Today in Sports

Sept. 13

1930: Tommy Armour beats Gene Sarazen 1 up to win the PGA Championship. 1959: Neale Fraser of Australia wins the men's singles title in the U.S. Open with a fourset victory over Alex Olmedo. Brazil's Maria Bueno wins the women's title. 1964: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Fred Stolle to win the men's title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships. Brazil's Maria Bueno wins the women's title. 1970: Only 55 of 126 finish the first New York City Marathon, with Gary Muhrcke winning in 2 hours, 31 minutes, 38.2 seconds. 1970: Ken Rosewall of Australia beats countryman Tony Roche in the men's singles final at the U.S. Open. 1981: The Atlanta Falcons, trailing 170 with 13 minutes remaining in the game, score 31 points to beat the Green Bay Packers 3117. The Falcons score touchdowns on a punt return, two by passes, an interception return and a fumble return. 1981: John McEnroe defeats Bjorn Borg to win his third straight men's singles title in the U.S. Open. 1987: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander for his third U.S. Open crown, 67, 60, 76, 64. 1989: Pat Day breaks the record for most winners in one day when he scored with eight of his nine mounts at Arlington Racecourse in Illinois. It was the best day for one program in North American thoroughbred racing history. In his only loss, Day finishes second. 1992: Buffalo's Jim Kelly and San Francisco's Steve Young throw for more than 400 yards and neither team punts, the first time in NFL history, as the Bills beat the 49ers 3431. 1997: Cade McNown throws a schoolrecord five touchdown passes as UCLA routs No. 11 Texas 663. It's the secondworst loss for Texas, which lost 680 to Chicago in 1904, and the biggest defeat by any team ever ranked in The Associated Press college football poll.