Today in Sports - Nathan Vasher returns a missed FG 108 yds. for a TD, longest play in NFL history

Nov.

13 1934 Ralph Bowman of the St.

Louis Eagles scores the first penalty-shot goal in NHL history.

Bowmans goal comes on the second penalty shot attempt in league history and is the only goal for the Eagles, who lose to the Montreal Maroons 2-1.

1949 Chicagos Bob Nussbaumer intercepts four passes, and the Cardinals set an NFL record for points in a regular-season game with a 65-20 victory over the New York Bulldogs.

1955 Goalies Glenn Hall and Terry Sawchuk play to a 0-0 tie at Boston Garden.

Hall, a rookie goalie with the Detroit Red Wings, and Terry Sawchuk of the Bruins, played to a 0-0 tie on Oct.

22 at the Olympia in Detroit.

The shutout is the 61st for Sawchuk and the fourth for Hall.

1964 St.

Louis Hawks forward Bob Pettit becomes the first NBA player to score 20,000 points, with 29 in a 123-106 loss to the Cincinnati Royals.

1971 Colorados Charlie Davis sets an NCAA record for a sophomore by rushing for 342 yards in a 40-6 victory over Oklahoma State.

1982 Southern Miss beats Alabama 38-29 for the Tides first loss in Tuscaloosa since 1963, breaking a 57-game winning streak in Bryant-Denny Stadium.

1982 Chicagos Tony Esposito becomes the fourth NHL goaltender with 400 victories.

Esposito makes 34 saves to help the Black Hawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 at Joe Louis Arena.

1984 Bernie Nicholls of Los Angles becomes the first NHL player to get a goal in all four periods of a game.

Nicholls scores once in each period and again at 2:57 of overtime to give the Kings a 5-4 victory over the Quebec Nordiques.

1992 Riddick Bowe wins the world heavyweight championship with a unanimous decision over Evander Holyfield.

1993 No.

2 Notre Dame runs out to a 17-point lead and hangs on to beat top-ranked Florida State 31-24 when Charlie Wards desperation pass is knocked down on the goal line as time expires.

1999 Lennox Lewis becomes the undisputed heavyweight champion with a unanimous decision over Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas.

2005 In the longest play in NFL history, Chicago defensive back Nathan Vasher returns a missed field goal 108 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half in a 17-9 win against the 49ers.

2009 McKendree basketball coach Harry Statham wins his 1,000th game with a 79-49 victory over East-West University.

The 72-year-old Statham is 1,000-381 at the NAIA school.

2015 Candance Brown makes a layup with 1.2 seconds left and Gardner-Webb rallies to shock No.

22 North Carolina 66-65 in the opener for both teams.

Gardner-Webb had trailed by 15 points entering the fourth quarter.

2015 Russias track federation is suspended by the sports international governing body and its athletes are barred from international competition for a widespread and state-sanctioned doping program.

Its the first time the IAAF bans a country for doping.

2018 Rutgers coach C.

Vivian Stringer becomes the fifth Division I womens basketball coach to win 1,000 games when the Scarlet Knights beat Central Connecticut State 73-44.

Stringer joins Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Tara VanDerveer and Sylvia Hatchell..

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