Today in Sports History

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.

November 4 in Sports History

Wilt Chamberlain

1960 — Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia scores 44 points and sets an NBA record by missing all 10 of his free throws in the Warriors’ 136-121 victory over the Detroit Pistons.

1962 — Sonny Randle of the St. Louis Cardinals catches 16 passes for 256 yards and a touchdown in a 31-28 loss to the New York Giants.

1976 — Baseball holds its first free agent draft with 24 players from 13 major league clubs participating. Reggie Jackson eventually signs the most lucrative contract of the group, $2.9 million over five years with the New York Yankees.

1984 — Seattle’s Dave Brown returns two interceptions for touchdowns in a 31-17 triumph over the Kansas City Chiefs.

2000 — In the highest scoring Division I-AA game in NCAA history, Ricky Ray passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns and scores three more to lead Sacramento State over Cal State Northridge 64-61.

2001 — Luis Gonzalez’s RBI single caps a two-run rally off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth, and the Arizona Diamondbacks win their first championship by beating the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 7.

2006 — Invasor beats heavy favored Bernardini by one length in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.

2006 — Rod Brind’Amour of Carolina scores his 1,000th career point, assisting on a goal in the Hurricanes’ 3-2 win over Ottawa.

2007 — Adrian Peterson runs for an NFL-record 296 yards and three touchdowns in Minnesota’s 35-17 win over San Diego.

It’s the second time he tops 200 yards rushing this season, the only rookie to accomplish the feat. San Diego’s Antonio Cromartie returns a missed field goal an NFL-record 109 yards for a touchdown in the game.

2009 — The New York Yankees win the World Series, beating the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 behind Hideki Matsui’s record-tying six RBIs.

2012 — Guan Tianlang wins the Asia-Pacific Championship, making the 14-year-old Chinese star the youngest player to qualify for the Masters. Guan, an eighth-grader, easily surpasses the mark set by Italy’s Matteo Manassero, who was about to turn 17 when he played in 2010.

2012 — Andrew Luck breaks the NFL’s single-game rookie record by throwing for 433 yards in leading Indianapolis to a 23-20 win over Miami. Luck is 30 of 48 with two TDs and breaks Cam Newton’s previous mark of 422 yards set last season.

2012 — Tampa Bay rookie Doug Martin rushes for a franchise-record 251 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-32 win at Oakland.

Youngster set to reject Manchester United

Manchester United are set to miss out on one of the hottest properties in European football with AC Milan wonderkid Gianluigi Donnarumma set to sign a new contract with the Serie A giants.

The 16-year-old progressed through the Rossoneri’s famed academy and became the youngest goalkeeper ever to make his first-team debut in the Italian top flight recently.

With his record grabbing the attention of a number of clubs, talkSPORT have claimed that reports in Italy are suggesting Donnarumma is willing to commit his future to Milan.

Despite being under contract until 2018 Milan are aware that a huge contract offer from a European rival could tempt the young stopper to leave, which would be a major blow to the club.

The report has also claimed that United were ready to push ahead with plans to make a January bid, although the news that Milan are ready to offer a new deal may end any interest Louis van Gaal has.

Extradited FIFA official pleads not guilty

A Brazilian FIFA official who headed the 2014 World Cup organising committee and was extradited this week from Switzerland has pleaded not guilty in a New York courtroom to charges stemming from a sprawling bribery case.

Jose Maria Marin appeared on Tuesday before a judge in federal court.

He will be freed on $US15 million ($A21 million) bond.

Marin is the second FIFA official to waive extradition to face charges in the US in a $US150 million ($A210 million) corruption case linked to broadcasting rights.

The 83-year-old was arrested in May.