1963 — Don Meredith of the Dallas Cowboys passes for 460 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
1963 — Detroit’s Gordie Howe becomes the leading career goal scorer in the NHL with his 545th in a 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
1978 — Larry Holmes knocks out Alfredo Evangelista in the seventh round to retain the WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas.
1984 — Wyoming’s Kevin Lowe rushes for 302 yards, and Rick Wegher of South Dakota State rushes for 231 to set an NCAA record for most yards gained by two opposing players. Wyoming wins 45-29.
1984 — Wild Again holds off Slew O’ Gold and Gate Dancer to capture the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup at Hollywood Park. English-bred Lashkari overtakes All Along in the final strides to win the $2 million Turf race by a neck. Royal Heroine, the only filly in the field of 10, wins the Mile; Princess Rooney takes the Distaff; Chief’s Crown wins the Juvenile; Exclusive Native wins the Juvenile Fillies after a 70-1 shot Fran’s Valentine is disqualified, and Eillo holds on to win the Sprint by a nose.
1984 — Maryland completes the biggest comeback in NCAA history, overcoming a 31-0 halftime deficit to beating Miami 42-40 in the Orange Bowl. Led by backup quarterback Frank Reich, the Terrapins score on six consecutive drives in the second half and stop Hurricane running back Melvin Bratton’s two-point conversion attempt on the goal line late in the fourth quarter.
1985 — Miami’s Mark Duper catches eight passes for 217 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown reception with 41 seconds left to give the Dolphins a 21-17 victory over the New York Jets.
1990 — The Phoenix Suns shatter the NBA record with 107 points in the first half of a 173-143 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
1991 — Martina Navratilova beats Monica Seles for the California Virginia Slims tournament, her 157th title, equaling Chris Evert’s record for career victories.
1996 — Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino surpasses 50,000 career yards passing in a 37-13 win over Indianapolis. Marino also reaches 4,000 completions, another NFL first, with his 10th completion of the game.
2001 — San Jose State beats Nevada 64-45, setting an NCAA single-game record for total offense with 1,640 yards. San Jose State has 849 yards to Nevada’s 791, eclipsing the previous record of 1,563 yards set by Houston and TCU on Nov. 3, 1990.
2006 — The Calgary Flames are the first team to beat Anaheim in regulation this season with a 3-0 shutout. The Ducks had started the season without a loss in an NHL-record 16 games.
2007 — San Jose center Jeremy Roenick scores his 500th NHL goal at the expense of his former team in a 4-1 win over Phoenix.
2007 — Navy and North Texas set a major-college record by combining for 136 points in the Midshipmen’s 74-62 win. The previous record for college football’s top tier of competition was 133 points in San Jose State’s 70-63 win over Rice on Oct. 2, 2004.
2007 — Miami ends its 70-year stay at the famed Orange Bowl with the biggest shutout loss in the stadium’s history — a 48-0 rout to Virginia.
2007 — Notre Dame loses for the ninth time this season, a school-record, falling 41-24 to Air Force. The last time the Irish lost to two military academies in the same season was 1944.
2012 — Ka’Deem Carey of Arizona rushes for a Pac-12 record 366 yards and ties the conference record with five TDs in the Wildcats’ 56-31 rout of Colorado. The previous record was 357 yards by Washington State’s Rueben Mayes at Oregon in 1984.
2013 — Drew Brees completes 34 of 41 passes for 392 yards and four touchdowns, and New Orleans with an NFL-record 40 first downs and a franchise-record 625 total yards, beat Dallas 49-17.
