Sept. 22
1905 — Willie Anderson wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time in 5 years, beating Alex Smith with a 314-total on the Myopia Hunt Membership in South Hamilton, Mass.
1927 — Gene Tunney wins a unanimous 10-round determination over Jack Dempsey at Soldier Area in Chicago to retain his world heavyweight title. The struggle is marred by a protracted 10-count within the seventh spherical. Dempsey knocks Tunney to the mat, however Dempsey doesn’t go to a impartial nook. The referee doesn’t begin counting till 4 or 5 seconds after Tunney is down. Tunney regains his ft and goes on to win.
1969 — Willie Mays turns into the second main league participant to hit 600 homers with a two-run shot off Mike Corkins, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.
1974 — The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos are the primary groups to play to a tie, 35-35, with the brand new extra time rule in impact.
1984 — Mississippi Valley State’s Willie Totten passes for 526 yards in a 49-32 victory over Jackson State. Extensive receiver Jerry Rice has 285 yards receiving.
1986 — LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 video games.
1987 — The 1,585-member NFL Gamers Affiliation goes on strike after the New England-New York Jets Monday night time sport. The strike lasts 24 days.
1990 — Illinois’ Howard Griffith units an NCAA document when he scores eight speeding touchdowns in a 56-21 rout of Southern Illinois. Griffith will get touchdowns on three consecutive carries within the second quarter and ties an NCAA document with 4 touchdowns within the third quarter. Griffith doesn’t play within the fourth quarter. It’s essentially the most factors scored in an NCAA sport by a participant aside from a kicker.
1990 — Andre Dawson steals his three hundredth base & is simply participant aside from Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits.
1991 — Miami coach Don Shula will get his three hundredth profession victory within the Dolphins’ 16-13 win over Inexperienced Bay.
1993 — Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his final sport.
2002 — New England’s Tom Brady completes 39 of 54 passes for 410 yards and throws landing passes to 4 totally different receivers, main the Patriots to a 41-38 extra time victory over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
2007 — Graham Harrell of Texas Tech completes 46 of 67 passes for 646 yards, the fourth-best whole in main faculty historical past, in a 49-45 loss to Oklahoma State.
2007 — Kentucky’s Andre Woodson units a serious faculty document for consecutive passes with out an interception, breaking the mark of 271 held by Fresno State’s Trent Dilfer.
2012 — Cobi Hamilton of Arkansas has 10 catches for a Southeastern Convention document 303 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-26 to Rutgers.
2012 — Previous Dominion’s Taylor Heinicke smashes NCAA Division I information by throwing for 730 yards. He completes 55 of 79 makes an attempt with out being intercepted and leads the Monarchs again from a 23-point, third-quarter deficit to a 64-61 victory towards New Hampshire.
2018 — Anthony Joshua retains his IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles by stopping Alexander Povetkin within the seventh spherical at Wembley Stadium.
2018 — Jess McDonald scores two targets and the North Carolina Braveness win the Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League championship with a 3-0 victory over the Portland Thorns.