No Flags in an NFL game
November 10, 1940 - In a story from the profootballhof.com site, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 7-3 in a penalty free game at Forbes Field. Philadelphia’s George Somers booted a 36-yard field goal in the first quarter. The Steelers score came on a one yard scoring dive by Coley McDonough in the third quarter. As we have discussed before this was one of four contests in NFL history without yellow laundry hitting the field. The others occurred on October 28, 1934’s Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh, September 27, 1936 when the Boston Redskins played Brooklyn’s Dodgers and on October 9, 1938 as the Cleveland Rams hosted the Chicago Bears. There seems to be a common theme to these games as they all occurred within 6 years of each other. The same guy, Will Halloran was the Referee of the 1936 and 1940 contests. Talk about an era of the officials letting them play!
Irish Blanked by Army in Number 1 versus Number 2 matchup
November 10, 1945 - Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York - Top-ranked Army shuts out No. 2 Notre Dame 48-0 in an extremely lopsided contest. Per the americanfootballdatabase.com the Black Knights Glenn Davis scored three touchdowns and Doc Blanchard crossed the goal-line stripe twice, as the Cadets rolled up 441 yards to the Irish’s 184.
Record NFL Crowd
November 10, 1957 - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, LA, California - An NFL record crowd of 102,368 crammed into the stadium to watch LA come away with a 37-24 victory of the San Francisco 49ers. Check out the full story here from pro-football-refernce.com. And they say LA fans don’t turn out for games!
Longest Fumble Return
November 10, 1957 - Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest scoop and score per onthisday.com website with a 89-yard touchdown that helped the Browns to blank the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-0.
Merdith's 460 yards Not Enough
November 10, 1963 - Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California - Dandy Don Meredith of the Dallas Cowboys passed for 460 yards and three scores but his Cowboys team fell short on the scoreboard in a 31-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers per the pro-football-reference.com. Niners quarterback Lamar McHan went 15 of 25 passing for 248 yards and 3 touchdown passes. Redhawks win MAC Showdown
November 10, 1973 - Kent, Ohio - According to footballfoundation.org in 2015 post, a matchup that pitted the Number 17 ranked Miami of Ohio Redhawks and Kent State Golden Flashes in 1973 marked the first-ever meeting of ranked MAC teams, putting the MAC title on the line. Redhawks fullback Chuck Varner fueled the offense with a two-yard touchdown plunge and a nine-yard touchdown reception to help Miami establish a 17-10 lead. Kicker David Draudt finished off the defending MAC champion Golden Flashes with a school-record 52-yard field goal in the final quarter. Final score Redhawks 20, Golden Flashes 10. Miami finished the season with an 11-0 record, their first perfect season since 1955 and a No. 15 ranking at the end of the season. Kent State finished up their season with a 9-2 record.
Tide Rolls with a Single Field Goal
November 10, 1979 - Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge,Louisiana - The Crimson Tide rolled away with a 3-0 victory over LSU on a rain soaked field. According to AL.com, Alan McElroy's 27-yard field goal midway through the third quarter accounted for the game's only points. Paul Bear Bryant's Alabama team had won the national championship the previous season, and came into the 1979 LSU game 8-0 and riding a 17-game winning streak.
Wyoming and SDSU set record
November 10, 1984 - Per a post on the website gowyo.com, University of Wyoming’s Kevin Lowe rushed for 302 yards, and Rick Wegher of South Dakota State put up 231 yards on the ground to set an NCAA record for most yards gained by two opposing players. The Wyoming Cowboys were too much for the SDSU Jackrabbits that day though as it showed in a 45-29 final score of the contest.
Reich leads a Big College comeback
November 10, 1984 - Maryland completes the biggest comeback in NCAA history, overcoming a 31-0 halftime deficit to find victory over the University of Miami 42-40 in the Orange Bowl. A great NCAA.com story tells us that the Terrapins outscored Jimmy Johnson's Hurricane team 42-9 in the second half to win the game. It was the largest comeback in NCAA history at the time. Led by back-up quarterback Frank Reich, the Terrapins score on six consecutive drives in the second half. One of the biggest plays of the game was when the Terp’s defense stuffed the Hurricane’s running back Melvin Bratton’s two-point conversion attempt on the goal line late in the fourth quarter that would have led to a tie score. Frank Reich was masterful at coming off of the bench in leading his teams out deep holes, just look at his NFL career.
Kosar's Long streak
November 10, 1991 - Cleveland Browns QB Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception per the onthisday.com website.
Marino really is Dan the Man
November 10, 1996 - Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida - The alamy.com reports that the Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino surpassed the 50,000 career yards passing mark in a 37-13 win over Indianapolis. The toss that hit the milestone was a 36 yarder to O.J. McDuffie during the second quarter of the contest. Marino also reached 4,000 completions, another NFL first, with his 10th completion of the game.
Deacons Big Comeback
November 10, 2001 - James MacPherson scored with 1:17 to play in the game and Quintin Williams made the defensive play of the game seconds later as Wake Forest rallied from a 24-point halftime deficit to stun North Carolina 32-31 in front of 53,000 fans at Kenan Stadium. Wake Forest, outgained 338 yards to 118 in the first half, staged one of the greatest comebacks in ACC history. Special thanks from the Wake Forest Athletic Department for this great story.
D-1 Scoring record
November 10, 2007 - Denton, Texas - Navy and North Texas set a major-college record by combining for 136 points in the Midshipmen’s 74-62 win per an ESPN.com post. 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. North Texas Mean Green quarterback Giovanni Vizza tossed for 478 yards and 8 touchdowns in the loss.
Falcons Fly over Irish
November 10, 2007 - South Bend, Indiana - The armed forces academies were performing well on this day as the Air Force Falcons defeated the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Per the goairforcefalcons.com website, this occurred one week after the Navy Midshipmen eked out a triple overtime victory against the Fighting Irish for the first time since 1963. The loss marked Notre Dame’s for the ninth L of that season, a school-record. The last time the Irish lost to two military academies in the same season was 1944.
Carey sets record 366 rushing yards
November 10, 2012 - Tucson, Arizona - Thanks to an sbnation.com post we learn that Ka’Deem Carey of Arizona pounded the ground hard for a Pac-12 single game record of 366 yards on 25 carries and tied the Pac-12 conference record with five TDs in the Wildcats’ 56-31 rout of the Colorado Buffaloes.
