October 6
1926 — Babe Ruth becomes the first MLB player to hit three home runs in a World Series game, NY Yankees in Game 4 Defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5.
1928 — Leo Diegel wins the PGA Championship, defeating Al Espinosa 6-5.
1956 – Oklahoma State sweeps Kansas State 66-0, setting a modern college football winning streak of 32 straight. The Sooners had previously set a record of 31 games in 1948-50. The victory also set a league record of 54 consecutive victories.
1963 – Baseball World Series: The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 2-1 at Dodger Stadium, sweeping the series 4-0; MVP: Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax.
1973 – Washington’s Chris Rowland ties an NCAA record with four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, but still loses to Cal 54-49.
1976 – Roland Erickson of the Minnesota North Stars had four assists in his first NHL game, a 6-5 loss to the New York Rangers.
1980 – Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter in three rounds at Wembley Arena in London to win the world middleweight title.
1985 – San Francisco’s Joe Montana passes for 429 yards and five touchdowns in a 38-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons, finishing with 57 attempts and no interceptions The result set an NFL record.
1990 – Stacey Robinson sets the NCAA quarterback rushing record with 308 yards and five touchdowns, leading Northern Illinois to a 73-18 victory over Fresno State.
1993 – Michael Jordan announces his retirement after nine seasons in the NBA.
2000 – Marty McSorley is found guilty of assault with a weapon by a Canadian court after attacking an opponent with a two-fist stick. McSorley was convicted of punching Vancouver Canucks forward Donald Brashear to the ice on Feb. 21.
2001 – Maurice Hicks ran for a record 416 yards and four touchdowns, but it wasn’t enough as Morgan State defeated North Carolina A&T 52-42. Hicks broke the Division I-AA single-game rushing record set by Sacramento State’s Charles Roberts in 1999 against Idaho State with 409 yards.
2001 — Middle Tennessee State beat the University of Idaho 70-58, setting a Division I record for total points scored. The two teams combined for 1,445 yards of offense.
2001 – Michigan’s win, coupled with Yale’s 32-27 loss to Dartmouth, sets the Wolverines’ all-time wins record in all conferences at 809.
2003 – Peyton Manning’s Indianapolis becomes the first team in NFL history to win after trailing by 21 points or more with less than four minutes left in regulation. team. Mike Vanderjagt’s 29-yard field goal gave the Colts a 38-35 victory over Tampa Bay with 3:47 left in overtime.
2007 – Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree sets the NCAA freshman receiving touchdown record with a 32-yard touchdown catch in a 42-17 win over Iowa State . Crabtree scored three goals against the Cyclones, giving him 17 goals this season.
2010 — Roy Halladay leads the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of the National League Division Series to create a playoff record Second no-hitter in history.
2013 — Tiger Woods leads Richard Sterne to give the United States the 18 points they need to win their fifth consecutive Presidents Cup. This is Woods’ third consecutive Presidents Cup final win.
2013 – Matt Prater’s 28-yard field goal at the end of the game gives Peyton Manning and the Denver Nuggets a 51-48 victory over the Cowboys for the first time in Dallas history A 500-yard passing game. Tony Romo passed for 506 yards and five touchdowns for Dallas, but he was intercepted inside the Dallas 30 by Danny Trevanthan for Prater Hit the winning shot. It was the second-highest scoring game in the regular season since the NFL merged with the AFL in 1970. Manning finished with 414 yards and four scores for Denver.
2017 — The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Dallas Stars 2-1 in the team’s first season opener. James Neal scored twice for the Cavaliers in the third period and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 45 of 46 shots to seal the win.
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