Win one for the Gipper, Terps erase a 31-point deficit, and Charlie Sifford makes history - This DiSH for Nov. 10
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1928, Knute Rockne delivered his 'Win one for the Gipper' speech to fire up his Notre Dame team to go beat Army.
In 1984, Maryland erased a 31-point halftime deficit against Miami to win 42-40.
In 2018, Davidson rushed for 789 yards in a 56-52 loss to San Diego.
In 1957, Charlie Sifford became the first black player to win a professional golf tournament.
And in 1985, Ron Jaworski hit receiver Mike Quick for a 99-yard strike to end a game against Atlanta.
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
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Takeaways:
- On November 10, 1928, Knute Rockne delivered his famous 'Win one for the Gipper' speech, inspiring his team to victory.
- The 1984 Maryland Terrapins made history by completing a 31-point comeback against Miami, showcasing their resilience.
- In 1957, Charlie Sifford became the first black man to win a professional golf tournament, breaking racial barriers in the sport.
- The unique game between the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles ended with a record 99-yard touchdown, a historic play in NFL history.
- In 1991, a fire incident during a Saints vs. 49ers game caused an eight-minute delay, highlighting the unpredictability of live sports.
- Davidson College set a record for rushing yards in a game, but still lost, illustrating the unpredictability of sports outcomes.
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Transcript
It's another day and another chance to go around the world of sports and check out what cool stuff happened on this day in history.
Speaker A: th, and on this day in: Speaker A: yesterday I talked about the: Speaker A:Well, 18 years earlier.
Speaker A:Earlier, these two teams were squaring off in Yankee Stadium.
Speaker A:Army was undefeated at 6.
Speaker A:0.
Speaker A:It had been an uncharacteristic year for the Irish.
Speaker A:They'd lost two games already and they were down six nothing at the half.
Speaker A:It was time for a little Newt Rockne magic.
Speaker A:From his memory, he pulled out the Win One for the Gipper speech.
Speaker A:George Gipp had been a Notre Dame star eight years earlier.
Speaker A: consensus All American in the: Speaker A: ,: Speaker A:He was later admitted to the hospital and he died less than a month later on December 14 from Strep and pneumonia.
Speaker A: inal hours, dramatized in the: Speaker B:Someday, when the team's up against it, the brakes are beating the boys.
Speaker B:Ask them to go in there with all they've got.
Speaker B:Win just one for the Kipper.
Speaker B:I don't know where I'll be then, but I'll know about it.
Speaker B:I'll be happy.
Speaker A: nt coach for the Irish in the: Speaker A:And when Coach Rockne sent the boys back out for the second half, the boys nearly ripped the hinges off the door.
Speaker A:Jack Chevenix, who would later be killed on Iwo Jima in World War II, scored the first touchdown for the Irish.
Speaker A:As he crossed the goal line, he repeatedly yelled, there's one for the Gipper.
Speaker A:The Irish added another touchdown later in the game and held army off the scoreboard the rest of the way to indeed win one for the Gipper.
Speaker A:12 6.
Speaker A: On this day in: Speaker A:Miami was riding a nice little crest of a wave they'd won five straight and had moved up to number six in the country.
Speaker A:The Maryland Terrapins were unranked but had won three straight coming into this one.
Speaker A:This was a definite tale of two halves.
Speaker A:Miami opened the scoring in the first quarter with a touchdown and then added three more and a field goal in the second quarter behind the passing of Bernie Kosar to take a 310 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Speaker A:Maryland coach Bobby Ross needed to shake some things up and so he pulled starting quarterback Stan Gelbaugh and he put in Frank Reich.
Speaker A:The Terps scored touchdowns on their first three drives.
Speaker A: But it was still: Speaker A:The Canes lead was down to just six.
Speaker A:After the Maryland defense forced another Miami punt, Reich went back to the air.
Speaker A:Here's Mike Patrick with the call from that day.
Speaker B:First down Maryland at the 32.
Speaker B:Reich to throw again.
Speaker B:Off of play action.
Speaker B:Throwing deep and he's got a man out there.
Speaker A:Hill.
Speaker B:Greg Hill on the tip and it's a touchdown.
Speaker A:That 68 yard touchdown and the Pat gave the Terps their first lead with five and a half minutes left in the game.
Speaker A:Adding to the misery, Miami fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Maryland recovered at the Canes 6.
Speaker A:Two plays later, Maryland scored again.
Speaker A:And here's Mike Patrick again.
Speaker B:The give to Badanek off the left side.
Speaker B:You the one touchdown by Maryland.
Speaker B:All of those weapons, all of those weapons that Maryland had that they didn't use, all the guns that didn't go off in the first half.
