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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in November of 2005. Deaths
29 Vic Power 25 George Best 25 Richard Burns 16 Sandy Consuegra 15 Robert Tisch 10 Steve Courson
Ongoing events Football (soccer) 2005–06: England: Premier League; England (general) Scotland; Sweden; France: Ligue 1 UEFA Champions League; UEFA Cup Australia: Hyundai A-League Rugby union 2005–06: Heineken Cup U.S. and Canadian sports 2005(−06): NFL; NHL; NBA Cricket tours: 25 October–22 December: Sri Lanka tour of India 12 November–21 December: England tour of Pakistan Multi-sport events: 27 November–5 December: 23rd Southeast Asian Games;in The Philippines Winter sports: 29 November–4 December: Alpine skiing World Cup racesin Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States (Men);in Lake Louise, Canada (Women)
30 November 2005 (Wednesday) Football: 2005–06 UEFA Cup: Group stage, matchday 4 Group A: Slavia Prague 0–2 AS Monaco Group A: CSKA Sofia 2–0 Viking Stavanger Group B: Brøndby 1–1 Espanyol Group B: Maccabi Petach Tikva 0–4 Lokomotiv Moscow Group C: Sampdoria 0–0 Hertha Berlin Group C: Steaua Bucharest 3–0 Halmstad Group D: Grasshoppers 2–3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Group D: Litex Lovech 0–2 AZ Alkmaar See also 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
28 November 2005 (Monday) NFL: Steve Mariucci was fired as head coach of the Detroit Lions along with two offensive assistants, and defensive coordinator Dick Jauron was named as interim coach for the remainder of the 2005 season, three days after reports from the Detroit Free Press and WJBK-TV. Monday Night Football Indianapolis Colts 26, Pittsburgh Steelers 7: The Colts' Peyton Manning hits his favorite receiver, Marvin Harrison, for an 80-yard touchdown on the Colts' first play from scrimmage, and they never look back as they go to 11–0. The Colts defense holds the Steelers to 197 total yards.
27 November 2005 (Sunday) The 23rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) formally opens in Manila, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Rugby union: The sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board, hands out its annual awards in Paris. The three major awards are swept by New Zealand. Dan Carter is named Player of the Year, the All Blacks are named Team of the Year, and their coach Graham Henry is Coach of the Year. (IRB.com) Golf: Fred Funk won a total of $925,000 (US) and fifteen skins in the annual Skins Game event in La Quinta, California. Defending champion Fred Couples, who has won more money than anyone else in the event's history, giving him the nickname "Mr. Skins", is shut out, along with Annika Sörenstam, the latter for the second straight year. Tiger Woods, winner of three skins and $75,000 on Day One, was second. Canadian Football League: 93rd Grey Cup at Vancouver Edmonton Eskimos 38, Montreal Alouettes 35 (2OT): Ricky Ray wins Most Valuable Player honours for a 36-for-44, 367-yard performance in the second Grey Cup to go to overtime. NFL Week 12 Cincinnati Bengals 42, Baltimore Ravens 29: Carson Palmer throws for 302 yards and three touchdowns in a prelude to the big Bengals-Steelers game next week. Carolina Panthers 13, Buffalo Bills 9: Jake Delhomme breaks open a defensive battle with a touchdown pass to Michael Gaines with under three minutes remaining. Chicago Bears 13, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10: The Bears' defense holds an opponent to 10 or fewer points for the eighth time this season as Chicago wins its seventh-straight game. Minnesota Vikings 24, Cleveland Browns 12: All three of Marcus Robinson's receptions go for touchdowns as the Vikings take advantage of five Cleveland turnovers. Kansas City Chiefs 26, New England Patriots 16: Tom Brady throws four interceptions — three to Greg Wesley — and Lawrence Tynes ties the NFL record for field goals in a quarter with four in the second period. San Diego Chargers 23, Washington Redskins 17 (OT): LaDainian Tomlinson rushes for 184 yards and three touchdowns, including a 32-yard touchdown run to tie the game and a 