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Posted on: Monday, November 30, 2009

On this date: 1991 — Marshall Faulk first freshman to capture national rushing title


Associated Press

Nov. 30

1941 — The Chicago Bears score 49 points in the second half to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 49-13.

1956 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the world heavyweight title in Chicago.

1969 — Russ Jackson throws a record four touchdowns to lead the Ottawa Rough Riders to a 29-11 victory over Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL Grey Cup championship.

1979 — Sugar Ray Leonard wins the WBC welterweight title with 15th-round knockout of Wilfred Benitez in Las Vegas.

1987 — Bo Jackson, also the Kansas City Royal outfielder, rushes for 221 yards to lead the Los Angeles Raiders to a 37-14 rout of the Seattle Seahawks.

1991 — San Diego State's Marshall Faulk becomes the first freshman to capture the national rushing and scoring titles after gaining 154 yards on 27 carries in a 39-12 loss to top-ranked Miami. Faulk finished the season with 1,429 yards in nine games for a 158.7-yard rushing average.

2003 — Mark Philippoussis gives Australia its 28th Davis Cup title, fighting off a shoulder injury that nearly forces him to retire after the fourth set to beat Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-0.

2006 — Kobe Bryant scores 30 of his 52 points in the third quarter to lead Los Angeles to a 132-102 victory over Utah.

2008 — Keith Tkachuk reaches 1,000 career points with the tying goal late in the second period in St. Louis' 4-2 victory over Atlanta.

2008 — Oakland has only one catch by a wide receiver in its 20-13 loss to the Kansas City, and that officially was for 0 yards by Ronald Curry on a hook-and-lateral play.