishes third, wins the Formula 1 World Championship, becoming its youngest ever champion at 24 years and 58 days. A1 Grand Prix: Nelson Piquet Jr., for A1 Team Brazil wins both the sprint race and feature race of the first ever A1 Grand Prix event, the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain at Brands Hatch. Basketball: In the final of EuroBasket 2005, Greece defeats Germany 78–62, in a result that to many Greek fans brings back memories of their football team's stunning victory at Euro 2004. Germany and Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki is named tournament MVP. (Yahoo!) NFL Week Three: