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1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season 1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1993 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore 1992 Miami Dolphen Louis Oliver returns record tying interception 103 yards 1992 New York Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards 1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0 1991 Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career 1991 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards 1991 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime 1991 386 yards and scored 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific 55-34 1991 Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards 1989 Houston becomes 1st major college team to gain 1000 yards in a game 1989 Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards 1989 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record 1989 Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown 1986 New York Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards 1986 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown 1985 New Jersey General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 1984 LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards 1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1984 Washington State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing 1983 Tor Bay Buccaneers James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings 1983 Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards and 6 touchdowns 1983 Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs 1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards 1981 LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds) 1980 Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24 1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards 1979 Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30 1977 Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards 1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young) 1977 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards 1977 Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl 1976 Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards 1976 O. J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Detroit 1975 1st New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins) 1973 Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13 1973 Rick Wohlhuter runs record 880 yards in 1:44.6 1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr 1969 Steve O'Neal of New York Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver 1969 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing! 1969 New York Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos 1966 Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards 1966 Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained 1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety 1961 Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans 1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards 1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore 1951 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears 1951 Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards 1950 Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns 1947 Larry Brown, NFL runningback, 3rd to rush over 4,000 yards 1947 Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner, ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs 1947 Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder, longest field goal, 63 yards 1945 Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record) 1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1940 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) 1940 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards 1930 New York Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage 1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour 1922 Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards 1920 American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards 1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ)

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