1920 \u2014 Jack Dempsey knocks out Bill Brennan in the 12th round at Madison Square Garden to retain his world heavyweight title.<\/p>\n
1965 \u2014 Rookie Rick Barry of the San Francisco Warriors scores 57 points in a 141-137 loss to the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n
1982 \u2014 Marcel Dionne of the Los Angeles Kings scores his 500th goal in a 7-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n
1985 \u2014 UCLA beats American University 1-0 in the eighth overtime period, in the longest soccer match held in the United States, to capture the NCAA soccer title.<\/p>\n
1986 \u2014 Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins sets an NFL record with the seventh 400-yard game of his career as he passes for 403 yards and five touchdowns in a 37-31 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Marino hits Mark Duper with a 20-yard touchdown pass in overtime to win the game.<\/p>\n
1991 \u2014 Desmond Howard, the nation\u2019s second-leading scorer with 23 TDs, wins the Heisman Trophy by the second-biggest margin in history. The Michigan receiver beats runner-up Casey Weldon of Florida State by 1,574 points.<\/p>\n
1995 \u2014 The first-ever Division I-A overtime game takes place at the Las Vegas Bowl with Toledo beat Nevada 40-37.<\/p>\n
1997 \u2014 The New York Jets equal the NFL mark for greatest turnaround in modern NFL history with their 31-0 victory over Tampa Bay. The Jets, 1-15 last season, post their ninth win of the season.<\/p>\n
2002 \u2014 Marvin Harrison breaks Herman Moore\u2019s 1995 mark of 123 catches. By making nine receptions in a 28-23 win at Cleveland, Harrison reaches 127 with two games remaining.<\/p>\n
2007 \u2014 Appalachian State, which kicked off the football season with the stunning upset of Michigan, ends the season with a historic victory. The Mountaineers are Division I-AA\u2019s first three-peat national champion with a 49-21 win over Delaware.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 Oakland becomes the first team to lose at least 11 games in six straight seasons after their 49-26 loss to New England. The Patriots\u2019 35 first-half points are the most scored against Oakland since the merger in 1970.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 Ryan Lochte breaks his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley at the short-course world championships in Istanbul and he celebrates by giving his medal to a boy in the crowd. The Olympic star finishes in 1:49.63. Lochte set his earlier record of 1:50.08 at the last short-course championships \u2014 in Dubai in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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