Speaker A:It's been rapid fire here, but it wasn't over quite, quite yet.
Speaker A:Miami blocked a punt deep in Terrapin's territory and turned that into a touchdown.
Speaker A: and Maryland held on for the: Speaker A: and would stay that way until: Speaker A: On this day in: Speaker A:Davidson is a non scholarship FCS school that plays in the Pioneer Football League and they loved to run the football.
Speaker A: in a: Speaker A:Well, on this day they set the all divisions record by rushing for 789 yards against the San Diego Toreros.
Speaker A:Four Davidson running backs had at least 150 yards, Wesley Duggar had 231, William Wicks rolled up 199, Tyler Phelps had 159 and Keelan Brown had 150.
Speaker A:It was just the second time in FCS history that four guys had rushed for more than 100, but all of those numbers did not add up to a win for the Wildcats.
Speaker A: Instead, it was a: Speaker A:The two teams combined for 1,477 yards, which you would think would have been a record of some sort as well.
Speaker A: this was a historic day in: Speaker A:The 34 year old Sifford was playing in the Long Beach Open.
Speaker A:In his bag was a putter that the boxer Joe Louis had given him.
Speaker A:The tournament was just 54 holes instead of the standard 72 and was not an officially recognized PGA Tour event.
Speaker A:Of course, that was the only reason that Sifford was even playing on this day.
Speaker A:The PGA Tour barred non whites from being members and playing in its tournament.
Speaker A: also happened on this day in: Speaker A:Well, on this day in 57, Sifford beat Eric Monti in a three hole playoff.
Speaker A:Now it's important to note that Sifford was not the first black player to play in a professional golf tournament.
Speaker A: Spiller, who competed in the: Speaker A:Spiller played well enough though to qualify to play the following week at the Richmond Open in Oakland, which was a PGA Tour event.
Speaker A: or of his skin on this day in: Speaker A:It was an amazing and record setting end to the Atlanta Falcons Philadelphia Eagles game and what was a harbinger of things to come a few weeks later, the Eagles coughed up a 170 lead in the fourth quarter to a dismal one win, Falcons team Atlanta tied it up and the game went to overtime.
Speaker A:The game ended pretty quickly.
Speaker A:A foreshadowing of my own.
Speaker A:The Falcons had pinned the Eagles deep in their own end at the one yard line.
Speaker A:Without a doubt, the Falcons were thinking run on the first play to just get some room to work, right?
Speaker A:Well, instead, quarterback Ron Jaworski hit his favorite target, Mike Quick on a slant and he ran it in for a 99 yard touchdown.
Speaker A:Now, quick is very emphatic that when asked about the play years later that it was not a 99 yard Jaworski touchdown pass.
Speaker A:It was Jaws throwing the ball about 20 yards and Quick running the final 79 for the score.
Speaker A:Either way, you add it up, it was and still is the longest play to end a game in the NFL.
Speaker A: On this day in: Speaker A:This time in the New Orleans Superdome.
Speaker A:The New Orleans Saints were playing the San Francisco 49ers.
Speaker A:Midway through the third quarter, with the Saints up 7 3, people's attention started to turn towards a small blaze swirling up in the rafters.
Speaker A:One of the fireworks from the halftime fireworks show had ignited a burlap bag used to insulate support wires in the dome's gondola.
Speaker A:A technician attempted to put the fire out, but seemed to only be fanning the flames instead.
Speaker A:Pieces of the burning burlap started to fall to the turf with Morton Anderson lining up for a short field goal.
Speaker A:Officials paused the game to put out a burning piece on the field.
Speaker A:Ice was thrown on it.
Speaker A:It got a Gatorade bath.
Speaker A:A fireman doused it with an extinguisher and the game was delayed about eight minutes to clean up the field.
Speaker A:Anderson said later that he's used to getting iced as a kicker, but he'd never been roasted.
Speaker A:He finally got his chance to kick it and he knocked it through.
Speaker A:If only the actual fire had lit a figurative fire into either team's offense.
Speaker A:But it did not.
Speaker A:The game ended with The Saints winning 107 and time now for today's Nothing to Do With Sports.
Speaker A:Fun fact the actress Grace Kelly was initially cast to play the role of Marnie in Alfred Hitchcock's movie of the same name.
Speaker A:The character was a troubled young woman who was a kleptomaniac.
Speaker A:Her husband, Prince Rainier of Monaco, had no problem with her playing the role, but the people of Monaco did.
Speaker A:They did not want their princess to play the role of a thief, and so the role went to Tippi Hedron.
Speaker A:That's all I've got for you today.
Speaker A:More tomorrow.
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