1944 \u2014 Maurice Richard has five goals and three assists to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 9-1 rout of the Detroit Red Wings.<\/p>\n
1947 \u2014 The Chicago Cardinals behind Elmer Angsman\u2019s two 70-yard scores and Charlie Trippi\u2019s 44-yard TD run and 75-yard punt return beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 for the NFL title on a frozen Comiskey Park field.<\/p>\n
1952 \u2014 Doak Walker\u2019s 67-yard third-quarter touchdown run leads the Detroit Lions to a 17-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns for the NFL championship.<\/p>\n
1954 \u2014 Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas give the United States a 3-2 victory over Australia for the Davis Cup.<\/p>\n
1958 \u2014 Alan Ameche\u2019s one-yard touchdown run at 8:15 of overtime gives the Baltimore Colts a 23-17 victory over the New York Giants, the first overtime game in NFL championship history. With a national television audience watching, this game is believed to have made the NFL a challenger to baseball as the national pastime.<\/p>\n
1968 \u2014 Arthur Ashe leads the United States to its first Davis Cup title since 1963 with a 4-1 victory over Australia.<\/p>\n
1988 \u2014 Division II Alaska-Anchorage, behind Michael Johnson\u2019s 20 points, pulls the biggest surprise of the college basketball season by stunning No. 2 Michigan 70-66 in the opening round of the Utah Classic.<\/p>\n
2000 \u2014 Robby Portalatin becomes the fourth bowler to roll a 900 series according to the American Bowling Congress. Portalatin, a 28-year-old worker for an auto parts company, accomplishes the feat at Airport Lanes in Jackson, Mich.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 Jamal Lewis becomes the fifth player in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards in a season. He gained 114 yards in Baltimore\u2019s 13-10 overtime victory against Pittsburgh, finishing the year with 2,066 yards \u2014 second-most in NFL history.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 San Diego\u2019s LaDainian Tomlinson rushes for a career-high 243 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-14 win over Oakland. Tomlinson also becomes the first halfback in NFL history to catch 100 passes.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 Kansas City\u2019s Priest Holmes sets an NFL record with his 27th touchdown of the season when he scored twice in a 31-3 victory over Chicago.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 The Detroit Lions lose to the Green Bay Packers 31-21, making them the first team to go winless through a 16-game season.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 The New England Patriots become the NFL\u2019s first team with an 11-5 record to miss the playoffs since Denver in 1985 and the first since the NFL expanded to six playoff teams per conference in 1990.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 The Cleveland Browns lose to Pittsburgh 31-0, setting an NFL record by failing to score a touchdown for six straight games.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 Roman Harper and Tre Boston return interceptions for touchdowns as Carolina\u2019s defense leads the Panthers to a 34-3 victory over the Atlanta Falcons to win the NFC South. Carolina (7-8-1) wins its four straight and becomes the first team to enter the playoffs with a losing record since 2010, when Seattle was 7-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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