browns. re rice and 107 yards, going 186 for the game. cleveland, missing two field goals. the ravens mess on a fourth and one, too. interception, ray rice leading. 17-3 in the 4th. other half of the afc north, the bangles look like what they expected, not very good. in miserable day. the steelers looked like a playoff team that no one wants to face. roethlissberger -- breaks it in. two touchdown on the day, pittsburgh a 14-0. then through the air, play action. setting up the past. russell s. berger, mike wallace,

ethlisberger. special teams -- there he goes. 35-7. steelers now 9-3. game of the afternoon in minnesota. peterson out injured. tim tebow -- he makes you miss. he can be accurate at times. he is there. he makes a couple of moves, 41 yards. 22-21 vikings. 29-21, vikes. the former raven breaking out, 111 on the day. 29-27, bronocs go for 2. tebow in the quarterback draw. tied at 29.

locked up. is chance to answer -- he gets it wrong. goodman with a nice return setting up frazier. 23 yards, denver wins it. tebow 6-1. bb & t classic, maryland and notre dame. much more to maryland is liking in the second half. leading the way for the terps. leading over the irish late in the second half. double figures for the irish. we will finish that with the video accompaniments doctor "sunday night football." the chevron world challenge with a very serious finished for carter woods. at sherwood country club, woods

with a birdie. outright lead, 8 under par. woods knows what to do on the greens. he takes his share of the lead right there. on the 17, was one stroke back, two to play. here comes the fist,. it has returned. on the team. -- on the 18. tiger for 3. his first win in two years. and not official. do not think he cares. it is safe to say tigers back. a check of the forecast with tom coming up right after this.

>> if you're watching their rain in cleveland -- it you probably saw it earlier. you know what i am saying. thank you. >> it will be here tomorrow evening. re likely tuesday into wednesday. colder temperatures coming in for the second half of the week. more normal temperature for december. it could make a little wet snow. breezy and chile for friday and the the weekend. >> that is it for 11 news at 6. thank you for joining us. "nightly news" is next. received after the game.

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yesterday, is framing a contest far different than what we were looking at only a few weeks ago. nbc's mike viqueira has the numbers and more. >> reporter: newt gingrich this weekend, campaigning with the confidence of a front-runner. >> i represent the world that works. obama is the world that fails. >> reporter: with less than a month before the iowa caucus, gingrich now sits atop a new nbc marist poll, surging 21 points since october. mitt romney is down 8 to 18. ron paul is a major factor at 17%. and in new hampshire, romney still leads but gingrich had surged there too, up 19 to 23%, followed by paul and jon huntsman. the move comes a day after herman cain, appearing with wife glor gloria, effectively ended his run. >> i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the

continued hurt caused on me and my family. >> reporter: as the cain controversy took its toll on the former front-runner, gingrich was building steam. >> in many ways the anybody but romney sentiment has really coalesced around the gingrich candidacy. >> reporter: today gingrich rivals called his business and personal conduct into question. >> we want someone who is actually going to fight washington, not someone who has been paid over $100 million in one year alone to influence it. >> i think character is definitely an issue. you know, i think they have to make a decision based upon the person's entire record. and certainly character counts. >> reporter: mitt romney campaigned door to door in new hampshire this weekend, and though his nomination is by no means clear, today he was the main target of the obama campaign. >> he seems to think every day is a new day that he can simply change all of his positions depending on who his audience is or what the political circumstances and that is not what you want in a president of

the united states. is that an issue? yes, that's an issue. >> reporter: and, lester, as the campaign measures there is more gridlock in washington over extending the payroll tax cuts due to expire at the end of this month. now, the president and congressional republicans agree that they should be extended, but disagree on how to pay for it. it could cost as much as $300 billion next year to do so. if they can't come to a deal by the end of the month, it would mean an extra $1,000 in taxes next year for the average american family. lester? >> mike viqueira, thanks. for more on decision 2012, let's bring in cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood. we witnessed plenty of surges in this race. you had bachmann, perry, cain, all had their turn. how does gingrich's rise differ, if at all? >> reporter: it is a bigger threat to mitt romney because of how close it comes to when voting starts in january. because of newt gingrich's national track record as the leader of the 1994 republican revolution, gingrich starts way behind in organization to convert popular support into delegates and money for tv ads

and mitt romney has just begun to advertise. >> we heard it a moment ago, some white house attacks seem to presuppose romney as the nominee. might that change? >> reporter: i wouldn't expect the white house to change tactics at all. they clearly fear mitt romney more than any other republican candidate. they believe as democrats do generally that the background and record of newt gingrich makes him an easy target, but we have seen that the white house doesn't always calculate those things correctly as we saw in 1980 when president jimmy carter's aides wanted to run against ronald reagan. >> john harwood, appreciate the insight. thanks. tonight, the pentagon is denying claims by iran it shot down a u.s. spy drone which now is in the possession of iran's armed forces. let's bring in nbc's chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. what is this all about, jim. >> reporter: the u.s. military doesn't like to talk about these top see drones, but in this case had no choice. they do admit they lost remote control of one of the drones as

it flew a surveillance mission along the iran/afghanistan border. the drone crashed inside iran and what was left apparently recovered by the iranian military. the iranians say it is a super secret stealth drone called an rq-170, which looks more like a flying wing than an airplane. it is the same kind of drone that provided overhead pictures of that compound in pakistan where osama bin laden was killed. it is not clear, really, what technology or intelligence the iranians could actually get from this crashed drone, but given the increasing tensions with iran, this would at least be a huge propaganda victory for the iranians. lester? >> mik, there is news about the incident that took place a week ago in pakistan, the nato attack that left four pakistani soldiers dead. what do we know. >> reporter: today, marines and cia specialists had to use the air base in pakistan where the cia launched predator drone strikes against al qaeda targets in pakistan for years.

