ON THIS DATE

1913: Notre Dame meets Army for the first time and posts a 35-13

win behind Gus Dorias’ 14-of-17 passing for 243 yards.

1938: George Woolf, riding for regular jockey Red Pollard, leads Seabiscuit to a four-length victory over the heavily favored U.S. Triple Crown champion, War Admiral, in the Pimlico Special match race at Baltimore. A crowd of 40,000 spectators turn out for the winner-take-all match race with a purse of $15,000.

1946: In the first NBA game (known as the Basketball Association of America), the New York Knickerbockers beat the Toronto Huskies 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

1959: Montreal goalie Jacques Plante revolutionizes his position and the sport of hockey by donning a face mask. Plante is struck in the face with a shot by New York Rangers forward Andy Bathgate at 3:06 of the first period. After receiving stitches to close a gash from the corner of his mouth all the way up through his nostril, Plante returns to the ice wearing a mask. The Canadiens win 3-1. 1964: Cleveland’s Jim Brown rushes for 149 yards and becomes the first player to rush for more than 10,000 yards in a career as the Browns win 30-17 over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown with 10,135 yards had 47 games of 100-or-more yards rushing.

1966: The NFL awards a team to New Orleans on All Saints Day. 1970: Mercury Morris of the Miami Dolphins gains 302 combined yards (89 rushing, 68 receiving and 145 on kickoff returns) in a 35-0 loss to the Baltimore Colts.

1987: Ibrahin Hussein of Kenya and Priscilla Welch of Britain win

the men’s and women’s divisions of the New York Marathon. 1997: Tom Osborne reaches 250 wins faster than any coach in college football history as Nebraska beats Oklahoma 69-7, the worst loss in Sooners’ history.

2000: Pat Riley earns his 1,000th career coaching victory as Miami posts its most lopsided win in an opener with a 105-79 rout of Orlando. Riley reaches the plateau in 1,434 games: fewer than any coach or manager in any sport.

2003: Decori Birmingham rushes for 196 yards and two touchdowns, including the winning score in the seventh overtime, in Arkansas’ 71-63 victory over Kentucky. The seven overtimes match the longest game in NCAA history. The Razorbacks also won that game in 2001, beating Mississippi 58-56.

2008: Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree catches the winning 28-yard touchdown pass with one second to play, as the seventhranked Red Raiders beat No. 1 Texas 39-33.

2008: Michigan’s 48-42 loss at Purdue drops the Wolverines to 2-7, ending Michigan’s string of 33 straight bowl appearances. Michigan, assured of its first losing season since 1967, also sets a school record for losses.

2009: Meb Keflezighi becomes the first U.S. man in 27 years to win the New York City Marathon.