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Nov. 1

1951 – Coach Ben Parker’s Jefferson High football team completes an undefeated regular season (8-0) with a 34-12 victory over visiting Waynesburg. Bill Komlo scores two of Jefferson’s three first-quarter touchdowns on runs of four and 19 yards.

1963 – Lloyd Booker scores on runs of 3, 22 and 3 yards as Washington finishes the regular season undefeated by topping Baldwin 26-13.

1964 – Jim Brown rushes for 149 yards and becomes the first player to rush for more than 10,000 yards in a career as the Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-17.

1968 – Joe Caldwell rushes for 151 yards and three touchdowns as Mapletown tops German Township 26-0 and finishes the regular season undefeated. The Maples miss the WPIAL Class B championship game when Chatiers-Houston defeats Carmichaels.

1968 – Jerry Patterson scores on runs of 4, 3 and 10 yards as Chartiers-Houston clinches a spot in the WPIAL Class B championship game by defeating Carmichaels 37-0 in the regular-season finale.

1968 – Malcolm Lomax scores on runs of 61 and 52 yards and catches a 64-yard scoring pass as Donora tops Albert Gallatin 27-6 to finish the regular season undefeated for the second consecutive season.

1975 – Duane Christian and Dave Valley combine for three touchdowns as Peters Township improves its record to 9-0 with a 21-13 victory over Fort Cherry that clinches the Black Hills Conference title for the Indians.

1983 – Greg Day, Todd Hammond and Kory Sensky score goals as Trinity defeats Mt. Lebanon 3-1 in the WPIAL soccer semifinals at Canon-McMillan.

1985 – Dom Snyder rushes for 131 yards and one touchdown as Bentworth defeats previously unbeaten Jefferson-Morgan 21-8 in the regular-season finale. Jefferson-Morgan, the Tri-County South Conference champion, was the last of the WPIAL’s 37 Class A teams to lose a game.

1985 – McGuffey overcomes a nine-point deficit with 21 third-quarter points to beat Burgettstown 29-16 and capture a share of the Century Conference title. Kirk Stillmark scores on a pair of three-yard runs and returns an interception 65 yards for the Highlanders’ final touchdown.

1986 – Rich Riotto throws three touchdown passes and Washington & Jefferson wins the Presidents’ Athletic Conference football title with a 41-8 victory over Carnegie Mellon.

1996 – Josh Koscheck rushes for 165 yards on 27 carries and his fourth-quarter quarterback sack – one of eight by Waynesburg’s defense – forces a fumble that leads to a Pat Pester touchdown run as the Raiders defeat Elizabeth Forward 21-7 in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs.

2003 – Larry Fitzgerald sets an NCAA record with a touchdown catch in his 14th straight game in Pittsburgh’s 24-13 victory over Boston College.

2005 – Two goals by Mark Majoras and some solid defensive play lead Peters Township to a 4-1 victory over Baldwin in the WPIAL Class AAA boys soccer semifinals at Elzabeth Forward.

2006 – Evgeni Malkin scores in the first period of Pittsburgh’s 4-3 overtime win at Los Angeles to become the first NHL player in 89 years with goals in his first six games.

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