and at the same time, president obama called pakistan's president zardari today to offer his personal condolences for the pakistani deaths, but not an apology. it is not clear yet exactly who was at fault and the results of that u.s. military investigation not expected until sometime in january, lester. >> jim miklaszewski in our washington newsroom. tonight, jim, thanks. tonight a dozen people are recovering from injuries after they ended up in a stampede when thousands of football fans stormed on to the field at oklahoma state university celebrating a big victory over an arch rival. nbc's george lewis has more. >> reporter: this was the scene as the game ended, the osu cowboys beating the oklahoma sooners 44-10 and winning the big 12 conference championship. >> the students are storming the field. >> reporter: fans stampeding on to the grass by the thousands to salute the heroes of the game and tear down the goal posts.

>> i've never been more packed into one area and getting pushed and shoved and just all over the place. people were so excited. and just -- the atmosphere was ridiculous. it was awesome. >> reporter: but not so awesome was the fact that some people got trampled and others were seriously injured when they tumbled out of the stands. >> only saw part of it. when they started piling over, i got out of there as fast as i could. i'm looking forward to seeing it on the newscast. >> down go the goal posts. >> reporter: some of the fans probably wish they too had gotten out of there. the list of injured included a dozen people, some with fractures. one person fell at least 15 feet on to concrete. the most seriously injured were airlifted to an oklahoma city hospital while others were hauled away by nine ambulances. >> i was scared this guy had just died and i had a lot of things going through my head. i was just terrified and kind of wanted to cry in the middle of all of the excitement.

>> reporter: a big celebration for the oklahoma state cowboys ranked third in the nation, marred by a mob scene that went completely out of control. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. tonight, the u.s. postal service says it is moving ahead with a $3 billion cost cutting plan that could have a major effect on a lot of people and a lot of businesses. the plan includes unprecedented cuts to first class mail that will slow down the pace of service for everything from paying your bills to receiving mail order prescription drugs. for first time in 40 years, you won't be able to assume or even hope that a stamped letter will get there the next day. big news in the world of sports. you might have seen it a little while ago here on nbc, tiger woods won his first tournament since 2009 before a cheating scandal derailed his marriage. many of his endorsements and at least temporarily his career. it all came down to the final hole when tiger knocked in a birdie putt to beat zach johnson and win the chevron world

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needs help from his lawyer to explain that he's not sexually attracted to young children. he stumbled on that simple question when asked about it last month by nbc's bob costas. given a second chance by "the new york times" -- >> i was saying, what in the world is this question? if i say no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because -- >> reporter: sandusky's lawyer interrupts and coaches him off camera. >> boys, girls -- >> you're attracted because -- >> i enjoy, that's what i -- i enjoy spending time with young people, i enjoy spending time with people. >> reporter: his lawyer says sandusky gave the interview so people could learn more about the positive aspects of sandusky's life. but many legal analysts say his attempts to explain himself in public while facing 40 counts of child sex abuse seems an unusual strategy, and some of what he revealed could complicate his defense. >> the rule of thumb for all

attorneys is basically do not have them talk on camera to anyone. >> reporter: sandusky said he stayed in touch with some of his alleged victims, even inviting one of them to dinner after a local paper reported on the grand jury investigation. >> i had dinner with one of the, you know -- the summer, his father and he were in my home. >> reporter: but the lawyer for that lelged vict edalleged vict, said when he got sandusky's dinner invitation, his client was so nervous, he went straight to the police. >> one of the questions it raises in my mind is this an effort on his part to tamper with witnesses, was it or wasn't it. >> reporter: his lawyer said today that two of his alleged victims were actually at that dinner, but nothing improper took place. it was, he said, totally social in nature and pleasant. the lawyer for victim six says his client only attended the

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three connecticut money managers who split a $254 million powerball jackpot say their new charitable trust is going to help military veterans. it is first of many donations they expect to make using their winnings. you might recall because of their mute reed action to the big win there was some speculation they were fronting for the real winner.

a trust spokesperson insists there is no fourth person. a report about britain's royal family feeling the economic squeeze. new austerity measures will cut funding to the royal household and put the queen on a pay freeze until at least 2015. among the cuts, no more taxpayer money for the duke and duchess of cambridge, will and kate's royal lifestyle will now be financed by prince charles, from his poerersonal fortune. more big news from the uk, a fedex special delivery that has the brits in a frenzy. kyra simmon has the story of sweetie and sunshine. >> reporter: worldwide, pandas are few and far between. so for two to arrive in scotland in one day was a rare event indeed. equally uncommon, a diplomatic visit that gained so much attention when the vips themselves seem more interested in bamboo chutes. they were greeted by bagpipes,

costumes and kilts, after an eight-hour journey from china, inflight meals on a plane adapted, dubbed the panda express. >> we monitored the pandas throughout the entire trip between eating the panda cakes and the carrots and the apples, they were just as happy as they could be. >> reporter: they have left their home to spend a decade in scotland. the female called sweetie is shy compared to her male traveling companion, sunshine. so shy, perhaps, that it will be months before they share a cage, and get to know each other a little better. it is notoriously difficult to breed pandas, but the hope is that sweetie and sunshine will not be the last new arrivals. once they become friends, they provide new links between china and the outside world. >> the pandas are a symbol of the friendship and the cooperation between chinese

people and others. >> reporter: the zoo says its new guests will raise awareness of an endangered species. one estimate puts the number of giant pandas in the world at less than 2,000. for now, the panda population of the uk stands at two. keir simmons, nbc news, london. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. coming up next, "football night in america" followed by "sunday night football," lions versus the saints. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com