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Posted on: Monday, November 23, 2009

On this date: 1984 — BC upsets Miami 47-45 on Doug Flutie's last-second TD pass


Associated Press

Nov. 23

1947 — Sammy Baugh throws six touchdown passes as the Washington Redskins beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 45-21.

1958 — Bobby Mitchell of the Cleveland Browns returns a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns in a 28-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.

1968 — Houston scores 49 points in the fourth quarter to complete the 100-6 rout of an injury-riddled, flu-stricken Tulsa.

1984 — Doug Flutie passes for 472 yards and leads Boston College to a 47-45 upset victory over Miami with a last second touchdown throw to Gerard Phelan.

1986 — Bernie Kosar of the Cleveland Browns passes for 414 yards and two touchdowns in a 37-31 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

1991 — Tony Sands smashes NCAA records with 396 yards and 58 carries and scores four touchdowns as Kansas trounces Missouri 53-29. Sands breaks the NCAA single-game rushing record of 386 yards set earlier in the season by Marshall Faulk of San Diego State.

1996 — Iowa State's Troy Davis becomes the first Division I-A player to rush for 2,000 yards in consecutive seasons, gaining 225 yards in a 35-20 loss to Kansas State. Davis, who had 2,010 yards in 1995, finishes with 2,185 yards.

1997 — Washington Redskins receiver Henry Ellard (seven receptions, 77 yards) becomes the fifth player in NFL history to catch 800 passes in a 7-7 tie with the New York Giants.

2001 — Middleweight boxer James Butler punches opponent Richard Grant after the final bell at Madison Square Garden in New York. Grant, winner of a 10-round decision, is dropped when Butler connects with a short hook with his gloves off. Butler, facing second-degree assault charges, is suspended indefinitely by the New York State Athletic Commission.

2002 — Penn State's Larry Johnson becomes the ninth running back in NCAA Division I-A history to run for 2,000 yards in a season when he gains 279 yards and scores four TDs in a 61-7 win against Michigan State.

2007 — In a rare instance of double triple-doubles, Baron Davis and the Golden State Warriors get the better of Caron Butler and the Washington Wizards. Davis finishes with 33 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds and Golden State beat Washington 123-115. Butler ends with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

2008 — Matt Cassel passes for 415 yards, including three touchdowns to Randy Moss, in New England's 48-28 win at Miami. Cassel is the fifth quarterback to throw for 400 yards in consecutive games, joining Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Phil Simms and Billy Volek.

2008 — Ed Reed returns an interception an NFL-record 108 yards in Baltimore's 36-7 rout of Philadelphia.

2008 — Steve Asmussen breaks his own record for most wins in a year when Prophesy wins a race in Oklahoma to give the trainer victory No. 556. Asmussen set the record of 555 wins in 2004.