November 1996 in Sports

Nov. 2 -- A.J. Pitorino of Hartwick rushed for an NCAA all-divisions record 443 yards on 45 carries in a 42-14 win over Waynesburg.

Nov. 2 -- Jim Sweeney became the 16th major-college coach to achieve 200 victories when Fresno State beat Boise State 41-7.

Nov. 3 -- Jerry Rice became the first player with 1,000 career NFL receptions in San Francisco's 24-17 victory over New Orleans.

Nov. 3 -- Marcus Allen reached several career milestones during Kansas City's 21-6 win over Minnesota. He scored his 110th rushing touchdown to match Walter Payton, caught his 566th pass to tie Roger Craig's mark for running backs and played in his 199th game to equal the standard for runners set by Mosi Tatupu.

Nov. 3 -- Philadelphia kicker Gary Anderson became the fourth player in NFL history to crack the 1,500 point mark with his first-quarter extra-point kick in a 31-21 win over Dallas.

Nov. 3 -- Drew Bledsoe of New England completed 30 of 41 passes for 419 yards and three touchdowns in the Patriot's 42-23 victory over Miami.

Nov. 3 -- Giacomo Leone, a 25-year-old policeman from Italy, and Romanian Anuta Catuna were the men's and women's winners at the New York City Marathon. Leone won in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 54 seconds and Catuna won in 2:28:18.

Nov. 3 -- George Foreman had little trouble in beating unknown Crawford Grimsley in a 12-round unanimous decision to defend his IBA and WBU heavyweight titles. The oldest heavyweight champion earned about $5 million. HIV-infected boxer Tommy Morrison made quick work of last-minute opponent Marcus Rhode with a knockout, 1 minute, 38 seconds into the heavyweight fight.

Nov. 6 -- Todd Hollandsworth won the NL Rookie of the Year award, a record fifth straight year a Los Angeles Dodgers player has captured the honor. Hollandsworth, the Dodgers' 16th player to claim the award, followed Hideo Nomo, Raul Mondesi, Mike Piazza and Eric Karros this decade.

Nov. 6 -- Jim Harrick, a campus hero 19 months ago when he coached UCLA to its first NCAA basketball title in 20 years, was fired over an alleged recruiting violation and a false expense report. Harrick (191-63 at UCLA), was the second-winningest coach in school history, behind John Wooden.

Nov. 6 -- Boston College suspended 13 football players for gambling, including two who bet against their school last month. The suspended players include starting tight end Scott Dragos and linebacker Brian Maye. Also suspended were running back Jamall Anderson, offensive lineman Marcus Bembry, defensive back Paul Cary, defensive linemen John Coleman and Dan Collins, wide receivers Chris Cosenza, Steve Everson and Brandon King, center Kyle Geiselman, linebacker Jermaine Monk, and tight end Rob Tardio.

Nov. 6 -- Michael Jordan scored 50 points, the 29th time in his career, to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 106-100 win over the Miami Heat.

Nov. 9 -- Evander Holyfield pounded Mike Tyson into submission at 37 seconds of the 11th round to capture the WBA heavyweight title in Las Vegas. Holyfield, a 7-1 underdog, became the second man to hold a piece of the heavyweight title three times. The fight at the MGM Grand Garden set a record for the biggest live gate in boxing history. A crowd of 16,103 attended for a gate of $14,150,700. In the WBO heavyweight title bout, Henry Akinwande remained champion by stopping Alexander Zolkin at 2:32 of the 10th round.

Nov. 10 -- Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino surpassed 50,000 career passing yards in a 37-13 win over Indianapolis. Marino passed the milestone by hitting O.J. McDuffie for a 36-yard completion with 6 minutes left. Marino reached 4,000 completions, another NFL first, with his 10th completion of the game.

Nov. 10 -- Terry Labonte won his second Winston Cup championship with a fifth-place finish to brother Bobby, whose victory in the NAPA 500 was his first of the year.

Nov. 10 -- Boomer Esiason, Cardinals, despite throwing four interceptions, completed 35 of 59 passes for 522 yards and three touchdowns in Arizona's 37-34 overtime victory over Washington. The 522 yards was the third-highest in NFL history.

Nov. 11 -- John Smoltz ended Greg Maddux's Cy Young streak at four, collecting the NL award and giving the Atlanta Braves four straight winners. Smoltz was 24-8 with a 2.94 ERA, winning 14 consecutive decisions from April 9-June 19.

Nov. 12 -- Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays became the first player from a Canadian team to win the Cy Young Award, edging Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees. In matching the second-closest vote for the AL award, Hentgen, 20-10 with a 3.22 ERA, received 16 first-place votes, nine seconds and three thirds for 110 points. Pettitte, 21-8 with a 3.87 ERA, got 11 firsts, 16 seconds and one third for 104 points.

Nov. 13 -- Ken Caminiti, who led San Diego into the playoffs for the first time in 12 years, became the fourth unanimous winner of the NL MVP Award. Caminiti set Padres records with 40 homers, 130 RBIs and a .621 slugging percentage.

