{"id":15156,"date":"2015-11-23T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/today-in-sports-history-for-nov-23\/"},"modified":"2015-11-23T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:03:50","slug":"today-in-sports-history-for-nov-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/today-in-sports-history-for-nov-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Sports History for Nov. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

1947 \u2014 Sammy Baugh throws six touchdown passes for the Washington Redskins, who beat the St. Louis Cardinals 45-21.<\/p>\n

1958 \u2014 Bobby Mitchell of the Cleveland Browns returns a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns in a 28-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n

1968 \u2014 Houston scores 49 points in the fourth quarter to complete a 100-6 rout an injury-riddled, flu-stricken Tulsa.<\/p>\n

1984 \u2014 Doug Flutie passes for 472 yards and leads Boston College to a 47-45 upset victory over Miami with a last second touchdown throw to Gerard Phelan.<\/p>\n

1986 \u2014 Bernie Kosar of the Cleveland Browns passes for 414 yards and two touchdowns in a 37-31 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n

1991 \u2014 Tony Sands smashes NCAA records with 396 yards and 58 carries and scores four touchdowns as Kansas trounces Missouri 53-29. Sands broke the NCAA one-game rushing record of 386 yards set this season by Marshall Faulk of San Diego State.<\/p>\n

1996 \u2014 Iowa State\u2019s Troy Davis becomes the first Division I-A player to rush for 2,000 yards in consecutive seasons, gaining 225 yards in a 35-20 loss to Kansas State. Davis, who had 2,010 yards in 1995, finishes with 2,185 yards.<\/p>\n

2001 \u2014 Middleweight boxer James Butler punches his opponent Richard Grant long after the final bell at Madison Square Garden in New York. Grant, winner of a 10-round decision, is dropped by Butler who connects with a short hook with gloves off. Butler, facing second-degree assault charges, is suspended indefinitely by the New York State Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n

2002 \u2014 Penn State\u2019s Larry Johnson becomes the ninth running back in NCAA Division I-A history to run for 2,000 yards in a season when he gained 279 yards and scored four TDs in a 61-7 win against Michigan State.<\/p>\n

2007 \u2014 In a rare instance of double triple-doubles, Baron Davis and the Golden State Warriors get the better of Caron Butler and the Washington Wizards. Davis finishes with 33 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds and Golden State beat Washington 123-115. Butler ends with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.<\/p>\n

2008 \u2014 Matt Cassel passes for 415 yards, including three touchdowns to Randy Moss, in New England\u2019s 48-28 win at Miami. Cassel is the fifth quarterback to throw for 400 yards in consecutive games, joining Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Phil Simms and Billy Volek.<\/p>\n

2009 \u2014 Dwayne Roloson makes 58 saves \u2014 the most by an NHL goalie in 18 years \u2014 and Josh Bailey scores at 4:18 of overtime to give the New York Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

2014 \u2014 Roger Federer defeats Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the first reverse singles match as Switzerland wins the Davis Cup final against France by taking an unassailable 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1947 \u2014 Sammy Baugh throws six touchdown passes for the Washington Redskins, who beat the St. Louis Cardinals 45-21. 1958 \u2014 Bobby Mitchell of the Cleveland Browns returns a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns in a 28-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. 1968 \u2014 Houston scores 49 points in the fourth quarter to complete […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-15156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15156"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}