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ON THIS DATE
Nov. 16
1951 – Jefferson High, under coach Ben Parker, battles Wilmerding to a 20-20 tie in the WPIAL Class B football championship game at Wash High Stadium. The Jeffs score touchdowns on their first two offensive plays, a 78-yard run by Ed Cipcic and a 49-yard dash by Bill Komlo. A one-yard TD run by Komlo with 2:15 left in the fourth quarter and Cipcic’s extra-point kick tie the score.
1957 – Notre Dame ends Oklahoma’s NCAA record 47-game football winning streak with a 7-0 triumph.
1962 – Carmichaels and Rostraver Township battle to a 0-0 tie on a muddy field at Uniontown in the WPIAL Class A football championship game.
1966 – Pittsburgh outfielder Roberto Clemente is named the National League’s Most Valuable Player.
1968 – Chartiers-Houston holds Oakmont to only three first downs and Jerry Patterson rushes for three touchdowns as the Bucs win the WPIAL Class B football championship 31-0 in the mud at Gateway High School. Patterson, who gains 200 yards on 21 carries, scores on runs of three, two and nine yards.
1993 – Ty Clarke resigns as head football coach at Waynesburg College. In seven seasons, Clarke’s teams had a 28-39 record as Waynesburg made the transition from the NAIA to the NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference.
1999 – Brooke Rebar scores three goals and Shellie Cotton contributes two scores as Charleroi routs Westmont-Hilltop 5-0 in the PIAA Class AA girls soccer semifinals at Ringgold High School.
2002 – Larry Johnson rushes for 327 yards, a career-high four TDs and shatters the 31-year-old school career rushing record in leading Penn State to a 58-25 victory over Indiana.
2005 – Washington & Jefferson quarterback Chris Edwards, who passed for 3,175 yards and 34 touchdowns, is named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
2006 – Eighth-ranked West Virginia rushes for 438 yards, including 220 by quarterback Pat White and 215 by running back Steve Slaton, and defeats Pitt, 45-27, at Heinz Field.
2008 – Pittsburgh rallies to beat San Diego 11-10, the first such final score in NFL history, spanning 12,837 games.