This Date in Sports History: Oct. 23
1949 — Don Doll of the Detroit Lions intercepts four passes in a 24-7 victory over the Chicago Cardinals.
1960 — Jim Martin of Detroit becomes the first kicker to kick two field goals over 50 yards in a game as the Lions beat the Baltimore Colts, 30-17.
1971 — Greg Pruitt rushes for 294 yards on 19 carries to lead the Oklahoma Sooners to an NCAA record 711 yards rushing and a 75-28 pounding of Kansas State.
1976 — Pitt’s Tony Dorsett rushes for 180 yards in a 45-0 rout over Navy to become the top career rusher in NCAA history with 5,206 yards.
1988 — Dan Marino passes for 521 yards, three touchdowns and five interceptions as the Miami Dolphins lose to the New York Jets, 44-30. Marino completes 35 of 60 passes as he produces the second-best single-game total yardage in NFL history.
1993 — The Toronto Maple Leafs break the NHL record for most victories at the start of the season, winning their ninth straight game by beating the second-year Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0.
1999 — Florida State’s Bobby Bowden gets his 300th win with a 17-14 win over his son, Clemson coach Tommy Bowden.
2005 — San Diego’s LaDainian Tomlinson is held to a career-low 7 yards rushing on 17 carries and fails to score in the Chargers’ 20-17 loss at Philadelphia, ending his NFL record-tying streak of games with a touchdown at 18.
2008 — Carolina’s Brandon Sutter gives one of hockey’s most famous families another milestone, scoring his first NHL goal in a 4-1 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 19-year-old Sutter, son of New Jersey Devils coach Brent Sutter, is the ninth member of the Sutter family to play in the NHL.
2010 — Auburn’s Cam Newton sets two records in the Tigers’ 24-17 win over LSU. He breaks the SEC’s single-season rushing mark for a quarterback of 1,006 yards by Auburn’s Jimmy Sidle in 1963, and tops Heisman winner Pat Sullivan’s 40-year-old school mark of 26 TDs rushing and passing in a season.
2011 — Tim Tebow rallies the Broncos for two touchdowns in the final 2 minutes, 44 seconds of the fourth quarter to force overtime, and Matt Prater’s 52-yard field goal gives Denver an improbable 18-15 victory over the stunned Miami Dolphins.
2011 — Drew Brees completes 31 of 35 passes for 325 yards and five touchdowns, and the Saints set a franchise record for points and victory margin in a 62-7 against the hapless Indianapolis Colts.
2016 — Jay Ajayi ties an NFL record by surpassing 200 yards rushing for the second game in a row, helping the Miami Dolphins rally past the Buffalo Bills, 28-25. Ajayi rushes for 214 yards in 29 carries after totaling 204 yards a week earlier in a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
2016 — Adam Vinatieri kicks a pair of field goals in Indianapolis’ 34-26 victory over Tennessee to give him an NFL-record 43 consecutive field goals made. His first ties him with former Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt, who made 42 straight between 2002 and ’04.
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