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1912 — The lateral pass is used as an offensive weapon for the first time by Worcester Tech coach William F. Carney. Carney’s team beats Amherst 14-13.
2011 — Joe Paterno is fired by the Penn State board of trustees despite saying he would retire as coach after the football season ended. Paterno is brought down by the growing furor over the handling of child sex abuse allegations against assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
2014 — Aaron Rodgers throws six touchdown passes to tie the Green Bay game record and match the NFL record for a half in a 55-14 rout of the Chicago Bears.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: No. 3 Notre Dame will start senior Brandon Wimbush at QB against Florida State on Saturday for Ian Book, who’s reportedly nursing an undisclosed injury. Book took a hard hit to the back and ribs last weekend against Northwestern. Wimbush was the starter last season and the first three games of this season before being replaced by Book . ... Wisconsin senior NT Olive Sagapolu will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery for a right arm injury he suffered Oct. 27 against Northwestern.
GOLF: Matt Kuchar fired a first-round 7-under 64 to grab a share of a one-stroke lead with Dominic Bozzelli and PGA Tour rookie Kramer Hickok at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. It was the lowest opening round since the 2017 Phoenix Open for Kuchar, who last won in 2014 . ... Top-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn shot a 4-under 68 to take a four-stroke lead at the halfway point of the Blue Bay LPGA in Hainan Island, China. Jutanugarn reached 7-under 137. Jutanugarn’s
SOCCER: Olivier Giroud scored to lift visiting Chelsea to a 1-0 win over BATE Borisov and into the knockout stage of the Europa League with two group-play matches left. Also, Arsenal advanced with a scoreless draw against visiting Sporting Lisbon, but striker Danny Welbeck suffered what appeared to be a serious ankle injury during the match . ... In her second international appearance, Jessica McDonald scored in the 43rd minute to lead the U.S. to a 1-0 victory over Portugal in Lisbon. The U.S. extended its unbeaten streak to 27 matches with its 500th victory since the team began play in 1985.
ALSO: Louis Smith, who ended Britain’s 80-year Olympic medal drought in gymnastics, retired from competition. The 29-year-old Smith won bronze on the pommel horse at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver in the same event at both the 2012 London Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. He also won team bronze in 2012.