1913 \u2014 Notre Dame meets Army for the first time and comes away with a 35-13 win behind Gus Dorias\u2019 14-of-17 passing for 243 yards.<\/p>\n
1938 \u2014 Before a crowd of 40,000 spectators, Seabiscuit, under jockey George Woolf, beat odds-on favorite War Admiral in the Pimlico Special, a winner-take-all match race with a purse of $15,000.<\/p>\n
1959 \u2014 Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns scores five touchdowns in a 38-31 victory over the Baltimore Colts.<\/p>\n
1959 \u2014 Montreal goaltender Jacques Plante revolutionizes his position \u2014 and the sport of hockey \u2014 by donning a facemask. Plante is struck in the face with a shot by New York Rangers forward Andy Bathgate at 3:06 of the first period. After receiving stitches to close a gash from the corner of his mouth all the way up through his nostril, Plante returns to the ice wearing a mask. The Canadiens win 3-1.<\/p>\n
1964 \u2014 Cleveland\u2019s Jim Brown rushes for 149 yards and becomes the first player to rush for more than 10,000 yards in a career as the Browns post a 30-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown with 10,135 yards had 47 games of 100-or-more yards rushing.<\/p>\n
1964 \u2014 Kansas City\u2019s Len Dawson passes for 435 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Chiefs to a 49-39 triumph over the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n
1966 \u2014 The NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans on All Saints Day.<\/p>\n
1987 \u2014 Ibrahin Hussein of Kenya and Priscilla Welch of Britain win the men\u2019s and women\u2019s divisions of the New York Marathon, finishing the 26.2 miles in 2:11:01 and 2:30:17, respectively.<\/p>\n
1997 \u2014 Tom Osborne reaches 250 wins faster than any coach in college football history as Nebraska beats Oklahoma 69-7, the worst loss in Sooners\u2019 history.<\/p>\n
2000 \u2014 Pat Riley earns his 1,000th career coaching victory as Miami posts its most lopsided win in an opener with a 105-79 rout of Orlando. Riley reaches the plateau in 1,434 games \u2014 fewer than any coach or manager in any sport.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree catches the winning 28-yard touchdown pass with 1 second to play, as the seventh-ranked Red Raiders beat No. 1 Texas 39-33.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 Michigan\u2019s 48-42 loss at Purdue drops the Wolverines to 2-7, ending Michigan\u2019s string of 33 straight bowl appearances. Michigan, assured of its first losing season since 1967, also sets a school record for losses.<\/p>\n
2009 \u2014 Ted Ginn Jr. returns two kickoffs, 100 and 101 yards, for touchdowns in Miami\u2019s 30-25 win over the New York Jets. Ginn, the first to have two touchdowns of 100 yards in the same game, also becomes the first player to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same quarter since Green Bay\u2019s Travis Williams in 1967.<\/p>\n
2009 \u2014 Meb Keflezighi, becomes the first U.S. man in 27 years to win the New York City Marathon. Keflezighi, who moved from his native Eritrea to San Diego when he was in the sixth grade, finishes with a time of 2:09:15 for a personal best. Ethiopian runner Derartu Tulu wins the women\u2019s marathon title in 2:28:52.<\/p>\n
2010 \u2014 The San Franciso Giants beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a tense Game 5 to bring a World Series title to the city by the Bay for the first time.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 Bayern wins the $5 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic by a nose, surviving a stewards\u2019 inquiry prompted by multiple horses bumping near the start. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert finally wins North America\u2019s richest race after failing in 12 previous tries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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