41-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage in overtime. St. Louis Rams 33, Houston Texans 27 (OT): Houston led 27–17 with a minute left. But third-string quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick throws a 43-yard touchdown to Isaac Bruce; the Rams recover an onside kick; Jeff Wilkins hits a 47-yard field goal; and Kevin Curtis catches a 56-yard touchdown pass from Fitzpatrick in overtime. Tennessee Titans 33, San Francisco 49ers 22: Steve McNair throws for 343 yards and three third-quarter touchdowns. Jacksonville Jaguars 24, Arizona Cardinals 17: The Jaguars lose Byron Leftwich to an ankle injury but win behind backup quarterback David Garrard. Miami Dolphins 33, Oakland Raiders 21: Jason Taylor and Vonnie Holiday each record three sacks as the Dolphins hound Kerry Collins all day. Philadelphia Eagles 19, Green Bay Packers 14: The Eagles break a four-game losing streak thanks to four David Akers field goals, including the 33-yard game-winner. Seattle Seahawks 24, New York Giants 21 (OT): After Jay Feely misses three attempts at game-winning field goals, Josh Brown hits for the Seahawks from 36 yards. The Giants' Jeff Feagles sets an NFL record by appearing in his 283rd consecutive game. New Orleans Saints 21, New York Jets 19: Mike Nugent kicks four field goals but misses what would have been the game-winner from 53 yards out in the final minute.
26 November 2005 (Saturday) NCAA College Football: AP Top 25: (5) Virginia Tech 30, North Carolina 3: The Hokies win and advance to the ACC championship against Florida State. (6) Notre Dame 38, Stanford 31: The Irish win the last game at Stanford Stadium before an extreme makeover to reduce capacity and make it a more football-friendly facility, and become eligible for the BCS. Brady Quinn throws for 432 yards and three touchdown passes, two of them to Jeff Samardzija, and Darius Walker runs for 190 yards and the winning TD. (10) Miami (FL) 25, Virginia 17 (13) Georgia 14, (20) Georgia Tech 7 Nevada 38, (16) Fresno State 35. (17) Louisville 41, Syracuse 17: The Cardinals send the Orange crashing to their first 10-loss season in 110 years of football. (19) Florida 34, (23) Florida State 7 Other notable games: Kansas 24, Iowa State 21 (OT): The Cyclones' loss gives Colorado the Big 12 North title and a date against #2 Texas in the conference championship game on December 3 in Houston. UConn 15, South Florida 10: The Bulls' loss, combined with West Virginia's win on Thursday, gives the Mountaineers the Big East Conference title and the league's BCS bid. Cricket: West Indies batsman Brian Lara completes an innings of 226 before he is bowled by Glenn McGrath in the final Test of the series against Australia, passing Allan Border's record of Test runs in the process to stand with a new Test record 11,187 runs. (Cricinfo) Sumo Wrestling: Asashoryu Akinori wins his eighty-third bout of the year and clinches the championship in the November basho (tournament), sweeping all six basho in 2005 and winning his seventh basho in a row. All are new records. Rugby union, November Tests 10–29 New Zealand: Behind two tries from Rico Gear, the All Blacks complete their "Grand Slam" over all four Home Nations. This is the first Grand Slam since pulled off the feat in 1984, and the first for the All Blacks since 1978. (BBC) 40–3 Manu Samoa 43–12 24–22 : Wales win a nail-biter over the Wallabies at Millennium Stadium, their first over the Wallabies since 1987. (BBC) 26–20 23–8
25 November 2005 (Friday) George Best, the Northern Irish international footballer who won the European Footballer of the Year award in 1968, has died of lung infection and organ failure at the age of 59. Cycling: Roberto Heras faces a two-year ban from the sport after a Spanish laboratory confirmed that he had used the banned drug EPO at the 2005 Vuelta a España. Heras will be stripped of his victory at the Vuelta, with runner-up Denis Menchov elevated to first place. (BBC) NCAA College Football AP Top 25: (2) Texas 40, Texas A&M 29: The 'Horns avoid an upset and will take on Big 12 North champion Colorado in Houston December 3, who got in the service entrance