Today’s sports highlight in history:
2014 — Peyton Manning passes Brett Favre’s NFL record of 508 career touchdown passes and he throws four TD passes in Denver’s 42-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The record-breaker was an 8-yarder to Demaryius Thomas with 3:09 left in the first half. Manning reaches the milestone in his 246th regular season game. Favre needed 302.
On this date:
1940 — Alabama snaps Tennessee’s defensive scoreless streak of 71 quarters but still loses 27-12. Tennessee had not allowed a point since Oct. 29, 1938, when it beat LSU 14-6.
1957 – Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadians scores his 500th career goal in a 3-1 win over the Chicago Black Hawks.
1960 — After 13 years in Minneapolis, the Lakers opened their first season in Los Angeles with a 140-123 loss at Cincinnati.
1966 – Bobby Orr makes his regular season NHL debut for the Boston Bruins.
1985 – Brigham Young’s Robbie Bosco passes for 585 yards in a 45-23 win over New Mexico.
1985 – Dale Klein of Nebraska ties an NCAA record with seven field goals in a 28-20 victory over Missouri.
1986 — Lloyd Burruss of Kansas City intercepts three passes and returns two for touchdowns to lead the Chiefs to a 42-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers.
1994 — Duke beats North Carolina 3-2 in women’s soccer to end the Tar Heels’ 101-game unbeaten streak.
1997 — Pittsburgh goaltender Tom Barrasso makes 22 saves to earn his 300th career victory in a 4-1 victory over Florida. Barrasso becomes the first American-born goaltender and 13th overall to record 300 wins.
1997 — Sandy Alomar of the Cleveland Indians hits the 700th World Series home run.
2002 — Avon Cobourne becomes the fifth Division IA rusher with four 1,000-yard seasons as West Virginia beats Syracuse 34-7. Cobourne has 108 rushing yards for 1,002 yards this season.
2012 — The National Hockey League announces the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular season schedule through November 1st. A total of 135 regular season games have now been lost from October 11th to November 1st.
2014 — DeMarco Murray becomes the first running back in NFL history to start a season with seven straight 100-yard games in a 31-21 win over the New York Giants. Murray, with 128 yards and a touchdown, breaks Hall of Famer Jim Brown’s 56-year-old record.