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1942 \u2014<\/strong> Parker Hall of the Cleveland Rams throws seven interceptions against the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

1952 \u2014<\/strong> Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the NHL\u2019s leading career goal scorer with his 325th in a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.<\/p>\n

1959 \u2014<\/strong> Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers scores 64 points against the Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n

1970 \u2014<\/strong> Tom Dempsey of New Orleans kicks an NFL-record 63-yard field goal on the final play to give the Saints a 19-17 victory over the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n

1975 \u2014<\/strong> Kansas ends second-ranked Oklahoma\u2019s 28-game winning streak with a 23-3 road victory. The Jayhawks hold the Sooners to their fewest points since 1966.<\/p>\n

1980 \u2014<\/strong> Dave Wilson of Illinois sets an NCAA record with 621 yards passing in a 49-42 victory over Ohio State.<\/p>\n

1981 \u2014<\/strong> Don Shula records his 200th NFL victory when the Miami Dolphins edge the New England Patriots 30-27 in overtime.<\/p>\n

1986 \u2014<\/strong> Tulsa\u2019s Steve Gage is the first quarterback to rush and pass for 200 yards in a game. Gage rushes for 212 and passes for 209 in a 34-27 triumph over New Mexico.<\/p>\n

1987 \u2014<\/strong> The St. Louis Cardinals score 28 points \u2014 three TD passes by Neil Lomax and a fumble recovery by Niko Noga \u2014 to overcome a 28-3 deficit and beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-28.<\/p>\n

1991 \u2014<\/strong> Paul Coffey breaks the NHL career mark for goals by a defenseman by scoring in the second period of the Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Coffey\u2019s 311th career goal breaks the mark set by Denis Potvin, who had 310 for the New York Islanders.<\/p>\n

1997 \u2014<\/strong> Phil Housley becomes the second U.S.-born player in NHL history to score 1,000 points. His assist helps the Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1.<\/p>\n

2003 \u2014<\/strong> John Gagliardi becomes college football\u2019s career victory leader when St. John\u2019s rallies past Bethel 29-26. Gagliardi, in his 55th season and his 51st at the Minnesota school, gets his 409th victory. He overtakes Eddie Robinson, who retired in 1997 after winning 408 games at Grambling.<\/p>\n

2005 \u2014<\/strong> Pierre Turgeon becomes the 34th player in NHL history to reach 500 goals, scoring in the third period of Colorado\u2019s 5-2 win over San Jose.<\/p>\n

2008 \u2014<\/strong> Chris Paul has his sixth straight double-double with 21 points and 13 assists in New Orleans\u2019 100-89 victory over Miami. Paul sets an NBA record for consecutive games at the start of a season with at least 20 points and 10 assists, breaking the mark set by Oscar Robertson in 1968.<\/p>\n

2009 \u2014<\/strong> Indianapolis becomes the fourth team in league history with 17 consecutive regular-season wins with a 20-17 victory over Houston. New England did it twice \u2014 winning a record 21 straight from 2006-08 and 18 in a row from 2003-04. Chicago won 17 straight from 1933-34.<\/p>\n

2009 \u2014<\/strong> Italy clinches the Fed Cup title after Flavia Pennetta beats Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2. Pennetta\u2019s victory gives the experienced Italians an insurmountable 3-0 lead over a young U.S. team in the best-of-five series.<\/p>\n

2014 \u2014<\/strong> Northern Iowa beats three-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State 23-3. The result ends North Dakota State\u2019s 33-game winning streak, the longest in Football Championship Subdivision history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1942 \u2014 Parker Hall of the Cleveland Rams throws seven interceptions against the Green Bay Packers. 1952 \u2014 Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the NHL\u2019s leading career goal scorer with his 325th in a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. 1959 \u2014 Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers scores 64 points against the […]<\/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-19885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19885","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=19885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19885"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=19885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}