Corridor of Status 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 did not make a unmarried catch in a sport in opposition to the Buffalo Expenses.
Rice, who was once 41 on the time and taking part in in his fourth season with the Oakland Raiders, had up to now recorded a minimum of one reception in each sport he performed since Dec. 1, 1985, his rookie season.
Huge receiver Jerry Rice #80 of the Oakland Raiders is at the box throughout the sport sport in opposition to the Buffalo Expenses at Community Pals Coliseum on September 19, 2004 in Oakland, California. The Raiders defeated the Expenses 13-10. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Photographs)
Regardless of Rice’s loss of motion on that day, the Raiders nonetheless defeated the Expenses 13-10.
“I be expecting to catch footballs,” Rice stated on the time, by means of The Related Press. “I by no means concept it might come to an finish like this. However, you realize, it is O.Okay. It is alright. It occurs. Existence is going on. I’m going to simply get started every other one and get every other 200.”
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TILDEN’S TAKEOVER
For the 6th 12 months in a row William (Giant Invoice) Tilden of Philadelphia is the holder of the Nationwide Garden Tennis Singles Tennis Championship because of his victory over his continual rival William Johnston of California at Wooded area Hills, N.Y. (NY Day by day Information Archive by means of Getty Photographs)
American tennis participant Invoice Tilden persevered his domination of the game when on Sept. 19, 1925, he received his 6th instantly U.S. Open tennis championship over San Francisco local Invoice Johnston.
The 2 competitors confronted off for the fourth consecutive 12 months, with Tilden popping out on best all over again, 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 3 extra at Wimbledon. In step with the Global Tennis Corridor of Status, he was once 73-7 and received 42 instantly suits from 1920-1926.
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GOLD MEDAL PERFORMANCE
1988: Greg Louganis of the United States holds his head after hitting the diving board on a contest dive throughout the Seoul Olympics in Korea. (pascal rondeau/allsport)
Adorned Olympic diver Greg Louganis received gold within the males’s 3-metre springboard tournament on the 1988 Summer time Video games in Seoul on Sept. 19, 1988 after hitting his head within the preliminaries, which led to a concussion.
4 stitches later, Louganis would end two extra dives and sooner or later protected his 3rd Olympic gold medal within the 3-metre springboard and later his fourth within the males’s 10-metre platform. It was once published years later that Louganis had examined certain for HIV previous that 12 months, a secret he saved out of worry of now not having the ability to compete.
THE CLOSER
Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees waves to the gang from the mound after breaking the profession saves report within the sport in opposition to the Minnesota Twins on Monday, September 19, 2011 at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx borough of New york, New York. The Yankees defeated the Twins 6-4 and Rivera recorded his 602nd profession save. (Rob Tringali/MLB by means of Getty Photographs)
On Sept. 19, 2011, New York Yankees nearer Mariano Rivera set a significant league report together with his 602nd save within the Yankees’ 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. On the time, he additionally held the report with 42 profession postseason saves.
“It is a blessing,” Rivera stated on the time, by means of ESPN. “I by no means concept that I would be doing this for such a lot of years and have the ability to accomplish (this) report.”
Rivera nonetheless holds the report with 652 profession saves.
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MAYFIELD MAYHEM
Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners seems to throw in opposition to the Tulsa Golden Typhoon September 19, 2015 at Gaylord Circle of relatives-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 3rd get started with the Oklahoma Sooners, he recorded a program report of 572 general yards (487 passing, 85 speeding) and threw 4 landing passes and ran for 2 extra.
“It is beautiful humbling, particularly figuring out who has come via right here,” he stated on the time, by means of FOX Sports activities. “It is beautiful particular to me. However we had so a lot more at the desk. Who is aware of what we will have completed if we had simply done the offense higher.”
Mayfield’s 572 offensive yards crowned the former report of 554 yards set in 2012 via Landry Jones, and Oklahoma defeated Tulsa, 52-38.