Corridor of Fame receiver Jerry Rice, one of the crucial prolific gamers within the historical past of the NFL, ended his exceptional 274 streak of video games with a reception on Sept.19, 2004, when he didn’t make a single catch in a sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments.
Rice, who was 41 on the time and taking part in in his fourth season with the Oakland Raiders, had beforehand recorded not less than one reception in each sport he performed since Dec. 1, 1985, his rookie season.
Large receiver Jerry Rice #80 of the Oakland Raiders is on the sector in the course of the sport sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments at Community Associates Coliseum on September 19, 2004 in Oakland, California. The Raiders defeated the Payments 13-10. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Photographs)
Regardless of Rice’s lack of motion on that day, the Raiders nonetheless defeated the Payments 13-10.
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“I count on to catch footballs,” Rice stated on the time, through The Related Press. “I by no means thought it will come to an finish like this. However, , it is O.Okay. It is alright. It occurs. Life goes on. I will simply begin one other one and get one other 200.”
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TILDEN’S TAKEOVER
For the sixth yr in a row William (Massive Invoice) Tilden of Philadelphia is the holder of the Nationwide Garden Tennis Singles Tennis Championship on account of his victory over his persistent rival William Johnston of California at Forest Hills, N.Y. (NY Each day Information Archive through Getty Photographs)
American tennis participant Invoice Tilden continued his domination of the game when on Sept. 19, 1925, he gained his sixth straight U.S. Open tennis championship over San Francisco native Invoice Johnston.
The 2 rivals confronted off for the fourth consecutive yr, with Tilden popping out on prime but once more, this time in a 5 set victory (4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3).
Tilden would win seven U.S. Open titles and three extra at Wimbledon. In response to the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame, he was 73-7 and gained 42 straight matches from 1920-1926.
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GOLD MEDAL PERFORMANCE
1988: Greg Louganis of the USA holds his head after hitting the diving board on a contest dive in the course of the Seoul Olympics in Korea. (pascal rondeau/allsport)
Adorned Olympic diver Greg Louganis gained gold within the males’s 3-metre springboard occasion on the 1988 Summer season Video games in Seoul on Sept. 19, 1988 after hitting his head within the preliminaries, which resulted in a concussion.
4 stitches later, Louganis would end two extra dives and ultimately safe his third Olympic gold medal within the 3-metre springboard and later his fourth within the males’s 10-metre platform. It was revealed years later that Louganis had examined constructive for HIV earlier that yr, a secret he stored out of worry of not with the ability to compete.
THE CLOSER
Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees waves to the group from the mound after breaking the profession saves file within the sport in opposition to the Minnesota Twins on Monday, September 19, 2011 at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx borough of Manhattan, New York. The Yankees defeated the Twins 6-4 and Rivera recorded his 602nd profession save. (Rob Tringali/MLB through Getty Photographs)
On Sept. 19, 2011, New York Yankees nearer Mariano Rivera set a significant league file together with his 602nd save within the Yankees’ 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. On the time, he additionally held the file with 42 profession postseason saves.
“It is a blessing,” Rivera stated on the time, through ESPN. “I by no means thought that I would be doing this for therefore a few years and be capable to accomplish (this) file.”
Rivera nonetheless holds the file with 652 profession saves.
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MAYFIELD MAYHEM
Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners seems to be to throw in opposition to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane September 19, 2015 at Gaylord Household-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Tulsa 52-38. (Brett Deering/Getty Photographs)
Baker Mayfield made historical past when on Sept. 19, 2015, in simply his third begin with the Oklahoma Sooners, he recorded a program file of 572 complete yards (487 passing, 85 dashing) and threw 4 landing passes and ran for 2 extra.
“It is fairly humbling, particularly figuring out who has come by way of right here,” he stated on the time, through FOX Sports activities. “It is fairly particular to me. However we had a lot extra on the desk. Who is aware of what we might have completed if we had simply executed the offense higher.”
Mayfield’s 572 offensive yards topped the earlier file of 554 yards set in 2012 by Landry Jones, and Oklahoma defeated Tulsa, 52-38.
