Sports

AP - Keithan Hancock scored 22 points as Northwestern State beat Centenary for the second time in 11 days, 90-84 in overtime.

Reuters - The Houston Texans defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 30-17 in the Texans' first game (free games to play) on the nationally televised Monday Night Football broadcast since the franchise began in 2002.

Reuters - The NFL will return to London next year with two of its top teams when the New England Patriots face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

AP - Matthew Dotson scored a game (free games to play) -high 21 points to lead Belmont to a 91-63 rout of in-town rival Tennessee State on Monday night.

AP - Matt Schaub was active for the Houston Texans on Monday night, but backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels was the starter against Jacksonville.

AP - Alabama has pushed aside all comers on its way to a perfect regular season, climbed to the top of the rankings and stuck around for quite awhile.

AP - It's bad enough the Bills have no margin for error if they want to keep their slim postseason hopes alive over the next four games. Now they may have to do it without starting quarterback Trent Edwards.

Reuters - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the New England Patriots when the NFL returns to London next year, the league said on Monday.

AP - The architect of the offense that vaulted Missouri back to national prominence and helped make quarterback Chase Daniel the school's first Heisman Trophy finalist is moving on to become the next head coach at Wyoming.

AP - Texas Tech officials confirm that quarterback Graham Harrell had surgery to repair nine breaks in two fingers of his non-throwing hand but won't miss any playing time.

AP - Interim coach Dabo Swinney will become Clemson's permanent coach, according to a school official close to the football program.

AP - A.J. Ogilvy scored 25 points to help Vanderbilt beat Virginia Commonwealth 71-66 Sunday night and win the Cancun Challenge championship.