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ON THIS DATE
Nov. 30
1918 – Cleveland Naval Reserve ends Pitt’s 31-game football winning streak by scoring late in the fourth quarter to beat the Panthers, 10-9. It is one fo the most controversial games in Pitt history. The officials who, claiming the timekeeper’s watch was broken, arbitrarily ended the first half before Pitt was able to score and then allowed the Reserves extra time in the fourth quarter to pull ahead 10-9 before calling an end to the game.
1976 – Pitt running back Tony Dorsett is a runaway winner of the Heisman Trophy in a season in which he gains 1,948 yards and sets college football’s career rushing record.
1979 – Steve Hamay scores 37 points, powering Bentworth to a 73-55 victory over Fort Cherry and keeping the Bearcats undefeated.
1985 – Waynesburg College’s basketball team wins the Washington Invitational by defeating Mansfield 96-71 in the championship game at Trinity High School. The Yellow Jackets’ Harold Hamlin is named MVP of the tournament.
1990 – James Kirkland and Kenney Toomer each score 17 points and grab 12 rebounds, leading California University to a 79-50 victory over Queens in the first round of the Observer-Reporter Invitational at Hamer Hall. The Vulcans will play South Carolina-Spartanburg, an 81-69 winner over John Beilein-coached LeMoyne, in the finals.
2011 – Danta Taylor scores 15 points amd grabs 11 rebounds as 17th-ranked Pitt overpowers Duquesne, 80-69.