Nov. 14 -- Juan Gonzalez of the Texas Rangers beat Seattle's Alex Rodriguez by three points, matching the second-closest victory margin for the AL MVP award. Gonzalez, who hit .314 with 47 homers and 144 RBIs, got 11 first-place votes and 290 points. Rodriguez, who hit a league-leading .358 with 36 homers and 123 RBIs, received 10 first-place votes and 287 points in balloting.

Nov. 16 -- Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech, became the sixth major-college player to run for 2,000 yards in a season, rushing for 257 yards and four touchdowns in the Red Raiders' 56-21 victory over Southwestern Louisiana.

Nov. 16 -- Marcus Harris of Wyoming set a major-college career record for receiving yardage (4,400) with 16 receptions for 191 yards in a 25-24 win over Colorado State.

Nov. 16 -- Jon Denton threw for four touchdowns and broke five NCAA freshman records, helping UNLV halt the nation's longest losing streak at 12 games with a 44-42 victory over San Diego State. Denton, who was 27-of-53, broke his own NCAA freshman records with 503 passing yards and 513 yards total offense. He set freshman records for passing yards (3,154), total offense (3,208) and plays (563).

Nov. 16 -- Corey Dillon set an NCAA rushing record for a quarter, gaining 222 yards on 16 carries in the first period as No. 15 Washington overwhelmed San Jose State 53-10. Dillon played only one quarter and scored on runs of 78, 48 and 4 yards and also turned a screen pass from Brock Huard into an 83-yard touchdown.

Nov. 18 -- Chris Boniol of Dallas tied NFL record with seven field goals in Cowboys' 21-6 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Nov. 19 -- The Chicago White Sox made Albert Belle baseball's highest-paid player, giving the free agent a five-year, $55 million contract.

Nov. 19 -- Patrick Ewing scored 24 points to become the 23rd NBA player to score 20,000 career points as the New York Knicks beat the Orlando Magic 92-88.

Nov. 20 -- John Smoltz followed Albert Belle into the record books, re-signing with Atlanta for the largest contract ever given to a pitcher. Smoltz, the NL Cy Young award winner, agreed to a $31 million, four-year contract.

Nov. 23 -- Iowa State's Troy Davis became the first Division I-A player to rush for 2,000 yards in consecutive seasons, gaining 225 yards in a 35-20 loss to Kansas State. He finished with 2,185 yards.

Nov. 24 -- Doug Flutie passed for 302 yards and ran for 98 and a touchdown as the Toronto Argonauts beat the Edmonton Eskimos 43-37 in the CFL Grey Cup.

Nov. 24 -- Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions set an NFL record with his eighth straight 1,000-yard season during a 31-14 loss to the Chicago Bears.

Nov. 24 -- Karrie Webb, capping a sensational rookie year, won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship to become the first player in tour history to earn more than $1 million in a season. Webb, with a four-stroke victory, earned $150,000 for her fourth victory of the year to push her season total to $1,002,000.

Nov. 24 -- Rusty Wallace won the Suzuka Thunder Special 100, finishing 1.192 seconds ahead of Dale Earnhardt in the first NASCAR event in Japan.

Nov. 24 -- Clyde Drexler of the Houston Rockets became the 24th NBA player to reach 20,000 career points in a 90-85 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Nov. 25 -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays agreed to the largest contract ever for an amateur player, giving pitcher Matt White of Waynesboro (Pa.) High School a $10.2 million bonus.

Nov. 26 -- Baseball's four long years of labor strife ended when owners dramatically reversed course and ratified the same collective bargaining agreement they rejected three weeks earlier. The five-year contract, which is retroactive to 1996 and will run through 2000, ushered in interleague play and revenue sharing for small-market teams.

Nov. 26 -- Dallas businessman John Spano reached final agreement with New York Islanders owner John Pickett on a $165 million deal for 90 percent of the club.

Nov. 28 -- Kansas City running back Marcus Allen broke the NFL record for rushing touchdowns, scoring on two 1-yard runs in the Chiefs' 28-24 victory over the Detroit Lions. Allen entered the game tied with former Chicago star Walter Payton at 110 rushing touchdowns.

Nov. 30 -- Wisconsin freshman Ron Dayne ran for a school-record 339 yards on 36 carries and scored four TDs to raise his season total to 1,863 yards and shatter Herschel Walker's freshman record as the Badgers routed Hawaii 59-10. In addition, Dayne tied Walker's record for 200-yard games with four.

Nov. 30 -- Scott Harley of East Carolina rushed for 351 yards and scored three TDs in a 50-29 victory over North Carolina State.

Nov. 30 -- Florida State's defensive front made life miserable for Florida's Danny Wuerffel, sacking him six times, intercepting him three times and pounding the Heisman front runner all day, as the No. 2 Seminoles defeated the No. 1 Gators 24-21.

Nov. 30 -- Michael Jordan reached 25,000 career points with the last of his 35 points as the Chicago Bulls defeated San Antonio 97-88 before a crowd of 37,058 -- the largest in Spurs history. He is the 10th NBA player to reach the mark.

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