Today in Sport’s History for Nov. 2

  • Monday, November 2, 2015 1:02am
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1958 — Chicago and Los Angeles establish an NFL attendance record when 90,833 fill the L.A. Coliseum to see the Rams beat the Bears 41-35.

1985 — Gordon Brown has 214 yards and quarterback Steve Gage has 206 to become the first teammates to each rush for more than 200 yards, leading Tulsa past Wichita State 42-26.

1986 — Minnesota’s Tommy Kramer passes for 490 yards and four touchdowns but the Vikings still lose to the Washington Redskins in overtime, 44-38.

1986 — Gianni Poli of Italy wins the New York City Marathon in 2:11:06 and Grete Waitz of Norway wins her eighth title in 2:28:06.

1991 — Nevada makes the biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-point deficit in the third quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49.

1996 — A.J. Pitorino of Hartwick rushes for an NCAA all-divisions record 443 yards on 45 carries in a 42-14 win over Waynesburg.

2007 — Washington misses all 16 of its 3-point shots, an NBA record for most attempts without making one, in a 103-83 loss at Boston.

2012 — The New York City Marathon is called off in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the decision hours after insisting the race needed to be run as scheduled to help the city recover. Instead, Bloomberg says the “controversy and division” about the race caused the change of plans.

2012 — Kemba Walker scores a career-high 30 points in Mike Dunlap’s coaching debut, and Charlotte ends a 23-game losing streak with a 90-89 victory over Indiana. The Bobcats lost their final 23 games last season to finish 7-59, the worst winning percentage (.106) in NBA history.

2013 — Mucho Macho Man wins the $5 million Classic by a nose a year after finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup race. Mucho Macho Man, ridden by Gary Stevens, runs 1 1-4 miles in 2:00.72 and Kathy Ritvo becomes the first female trainer to win North America’s richest race.

2013 — Quinn Epperly of Princeton sets an NCAA record by opening with 29 straight completions, and accounts for 401 total yards and six TDs in a 53-20 win over Cornell.

2014 — Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger throws for six touchdowns for the second consecutive week, setting an NFL mark in a 43-23 win over Baltimore. Roethlisberger’s 12 touchdown passes over the last two games breaks the mark of 11 set by Tom Flores for Oakland in 1963 and matched by New England’s Tom Brady in 2007.

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