even though they lost to Nebraska, 30–3. (3) LSU 19, Arkansas 17: The win by the Tigers clinched the SEC West title and a date with Georgia on December 3 in Atlanta. (24) Wisconsin 41, Hawai'i 24: Wisconsin head coach Barry Alvarez' final regular season game as the coach of the Badgers was a success, thanks to Brian Calhoun's 133 yards rushing in the first half as part of a 149-yard performance. Cricket: West Indies batsman Brian Lara becomes the second player in Test cricket history to score 11,000 runs, as he finishes the first day of the third Test against Australia at 202 not out, 11 runs behind the current Test record holder Allan Border. (Cricinfo) South African tour of India: South Africa beats their hosts India by ten wickets at Eden Gardens after bowling them out for 188 – Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall taking three wickets each, while a total of six maiden overs were bowled, four of them by Pollock. Graeme Smith then hits twenty fours and one six on the way to a career-best 134 not out as South Africa make 189 for no loss in 35.5 overs. (Cricinfo)
24 November 2005 (Thursday) NCAA College Football: AP Top 25 (12) West Virginia 45, Pittsburgh 13: In the Backyard Brawl, the Mountaineers rout the Panthers at home. WVU quarterback Pat White rushes for 220 yards and two touchdowns, and throws for a third, while Steve Slaton adds 179 yards and two TDs on the ground. NFL Thanksgiving Classics: Atlanta Falcons 27, Detroit Lions 7: The Falcons ease past the Lions, thanks to two Michael Vick touchdown passes to Alge Crumpler and 116 yards rushing by Warrick Dunn. Denver Broncos 24, Dallas Cowboys 21 (OT): Jason Elam's 24 yard field goal in OT, set up by a Ron Dayne 55 yard run, gave the Broncos the win in Irving, Texas. Football: 2005–06 UEFA Cup: Group stage, matchday 3 Group A: Viking Stavanger 2–2 Slavia Prague Group A: AS Monaco 2–0 Hamburg Group B: Espanyol 1–1 Palermo Group C: Hertha Berlin 0–0 Lens Group C: Halmstad 1–3 Sampdoria Group D: AZ Alkmaar 0–0 Middlesbrough Group D: Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–2 Litex Lovech Group E: Tromsø 3–1 Red Star Belgrade Group E: Roma 1–1 Strasbourg Group F: CSKA Moscow 2–1 Levski Sofia Group F: Marseille 1–0 Heerenveen Group G: PAOK 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Group G: Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Rapid București: In a family fight, Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu meets his son, Rapid coach Razvan Lucescu. Group H: Vitória Guimarães 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Group H: Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 Sevilla See also 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
23 November 2005 (Wednesday) Football: 2005–06 UEFA Cup: Group stage, matchday 3 Group B: Lokomotiv Moscow 4–2 Brøndby: Brøndby suffer a backlash from Loko's disappointment at finishing third in the Russian Premier League last weekend, missing out on next year's Champions League. See also 2005–06 UEFA Cup. Football: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League: Group stage, matchday 5 Group E: Fenerbahçe 0–4 A.C. Milan: Andriy Shevchenko scores all four of Milan's goals. Group E: Schalke 04 3–0 PSV Group F: Real Madrid 1–1 Lyon Group F: Rosenborg 1–1 Olympiakos Group G: Anderlecht 0–2 Chelsea Group G: Liverpool 0–0 Real Betis Group H: Porto 1–1 Rangers Group H: Internazionale 4–0 Artmedia Bratislava See also 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.
22 November 2005 (Tuesday) Major League Baseball: The Florida Marlins announced plans to move from Miami, Florida and out of Dolphins Stadium after the 2008 season due to a lack of progress for a baseball-only stadium in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Football: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League: Group stage, matchday 5 Group A: Bayern Munich 4–0 Rapid Vienna Group A: Juventus 1–0 Club Brugge Group B: Ajax 2–1 Sparta Prague Group B: FC Thun 0–1 Arsenal Group C: Panathinaikos 1–2 Udinese Group C: FC Barcelona 3–1 Werder Bremen Group D: Manchester United 0–0 Villarreal Group D: Lille 0–0 Benfica