— Cowboys 20, Giants 15
Dallas won eight in row, 14 of last 15 series games.
Cowboys held Giants to 26 rushing yards on 24 attempts.
Dallas overcame 11 penalties for 89 yards.
CeeDee Lamb caught seven passes for 98 yards and a TD.
On their first six drives, Giants kicked five field goals.
On their last two drives, Giants ran 11 plays for 15 yards.
QB Jones is 24-40-1 as an NFL starter.
Rookie WR Nabers caught 12 passes for 115 yards, but left with a concussion.
— Army 42, Temple 14
Army is 4-0, with I-A wins by 17-23-28 points.
Black Knights outgained Temple, 489-219
Army ran the ball 57 times for 417 yards.
Under Drayton, Temple is 10-15 ATS as an underdog.
— A’s 3, Rangers 2
Crowd of 46,889 watched the A’s last-ever game in Oakland.
JT Ginn got 16 outs and his first major league win.
Mason Miller got the last four outs and his 28th save.
— White Sox 7, Angels 0
39-120 White Sox won for the third day in a row.
Angels are paying:
Anthony Rendon $38,571,429
Mike Trout $37,116,667……..that adds up to
$75,688,096……..for two guys.
Oakland’s ENTIRE TEAM makes $63,136,720; the A’s are six games ahead of the Angels.
— Dodgers 7, Padres 2
LA trailed 2-0 after six innings; they scored five runs in 7th inning.
Dodgers win NL West for 11th time in last 12 years.
Dodgers drew over 3,941,000 fans to their home games this season.
— New York 10, Orioles 1
Aaron Judge hit his 58th home run.
New York clinched the AL East.
— Tigers 4, Rays 3
Detroit has won five games in a row.
Tigers’ magic number to clinch a playoff spot is one.
— Famous birthdays, September 27th:
Mike Schmidt, 75
Monte Towe, 71
Steve Kerr, 59
Rob Moore, 56
Gwyneth Paltrow, 52
Anthony Morrow, 39
Christian Wood, 29
Mitchell Parker, 25
Some notes on how NFL teams do on their first drive of a half:
— Arizona’s first drive of each game:
70 yards, TD
60 yards, TD
70 yards, TD
— Green Bay, on first drive of 3rd quarter:
70 yards, TD
23 yards, field goal
36 yards, TD
— Colts on first drive of each half:
offense- 22 plays, 51 yards, no points.
defense- 48 plays, 223 yards, five field goals.
— Jaguars on first drive of game:
offense- 11 plays, 2 yards, no points.
defense- 33 plays, 192 yards, 14 points.
— Rams on first drive of each half:
offense- 20 plays, 42 yards, no points.
defense- 39 plays, 294 yards, 28 points.
— Chiefs on their first drive of each half:
68 plays, 429 yards, 27 points.
— Raiders on their first drive of each half:
22 plays, 67 yards, no points.
— Saints on first drive of each half:
55 plays, 355 yards, 31 points.
— Ravens’ first drive of each half: 41 plays, 331 yards, 31 points.
— Chargers’ opponents on first drive of games:
nine plays, 20 yards, three punts.
— New England on first drive of each half:
20 plays, 38 yards, no points.
— Jets on first drive of game:
16 plays, 38 yards, no points.
Jets on first drive of second half:
19 plays, 153 yards, 14 points.
