1947 \u2014 In front of a capacity crowd of 35,000 at Columbia\u2019s Baker Field in New York, the Lions end Army\u2019s 32-game unbeaten streak in a 21-20 upset. An interception in Army\u2019s final drive seals the win, the first over an Army team that had not surrendered a point all season until the loss to Columbia.<\/p>\n
1964 \u2014 Cotton Davidson of the Oakland Raiders passes for 427 yards and five touchdowns in a 40-7 rout of the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n
1980 \u2014 Mike Weaver knocks out Gerrie Coetzee in the 13th round to retain the WBA heavyweight title in Sun City, Bophuthatswana.<\/p>\n
1981 \u2014 Brian Sipe of the Cleveland Browns passes for 444 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-28 victory over the Baltimore Colts.<\/p>\n
1981 \u2014 Miami\u2019s David Woodley passes for 408 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-27 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n
1990 \u2014 Evander Holyfield knocks out Buster Douglas in Las Vegas to become the undisputed heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n
1998 \u2014 Jerry Rice sets an NFL record for receptions in consecutive games with his 12-yard catch from Steve Young on San Francisco\u2019s first offensive play. Rice has caught passes in 184 straight games, breaking the mark set by Art Monk from 1980-95.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 Trainer Richard Mandella wins a record four races at the Breeders\u2019 Cup, capping perhaps the greatest day in racing history when Pleasantly Perfect wins the $4 million Classic at Santa Anita. Mandella wins the $1 million Juvenile Fillies with Halfbridled, the $1.5 million Juvenile with long-shot Action This Day and the $2 million Turf with Johar, who dead-heats with High Chaparral.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 Florida\u2019s Josh Beckett throws a shutout to lead the Marlins to a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees to win the World Series. Pitching on three days rest, Beckett allows five hits in Game 6 and captures MVP honors.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 Florida State\u2019s Bobby Bowden becomes the winningest coach in major college football history with his 339th victory as the Seminoles beat Wake Forest 48-24. Bowden, 339-97-4 in 38 seasons, surpasses Joe Paterno, whose Penn State team loses 26-14 at Iowa.<\/p>\n
2006 \u2014 Joe Sakic becomes the 11th player in NHL history to reach 1,500 career points with an assist during the first period of Colorado\u2019s 5-3 loss to Washington.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 Sergei Fedorov scores twice for Washington, giving him 475 goals for his career to set a record for Russian-born players. Fedorov broke the goal-scoring tie with Alexander Mogilny (473), who retired in 2006.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 Navy doesn\u2019t attempt a pass in a 34-7 victory over SMU in a game played in driving rain.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 Raven\u2019s Pass wins the $5 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic in an upset, stunning defending champion Curlin on the new synthetic surface at Santa Anita. Raven\u2019s Pass, ridden by Frankie Dettori and sent off at 13-1 odds, posts a 1 3\/4-length victory in his first race on such a surface.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 Trevone Boykin throws a school-record seven touchdown passes and No. 10 TCU scored the most points in its history in an 82-27 rout of Texas Tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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