Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.sports From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 15:19:55 EST Message-ID: \SE D;SPORTS;DAILY DIGEST NFL Minnesota 38, Chicago 10 NHL Montreal 2, Winnipeg 1 New York Rangers 7, Buffalo 6 (OT) Calgary 5, Vancouver 3 TODAY'S TV-RADIO NBA Preseason 8 p.m. - Hall of Fame Game: Charlotte at Portland. TNT. Boxing 9 p.m. - Carl Williams vs. Jimmy Lee Smith, heavyweights. ESPN. TODAY'S LINE College Football (Thursday) Iowa St. (pick'em) at Kansas St. (Saturday) Maryland (+25 1/2) at No. 6 Florida St. Tulane (-4) at Navy No. 1 Washington (-7 1/2) at No. 12 Arizona No. 3 Alabama (-17) at LSU No. 4 Michigan (-33) at Northwestern Louisville (+17) at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 13 Kansas (+14 1/2) at No. 7 Nebraska No. 9 B.C. (+10) at No. 8 Notre Dame Va. Tech (+15 1/2) at No. 10 Syracuse No. 11 USC (-1 1/2) at No. 21 Stanford Southern Miss. (+14 1/2) at No. 14 Florida No. 17 N.C. State (+3 1/2) at Virginia No. 18 North Carolina (+3) at Clemson Arkansas (+11) at No. 19 Miss. St. Minnesota (+19) at No. 22 Ohio St. Arizona St. (+3) at No. 25 Wash St. NFL (Sunday) Washington (-12 1/2) at Seattle Los Angeles Raiders (+7) at Philadelphia Dallas (-7) at Detroit New Orleans (-9) at New England Cleveland (+11) at Houston Green Bay (+9) at New York Giants Miami (-6 1/2) at Indianapolis Minnesota (-5) at Tampa Bay Pittsburgh (+7) at Buffalo New York Jets (+6) at Denver San Diego (+6 1/2) at Kansas City Phoenix (+6) at Los Angeles Rams Cincinnati (+10) at Chicago (Monday) San Francisco (-7) at Atlanta NHL Washington (+ 1/2-1) vs. Chicago New York Islanders (+1-1 1/2) at Pittsburgh St. Louis (pick'em) at Tampa Bay Quebec (+even- 1/2) at Hartford Ottawa (+1 1/2-2) at Edmonton HORSE RACING Today: Thoroughbreds at Laurel Race Course, 12:30 p.m. TRIVIA In the Super Bowl era, what team allowed the fewest points per game for a season? TRIVIA ANSWER The 1969 Minnesota Vikings surrendered just 133 points in a 14-game season, an average of 9.5 points per game. How do other great defenses in NFL history compare? The '76 Steelers gave up 9.8 per game, the '86 Bears 11.6 and the '90 Giants 13.2. TODAY IN SPORTS * 1899 - Jim Jeffries beats Sailor Tom Sharkey to retain the world heavyweight title after referee George Siler stops the fight in the 25th round at the Greater New York Athletic Club in Coney Island. * 1968 - Jim Turner of New York kicks six field goals to lead the Jets to a 25-21 victory over the Buffalo Bills. * 1973 - Roosevelt Leaks rushes for 342 yards to lead Texas to a 42-14 victory over Southern Methodist. * 1973 - Jay Miller sets an NCAA record with 22 catches for 263 yards as Brigham Young beats New Mexico 56-21. * 1973 - Freshman Mike Northington scores five touchdowns to set an NCAA record and lead Purdue to a 48-23 victory over Iowa. * 1973 - Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks scores his 1,000th career point with an assist in a 5-4 loss to the Minnesota North Stars. NUMBERS OF NOTE Times Sports FAX: 202/529-7869 Capitals hockey: 202/432-7328 Bullets basketball: 202/432-7328 Maryland football: 301/314-7095, 202/432-7328, 1-800/462-8377 Howard football: 202/806-7140, 202/806-7199 Navy football: 410/268-6060, 1-800/874-6289 Georgetown basketball: 202/687-2491, 202/432-0200 Maryland basketball: 301/314-7070, 202/432-0200 George Washington basketball: 202/994-9001, 202/432-0200 American basketball: 202/885-3267, 202/432-0200 Howard basketball: 202/806-7199 George Mason basketball: 703/993-3270, 703/993-3000 Navy basketball: 410/268-6060, 1-800-874-6289 Laurel Race Course: 301/725-0400 Rosecroft Raceway: 301/567-4000 This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM