1907 — Jim Thorpe makes his Carlisle (Pa.) debut, dazzling a crowd of 22,800 in a 26-6 defeat of No. 4 Penn at Philadelphia’s Franklin Field. Thorpe rushes, returns kicks and does all the kicking.
1968 — Brooks Dawson of UTEP completes 17 of 24 passes for 304 yards in the final 10:21 of the fourth quarter, sending the Miners past BYU 31-25.
1980 — The St. Louis Cardinals sack Baltimore’s Bert Jones 12 times in a 17-10 victory.
1980 — Earl Campbell of the Houston Oilers rushes for 202 yards and two touchdowns in a 23-3 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
1990 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the NHL first player to reach 2,000 points when he helps set up a goal by Tomas Sandstrom at 14:32 of the first period of the Los Angeles Kings’ game at Winnipeg.
1993 — The NFL expands, adding a team in Charlotte, N.C., starting in 1995.
1997 — Warren Moon of the Seattle Seahawks passes for 409 yards and five touchdowns in a 45-34 victory over Oakland. It’s the seventh 400-yard passing game of his NFL career, tying Joe Montana for second place behind Dan Marino’s 13.
2000 — The New York Yankees become the first team in more than a quarter-century to win three straight World Series, beating the New York Mets 4-2. The Yankees match the Oakland Athletics’ three in a row from 1972-74, and win their fourth title in five years.
2002 — Volponi, a 43-1 long shot, finds room along the rail and blows past the fading Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner War Emblem to take the Breeders’ Cup Classic by 6½ lengths ahead of Medaglia d’Oro.
2006 — Ryan Miller stops 29 shots as Buffalo beats the New York Islanders 3-0 to win its 10th straight game. The win matches the best start in NHL history, tying the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs.
2009 — Chicago drops Minnesota to 0-8 on the road with a 3-1 win. Minnesota becomes the first NHL team to earn zero points in its opening eight road games since Pittsburgh in 1996.
2013 — Octavias McKoy runs for 455 yards, setting an NCAA record for all divisions and leading Division III Western Connecticut State past Worcester State 55-35. McKoy scores five touchdowns in the game and breaks the rushing record held by Dante Brown of Marietta College. Brown ran for 441 on Oct. 5, 1996 against Baldwin-Wallace.
2014 — Serena Williams wins the WTA Tour Finals for the third straight year and fifth time overall, beating Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0.
2014 — Ben Roethlisberger is 40 for 49 for 522 yards and six touchdown passes in Pittsburgh’s 51-34 win over Indianapolis.
2014 — Abby Wambach scores four goals and the World Cup-bound United States beats Costa Rica 6-0 for its fifth CONCACAF Women’s Championship title.
