Dec. 24

1950 — Cleveland's Otto Graham throws four touchdown passes, despite icy footing in Municipal Stadium, and Lou Groza kicks a 16-yard field goal with 28 seconds left to give the Browns a 30-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams and the NFL title in their first year in the league.

1961 — George Blanda's 35-yard touchdown pass to Billy Cannon gives the Houston Oilers a 10-3 victory over the San Diego Chargers for their second AFL title.

1997 — In one of the biggest upsets in college basketball, Division II American-Puerto defeats the No. 12 Arkansas Razorbacks 64-59 in the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic.

2000 — Marshall Faulk breaks Emmitt Smith's NFL record for touchdowns scoring three times to give him 26 for the St. Louis Rams. Faulk's three touchdowns and 220 yards fuel a 26-21 victory over the New Orleans Saints. Emmitt Smith scored 25 times for Dallas in 1995.

2000 — Baltimore sets an NFL record for fewest points allowed in a 16-game schedule. The Ravens allow 165 points, easily breaking the mark of 187 by the 1986 Chicago Bears.

2003 — Steven Jackson ties a bowl game record with five touchdowns, and Oregon State's defense overwhelms mistake-plagued New Mexico in a 55-14 win at the Las Vegas Bowl.

2005 — Seattle's Shaun Alexander rushes for 139 yards and scores three touchdowns — two rushing, one receiving — to tie Priest Holmes' single-season NFL record of 27 touchdowns in a 28-13 win over Indianapolis.

2006 — Colt Brennan sets the NCAA single-season record for touchdown passes at 58, throwing five in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 41-24 victory over Arizona State in the Hawaii Bowl. Brennan, 33-of-42 for 559 yards, breaks the previous mark of 54 set by Houston's David Klingler in 1990.

2006 — Atlanta's Michael Vick becomes the first NFL quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Needing only 10 yards to reach the mark, he gains 17 on his first carry on the Falcons' opening possession. Morten Andersen's 539th career field goal, a 40-yarder, gives the 46-year-old Falcons kicker the NFL record, passing Gary Anderson for the career mark.

2006 — Peyton Manning reaches 4,000 yards passing for the seventh season, an NFL record, in the Indianapolis Colts' 27-24 loss to Houston. Manning needed 90 yards to break a tie with Dan Marino.

2008 — Jimmy Clausen sets a Notre Dame bowl record with 406 yards passing and five touchdowns to help the Irish win a postseason game for the first time in 15 years, 49-21 over Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl. The Fighting Irish end their NCAA-record nine-game bowl losing streak with the win.