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The Buffalo Bills promoted coordinator Perry Fewell to take over as interim head coach after Dick Jauron was fired today. The shakeup, which caught some players by surprise, came during the players’ day off and after the Bills (3-6) stumbled out of their off week to fall further out of contention with a 41-17 loss at Tennessee last weekend.
Buffalo Bills fire head coach, promote offensive coordinator
The Rochester Amateur Sports Commission has announced that the 2009 North Star Bowl committee has formally secured the teams for this Saturday’s second annual NJCAA Football North Star Bowl. The game will pit the Rochester Community and Technical College Yellowjackets against the Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens out of Coffeyville, Kansas.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL has fined Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for making an obscene gesture at Buffalo fans while celebrating Tennessee’s victory over the Bills. Commissioner Roger Goodell notified Adams of the fine today, and league spokesman Greg Aiello said it is for conduct detrimental to the NFL. Adams was seen making the gesture while in his luxury suite and again on the field after Sunday’s 41-17 victory.
The 86-year-old Adams issued an apology a couple of hours later, saying he got caught up in the excitement of the moment. Goodell was at the game, after having breakfast with Adams. The league said that Goodell left Adams’ suite at the end of the third quarter and spent the fourth quarter sitting with fans in the end zone before leaving the stadium.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Charles Woodson helped Green Bay’s defense finally play up to its potential against a big-time opponent, forcing two fumbles and picking off a pass by Tony Romo on the goal line in a 17-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
It wasn’t a pretty win for the Packers (5-4), but it might have saved their season after back-to-back demoralizing losses.
The Packers sacked Romo five times and held him to 251 yards passing in a momentum- killer for the Cowboys (6-3), who had won four straight. Dallas also lost starting right tackle Marc Colombo to a broken left leg.
Aaron Rodgers scored on a quarterback sneak and threw a touchdown pass to tight end Spencer Havner.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Brett Favre passed for a season-high 344 yards, 201 to Sidney Rice, and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Detroit Lions 27-10 on Sunday.
The Lions (1-8) joined the Houston Oilers, from Nov. 21, 1982 through Nov. 4, 1984, as the only NFL teams to lose 31 games in a 33-game stretch, according to STATS. They’ve played tough this season several times, as the Vikings can attest, but after a slew of injuries in this game and more poor pass coverage they dropped their 12th straight at the Metrodome.
Adrian Peterson lost a fumble, one of three turnovers (one on downs) by the Vikings inside the Detroit 20, but he turned 18 carries into 133 yards and two touchdowns for Minnesota (8-1).
Division III junior college volleyball has a dynasty. It’s Brookhaven College, out of Farmers Branch, Texas.
The Lady Bears won their second straight national championship Saturday, and their fourth in the last six years. Brookhaven did it at UCR Regional Sports Center, downing tournament newcomer Madison Area Technical College in four games, 22-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-19.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Eric Ellestad’s 25-yard field goal with 2:22 remaining gave Minnesota the lead, and the struggling Gophers hung on for an ugly 16-13 victory over lower-division South Dakota State on Saturday.
Minnesota (6-5) settled for a pair of short kicks by Ellestad in the first quarter after driving to the 3- and 8-yard line, respectively. Adam Weber went 10 for 21 for 94 yards and an interception that was returned for a touchdown by Derek Domino.
D.L. Wilhite jogged in for a 3-yard touchdown after a fumble forced by blitzing cornerback Michael Carter, the only time the Gophers reached the end zone.
Blooming Prairie quarterback Luc Zellmer threw for two touchdowns and Justen Ingvalson returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown to give Blooming Prairie a 21-8 victory in their Class AA quarterfinal game against top-ranked New Ulm Cathedral.
Blooming Prairie scored all of their points in the first half, then held New Ulm Cathedral scoreless until the final minute of the game. New Ulm scored when Brandon Berg picked up a Blooming Prairie fumble and rambled 89 yards for the touchdown. New Ulm Cathedral passed for the two-point conversion to end the scoring.
Blooming Prairie will face the winner of the Minneota-Barnesville game being played later tonight. The semifinal will be played at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 21 in the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Nicollet’s high-octane offense finally wore down the Grand Meadow defense in the closing minutes of Saturday’s state nine-man quarterfinals at the Rochester Regional Sports Stadium.
The Grand Meadow Superlarks held a 28-21 late in the fourth quarter, but the Nicollet Raiders scored a touchdown with just more than two minutes left and connected on the two-point conversion. Nicollet then sealed Grand Meadow’s fate with an interception return for a 35-28 win.
Grand Meadow ends the season with a record of 10-2. Nicollet, now 9-2, advances to the semifinal against Ada-Borup. That game will be played at 8 a.m. on Nov. 21 in the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
ST. PAUL — The Byron volleyball team won 3-0 tonight in the state Class AA tournament at XCel Energy Center. The Bears, who fell to Delano in the first round Thursday, roared past Minnehaha Academy 25-14, 25-15, 25-17 in the consolation semifinals. Byron plays Wadena-Deer Creek in the consolation final at 11 a.m. Saturday.
